The Housatonic Valley Regional High School senior awards were announced for the Class of 2026. The graduation ceremony was held Friday, June 19. Student speakers acknowledged the importance of community, as several reflected on overcoming significant adversity in their young lives.
Norma Lake Award - Shanaya Duprey
Frank N. Ruotolo Award - Alexa Meach
Eleanor Roosevelt Award - Madison Graney
Taconic Learning Center Adina Simonson Award - Mollie Ford
Taconic Learning Center Robert Rumsey Award - Anna Gillette
Gordon P. Heyworth Award - Shanaya Duprey
Le Prix Sandi Vanausdal - Victoria Brooks, Elizabeth Forbes, Alexa Meach Seal of Biliteracy for French - Elizabeth Forbes, Celeste Trabucco
Seal of Biliteracy for Spanish - Kevin Aguilar, Mia DiRocco, Eric Lopez Espinosa, Joseph Villa Arpi, Ayden Wheeler
National Choral Awards - Sara Ireland, Richie Crane
John Philip Sousa Award - Madison Melino
Eric Whitacre Student Composition Award - Elizabeth Forbes
CAS Arts Award - Alex Wilbur, Arianna Danforth Gold
Holly Adams Award - Gabe Sario
David B. Armstrong Memorial Art Prize - Sara Raber
Frida Kahlo Award - Madison Melino
Jack Sparling Memorial Award - Gabe Rooney
Ron Viafore ArtsAlive Award - Elizabeth Forbes
Henry P. Becton Scholarship - Silas Tripp
Berkshire Bank
Eleanor S. Sellew Scholarship - Lauren Sorrell, Wes Allyn, Cole Simonds, Chris Crane Magda M. Johnson Scholarship - Lauren Sorrell, Wes Allyn, Cole Simonds, Chris Crane
Berkshire Litchfield Environmental Council Award - Hayden Bell, Madison Melino
Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
George and Lucille Buterbaugh Scholarship - Alex Wilbur
Margaret Derwin Scholarship - Mia DiRocco
Warren Prindle Visual Arts Scholarship - Alex Wilbur
Blue Star Mothers Scholarship - Lauren Sorrell
The Burgess Award - Francisco Mendoza Ratzan
Burkhart, Lindsay, Brockway Robotics Scholarship - Steven Barber
Canaan Northwest Lions Club Scholarship - Chris Crane
Cornwall Housatonic Valley Institute / Silas C. Beers Scholarship - Steven Barber, Everet Belancik, Graham Belancik, Hayden Bell, Simon Markow
Cornwall Woman’s Society Educational Grant - Steven Barber, Everet Belancik, Graham Belancik, Hayden Bell, Henry Berry, Mia DiRocco, Simon Markow
Couch Pipa Post #6851 VFW Scholarship - Wes Allyn, Chris Crane, Cole Simonds, Lauren Sorrell
Cranford Book Club Award - Lauren Sorrell
Anthony Dichello Scholarship - Wes Allyn, Olivia Brooks, Victoria Brooks, Madison Graney, Maddie Johnson, Anthony Labbadia, Simon Markow, Owen Riemer
Benjamin Guy Memorial Scholarship - Wes Allyn
Suzanne Dunn Memorial Scholarship - Maddie Johnson
Elliott Family Foundation Scholarship - Wes Allyn, Victoria Brooks, Madison Graney, Silas Tripp
Falls Village Scholarship Association - Mollie Ford, Silas Tripp, Madison Graney, Madeline Mechare, Ibby Sadeh
Richard Crane Award - Chris Crane
FFA Alumni Scholarship - Hayden Bell, Chris Crane, Taylor Green, Hannah Johnson, Riley Mahaffey, Madison Melino
FFA Chapter Scholarship - Chris Crane, Hannah Johnson, Riley Mahaffey, Madison Melino, Hayden Bell, Taylor Green, Lauren Sorrell
John Rice Scholarship - Chris Crane, Riley Mahaffey
Clark B. Wood Scholarship - Madison Melino
John Hoffman Scholarship - Taylor Green
HVRHS Alumni Scholarship - Wes Allyn
HVRHS Student Government Association Scholarship - Madison Graney
Housatonic Valley Regional Faculty Association Scholarship - Shanaya Duprey, Madison Graney, Mollie Ford, Hannah Johnson, Silas Tripp, Alex Wilbur, Wes Allyn, Olivia Brooks, Victoria Brooks, Simon Markow, Madison Mechare, Madison Melino, Cole Simonds, Lauren Sorrell
Jacobs Garage Technical Studies Scholarship - Daphne Paine, Hayden Bell, Chris Crane
Kent Center School Scholarship Fund
The Moira Dolan Award - Elizabeth Forbes
The James Gadiel Award - Celeste Trabucco
Donald C. Gibson Award - Abram Kirshner
Kent Grange Award - Peter Austin
The Kent Quilters Award - Taylor Green
Kent Lions Club Scholarship - Celeste Trabucco
Edward M. Kirby Scholarship - Wes Allyn, Madison Graney, Taylor Green, Madeline Mechare, Madison Melino, Chris Crane, Simon Markow, Ibby Sadeh, Cole Simonds, Lauren Sorrell, Tyler Roberts
Knights of Columbus Council #1520 Scholarship - Taylor Green
Adam S. Michalek Scholarship - Lauren Sorrell
Diane Knox Scholarship - Simon Markow
Mad Gardeners Scholarship - Hayden Bell, Chris Crane, Madison Melino
Thomas and Antoinette McBennett Memorial Scholarship - Hannah Johnson Charles and Antoinette Picken Memorial Scholarship - Madison Graney
NBT Bank
William Ash Scholarship - Wes Allyn, Chris Crane, Anna Gillette, Silas Tripp, Madeline Mechare, Lauren Sorrell
Harry Hyatt Memorial Scholarship - Simon Markow, Hannah Johnson, Maddie Johnson, Madison Melino, Olivia Brooks, Hunter Conklin
Rhoades-Robinson Fund Scholarship - Bailey Williams, Tyler Roberts
R. Frederick Perkins Scholarship - Richie Crane
Jean R. Perotti Scholarship - Madeline Mechare
North Canaan Elementary School PTO Scholarship - Shanaya Duprey, Hannah Johnson, Maddie Johnson, Lauren Sorrell, Wes Allyn, Chris Crane, Richie Crane, Cole Simonds
North Canaan Fire Company - Wes Allyn
Northwest Community Bank Scholarship - Sara Ireland
Salisbury Rotary Club Foundation Scholarship - Chris Crane, Maddie Johnson, Lauren Sorrell
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation
Frances H. Ducci Scholarship - Victoria Brooks, Celeste Trabucco
Healthcare Auxiliary Scholarship - Shanaya Duprey
Olde Yankee Street Rods & Classic Cruisers Scholarship - Chris Crane, Lauren Sorrell
Pat Pallone Chamber of Commerce Scholarship - Hannah Johnson, Ibby Sadeh, Cole Simonds, Lauren Sorrell, Silas Tripp, Wes Allyn, Chris Crane, Richie Crane, Madison Graney, Cohen Cecchinato
Keri Perotti Memorial Sports Scholarship - Wes Allyn, Anthony Labbadia, Madeline Mechare, Silas Tripp
Tate Riva Memorial Scholarship - Simon Markow
Salisbury Pythian Building Fund Scholarship - Anna Gillette
Ann and Stanley Segalla Family Scholar-Athlete Scholarship - Wes Allyn, Ava Segalla Claudia and Stephen J. Segalla Memorial Scholarship - Olivia Brooks, Silas Tripp
Sharon Land Trust Earth and Environmental Sciences Scholarship - Hayden Bell Sharon Woman’s Club Art Award - Abram Kirshner, Simon Markow
Clyde G. Skelly Scholarship - Ayden Wheeler
Dr. Paul W. Stoddard Scholarship - Mollie Ford, Ibby Sadeh, Madison Graney, Maddie Johnson I.Kent & Fulton Scholarship - Olivia Brooks, Victoria Brooks, Anna Gillette The Alumni Pinnacle Award for Capstone Excellence - Mia DiRocco
USAF Outstanding Achievement in STEM Award - Shanaya Duprey
Kara Zinke Memorial Scholarship - Maddie Johnson
Citation Awards - Ibby Sadeh (Valedictorian), Alexa Meach (Salutatorian)
