For the past 34 years, the Sojourner Truth Awards Program has recognized deserving minority students and encouraged consideration of college attendance as an option for students from groups which are under-represented in the college population. Students nominated by their schools received a Certificate of Recognition from SUNY Orange.
Ms. Truth lived in the mid-Hudson Valley region after escaping from slavery, and is hailed as one of the most distinguished and highly-regarded women of the 19th century.
At this year’s Sojourner Truth Awards Program, 15 M-W students were recognized for their accomplishments. Congratulations to the following students:
Kai Bell - Foreign Language-Spanish
Elijah Brown - Perseverance
Johan Davis - Foreign Language-Spanish
Ifechukwu Egwuonwu - Creative Arts
Danna Hernandez Jimenez - English
Jayden Jean-Louis - English
Sowa Joarder - Sciences
Roxanna Lopez-Galicia - Perseverance
Norbert Oseguera Vasquez - Citizenship
Paul Pierre - Perseverance
Dimitri Rouchan - Citizenship
D'LaurenSancho-Lopez - Citizenship
Lucca Vanderhorst - Diversity
Myra Vaneus - Foreign Language-Spanish
Emma Vasquez - Perseverance
This awards program recognizes the achievements of deserving Orange County youth who meet the following criteria:
Athletics - Possessing natural and trained aptitude for excellence in competitive sports, while exhibiting sportsmanship, team spirit, and grace in victory and defeat and/or demonstrate achievements in physical education classes and extra curricular activities.
Citizenship - Exhibiting continuous courtesy, thoughtfulness, and service to others, obvious both in and out of the school environment.
Creative Arts - Talent and obvious achievement in drama, speech, dance, theatre production, music, painting, sculpture, design, graphics, visual arts and extra curricular programs.
Diversity - Demonstrates acceptance and respect of individual differences and cultural traditions.
English Language Arts - Skilled in reading, writing, reading comprehension, poetry, creative writing, school newspaper, exceptional written and spoken vocabulary.
Foreign Languages - Achievement in a language other than English for communication that exhibits cross-cultural skills and understanding.
Mathematics - High achievement in logical thinking, mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry processes and concepts, numbers-their forms, arrangements, sets, relationships, and properties.
Perseverance/Effort - Demonstrating achievement by overcoming obstacles. Showing a willingness to extend high levels of effort and resolve in the face of adversity.
Sciences - Exceptional ability in the observation, identification, description, and investigation of natural phenomena. Success in methodical experimentation, recording, and explanation.
Technology - Achievements in computer and technology classes and extracurricular programs.
Congratulations to the well deserving recipients!
