Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy Confers 175 Diplomas on the Class of 2023
\r\n175 seniors received diplomas from Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy during the May 23rd graduation ceremony held at the Pontchartrain Center.
\r\nThe Class of 2023 received numerous honors and awards. In the class, 42 students merited the distinction of honor graduate, earning grade point averages above 3.5. Ninety percent of graduates earned admission to a 2-year or 4-year university throughout the country. The class of 2023 received 3.1 million dollars in scholarships and awards, not inclusive of TOPS, and earned 447 hours of college credit through dual enrollment and AP courses with the University of New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana University. Also, 7 seniors are certified Emergency Medical Responders, 18 seniors are Certified Clinical Medical Assistants, 31 seniors are Adobe Certified Specialists, and 98 seniors earned a score of silver or above on the ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate. The class of 2023 completed over 3,450 hours of community service to the local community. Ninety percent of the class was involved in a sport or club offered at Kenner Discovery.
\r\nValedictorian and Salutatorian
\r\nValedictorian - Janna Calincova
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Valedictorian Janna Calincova received the Valedictory Award for achieving the highest cumulative grade point average in her program of study. Calincova received acceptance to several universities throughout the country and was offered scholarships totaling $324,500, exclusive of TOPS. Calincova, daughter of Evghenil Zaharia and Nadea Calincova will attend Louisiana State University and pursue a degree in Biology: Pre-Med. While at Kenner Discovery, Calincova was on the State All-Academic swim team and tennis team. Calincova was also involved in Freshman Academy Mentors, Key Club, Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor Society, and Student Council.
\r\nSalutatorian - Maaha Cheema
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Salutatorian Maaha Cheema received the Salutatory Award for achieving the second-highest cumulative grade point average in her program of study. Cheema received acceptance to several universities throughout the country and was offered scholarships totaling $560,000, exclusive of TOPS. Cheema, daughter of Sajid and Burha Cheema will attend Xavier University of Louisiana and pursue a degree in Biology. While at Kenner Discovery, Cheema was involved in Key Club, Mu Alpha Theta, and Student Council.
\r\nGRADUATES
\r\nThose graduating Summa Cum Laude (4.0 and above) were Adan Abbas, Aislynn Adams, Alina Ayvazyan, Kennedy Bass, Kiyah Bazile, Emily Bergeron, Janna Calincova, Carlie Canessa, Maaha Cheema, Antonio Gagliano-Avila, Pitambar Guha, Chloe Holliday, Devin Hymel, Alain Jalice, Adriana LaBarrere, Saarah Nawaz, Natalie Orgeron, and Sydney Smith.
\r\nGraduating Magna Cum Laude (3.75-3.99) were Jardyn Augustus, Ty'la Campbell, Jaquelin Castro, Zhuofeng Chen, Christopher Clark, Leah Fonte, Justin Kondroik, Kamryn Lempfert, Jailah McNutt, Gabriella Moise, Catherine Oyuela-Gomez, Doris Quintero-Rodriguez, and Sarah Rasul.
\r\nGraduating Cum Laude (3.50-3.74) were Deyaa Attamari, Alyssa Berggren, Presley Cruse, Kayla Gorman, Zachary Hill, Jad Massassati, Lachlan McKinney, Emily Rose, Nicholas Scandurro, Mia Stewart, and Carlos Vasquez.
\r\nAlso graduating were Akmal Abdelatty, Gabriel Aguilar-Sierra, Lamont Alcindor, Gerald Allen, Aaron Andrus, Dakota Baker-Canessa, Chanslor Bass, Roland Bernard, Raymond Bourg, Landon Boyington, Terrence Bradley, Trinitee Bynoe-Louper, Eliam Caballero, Adriana Caldcleugh, Zaniel Campuzano, Cade Caster, Stefan Caus, Christopher Chandler, Emanni Chapman, Jacob Cisneros, Marcus Clark, DeShawn Clark, DaShawn Clark, Isabel Clouatre, Tariq Coleman, Keegan Cox, Ozell Cruz, Asaely Cruz, Karem Denis, Ava Diaz, Aidyn Diaz, Jose Dominguez-Bustillo, Mario Donelson, Suamir Duron, Andrea Echeverry-Alvarado, Mazin Eid, Wyatt Eilers, Ivanna Fajardo, Brady Fink, Briana Froelich-Accardo, John Fussell, Mallory Fussell, Evelyn Galdamez, Jan Garcia, Timia Gaspard, Blake Gates, Kani George, Luke Geraci, Ethan Granier, Taylor Green, Jada Green, Kaytie Green, Ayla Guderen, Kamilo Gutierrez, Farid Handal-Rosales, Macyre Harris, Colin Hartenstein, Dante' Hayes, Olivia Henning, Enzo Hernandez, Benjamin Hernandez-Suazo, Dallas Horton, Gavin House, Mahrooz Hussain, Nyla Isaacs, Cassandra Jacobs, Caitlin Johnson, Collin Johnson, Kayleigh Johnson, Camryn Johnson, Abigail Karcher, Amar Khader, Khawaja Khalid, Madison Lightell, Gavin Litolff, Ethan Lo, Asael Lopez, Kavin Lopez, Darriyiana Louis, Paul Madron-Owens, Catarina Maldonado-Lux, Jayden Marin, Melanie Martinez, Erika Martinez, Jade Martinez-Flores, Ashley Mathis, Jahlexys McGrady, Alexander Mejia, Ashley Mendez-Corea, Amalia Mendoza, Emily Meza, Kameron Mitchell, Ruba Mohammad, Daven-Angelo Montalbano, Emmanuel Montufar, Donte' Morgan, Genesis Murillo-Rivera, Marie Nicholls, Nataly Ochoa, Chris Oliveras-Rivera, Shay Osborne, William Palmere, Emilio Peguero, Ali'jah Peters, Anna Pham, Jadrian Pinargote, Argelia Pineda-Moran, Breyanna Ratcliff, Bryan Rios-Hernandez, Cristian Rivera, Angel Rivera-Garrido, Naiya Robinson, Nicolle Rodrigues, Naimah Romero, Trenton Roquevert, Samantha Rose, Kesler Ruiz-Avila, Jasmine Salazar, Valeska Santana-Garcia, Roy Sellers, Jacob Senat, Amiriea Smith, Kaare Smith, Chason Smothers, Joshua Stewart, Antonio Tabora, Luis Torres, Alyssa Uli, Katelyn Varela, Darren Varela, Julissa Vindel, Gabriel Vogel, and Jeremiah Wilson.