The William J. Sacco Critical Thinking Foundation annual awards banquet was held on Monday, March 15, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held virtually.
With about 100 students, educators, school representatives and friends of the foundation in attendance for the 10th annual banquet, the foundation honored 14 students and 11 educators from all 12 Harford County High Schools and programs.
Khiyali Pillalamarri, a senior from The Science and Math Academy at Aberdeen High School, was named the Mathematics Student of the Year.
Pillalamarri is ranked 9th in her class of 289 with a cumulative GPA of 4.77. She also scored a 1590 on the SAT. Pillalamarri becomes the 3rd Sacco Foundation Mathematics Student of the Year from the S&M Academy, joining Eli Jaffe (2014) and Alexandra Stephens (2015).
The Math Educator of the Year, Kelly Mattingly, is a teacher from C. Milton Wright High School.
Mattingly teaches grades 9 – 12 at C. Milton Wright in Ramp Up to Algebra, Honors Trigonometry, Geometry, AP Calculus AB, and AP Calculus BC. She becomes the 2nd Sacco Foundation Mathematics Educator of the Year from C. Milton Wright High School, joining Cynthia Thompson (2020)
See below for a complete list of the 2021 winners.
STUDENTS
– Adam Butz (The John Carroll School)
– John Geraghty (Fallston High School)
– Natalie Kully (Joppatowne High School)
– Anthony Ma (Bel Air High School)
– Mohammed Moubarak (Edgewood High School)
– Erin O’Leary (North Harford High School)
– Avani Patel (Aberdeen High School)
– Khiyali Pillalamarri (Science and Mathematics Academy)
– Meadow Santoriello (Patterson Mill High School)
– Angel Scott (Harford Tech High School)
– Marie Webb (Havre de Grace High School)
– Christiana Wozniak (C. Milton Wright High School)
EDUCATORS
– Kim Cadle (The John Carroll School)
– Colleen Christian (Havre de Grace High School)
– Kelly Mattingly (C. Milton Wright High School)
– Megan McCrum (Harford Tech High School)
– Timothy Polack (Aberdeen High School)
– Maria Reed (Bel Air High School)
– Tabitha Sauer (Edgewood High School)
– Shelly Sparks (North Harford High School)
– Bridget Stimax (Patterson Mill High School)
– Michelle Watson (Joppatowne High School)
COMMUNITY AWARD
– McKenzie Milstead (Patterson Mill High School)
MIKE FRANKLIN COMPUTING AWARDS
– Student: Ian Morrill (Science and Mathematics Academy)
– Educator: Cynthia Thompson (C. Milton Wright High School)
Harrison Swartz
Director of Communications and Events