As another school year comes to a close at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, students were recognized for their academics, extracurricular activities, and character.
Last week, the high school hosted its Honors Night to celebrate the accomplishments of their students over the school year.
Here’s a list of award recipients for the 2025-2026 school year:
Top Twenty in the Class of 2026 with special mention of essayist, salutatorian, valedictorian:
Co-valedictorians, Katherine Becker and Penelope Haddad; salutatorian, Teagan D’Arcy; Eleanor Mone (4), Eirene Eville (5), Nora Motahari (6), Ella Ehrman (7), Harrison Lazarus (8), Syius Rivera Rigali (9), Emily Boyd (10), John Hoff (11), Grace Bennett-Rock (12), Grace Cotton (13), Nola Savard (14), Lucy Magden (15), Holden Graczykowski (16), Adriana Young (17), Eva Giordano (18), Milo Sullivan (19), Charlotte Sebastian (20).
National School Development Council Awards:
Addison Blake and Tessa Schulz
MVRHS Portrait of a Learner Recognition:
Compassionate Peer:
Danielle Meyer, Grady Stalgren, Eleanor Mone, Bryan Fernandes, Griffin Buehler , Miguel Mantesso, Jully Guerra, Clara Rabeni, Madison Curelli, Zoe Higgins, Allicia Guimaraes, Davi Coelho, Violet Meyers, and Mateo DeOliveira
Mindful Communicator:
Emmy Treitman, Broden Couto, Lucy Doyle, Rory Carestia, Jason Alton, Kayo De Oliveira, Penelope Haddad, and Nora Motahari
Adaptable Thinker:
Xeandre Miller, Luiz Lacerda, Nola Savard, Matilda Backus-Clement, Madelyn Crowell, Cyrus Hedin, Owen Silva, and Isabelly Santana
Resilient Goal Setter:
Madeleine Coulter, Rosalia Apaza Pillco, Abraao Lopes, Michael De Freitas, Tashard Hutton, Eduarda Rodrigues, Isaac Belo, Emorie Williams, and Hector Oliveira
Rising Tide Award:
Murilo Vieira, Victor Da Costa, and Ana Clara Sodre
Art, Design & Technology:
Effort and Leadership in Art, Design & Technology:
Annalee Wike and Callie Oteri (9th grade), Clover Briggs and Roxy White (10th grade),
Maria Barros, Nicholas Gomes and Alexi Ferguson (11th grade), Tahirah Waite and Antonina Kaluzna (12th grade)
Excellence
Audrey Atkins (drawing and painting); Isla Fairstein (photography and graphics); Alaina deBettencourt (3D design and architecture); Jayla Lyons (animation); Christopher Marcal and Claus Smith (crafts and sculpture); Sammuel Majewski, Griffin Buehler, and Nina Warren (programming); Murilo Vieira, Arthur De Moura, Rosalia Apaza Pillco and Humberto McGroarty Sampaio (interactive art); Kelly Pacheco (fashion and sewing)
Athletics:
Sophia Alves and Simon Arbelaez (sportsmanship); Esme Colon and William Nicholson (unsung hero); Eleanor Mone (outstanding student athlete in academics); Syius Rivera Rigali (outstanding student athlete in academics); Reese Malowski (outstanding student athlete in competition); Joseph Medeiros (outstanding student athlete in competition)
MIAA Pillar Awards:
Leadership: Griffin Buehler
Community Service: Leah Thomson
Coaches’ Education: Laina Dubin
Wellness: Abigail Geary
Sportsmanship: Matthew MacMillan
Career and Technical Education:
Excellence in Automotive:
Connor Giegler (exploratory); Owen Silva (level 1); John Lynch (level 2); Hunter Bolduc (level 3)
Excellence in Business and Marketing:
Intro to Business: Collin Stapleton and Alexa Sawers
Excellence in Carpentry:
Clarice Lima (exploratory); John Paul Jones (level 1); Rhys Floyd (level 2); Warren Cabana (level 3)
Excellence in Culinary Arts:
Matheo Gomes (exploratory); Cuyler Fisher (level 1); Chandler Blau (level 2); Leah deBettencourt and Reese Malowski (level 3)
Excellence in Early Childhood Education and Care:
Ruby Glynn and Reed Cabot (level 1); Emma Waltersdorf (level 2); Autumn Donnelly (level 3)
Excellence in Health Assisting:
Emery Fullin and Evelyn Lavigne (exploratory); Tessa Bryant (level 1); Olive Corcoran (level 2); Brynn Savva (level 3)
Excellence in Horticulture:
Cristofer Machado (exploratory); Kenny Martinez (level 1); Colton Filiault (level 2); Ronan Young (level 3)
Excellence in Sail MV:
Stela Duncheva (exploratory maritime); Thales Viana (maritime 1); Syius Rivera Rigali (maritime 2)
MVA Presidential Award:
Brynn Savva
Drivers Ed and Island Driving:
Excellence in Island Driving: Alexi Ferguson, Isabella Florio, Luis Freitas, and Robert Lorenzo Diaz
English:
Effort and Leadership in English:
Genevieve Wise and Savannah Anderson (9th grade); Avery Riedell, Madeleine Coulter, and Clara Rabeni (10th grade); Tessa Schulz, Zachary Biorci, and Laila Branca (11th grade); Lucy Magden, Jacoby Harris, Teagan D’Arcy, Ithallo Do Carmo, Victoria Oliveira Dias, and Autumn Donnelly (12th grade)
Excellence in English:
Rasmus Mayhew, Ana Clara Sodre, and Emmy Treitman (9th grade); Nathaniel Karlinsky and Charlotte Cramer (10th grade); Katelyn Tankersley, Maple Martone, Audrey Atkins, Madelyn Crowell, and Erika Cournoyer (11th grade); Matilda Backus-Clement, Nola Savard, Harrison Lazarus, Emily Boyd, Ana Paula Moraes, and Jennifer Dias (12th grade)
Morelli Award:
Harrison Lazarus and Eirene Eville
Newspaper:
Excellence in Journalism:
Maria Barros
NESPA Special Achievement Award – Personality Profile, Honorable Mention:
Maria Barros
NESPA Special Achievement Award – Sports Story, Honorable Mention:
Maria Barros
NESPA Special Achievement Award – Photo of a Performance, Honorable Mention:
Brody Royal
History:
Effort in History:
Emery Fullin (9th grade), Sofia Fisher (10th grade), Kelly Pacheco (11th grade), Reese Malowski and Maria Letcia Rodrigues (12th grade)
Leadership in History:
Aurora Christensen (9th grade), Divya Randolph (10th grade), Gabriel Bengsston (11th grade), Matilda Backus-Clement and Eva Giordano (12th grade)
Excellence in History:
Rasmus Mayhew, Stela Duncheva, Avery Conley, and Ayla Strom (Global 9); Griffin Craig (American Studies); Rosalia Apaza Pillco (10th grade humanities); Emmett Taylor, Kimberly Peres, Olive Corcoran, and Kayo De Oliveira (Global 11); Sophia Becker and Madison Curelli (AP U.S. History); Cyrus Hedin and Mabel DeRoche (AP African American Studies); Theodore Moore (AP World History); Penelope Haddad, Katherine Becker and Highley Marsh (civics and current issues); Teagan D’Arcy and Eleanor Mone (AP psychology); Hadley Myers (AP Euro)
Math Excellence:
Excellence in Math:
Esther Coutinho (Algebra I); Dylan Waldman and Emmy Treitman (Honors Algebra I); Jaydon Fuller (Algebra II); Avery Riedell, Mabel DeRoche, and Griffin Buehler (Honors Algebra II); Charlotte Cramer and Madison Curelli (Advanced Algebra II); Luiza Medeiro, Everly Montoya, and Anthony Goncalves (Geometry); Murilo Vieira (Honors Geometry); Lucy Doyle (Advanced Geometry); João Nunes and Chandler Blau (Pre-Calculus); Henry Hall and Hadley Myers (Honors Pre-Calculus); Tessa Schulz (Intro to BC Calculus); Aiden Christensen (Honors Calculus); Isaac Lefebvre (AP Calculus, AB); Teagan D’Arcy and Syius Rivera Rigali (AP Calculus, BC); Grace Cotton (financial literacy); Nola Savard (statistics); Harrison Lazarus (AP Statistics); Emily DaSilva (Explorations in Engineering)
Navigators:
Sunshine Award: Rebeccak de Oliveira
Compassion in Action: Julie Barbosa
Performing Arts:
Effort & Leadership in the Performing Arts:
Genevieve Wise, Rasmus Mayhew, John Chandler, and Isaac Vanderhoop (9th grade); Gabriela Cuadros-Preston, Bristol Roten, Charlotte Cramer, Mabel DeRoche, and Daniel Zuniga Luna (10th grade); Hydee Turner, Addison McDonough, Enzo Reis, and Katelyn Tankersley (11th grade); Kylee Brasefield, Rayssa Moraes, Nicholas Mathias, Luiz Lacerda, Bryan Fernandes, Gianni Navarrete, and Ella Ehrman (12th grade)
Excellence in the Performing Arts:
Georgia DeRoche (chorus); Xeandre Miller (band); Kaniel Morgan (orchestra); Company of Hadestown (musical, acting); Griffin Craig and Mateo DeOliveira (theater tech)
Jim Novak Where the Heck Did That Come From? Award: Decordo Cameron
Department Service Award: Jason Jarrell and Emily Boyd
Department Award: Brady Vought and Zyler Flanders
Physical Education:
Effort & Leadership in Physical Education:
Annalee Wike and Moses Thomson (9th grade), Kenny Martinez and Clover Briggs (10th grade), John Lynch and Nathalya DaSilva (11th grade), Xeandre Miller and Paige Smith (12th grade)
Science Excellence:
Biology:
Daniel Zuniga Luna and Avery Riedell (C1); Rasmus Mayhew (honors); Charlotte Cramer and Madison Curelli (AP)
Chemistry:
Georgia DeRoche (C1); Madison Curelli and Chloe Cook (honors); Laina Dubin (AP)
Earth Science
Allie Branca and Ana Clara Sodre (C1); Emmy Treitman (honors)
Physics:
Maeve Cook-Martin and Asher Savva (honors); Syius Rivera Rigali and Katherine Becker (honors)
Other:
Teagan D’Arcy (AP environmental Science); Bailen Darack (marine biology); Greta Milne and Victoria Oliveira Dias (anatomy)
World Languages:
Effort & Leadership in Latin:
Grace Bennett-Rock and Nola Savard
Effort & Leadership in Spanish:
Madison Curelli, Gabriela Pacheo-Furtado, Emmett Taylor, Laina Dubin, Aurora Christensen, and Adriana Curelli
Effort & Leadership in Portuguese:
Matilda Backus-Clement, Michael De Freitas, Zebediah Athearn, and Casey Webster
Effort & Leadership in Portuguese Language Arts:
Eduarda Rodrigues and Kayo De Oliveira
Effort & Leadership in American Sign Language:
Nayelli Vieira and Griffin Craig
Excellence in a language:
Katherine Becker (Spanish), Jacoby Harris (Latin), Heitor de Oliveira (Portuguese), Olive Corcoran (ASL)
Leadership in Foreign Language:
Lucas Souza
State Seal of Biliteracy in English and Spanish:
Sophia Alves, Raphael Aviles, Katherine Becker, Samilly Guimaraes, Yury De Moraes, Eleanor Mone, Teagan D’Arcy, Sarah Barros, Ronan Kelly, Simon Arbelaez
State Seal of Biliteracy in English and Portuguese:
Sabrina Alves, Kellry Aredes, Emanuelly Assis, Matilda Backus-Clement, Bryan Fernandes, Lucas Ferreira, Matheus Lacerda, Highley Marsh, Caleb Miller, Kahlia Nascimento, Walter Prescott, Philip Pruciano, Jonathan Ruzzo
State Seal of Biliteracy with Distinction in English and Portuguese:
Gabriel Arado, Luis Costa, Gustavo Goncalves, Braylin Hattingh, Luiz Lacerda, Rayssa Moraes, Maria Luiza Oliveira, Karla Robadel
State Seal of Biliteracy with Distinction in English and Latin:
Jacoby Harris, Grace Bennett-Rock, Nola Savard
State Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish, English, and Portuguese:
Ithallo Do Carmo
State Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, with Distinction in Portuguese:
Lucas Souza and Rafaela Alves
English Language Learners:
Program Exit Certificate:
Samuel Heitor de Jesus, Davi de Souza, Miguel Lima, Isaque Pessoa, Domminy Ribeiro, Benjamin Soares, Murilo Vieira, Victor Da Costa, Jhullia Da Silva, Yasmin Da Silva, Vinicius Da, Silva Matos, Arthur De Moura, Luiza Medeiro, Anthony Henrique Silva, Christopher DaSilva, Arthur Ramos, Beatriz Silva, Eduarda Vitoria Da Silva, Rafael Souza
National Honor Society Inductees:
Sydney Bruguiere, Leah debettencourt , Griffin Buehler, Isadora Cordeiro, Madelyn Crowell, Nathalya DaSilva, Isla Fairstein, Nevah Fitzgerald, Abigail Geary, Leela Khelalfa, Maple Martone, Margaret Moehnke, Theodore Moore, Kimberly Peres, Katelyn Tankersley, Emmett Taylor
Book Awards:
Tessa Schulz (Harvard University), Addison Blake (Yale University), Laina Dubin (Dartmouth College), Margaret Moehnke (Bowdoin College), Owen McLean (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Nevah Fitzgerald (University of Notre Dame), Talia Young (Smith College), Zoe Treitman and Theodore Moore (Saint Michael’s College), Katelyn Tankersley (Suffolk University), Judah Levy (Western New England University), Jacoby Light (Lasell University), Maria Barros and Gabriel Bengtsson (Martha’s Vineyard Bank)
Cape Cod Community College Scholars:
Autumn Donnelly, Rose Levesque, Xeandre Miller, Vitoria Oliveira Dias, Kiandra Borges, Sabrina Alves, Roberta De Moraes, Josselin Vasquez, Victoria De Jesus, Giovanna De Paula
President’s Awards:
President’s Award for Educational Achievement:
Nova Smith, Matthew Day, Isaac Lefebvre, Hunter Bolduc, Hannah McCormick, Philip Pruciano, Luiz Lacerda, Yury De Moraes, Nicholas Mathias, Grazina Biskis, Gabriel Arado, Elaine Firstenberg, Eduarda Vitoria Da Silva, Christopher Marcal, Soraya Randolph, Ronan Kelly, Leelyn Thompson, Nathan Larkin, Paige Smith, Ithallo Do Carmo, Grady Stalgren, Highley Marsh, Leah deBettencourt, Bryan Fernandes, Kellry Aredes
President’s Award for Educational Excellence:
Katherine Becker, Penelope Haddad, Teagan D’Arcy, Eleanor Mone, Eirene Eville, Nora Motahari, Ella Ehrman, Harrison Lazarus, Syius Rivera Rigali, Emily Boyd, John Hoff, Grace Bennett-Rock, Grace Cotton, Nola Savard, Lucy Magden, Holden Graczykowski, Adriana Young, Eva Giordano, Milo Sullivan, Charlotte Sebastian, Tasman Strom, William Nicholson, Zyler Flanders, Sophia Alves, Anina Garvin, Greta Milne, Matilda Backus-Clement, Aidan Christensen, Walter Prescott