Joyous Achievements for Families to Share

By Jillian Daley

Marcelino Machorro was relaxing at a Middle School cafeteria table with his wife and three daughters after the Awards Dessert Banquet on June 1, and his face was glowing.

One of his daughters, sixth-grader Kelly Machorro, had received the Principal’s Award and was among dozens of honorees who were celebrated during the ceremony that evening.

“I feel like I’m doing something good in this life,” Marcelino Machorro said.

To the joy of families, including Machorro’s, the annual recognition ceremony returned to the Middle School last week after a two-year hiatus. Students and their loved ones settled onto bleachers in the gym, listening while Principal Tami Badinger announced each winner. Teachers took turns rushing certificates up to each student, their feet pounding in the stands.

Afterward, students and families in their finest fashions clutched balloons and bouquets, a light scent of flowers and perfume wafting through the gym. They snapped photos and the crowd then shifted into the cafeteria to taste some melty chocolate chip cookies.

Right after the ceremony, eighth-grader Emily Diaz and her cousin, sixth-grader Mardelsol Barajas, coordinated in striped summer dresses and denim jackets, were among the students posing for pictures in the gym, their moms tapping fiercely at their phones’ shutter buttons.

Diaz clutched certificates including the President’s Award for Educational Excellence, an award for eighth-graders who have earned a 3.5 cumulative GPA throughout middle school. Meanwhile, Barajas gingerly held her English Language Proficiency Award, which required her to pass an exam in English.

“It feels like I made it because I passed it,” Barajas said, softly.

Diaz said she was thrilled that her hard work had finally paid off, a sentiment that many other students echoed throughout the night, including seventh-graders and Principal’s Award and Principal’s Pin winners Colby Jones and Ethan Kratochvil. 

Jones said that these types of events prove to students that “hard work comes with rewards” and Kratochvil, who also won the Always on Time award, said the events also “make people feel good about what they did.”

Eighth-grader Natalie Parmenter was truly thrilled to have won a slew of awards, including the President's Pin for students in the top 95th percentile over their three years at the Middle School, translating to a near perfect or perfect 4.0 GPA. She was also basking in a moment of triumph in a friendly sibling rivalry with her older brother Calvin Parmenter, a ninth-grader.

“It feels good, beating him,” she said, cheerfully.

Their mom, Sara Parmenter, chimed in with, “There’s always a competition.”

“I’m winning,” Natalie declared.

Calvin shook his head in denial, but he was smiling, plainly overjoyed for his smart little sister.

Overall, the evening was simply a wonderful moment for everyone, even siblings, to see their loved ones shine. Students like Kelly Machorro were glad to have that moment. 

“I’m proud,” she said. “It feels good because I can tell them all that I achieved.”

To share stories with the North Marion School District, please email Communications Specialist Jillian Daley at jillian.daley@nmarion.k12.or.us.

Middle School Winners

Students won in a wide range of categories. Here are the categories and who won within those categories in the order in which the categories and students were announced during the June 1 assembly:

Scholar Athlete: for eighth-grade students who participated in three school sports and demonstrated high levels of academic achievement (3.5 GPA or above):

Kendra Baylie

Madison Beckey

Addyson Smith

Dorismar Rios

London Swank 

Niekolaas Laninga

English Language Proficiency: Students who have achieved the status of proficient in the English language as designated by the English Language Proficiency Assessment:

Mardelsol Barajas

Salvador Campuzano

Alondra Hernandez

Esmeralda Hernandez

Ariela Paniagua

Esther Pastrana 

Nayeli Payan

Bryan Reyes

Vanesa Tarula

President’s Award for Educational Excellence: for eighth-grade students who have earned a 3.5 cumulative GPA throughout middle school: 

Vianni Ashland

Luke Bomar 

Flor Campos 

Miley Chenault 

Emily Diaz

Rebeca Gonzalez

Paola Hernandez

Alivia Hubbard

Lucas Kratochvil

Paulina Murillo

Orin Newkirk

Natalie Parmenter 

Dorismar Rios

Sawyer Rostocil

Elijah Short

Addyson Smith

Rylee Wachter

Jessica Yakis

Nicholas Young 

Practically Perfect Attendance: Instead of being perfect attendance, this has been updated to reflect pandemic-era absences for health reasons, so the following students have missed one day or no days of school all year:

Kaiden Allen

Flor Campos Ramirez

Javier Campos Vasquez Jr.

Yaharit Cisneros Gonzalez

Alexander Gonzales

Rubyee Gonzales

Rigo Gonzalez Lara

Allison Kirkbride

Emmanuel Martinez Cruz

Jose Quevedo Vazquez

William Ramos Martinez

Evelyn Rubio

Angel Tapia Reyes

Joshua Yakis

Always on Time: This new award honors students who had no unexcused tardies all year:

Tyrell Apulu

Dylan Bomar

Luke Bomar

Benjamin Boswell

Tanner Bundy

Javier Campos Vasquez Jr.

Alliyah Cha

Bryanna Cordero Chavez

Elias Gonzalez Trujillo Jr.

Levi Farrens

James Henson

Paola Hernandez Roque

Jackson Hostetler

Natalie Hostetler

Jason Haddock

Yuritzia Hernandez Roque

Jonathan Hofstetter

Elliott Kiesel

Allison Kirkbride

Ethan Kratochvil

Lucas Kratochvil

Madelyn Lewis

Edgar Lopez Sanchez

Emmanuel Martinez Cruz

Jaanai Montelongo Gomez

Anthony Palomino Hernandez

Natalie Parmenter

Ariela Paniagua Maldonado

Stephanie Portillo

Moises Ramirez Hernandez

Giovanni Rodriguez

Emily Rodriguez Rojas

Sawyer Rostocil

Lucas Stafford

Addyson Smith

Kate Snegirev

London Swank

Delaiah Synnott

Angel Tapia Reyes

Kilikia Toran

Bobby Tournier

Rylee Wachter

Ella Walz

Theodore Webster

Ezra Workman

Jessica Yakis

Joshua Yakis

Nicholas Young

Mariel Zurita

Most Improved: Teachers nominated these students for making a significant improvement toward achieving their academic goals. Each teacher could only nominate one student:

Anthony Palomino-Hernandez

Benjamin Boswell

Benjamin Hankins

Brianna Villagomez 

Dylan Bomar

Esmay Zurita

Esther Pastrana Morales

Jessica De La Lima 

Giovanni Rodriguez

Ivan Rodriguez Acebedo

Jedediah McGee

Jordan Lamb

Kara Becker

Lane Clark

Luis Arano Fernandez

Madison Bankhead

Marlyn Gomez

Mya Alvarado

Myles Villareal

Orin Newkirk

Stephanie Portillo

Trenton Righter

Juruen Delgado 

Educators’ Award for Outstanding Educational Performance: The award goes to students who, throughout the year, demonstrated growth and ownership in their academics; actively contributed to the learning environment; demonstrated outstanding behavior both in and outside of the classroom; and continually worked to improve class climate and culture by participating in service and/or co-curricular activities throughout their middle school career. Each teacher may nominate only one student:

Alliyah Cha

Ariela Paniagua Maldonado

Bryan Morales

Bryson Parsons

Cheyenne Younce 

Delaiah Synnott

Dorismar Rios-Valencia

Eleese Sosa

Elliott Kiesel

Greyson Hurst

Jonathan Hofstetter

Joram Vazquez

Kate Snegirev

Lili Blair

Luci Coulombe

Luke Bomar

Natalie Parmenter

Paola Hernandez Roque

Parker Jones

Stephanie Hernandez  

Vianni Ashland

Principal’s Award: for students in Grades 6 to 8 who have earned a 3.5 cumulative GPA for trimesters 1 and 2:

Amy Alaniz

Tyrell Apulu

Jude Arreola

Vianni Ashland

Akacia Bannick

Heidi Barragan

Kendra Baylie

Emilie Beason

Madison Beckey

Dylan Bomar

Luke Bomar

Marisol Bonser

Benjamin Boswell

Katelyn Buchnoff

Kathleen Bufton

Brianna Burgess

Flor Campos Ramirez

Javier Campos Vasquez

Miley Chenault

Bryanna Cordero

Lucilla Coulombe

Danika Cox

Hailey Curths

Noah Davis

Christian Delgado 

Emma Goms

Emily Diaz

Zakkary Fossler

Elsa Fuentes

Jose Gomez

Alexander Gonzales

Rebeca Gonzalez

Isaac Guerrero

Mario Guzman

Jason Haddock

Raef Hammack

Alondra Hernandez

Paola Hernandez

Ulises Hernandez Pacheco

Eduardo Hernandez Tapia

Estrella Hernandez Tapia

Jonathan Hofstetter

Avila Hubbard

Greyson Hurst

Eman Hussein

Colby Jones

Parker Jones

Elliott Kiesel

Xenia King

Lucas Kratochvil

Ethan Kratochvil

Niekolaas Laninga

Alexis Lingmann

Jaqueline Lomeli

Kevin Lopez Paz

Edgar Lopez Sanchez

Kelly Machorro

Marcos Mejia

Mackenzie Millard

Daniel Miranda

Bryan Morales

Paulina Murillo

Orin Newkirk

Natalie Parmenter

Esther Pastrana

Matthew Patzer

Stephanie Portillo

Moises Ramirez

Ryder Richards

Trenton Righter

Dorismar Rios

Emily Rodriguez

Giovanni Rodriguez

Sawyer Rostocil

Geraldine Sanchez

Jesus Sanchez Salazar

Elijah Short

Addyson Smith

Kate Snegirev

Eleese Sosa

Lucas Stafford

Ella Stoddard

Madison Sturm

Dezmond Swank

London Swank

Delaiah Synnott

Angel Tapia

Shea Thorton

Bobby Tournier

Victoria Valenzuela

Wyatt Vaughn

Rylee Wachter

Taleah Wills

Ezra Workman

Kenzee Workman

Jessica Yakis

Joshua Yakis

Cheynne Younce

Nicholas Young

Principal’s Pin: for students in Grades 6 to 8 who are in the top 95th percentile this school year, receiving a near perfect 4.0 GPA:

Jude Arreola

Emilie Beason

Luke Bomar

Marisol Bonser

Benjamin Boswell

Katelyn Buchnoff

Brianna Burgess

Flor Campos Ramirez

Javier Campos Vasquez

Miley Chenault

Hailey Curths

Emily Diaz

Mario Guzman

Raef Hammack

Estrella Hernandez Tapia

Paola Hernandez

Avila Hubbard

Greyson Hurst

Colby Jones

Ethan Kratochvil

Kevin Lopez Paz

Bryan Morales

Stephanie Portillo

Matthew Patzer

Natalie Parmenter

Dorismar Rios

Sawyer Rostocil

Lila Shaffer

Kate Snegirev

Ella Stoddard

Delaiah Synnott

Victoria Valenzuela

Taleah Wills

Rylee Wachter

Cheyenne Younce

Jessica Yakis

 

President’s Award for Educational Excellence: For eighth-grade students who have earned a 3.5 cumulative GPA throughout middle school:

Vianni Ashland

Luke Bomar 

Flor Campos 

Miley Chenault 

Emily Diaz

Rebeca Gonzalez

Paola Hernandez

Alivia Hubbard

Lucas Kratochvil

Paulina Murillo

Orin Newkirk

Natalie Parmenter 

Dorismar Rios

Sawyer Rostocil

Elijah Short

Addyson Smith

Rylee Wachter

Jessica Yakis

Nicholas Young 

 

President's Pin: This prestigious eighth-grade award is given only to those in the top 95th percentile over their three years in middle school translating to a near 4.0 GPA:

Luke Bomar

Flor Campos

Miley Chenault

Avila Hubbard

Natalie Parmenter