CCHS Student Sponsorship Program: 2017
The 2017 scholarship winners of the Garwin Family Foundation’s CCHS Student Sponsorship Program for Talented Students in the Arts, Science, and Math were (left to right): Ian Kinsel, Jaden Lucas, Zeyad Moustafa, Peter Huh, and Gabriela Benyas.
Gabriela Benyas performed for a master class at the Lamont Summer Music Academy.
Gabriela Benyas participated in the final concert at the Lamont Summer Music Academy, which included a program-wide choral performance.
Gabriela Benyas had her first performance with her string quartet soon after arrival at the Midwest Young Artists Chicago Chamber Music Workshop.
Gabriela Benyas met Violinist Joshua Bell while at the Midwest Young Artists Chicago Chamber Music Workshop.
Gabriela Benyas practiced under numerous music instructors with her quartet at the Midwest Young Artists Chicago Chamber Music Workshop.
Peter Huh enjoyed dorm-style accommodations while at Yong In University for his advanced martial arts Taekwondo training.
Peter Huh was thrilled to arrive on campus for the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes’ “Particle Physics” course.
Peter Huh presented to his class at Stanford on various physics topics that he researched during the enrichment program.
Ian Kinsel explored the campus while at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes, where he focused on engineering.
Ian Kinsel’s engineering class learned about designing for various forces, including earthquakes, during the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Ian Kinsel made new, like-minded friends at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Jaden Lucas visited the campus bookstore while at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Jaden Lucas settled into his dorm room at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Jaden Lucas found some time to have fun while at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Zeyad Moustafa focused his research on “Synthesis and Characterization of Polylactic Acid Mold Chitosan Gelatin Cryogels” at STARS.
Zeyad Moustafa spent a lot of time in his assigned biomedical lab at STARS.
Gabriela Benyas was excited to arrive on the University of Denver campus for the Lamont Summer Music Academy.
Gabriela Benyas performed numerous times while at the Lamont Summer Music Academy.
Gabriela Benyas enjoyed the final performance at the Lamont School of Music Summer Academy.
Gabriela Benyas was excited about her first string quartet performance at the Midwest Young Artists Chicago Chamber Music Workshop.
Gabriela Benyas truly enjoyed playing with her string quartet at the Midwest Young Artists Chicago Chamber Music Workshop.
Gabriela Benyas got to visit Northwestern University while at the Midwest Young Artists Chicago Chamber Music Workshop.
Peter Huh spent many hours in the practice facility at Yong In University for his Taekwondo training.
Peter Huh presented to his class at Stanford on various physics topics that he researched during the enrichment program.
Ian Kinsel and his classmates toured structural engineering wonders in the area while at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Ian Kinsel and his engineering-course teammates succeeded at building an earthquake-resistant tower as part of the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Jaden Lucas returned with a smile after studying “Astrochemistry: Origins of Life in Space” at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Jaden Lucas spent many hours reading scientific papers for his “Astrochemistry: Origins of Life in Space” course at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Jaden Lucas and Ian Kinsel had a chance to catch up with each other while both attending the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes in separate programs.
Jaden Lucas got to visit various museums while at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Zeyad Moustafa presented his research findings on “Synthesis and Characterization of Polylactic Acid Mold Chitosan Gelatin Cryogels” at the conclusion of STARS.
Zeyad was both a 2017 GFFer and, as a result, a member of the 2017 STARS Class.
There were tons of smiles at the GFF 2017 Back-to-School Pizza Party.
Gabriela Benyas learned much about music theory, as well as applied techniques, at the Lamont Summer Music Academy.
Gabriela Benyas worked in large and small musical ensembles while at the Lamont Summer Music Academy.
Gabriela Benyas garnered string quartet experience at the Lamont Summer Music Academy.
Gabriela Benyas enjoyed learning new styles of music through the Midwest Young Artists Chicago Chamber Music Workshop.
Gabriela Benyas made many music connections that she plans to maintain at the Midwest Young Artists Chicago Chamber Music Workshop.
Gabriela Benyas performed constantly while participating in the Midwest Young Artists Chicago Chamber Music Workshop.
Peter Huh trained with top-level Taekwondo student athletes while at Yong In University in South Korea.
Peter Huh enjoyed exploring campus while attending the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes for the “Particle Physics” program.
Peter enjoyed lectures on particle accelerators at Stanford.
Peter took some time to check out the art on the Stanford campus, while he was there studying particle physics.
Peter Huh and his peers at Stanford enjoyed bittersweet goodbyes at the end of their three-week enrichment program.
As part of Ian Kinsel’s engineering course at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes, he and his class visited and learned about structural engineering wonders in the region.
Ian Kinsel and his teammates excelled in a bridge-building exercise in his engineering course at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Ian Kinsel’s class at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes focused on structural engineering projects.
Jaden Lucas enjoyed the on-campus art museum while attending the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Jaden Lucas got to participate in a number of fun events, such as making tie-dyed T-shirts, during free time at the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Institutes.
Zeyad Moustafa learned a number of lab techniques while doing biomedical research at STARS.
Zeyad Moustafa spent hours running biomedical experiments, collecting and analyzing data, reading related scientific literature, and writing his report while at STARS.
