PARSIPPANY — The Parsippany-Troy Hills Board of Education presented “Student and Staff Awards” on Tuesday, June 9 at Parsippany High School.
The Board of Education congratulated and presented certificates or plaques to the students listed for their fine achievents.
Students being honored for Academic Decathlon were Amanda Chen, Will Chen, Anne Cheng, Miki Hansen, Spencer Huang, Rohan Khajuria, Nikita Kolotov, Xue Ting Lin, Shivan Patel, Henry Shen, Elizabeth Tu, Emily Weng, Joshua Wong, Samuel Wu, Katherine Yang and Ellie Xu.
Will Chen received recognition for Regional Competition: Bronze Medal-Art; Silver Medal-Math, Economics, Social Science; Gold Medal-Science, and Music; State Competition: Silver Medal-Economics; Bronze Medal-Music; Gold Medal-Science.
Amanda Chen received recognition for Regional Competition: Silver Medal-Math; Bronze Medal-Economics, and Science; State Competition: Gold Medal-Music.
Katherine Yang received recognition for Regional Competition: Gold Medal-Language and Literature; Silver Medal-Music.
Samuel Wu received recognition for Regional Competition: Gold Medal-Economics, Language and Literature, Essay;Silver Medal-Art; Bronze Medal-Social Science, Music; Honorable Mention-Math, Science; State Competition: Bronze Medal-Music; Honorable Mention-Language and Literature, Art, Social Science
Joshua Wong received recognition for Regional Competition: Gold Medal-Economics, Music, Language and Literature, Essay; Silver Medal-Math, Science; Bronze Medal-Art; Honorable Mention-Social Studies; State Competition: Gold Medal-Essay, Science, Social Science, Overall Decathlete, Music; Silver Medal-Economics, Art; Bronze Medal-Language and Literature.
Henry Shen received recognition for Regional Competition: Gold Medal-Social Science, Art; Bronze Medal-Economics, Science, Music; Honorable Mention-Language and Literature; State Competition: Honorable Mention-Language and Literature, Economics, Music, Art, Science; Silver Medal-Social Science; National Competition: Gold Medal-Social Science; Bronze Medal-Economics.
Shivan Patel received recognition for Regional Competition: Gold Medal-Math, Science, Speech; Silver Medal-Language and Literature, Essay; Bronze Medal-Economics, Social Science; State Competition: Honorable Mention-Math.
Nikita Kolotov received recognition for Regional Competition: Gold Medal-Social Science, Art; Silver Medal-Music, Economics, Speech, Interview; Honorable Mention-Math, Science, Essay High Scorer; State Competition: Honorable Mention-Math; Silver Medal-Language and Literature; Honorable Mention-Economics; Silver Medal-Music, Art, Science, Social Science National Competition: MVP.
Rohan Khajuria received recognition for Regional Competition: Gold Medal-Math, Science, Speech, Essay; Silver Medal-Music; Bronze Medal-Economics; Honorable Mention-Language and Literature High Scorer State Competition: Silver Medal-Language and Literature, Music, Art, Social Science; Honorable Mention: Math, Economics, Science National Competition: Gold Medal-Math.
Spencer Haung received recognition for the Academic Decathlon team that Placed First in Regionals and First in States.
Board Members Mr. Andy Choffo and Mrs. Judy Mayer with Amanda Chen
Amanda Chen received recognition for Regional Competition: Silver Medal-Math; Bronze Medal-Economics, and Science State Competition: Gold Medal-Music.
Also the following students received recognition:
Anne Cheng: Regional Competition: Gold Medal-Economics; Silver Medal-Social Science, Language and Literature; Bronze Medal-Art, Music; Honorable Mention-Interview State Competition: Honorable Mention-Math, Music, Art, and Social Science.
Miki Hansen: Regional Competition: Gold Medal-Music; Silver Medal-Math, Economics, Science, Social Science; Bronze Medal-Art, Language and Literature; State Competition: Bronze Medal-Math; Silver Medal-Economics.
Elizabeth Tu: Regional Competition: Gold Medal -Social Science, Art, Music; Silver Medal – Economics, Science, Language & Literature; Honorable Mention-Speech, Essay, Math; State Competition: Gold Medal-Essay; Silver Medal-Social Science, Overall Decathlete, Third Place Overall Decathlete MVP; Bronze Medal-Language & Literature, Economics, Music, Art; Honorable Mention-Science.
Emily Weng: Regional Awards: Gold Medal-Math, Economics, Science, Language and Literature, Essay; Silver Medal-Art, Music; Honorable Mention-Social Science; State Competition: Honorable Mention-Math; Gold Medal-Art; Bronze Medal-Science, Social Science MVP; National Competition: Team’s Highest Scorer.
Ellie Xu: Regional Competition: Gold Medal-Social Science, Art; Bronze Medal-Music.
