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Paint Branch High School
HONOR ROLL
4th Grading Period – June 2008

Click here for easy to print Honor Roll (pdf)

Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors
Abangma, Yaya O
Abdelwhab, Hind
Acheampong, Valerie S
* Adams, Sara
* Ahmad, Sobia
Ahmad, Tanzeel M
Akamune, Joycelyn I
* Akinnola, Ifeolu A
Allen, Madison K
Aluko, Mosopefoluwa E
Amanuel, Medhane T
Ambroise, Marthe A
Amenabar, Edwin A
Awojoodu, Olusola J
Aylay, Elenor
Barbagallo, Taylor G
Barela, Melinda R
* Belina, Detti H
Bishop, Cory A
* Bose, Sanchita
Brady, William C
* Brown, Tyler M
Buvawala, Vivien M
Calhoun, Briana N
Camara, Saffie S
Chakroborty, Soumik
Chen, Jeremy M
Chen, Jessica L
Cho, Eunice H
* Chung, Judith D
Connolly, Erin E
Conrad, Chelsey J
Dang, Christina N
Delgado, Xochilt N
Dement, Paige M
Dively, Angela M
Do, Magdalene Q
Dohvoma, Lydia P
* Dominah, Gifty A
Drameh, Aji M
Duah, Xavier
Edge, Kelsey A
Esquig, Teddy Jane D
Fitta, Meron A
Giron, Noemi B
Glatt, Samuel B
Goldberg, Barrett L
* Grady, Rebecca B
Granny, Olivia
Haje, Dylan A
Han, Edward S
* Hasan, Syed M
* Hauprich, Katrina L
* Heralal, Sangeeta
Herrfurth, Mattias G
Heuber, Allison
* Hollis, Rachel E
Hussein, Hamda A
Johnson, Melissa L
Johny, Angeline
Jones, Courtney E
* Joseph, Sebastian M
Joshi, Rohit
Kalsi, Amy
Keane, Jeffrey B
Khan, Sabrina
Lee, Tiana R
Lewis, Cherisse
* Lively, Brett H
Lopes, Niloricard A
Lubin, George-Ann
Madden, Anna F
Malca-Chavez, Gabriela A
Matsuda, Motonari
* McClain, Rebecca D
McGonnigal, Aaron
McMahon, Rachel E
Measday, Alexander H
Medina, Joshua M
Mensah, Joey E
Miller, Mariah A
Mohamed, Hayatt
Moses, Ryan K
Munanka, Corazon R
Myint, Sundi K
Newman, Shayna R
Ngako, Patrick E
* Ngenge, Kelly A
* Ngo, My T
Nguyen, Brenda
Nguyen, David M
* Nguyen, Jennifer T
Nguyen, Tony T
Nnamani, Amaka C
Nwanna, Chinomso T
Ortiz, Elelbin A
* Ortiz, Maria
* Parkhurst, Alyssa M
Pham, Cherry
Pham, Victoria H
Pinnock, Nykolaus A
Portillo, Cesia S
Puri, Divya C
Rahman, Ameera T
* Rehwoldt, Miles C
Rhoads, Grace E
Robinson, Emmanuel
Rollakanti, Suman S
Sabia, Stephen H
Saldanha, Thiago H
Savoy, Brandyce E
* Scanga, Emily C
Schmedding, Anna K
Schneider, William M
Serra, Katelyn N
Seto, Daren J
Shaukat, Henna J
Singh, Harleen K
Stewart, Victoria E
Sulieman, Saleh
* Tesfai, Ariam
Tesfaye, Bezait
Thanki, Neha S
Thomas, Jannel S
* Tizabi, Daniela R
* Tsao, Tracy
* Tse, Jillian
Udoh, Otobong I
Umanzor-Villat, Rubidia N
Valencia, Angeline T
* Werner, Samantha R
Willacy, Tiffany
Wilson, Tory
Wright, John L
Yee, Alexander K
* Yitagesu, Abigia W
Yun, Melody G
Yutuc, Katherine
* Zemen, Rahel
 
Abbadi, Soad H
Abraha, Rosa G
Adebayo, Rofiat A
Aghguiguian, Ani S
Akede, Elizabeth O
Akula, Sarah A
Aniyikaiye, Opeoluwa B
Arah, Olisa 
Ashu, Enaka B
Aslam, Sulaiman K
Azubuike, Chizoba 
Bagio, Jheinifer 
Balogun, Mayowa 
Banson, Ian M
* Barnes, Carol J
Battle, Courtney T
Bii, Iscar C
Blanchard, Katie N
Buabuchachart, Alan 
Burriss, Danielle M
Butler, Michelle A
Calderon, Luis A
* Canubas, Lorenz D
Carey, Cathleen L
Chaiyarat, Phimchanok 
Chane, Eden 
Chhabra, Arjun S
Christopher, Garland R
Chu, Melody P
Clem, Caitlin 
Cohen, Kathryn M
Collignon, Taylor 
Dawit, Nighisti 
Dematatis, Julia V
Denny, Abigail 
Djampouop, Sonia N
Duffy, Dakota N
Durai, Priyanka 
Dzierzanowski, Elizabeth A
Edelberg, Brandon W
* Edinborough, Kevin A
Espinoza, Valeria K
Etchu, Eleanor M
Farace, Andrea L
Fean, Samantha T
Ferguson, Michelle P
* Fernandes, Matthew 
Flores, Tiana V
* Ford, Megan E
Frimpong, Ama B
Ganesan, Sidharth 
Gomes, Yves G
* Grant-Broadus, Rachel J
Gulian, Mamikon A
Gyimah, Evans 
Hall, Kathleen N
Hamilton, Lauren 
Han, James T
Harrington, Thomas A
Heiss, Rachel E
* Ho, Patrick 
* Horstkamp, Katlyn R
Huynh, Alfred C
Itana, Hawi I
Jackson, Alexander M
* Jacob, Salena M
Jacobs, Brian H
Ji, Chu-Qiao S
Kapur, Arun 
Kapuscinski, Michelle 
Kashfipour, Safoura 
Katta, Ramesh K
Kettell, Chloe M
Kim, Kyungwan 
Kim, Michelle B
Kind, Amanda E
* Kunz, Michael C
Lay, Amanda T
Le, Monica 
Le, Richard A
* Lee, Yae Chan 
Leiva, Dania Y
Lowe, Nathaniel D
Lucan, Chloe E
Lukas, Amanda K
Maeng, Sonny 
Martinez-Bonil, Laura D 
McGrath, Casey J
* McGrew, Kathleen A
Missah, Ellen 
Mistry, Shruti 
Mueller, Alexander J
* Muppala, Reshma 
Ngo, Jessica M
Nguyen, David 
Njafuh, Cynthia N
Nnamani, Chidera 
Obeid, Priscilla R
Okonofua, Sandra 
Okunji, Chidiebere O
Oni, Oluwatimilehin 
Orwenyo, Terri N
Paris, Francess E
Park, James J
Patel, Darshan G
Patel, Parth 
Phifer, Larissa E
Porter, Joel E
* Rao, Sneha 
* Rethnaswamy, Perry J
Rirksopa, Benjamin 
Robles, Eric A
Saeed, Fathiyya 
Sartor, Eduardo 
Sayre, Christina L
* Schneider, Kathryn E
* Schultz, Emma A
Schultz, Todd A
Shah, Parth 
* Sharpe, Katherine M
* Sharpe, Natalie L
Shittabey, Abifoluwa 
Siebenberg, Allisson E
Silverman, Jordan 
Smythe, Seynique A
Soniregun, Mofoluwaso 
Strassberger, James A
Straub, Elaina D
Sumner, Eric B
Suri, Manpreet 
* Swaminathan, Anjna K
Syed, Amad H
* Sylla, Mariame 
Tadesse, Kirubel B
Tagoe, Ivan P
Tezera, Amen 
Tinne, Melvis N
Tobon, Karen E
Toledo, Amanda P
Tolentino, Hector R
Tolentino, Ricardo 
Toliver, Jordan A
* Tran, Alan T
* Tran, Megan T
Ukaegbu, Oyinyechi A
Ukegbu, Jennifer O
* Vandeyar, Javier 
Vidaurre, Grecia Y
Vodela, Meghana S
Weiser, Gary 
Wilkins, Patrick M
Winley, Deena R
Wolde, Mikias G
Wright, Brett L
Wright, Timothy R
Yaunan, Sanjiv S
Yee, Daniel C
Yeh, Christopher 
Yorklush, Charles E
Abbas, Mariya 
* Abel, Brent S
Abera, Tsebaot K 
Adewusi, Olutoba A
Adkins, Jared M
* Ahmad, Maria 
Ahmed, Asif U
Amadiobi, Eziaku 
Andoseh, Bemi J
Ayodele, Temidayo A
Bandon-Bibum, Chrysantus 
Bean, Kevin D
Bechtoldt, Alison M
Bediako, Yaw A
* Bernstein, Karen M
Biloa, Stacymurie D
Boateng-Botwe, Rhoda 
* Bouvier-Lyons, Maya A
Bradshaw, Lauren K
* Brimmer, Charles B
Burns, Cody 
Campbell, Valerie J
Cardenas, Daniel M
Carr, Amy M
Chang, Sarah 
Chi, Naomi M
Chopde, Rakesh N
* Chopra, Natasha 
Chowdhury, Saurav R
* Chung, Scott 
* Dalal, Sonia P
Dang, Anhquan 
Dayrit, Nique Jelen S
* Devkota, Mandisha 
Divakarla, Sneha M
Do, Andy 
Do, Uyen N
Dustin, Danielle 
Duval, Korine A
Eakin, Brian C
Edwards, James K
Eyow, Liban A
Fadeyi, Temi M
Faustin, Sabrina 
Friedman, Steven J
Goodie, Keondra E
Graham, Nigel A
Gregoire, Daniel L
Grinberg, Julia 
Gudenius, Brandon M
Herath, Thilini L
Herrera, Fernando D
Heuber, Stephanie 
Hoang, Minh T
Hodgson, Janelle S
Howard, Redmond J
Isaac, Kishore D
* Jacob, Christina M
Jenifer, Regina 
* Jewett, Xavier C
Jones, Ashanti 
Kals, Amy 
Kang, Ho Young 
Kelley, Shamus 
Khan, Shoaib M
* Kind, Patrick J
Kwon, Paul H
Laudwein, Evelyn B
Le, Dongha 
Lee, John 
Lively, Sarah L
Logan, Shawn M
Lopez, Walter O
Magnus, Julianna I
Malleck, Adam T
Maniwang, Stephanie V
Marapaka, Abhinay 
Marchica, Louise P 
* Mekonnen, Michael 
Menta, Karthikeya 
* Michnewich, Matthew J
Moores, Colleen 
Morgan, Matthew D
Nguyen, Amanda L
Nguyen, Vu 
Nibber, Avneet 
Nibber, Jesspaul S
Njosa, Nora A
Noyes, Michael D
Ocran, Cindy 
Okorafor, Tavie 
Okunji, Uzoamaka E
Outlaw, Olivia R
Pabari, Manshi G
Pae, David J
Paik, Danielle H
Palilingan, Sheryl 
Patel, Beenaben G
Perret, Sarah E
Pham, Michael V
Pradhan, Ujina 
Prakash, Saurabh 
* Rubio, Cindy 
Sabade, Natasha S
Sabir, Mohammed M
Samuel, Jamal A
Sanford, Ayana 
Sani, Abdullaziz 
Sen, Ashley 
Seto, Ashley 
Shah, Khushbu B
Shaikh, Mazin 
Sheth, Shraddha N
Shinholser, Logan E
Singh, Gurashish 
Siripanichgon, Panit 
Smith, David R
Snyder, Colleen G
Sonty, Adam C
Statham, Arielle C
Stone, Kayla C
* Swaminathan, Rajna K
Sylla, Fatoumata Y
Taylor, Tiffany M
Tcheimegni, Joel F
Tesfai, Naomi 
Tesfaye, Blain 
Tesfaye, Yeesalem 
Tran, Jessica A
Tran, Michael T
Truong, Nguyen T
* Tse, Bradley C
* Valdez-Lopez, Luis E
Vargas, Jesse J
* Walters, Andrew R
* Werner, Jessica N
Wistar, Cass C
Wray, Sarah L
* Wyche, Malcolm K

Abangma, Manyi B
Akede, Theresa O
Allen, Jordan T
* Aloi, Angela M
Alvin, Antonea R
Ansari, Azam A
* Atallah, Katherine A
Austin, Lashawnda D
Baez, Jason M
Bah, Alhaji I
Baldus, Matthew J
Baptiste, Nathalie M
Baptiste, Nikita A
Barnes, Scott W
Bass, Glenn T
Berger, Leanne
Berhe, Robel
* Blanchard, Sarah L
Bowles-Mckinne, Alexis J
Brady, Bonnie K
Brand, Charles F
Brown, Michael J
Butts, Derrick
Carr, John V
Chlebowski, Alexandra J
* Chlumsky, Adrienne L
Clermont, Daphney
Dallas III, Lloyd N
Davis, Brittni A
Dedo, Abike D
Duttaroy, Arpan
Eapen, Shanu P
* Essick, Danielle L
Essick, Nicholas L
Essick, Zachary S
Etchu, Lydia M
Etwaroo, Katrina P
Fernandes, Patrick M
Frazer, Bernardine M
Fusco, Mena D
Giordano, Kimberly
Graves, Zachary
* Gugsa, Natnael T
Ha, Bichtram
* Hamilton, Andrew L
* Hauprich, Kelly A
Heng, Christina L
Hollis, Kate M
Horstkamp, Sarah L
Hubscher, Molly J
Hussain, Maryam Q
Hussain, Tehreem Q
* Huynh, Uyen K
Johnson, Graham R
Johnson, Jeshurun S
* Jolles, Gregory
* Jones, Allison
Jones, Nasreen B
Jones, Sheniqua
* Kang, Jeannie H
Kaye, Brian L
Kizito, Lynette
Koolhof, Sarah A
Kuhney, Julia
LaSota, Richard A
Lawhorn, Kelly E
Lay, Christine S
* Lutz, Michael T
* MacNamara, Kyle
Maddox, Jacob
Martein, Elizabeth A
Mayes, Sara A
* Miller, Steven M
Modha, Menal G
Mohapatra, Sidhartha
Morton-Warren, Latashia T
Moses, Nicholas
Naqvi, Sabah F
Ndeh, Azah
Ngassa Djapa, Sidoine
Ngomba, Brenda T
Niedermair, Christina Y
Nwanna, Chima
Okunji, Chinyere I
Opabajo, Irene A
Pandit, Raina
Park, Hyun M
Park, James H
Patel, Ami A
Perciavalle, Rocco
Petska, Samuel
Phall, Yaawa
Pham, Linh R
Pham, Stephanie H
Posthuma, Katelin M
Posthuma, Stephanie A
Preister, Chelsea E
Pung, Kurtis M
Qazi, Hira
Raghubir, Kevin A
* Reynolds, Sierra
Rivas, Victoria
Rodriguez, Nataly E
Rogers, Crystal
* Rosario, Rachel A
Rozario, Joan T
Rubio, Mauricio
Sabir, Sehar F
Saleh, Awrad S
* Schmedding, Nicholas A
* Segovia, Joana M
Singh, Sidak
* Smith, Evan F
Steele, Cristen R
Stewart, Amanda C
Stubblefield, Ronald E
* Sy-Sahande, Sanata R
Tabisz, Michelle
Teague, Jessica D
* Tidwell, Jordan P
Tizabi, Jonas J
* Tom-Wigfield, Noelle G
Trotta, John L
Tucker, Anthony A
Turner, David C
* Tylka, Joseph G
Ulsch, Charles T
Vandeyar, Christine A
Vaughn, Eric C
Wade, Danielle L
Wharton, Samantha J
Wiggan, Toni-Ann K
Xayamath, Johnny
Yambor, Shane A
Yoon, Grace
Zepp, Andrew P
Zhang, Xuemin

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

* Indicates student earned all grades of "A"

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 Nineteen Paint Branch Seniors Honored at
Top Scholars Recognition Dinner

Paint Branch High School will be celebrating academic excellence by honoring nineteen seniors who represent the top 5% of the graduating class of 2008.   The Top Scholars Dinner will be held at The Oak Room, Sandy Spring, Maryland on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 6:00 pm. The honored students are being recognized for their academic excellence over four years at Paint Branch and will be given plaques to commemorate their achievement. 

The students being honored are: 

Angela Aloi

Katherine Atallah

Nathalie Baptiste

Sarah Blanchard

Shanu Eapen

Christina Heng

Kyle MacNamara

Claudia Ngo

Chinyere Okunji

Linh Pham

Chelsea Preister

Rachel Rosario

Sehar Sabir

Nicholas Schmedding

Evan Smith

Sanata Sy-Sahande

Michelle Tabisz

Noelle Tom-Wigfield

Xuemin Zhang

Each student was asked to pick their most influential staff member at Paint Branch and those staff members will also be honored.  The staff members the students chose are: 

Dr.  Mary Ellen Antiochos

Ms. Dina Beatty

Ms. Christine Blakely

Ms. Lisa Blighton

Mr. Brian Eichenlaub

Ms. Faye Johnson

Mr. Richard Lee

Ms. Pamela Leffler

Mr. Stuart Miller

Mr. Colin Reinhard

Ms. Mary Simons

Mr. Jeff Sullivan

Mr. Bryan Walker

Mr. Brian Woodward

Mr. David Zalesk

 

Paint Branch Senior Wins
National Principal’s Leadership Award Scholarship

          Burtonsville, MD – Sehar Sabir, a Paint Branch High School senior has been named the National Finalist of the Principal’s Leadership Award Scholarship, co-sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and Herff Jones, Inc.  One hundred national PLA winners were chosen from among more than 4,500 applications to receive a $1000.00 college scholarship.  From the 100 winners, nine recipients were selected as Regional Winners and will receive an additional $500.00 scholarship.  Finally, one student was selected from the nine Regional Winners as the National Finalist and will receive an additional $7,000.00 scholarship, making the total scholarship award Ms. Sabir has won $8,500.00.

            Ms. Jeanette Dixon, Principal at Paint Branch High School announced the award.  “We are very proud of Sehar and of all her accomplishments here at Paint Branch,” stated Ms. Dixon.

            Participating high school principals from across the country could nominate one senior high student to compete in this year’s program.  Winners were selected on the basis of their leadership skills, participation in service organizations and clubs; achievements in the arts and sciences; employment experience; and academic record. They also were required to write an essay.

            “Students nominated for the PLA scholarship not only demonstrate academic excellence, but also extraordinary performance in leadership and service to their schools and communities – traits that are more important now than ever before,” said Rocco Marano, director of student activities, NASSP.  “I am always impressed by the outstanding achievements of students like Ms. Sabir, and NASSP is proud to recognize her.”

            In recognizing leadership in cocurricular activities as well as academic performance, the PLA scholarship recognized the importance of a well-rounded education.   Cocurricular activities are an essential part of the school curriculum.

While at Paint Branch High School, Ms. Sabir has been the President of the Student Government Association, the Vice President of the National Honor Society, and the Opinions Editor of the Mainstream, the Paint Branch school newspaper.  Ms. Sabir has also been a Senate Page in the 2008 session of the Maryland General Assembly, and participated in the Washington Post’s Ninth Annual High School Writing Seminar and Scholarship Program this spring.  Ms. Sabir was also selected to receive the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship and is a Finalist for a National Honor Society (NHS™) scholarship.  

This fall, Ms. Sabir plans to attend the University of Maryland, College Park, Honors Program and double major in journalism and government and politics.

 

58 Paint Branch Students

Win Awards at the Montgomery County Media Festival

Fifty-eight Paint Branch High School students won a number of awards at the annual Montgomery County Media Festival on April 17, 2008 held at the American Film Institute (AFI) in Silver Spring.  The students’ works were part of over 500 entries by 1400 students from 68 schools in Montgomery County.

Animation:

Jonathon Bartee, Nathaniel Butler, Lorenz Canubas, Douglas Coates, Darius Davis, Reyna Dunlap, Alexis Fearing, Phillip Gayle, Barrett Goldberg, Andre Gregory, Dylan Haje, Harifah Hendrickson, Xavier Jewett, Sebastian Joseph, Kyle Krespan, William Lee, Alex Measday, Nneka Payne, Jez Siarez, Jordan Stephens, Emma Williams, and Alex Yee – First Place – Stop Motion Entertaining (Paint Branch High School Summer Institute Animation 2007)

Tristan Alleyne, Stacy Biloa, Sarah Blanchard, Sarah Chang, Abike (Bebe) Dedo, Bich-tram Ha, Rachel Heiss, Jose-Lorenzo Jimenez, Corbin Jones, John Kashfi, Michael Kunz, Dongha Le, Marc Lowe, Michael Mekonnen, Matias Mesfin, Duyen Nguyen, Ruby Park, Sierra Reynolds, Marcela Rodriguez, Cathey Siu, Anjna Swaminathan, Alan Tran, and Grecia Vidaurre – Second Place – Stop Motion Procedural  (Hello, my name is . . .)

Digital Art and Design:

Jose Lorenzo Jimenez – Second Place, Commercial Design

Cindy Rubio – Third Place, Digital Art – “painterly”

Titi Huynh – Third Place, Digital Photography

Live Action:

Andy Zepp, Jaimie Metellus, Sarah Koolhof, KC Lanigan, Julian Lantry, Jared Adkins, Jazz Narang  – First Place, Entertaining (Halloween Special)

Noelee Wishart – Third Place, Informational (AP Classes)

News Programs:

Sarah Koolhof, Andy Zepp, Jared Adkins, Sandra Williams, Jaimie Metellus Third Place, News Magazine (Scroogekins)

Photography:

Jason Baez Second Place, Photo Journalism – Monochrome (Home)

 

Paint Branch Computer Students Take 2nd Place in
Montgomery College High School Computer Programming Contest

On Friday, April 11, 2008, Michael Mekonnen, Gary Weiser, Menal Modha, and Simba Marufu competed in the Annual Montgomery College Programming Contest held at the Rockville Campus.  The Paint Branch team was one of ten teams to compete. Paint Branch won 2nd place in the competition in a very competitive environment.  Other schools involved included Blair, Springbrook, Richard Montgomery and Poolesville high schools.

The students won a trophy to be displayed at the school, and each student received computer science textbooks and USB thumbnail drives.

Competition involved working as teams to solve a series of twenty Java programming problems – basically small exercises that tend to be classical problems in computer science – some introductory, some intermediate, and some advanced level problems.  Each problem was worth a certain number of points based on how well the solution worked and the difficulty of the problem.  Students had a two-hour block in which to solve as many problems as possible.

This was the first time that Paint Branch competed in the competition.  Bethany Petr, the team’s coach, is in her fourth year teaching computer programming at the school.

For more information about the competition, please go to:    https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/~ggrinber/2008MCProgrammingCompetitionWebSite/2008MCProgrammingCompetition_index.htm 

 

Panther of the Month Awards for April 2008


9th Grade - Cesia Portilio

10th Grade - James Martinez

11th Grade - Dongha Le

12th Grade - Greg Jolles

Click here for past recipients

 


Paint Branch High School
HONOR ROLL
3rd Grading Period – April 2008

Click here for easy to print Honor Roll (pdf)

Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors
 Abangma, Yaya O 
 Acheampong, Valerie S
* Adams, Sara 
* Ahmad, Sobia 
 Ahmad, Tanzeel M
 Akamune, Joycelyn I
 Akinnola, Ifeolu A
 Allen, Madison K
 Aluko, Mosopefoluwa E
 Amanuel, Medhane T
 Ambroise, Marthe A
 Amenabar, Edwin A
 Anumgba, Earvin 
 Anyiam, Juliette U
 Awojoodu, Olusola J
 Aylay, Elenor 
 Banks, Ashlea M
 Barbagallo, Taylor G
 Belina, Detti H
* Bose, Sanchita 
 Brown, Tyler M
 Buvawala, Vivien M
 Caicedo, Neila J
 Camara, Saffie S
 Campbell, Britney R
 Chen, Jeremy M
 Chen, Jessica L
 Cherinet, Hayeder A
 Cho, Eunice H
 Chung, Judith D
 Coaxum, Blake F
 Connolly, Erin E
 Conrad, Chelsey J
 Dang, Christina N
 Delgado, Xochilt N
 Dement, Paige M
 Depperman, Kinyatta J
 Do, Magdalene Q
 Dohvoma, Lydia P
 Dominah, Gifty A
 Drameh, Aji M
 Ebanks, Nicole S
 Fitta, Meron A
 Glatt, Samuel B
* Grady, Rebecca B
 Granny, Olivia 
 Han, Edward S
 Hasan, Syed M
* Hauprich, Katrina L
* Heralal, Sangeeta 
 Herrfurth, Mattias G
* Heuber, Allison 
* Hollis, Rachel E
 Hoover, Garrett M
 Hunt, Colby 
 Hussein, Hamda A
 Johnson, Melissa L
* Johny, Angeline 
* Jones, Courtney E
* Joseph, Sebastian M
 Kalsi, Amy 
 Kaufman, Samuel J
 Keane, Jeffrey B
 Khama, Sharon 
 Khan, Sabrina 
 Lewis, Cherisse 
 Lim, Phanith P
 Lively, Brett H
 Lubin, George-Ann 
 Madden, Anna F
* McClain, Rebecca D
 McMahon, Rachel E
 Measday, Alexander H
 Medina, Joshua M
 Mensah, Joey E
 Miller, Mariah A 
 Minda, Desta 
 Mohamed, Hayatt 
 Moses, Ryan K
 Munanka, Corazon R
 Muniz, Michelle G
 Myers, Shalay S
 Myint, Sundi K
 Newman, Shayna R
 Ngako, Patrick E
* Ngenge, Kelly A
 Ngo, My T
 Nguyen, Brenda 
 Nguyen, David M
 Nguyen, Jennifer T
 Nguyen, Tony T
 Nnamani, Amaka C
 Nwanna, Chinomso T
 Ortiz, Elelbin A
 Ortiz, Maria 
* Parkhurst, Alyssa M
 Pham, Cherry 
 Pilla, Naomi 
 Pinnock, Nykolaus A
 Portillo, Cesia S
 Puri, Divya C
 Rager, Christopher J
 Rahman, Ameera T
* Rehwoldt, Miles C
 Rhoads, Grace E
 Robar, Kayla J
 Rock, Jeanlouis 
 Rollakanti, Suman S
 Sabia, Stephen H
 Saldanha, Thiago H
 Sando, Princess K
 Savoy, Brandyce E
* Scanga, Emily C
 Schneider, William M
 Serra, Katelyn N
 Seto, Daren J
 Shaukat, Henna J
 Singh, Harleen K
 Stewart, Victoria E
 Sulieman, Saleh 
 Tesfai, Ariam 
 Tesfaye, Bezait 
 Thanki, Neha S
 Thomas, Jannel S
* Tizabi, Daniela R
 Tsao, Tracy 
* Tse, Jillian 
 Udoh, Otobong I
 Umanzor-Villat, Rubidia N
 Valencia, Angeline T
 Vu, Dennis A
* Werner, Samantha R
 Wiggins, Xavier K
 Willacy, Tiffany 
 Wilson, Tory 
* Wright, John L
 Yee, Alexander K
 Yitagesu, Abigia W
 Yun, Melody G
 Yutuc, Katherine 
 Zemen, Rahel 
 Abbadi, Soad H
 Abraha, Rosa G
 Abramson, Zuri N
 Adebayo, Rofiat A
 Akinkuowo, Omowasola M
 Aniyikaiye, Opeoluwa B
 Arah, Olisa 
 Ashu, Enaka B
 Aslam, Sulaiman K
 Azubuike, Chizoba  
 Bagio, Jheinifer 
 Balogun, Mayowa 
 Banson, Ian M
* Barnes, Carol J
 Battle, Courtney T
 Bii, Iscar C
 Blanchard, Katie N
 Buabuchachart, Alan 
 Burriss, Danielle M
 Butler, Michelle A
 Calderon, Luis A
 Canubas, Lorenz D
 Carey, Cathleen L
 Chane, Eden 
 Chhabra, Arjun S
 Christopher, Garland R
 Chu, Melody P
 Clem, Caitlin 
 Cohen, Kathryn M
 Collignon, Taylor 
 Corkran, Christine M
 Davis II, Gerald A
 Dawit, Nighisti 
 Dematatis, Julia V
 Denny, Abigail 
 Duffy, Dakota N
 Durai, Priyanka 
 Dzierzanowski, Elizabeth A
 Edelberg, Brandon W
* Edinborough, Kevin A
 Eslin, Ashley M
 Espinoza, Valeria K
 Farace, Andrea L
 Fean, Samantha T
 Ferguson, Michelle P
* Fernandes, Matthew 
 Flores, Tiana V
* Ford, Megan E
 Frimpong, Ama B
 Ganesan, Sidharth 
 Gomes, Yves G
 Grant-Broadus, Rachel J
 Gulian, Mamikon A
 Gyimah, Evans 
 Hall, Kathleen N
 Hamilton, Lauren 
 Han, James T
 Harrington, Thomas A
 Ho, Patrick 
 Horstkamp, Katlyn R
 Hunter, Justin A
 Itana, Hawi I
 Jackson, Alexander M
* Jacob, Salena M
 Jacobs, Brian H
 Janoskie, Kelly M
* Ji, Chu-Qiao S
 Kapur, Arun 
 Kashfipour, Safoura 
 Katta, Ramesh K
 Kettell, Chloe M
 Kim, Kyungwan 
 Kim, Michelle B
* Kind, Amanda E
 Kuhn, Eric S
 Kumar, Sapna C
* Kunz, Michael C
 Larraabee, Erin M
 Lay, Amanda T
* Lee, Yae Chan 
 Lowe, Nathaniel D
* Lukas, Amanda K
 Maeng, Sonny 
 Martinez, James A
 Martinez-Bonil, Laura D 
 McGrath, Casey J
 McGrew, Kathleen A
 Mirza, Sofia J
 Missah, Ellen 
 Mistry, Shruti 
 Mueller, Alexander J
* Muppala, Reshma 
 Ngo, Jessica M
 Nguyen, David 
 Njafuh, Cynthia N
 Nnamani, Chidera 
 Obeid, Priscilla R
 Ochoa, Daniela A
 Offodile, Nnaemeke M
 Okonofua, Sandra 
 Oni, Oluwatimilehin 
 Osong, Tiffanyann 
 Patel, Darshan G
 Patel, Parth 
 Perdomo, Amanda B
 Phifer, Larissa E
 Porter, Joel E
 Ramirez, Giancarlo 
* Rao, Sneha 
 Reardon, Renee' A
 Rethnaswamy, Perry J
 Rirksopa, Benjamin 
 Saeed, Fathiyya 
 Sartor, Eduardo 
 Sayre, Christina L
* Schneider, Kathryn E
* Schultz, Emma A
 Schultz, Todd A
 Seleznow, Michael B
 Shah, Parth 
* Sharpe, Katherine M
* Sharpe, Natalie L
 Shittabey, Abifoluwa 
 Silverman, Jordan 
 Smythe, Seynique A
 Straub, Elaina D
 Suri, Manpreet 
 Swaminathan, Anjna K
 Syed, Amad H
* Sylla, Mariame 
 Tadesse, Kirubel B
 Tagoe, Ivan P
 Tinne, Melvis N
 Tobon, Karen E
 Toledo, Amanda P
 Tolentino, Ricardo 
 Toliver, Jordan A
* Tran, Alan T
 Tran, Megan T
 Ukaegbu, Oyinyechi A
* Vandeyar, Javier 
 Vodela, Meghana S
 Weiser, Gary 
 Wilkins, Patrick M
* Wolde, Mikias G
 Wong, Don 
 Wright, Timothy R
* Yaunan, Sanjiv S
 Yee, Daniel C
 Yusuf, Samy 
 
 Abbas, Mariya 
* Abel, Brent S
 Abera, Tsebaot K
 Adams, Jasmine S
 Adkins, Jared M
* Ahmad, Maria 
 Ahmed, Asif U
 Alleyne, Victoria D
 Amadiobi, Eziaku 
 Andoseh, Bemi J 
 Bean, Kevin D
 Bechtoldt, Alison M
 Bernstein, Karen M
 Biloa, Stacymurie D
 Boateng-Botwe, Rhoda 
* Bouvier-Lyons, Maya A
 Bradshaw, Lauren K
* Brimmer, Charles B
 Burns, Cody 
 Campbell, Valerie J
 Cardenas, Daniel M
 Carr, Amy M
 Chang, Sarah 
 Chi, Naomi M
 Chopde, Rakesh N
* Chopra, Natasha 
 Chowdhury, Saurav R
* Chung, Scott 
 Dalal, Sonia P
 Dayrit, Nique Jelen S
 Desmangles, Jean M
 Devkota, Mandisha 
 Divakarla, Sneha M
 Do, Andy 
 Dustin, Danielle 
 Duval, Korine A
 Eakin, Brian C
 Edwards, James K
 Eyow, Liban A
 Fadeyi, Temi M
 Fernandus, Liejo 
 Friedman, Steven J
 Goodie, Keondra E
 Granados, Gilbert A
 Gregoire, Daniel L
 Grinberg, Julia 
 Gudenius, Brandon M
 Guzman, Vanessa I
 Herath, Thilini L
 Herrera, Fernando D
 Hislop, Tarik N
 Hoang, Minh T
 Hodgson, Janelle S
 Howard, Redmond J
 Isaac, Kishore D
* Jacob, Christina M
 Jenifer, Regina 
 Jewett, Xavier C
 Jones, Alexus 
 Kals, Amy 
 Kang, Ho Young 
 Kanu, Rasheeda K
 Khan, Shoaib M
* Kind, Patrick J
 Kwon, Paul H
* Laudwein, Evelyn B
 Le, Dongha 
 Lee, John 
 Lively, Sarah L
 Lopez, Walter O
 Lucero, Nancy 
* Magnus, Julianna I
 Malleck, Adam T
 Maniwang, Stephanie V
 Marapaka, Abhinay 
 Marchica, Louise P
 Martin, Andrew N
* Mekonnen, Michael 
 Menta, Karthikeya 
* Michnewich, Matthew J
 Miller, Mindy S
 Moores, Colleen 
 Moran, Victoria Y
 Morgan, Matthew D
 Nguyen, Amanda L 
 Nguyen, Vu 
 Nibber, Jesspaul S
 Njosa, Nora A
 Nusta, Julie N
 Ocran, Cindy 
 Ofori-Dankyi, Ben 
 Okorafor, Tavie 
 Okunji, Uzoamaka E
 Outlaw, Olivia R
 Pabari, Manshi G
 Pae, David J
 Paik, Danielle H
 Palilingan, Sheryl 
 Paris, Franklyn F
 Park, Jong S
 Poulos, Francis T
 Pradhan, Ujina 
 Prakash, Saurabh 
* Rubio, Cindy 
 Sabade, Natasha S
 Sabir, Mohammed M
 Samuel, Jamal A
 Sanford, Ayana 
 Sani, Abdullaziz 
 Sen, Ashley 
 Seto, Ashley 
 Shah, Khushbu B
 Shaikh, Mazin 
 Sheth, Shraddha N
 Shinholser, Logan E
 Siddiqui, Saania Z
 Singh, Gurashish 
 Siripanichgon, Panit 
 Smith, David R
 Sok, Chamrong 
 Sonty, Adam C
* Swaminathan, Rajna K
 Sylla, Fatoumata Y
 Tesfai, Naomi 
 Tesfaye, Yeesalem 
 Tounkara, Mohamed 
 Tran, Jessica A
 Tran, Michael T
 Truong, Nguyen T
 Tse, Bradley C
 Udoh, Nsikak 
 Valdez-Lopez, Luis E
 Vu, Stephanie T
* Werner, Jessica N
 Williams, Christina A
 Wistar, Cass C
 Wray, Sarah L
 Wyche, Malcolm K
 Abangma, Manyi B
 Akinkuowo, Omotola T
 Allen, Jordan T
 Aloi, Angela M
 Alvarez, Diana J
 Alvin, Antonea R
 Amenabar, Caroline R
 Ansari, Azam A
 Atallah, Katherine A
 Austin, Lashawnda D
 Baez, Jason M
 Bagayoko, Salimata H
 Bah, Alhaji I
 Baptiste, Nathalie M
 Baptiste, Nikita A
 Barnes, Scott W
 Bass, Glenn T
 Beah, Peter Y
* Berger, Leanne 
 Blanchard, Sarah L
 Brady, Bonnie K
 Brand, Charles F 
 Bronson, Briana M
 Brown, Michael J
 Bui, Sally T
 Carr, John V
 Chan, Wai L
 Chlebowski, Alexandra J
* Chlumsky, Adrienne L
 Choppala, Rohini S
 Clermont, Daphney 
 Davis, Brittni A
 Dedo, Abike D
 Eapen, Shanu P
* Essick, Danielle L
* Essick, Nicholas L
 Essick, Zachary S
 Etchu, Lydia M
 Etwaroo, Katrina P
 Fernandes, Patrick M
 Fuentes, Juan D
 Giles, Jasmine D
 Giordano, Kimberly 
 Gugsa, Natnael T
* Hauprich, Kelly A
 Havasy, Patricia M
 Heng, Christina L
* Hession, Kimberly M
 Hubscher, Molly J
 Hussain, Maryam Q
 Hussain, Tehreem Q
 Huynh, Uyen K
 Irons, Larissa L
 Johnson, Jeshurun S
* Jolles, Gregory 
 Jones, Allison 
 Jones, Nasreen B
 Jones JR, John D
 Kang, Jeannie H
 Kaye, Brian L
 Kim, Daniel S
 Kizito, Lynette 
 Kromah, Haja J
 Kuhney, Julia 
 Lay, Christine S
 Lethbridge, Daniel J
 Loesberg, Danielle B
 Lutz, Michael T
* MacNamara, Kyle 
 Maddox, Jacob 
 Maniwang, Paula V
 Mayes, Sara A
 Mehari, Meharit T
 Metellus, Jaimie 
 Miller, Steven M
 Mills, Ross M
* Modha, Menal G
 Mohapatra, Sidhartha 
 Morton-Warren, Latashia T
 Moses, Nicholas 
 Naqvi, Sabah F
 Ndeh, Azah 
 Newson, Paige A
 Ngassa Djapa, Sidoine 
 Ngo, Claudia M
 Ngomba, Brenda T
 Nguyen, Brian C
* Niedermair, Christina Y
 Nwanna, Chima 
 Ofumbi, Melissa J
 Okunji, Chinyere I
 Opabajo, Irene A
 Pandit, Raina 
* Park, Hyun M
 Park, James H
 Patel, Ami A
 Perciavalle, Rocco  
 Petska, Samuel 
 Phall, Yaawa 
* Pham, Linh R
 Pham, Stephanie H
 Posthuma, Katelin M
 Posthuma, Stephanie A
 Powell, Adam C
 Preister, Chelsea E
 Pung, Kurtis M
* Reynolds, Sierra 
 Rivas, Victoria 
 Rodriguez, Nataly E
* Rosario, Rachel A
 Rozario, Joan T
 Rubio, Mauricio 
 Sabir, Sehar F
* Saleh, Awrad S
 Schlesinger, Elijah 
 Schmedding, Nicholas A
* Segovia, Joana M
 Serpas, Rachel N
 Singh, Sidak 
 Smith, Evan F
 Sok, Thavy 
 Sos, Shoubry 
 St. Louis, Brittney N
 Steele, Cristen R
 Stubblefield, Ronald E
 Sy-Sahande, Sanata R
 Tabisz, Michelle 
 Tadesse, Semeon B
 Teague, Jessica D
* Tidwell, Jordan P
 Tizabi, Jonas J
 Tom-Wigfield, Noelle G
 Trotta, John L
 Tukei, Kevin O
 Turner, David C
* Tylka, Joseph G
 Vandeyar, Christine A
 Vaughn, Eric C
 Wade, Danielle L
 Wakar, Christine 
 Wiggan, Toni-Ann K
 Wilkinson, Mark A
 Xayamath, Johnny 
 Yates, Brendan P
 Yoon, Grace 
 Zepp, Andrew P
 Zhang, Xuemin 
 
 

* Indicates student earned all grades of "A"

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Panther of the Month Awards for March 2008


9th Grade - Daniela Tizabi

10th Grade - Garland Christopher, III

11th Grade - Sonia Dalai

12th Grade - Nicholas Schmedding

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MARYLAND 3A GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP

Paint Branch Ends Unbeaten

Paint Branch 74, Atholton 39

By Jeff Nelson
Special to The Washington Post
Sunday, March 16, 2008; Page D14
CATONSVILLE, March 15 -- On paper, Paint Branch had one deficiency this season: a lack of height. Otherwise, the Panthers had it all: The ability to score in the half court or on the run; the players to attack inside or out; the athleticism to pressure the ball anywhere; the poise to play better as the games meant more.
 
In the end, no 6-footers were needed. The Panthers were perfect.

Second-ranked Paint Branch completed an undefeated season and captured the Maryland 3A girls' basketball championship last night by beating No. 18 Atholton, 74-39, at RAC Arena on the UMBC campus.

"This is a great team," said Panthers junior forward Khalilah Quigley, who had 14 points and 13 rebounds. "Even though we're not really big, we have great guards and small forwards that would play out of position to try to get rebounds and box out, and we have a pretty good bench and everybody contributes in their own special way."

Atholton's Elie Snyder is double-teamed by Paint Branch's Ashleigh Council and Chandel Brown. "It truly is an unbelievable feeling," Panthers Coach Heather Podosek said. (By Mark Gail -- The Washington Post)  
Everyone contributed as Paint Branch (25-0) turned a tense contest into a prolonged celebration with a 21-1 run spanning the third and fourth quarters. Atholton (22-6) trailed by three points early in the second half, but the Panthers pushed their advantage to nine and then put together their run, which featured a flurry of steals and fast-break baskets. Many of them came courtesy of junior guard Tarik Hislop (23 points, eight rebounds) and freshman guard Brene Moseley (17 points). By the middle of the fourth quarter, only time stood between Paint Branch and the program's fourth state title (1979, 1980, 2001, 2008).

This one was particularly sweet for the Panthers' two seniors -- forward Michelle Tabisz and guard Ashleigh Council -- as well as Paint Branch Coach Heather Podosek.

Including this season, Podosek's 12 campaigns with the Panthers have included 11 appearances in region finals, seven appearances in state semifinals and four appearances in state finals. But before last night, her only state title came in 2001.

"It truly is an unbelievable feeling," Podosek said. "It takes more than just having a lot of talent to win this. It takes some luck."

Atholton, which won last year's 2A championship, moved up a classification this season and proved it belonged with its run to the title game.

"We knew there were tough teams in [3A] and we knew it would be a struggle and we just had to put our whole hearts in it to get here," said Raiders senior Elie Snyder, who had a team-high 22 points. "I think we had a great season, and I don't think this game showed anything about what we did this whole season."

Paint Branch led from the start and held a 19-12 advantage after one quarter. Midway through the second quarter, the Panthers' lead reached nine on a basket from Moseley. But Snyder scored Atholton's next seven points to help the Raiders cut their deficit to 28-23 by halftime.

"It's my first time ever having an undefeated season," Hislop said, "and winning a championship feels real good."

Click here for Washington Post Article
Sunday, March 16, 2008; Page D14

Paint Branch Student Wins Prestigious
Washington Post Scholarship

Paint Branch Senior, Sehar Sabir, has been selected to participate in the Washington Post’s Ninth Annual High School Writing Seminar and Scholarship Program.

            The four-Saturday seminars, starting on March 8, 2008 and running through March 29, 2008, are designed to help high school students interested in journalism careers.

Washington Post reporters and editors serve as instructors for the seminars which are designed to help build the participants’ reporting and writing skills.  In addition to Post professionals, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, will meet with the students at the March 8th seminar for a newsmaker interview.  A Washington Post political reporter will join the students and interview Congresswoman Norton. 

            Ms. Sabir is the Opinions Editor of the Mainstream, the Paint Branch school newspaper, and a second year journalism student.  This is the fourth year in a row in which a Paint Branch journalism student has been chosen to participate in this prestigious program.

 

Four Paint Branch Teams Win the

MCPS Sportsmanship Award

Four Paint Branch Varsity teams won the Montgomery County Sportsmanship Award for the Fall 2007 season.

The award winning teams are: the Field Hockey team, coached by Dan Feher; the Varsity Football team, coached by Mike Nesmith; the Varsity Girls Soccer team, coached by Danielle Prietz and the Varsity Girls Volleyball team, coached by Nicole Shields.

The teams earned the award due to the school’s effort in promoting sportsmanship, and support and courtesy towards officials.   Sports officials, school administrators, athletic directors and assistant athletic directors all vote on each of three areas:  the play and conduct of the school’s athletes, the coach’s sportsmanship and fans behavior during games.

According to Jeff Sullivan, PB Athletic Director, “Our student-athletes did a tremendous job this fall not only in playing the game, but setting an example and tone of sportsmanship for the entire school year.  Our students, parents and all our fans have much to be proud.”

 

Sponsored by Target Field Trip Grant

On Friday, February 15, 2008, Paint Branch freshmen from the Theodore Roosevelt House will be participating in a field trip to Sagamore Hill at Oyster Bay, Long Island.  This field trip is being sponsored by a $1000.00 Target Field Trip Grant to help bring learning to life for students.  The Theodore Roosevelt House grant was selected from more than 16,000 applicants from around the country.

            The field trip will include a guided tour of the family home and the Theodore Roosevelt Museum from the National Park Service

            The Theodore Roosevelt House was established as one of four Paint Branch Smaller Learning Communities (SLC).  The other three houses are the Dr. Ben Carson House, the Dolores Huerta House and the Rosa Parks House.  The houses are designed to break the freshmen class (over 500 students) into four, smaller distinct Smaller Learning Communities with a group of core common teachers who could better focus on the needs of the students in their house.

            Sagamore Hill was the Theodore Roosevelt’s family home where he and his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow raised their children Alice, Theodore Jr., Kermit, Ethel, Archie, and Quentin.  Sagamore Hill was also Theodore Roosevelt’s “summer White House” from 1902 to 1909 and witness to many national and international events.  It was at Sagamore Hill in August, 1905 where Roosevelt separately met the envoys of warring Russia and Japan.  Here, he brought the delegations together and crafted the Portsmouth Peace Conference resulting in the September 5, 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth (New Hampshire) which ended the conflict and earned Theodore Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.

 

Three Paint Branch Students Selected for Prestigious
Howard Hughes/National Institutes of Health Internship

Paint Branch High School, Academy of Science and Media, is pleased to announce that juniors Brent Abel, Uzoamaka Okunji and Shraddha Sheth were selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute/National Institutes of Health/Montgomery County Public Schools (HHMI/NIH/MCPS) Student Interns for the 2008 – 2009 school year.  They will start their internship in June 2008 which culminates in a presentation of their research in May 2009.

Howard Hughes/NIH internships are highly prized and unique internships offered to high school students in their senior year.  Only 22 students each year are selected from Montgomery County high schools. 

It is rare to have three students selected from the same high school.  This continues a long tradition of having several students a year awarded Howard Hughes Internships.  Last year, Paint Branch had two students win this internship, Claudia Ngo and Chinyere Okunji, and they will present their research in May the Howard Hughes Symposium.

Three Paint Branch Students Chosen ass

Maryland General Assembly Pages

          Paint Branch High School seniors Lishan Amde, Arpan Duttaroy and Sehar Sabir have been chosen as pages for the 2008 session of the Maryland General Assembly. 

            Each page will serve two nonconsecutive weeks in either the House of Delegates or the State Senate.  During the thirteen weeks of session, each page will serve one week during the first eight weeks and return for his/her second week during the last five weeks. 

While a page, the duties will revolve around the schedule of the chamber to which he/she is assigned.  The students will work with members in their offices and on the House and Senate floors, filing legislation, answering phones, working with staff in committees, and essentially, doing whatever is needed to help keep the legislative process moving smoothly and efficiently.

            Ms. Sabir is the Paint Branch Student Government President, Ms. Amde the SGA Vice President, and Mr. Duttaroy the Senior Class President.  All three students are extremely interested in government and politics and both Ms. Sabir and Mr. Duttaroy are interested in studying international relations in college.

Paint Branch Jazz Band Performs This Friday Evening

The Paint Branch Jazz Band will be performing at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Friday, February 1, 2008 at 7:00 pm. They will be performing a variety of music including swing, latin, bossa nova, rock and more. All are encouraged to dance to all the musical selections. Tickets are $10.00 per person in advance and $12.00 at the door.

St. Mark’s is located at 12621 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20905. For more information call St. Mark’s at 301-622-5860.

Paint Branch Seniors Participate in
Washington Brain Bee

On Wednesday, February 6, 2008, Paint Branch seniors Nicholas Schmedding, and Menal Modha participated in the National Capital Area Brain Bee sponsored by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences, and American Association for the Advancement of Science and held at the Dana Center, Washington, DC.

A number of schools throughout the area participated, including Richard Montgomery, Churchill, Montgomery Blair, St. Anselm’s Abby, Suitland, and Roosevelt Senior High School in Washington, D.C.

According to Paint Branch AP Psychology teacher, Faye Johnson, “the great thing is that these students spent so much of their ‘spare’ time studying neuroscience for the competition along with their regular load of courses.” 

Paint Branch One-Act Plays This Friday

This Friday, February 1, 2008, Paint Branch Perspectives students present the Second Annual Festival of One-Act Plays.  This is a one time showing at 7:00 pm in the Auditorium.  Tickets are $5.00.

The night will consist of four student-directed one-act plays, and one teacher-directed play.  The plays range from a 1950’s teen-date to a modern relationship via Post-It Notes.

 There will be something for everyone, and is sure to make you giggle!

Panther of the Month Awards for February 2008

9th Grade - C.J. Rager

10th Grade - Sneha Rao

11th Grade - Kishore Isaac

12th Grade - Brittany Thomas

Click here for past recipients

 

Paint Branch High School
HONOR ROLL
2nd Grading Period – February 2008

Click here for easy to print Honor Roll (pdf)

Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors
Abangma, Yaya O
Acheampong, Valerie S
* Adams, Sara
* Ahmad, Sobia
Ahmad, Tanzeel M
Akamune, Joycelyn I
Akinkuowo, Omowasola M
Akinnola, Ifeolu A
Allen, Madison K
Amanuel, Medhane T
Amenabar, Edwin A
Atkins, Erica A
* Awojoodu, Olusola J
Aylay, Elenor
Banks, Ashlea M
Barbagallo, Taylor G
Bishop, Cory A
Brady, William C
Broadie, Casey L
* Brown, Tyler M
Bryan, Michael E
Buvawala, Vivien M
Chen, Jeremy M
Chen, Jessica L
Cho, Eunice H
Chung, Judith D
Coaxum, Blake F
Connolly, Erin E
Conrad, Chelsey J
Dang, Christina N
Delgado, Xochilt N
Dohvoma, Lydia P
* Dominah, Gifty A
Drameh, Aji M
Duah, Xavier
Edge, Kelsey A
Fitta, Meron A
Glatt, Samuel B
Goldberg, Barrett L
Grady, Rebecca B
Gyimah, Evans
Hasan, Syed M
Hauprich, Katrina L
Heralal, Sangeeta
Herrfurth, Mattias G
Heuber, Allison
Hollis, Rachel E
Hunt, Colby
Hussein, Hamda A
Johny, Angeline
Jones, Courtney E
* Joseph, Sebastian M
Kalsi, Amy
Kanu, MacKia M
Keane, Jeffrey B
Khama, Sharon
Khan, Sabrina
Kowl, Matee
Krespan, Kyle N
Lewis, Cherisse
Lively, Brett H
Lubin, George-Ann
Madden, Anna F
Mahdi, Bakhtwar
Matsuda, Motonari
* McClain, Rebecca D
McMahon, Rachel E
Measday, Alexander H
Moses, Ryan K
Munanka, Corazon R
Myers, Shalay S
Myint, Sundi K
Ngako, Patrick E
* Ngenge, Kelly A
Ngo, Christina M
Ngo, My T
Nguyen, Brenda
Nguyen, David M
* Nguyen, Jennifer T
Nguyen, Tony T
Nnamani, Amaka C
Nwanna, Chinomso T
Ortiz, Elelbin A
Ortiz, Maria
Pandit, Supriya A
* Parkhurst, Alyssa M
Pilla, Naomi
Portillo, Cesia S
Puri, Divya C
Rager, Christopher J
Rahman, Ameera T
* Rehwoldt, Miles C
Rhoads, Grace E
Ritchey, Brittany
Rock, Jeanlouis
Rollakanti, Suman S
* Sabia, Stephen H
* Saldanha, Thiago H
Savoy, Brandyce E
Scanga, Emily C
Serra, Katelyn N
Seto, Daren J
Siddiqui, Sara
Singh, Harleen K
Sulieman, Saleh
Tesfai, Ariam
Tesfaye, Bezait
Thanki, Neha S
Thomas, Jannel S
Tizabi, Daniela R
Tsao, Tracy
* Tse, Jillian
Udoh, Otobong I
Werner, Samantha R
Whipple, Demetrius W
Willacy, Tiffany
Williams, Emma L
Wilson, Tory
Wright, John L
Yee, Alexander K
Yitagesu, Abigia W
Yun, Melody G
Yutuc, Katherine
* Zemen, Rahel
Abbadi, Soad H
Abraha, Rosa G
Abramson, Zuri N
Adebayo, Rofiat A
Aden, Amina
Akede, Elizabeth O
Aniyikaiye, Opeoluwa B
Arah, Olisa
Ashu, Enaka B
Aslam, Sulaiman K
Azubuike, Chizoba
Bachu, Anish
Bagio, Jheinifer
Balogun, Mayowa
Banson, Ian M
* Barnes, Carol J
Blanchard, Katie N
Buabuchachart, Alan
Butler, Michelle A
Calderon, Luis A
Canubas, Lorenz D
Carey, Cathleen L
Chaiyarat, Phimchanok
Chhabra, Arjun S
Christopher, Garland R
Chu, Melody P
Clem, Caitlin
Cohen, Kathryn M
Corkran, Christine M
Davila, Lorena D
Davila, Mariana R
Dawit, Nighisti
Delpeche, Jameel A
Dematatis, Julia V
Denny, Abigail
* Djampouop, Sonia N
Durai, Priyanka
Dzierzanowski, Elizabeth A
Edelberg, Brandon W
* Edinborough, Kevin A
Farace, Andrea L
Fean, Samantha T
Fernandes, Matthew
Flores, Tiana V
Ford, Megan E
Frimpong, Ama B
Ganesan, Sidharth
George, Jisha S
* Gomes, Yves G
* Grant-Broadus, Rachel J
* Gulian, Mamikon A
Hall, Kathleen N
Hamilton, Caleb E
Hamilton, Lauren
Harrington, Thomas A
* Ho, Patrick
Horstkamp, Katlyn R
Hunter, Justin A
Itana, Hawi I
* Jacob, Salena M
Jacobs, Brian H
Jenifer, Regina
* Ji, Chu-Qiao S
Jones, Jasmine D
Kapoor, Natasha S
Kapur, Arun
Kapuscinski, Michelle
Kashfipour, Safoura
Katta, Ramesh K
Kim, Michelle B
Kind, Amanda E
Kuhn, Eric S
* Kunz, Michael C
Larraabee, Erin M
Lay, Amanda T
Le, Monica
Le, Richard A
Lee, Yae Chan
Leiva, Dania Y
Lowe, Nathaniel D
* Lukas, Amanda K
* McGrath, Casey J
McGrew, Kathleen A
Mistry, Shruti
Muppala, Reshma
Ngo, Jessica M
Njafuh, Cynthia N
Nnamani, Chidera
Norris, Asia C
Okonofua, Sandra
Orwenyo, Terri N
Patel, Parth
Patterson, Whitney D
Phifer, Larissa E
Pilla, Samuel
Pinnock, Krystofer C
Porter, Joel E
Ramkissoon, Michelle
* Rao, Sneha
Reardon, Renee' A
* Rethnaswamy, Perry J
Robles, Eric A
Saeed, Fathiyya
Sartor, Eduardo
Sayre, Christina L
* Schneider, Kathryn E
* Schultz, Emma A
Seleznow, Michael B
Sharpe, Katherine M
* Sharpe, Natalie L
Shittabey, Abifoluwa
Siebenberg, Allisson E
Silverman, Jordan
Stoner, Katherine E
Strassberger, James A
Straub, Elaina D
Suri, Manpreet
* Swaminathan, Anjna K
Syed, Amad H
* Sylla, Mariame
Tadesse, Kirubel B
Tinne, Melvis N
Tobon, Karen E
Toledo, Amanda P
Tolentino, Hector R
* Tran, Alan T
Tran, Megan T
Ukegbu, Jennifer O
Vandeyar, Javier
Vodela, Meghana S
Weiser, Gary
Wilkins, Patrick M
Winkfield, Lorina P
* Wolde, Mikias G
Wright, Timothy R
* Yaunan, Sanjiv S
Yorklush, Charles E
Yusuf, Samy
* Abel, Brent S
Adewusi, Olutoba A
Adkins, Jared M
* Ahmad, Maria
Amadiobi, Eziaku
Andoseh, Bemi J
Bechtoldt, Alison M
Bernstein, Karen M
Biloa, Stacymurie D
Bouvier-Lyons, Maya A
Bradshaw, Lauren KK
* Brimmer, Charles B
Burns, Cody
Campbell, Valerie J
Cardenas, Daniel M
Chang, Sarah
Chopde, Rakesh N
* Chopra, Natasha
Chowdhury, Saurav R
Chung, Scott
Dalal, Sonia P
Dang, Anhquan
Dayrit, Nique Jelen S
Devkota, Mandisha
Diallo, Thierno M
Do, Andy
Do, Uyen N
Dustin, Danielle
Duval, Korine A
Edwards, James K
Eyow, Liban A
Fernandus, Liejo
Friedman, Steven J
Goodie, Keondra E
* Gregoire, Daniel L
Gudenius, Brandon M
Herath, Thilini L
Herrera, Fernando D
Heuber, Stephanie
Hislop, Tarik N
Hoang, Minh T
Hodgson, Janelle S
Isaac, Kishore D
* Jacob, Christina M
Kals, Amy
Kang, Ho Young
Kanu, Rasheeda K
Khan, Shoaib M
Kind, Patrick J
Kwon, Paul H
Laudwein, Evelyn B
Le, Dongha
Lee, John
Lively, Sarah L
Logan, Shawn M
Lucero, Nancy
Magnus, Julianna I
Malleck, Adam T
Marchica, Louise P
Martin, Andrew N
* Mekonnen, Michael
Menta, Karthikeya
* Michnewich, Matthew J
Milson, Kristoffer K
Narang, Jaspreet S
Nash, Tresann N
Nguyen, Amanda L
Nibber, Jesspaul S
Noyes, Michael D
Ocran, Cindy
Okunji, Uzoamaka E
* Outlaw, Olivia R
Pae, David J
Paik, Danielle H
Palilingan, Sheryl
Paris, Franklyn F
Park, Jong S
Patel, Beenaben G
Perdomo, Andrea S
Perret, Sarah E
Pham, Michael V
Pradhan, Ujina
Prakash, Saurabh
Rubio, Cindy
Sabade, Natasha S
Sabir, Mohammed M
Samuel, Jamal A
Sanford, Ayana
Sani, Abdullaziz
Sen, Ashley
Seto, Ashley
Sevalie, Archibald M
Shah, Khushbu B
Shah, Sarthak A
* Shaikh, Mazin
Sheth, Shraddha N
Shinholser, Logan E
Singh, Gurashish
Siripanichgon, Panit
Snyder, Colleen G
Sok, Chamrong
Stone, Kayla C
* Swaminathan, Rajna K
Sylla, Fatoumata Y
Taylor, Tiffany M
Tcheimegni, Joel F
Tesfaye, Dagmawi
Tesfaye, Yeesalem
Tounkara, Mohamed
Tran, Jessica A
Tran, Michael T
Truong, Nguyen T
Tse, Bradley C
Udoh, Nsikak
Valdez-Lopez, Luis E
Vu, Stephanie T
Vu, Sylvie
Walters, Andrew R
* Werner, Jessica N
Winters, Kwenisha M
Wishart, Noelee V
Wistar, Cass C
* Wray, Sarah L
Wyche, Malcolm K
Abangma, Manyi B
Akede, Theresa O
Akinkuowo, Omotola T
Allen, Jordan T
Aloi, Angela M
Alvarez, Diana J
Alvin, Antonea R
Amenabar, Caroline R
Anderson, Kristopher S
Ansari, Azam A
Atallah, Katherine A
Bagayoko, Salimata H
Bah, Alhaji I
Baldus, Matthew J
Baptiste, Nathalie M
Baptiste, Nikita A
Barrett, Rebekah A
Beah, Peter Y
Berger, Kara
* Berger, Leanne
Berhe, Robel
Beru, Dawit
Blanchard, Sarah LL
Bonilla, Julian L
Bozeman, Dominick
Brady, Bonnie K
* Brand, Charles F
Brown, Michael J
Bui, Sally T
Carr, John V
Chan, Wai L
Chang, Justin
Chlebowski, Alexandra J
Chlumsky, Adrienne L
Choi, Pil K
Choppala, Rohini S
Clermont, Daphney
Council, Ashleigh C
Dallas III, Lloyd N
Dang, Anh-Thu C
Davis, Brittni A
Dedo, Abike D
Eapen, Shanu P
* Essick, Danielle L
Essick, Nicholas L
Etchu, Lydia M
* Etwaroo, Katrina P
Fernandes, Patrick M
Frimpong, Kwame O
* Giles, Jasmine D
Giordano, Kimberly
Gugsa, Natnael T
* Hamilton, Andrew L
* Hauprich, Kelly A
Heng, Christina L
Hession, Kimberly M
Hollis, Kate MM
* Hubscher, Molly J
* Hussain, Maryam Q
Huynh, Uyen K
Johnson, Richard P
* Jolles, Gregory
Jones, Allison
Jones, Nasreen B
Kamara, Hajaneneh N
* Kaye, Brian L
Kizito, Lynette
Koolhof, Sarah A
Kuhney, Julia
Lawhorn, Kelly E
Lay, Christine S
Lethbridge, Daniel J
* Liang, Andrew
* Lutz, Michael T
* MacNamara, Kyle
Maddox, Jacob
Martein, Elizabeth A
Mayes, Sara A
Metellus, Jaimie
Mills, Ross M
* Modha, Menal G
Mohapatra, Sidhartha
Morton-Warren, Latashia T
Moses, Nicholas
Naqvi, Sabah F
Nelson, Michelle
* Newson, Paige A
Ngassa Djapa, Sidoine
* Ngo, Claudia M
Ngomba, Brenda T
* Niedermair, Christina Y
Ofumbi, Melissa J
Okunji, Chinyere I
Opabajo, Irene A
Pandit, Raina
Park, Hyun M
Patel, Ami A
Perciavalle, Rocco
Petska, Samuel
Pham, Linh R
Pham, Stephanie H
Phan, Thao T
Posthuma, Katelin M
* Posthuma, Stephanie A
Powell, Adam C
Preister, Chelsea E
Pung, Kurtis M
Qazi, Hira
Quattrocchi, Joseph P
Reynolds, Sierra
Richards, Eric E
Rivas, Victoria
Rodriguez, Nataly E
Rollakanty, Nerup
* Rosario, Rachel A
Rozario, Joan T
Rubio, Mauricio
Sabir, Sehar F
Saint-Fleurant, Sanchez-Gail
Saleh, Awrad S
Sauls, Lavonne T
Schlesinger, Elijah
* Schmedding, Nicholas A
* Singh, Jaya
Singh, Sidak
Smith, Evan FF
St. Louis, Brittney N
Stewart, Amanda C
Stubblefield, Ronald E
* Sy-Sahande, Sanata R
* Tabisz, Michelle
Tadesse, Semeon B
Teague, Jessica D
Tizabi, Jonas J
Tom-Wigfield, Noelle G
Tran, Lillian
Trice, Stephanie E
Trotta, John L
Tucker, Anthony A
* Turner, David C
* Tylka, Joseph G
Vanderzwet, Jon M
Vandeyar, Christine A
Wade, Danielle L
Wakar, Christine
Wharton, Samantha J
Wiggan, Toni-Ann K
Wilkinson, Mark A
Wood, Ronika R
Yambor, Shane A
Yates, Brendan PP
Yoon, Grace
Zepp, Andrew P
Zhang, Xuemin

* Indicates student earned all grades of “A”;

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Podosek and Hardy milestones
only part of the Panther story


by Dan Greenberg | Gazette Staff Writer
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008
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Paint Branch boys basketball coach Walt Hardy was honored for winning his 150th game at Paint Branch.
Photo by J. Adam Fenster⁄The Gazette
It only takes one word to summarize the careers of Paint Branch head basketball coaches Heather Podosek and Walter Hardy: commitment. But that one words means so much.

It was commitment for which the two longtime Panther icons were honored Friday, between games of their boy-girl doubleheader against Northwood. A ceremony commemorated milestone victories for each the previous week — Podosek reached 300 career high-school wins with the girls team’s victory over Wheaton, while Hardy hit 150 as the Paint Branch boys coach against Kennedy.

But win totals are only a microcosm of the commitment Podosek and Hardy have had for their programs, and the school itself. Besides the legwork they do with their teams, they also help fill the additional roles that make the Panthers’ athletic program go.

‘‘We’re very fortunate to have two people like that in varsity basketball positions, because it’s more than just basketball for both of them,” said Paint Branch Athletics Director Jeff Sullivan, also the girls junior varsity coach under Podosek from 1998-2003. ‘‘Heather’s also my assistant AD for me, and Walter coaches boys and JV girls volleyball.

‘‘Of course they’ve won a lot of games, but what gets lost in the shuffle are the things they do behind the scenes, whether it’s the phenomenal job they do getting their players into college, taking them bowling or out for pizza, just the involvement they have. They bleed burgundy and gold; both true Panthers.”

Different paths led Podosek and Hardy to Paint Branch, with the latter’s more direct. Hardy is homegrown, a 1985 Paint Branch alum who came back to teach at the school in 1992. He coached the JV boys for six years before taking over the varsity squad in 1998.


Coach Podesek, Paint Branch Girls coach was honored for winning her 300th game at Paint Branch.

Photo by J. Adam Fenster⁄The Gazette

Podosek, conversely, is well-traveled. After going from Charles Blake (N.J.) High to George Mason University as a player, she became a graduate assistant at Texas Woman’s University, where she was named the Women’s Sports Foundation Graduate Assistant of the Year in 1991. She coached at Eastern Hills (Tex.) High, started the boys basketball program at the Lab School (D.C.) and led Rockville for two years before taking over at Paint Branch in 1997.

Both have won Class 3A state championships at Paint Branch, Hardy in 2000 and Podosek in ’01. Both have had consistently good teams, Hardy winning 66 percent of his games and Podosek an astronomical 83 percent. And both have sent multiple players to Division I college programs, including Jamaal Wise (Rhode Island), Jason McAlpin (Maryland), Rochelle Coleman (Syracuse) and Ashley Alexander (Loyola).

‘‘Obviously there’s a lot of success there for our programs; and really we work together a great deal,” said Hardy. ‘‘I just have a great relationship with Heather, really. Never any problems with scheduling practices, her kids are always at our games, ours always at hers. ... It’s nice to be able to bounce ideas off each other and we’re both excited for one another. I’ve even dressed up as a panther at one of her playoff games.”

Podosek and Hardy are also part of a small fraternity of just five Montgomery County Public School head coaches to have been with their current teams for 10 years or more. The others are Dan Harwood of the Magruder boys, Dennis Drown of the Quince Orchard girls and Steve Pisarski of the Damascus girls.

‘‘In her state championship year, they beat us in the final 10 seconds of the game; I remember it well,” said Pisarski, who started at Damascus the same year Podosek started at Paint Branch. ‘‘I’ve known Heather for a long time and her record speaks for itself. ... You can’t win without players, but it doesn’t seem to matter if their players are O.K., really good or great, they’re still winning, no matter what.”

She and Hardy have the respect of their peers, but they also have it from one another. Amidst the wins and losses, it’s their mutual commitment to their school that commands respect.

‘‘I don’t think people realize how great a coach Walter is,” said Podosek. ‘‘It’s not always Jamaal Wises that they’re winning with. He does a hell of a job to get the absolute most out of his players.”

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NCAA Recruiting Policies Presentation at Paint Branch High School

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Paint Branch Sports Booster Club is hosting Tyler Fleming, Associate Athletic Director at Catholic University, on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 7:00 pm at the Paint Branch High School Auditorium speaking on NCAA Recruiting Policies.  This is the third year the Booster Club has hosted such a program.  The first two years focused on Division I Athletics.  This year, the program will focus on the Division III level.

Parents, coaches and athletes, from all MCPS High Schools are welcome to attend.  This is a great opportunity for all high school athletes thinking about competing in college to get valuable information from a knowledgeable source and great presenter.

 

 

PAINT BRANCH 6th SCIENCE EXPO FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2007

 

The Paint Branch High School SCIENCE EXPO will be held on Friday, December 14, 2007. The EXPO will run throughout the school day in the Media Center and small gym for our students and guests.

The SCIENCE EXPO combines scientific research with innovative ways to present student work. There will be interactive physics demonstrations, games and contests, green schools displays, genetic disorder and virus display boards, chemistry demonstrations, applications of DNA technology, traditional inquiry-based science fair projects, anatomy powerpoint presentations and 3-D models, blood pressure screenings, crime scene re-enactments focusing on the forensics science of a crime and box car races -- all of which relate to scientific topics. Area scientists from the Washington Academy of Sciences, middle school students from Briggs Chaney, Francis Scott Key and White Oak Middle Schools and teachers from the Northeast Consortium will all be on hand to participate in the scholarly research, fun and wonder of the various aspects of this year's SCIENCE EXPO.

 

 

PAINT BRANCH STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN HISTORY DAY

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2007

The Paint Branch High School History Day will be held on Thursday, December 6, 2007. The History Day will run throughout the school day in the Media Center for Paint Branch students and guests.

American history students will have projects, ranging from scholarly papers, exhibits, powerpoint demonstrations, documentaries and group exhibits all revolving around the theme: Conflict and Compromise.

This year’s theme is determined by the National History Day Program.  This national program is a year-long education program that culminates in a national contest every June. This year, the contest will be held June 15 - 19, 2008 at the University of Maryland.

Paint Branch is unique in that the National History Day project is incorporated into the Gilder Lehrman American History program and Honors United States History classes so that students gain valuable research and presentation skills.  Students work will be judged at Paint Branch History Day and the top papers and projects will then be submitted to compete in the Montgomery County National History Day in March, where Paint Branch students are a perennial participant.

 The winners of that competition then advance to state wide competition at Montgomery College, Rockville Campus, in April.  Only then, those winners advance to the national competition in June at the University of Maryland

Over the past years, Paint Branch students enrolled in the Gilder Lehrman American History  Program have won both Montgomery County and Maryland competitions, advancing to the National Competition and winning second place

For more than twenty-five years the National History Day program has promoted systemic educational reform related to the teaching and learning of history in America's schools. The combination of creativity and scholarship built into the NHD program anticipated current educational reforms, making National History Day a leading model of performance-based learning.

 

Panther of the Month Awards for December 2007


9th Grade - Kelsey Edge

10th Grade - Christopher Langan

11th Grade - Allison Bechtold

12th Grade - Adrienne Chlumsky

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Paint Branch Student Nominated for National Scholarship Program

          Burtonsville, MD – Sehar Sabir, a Paint Branch High School senior and member of the Paint Branch High School National Honor Society, has been nominated to compete in the National Honor Society scholarship sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP).

            Ms. Jeanette Dixon, Principal at Paint Branch High School announced the nomination, which places Ms. Sabir in the national competition. This year the program will once again award $200,000 in college scholarships. As a feature for the 2008 program, special recognition and additional awards will be presented to state and regional winners, along with the selection of one national recipient who will receive an additional $13,000 award.

            High school National Honor Society chapters from across the country were eligible to nominate two senior high members to compete. Nominees were selected on the basis of their leadership skills, participation in service organizations and clubs, achievements in the arts and sciences, employment experience, and academic record.   They also were required to write an essay.

            "Students nominated for the NHS scholarship not only demonstrate academic excellence but also excel in the areas of service, leadership, and character," said Rocco Marano, director, NHS. “In recognizing leadership in co-curricular activities as well as academic performance, the NHS scholarship recognizes the importance of a well-rounded education.   Co-curricular activities are an essential part of the school curriculum.” 

            The National Honor Society (NHS) and the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) are the nation's premier organizations that recognize outstanding middle level and high school students who demonstrate excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. NHS™ and NJRS ™ are proudly sponsored by NASSP.   NASSP – the preeminent organization and national voice for middle level and high school leaders – also sponsors the national Association of Student Councils (NASC), which promotes and provides leadership development opportunities to prepare and empower students to serve their schools and communities.  For more information, visit www.nhs.us.

 

 

 

Panther of the Month Awards for November 2007


9th Grade - Gifty Dominah

10th Grade - Deanna Lethbridge

11th Grade - Samantha Clary

12th Grade - Steven Miller

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PANTHER PRIDE  - November 2007

  • Congratulations to Sehar Sabir and Arpan Duttaroy who have been selected to be pages for the Maryland General Assembly in 2008. We are very proud of our SGA and Senior Class Presidents.
     
  • Kudos to Menal Modha who received $100.00 and a certificate at the Mark Curtis Awards sponsored by the Art and Humanities Council. Olutoba Adewusi, Ashley Sen, and Shradda Sheth also received certificates for excellence in humanities courses.
     
  • Thank you to Commander DeCavage, Chief Williams and the cadets in the NJROTC program for their participation in the annual Silver Spring Thanksgiving Parade on Saturday November 17th. We appreciate the great job you did representing Paint Branch.
     
  • And finally we are very proud of Zachary Graves, Natnael Gugsa and Robel Berhe who won Academic /Leadership Awards at the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Achievement Program.

 

Paint Branch High School
HONOR ROLL
1st Grading Period – November 2007

 

Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors
Abangma, Yaya O
Acheampong, Valerie S
* Adams, Sara
* Ahmad, Sobia
Ahmad, Tanzeel M
Akamune, Joycelyn I
Akinkuowo, Omowasola M
Akinnola, Ifeolu A
Alexis, Joel S
Allen, Madison K
Allo, Betsy A
Ambroise, Marthe A
Amenabar, Edwin A
* Awojoodu, Olusola J
Aylay, Elenor
Barker, Ryan G
* Belina, Detti H
Bishop, Cory A
Borda, Bridget E
Bose, Sanchita
Broadie, Casey L
* Brown, Tyler M
Bryan, Michael E
Buvawala, Vivien M
Camara, Saffie S
Chen, Jeremy M
Chen, Jessica L
Cho, Eunice H
Chung, Judith D
Coaxum, Blake F
Connolly, Erin E
Conrad, Chelsey J
Dang, Christina N
Dement, Paige M
Dively, Angela M
Doherty, Connor S
Dohvoma, Lydia P
* Dominah, Gifty A
Dowuona, Cyril H
Drameh, Aji M
Edge, Kelsey A
Fitta, Meron A
Giron, Noemi B
Glatt, Samuel B
Grady, Rebecca B
Grizzle, Felicia S
Haddad, Hadil
Haje, Dylan A
Hasan, Syed M
* Hauprich, Katrina L
Heralal, Sangeeta
Herrfurth, Mattias G
Heuber, Allison
Hollis, Rachel E
Hussein, Hamda A
* Johny, Angeline
* Jones, Courtney E
Joseph, Sebastian M
Joshi, Rohit
Keane, Jeffrey B
Khama, Sharon
Khan, Sabrina
Lewis, Cherisse
Lively, Brett H
Long, Carly G
Lubin, George-Ann
Madden, Anna F
Mahdi, Bakhtwar
Matsuda, Motonari
* Mcclain, Rebecca D
Mcgonnigal, Aaron
Mcmahon, Rachel E
Measday, Alexander H
Minto, Stefenie N
Mohamed, Hayatt
Munanka, Corazon R
Muniz, Michelle G
* Myers, Shalay S
Myint, Sundi K
Newman, Shayna R
* Ngenge, Kelly A
Ngo, Christina M
Ngo, My T
Nguyen, Brenda
Nguyen, David M
* Nguyen, Jennifer T
Nguyen, Tony T
Nnamani, Amaka C
Nwanna, Chinomso T
Ortiz, Elelbin A
Ortiz, Maria
Outtarac, Emily
Owrutsky, Zoe L
Pandit, Supriya A
* Parkhurst, Alyssa M
Pham, Victoria H
Pilla, Naomi
Portillo, Cesia S
Puri, Divya C
Rager, Christopher J
* Rehwoldt, Miles C
Rhoads, Grace E
Ritchey, Brittany
Rollakanti, Suman S
Sabia, Stephen H
Saldanha, Thiago H
Savoy, Brandyce E
Scanga, Emily C
Schmedding, Anna K
Schneider, Gregory B
Serra, Katelyn N
Seto, Daren J
Shah, Mansi S
Singh, Manpreet
Taribo, Deinma J
Tesfai, Ariam
Tesfaye, Bezait
Thanki, Neha S
Thomas, Jannel S
* Tizabi, Daniela R
Tsao, Tracy
* Tse, Jillian
Udoh, Otobong I
Umanzor-Villat, Rubidia N
Valencia, Angeline T
Ward, Robert J
Warner, Jennifer K
Werner, Samantha R
Wiggins, Xavier K
Willacy, Tiffany
Wilson, Tory
Wise, Christopher J
Wright, John L
Yee, Alexander K
Yitagesu, Abigia W
Yun, Melody G
Yutuc, Katherine
* Zemen, Rahel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abbadi, Soad H
Abraha, Rosa G
Abramson, Zuri N
Adebayo, Rofiat A
Almeida, Patrisha K
Aniyikaiye, Opeoluwa B
Arah, Olisa
Ashu, Enaka B
Azubuike, Chizoba
Bachu, Anish
Bagio, Jheinifer
Balogun, Mayowa
Banson, Ian M
* Barnes, Carol J
Blanchard, Katie N
Buabuchachart, Alan
Butler, Michelle A
Calderon, Luis A
Canubas, Lorenz D
Carey, Cathleen L
Chaiyarat, Phimchanok
Chhabra, Arjun S
Christopher, Garland R
Chu, Melody P
Clem, Caitlin
* Cohen, Kathryn M
Corkran, Christine M
Davila, Mariana R
Dawit, Nighisti
Dematatis, Julia V
Denny, Abigail
Diallo, Marliatou
Djampouop, Sonia N
Duffy, Dakota N
Durai, Priyanka
Dzierzanowski, Elizabeth A
Edelberg, Brandon W
* Edinborough, Kevin A
Espinoza, Valeria K
Etchu, Eleanor M
Farace, Andrea L
Fean, Samantha T
Ferguson, Michelle P
* Fernandes, Matthew
* Ford, Megan E
Frimpong, Ama B
Gomes, Yves G
Grant-Broadus, Rachel J
Gulian, Mamikon A
Hall, Kathleen N
Hamilton, Lauren
Harrington, Thomas A
Heiss, Rachel E
* Ho, Patrick
Horstkamp, Katlyn R
Itana, Hawi I
* Jacob, Salena M
Jacobs, Brian H
Jenifer, Regina
Ji, Chu-Qiao S
Johnson, Kristen N
Kapoor, Natasha S
Kapur, Arun
Kapuscinski, Michelle
Kashfipour, Safoura
Katta, Ramesh K
Kim, Michelle B
Kind, Amanda E
Kitila, Merertu G
Kumar, Sapna C
* Kunz, Michael C
Lam, Andy T
Larraabee, Erin M
Lay, Amanda T
Le, Monica
Lee, Yae Chan
Leiva, Dania Y
Lowe, Nathaniel D
* Lukas, Amanda K
Macauley, Rycourt A
Maeng, Sonny
Marshall, Philip A
Maszkiewicz, Kevin J
Mcgrath, Casey J
* Mcgrew, Kathleen A
Mckoy, Latia D
Missah, Ellen
Mistry, Sheetal J
Muppala, Reshma
Ngo, Jessica M
Nguyen, David
Njafuh, Cynthia N
Nnamani, Chidera
Norris, Asia C
Okonofua, Sandra
Patel, Darshan G
Patel, Parth
Peralta, Rodeil
Phifer, Larissa E
Pickett, Samantha K
Pilla, Samuel
Pinnock, Krystofer C
Porter, Joel E
Ramkissoon, Michelle
* Rao, Sneha
Reardon, Renee' A
* Rethnaswamy, Perry J
Rirksopa, Benjamin
Saeed, Fathiyya
Said, Iman A
Sartor, Eduardo
Sayre, Christina L
* Schneider, Kathryn E
* Schultz, Emma A
Seleznow, Michael B
* Sharpe, Katherine M
* Sharpe, Natalie L
Shittabey, Abifoluwa
Siebenberg, Allisson E
Silverman, Jordan
Smythe, Seynique A
Soniregun, Mofoluwaso
Stone, Brett M
Stoner, Katherine E
Strassberger, James A
Straub, Elaina D
Suri, Manpreet
* Swaminathan, Anjna K
Syed, Amad H
Sylla, Mariame
Tadesse, Kirubel B
Tinne, Melvis N
Tolentino, Ricardo
* Tran, Alan T
Tran, Megan T
Ukegbu, Jennifer O
* Vandeyar, Javier
Vidaurre, Grecia Y
Vodela, Meghana S
Weiser, Gary
Wilkins, Patrick M
Winley,