On Tuesday, June 2, the Middletown High School NJROTC celebrated its End of Year Ceremony and recognized several scholars with a variety of awards. They also reflected on their numerous achievements in the 2025-26 school year, including earning the Unit Achievement Award, a distinction reserved for only a few select units in an Area. Congratulations to all of the cadets, and good luck to the Class of 2026!

Organizational Awards: 

The Raul Torres Sr. Volunteerism Award: Madison Frank

American Legion Post 151 Scholastic Medal and Ken Hayes Award: Inderpreet Kaur

American Legion Military Excellence Medal: Juan Gonzalez Serrano

Elk JROTC Award: Omari Sewell

Military Order of the World Wars: Joseph Galdamez

Military Officers Association of America: Dayana Sanchez

American Association Of The United States Army: Juan Gonzalez Serrano

US Cavalry Association: Genesis Campos

West Point Duty-Honor-Country Award: Deandre Olive

Military Order of the Purple Heart: Camila Rodriguez Florentino

Military Order of the Red Fox: Elijah Aponte

Non-Commissioned Officers Association Award: Jarius Fontanez, Stacey Mendez Estevez, and Arlex Diaz Alvarez

American Veterans JROTC Award: Senior Cadet-Mackenzy Hagan, Junior Cadet-Kayla Stucko

Daedalian JROTC Achievement Award: Destiny Harriot

National Sojourners Award: Xavier Hall

The Navy League of the United States Theodore Roosevelt JROTC Award: Edwin Ramirez

Scottish Rite Award: Julianna Ward

Surface Navy Association Stephen Decatur Award: Freshman-Benjamin Gonzalez, Junior-Krisette Vivaldo

National Naval Officer Association Samuel L. Gravely JROTC Award: Anghelyk Quijano Colon

 

Scholarships

Sons of the American Legion Scholarship: Marilyn Paredes

NAM Knights Scholarship: Genesis Campos

NJROTC Booster Scholarship: Genesis Campos, Juan Gonzalez Serrano, Inderpreet Kaur, Marilyn Paredes, and Edwin Ramirez

$65,000 check for Navy Nuclear Power Program: Dana Olmos and Bryan Morales

 

NJROTC Unit and Individual Awards

Team 1 - Inderpreet Kaur, Xavier Hall, Destiny Harriot, Edwin Ramirez, Top Score: Inderpreet Kaur, Xavier Hall

Team 2 - Angel Hernandez, Nelly Hernandez Luna, Jarius Fontanez, Kiara Uraga Varela Top Score: Jarius Fontanez

Team 3 - Marilyn Paredes, Andrew Britto, Genesis Campos, Dayana Sanchez Top Score: Genesis Campos

 

Exemplary Personal Conduct

Awarded YEARLY to each cadet who demonstrates exemplary conduct for the school year.

NS1 - A. Ajang, A. Alvarez Osorto, N. Blauvelt, A. Britto, C. Chapple, G. Contreras, F. Corano, E. Corsino, N. Depas, L. Diaz, O. Figueroa, M. Frank, B. Gonzalez, A. Hargrow, N. Hernandez, M. Joyce, K. Lagos-Perez, Z. Lawla, D. Lawrence, Y. Linares, E. Lopez, J. Maldonado Trujillo, A. Mejia Guzman, S. Mendez, C. Munoz, S. Ogedengbe, D. Ordones Miranda, M. Ordonez Ordonez, S. Orth, A. Pinzon, A. Radie, J. Sanchez, A. Smith, S. Soberano, K. Stucko, J. Suquilanda Zamora, M. Sustack-Bedell, T. Thompson, M. Tlaseca Maximo, M. Vasquez, A. Vega, J. Ward, A. Williams, L. Williams, C. Zodiaco

NS2 - N. Acevedo, M. Arias Pilco, E. Arriola Rivas, N. Augustin, E. Barba, M. Carrion, G. Delarosa Cuenca, J. Destime, A. Diaz Alvarez, A. Flores Mejia, J. Galdamez, S. Gonzalez, N. Gordan, R. Gueledel Guaillas, A. Hernandez, L. Isaac, I. Kerr, A. Mencia, L. Mizhirumbay Tacuri, L. Nogal, M. Preciado Herrera, M. Preciado Herrera, A. Quijano Colon, A. Rodriguez, C. Rodriguez Florentino, A. Scott, D. Shand, J. Shargani, A. Stillwell, K. Tene Minga, K. Vivaldo, I. Weeks-Brighton

NS3 - E. Aponte, C. Benavides, C. Blauvelt, A. Enriquez, M. Guerrido, M. Hagan, T. Hardy, D. Harriot, M. Mann, A. Naveda, D. Sanchez, R. Torres, K. Uraga Varela

NS4 - G. Campos, J. Fontanez, E. Galicia Hurculano, J. Gonzalez, X. Hall, I. Kaur, B. Morales, D. Olive, D. Olmos, M. Paredes, A. Perez Altamirano, E. Ramirez, Y. Rodriguez, A. Rosario, O. Sewell, V. Valenzuela

 

Naval Science Outstanding Cadet

Awarded YEARLY to outstanding cadets in each Naval Science Course based on citizenship, academic performance, personal appearance, and conduct.

NS1 - A. Alvarez Osorto, A. Britto, G. Contreras, O. Figueroa, M. Frank, B. Gonzalez, A. Gonzalez Reyes, A. Hargrow, N. Hernandez, Z. Lawla, Y. Linares, A. Mejia Guzman, S. Mendez, S. Orth, J. Sanchez, S. Soberano, K. Stucko, J. Suquilanda, M. Tlaseca, A. Vega, J. Ward

NS2 - N. Acevedo, E. Arriola Rivas, E. Barba, G. Delarosa Cuenca, J. Galdamez, S. Gonzalez, A. Hernandez, A. Mencia, M. Preciado Herrera, A. Quijano Colon, A. Rodriguez, C. Rodriguez Florentino, A. Stillwell, K. Tene Minga, K. Vivaldo

NS3 - E. Aponte, C. Benavides, C. Blauvelt, A. Enriquez, M. Hagan, D. Harriott, A. Naveda, A. Quijano Colon, D. Sanchez, K. Uraga Varela

NS4 - G. Campos, J. Fontanez, E. Galicia Hurculano, J. Gonzalez, X. Hall, I. Kaur, B. Morales, D. Olive, D. Olmos, M. Paredes, A. Perez Altamirano, E. Ramirez, Y. Rodriguez, A. Rosario, O. Sewell, V. Valenzuela

 

Unit Service Award

Awarded to any cadet who has demonstrated exemplary service and dedication to the unit as determined by the SNSI.

Indepreet Kaur, Juan Gonzalez, Jarius Fontanez, Dayana Sanchez, Mackenzy Hagan, Elijah Aponte, Omari Sewell, Deandre Olive, Camila Rodriguez Florentino, and Marilyn Paredes.

 

Distinguished Cadet

Awarded annually to a cadet in each Naval Science level, WHO IS NOT THE RECIPIENT OF THE HONOR CADET AWARD, with the highest combined average for overall scholastic standing and aptitude in NJROTC.

NS1 - Kayla Stucko

NS2 - Linda Mizhirumbay Tacuri

NS3 - Kiara Uraga Varela

NS4 - Edwin Ramirez

 

Honor Cadet

Awarded annually to one cadet in each class, NOT THE RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED CADET AWARD, with the highest overall academic average in school.

NS1 - Andrew Britto

NS2 - Ja’Niyah Destime

NS3 - Reyna Torres

NS4 - Inderpreet Kaur