Senior Named Presidential Scholar Candidate

Byron Lambrou has been selected as a candidate for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. Established in 1964, this prestigious program recognizes some of the nation’s most distinguished graduating seniors for their accomplishments in a variety of areas including outstanding scholarship, leadership, creativity, and service. Byron is now being considered for selection as one of 500 semifinalists. The Presidential Scholars Program, which selects up to 141 scholars annually, is one of the nation’s highest honors for high-school students.

Students win art & writing awards

Sanford middle and upper students were honored this weekend at the regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards ceremony in Dover, Delaware. Our award recipients included: Silvana Alfieri, Maude Ceruso, Haley Dabkowski, Laura Davies, Zach Jarome, William Landis, Nick Meehan, Jack Mecca, Guinevere Pitcher, Tian Qiu, Alexandra Rubin, Peter Sabini, Craig Waegerle, Emily Widdoes, and Riley Wohlman. Each year, the Scholastic program identifies and documents outstanding achievement of young artists and writers in the visual and literary arts.

Kudos to our AP Scholars

Nineteen Sanford students and alumni have earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on college level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams. The AP Scholars are: Jasmine Caulfield, Zhengyi Chen, Stephanie Cramer, Cindy Duan (recognized as a National AP Scholar), Charles Frick, Ocean Gibson, Katherine Grant, Josiah Hannon, Phoebe Hering, Jacqueline Kalil, Joshua Katz, Thaddeus Potter, Nataliya Prokhnesvska, Emily Simonton, Hannah Wagner, Peter Walpole, Ishani Winston, Madelyn Wojnisz, and Chenyi Yang.

Lego League Team qualifies for champion’s tournament

Fourth graders advance to the next stage
The Wizard Warriors, a group of ten Sanford students, have qualified to participate in the First State FLL Champion’s tournament Saturday, Jan. 28th at the University of Delaware at the Bob Carpenter Center. The team earned its spot following a regional competition at Oxford High School involving 44 teams from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. The competition was based on core values and teamwork, a research project, and a robotic design and competition section. This program, supported by our community of educators and parents, is one that enhances Sanford’s science, technology, and math programs, as well as teaching the true value of teamwork. Click here to see images from the regional competition.

Sanford celebrates seventh Day of Service