ChandlerUnified School District

HONORS

• Chloe Zhan: SILVER - Art, Science
• Andy Ma: SILVER - Literature; BRONZE - Economics
• Kenny Wang: BRONZE - Science

SCHOLASTIC

• Shriya Bathula: BRONZE - Science
• Navaneeth Unnikrishnan: SILVER - Interview

VARSITY

• Taryn Preis: BRONZE - Speech
• Arun Chebrolu: BRONZE - Mathematics
In addition to the team competition, we eagerly await the results for three Hamilton students who competed in the online individual competition.


Auxier Elementary (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Auxier Elementary sixth grader Lundyn Smith has been a SUPERSTAR on the Casteel Junior High Academic Pentathlon team this year. During the state competition Lundyn was named 1st in the state in three of the five events and the top sixth grader in science. She was #1 overall for honors sixth graders. She also beat all honors seventh graders and only one honors eighth grader outscored her. Lundyn and Casteel advance to Nationals which will be held in about a month. Arizona is one of the top states in Pentathlon, so she is a legitimate contender for National Champion. Coach Sheila Wilson is very excited to have her join the pentathlon class next year. Sixth graders from feeder schools are eligible to compete on the Casteel team, but generally must study on their own to prepare for competition (can't attend class or club).


Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Students from Hamilton High School were crowned Arizona State Champions in the David Ricardo Economics Challenge. They now advance to national semi-finals. On Friday April 15, 28 Hamilton students competed in the Arizona Economic Challenge Competition held at Mesa Community College. Rachel Kan, Chloe Zhan, Kenny Wang, and Andy Ma are Arizona State Champions in the David Ricardo Economics Category. A second team of Kevin Li, Arnav Nigam, Vivienn Burnett and Arhan Sankhla took first place in Personal Finance Challenge and Ryan Gan, Aditya Patel, and Vihaan Hari received the Judges Award in Personal Finance Case Study. Mayor's Challenge for Economic Education™ website


Arizona College Prep High School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Yatee Kapoor for winning 1st place in the Senior Individual Website category at the National History Day State competition April 9-10. Yatee's website was titled "The Route 40 Saga: A Road of Racism, Debate, and Diplomacy ." Yatee was among top two entries in the category at the state/affiliate level, and is now invited to the National Contest to be held virtually June 12-16.


Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Than Tsay and Thanvi Voruganti for winning 1st place in the Junior Individual Website category at the National History Day State competition April 9-10. Ethan's website was titled "Baldwin V. Buckley: The Debate of the American Dream," and Thanvi's website was titled "Dave Brubeck: Diplomacy Through Jazz." Ethan and Thanvi were among top two entries in their category at the state/affiliate level, and are now invited to the National Contest to be held virtually June 12-16.


Chandler High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Emma Weiss, Chandler High School Freshman, and National History Day State winner! The National History Day state competition was April 9-10 and was held virtually, and Emma is one of eight CUSD students to win and move on to Nationals June 12-16. Emma's project is titled You've Got a Friend in Me: The Importance of Grassroots Diplomacy in Post-War Reconciliation as Demonstrated by German-American Friendship Clubs.


Chandler Unified School District (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  The National History Day state competition was April 9-10 and was held virtually. Chandler Unified had 5 projects/8 students win, and they move on now to Nationals! The top two entries in every category at the state/affiliate level are invited to the National Contest to be held virtually June 12-16.


Willis Junior High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Abbie Johnson, Clara Olpin, Hana Gerstberger and Alexia Heaton for winning 1st place in the Junior Group Performance category at the National History Day State competition with their presentation "The Equal Rights Amendment." Abbie, Clara, Hana and Alexia were among top two entries in their category at the state/affiliate level, and are now invited to the National Contest to be held virtually June 12-16. Willis Junior High is proud to continue their strong tradition of sending student to National Competition.


Basha Accelerated Middle School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  The Basha AMS Academic Pentathlon team finished 1st place in Arizona, taking the STATE CHAMPIONS title for the second year in a row! Congratulations to our STATE CHAMPIONS WINNING TEAM of Arnav Modem, Karan Vallamshetla, Grace Gaffney, Pranjal Singh, Abhinav Sirigineedi, Breanna Bearden, Dorian Hewett, Kayla Ong and Andrew Ritchay. They are excited to move on to a very challenging national competition with the top teams from every state. Congratulations to our Basha AMS Academic Pentathlon individual state medal winners in the Honor Division:
• Grace Gaffney: SILVER in Literature
• Karan Vallamshetla: BRONZE in Science; SILVER in Mathematics
• Arnav Modem: BRONZE in Fine Arts and Mathematics; 3rd PLACE OVERALL
• Daniel Gu: GOLD in Mathematics
• Jocelyn Beall: SILVER in Mathematics



Basha Accelerated Middle School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to our Basha AMS Academic Pentathlon individual state medal winners in the Scholastic Division:
• Pranjal Singh: GOLD in Literature, Social Science, Science and Fine Arts; 1st PLACE OVERALL
• Soham Joshi: SILVER in Literature and Social Science; BRONZE in Science; 2nd PLACE OVERALL
• Hunter Brown: BRONZE in Literature
• Sidharth Donepudi: BRONZE in Social Science
Congratulations to our Basha AMS Academic Pentathlon individual state medal winners in the Varsity Division:
• Wyatt Mekhanik: SILVER in Literature
• Zev Kochar: GOLD in Social Science
• Karsen Roughsedge: BRONZE in Social Science and Mathematics
• Dorian Hewett: GOLD in Science; BRONZE in Mathematics; 3rd PLACE OVERALL
• Kayla Ong: SILVER in Fine Arts
• Syiran Nittala: BRONZE in Fine Arts; SILVER in Mathematics
• Yogendrasrinivaswaroop Tirumalasetti: BRONZE in Literature



Santan Junior High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Santan Junior High School drumline won the WGAZ (Winter Guard Arizona) State Championship on April 2-3. Additionally, the Santan band director Mike Hancock was named the WGAZ Director of the Year.


Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to the Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) team of Samantha Mendez and Brielle Rodriguez who earned gold medals and in the Chapter Service Project category at the 2022 FCCLA State Leadership Conference in Tucson March 28-30. Samantha and Brielle created a mindfulness, yoga, and sensory classroom which they named, the "Calming Corner." This special classroom is intended to provide a relaxing place for preschool and kindergarten students to go and learn calming practices to improve their social and emotional skills. Their project scored within the top two projects in the state, which qualified them for the National FCCLA competition in San Diego in June. Chapter advisor Kristine McGettigan and chapter members could not be prouder of their hard work and dedication.


Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to the Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) team of Kate Hoddy, Ava Hrey, and Katie Weir who earned gold medals and in the Focus on Children category at the 2022 FCCLA State Leadership Conference in Tucson March 28-30. They successfully taught "Baby Sign Language" to the students in the toddler two's classroom to help with the frustration often associated with speech and language at this age. Chapter advisor Kristine McGettigan and chapter members could not be prouder of their hard work and dedication.


Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to the Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) team of Natalie DeMarco, Grace Gile, and Madi Schantz who earned gold medals and in the Focus on Children category at the 2022 FCCLA State Leadership Conference in Tucson March 28-30. They taught kindergarten students the importance of "Healthy Habits." They created creative weekly lessons to teach the importance of nutrition, exercise, and dental health. Chapter advisor Kristine McGettigan and chapter members could not be prouder of their hard work and dedication.


Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  It was a GOLD medal sweep for Hamilton Early Childhood Education (ECE) students who competed at the 2022 Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) State Leadership Conference in Tucson March 28-30. Congratulations to Samantha Mendez, Brielle Rodriguez, Kate Hoddy, Ava Hrey, Katie Weir, Natalie DeMarco, Grace Gile, and Madi Schantz, who made history for the HHS ECE program by all achieving gold medals. It was also the first time to have a team of students qualify to compete at the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) National Leadership Conference. Their competitive projects all involved helping to improve the development of young children. Though Hamilton's on-campus Lil' Explorers program was shut down prior to the start of the 2021-2022 school year, a community partnership with Risen Savior Early Childhood Center allowed Hamilton's advanced ECE students the opportunity to work with directly with toddler, preschool, and kindergarten children.


Chandler High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Chandler High Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) students worked hard worked on projects since December and took medals at the FCCLA State Leadership Conference March 28-30. The students' dedication and hard work paid off with their wins, and they will take on the rest of the U.S. at FCCLA Nationals this summer in San Diego. Congratulations to:
• Kiara Wynn (junior), National Programs in Action - Gold Medal
• Layla Alwaely (junior), Nutrition and Wellness - Gold Medal
• Lyz Guzman (junior) and Adamaris Lopez Morales (senior) - Chapter in Review Portfolio - Silver Medals
• Colin Riley (junior), Teach and Train - Silver Medal
• Adamaris Lopez Morales - $1,500 AZ FCCLA Scholarship
• CHS FCCLA- Outstanding Chapter Bronze Medal



Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Hamilton senior and second year EVIT fashion program student Brenna Gentner who competed at the FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) State Leadership Conference in Tucson March 28-30. Her team presented a project in Event Management focusing on preparations for the annual spring fashion show (specifically coordination of models, collection merchandising and backstage activities). The team not only received gold medals along with qualifying for Nationals (which takes place in summer 2022), but they were also each awarded $5,000/year renewable scholarships to attend FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising).


Arizona College Prep High School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Andre Glukhovskiy, Alex Kroumov and Nick Sobolev who won 1st place and Best of Fair in Biochemistry, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Termite Control: A Molecular Approach." Best of Fair: Senior Division winners are awarded a UofA $2,500 Scholarship and qualify to compete at ISEF (the International Science and Engineering Fair). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Arizona College Prep High School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Diya Nath who won 1st place in Microbiology, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Investigating Connections Between Common Medicines and Neurodegenerative Diseases." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Reva Shah who won Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee and 1st place in Behavioral and Social Science, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Brightness of Light on Time People Talk." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Helena Tang who won Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee and 1st place in Earth and Planetary Science, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Stratification on Buoyancy Frequency." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Ashwin Iyengar who won the U.S. Metric Association: Junior Division Award and Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee, and 1st place in Mathematical Sciences, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Order of Magnitude on Benford's Law Accuracy." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Adhyaksha Chandrasekaran who won 1st place, the Caris Foundation - Physics & Astonomy Junior Division Award and Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee in Physics and Astronomy, Junior Division (7th - 8th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of the Type of Foam on Volume of Depression Made." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Kairui Dai who won 1st place and Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee in Computer Science, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of Password Type and Dials on the Amount of Time it Takes to Crack." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Alexander Zhu who won 1st place and Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee in Mathematical Sciences, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "The Effect of the Online Chess.com Blitz Rating on the OTB USCF Chess Rating." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Alexis Li who won the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Award, 1st place and Best of Fair in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "A Novel Data-Centric AI Approach For Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease With Diverse Data and Multi-Model Ensemble." Best of Fair: Senior Division winners are awarded a UofA $2,500 Scholarship and qualify to compete at ISEF (the International Science and Engineering Fair). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Chloe Zhan who won the U.S. Metric Association Award, the Mu Alpha Theta Award, Best of Fair and 1st place in Mathematics, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "A Novel Model Based Constrained Optimization Approach to Maximize Water Productivity Under Deficit Irrigation." Best of Fair: Senior Division winners are awarded a UofA $2,500 Scholarship and qualify to compete at ISEF (the International Science and Engineering Fair). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Alex Huang who won the United States Air Force Award, the Caris Foundation - Engineering 1st place award, 1st place and Best of Fair in Engineering Mechanics, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "AWSOM: Designing Active Wrist Mechanism Using Spherical-gears and One-drive Mechanism." Best of Fair: Senior Division winners are awarded a UofA $2,500 Scholarship and qualify to compete at ISEF (the International Science and Engineering Fair). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Knox Gifted Academy (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Aditi Ganesh who won Broadcom MASTERS® Nominee and 1st place in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Elementary Division (5th - 6th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Earth Cell." Due to her first place win, Aditi's teacher will also receive a yearly subscription of Arizona Science Center's Science on Wheels. Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Perry High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Joshua Shunk who won 1st place and Best of Fair in Robotics and Intelligent Machines, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "Neuron-Specific Dropout: A Deterministic Regularization Technique to Prevent Neural Networks from Overfitting Reduce Dependence on Large Training Samples." Best of Fair: Senior Division winners are awarded a UofA $2,500 Scholarship and qualify to compete at ISEF (the International Science and Engineering Fair). Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Perry High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Kristopher Luo who won 1st place in Embedded Systems, Senior Division (9th - 12th Grade) at the 2022 Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) for the project titled "NaviAssist: An AI-based Device for the Visually Impaired to Navigate Unfamiliar Environments Using Computer Vision." Arizona Science and Engineering Fair (AzSEF) website


Arizona College Prep Middle School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Arizona College Prep Middle School VEX Robotics teams (7830A & 7830C) under the direction of Kim Meyer were state champions. They also received the Excellence Award. The 7830K earned the Design Award. All three ACP Middle School teams will be competing at the Vex World Championship from May 2 - 5 in Dallas.
• Vex Robotics Full Team: Lucas Zhou, Pranav Samanthapudi, Vinesh Annamalai, Adrian Lim, Nibhav Venkatesh, Neil Joshi, Drew Martin, Vikesh Annamalai, Anvi Abad, Shreyas Bhatt, Siddhant Shetty, Kairui Dai, Ananya Lakkaraju, Tara Nair, Sriya Mamillapalli, Renuka Nukala
• State Champions & Excellence Award winners: Lucas Zhou, Pranav Samanthapudi, Vinesh Annamalai, Adrian Lim, Nibhav Venkatesh, Neil Joshi, Drew Martin, Vikesh Annamalai, Anvi Abad
• Design Award recipients: Ananya Lakkaraju, Tara Nair, Sriya Mamillapalli, Renuka Nukala



Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Hamilton High took the state title in Open Div. Small Jazz at the AIA Arizona State Cheer and Dance Competition on March 12. Hamilton also won 3rd in the Div. I Pom competition. Congratulations!


Perry High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Perry High took home state championships in Div. I Varsity Show Cheer and Open Div. Medium Jazz at the AIA Arizona State Cheer and Dance Competition on March 12. Perry also took 2nd in Div. I All Girls Stunt. Congratulations!


Perry High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  The Perry Pumas won their first-ever basketball championship by beating district rival Hamilton High, 48-38, in the 6A final game at Veterans Memorial Coliseum Wednesday night. It was the first time two schools from CUSD met in a basketball championship game.


Perry High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Perry DECA (Marketing 1 & 2, Student Based Enterprise and Cooperative Education classes) competed at the Arizona DECA State competition and won the state chapter community service award (Most Community Service Hours in Arizona) and the century award (100+ chapter members). They also won four national awards: Chapter Membership Award (2nd largest Chapter in Arizona); Chapter Advocacy Award; Puma Den Food - Bronze; Puma Den Retail - Silver, and several individual awards.

ICDC Qualifiers (35 kids went to state):
• Hailey Derbas
• Sahdie Hernandez
• Allison Derbas
• Ram Karuppiah - State Officer (Finish his Term)
• Braden Bassett
• Jacob Brown
• Maddox Turner
• Emma Aelits
• Xavier Ortiz
• Taylor Relvas
• Ainsley Reese
ICDC Qualifiers, Thrive (Leadership Academy):
• Samantha Armstrong
• Stella Jones
• Cooper Lieurance
• Noah Kang
• Katelin Mascari
• Emily Larson



Arizona College Prep High School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  ACP High School's Speech & Debate Team under the direction of Mr. Norm Rumsey won the Division II State Championship for the third consecutive year. In addition to winning the title, 12 students or teams were crowned individual state champions at Saturday's championship tournament.


Casteel High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Casteel High School, behind four individual state champions, won its second consecutive Div. II wrestling title at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, February 19. Jackson Rustad (120 pounds), Sergio Ramos (132 pounds), Brennan Callison (165 pounds) and Raychon Cardona (285 pounds) brought home medals for the Colts.


Casteel High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  In Div. 1 girls, Casteel wrestlers Isabelle Munoz (132 pounds) and Camry Carter both earned state titles at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, February 19.


Casteel High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to the Casteel Boys Soccer team for their back-to-back championship seasons, defeating Sunrise Mountain of Peoria 2-1 in overtime at Central High on Tuesday, February 22 to become the 2022 5A State Champions. PHOTO ALBUM: Boys 5A State Soccer Champions


Casteel High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Casteel High School girls beat Sunrise Mountain of Peoria to win the 5A State soccer championships at Central High on Tuesday, February 22. PHOTO ALBUM: Girls 5A State Soccer Champions


Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  In Div. I boys, Hamilton wrestler Jonathan Lozano won the 285-pound division state championship at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, February 19.


Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  In Div. 1 girls, Hamilton wrestler Trinity Howard (120 pounds) earned the state championship at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, February 19.


Hamilton High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Hamilton High took the state title in Div. I-IV Varsity Jazz Large at the Arizona State Cheer and Pom Tournament in February 2022. Hamilton also won 2nd in Div. I-IV Varsity Hip Hop Large competition. Congratulations!


Perry High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Perry High took home state championships in Div. I Varsity Pom and Div. I-IV Varsity Jazz Small at the Arizona State Cheer and Pom Tournament in February 2022. Perry also placed in three additional competitions: 2nd in Div. I-IV Frosh/JV Pom and 3rd in Div. I JV Show Cheer and Div. I Varsity All Girl stunt. Congratulations!


Arizona College Prep High School (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to Addie Grainger, winner of the Division 3 state title in Dive.


Casteel High (2021-2022)


STATE CHAMPIONSHIP:  Congratulations to August Vetsch, winner of the Division 2 state title in 100M Butterfly.


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