Last modified: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:21 AM EDT Here are annual awards given to AHS students ATTLEBORO - The following students received awards at the annual Attleboro High School Awards Night: Art awards Outstanding Senior Visual Arts Students: Elizabeth Bonenfant and Caitlin Hughes; Outstanding Junior Visual Arts Students: Amanda Sharples, Emily Kern, and James Martin; Outstanding Sophomore Visual Arts Student: Zachary Chomyszak; Outstanding Jewelry and Metalsmithing Students: Victoria Birkett and Stacie St. Louis; Outstanding Ceramics Students: Tiffany Cao, Jenna Shellard, Mark Ventura and Margaret Oliver. Athletic awards Howard O'Hare Award: Teresa Pelletier and Ryan Cronin. Book awards The Colby College Book Prize: Samantha Wood. Awarded to a junior who has shown outstanding academic achievement in the school's most rigorous curriculum and has made substantial contributions to the high school and local community. The Harvard Prize Book Award: Melanie Thibeault. Given to the outstanding student in the next graduating class who displays excellence in scholarship and high character, combined with achievement in other fields. The Wellesley College Book Award: Meagan Fuller. Honors a female student in the current junior class whose academic record and character are exceptional and who has also made significant personal contributions to her school and/or the local community. The Saint Michael's College Book Award for Scholarship and Service: Michelle Peck and Michael Long. Seeks to recognize students who exhibit the characteristics of an ideal St. Michael's student, based specifically on achievement in academics and community service. The Bay Path College Presidential Book Award: Nicole Sousa. This award is to recognize an outstanding young woman who displays a commitment to academics, an interest in community service, is in the top 15 percent of her class and is currently enrolled in the junior class. In addition to the book itself, if the student chooses to attend Bay Path College, she is guaranteed a scholarship worth $7,000 to $13,000. The Society of Women Engineers: Tiffany Lee Berard. Offered to a young woman who has demonstrated high achievement in science and mathematics. Award recipients must have completed 3 years of science and 3 years of mathematics with distinction. The LeMoyne College Heights Award: David Stevens. Recognize a high school junior who is "reaching for the Heights" in the classroom and in service to their school and community. The Rensselaer Medal: Marie Larouche. Honors the junior who has achieved excellence in an exceptional mathematics and science program. The recipient has demonstrated the potential for success in a science or technology-oriented profession. Each medalist who is accepted and subsequently enrolls at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute receives a scholarship of $15, 000 annually for four years totaling $60,000. The College of Mount Saint Vincent Book Award and scholarship: David Trauffer. Concerned with the education of the whole person, which includes the life of the heart as well as the life of the mind. Career and Technical Education Awards: Massachusetts Vocational Association Presidential Awards: Graphic Communications: Andrea Leal; Electrical Technology: Corey Escobar New England Institute of Technology Book Awards: Automotive Collision Repair: Ryan LaPorte; Architectural Building Engineering: Bryan Fricot; Building Construction & Cabinet Making: Michael Barry; Network Engineering & Computer Servicing: Mason Bourdearu; Software Engineering: Timothy Brastow; Electrical Technology: Kenny Espinosa; Electronics Engineering: Craig Lacourse; Game Development & Simulation Programming: James Harvey; Heating Technology: Christian Theroux; Graphics/Multimedia & Web Design: Christopher Reid; Video & Radio Production: Phillip Galiotte. National Technical Honor Society Award: Design and Visual Communications: Tai Sae-Eung and Kaitlyn Gomes; Early Education and Care: Heather Benoit; and Culinary Arts: Rebecca Romanuik. Outstanding CTE Senior Students by programs Automotive Technology: Keith Hansen; Carpentry: Bryan Fricot; Culinary Arts: Kelsie Alexander; Design and Visual Communication: Laura Tarabolski; Early Education and Care: Jennifer Granat; Electrical Technology: Christian Theroux; Graphic Communications: Andrea Leal; Welding Technology: Michael Wille; Information Support Services & Networking: Mason Bourdeau. Community Service-learning Program Community Leadership Award: Tori Beauregard. Drama Awards Leading Lady Award: Sarah Surprenant; Leading Man Award: Douglas Swenson. English Awards Excellence in Freshman English: Steven Gilliard and Emily Mayer; Excellence in Sophomore English: Jill Bianchi, Tiffany Cao and Stephen Pike; Excellence in Junior English: Courtney Bernard, Angelina Clemons, Emily Kern and Alexandra Vitiello; Excellence in Senior English: Kali Baptiste, Allie Kelly, Teresa Pelletier and Brian Walker; Excellence in Creative Writing: Felicia Connolly, Peter Cotsalas, Shannon Duffy and Melanie Thibeault. Foreign Language Awards La Societe Honoraire de Francais: Ashley Balerna, Amy Cao, Tiffany Cao, Sarah DeStefano, Andrew Saechew, Sarah Scales and Amanda Knox; Excellence in French: Melanie Thibeault; La Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica: Alexandra Vitiello, Cameron Molloy, Daniel Christensen, David Trauffer, Elizabeth Muenzen, Graham Entwistle, Jessica Jeffery, Julia Cathcart, Kaileen Hand, Kenneth Burch, Kevin Christensen, Lauren Carey, Megan Simpson, Michael McGrath, Nicole Viveiros, Shannon Duffy, Teana Gravel, Valerie St. Hilaire and William Brown; Excellence in Spanish: Kali Baptiste; Sociedade Honoraria Portuguesa: Matthew Cobb and Omar Pereira; Excellence in Portuguese: Matthew Cobb. Journalism Awards Andrea Soucy Journalism Award: Dara Beech. 2009 Koplik Students Alexandra Kelley, Brian Diciaccio, Brian Walker, Brooke Beland, Candice Elliott, Cassandra Santoro, Daniel Kerwin, Elizabeth Boucher, Ivy Krofta, Jeffrey Giara, Kali Baptiste, Kiara Gravel, Laura Devine, Margaret Oliver, Rachel Cox and Teresa Pelletier. Mathematics Awards National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics: Teresa Pelletier; Calculus Continental League: Jacob Eid, Joshua Camara, James Langille and Teresa Pelletier. Multimedia Awards James F. Hall Award for Outstanding Achievement in Multimedia: Mason Bourdeau and Kimberly Taton. Music Awards John Philip Sousa Band Award: August Schaefer; Louis Armstrong Jazz Award: Brandon Richards; National School Choral Award: Maddison Paquette; Richard Silva Memorial Award: Whitney Forget. Science Awards Kenneth L. Goding Chemistry Award: Jacob Eid; The American Association of Physics Teachers' Award: Teresa Pelletier; Harry E. Cooper Biology Award: Brian Walker; Bausch and Lomb Award: David Trauffer. Social Studies Awards Excellence in World History II: Brianna Swierk, Kyle Gensler, Emily Mayer; Excellence in United States History I: Kaileen Hand and Jillian Bianchi; Excellence in United States History II: William Brown; Excellence in AP United States History: Melanie Thibeault; Excellence in Social Studies: Brooke Beland and Alex Herbert. Military Leadership Awards Distinguished Athletic Program Awards: Ryan Friedlander and Meghan Hathaway; Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence: Crystal DeFreitas and Ryan Friedlander; Scholastic Excellence Award: Kali Baptiste and Brian Walker. Boys' and Girls' State Leadership Awards Veronica Alfani, Stephanie Chaplin, Emily Crabtree , Emily Dugan, Meagan Fuller, Michelle Peck, Megan Wayland, William Brown, Thomas Cao, Alex Frezza and Matthew Wilbur. DAR Good Citizen Award The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution certifies that Teresa Pelletier has been selected as the DAR Good Citizen of Attleboro High School for the current year and having demonstrated the qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism, is hereby awarded this DAR Good Citizens Certificate. Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators Student Achievement Award: Ashley Balerna Class Salutatorian: By virtue of his having maintained a Grade Point Average of 101.78, Rachel Cox has been declared the Salutatorian of the Class of 2009. Rachel will be attending Tufts University in the fall majoring in Biology. Class Valedictorian: By virtue of her having maintained a Grade Point Average of 103.67, the highest in her class, Teresa Pelletier has been declared the Valedictorian of the Class of 2009. Teresa will be attending Barnard College in the fall and enrolled in their Pre-Med course of study.