Issaquah High School Recognizes Outstanding Graduates

shared its list of scholastic achievements among its 2012 graduating class. Congratulations to all.

Washington State Principals’ Scholars Award for Academic Excellence

Each year, the Association of Washington School Principals recognizes the academic achievements of our students with the Washington Principals’ Scholars Award for Academic Excellence.  To qualify for this honor, students must rank in the top 5% of their class as they began their senior year, based on either their weighted or un-weighted rank. 

Katherine Anderson

Sabrina Barnett

Kimberly Bussing

Benjamin Director

Anna Fairhart

Michael Koho

Allison Kuo

Ya-Ting Lee

Siyang Li

Yidi Li

Amelia Meigs

Nicole Migotsky

Anna Magidson

Christie McIntosh

Sarah Mirahsani

Akash Ramachandran

Daniel Rawlings

Hannah Resnick

Neha Saraf

Megan Schutzler

Marcus Scott

Camille Skinner

Haley Smith

Laura Tochko

Patrick Violette

Ying Xue Wang

Stefanie Whitmer

Tsung Ling Wu

Steven Yang

Washington Scholar

For the Washington Scholars program, each school looks within this group of their top 5%, and then nominates candidates in the top one percent of their seniors, based on criteria set by the Higher Education Coordinating Board.  Nominated students must lead their class in academic achievement, community service and student leadership.  Three Washington Scholars and one alternate are then chosen from this group for each legislative district in Washington State.  Kimberly Bussing was chosen as a Washington Scholar for Legislative District 5. 

Outstanding Departmental Achievement Awards

Art:

Medallion: Shawn Terasaki

Certificates: Sarah Lo, Jacqueline Taylor, Jeffrey Weng

Business:  

Medallion: Katherine Anderson

Certificates: Evan Cheung, Haley Smith, Blake Wedekind

Career & Technical Education:  

Medallion: Amelia Meigs

Certificates: Andrew Logan, Aaron Mohs Hale, Kaley Rohring

Computer Science & Engineering:

Medallion: Jason Walker

Certificates: Zachary Lazar, Brian Ruggles, Patrick Violette

Journalism: 

Medallion: Shawn Terasaki

Certificates: Kimberly Bussing, Seth Margolies, Megan Rossman

Language Arts:  

Medallion: Kimberly Bussing

Certificates: Katherine Anderson, Laurie Huang, Suraj Saifullah

Leadership:  

Medallion: Sawyer Mittelstaedt

Certificates: Julia Knitter, Nicholas Ryder, Stefanie Whitmer

Mathematics:  

Medallion: Nicole Migotsky

Certificates: Michael Koho, Patrick Violette, and Tsung Ling Wu

Naval Science:

Medallion: Maria Dalzell-Martos

Certificates: Calvin Antonetty, David Nam, Elizabeth Ochs

Performing Arts:   

Medallion: Anna Magidson

Certificates: Christina Corbitt, Erin Freeman, Allison Gillett, Anna Magidson

Physical Education:

Medallion: David Mather

Certificates: Duncan Hamilton, Christopher Holder, Corey Lord

Science:  

Medallion: Maxwell Tickman

Certificates: Allison Kuo, Siyang Li, Marcus Scott

Social Studies:

Medallion: Nicole Migotsky

Certicates: Kimberly Bussing, Benjamin Director, Karthik Palaniappan

World Languages:  

Medallion: Anna Fairhart

Certificates: Diana Fisher, Megan Rossman, Marcus Scott

AP Scholars with Honor & with Distinction

The AP program at Issaquah High School continues to grow in leaps and bounds every year.  In 1998, we had 90 students take a total of 122 tests in 7 different subjects.  This year, 464 students took 787 tests in 22 subject areas!  These students have earned recognition for exemplary performance on AP exams by the end of their junior year.

• AP Scholars have earned an average of 3.0 or higher on 3 AP exams
• AP Scholars with Honor have earned an average of 3.25 or higher on 4 AP exams
• AP Scholars with Distinction have earned an average of 3.5 or higher on 5 AP exam

AP Scholars with Honor:

Christina Corbitt

Benjamin Director

Raymond Liu

Maxwell McDermott     

Elisa Page

Daniel Park

Suraj Saifullah

Lena Severns

Erika Speckhardt

Ying Xue Wang

AP Scholars:      

Katherine Cohen

Jason Dang

Kaileen Dougherty

Erin Freeman

Clifford Hayashi

Christine Ko

Michael Koho

Allison Kuo

Xian Yang Liu

Marie Maximo

Nicole Migotsky

Elise Peyroux    

Akash Ramachandran

Daniel Rawlings

Madison Reineke

Neha Saraf

Allen Su

Maxwell Tickman

Patrick Violette

AP Scholars w Distinction:

Siyang Li

Andrew Tseng

Jason Walker

Tsung Ling Wu

Steven Yang

National Merit Finalists & Scholars

Each year, Juniors all over the country take the PSAT which, in addition to preparing students for the SAT, is the qualifying exam for the National Merit Scholarship Program.  Nationwide, only 1% of all Juniors who take the test reach the status of National Merit Finalists.  This year, three of our juniors reached that status.

Michael Koho   

Tsung Ling Wu  

Steven Yang

Valedictorians

These students have maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout their entire high school career, demonstrating their impeccable commitment to academic excellence, attention to every detail, and unwavering standards.  We look forward to the words of wisdom they will share with us during the graduation ceremony.  Congratulations Valedictorians!

Christie McIntosh

Nicole Migotsky               

Daniel Rawlings

Camille Skinner

Stephanie Whitmer

--Information from Issaquah High School