May 30, 2024
Upper School students invest significant time and effort into their work in ways that make the Mounds Park Academy community proud. To honor that, MPA hosted the Upper School Award Assembly on Friday, May 24, recognizing those who achieved accolades. Academic, National Merit, Scholarship, Yearbook, Choir, Band, Orchestra, Visual Art, Math, English, Science, Social Studies, Forensics, French, Spanish, Drama, Athletics, Service, Spirit of ’86, Junior Mission Statement, Certificate of Distinction, and Alumni Association awards were given. Please join us in congratulating the following students! View photos of the assembly here!
Cum Laude Inductees
Zain Ali
Maggie Banks-Hehenberger
Devneet Biring
Vito Bloyer
Eilam Deinard
Ian Frankel
Sylvia Hawley
Ella Li
Ben Murr
Soumya Raman
Akshay Somayajula
NayMyo Zaw
Valedictorian
Maggie Banks-Hehenberger
Meiran Carlson
Salutatorian
Ian Frankel
National Merit Scholars
Annika Binstadt
Navreen Biring
Paul Fertig
Mari Minear
Amal Sastry
Quill & Scroll Award
Maya Alexa
Annika Binstad
Merian Carlson
Delaney Cunnington
Srina Lakkundi
Addy Kluz
Camdyn Magnuson
Sydney Peterson
Sylvia Hawley
Choir Outstanding Senior Awards
Noah Wilgocki
Choir Director’s Award
Maggie Banks-Hehenberger
Pahwa Yang
All-State Choir
Pahwa Yang
Noah Wilgocki
National Orchestra Award
Sylvia Hawley
Orchestra Director’s Award
Ben Murr
John Philip Sousa Award
Evan Wallraff
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award
Trevor Lien
Band Director’s Awards
Jay Green
Pahwa Yang
French Department Award
Sylvia Hawley
Spanish Department Award
Zain Ali
Spanish Student of the Year
Briana Rist
English Department Award
Meiran Carlson
Graduate Certificates of Distinction
Global
Vito Bloyer
Jadyn Delgado
Soumya Raman
Briana Rist
STEM
Maggie Banks-Hehenberger
Ian Frankel
Trevor Lien
Ben Murr
Miles Niemeyer
Literary Arts
Meiran Carlson
Visual Department Award
Aixa Kellermann
Math Department Award
Ben Murr
American Mathematics Competition and AIME Recognition
Koichi Tatsumura
Science Department Award/Lois Williams Scholarship Award
Trevor Lien
Social Studies Department Award
Soumya Raman
Forensics Award
Akshay Somayajula
Drama Director’s Awards
Andrea Pugh
Jen DeGolier Award for Excellence in Technical Theatre
Lily Rogers
Rookie of the Year Award
Eilam Deinard
Player of the Year Award
Lily Rogers
Athena Award
Nora Pederson
Senior Panther Award Recipients
Else Kunze-Hoeg
Jay Green
Grade Level Service “Leaders”
Class of 2027
Sidd Sastry
Emily Baker
Julia Anderson
Marek Roe
August Fischer
The Class of 2026
Emmett Johnston
Piper Hubert
Grace Nelson
Boyd Mayfield
Amelia Vale
The Class of 2025
Mari Minear
Samaya Thomas
Annika Binstadt
James Xing
Amal Sastry
The Class of 2024
Gigi Stewart
Sonia Olk
Ben Murr
Briana Rist
Devneet Biring
Soumya Raman
Maplewood Rotary Student of the Year Recipient
Devneet Biring
Spirit of ‘86 Award
Rowan Mulrooney
Think Independently Award
Zoya Nayak
Effective Communication Award
Paul Fertig
Act with Respect and Integrity Award
Alexander Bixby
Intellectual Ambition Award
Annika Binstadt
Global Responsibility Award
Mari Minear
Joy of Learning Award
Clara Deneault
Future Alumni Leader Award
Abby Appleton
