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News-Sun photo by CHRISTOPHER TUFFLEY It was a standing room only crowd at the school board chamber Tuesday night, as families turned out to congratulate the students who achieved perfect scores on the 2010 FCAT.

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published: Friday, November 11, 2011

Applauding FCAT perfection

By CHRISTOPHER TUFFLEY

christopher.tuffley@newssun.com

SEBRING -- It took three days to introduce all the students who achieved perfect scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test in 2010 to the members of the school board, in total 155 students.

Presentations were made Oct. 4, Oct. 24 and the final was on Tuesday.

School board chairperson Donna Howerton spoke for the board Thursday when she expressed her admiration for the students and the schools they attend.

"It was phenomenal the number of students at both elementary and secondary levels of perfect FCAT scores.

"Great job to all students in their focus on academics with the many other activities they include.

"Also great job," she said, emphasizing the word great, "to The School Board of Highlands County employees in their involvement with each of our students. It was great to see that support, along with family and community members who came out to recognize our students also."

Among those young scholars who answered every question correctly were a handful who went even further -- achieving perfect scores on more than one test, or being the only student to ace a particular subject area on the test.

For example, Carson Angell, from Sun 'N Lake Elementary was the only student in the district to achieve perfect scores in three subjects -- math, reading and writing. Robert Williams, at the time in the eighth grade at Hill-Gustat Middle School, was the only secondary student in the district to have a perfect score in science.

Other students also excelled in more than one subject. At the secondary school level, Benjamin Collins, at the time in the eighth grade in Sebring Middle School, aced reading and writing, and Dante Lepe, then a sixth-grader at Hill-Gustat, aced reading and math.

At the elementary level, Isabella Knott of Fred Wild Elementary School was perfect in reading and math. At Lake Placid Elementary, Kathryn Smoak was perfect in science and math.

At Sun 'N Lake Elementary, in addition to Carson, 23 students achieved perfect scores, five in more than one subject: Gil Ivo De Los Reyes in writing and math; Chance Galas in writing and reading; Paolo Pineda in writing and math; Briana Quinn for writing and math; Baily Travers for writing and math; and Christopher Wolf for writing and reading. Here are the students that earned perfect scores:

<b>Avon Elementary</b>

Rachael Machinsky, Writing, Aidan Beeching, Math; Francesca Espiritu, Math; Jeston Mason, Math; Nicholas Scott, Math; Jeston Mason, Reading, and Jacqueline Whitbeck, Reading.

<b>Cracker Trail Elementary</b>

Davis Vickers, Reading, Efrain Acosta, Writing, Zoe Chappell, Writing, Mika Ella Descartin, Writing, Nyssa Gunthorp, Writing, Chayanne Iglesias, Writing, Madyson Lee, Writing, Briana Wall, Writing, and Mika Ella Descartin, Math.

<b>Fred Wild Elementary</b>

Isabella Knott, Reading and, Math; Angelica Bustos, Math; Devin Headley, Math; Kevin Rodriguez, Math; and Orpheus Cardona, Math.

<b>Lake Country Elemenaty</b>

Savannah Albritton, Writing, and Kaylesha Legree.

<b>Lake Placid Elementary</b>

Steven Lobe, Math; Tyler Sassin, Math; Briana Haake, Writing, Kathryn Smoak, Science;and, Math; William Brantley, Math; Michael Edgemon, Math; Luke Halpern, Math; Emily Lethbridge, Math; Madeline Whitney, Math; Brendan Zion, Math; and Amy Rodriguez, Reading.

<b>Memorial Elementary</b>

Shelby Stoner, Reading, Marisol Carrillo Montanez, Writing, and Lauren Eubanks, Writing.

<b>Park Elementary</b>

Katelyne Bonini, WritingVijay Sharma, Math; Agustin Anselmo, Reading, Lane Franza, Reading.

<b>Sun 'n Lake Elementary</b>

Nicholas Piccione, Reading; Phil Pineda, Reading; Hannah Bedoya, Math; Pranav Ananthan fro, Math; Patrick Boulay, Math; Dhruv Manik, Math; Noah Roth, Math; Carson Angill, Writing, Math; and Reading; Shaina Barley, Writing; Makayla Datema, Writing; Gil Ivo De Los Reyes, Writing and, Math; Chance Galas, Writing and Reading; Robert Klix-York, Writing; Emalee Maziarz, Writing; Jarod Metzger, Writing; Paolo Pineda, Writingand, Math; Briana Quinn, Writing and, Math; Baily Travers, Writing and, Math; Christopher Wolf, Writing and Reading; Lincoln Ard, Math; Griffin Feichtinger, Math; Samantha Goodwin, Math; Zachary Kenner, Math; and Kirsten Oca, Math.

<b>Woodlawn Elementary</b>

Mykal Batterbee, Math; Robert Gotkiewicz, Math; Tad Little, Math; Morgan Olmsted, Writing; Makenna Watkins, Writing; Timothy Respress, Science; Colby Bowers, Math; Ramiro Palacios, Math; Chandler Gowan, Math; Nathalie Palacios, Math; Jadon Bareno, Reading; and Morgan Carlson, Reading.

<b>Avon Park Middle</b>

Adriana Martinez, Writing; Kathryn Millan, Writing; Cassandra Sullivan, Writing; Katelyn Miller, Reading; Jacob Schlosser, Reading; Shawn Hazard, Reading.

<b>Hill-Gustat Middle</b>

Matthew Brown, Writing; Ashley Castelli, Writing; Lindsey Day, Writing; Sierra Endsley, Writing; Lindsay Everest, Writing; Armon Luckenbach, Writing; Kylee Martin, Writing; Patrick Pineda, Writing; Matthew Portis, Writing; Jose Rivera, Writing; Lindsey Sutermeister, Writing; Robert Williams, Science; Siddharth Ananthan, Math; Adrian Brown, Math; Amy Brown, Math; Dante Lepe, Math; Renz-Patrick Torres, Math; Grace Brauer, Reading; Natalie Hintz, Reading; Carly Juve, Reading; Dante Lepe, Reading; Ritika Manik, Reading; Hunter Siver, Reading; Ragan Ard, Reading; Breanna Columbie, Reading; Emily Little, Reading; Allisa Manley, Reading; Renz-Patrick Torres, Reading.

<b>Lake Placid Middle</b>

Ana Diaz, Writing; Luis Mejias-Reinoso, Writing; Travis Peeples, Writing; Mack Plunkett, Writing; Kylie Daum, Math; Mason Million, Math; Amy Platt, Reading; Scarlett O'Berry, Reading.

<b>Sebring Middle</b>

Hunter Bennett, Writing; Benjamin Collins, Writing; Katherine Garcia, Writing; Cassady Hitt, Writing; Jasmine Johnson, Writing; Yaynez Ramos, Writing; Rebecca Stephens, Writing; Jacob Verscheure, Writing; Alexander High, Math; Sylvia Roberts, Math; Bryson Winter, Math; Zachary Kenney, Math; Spencer Madden, Math; Chenille Winter, Math; Nathaniel Acosta, Reading; Benjamin Collins, Reading; Mackenzie Holmes, Reading; Tyler Laidlaw, Reading.

<b>Avon Park High</b>

Christian Steele, Writing.

<b>Lake Placid High</b>

Hiram Obregon, Writing; Adrian Villamor, Writing; Barron Ward, Writing; Ansley Woods, Writing; Erik Yakes, Writing.

<b>Sebring High</b>

Carl Dassinger, Writing; Caitlin Delaney, Writing; Matthew Herring, Writing; Daniel Heston, Writing; Matthew Martinez, Writing; Martika Morales, Writing; Olivia Napper, Writing; Rachel Smit, Writing; Megan Stein, Writing; Kelly Broen, Reading.