The William J. Sacco Critical Thinking Foundation held their annual awards ceremony on Monday, March 14, 2022. For the second year in a row, the event was held virtually.
There were more than 80 people in attendance for the 11th annual awards featuring students, educators, school representatives and friends of the foundation. In total, 14 students and 10 educators from all 12 Harford County High Schools and programs were honored.
Peidong Chen, a senior from C. Milton Wright High School, was named the Mathematics Student of the Year.
Chen is ranked 5th in his class of 338 students with a GPA of 4.71. He became the 3rd Sacco Foundation Mathematics Student of the Year from C. Milton Wright High School joining Sean Fleming (2018) and John Brownfield (2020).
The Mathematics Educator of the Year, Ellen Zaborowski, also comes from C. Milton Wright High School.
Zaborowski teaches grades 9-12 at C. Milton Wright High School including a wide range of classes such as Algebra 1, Geometry, Honors Geometry, Algebra 2, Honors Algebra 2, Honors Trigonometry, Honors Trig/Pre-Calculus, Consumer Math, College Math, and Calculus AB. She becomes the 3rd Sacco Foundation Mathematics Educator of the Year from C. Milton Wright High School, joining Cynthia Thompson (2020) and Kelly Mattingly (2021).
See below for a complete list of the 2022 honorees.
MATHEMATICS STUDENTS:
- Sara Busch (Harford Tech High School)
- Peidong Chen (C. Milton Wright High School)
- Jadon Harley (Patterson Mill High School)
- Robbie Hauf (The John Carroll School)
- Griffin Hevesy (North Harford High School)
- Jalen Lane (Aberdeen High School)
- Kyle Lucas (Joppatowne High School)
- Marin Moore (Fallston High School)
- Henry Pensell (Havre de Grace High School)
- Satya Shah (Aberdeen Science & Math Academy)
- Minh Tran (Bel Air High School)
- Braeden Waugh (Edgewood High School)
MATHEMATICS EDUCATORS:
- Megan Carter (Bel Air High School)
- Mikayla Corday (North Harford High School)
- Lucas Daniel (Patterson Mill High School)
- Nancy duBell (Aberdeen High School)
- Kristen Kirkpatrick (The John Carroll School)
- Rebecca Lewis (Edgewood High School)
- Bob Reider (Havre de Grace High School)
- Emily Richards (Joppatowne High School)
- Kate Santavenere (Harford Tech High School)
- Ellen Zaborowski (C. Milton Wright High School)
COMMUNITY AWARD:
- Bridgette Carven (C. Milton Wright High School)
MIKE FRANKLIN STUDENT COMPUTING AWARD:
- Abigail Guicheteau (Aberdeen Science & Math Academy)
For more information on The William J. Sacco Critical Thinking Foundation, please visit www.saccofoundation.org.
Harrison Swartz
Director of PR/Communications and Events