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Last Updated on Thursday, 28 May 2026 22:43

Brentwood Borough High School’s Class of 2026 was lauded at Senior Awards Night on Thursday evening, May 21, 2026. A total of 31 of Brentwood’s 73 seniors have a 3.50 or higher cumulative grade-point average, an impressive 42.5 percent of the members of the Class of 2026!

Nia Aten (at right) was recognized for the Bob Williams Rotary Memorial Scholarship

Pictured (L to R) Gavin Broderick, Dr. Jason Olexa, and Fatimah Ismael. Broderick and Ismael were recipients of the Tony and Mary Accamando Scholarship.

Emma Thompson (at right) receives her award on the stage.

Pictured (L to R) Lynne Golvash and Rey Ramirez. Ramirez received a Brentwood High School Hall of Fame Scholoarship

Pictured are the Brentwood High School Senior High Honors Group

The evening began with a dinner for the High Honors students (3.5 GPA) and their parents or guardians in the Brentwood Middle-High School cafeteria. The keynote speaker was David Schaap, a member of the Board of School Directors.

Attendees moved into the auditorium for the awards, with Brentwood HS Principal Dr. Jason Olexa serving as emcee and Middle-High School Assistant Principal Joe Michalski assisting.

Representative Jessica Benham, who serves Pennsylvania’s 36th House District, began the awards ceremony by presenting the seniors with a certificate recognizing their upcoming graduation, which is June 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Brentwood Stadium.

Five awards or scholarships were presented to Brentwood seniors for the first time:

- GBU District 684 Jackie Alaimo Memorial Grant;

- Alaimo-Zychowski Scholarship;

- Bob Williams Rotary Memorial Scholarship;

- Brentwood High School Class of 1975 Scholarship;

- Chick Evans Scholarship for Caddies

To conclude the awards ceremony, seniors with a cumulative GPA between 3.0-3.49 were presented with a Gold cord to wear at Commencement and seniors with a 3.5 GPA or higher received a Blue and Gold cord. Congratulations to all the scholarship and award recipients and thank you to all the scholarship and award sponsors!

Below are the 2026 Brentwood High School Scholarships and Award Recipients:

Moore Elementary PTA Scholarship – Zoe Sommer
Sprout Center for Emotional Growth & Development Scholarship – Fatimah Ismael
Brentwood Historical Society-Helen Owens Memorial Scholarship – Ainsley Kraeuter
Brentwood Borough Council’s “Give Back” Award – Madalyn Fry
GBU Foundation Community Educational Grant – Emma Simmons
GBU District 684 Jackie Alaimo Memorial Grant – Nia Aten
The Rudy and Pat (Beckman Brueggman) Pallan Memorial Scholarship – Emma Thompson
Pleasant Hills Rotary-Interact Scholarship – Nia Aten and Fatimah Ismael
Brentwood Dukes-Leon Markwood Memorial Aid to Education Award - Emma Simmons
Alaimo-Zychowski Scholarship – Rey Ramirez
Domenick Henry Memorial Scholarship - Emma Thompson
TED Award - Emma Thompson
SWE: Society of Women in Engineers Future Women in Engineering Award - Emma Thompson
Tony and Mary Accamando Scholarship - Gavin Broderick and Fatimah Ismael
Brentwood Lions Club Scholarship – Elizabeth Schubert
Bob Williams Rotary Memorial Scholarship - Nia Aten
Brentwood High School Musical Scholarship – Jocelyn Aston-Reese
Brentwood Library - James Joyce Memorial Scholarship Award - Nia Aten
Brentwood High School Class of 1975 Scholarship – Avalon Peters
Brentwood Education Association – Shee Paw
Brentwood High School Hall of Fame Scholarship – Anthony Henry, Avalon Peters and Rey Ramirez
Chick Evans Scholarship for Caddies – Connor Dusch
Elroy Elementary PTA Scholarship – Kendall Cassidy
Robert “Meatball” Hartner, Jr. Memorial Scholarship - Avalon Peters
Health Careers Club/Vitalant Scholarship – Nia Aten
Linda M. Saldutte Positive Effort Award – Brooke Yanalivich
Thomas P. Kapfer Memorial Scholarship – Dominic Carozza
Brian Lydon Memorial Scholarship - Fatimah Ismael
Brentwood Business Owners Association Scholarship – Gavin Broderick
Brentwood High School Alumni Association Scholarship - Elizabeth Schubert
Edwin S. Hodge Memorial Spectroscopy Society Scholarship – Nia Aten
SHASDA Extra Effort Award – Phi Phi Garabay and Sean Scalise
Brentwood, Baldwin Whitehall Chamber of Commerce Educational Grant – Nelina Zarra
German Language Academic Award – Emma Simmons
Spartan Spirit Award – Almendra Rosales