Class of 2023 Senior Night Recap & Results

Will Schuering, Staff Writer

May 10, 2023

The winners of the Brentwood Alumni Scholarship smiling as they accept their awards.

On Monday, May 8th, Brentwood High School hosted Senior Night, an event that the senior class looks forward to every year. It’s a night when the Brentwood community gathers in celebration to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of our graduating senior class. This event includes recognizing students with awards for excelling in academics, the arts, extracurriculars, athletics, leadership, community service, and more. The event was split into three segments, the first commemorating Awards and Recognitions earned by this year’s seniors, the second celebrating recipients of State and Local Scholarships, and the third in which Brentwood Staff presented Departmental Awards to seniors who excelled in a given field.

Some of the state local scholarships did not come as a surprise to students such as the A+ Scholarship that awards students with two free years of community college. “Some of the things you needed to maintain were good attendance and a minimum GPA of 2.5. We also needed 50 hours of community service,” said Camile Beck, one of the A+ Scholarship Award recipients. “I’m definitely planning on using the scholarship to start college with,” added Beck.

Other awards that students had to apply for came as more of a surprise at the awards night such as the Brentwood Boosters Scholarship Program that entailed five categories of scholarships — Leadership, Service, Letterman, Academic and Eagle — and was awarded to one senior for each category.

“I was very excited, I didn’t actually hear my name when they called it,” said Katherine Trostel who won the Boosters Leadership Scholarship which entailed $500 that can be used for anything. In order to apply for the Boosters scholarship, applicants had to write an essay, a resume and get two letters of recommendation.

Antoinette Willis also was very surprised to win the Letterman Award for the Boosters Scholarship along with the Pay It Forward Scholarship. As far as how she wants to spend some of her scholarship money, Willis said, “I have to buy a few things for my class at Abbott EMS.”

As for Brentwood Department Awards awarded to one or a few students by staff from each department, some students were surprised while others were thrilled to receive it but also saw it coming.

“I was surprised when I was the ‘Business’ department award because I hadn’t been in a Business class this year, but I do plan on majoring in Music Business at Belmont University,” said Ash DeVaughan. “I knew I was going to get the Music/Band award though,” she added explaining how she has been in Band, Jazz Band and Pep Band since 6th grade along with three semesters of guitar class. “I also senior mentor in the sixth grade band, so I’ve put a lot of hours in the music program at Brentwood!” she said, adding with a smile, “It was nice to be recognized by Krener.”

“I was shocked by winning the Physical Education award, but I wasn’t shocked by winning the Family and Consumer Science Award,” said Annsleigh Alexander. “I took all of Ms. Biever’s classes and I’m her student aide,” Alexander explained as to why she wasn’t surprised to win the FACS award. “My favorite of the FACS classes has been Child Development, I feel like it’s the most useful.”

For every award winner on Senior Night, check out the full list below:

Awards and Recognitions

George Washington Carver Award – Andrew Moran, Eloise Ayotte, Amelia Van Uum, Ian Thornton, Joshua Kelley

Missouri Scholars 100 Program – Eloise Ayotte

Outstanding VICC Graduate – Domonique Taylor

Outstanding Student Leadership Award – Jazelyn Herrera, Eloise Ayotte, Joshua Kelley

Rosemary Zander Award – Reed Durham

Post-Dispatch Scholar Athlete – Ian Thornton

Iron Eagle Attendance Award – Brianna Harris

Growth Award – Brooke Carter, Kayla Howlett

National Career Readiness Certificate – Nick Phillips (Bronze level certificate), Robert Hamilton (Silver level certificate), David Hulshoff (Silver level certificate)

South Technical High School Program Participants – Robert Hamilton, Antoinette Willis

Commitment to Military Service – Bodhi Etheridge, Eric Rojas, Ethan Barks

Recognition of Career Exploration – Domonique Taylor, Kennadie Miller, Brianna Harris, Charlotte Meatte-Kaiser, Nola Buehler, Nicholas Moran, Reed Durham, Sebastian Flores

This year, the class of 2023 had a great deal of A+ Program Participants.

State and Local Scholarships

Horatio Alger Scholarship – Haylie Minshall

A+ Scholarship Program – Ethan Barks, Camile Beck, Kailah Beck, Nola Buehler, Andrew Burlage, Ash DeVaughan, Reed Durham, Luca Gould, Jazelyn Herrera, Joshua Kelley, Gavin Kopp, Ian McAllister, Charlotte Meatte-Kaiser, Nicholas Moomey, Hannah Murphy, Maximilian Pulliam, Ana Sanchez, Domonique Taylor, Katherine Trostel, Nicholas Ventimiglia, Antoinette Willis

Missouri Bright Flight Scholarsh ip Program – Eloise Ayotte, Andrew Cheval, Ash DeVaughan, Ian McAllister, Ian Thornton, Amelia Van Uum, Nicholas Ventimiglia

Brentwood Alumni Association Scholarships – Eloise Ayotte (in honor of Peggy and Steve Fossett Foundation), Jazelyn Herrera, Ian McAllister (in honor of the Brentwood Congregational Church), Nicholas Moomey, Andrew Moran, Nicholas Moran, Amelia Van Uum

Brentwood Boosters Scholarship Program – Katherine Trostel (Leadership Scholarship), Eloise Ayotte (Service Scholarship), Antoinette Willis (Letterman Scholarship), Muhammad Chaudhry (Academic Scholarship), Nina’Symone Arties (Eagle Scholarship)

Five students won the Brentwood Booster scholarships and here they are proudly accepting.

Pay It Forward Scholarship – Domonique Taylor, Kennadie Miller, Nina’Symone Arties, Antoinette Willis

Domonique Taylor, Nina-Simone Arties, Kennadie Miller, and Antoinette Willis stand happily as they win the Pay It Forward Scholarship.

West Community Credit Union Scholarship – Eloise Ayotte

The Wright Stuff Scholarship – Muhammad Chaudhry

Departmental Awards

Business – Ash DeVaughan

Family and Consumer Science – Annsleigh Alexander

Technology – Abhigyann Deep

Industrial Arts/Construction Technology – Nicholas Moran, Nicholas Ventimiglia

Visual Arts – Nola Buehler, Domonique Taylor, Camile Beck, Max Pulliam

Muhammad Chaudhry poses with Mrs. and Mr. Wright as he was awarded the Wright Stuff Scholarship

Music/Band – Ash DeVaughan, Ian McAllister

Theatre Arts – Nola Buehler

Language Arts – Lilly Lancaster

Journalism – Eloise Ayotte

Mathematics – Abhigyaan Deep

Physical Education – Annsleigh Alexander, JD Allen

Science – Nina’Symone Arties

Social Studies – Nicholas Moomey, Amelia Van Uum

World Languages – Ana Sanchez

Congratulations, Class of 2023!

About the Contributor

Will Schuering, Staff Writer

William "The Cod" David Francis Schuering is a man of many names and titles. He is currently in his Senior year at BHS and participates in various sports and activities. Will has played varsity and junior varsity soccer since his first year and has participated in tennis and wrestling. He has participated in Brentwood Theatre, Robotics, Jazz & Pep Band, and has served as a Class Officer, NHS member, and StuCo Vice President. Will has passions for music, media, and, most importantly, days when the school serves chicken bowls for lunch. He hopes to add to the sense of fun at The Nest News with plenty of wacky shenanigans and hijinx.