SUNY Orange honored 83 Pine Bush middle school students with Sojourner Truth Awards. The Pine Bush students are among 735 students honored throughout the area.
The College’s Sojourner Truth Awards Program honors students who have been nominated by school guidance counselors and principals for having demonstrated excellence in areas such as athletics, citizenship, creative arts, diversity, English language arts, foreign languages, perseverance/effort, sciences, and technology. The program aims to promote education in a positive manner and to motivate students to consider college as a viable and attainable goal.
Sojourner Truth, for whom the program is named, lived in the mid-Hudson Valley after escaping from slavery. She is hailed as one of the most distinguished and highly regarded women of the 19th century. Born Isabella Bomefree in about 1797 in Hurley, N.Y., Isabella was sold four times before she and her daughter were given their freedom in 1828. She never learned to read or write.
In 1843 she changed her name to Sojourner Truth to reflect her chosen mission of traveling to show people their sins and telling them what is true. She is often cited as one of the most effective and powerful speech-makers of her time.
Congratulations to all the Pine Bush students receiving this honor!
To learn more about this program, visit SUNY Orange’s Sojourner Truth website at www.sunyorange.edu/stap
Circleville Middle School
- Bianca Abreu, English Language Arts
- Emmanuel Abrokwah, Perseverance/Effort
- Amber Arias, Mathematics
- Caylin Best, Sciences
- Jayden Brown, Mathematics
- Christian Bryant, Sciences
- Reid Chen, Sciences
- Chinedu (Justin) Chukwu, Technology
- Symone Davis, Creative Arts
- Melanie Duran, Citizenship
- Ivanna Florez-Sepulveda, Citizenship
- Robert Hernandez, Perseverance/Effort
- Victoria Islam, English Language Arts
- Olivia-Ziva Jones Torres, Foreign Languages
- Ali Khan, Mathematics
- Malaika Khan, Foreign Languages
- Jaylynn Marrero, Perseverance/Effort
- Genesis Martin, Perseverance/Effort
- Fatima Mohamed Maksooth, Mathematics
- Justin Palma, Athletics
- Nariath Peralta, English Language Arts
- Carla Phanor, English Language Arts
- Michael Pitt, Perseverance/Effort
- Lisbell Rios, Sciences
- Lina Saleh, Foreign Languages
- William Santana, Perseverance/Effort
- Abriel Sierra, Creative Arts
- Christian Smart, Perseverance/Effort
- Jordan Smith, Sciences
- Aaliyah Snipe, Technology
- Treasure Stanley, English Language Arts
- Jevon Surin, Perseverance/Effort
- Alyanna Thompson, Creative Arts
- Sophia Tique Daiz, English Language Arts
- Thea Valdez, Creative Arts
- Gavin Williams, Citizenship
- Caitlyn Yao, Sciences
Crispell Middle School
- Michael Abreu, English Language Arts
- Louis Jr. Almeida, Sciences
- Alia Arias, English Language Arts
- Liam Barbosa, Diversity
- Christian Bernal Morocho, Perseverance/Effort
- Kevin Brown, Technology
- Carter Campos, Sciences
- Xayne Chavez, Citizenship
- Alison Cheng, Sciences
- Hayden Conklin, Citizenship
- Keisy Contreras-Martinez, English Language Arts
- Julianna Cowart, Citizenship
- Isabella Cruz, Mathematics
- Shumare Davis, Athletics
- Zoe Dodson, Athletics
- Francesca Esposito, Citizenship
- Genesis Gorton, Diversity
- Kayli Guzman, English Language Arts
- Sydney King, Mathematics
- Sanaa Leacock, English Language Arts
- Daniel Lin, English Language Arts
- Aymee Lozano, Perseverance/Effort
- Arianna Lugo, Mathematics
- Lilliana Mendez-Rudecindo, English Language Arts
- Mariam Mohammed, Perseverance/Effort
- Madelline Monahan, Sciences
- Yeilin Navas Lemus, Perseverance/Effort
- Donovan Nelson, Technology
- Nathaniel Odame, Citizenship
- Leiani Ortiz, Creative Arts
- April Owuor, Diversity
- Aynon Patrick, Sciences
- Jayven Quinones, Mathematics
- Amara Rodgers, Perseverance/Effort
- Jandell Rodriguez, Citizenship
- Presleynah Silencieux, Creative Arts
- Julese Smith, Sciences
- Nyla Swiney, Perseverance/Effort
- Tam-Ann Thai, Sciences
- Layla Utter, Citizenship
- Domenika Flor Valdivia Castro, Perseverance/Effort
- Sebastian Vargas, Perseverance/Effort
- Jaylen Veras Lopez, English Language Arts
- Isaiah Williams, English Language Arts
- Liana Williams, Citizenship
- Benson Winfield, Sciences