PROVIDENCE, RI—Lt. Governor Dan McKee recognized 53 Rhode Island high school seniors with the Lt. Governor's Leadership Award during a virtual ceremony on Thursday night. The recipients were nominated by their schools for leading positive change in the community and inspiring others to excel and achieve. Throughout the ceremony, students, teachers and families interacted with Lt. Governor McKee live in the comment section on the Lt. Governor's Facebook page.
"Rhode Island's young leaders continue to be a bright spot in our state's future, even during these difficult times," said Lt. Governor McKee. "Congratulations to the recipients of this year's Lt. Governor's Leadership Award. These students have spent hundreds of hours serving our community and leading by lifting others up. I encourage everyone who knows a member of the class of 2020 to find a way to make their final days as high school seniors a special occasion."
2020 Lt. Governor's Leadership Award Recipients:
Zayra Mendoza, 360 High School Demitri Waite, Academy for Career Exploration Sarah McDonald, Barrington Christian Academy Kevin Zhu, Barrington High School Gussy Acosta, Beacon Charter High School for the Arts Thomas Benson Salois, Bishop Feehan High School Brian Harrington, Bishop Hendricken High School Elizabeth Sarai Garcia, Blackstone Academy Charter School Blessing Oyedele, Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy Mitchell Dailey, Burrillville High School Rebekah Sullivan, Chariho Regional High School David Montenegro, Classical High School Julianna Sinotte, Coventry High School Kaitlin Fitzgerald, Cranston Area Career and Technical Center Genesis Aldana Pineda, Cranston High School East Daniel Marella, Cranston High School West Jack Murphy, Cumberland High School Rondeece Watson, Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School Lydia Oluwatosmisin Onamiye, E Cubed Academy Cassidy Martins, East Providence Career & Technical Center Megan Sara Amore, East Providence High School Alyssa Zompa, Exeter-West Greenwich High School Kwabena Acheampong, Highlander Charter School Jasson Hernandez, Hope High School Medeski Dow, Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts Gianna DeFusco, Johnston Senior High School China Duff, La Salle Academy Emily Kennedy, Lincoln High School Tyron Francis, Middletown High School Emily Graham, Mount Saint Charles Academy Sloan Simpson, Mt. Hope High School Ryan Lonkart, Narragansett High School Ryan F. Duarte, NEL/CPS Construction Nicholas Barrow, North Providence High School Ebony Price, Providence Career and Technical Academy Cadet Lt. Colonel Monique Allen, Rogers High School and Newport Career and Technical Center Lindsay Martin, Saint Raphael Academy Ashley Izaguirre, School One Isabella Palumbo, Scituate High School Sayara Siwal, Shea High School Caroline Parente, South Kingstown High School Liliana Katarina Froehner, St. George's School Willa Phillips, The Greene School Crystal Ortiz, The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center Adam Kurtz, The Prout School Sarah Downey, Tiverton High School Jillian Caruso, Warwick Area Career and Technical Center Paige Tomasso, West Warwick High School Maya Champ, Westerly High School Marcia Barbosa, William E. Tolman Senior High School Nicholas Croce, William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School Julia Nguyen, Woonsocket Area Career and Technical Center Elizabeth Ferrenti, Woonsocket High School