Commemorating the year’s achievements thus far, U-High students and faculty gathered Feb. 15 in Gordon Parks Arts Hall for the Mid-Year Awards Assembly.

Fine Arts

The following students received honors in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards: Sally Carlstrom, honorable mention, illustration; Risa Cohen, silver key, digital art; Marcelo Gutierrez-Miranda, honorable mention, design; Kyle Kay, gold key, two honorable mentions, illustration; Tosya Khodarkovsky, honorable mention, painting; Sofía Kourí, gold key, two silver keys and three honorable mentions, photography; Eva Massey, gold key, silver key and honorable mention, photography; Camille Rehkemper, silver key, jewelry, honorable mention, painting, honorable mention, illustration; Sharanya Srinivasan, silver key, mixed media; Orion Stroud, silver key, illustration, two honorable mentions, sculpture.

Four students had their work shown at the Illinois High School State Art Exhibition, Feb. 25 in Bridgeport: Kendall Clark, Risa Cohen, Marcelo Gutierrez-Miranda and Sofía Kourí.

Six seniors had their work shown at the IHSAE Senior Exhibition Feb. 25: Amber Huo, Kyle Kay, Miranda Mireles, Camille Rehkemper, Sahar Siddiqui and Sharanya Srinivasan.

Quinn Davis had his work shown at the Nike RSVP Gallery.

Math

Ten students earned one or more perfect scores on the North Suburban Math League exam: Fiona Abney-McPeek, 2; Aditya Badlani; 3; Roma Bhattacharjee; Nicholas Pietraszek, 3; Rithik Puri; Freddie Tang, 4; Charles Chen; Jessica Pan; Neena Dhanoa; Roshni Padhi, 4; Elbert Du, 3.

Five students earned one or more perfect scores on the Illinois Math League exam: Fiona Abney-McPeek, 2; Elbert Du, 3; Freddie Tang, 2; Aditya Badlani; Roshni Padhi.

Music

Jessica Huang, violin, competed at the Illinois Music Educators Association District and State Festival. She was awarded third chair at state in Peoria. Sam DuBose, keyboard, was chosen to participate in ILMEA District Jazz Festival. Nicole Horio and Jacob Shkrob were selected for the All-District Choir. Michelle Weaver, Stella Heon, Miles Warshauer and Will Greenstone were selected for the All-District 9/10 chorus.

History

The upcoming edition of the InFlame Journal will include articles written by Mili Shah, Emma Picker and Neha Ramani.

Sports

Tia Polite, Jeremy Chizewer and Harrison Shapiro were selected for the IHSA All-State Academic Team for displaying both outstanding academic and athletic ability.