Pictured: 2023 mathematics student winners. Far right, Executive Director, John Kutcher.
The William J. Sacco Critical Thinking Foundation held their annual awards ceremony on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at The John Carroll School in Bel Air. This was the first in-person event for the foundation since March 2020.
This annual event brought nearly 120 students, educators, and supporters of the foundation together to celebrate 14 students and 10 educators from 12 Harford County High Schools and programs.
Bryan Wang, a senior from C. Milton Wright High School, was named the Mathematics Student of the Year.
Wang became the fourth Sacco Foundation Mathematics Student of the Year from C. Milton Wright High School joining Sean Fleming (2018), John Brownfield (2020), and Peidong Chen (2022).
The Mathematics Educator of the Year, Robert Torres, is an educator at The John Carroll School.
This was the second time Torres was nominated for the award. He becomes the fourth Sacco Foundation Mathematics Educator of the Year from The John Carroll School joining Claudia Reyerson (2015), Sean Connolly (2018), and Courtney Von Lange (2019).
See below for a complete list of the 2023 honorees.
MATHEMATICS STUDENTS:
- Germarys Santiago-Alvarez (Joppatowne High School)
- Abigail Bond (Edgewood High School)
- Caden Daubach (The John Carroll School)
- Jameson Hawk (Fallston High School)
- Hamilton Hudson (Havre de Grace High School)
- Tyler Huneke (North Harford High School)
- Courtney Knight (Aberdeen High School)
- Adam Lingelbach (Patterson Mill High School)
- Granger Maher (Science & Math Academy)
- Derek Rudd (Harford Tech High School)
- Shreena Thakker (Bel Air High School)
- Bryan Wang (C. Milton Wright High School)
MATHEMATICS EDUCATORS:
- Robert Arnold (Aberdeen High School)
- Michelle Goldberg (Harford Tech High School)
- Brian Gunter (C. Milton Wright High School)
- Arianna Houston (Havre de Grace High School)
- Michael Parker (Patterson Mill High School)
- Cleo Rolocut (Joppatowne High School)
- Justin Rush (Bel Air High School)
- Robert Torres (The John Carroll School)
- William Wardle (North Harford High School)
COMMUNITY AWARD:
- Hannah Richard (Fallston High School)
MIKE FRANKLIN COMPUTING AWARD:
- Jackson Doherty – Student (C. Milton Wright High School)
- T.J. Hitchcock – Educator (Havre de Grace High School)
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