Awards

Awards & Honors

School Awards

Academic Excellence Award Gr. 11

AP English Language & Composition, French Language & Composition, French Culture

Bronze, Academic Contest: English Essay Competition Gr. 10
Bronze, Academic Contest: French Essay Competition Gr. 10
Gold, Academic Contest: French Language Gr. 11
Grand Prize, HAFS Think-Tank Ultimatum (Research Competition) Dec. 2025
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Best Booth Award Gr. 11

Booth Competition (School Festival), HAFS 20th Anniversary Night of Passion

Daewon Culture Report Excellence Award Gr. 10
Daewon Foreign Language High School Model Student Award Dec. 2024

Class Vice President

Best Screenplay Directing Award Gr. 11

Theater Award, Death of a Salesman

Best Happy Award Gr. 11

Theater Award, Death of a Salesman

Best Horatio Award Gr. 11

Theater Award, Hamlet

External Awards

Semifinalist, Top 3 of 64 teams (200+ participants) Aug. 2023

Cornell International Summer Debate Camp

With fellow debaters in the dorm hallway at Cornell Summer Debate Camp
Prepping for the next day's motion with cohort
Best New Delegate 2023

United Nations Association of Rochester

Honorable Mention & Best Position Paper 2023

Hilton MUN

Outstanding Delegate 2025

Sogang University MUN

Outstanding Delegate & Best Position Paper 2025

Korea University MUN (MUNCCC)

Best Screenplay Award Aug. 2025

25th Yangsan National Youth Theater Festival (writer/sound engineer)

2nd Place, International History Bowl (IHBB) Korea Varsity Division Nov. 2025

Captain

Team holding the second-place plaque after the IHBB Korea Varsity Division
International History Bowl Regionals (Korea), hosted at Dulwich College, Seoul. 2nd Place
Streets of Khao Lak, Thailand during the IHBB Asian Championships trip
Khao Lak, where the Asian Championships were hosted
Team at the airport en route to the IHBB Asian Championships
IHBB team at the airport ✈
IHBB Asian Championships participation certificates for the team
IHBB team at Khao Lak
Finalist, Changemakers Korea 2025

Proposed MediBuddi, an NGO for safe drug disposal (SDG 6: Clean Water)

Lift Off Grant (Microgrant) Jan. 2026

Recognized for Jinjigwan, $90

2nd Place, National History Day Korea: Senior Group Website Mar. 2026

"Serve People as Heaven": The Silent Revolution of Joseon · out of 800+ participants

Holding second-place medals on stage at National History Day Korea
NHD website division team
Full team group photo with medals after National History Day Korea
HAFS's NHD participants with Mr. Blaisdell, our advisor
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Honorable Mention, Top 4 Mar. 2026

Korean Philosophy Olympiad (KPO)

Semifinalist May 2026

National Merit Scholarship (PSAT/NMSQT)

2nd Place, SAGE Korea May 2026

Korea National Competition for the SAGE World Cup. Selected to represent Korea at SAGE Global.

Full team group photo on stage at the SAGE Korea National Competition
SAGE Korea National Competition, May 29, 2026
2nd place trophy for the SAGE Korea National Competition, with flowers
2nd place trophy, SAGE Korea National Competition
AP Scholar with Distinction Jul. 2026