The Seven Super Sixth Graders are, front row, from left, Gildon Kirkland, Zoe Leffers, Brooke St. Luise and Abbigail Cuellar; and back row, from left, Annika Fox, Sean Childress and Emily Childers. (Gary Pringle/Port Angeles School District)

The Seven Super Sixth Graders are, front row, from left, Gildon Kirkland, Zoe Leffers, Brooke St. Luise and Abbigail Cuellar; and back row, from left, Annika Fox, Sean Childress and Emily Childers. (Gary Pringle/Port Angeles School District)

Hamilton Elementary School announces academic award winners

PORT ANGELES — Hamilton Elementary School has announced the final recipients of the 2018-19 Presidential Educational Awards.

Receiving the gold award for outstanding academic excellence are Alyssa Cassinelli, Alex Churchill, Caeden Emmons, Annika Fox, Carter Gundersen, Christopher Jaynes, Gildon Kirkland, Eric Lalonde, Kendall Mitchell, Taedon Pietrafeso, Stone Schaack and Brooke St. Luise.

Recipients of the silver award for academic achievement are Ralyn Asher-Titterness, Zakara Braun, Fiona Burk, Emily Childers, Sean Childress, Abbigail Cuellar, Lilly Emerton, Stella Linson, Olivia Maeder, Leif Moody, Isaac Ordona, Klay-Lauree Pauly, Damun Seera, Deegan Sivley, Noah Snedeger and Bryce Zeeman.

Principal Gary Pringle also announced the names of the school’s Super Sixth-Graders. They are Emily Childers, Sean Childress, Abbigail Cuellar, Annika Fox, Gildon Kirkland, Zoe Leffers and Brooke St. Luise.

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