William G. Enloe High School

 
 
 

Students' Academic and Arts Honors

NC State Comprehensive Math Contest

Daniel Vitek, 6th place
Vivek Bhattacharya, 8th place
In addition, both students were invited to join North Carlolina's American Regions Math League, and Daniel (being the second highest scoring senior) is the runner-up for a full scholarship to Duke University!
Additional placements:
Michael Bai, Emil Mayev, Arjun Bhattacharya

National Shakespeare Finals

Maggie Mial Placed in the top ten of the National Shakespeare Finals in NYC. She got to perform her monologue and sonnet, as well as a cold reading, at Lincoln Center (at the set of South Pacific).

DECA International Carreer Development Conference

Virginia Dresser and Preston Perry made it to round 2 of 5 in the quiz bowl event
The following Students received certificates of proficiency in their events:
Josh Lucas (Entrepreneurship Written)
AnDrayah Parker (Automotive Services Marketing)
Samantha Ingram (Marketing Management Series)
Ryan Draper & Blake Addison participated in and recieved a certificate of graduation from the Leadership Development Academy.

Elon University Regional Comprehensive Math Contest

Arjun Bhattacharya, 4th place
Emil Mayev, 7th place
Micahel Bai, 8th place
Akash Ganapathi, placed Ashwin Srikrishna, placed Alex Vasilyev, placed

NC Technology Student Association State Conference

Austin Hansen: 3D CAD Modeling, 1st Place
Duncan Burrows, Adrian Hillmann: Video Game Design, 1st place
Dan Lipetzky, Alex Vitek: Medical Technology, 2nd place
James Cuffney, Albert Chu, Richard Lan: Technology Bowl, 2nd place
Levon Keusseyan: Extemporaneous Speech, 3rd place
Graham Briggs, Titus John: Electronic Research and Experimentation, 3rd place

North Carolina State Bowl

The following students placed 1st and 2nd at the NC State Bowl, and are eligible to compete at the Future Problem Solving Program's International Conference and Competition: Laura Buff, Jessica Berinson, Roland Estrada, Lauren Donati, Emil Hessel, Hannah Jaegers, Jack Xie, Katherine Blackburn, Madhu Vulimiri.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Egg Drop Competition

Harris Bassett: Category II, 1st and 5th place
Nabil Enayet: Category II, 2nd place
Levi Harder: Most Complicated Design winner
Alex Warner, Abtin Erfani, Tracy Brader, Valeri Romano: Most Messy Landing winner

2008 NC Governor's School program  

  • Laura Buff
  • Audrey Chang
  • Daniel Cryer
  • John Cuffney
  • Anna Fitzgerald
  • Jennifer Harley
  • Ian Harwood
  • Kathleen Lan
  • James Marlowe
  • Peter O'Neal
  • William Sarratt
  • Alexandra Sgambati
  • Sarah Shaughnessy
  • Ashwin Srikrishna
  • Bao Tran-Phu
  • Susan Zhao

Wake Tech. Regional Comprehensive Math Contest

Enloe's team took first place.

Vivek Bhattacharya, 1st place, state qualifier
Daniel Vitek, 3rd place, state qualifier
Patrick Yang, 10th place
Other winners: Claire Zeng, Julie Ma, Jennifer Li, David Gu, Abhi Guduru

Sprint round teams placed for the top three, winning a small cash prize:

David Gu's team, 1st place
Daniel Vitek's team, 2nd place
Vivek Bhattacharya's team, 3rd place

2008 Youth Legislative Assembly Award

Graham Lucas received The Jimmy Gibbs Award in Education at the Youth Legislative Assembly from the Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office of the NC Department of Administration.

Reflections Contest

Kayee Au won 1st place in the district and 3rd in the state for visual arts in the National PTA Reflections Contest

North Carolina State Scholastic Chess Tournament

Enloe's Chess Club placed 3rd in the 12th grade division. Enloe's team consisted of: Stephen Chen, Maneesh Jeyakumar, John Lanze, Emil Mayev, James Passerini.

Enloe DECA Awards

DECA competed for a weekend in Greensboro. The medal count: 38 proficiency pins, 8 top test score medals, 7 top role play score medals, 12 top 10 overall score medals, and 6 trophies.

30 of 33 students received Proficiency in their event (combined score of at least 210/300 from their test and two role-play interviews), earning a certificate and pin: Cynthia Cao, Virginia Dresser, Rashaad Jefferson, Emmy Ketcham, Ann Monastyrsky, Macquin Nnadi, Kelsee Price, Sandrine Uwera, AnDrayah Parker, Preston Perry, Devin Vallabh, Blake Addison, Fran Cobo, Samantha Ingram, Levon Keusseyan, Caroline Medders, Vishal Shah, Tyasia Caraway, Jared Blakney, Quinn Campbell, Ryan Draper, Keisha Hunter, Josh Lucas, Andrew Paulson, David Pierce, Malcolm Scott, Shane Taylor, Blaine Wiles, Travis Clyburn, and Raquan Ross.

The following students also earned Proficiency for their written event (a research project or business plan that they presented to a judge): Sandrine Uwera, Preston Perry, Levon Keusseyan, Vishal Shah, Jared Blakney, Quinn Campbell, Josh Lucas, David Pierce.

The following students were recognized with a medallion for a top 10 test score in their event (largest event was 248 students):

  • Virginia Dresser & Emmy Ketcham in Apparel & Accessories Marketing
  • Preston Perry in Food Marketing Series; in Quiz Bowl
  • Levon Keusseyan in Marketing Management Series
  • Caroline Medders in Quick-Serve Restaurant Management
  • Josh Lucas in Sports & Entertainment Marketing
  • Raquan Ross in Travel & Tourism Team Decision-Making

The following students were recognized with a medallion for a top role-play score in thier event (this means they were the best their judge saw):

  • Sandrine Uwera in Apparel & Accessories Marketing
  • Preston Perry in Food Marketing Series
  • Blake Addison in Hotel & Lodging Management
  • Vishal Shah in Quick-Serve Restaurant Management
  • Quinn Campbell in Retail Marketing Series
  • Josh Lucas & Blaine Wiles in Sports & Entertainment Marketing

The following students were recognized with a medallion for a top 10 overall score in their event, qualifying them for Nationals:

  • Sandrine Uwera - 6th in Apparel & Accessories Marketing
  • AnDrayah Parker - 4th in Automotive Services Marketing
  • Preston Perry - 1st in Food Marketing Series AND 7th in Retail Marketing Research Event
  • Blake Addison - 10th in Hotel & Lodging Management
  • Samantha Ingram - 4th in Marketing Management Series
  • Levon Keusseyan - 5th in General Marketing Research Event AND 6th in Marketing Management Series
  • Caroline Medders - 5th in Quick-Serve Restaurant Management
  • Ryan Draper - 9th in Retail Marketing Series
  • Josh Lucas - 1st in Sports & Entertainment Marketing AND 1st in Entrepreneurship Written Event

The DECA Quiz Bowl team won first place. The Team members were: Preston Perry, Josh Lucas, Virginia Dresser, and Levon Keusseyan.

Eastern Regional Orchestra Clinic

Wesley Shang won the concertmaster chair of the symphony orchestra. Sabu Yamamoto placed 3rd and Nick Johnson placed 5th in the first violins of the symphony. Julie Ma placed principal violin II and Linda Yang placed assistant principal violin II in the symphony. Indu Ramesh placed as assistant conertmaster and Tiffany Young placed 3rd in the first violins in the string orchestra. Gokul Shankar placed 3rd in the string orchestra viola section. Samantha Olsen placed 2nd and Brandon Kidd placed 3rd in the bass section of the string orchestra.

United States Presidential Scholars Program

The students recognized for application are Vivek Bhattacharya, Sarah Bruce, Richard Lan, and Victor Lee.

The National Merit Scholarship Program

Students are selected for the program based on outstanding scores on the PSAT/NMSQT and a record of high academic performance grades 9-12. Finalists are:

  • Betty Anderson
  • Vivek Bhattacharya
  • Sarah Bruce
  • Adam Buckholz
  • James Chuffney
  • Erin Eaton
  • Augusta Gudeman
  • Jonathan Herrera
  • Miles Huang
  • Alexandra Kilpatrick
  • Richard Lan
  • Hao Lian
  • Katharine Ludovici
  • Richard Mitchell
  • Kevin Mulhern
  • Scott Possiel

Beijing Youth Science Creation Competition

Brandon Young ('09) has been selected as 1 of 4 students from the US to display his science project. The competition is being held in Beijing, China, from March 17 to March 25.

Statewide Playwright Contest

Will Sarrat - first place for "Bowling with Blueberries"
Abby Bogardus - second place for "Perspective"

The first place prize was $200; the second place prize was $100. The drama department received $300.

PTSA Reflections

The work of Kayee Au (Visual Arts) and Justin Ellis (Literature) are representing Enloe in the District level of the PTSA Reflections Contest.

Triangle East Region Competitive Events

FBLA's Triangle East Region Competitive Events was held on Saturday, Jan. 26th.
Umezulike Nwabiem, 2nd (Job Iinterview - performance event)
Victoria Carter, 2nd (Pubilc Speaking II - performance event)

2008 Scholastic Art Awards - Gold Key Award

  • Mary Becker
  • Sarah He
  • Kathleen Petermann
  • Elizabeth Poston
  • Jules Ruiz

2008 Scholastic Art Awards - Silver Key Award

  • Eileen Coffey
  • Amanda Fulton
  • Katie Huffman
  • Susan Lee
  • Grayson Bland
  • Natlia Lopes
  • Magda Szymczyk

DECA Marketing Competitive Events Conference

41 marketing students competed against over 700 students in the District 3 DECA MCEC. Students completed a 100-question test and a role-play with a judge, The following students reached proficiency in their event, meaning they earned at least 140 of the 200 possible points: Cynthia Cao, Dana Clark, Virginia Dresser, Sammantha Ingram, Ann Monastyrsky, Macquin Nnadi, Victoria Powell, Kelsee Price, Hannah Teater, Sandrine Uwera, Blake Addison, Caroline Medders, Vishal Shah, Tyasia Caraway, AnDrayah Parker, Preston Perry, Jared Blakney, Ryan Draper, Devin Vallabh, Fran Cobo, Levon Keusseyan, Josh Lucas, Andrew Paulson, David Pierce, Malcolm Scott, Shane Taylor, Blaine Wiles, Travis Clyburn, and Raquan Ross.

The following students received a medallion for achieving a top 10 test score:

  • Virginia Dresser, Samantha Ingram, Sandrine Uwera: Apparel & Accessories Marketing
  • Blake Addison, Caroline Medders: Quick Serve Restaurant Management
  • Preston Perry: Restaurant and Food Service Management
  • Levon Keusseyan, Josh Lucas: Sports and Entertainment Marketing

The following students received a medallion for a top role play score (they were the best student each of their judges saw):

  • Virginia Dresser, Hannah Teater: Apparel & Accessories Marketing
  • Vishal Shah: Quick Serve Rest. Management
  • Preston Perry: Rest. & Food Service Management
  • Jared Blakney, Devin Vallabh: Retail Merchandising Series
  • Levon Keusseyan, Josh Lucas: Sports & Entertainment Marketing

The following students received a medallion for placing in the top 6 for an overall score in their event.  (Top 3 received a trophy and plaque, places 4-6th received a plaque.)

  • Vishal Shah, 5th Place: Qick Serve Restaurant Management
  • Sandrine Uwera, 4th Place: Apparel & Accessories Marketing
  • Virginia Dresser 3rd place in Apparel & Accessories Marketing
  • Levon Keusseyan 2nd place in Sports & Entertainment Marketing
  • Preston Perry 1st place in Rest & Food Service Management
  • Josh Lucas 1st place in Sports & Entertainment Marketing

Morehead Finalists

  1. Alice Yen
  2. Ranjan Banerjee
  3. Mary Burroughs
  4. Melissa Kepke
  5. Richard Mitchell
  6. Charlotte Mabe

Siemens Westinghouse Competition

Vivek Bhattacharya, Hao Lian and Daniel Vitek took 2nd place overall and won a $50,000 scholarship to be shared amongst the three of them.

2007 Duke Math Meet Results

On November 17, Enloe sent two teams of six students to the Duke Math Meet, one of the most difficult and competitive math competitions of the year. 25 teams came from much of the Southeast, including from Atlanta and Washington D.C. Here are the details of how Enloe's team's finished:

Enloe's A-Team finished in 4th place, winning a plaque. We were the top school this year in North Carolina for the first time in the last 10 years, defeating East Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill High School and NCSSM.

Vivek Bhattacharya and Daniel Vitek were among just four students to score 6 out of 8 on the individual round, entering a tiebreaker round to decide second place. (First place was won by a student who scored 7 out of 8.) Based on the tiebreaker performance, Daniel finished 4th and Vivek 5th overall.

A-Team: Team Rank, 4th
Vivek Bhattacharya (5th overall), Emil Mayev, Ashwin Srikrishna, Alex Vasilyev, Daniel Vitek (4th overall), Claire Zeng

B-Team: Team Rank, 3rd among B teams, 15th overall
Michael Bai, Arjun Bhattacharya, Akash Ganapathi, Amitoj Singh, Shreyas Tikare, Patrick Yang

850 the Buzz September Scholar Athlete Award

Congratulations to Liz Willis! Liz won the Coastal Federal Credit Union and 850 the Buzz September Scholar Athlete Award. Click here to listen to her interview.

Morehead Nominations

These five students will go on to compete for the Morehead-Cain Scholarship: Mary Burroughs, Camilla Calhoun, Jonathan Herrera, Richard Mitchell, Alice Yen

National Achievement Semi-Finatists

Maggie Mial, Jasmyn Nicholas, Amir Webb

NC State Todd Fuller Mathematics Contest

Enloe's team placed first of 15 competing Wake County public schools. The team consisted of Vivek Bhattacharya, Emil Mayev, Richard Lan, Alan Mitchell, Miles Huang, Victor Lee,and Justin Quartiere.

Vivek Bhattacharya individually placed 1st and won a $450 cash prize. Richard Lan individually placed 2nd and won a $250 cash prize. Emil Mayev individually placed 3rd and won a $175 cash prize. Victor Lee indidvidually placed 5th. Justin Quartiere individually placed 6th.