Deer Park’s Breakfast for Champions Celebrates Students Who Lead by Example

Students were joined by family members, teachers and administrators in the high school library for a celebration of the qualities that help define success at Deer Park. Honorees were recognized not only for academic accomplishment, but also for leadership, creativity, perseverance, compassion, citizenship and a commitment to doing their personal best. Assistant Principal Garret Noblett welcomed guests and opened the morning’s program.

Students were honored in 16 departmental categories, along with the Principal’s Award and Teacher’s Award: alternative high school (Amanda Marquez Granados), athletics (Ali Zorakhsh), business (Jose Oliva), English Language Arts/Library (Isabella Genao), English as a new language (Alessandra Zambrano Cruz), family and consumer science (Marley Witzman), fine arts (Mike Gomez), guidance (Skylar Esposito), health (Avery Freda), math/computer science (Natalia Muller), performing arts (Kaitlyn Mosquera), physical education (Ryan Lallbachan), science (Isabella Sicca), social studies (Ediel Fernandez Paniagua), technology (Jadiel Duran Abreu) and world languages (Isaac Alvarado), as well as the Principal’s Award (Christian Myrick) and Teacher’s Award (Dylan Bennett).

The morning also featured a performance by a student string quartet featuring Amaiyah Elysee on viola, Mikayla Hill and Mikaela Ponte on violin, and Dante Tinoco on cello, adding a musical highlight to the school’s longstanding fall tradition.

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