Awards & Honors

Awards and honors for our students and faculty/staff can be found in the various category sections below and are added to all year long.

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See below the photo gallery for Subject-Area Awards Categories.

• • 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars: Eric Tang ’21. Congrats to the 10 Wheeler seniors named among the 4,500 candidates in the 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program (see list under General). Eric Tang selected as one of  625 semifinalists. Did you know…Wheeler has had a State Winner for this from 2011-15, 2017, 2019, and now 2021?

• 8th Grader Seoyon Kim is the RI Spelling Bee Champion and will represent the state in the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee this year.
• National High School Model UN Conference:  Isaiah Suchman won an individual Award of Distinction for his role as Judge in the International Criminal Court and The Wheeler delegation won an Award of Distinction in the Research & Preparation category.  As one of the conference directors wrote: “Multiple awards of distinction is a big deal – Wheeler always impresses”
• Wheeler Middle and Upper School chess teams have won the RI Championships for 2021.
• 22 Wheeler students have received honors in the RI Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, including one American Visions Award (see English/Writing and Visual Arts categories)
• Wheeler announces the 7 Semifinalists’ and 6 Commended Students’ names in the National Merit Scholarship Program (see list under General)