2025 NHEA Excellence Achievement Awards held May 8

The 2025 North Hills Education Association (NHEA) Excellence Achievement Awards were held on Thursday, May 8, at Ross Elementary School.

The annual awards ceremony recognizes select fifth, eighth and twelfth grade students for their outstanding academic achievements, good citizenship, positive personality traits and work ethic, and involvement in extracurricular activities.

A winner is also chosen and awarded the MaryLou Stefanko Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is given to a deserving senior planning to continue their education at an accredited two- or four- year secondary institution. For consideration, the student must have demonstrated their work ethic through commitment to academic excellence and community service. 

Each year’s winners are chosen through a committee nomination and voting process.

Congratulations to the following students!

Grade 5

• Highcliff: Isla Dempsey, Nellie Pirring, Jeffrey Kello and Micah Erskine
• McIntyre: Cammy Seitz, Stanislaw Goulding, Felicity Chadman and Jack Brady
• Ross: Owen Weaver, Scarlett Skelley, Penelope Pichora and Jameson Kappas 
• West View: Addie Raver, Carter Metz, Jaxon Steinsdoerfer

Grade 8

• Team Carnegie: Morgan Wirtz and Maura Foltyn 
• Team Heinz: Masayoshi McGahey and Assia Charkaoui
• Team Westinghouse: Molly Schneider and Lily Balousek

Grade 12

• Art: Lillian Larkin
• Business - Karie Ammer 
• Drama: Zoe Dittman
• English: Sergei Coleman
• Family & Consumer Science: Madeline Morris
• Health and PE: Julius Green
• Mathematics: John Wyman
• Music: Olivia Miller 
• Science: Sergei Coleman
• Social Studies: Jenna Woelke
• Tech Ed: Zak Remp
• World Language: John Wyman

MaryLou Stefanko Scholarship: Lillian Larkin