LHS Departments Award Soaring Seniors
20 departmental accolades were bestowed in recognition of seniors who went beyond expectations
Jaden Zelidon posing with his certificate and cord of Departmental Excellence for science. Zelidon also received the departmental honor for instrumental performing arts.
May 24, 2022
Liberty’s Departmental Excellence Awards were held in the auditorium during the afternoon of Thursday, May 19. The ceremony saw parents, families and fellow students coming together to recognize the seniors who went above and beyond in their respective academic areas of proficiency.
There were a total of 20 departmental awards were formally accorded to the seniors. These students were informed of the award they received via email a couple of weeks before the official commemoration on Thursday.
Teachers from every department at Liberty presented virtual recorded messages to their chosen senior and the reasons why they were selected, all in heartfelt and cordial manners.
Each recipient was handed a certificate as well as a graduation honors cord, both signifying their departmental merit.
Jaden Zelidon exceptionally earned two separate awards at the event: one for instrumental performing arts and another for science.
“When I found out I won two departmental awards, I was very surprised and touched by what my teachers said,” Zelidon expressed. “I’ve worked really closely with many science teachers and my band directors over the past few years, and it meant a lot to me that they would nominate me for this huge honor.”
Regarding what has led him to his success, Zelidon stated, “I was able to connect with my teachers in the last few years and made a conscious effort to get to know most of them as teachers and also as people, and I think this definitely played a factor in their decisions as they got to know me as more than just a student as well.” Zelidon said that he is very much looking forward to new experiences, challenges and opportunities at college.
The recipients of the Departmental Excellence Awards:
Makenzie Keiling – Business
Jackson Martin – English
Athena Widlacki – Family and Consumer Science
Anthony Scachitti – Industrial Technology
Sarah Dickson – Marketing
Cleopatra Mozolewski – Mathematics
Jaden Zelidon – Performing Arts (Instrumental)
Bee Boyer – Performing Arts (Vocal)
Rylee Gobble – Physical Education
Sanjana Anand – PLTW Biomedical Science
Keaton Roof – PLTW Engineering/Computer Science
Jaden Zelidon – Science
Bella Bahr – Social Studies
Sruthi Ramesh – Student Publications
Sean Bruce – Theater Arts
Brennan Myers – Visual Arts
Erick Ascencio – World Language (French)
Paige Bostic – World Language (German)
Brynn Bartram – World Language (Spanish)
Allison Kruger – Scholar Athlete Award (given by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
