FAST FACTS: Here are key numbers for the New Smyrna Beach High School graduating class of 2009
Number of graduates: 314
Valedictorian: Jurate Juozas Lukosaityte
Salutatorian: Alexander Ashley Chisholm
Total scholarships offered to graduates: $1,348,725
* In area and local scholarships: $264,500
* In college, organization, and military scholarships: $791,400
* In Bright Futures scholarships: $292,825
Volunteer time graduates completed: 17,317 hours
New Smyrna Beach High School - 2009 Honors Night Information
Ceremony held May 15, in the school’s auditorium. Many members of the community were on hand to award scholarships and to celebrate with seniors.
High School Leader Recognition Award by State Rep. Dorothy Hukill was presented by Edie Little. This award goes to an all-around young leader who is successful in academics, sports, extra curricular activies and leadership by example. Awarded to Kelsey Moskovits.
Outstanding Community Service awards: Rebecca Burton with 692 community service hours, and Chelsea Sopotnick with 818 community service hours.
The National Merit Finalist Award: Christine Goodrich who will also receive the National Merit University of Florida Scholarship valued at $8,000.
Greg Keller: Dell Scholar of $20,000 funded by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.
Scholarship Name Recipient Amount
American Business Women – NSB Chapter Taylor Sams $500
American Business Women – NSB Chapter Natalie Andrews $500
American Business Women – NSB Chapter Amber Frohock $500
American Business Women – NSB Chapter Rebecca Hlavin $500
ACA Volunteer League Chryssha Guidy $1,000
Aguiar Scholarship for "Pops" Molly Smith $1500
Aguiar Scholarship for "Pops" Kara Walker $1500
Aguiar Scholarship for "Pops" Kalina Battle-Atkins $1500
Aguiar Scholarship for "Pops" Amina Reshidat $1500
Aguiar Scholarship for "Pops" Riya Reshidat $1500
Aguiar Scholarship for "Pops" Hannah Walker $1500
Alfred A. Galliano Foundation Crystal Hopkins $2,000
Alpha Delta Kappa Natalie Andrews $1,000
American Association of University Women Christie Miller $1,000
American Association of University Women Camilya Clark $1,000
American Association of University Women Megan Budd $750
American Association of University Women Jacqueline Reed $750
American Association of University Women Elaina Hempe $750
American Association of University Women Natalie Andrews $750
American Italian Association Alexa N. Mercurio $1,000
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 17 Christina McCloud $500
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 285 Edgewater – Nursing Scholarship Rebecca Hlavin $300
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 285 Edgewater – Nursing Scholarship Kellie Jones $100
American Legion Post 285 - Vocational Scholarship Michelle Davis $500
American Legion Sons of American Legion Unit 285 - Nursing School Scholarship Taylor Sams $200
Angler's Yacht Club Scholarship Jurate Lukosaityte $15,000
Annual Daniel Alan Garrity Memorial Scholarship Lauren Taylor $500
Annual Daniel Alan Garrity Memorial Scholarship Megan Budd $500
Association of Westside Retirees Lucas Hill $500
Association of Westside Retirees - Harthula Teemer Memorial Quamaine Woods $500
AVID Memorial Scholarship Christopher Harlow $500
AVID Memorial Scholarship Larry Sheldrup $500
AVID Oceanside Woman's Club Scholarship Samantha Tucker $500
Balance Award Kimberly Lyons $1,000
Barracuda Band Patrons Shaquille Rainge $500
Barracuda Band Patrons Natalie Andrews $500
Bert Fish Medical Center Auxiliary Carly Broadway $2,000
Bert Fish Medical Center Auxiliary Rebecca Hlavin $2,000
Bert Fish Medical Center Auxiliary Christie Miller $2,000
Bert Fish Medical Center Foundation - Charles & Elaine Meyer Nursing Scholarship Christie Miller $2,500
Beta Delta Lee Ann Hvizdak Krystal Vitkauskas $1,000
BIG Scholarship in Memory of "Big" Bill Shiles Lucas Hill $2,500
Billfish Invitational Tournament of New Smyrna Beach Heather Burkhead $1,500
Billfish Invitational Tournament of New Smyrna Beach Chelsea Williams $1,500
Billfish Invitational Tournament of New Smyrna Beach Taylor Yancey $1,500
Board of Realtors – New Smyrna Beach Chryssha Guidry $1,000
Board of Realtors – New Smyrna Beach Courtney Rumbaut-Kirk $1,000
Board of Realtors – New Smyrna Beach Samantha Tucker $1,000
Board of Realtors – New Smyrna Beach David Johnson $1,000
Bolerjack, Halsema & Bowling PA CPA's Christopher Harlow $250
NSB CAPS Valedictorian of class of 2009 $1000
NSB CAPS Salutatorian of class of 2009 $500
NSB CAPS Quamaine Woods $2100
NSB CAPS Aqlimiyah Simmons $2100
NSB CAPS Deanna Slattery $2100
NSB CAPS Deanna Carr $2100
NSB CAPS Coral Stull $2100
NSB CAPS Rachel Galloway $2100
NSB CAPS Elaina Hempe $2100
NSB CAPS Ashley Powell $2100
NSB CAPS Kellie Jones $2100
NSB CAPS Gio Cao $2100
NSB CAPS Lindsay Strausbaugh $2100
NSB CAPS Jacqueline Cloer $2100
NSB CAPS Kristina Corrie $2100
NSB CAPS Shatawna Todd $2100
NSB CAPS Thomas Kasper $2100
NSB CAPS Krystal Vitkauskas $2100
NSB CAPS Jorge Zaragoza $2100
NSB CAPS Kelsey Moskovits $2100
NSB CAPS Brad Cox $2100
NSB CAPS Brian George $2100
NSB CAPS Ashley Court $2100
NSB CAPS Gabrielle O'Grady $2100
NSB CAPS Jennifer Fox $2100
NSB CAPS Amber Sytsma $2100
NSB CAPS Rebecca Burton $2100
NSB CAPS Sherina Slaton $2100
Chad Cole "Eagles Soar" Courtney Sempsrott $2,000
Chisholm Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship Lucas Hill $500
Chisholm Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship Shaquille Rainge $500
City of New Smyrna Beach Student Internship Award C'Tauryzs Green $1,000
City of New Smyrna Beach Student Recognition Award Courtney Rumbaut-Kirk $1,000
City of New Smyrna Beach Student Recognition Award Lucas Hill $1,000
The Council for Exceptional Children Joshua Webb $200
The Council for Exceptional Children Warren Crawford $200
Daughters of the American Revolution Caroline Kish $200
Dolphin Athletic Club Carly Broadway $1,000
Dolphin Athletic Club Lynsey Petrie $1,000
Dolphin Athletic Club Lawrence Sheldrup $1,000
Dolphin Athletic Club Stephen Meerman $1,000
Daytona State College Foundation Donor Scholarship Rachel Hoffman $1,000
Edgewater Public School Imagine What I Can Be Taylor Sollowen $100
Edgewater Public School Imagine What I Can Be Coral Stull $100
Edgewater Public School Imagine What I Can Be Natalie Andrews $100
Edgewater Rotary Club Emily Smith $1,500
Edgewater Rotary Club Justin Machuga $1,500
Edgewater Rotary Club Gregory Keller $1,500
Edgewater Rotary Club – Nursing Scholarship Krystal Vitkauskas $1,500
Elks Ladies Auxiliary #1557 Lynsey Petrie $500
Elks Ladies Auxiliary #1557 Samantha Tucker $500
Faculty Scholarship in Memory of Larry Spurgeon David Johnson $500
New Smyrna Beach High School FFA Alumni Brooke Richards $1000
New Smyrna Beach High School FFA Alumni Megan Mackay $500
New Smyrna Beach High School FFA Alumni Matthew Keyes $500
Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary #4242 Trustee Fund Christopher Harlow $500
Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary #4242 Trustee Fund Lynsey Petrie $500
Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary #4242 Trustee Fund Emily Smith $500
Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary #4242 Trustee Fund Brad Cox $500
Friends of the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library Samuel Cumiskey $2,000
Friends of the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library Shaquille Rainge $2,000
Friends of the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library Courtney Rumbaut-Kirk $2,000
Friends of the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library Christina Varney $2,000
Friends of the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library – Patricia Dowling Memorial Jacqueline Reed $1,500
Gator Club of Volusia County Scholarship Natalie Andrews (1500) $1,500
Gator Club of Volusia County Scholarship Gabrielle O'Grady 1000
Gwen Geddy Memorial Justin Machuga $500
Gwen Geddy Memorial Carly Broadway $500
Harry Marsh Odd Fellows Scholarship Brooke Richards $500
Indian River Elementary School PTA Scholarship Diane Moreira $500
Indian River Elementary School PTA Scholarship Lawrence Sheldrup $500
John M. Wenger Memorial Scholarship – Fin-actics Vanessa Thomas $1,000
Julian T. Ramias Memorial Natalie Andrews $1,500
Knights of Columbus #4934 Amanda Spence $1,000
Lonnie Griffin Memorial – Agriculture Scholarship Kim Blohm $1,000
Lonnie Griffin Memorial – Business Scholarship Lindsay Strausbaugh $1,000
Martha J. Mack, Women of the Moose - Chapter 1515 Heather Burkhead $250
Martha J. Mack, Women of the Moose - Chapter 1515 Kalina Battle-Atkins $250
Marvin Harvey Memorial Lee Bowman $5,000
Mildred E. Small and Robert D. Toye Scholarship Taylor Sallowen $20,000
Mildred E. Small and Robert D. Toye Scholarship James Szumigala $20,000
Mildred E. Small and Robert D. Toye Scholarship Alexander Chisholm $20,000
Nancy May Memorial Chelsea Williams $1,200
National City Bank – New Smyrna Beach Branch Sydney Hitchcock $500
New Smyrna Beach High School National Honor Society Amy Barnhart $500
New Smyrna Beach High School National Honor Society Caroline Burkhalter $500
New Smyrna Beach High School National Honor Society Christie Miller $500
New Smyrna Beach Jazz Festival Nathan Hill $500
New Smyrna Beach Lions Club Scholarship Lauren Taylor $500
New Smyrna Beach Lions Club Scholarship Shelby Scarborough $500
New Smyrna Beach High School Public Service Academy – Sharing & Caring Beyond Self Scholarship Gio An Cao $500
Rotary Club of New Smyrna Beach Emily Smith $250
Rotary Club of New Smyrna Beach Lucas Hill $250
Rotary Club of New Smyrna Beach Christie Miller $250
Rotary Club of New Smyrna Beach Quamaine Woods $250
Paxton Youth Scholarship Amy Barnhart $1,000
People for Drug Free Youth Erin Burke $2,500
People for Drug Free Youth Rebecca Burton $2,500
People for Drug Free Youth Jennifer Fox $2,500
People for Drug Free Youth Jacqueline Reed $2,500
People for Drug Free Youth Jorge Zaragoza $2,500
Phi Delta Kappa Megan Budd $500
Samsula Women’s Club Megan Budd $300
Sarah T. Fillingame Scholarship Chryssha Guidry $1,825
Sarah T. Fillingame Scholarship Brittany Torrey $1,825
Sharon J. Sanford Art Scholarship Courtney Rumbaut-Kirk $250
Sharon J. Sanford Art Scholarship Chryssha Guidry $250
Smyrna Surfari Club Jill Highsmith $3,000
Smyrna Surfari Club - Wayne Peck Memorial Clinton Coburn $1,500
Smyrna Yacht Club Ladies Courtney Sempsrott $1,000
Smyrna Yacht Club Ladies Elaina Hempe $1,200
Southeast Volusia County Ministerial Assoc. Victoria Prater $300
Southeast Volusia County Ministerial Assoc. Christopher Harlow $300
The Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach, Inc. Courtney Rumbaut-Kirk $2,500
Timmy Probst Helping Hearts Music Scholarship Deanna Carr $1,000
Woman's Club of New Smyrna Michelle Davis $2,000
Take Stock in Children College Scholarship Shawn Davis $5,000
VASA – Alicyn Leigh Bouie Educational Scholarship Molly Smith $250
Volusia County Council of PTA’s Caroline Kish $1,000
Volusia County Council of PTA’s Kailtin Westberry $1,000
William Alai Scholarship Stanley Pandy $1,000
New Smyrna Beach High School All Things are Possible Scholarship Zach Shultz $1,000