Malibu High School senior award winners

Special Service and Academic Awards 

Exceptional Leadership: Harris Wilson 

Exceptional School Service: Yasaman Afsharnive, Lakia Jackson 

Exceptional Community Service: Taylor Colby, Britta Mosser 

Principal’s Leadership Award: Jessica Murray 

Malibu Times Outstanding Citizenship Award: James Gordon, Olivia Thorne 

Exceptional Academic Progress: Hanna Tschudin 

Exceptional Academic Dedication: Serena Marinaro 

Valedictorian Candidates: 

Zena Kesselman 

Sarah Larson 

Departmental Awards 

Department of English 

Exemplary Achievement in English: Zena Kesselman 

Special Achievement in Writing: Sarah Larson 

Special Achievement in Creative Writing: Peri Lapidus 

Special Achievement in Literature: Emory Sittig 

Department of English Language Development 

Exemplary Achievement on English as a Second Language: Misael Espinoza 

Department of Foreign Language 

Exemplary Achievement in Foreign Language – French: Anna Leah Eisner 

Special Achievement in Foreign Language – Spanish: Mccallum Clunies-Ross 

Department of Journalism And Film 

Exemplary Achievement in Journalism: Natalie Kaufman 

Special Achievement in Film: Leah La Masney 

Special Achievement in Film Editing: Evan Ausmus 

Department of Mathematics 

Exemplary Achievement in Mathematics: James Gordon 

Special Achievement in Mathematics: Zena Kesselman, Sarah Larson 

Department of Physical Education 

Exemplary Achievement in Physical Education: Braidon Hanes 

Department of Science 

Exemplary Achievement in Science: Zena Kesselman 

Department of Social Studies 

Exemplary Achievement In Social Studies: Jordan Alexander 

Special Achievement In Social Studies: Elizabeth O’Neill 

Department of Visual And Performing Arts 

Exemplary Achievement in Visual & Performing Arts: Linda Brown, Zena Kesselman 

Exemplary Achievement in Yearbook: Taylor Colby, Madison Wetton 

Exemplary Achievement in Photography/Digital Design: Jose Guzman, Akana Ozawa 

Exemplary Achievement in Art: Sarah Larson, Evan Mcgiffert 

Exemplary Achievement In Instrumental Music: Abigail Gibson, Zena Kesselman 

Exemplary Achievement in Vocal Music: Olivia Thorne 

Exemplary Achievement In Theater: Anna Leah Eisner 

Exemplary Achievement in Technical Theater: Harris Wilson 

Service Learning Honors 

These students have donated more than 160 hours of service to the community. 

Yasaman Afsharnive 

Nelly Alavez 

Mccallum Clunies-Ross 

Taylor Colby 

Eden Concoff 

Tessa Cosentino 

Tallulah Daly 

Anna Leah Eisner 

Misael Espinoza 

Christopher Finck 

Abigail Gibson 

James Gordon 

Joseph Gray 

Gigi Hadid 

Stephen Handal 

Michelle Helfmann 

Jennifer Hill-Carta 

Harrison Hunter 

Lakia Jackson 

Wynn Jacobson-Galan 

Alena Kaye 

Peri Lapidus 

Sarah Larson 

Zachary Le 

Moorea Maguire 

Steven Graham Mckenzie 

Shaan Mcpartlin 

Britta Mosser 

Jessica Murray 

Andrea Nordstrom 

Mia Nunez 

Alana O’Herlihy 

Christopher Peltola 

William Rosenthal 

Serena Seaman 

Gabriel Seelig 

Aaron Sorochinsky 

Hanna Tschudin 

Madison Webster 

Andrew Yazdani