42nd Annual Awards Night
Zach Harvat Receives Mount Michael Benedictine Award

Every year an evening is set aside to honor the Knights academic and artistic accomplishments over the past year. This year there was much to celebrate.

In Math and Science there were many awards including last falls Class B Math Championship at UNL, This spring many individuals received awards at the Creighton Physics and Chemistry field days including a 2nd place trophy in physics.

Most recently at the Wayne State Math competition Joe Stellato came in 5th in algebra while fellow freshmen Michael Collins and George townsend came in 1st and 2nd respectively. Gun Hwan Kim came in 4th in Algebra 2 while in Pre-Calculus Baek Ho Jang and Sang Won Bang came in 1st and 4th.

Besides these awards Mount Michael students had many outstanding accomplishments in the arts. Many students received superior rankings at the district music contest and last fall several were selected for Honor Bands & Choruses and as well as All-State.

This past year Mount Michael started up a speech team which garnered numerous novice awards and Alex Lim was highly ranked at the state competition

The language students cleaned up on the National Language Exams as usual.

The Journalism team has provided yet another state championship banner for the Palace.

Individuals receiving special recognition at this ceremony included Jay NeSmith with the "Key Staffer" award as the outstanding journalism student. The Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Award went to Alex Engelkamp. The Omaha Exchange Club outstanding sophomore of the year went to Bryce Howe.

The Knights also have two National Merit Award winners including Luke Weitkemper with his perfect 36 on the ACT.

Mount Michael's drafting students also received an award at the S.A.M.E. competition

The highlight of the night was the announcement of Zach Harvat receiving the Mount Michael Award.

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