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DA Graduation & Awards 2021

Dimensions Academy High School Graduation This year we have two cohorts completing our program for the first time! Congratulations to our DA STEM graduates who completed 34 college credits during a global pandemic! These students have been doing online learning since last March and continued to complete their program at Normandale Community College. Kennedy: Ahmed Dualeh Malachi Martichuski Jefferson: Elias Caspari Isabelle Janey Olivia Knight Amelia Lodwick Ben Lodwick Adam Lueth Snezhanna Medvedovski Abigail Pearson Arielle Swanson Tiffany Tian Abigail Valladolid Thy Bao Vu Congratulations to our DA Humanities graduates who completed 3 college writing and literature classes and 4 AP classes during a global pandemic. This was our first cohort to go through our program and we are very proud of what these students were able to accomplish! Jefferson: Olivia Busch Autumn Fuller Isabelle Janey Olivia Knight Abigail Pearson Arielle Swanson Tiffany Tian Abigail Valladolid Thy Bao Vu Kennedy: Alison Arnold Ava Bruins Audrey Crippen Ahmed Dualeh Thuy-Anh Giang Justin Gichaba Mary Hajduk Marcus Jensen Zander Karow Sanaa Keval Malachi Martichuski Salina Sang Grady Shilson Our teachers and professors also recognize the following students for outstanding achievement in the following areas: DA Humanities DA Composition: Isabelle Janey Creative Writing: Abigail Valladolid College Literature: Audrey Crippen Human Geography: Salina Sang Comparative Politics: Abigail Pearson European History: Justin Gichaba World History: Olivia Busch DA STEM Geology: Thy Vu Physics: Malachi Martichuski College Algebra: Tiffany Tian PreCalc: Amelia Lodwick Chemistry: Ben Lodwick Calculus I: Snezhanna Medvedovski Calculus II: Abigail Pearson Computer Science: Arielle Swanson Congratulations to all our DA students for their hard work and intellectual curiosity!
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