Graduating Students' Accomplishments Honored at Senior Awards Night

Members of Watchung Hills Regional High School’s Class of 2013, members of the faculty, families and friends assembled on the evening of June 4 for the annual Senior Awards Night. 

The many scholarships, prizes, commendations, and certificates were distributed in three segments as follows: financial awards; academic/service/achievement awards; memorial awards.

Part One: PTO-affiliated Awards, Other Financial Awards

The Scholarship Awards segment of the program was introduced by Ms Catherine Angelastro, Director of Guidance.

Watchung Hills Regional Education Association Scholarships:  Madeline Gronske, Dennis Lamson

Watchung-Warren Rotary Club Memorials: Madison Brown, Stephanie Silva, Alexander Bloom, Alexandra Nappi

Warren Township Lions Club Scholarships: Rachel Hobble, Patrick Sullivan, Trevor Adriaanse, Emilie  Berman,  Stephanie Silva, Anthony Prus, Alyson Shapira, Olivia Hampton, Alexander Bloom

Warren Township Lions Club,Barrett-Davies: Kevin Sykes

Warren Township Lions Club, Maxson P. Strub: Juliana Engler

Warren Township Lions Club, Angelo Tomaso, Jessica Soldiviero                                                                                                                                               

Watchung Exempt Firemen’s Association Scholarship : Madison Brown

Watchung Fire Department/Kenneth Schmidt Scholarship:  Brendan Flynn

Watchung Fire Department/ Artie Jacot Family Memorial Scholarship: Alexandra Nappi

Watchung Hills Regional High School PTO Scholarships: Courtney Novack, Rachel Hobble, Stephanie Silva,  Jennifer King, Alexander Bloom, Patrick Sullivan, Madison Brown

Watchung Hills Regional High School PTO Service Scholarships: Jessica Hoffman, Emilie Berman, Ryan Vrindten,

Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Scholarships:  Audrey Luo. Joshua Ehrenberg

 Dawn Gayle Coury Memorial Scholarship:   Alexandra Pasch

Warren Township PTO’s Scholarships :  Emilie Berman, Joshua Ehrenberg

Long Hill Township PTO Scholarships: Mark Di Donna, Lindsay Wagner, Dana DiSarno

 Frank Gault Memorial Scholarships : Jennifer King, Noah Monetti

Dunellen-Green Brook Rotary Club Scholarships : Daniel Grant,  Michael Longo

Green Brook PTO Scholarships:  Erin Murray, Daniel Grant

Watchung Hills Elks BPOE 2252 Scholarships:  Audrey Luo, Jennifer King, Daniel Grant

Louise Bardwell Memorial Scholarships: Dana DiSarno, Lindsey Wagner

Millington Savings Bank Scholarships: Mark DiDonna, Dana DiSarno 

L. Suzanne Kenney Memorial Scholarships: Chloe Allen, Noah Monetti

Peter C. Rovtar Memorial Scholarship: Samantha LaScala

Family, Cosmetic and Laser Dentistry Scholarship; Setu Shah

Green Brook Fire-EMS Scholarships: (Donald Kitchen Memorial) Alyssa Frank; (Alvin  P. Kappelman Jr. Memorial)  Alan Curtis; (Thomas Peluso Memorial)  Tyler Reedman

Part Two: Academic, Service & Achievement Awards

The second segment of the program honored students who had distinguished themselves in academic, service, outreach or community  areas, as follows:

Booster Club Awards

New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete:  Luke Graboyes

Somerset County Scholar-Athletes: Andrew Gildenberg, Sarah Decker

Skyland Conference Scholar Athletes : Eric Gardner, Hannah Yuhl

Business Arts Awards

 Business Arts Excellence in Accounting: Mitchell Woo; Outstanding Business  Student: Dennis Tan  

Mathematics Awards:

Clifford A. Warren Award,  Jackson Bahr; Outstanding Achievement in Calculus,  Jessica Xu;  Outstanding Achievement in Statistics,  Kevin Chen; 800 on SAT Mathematics, Jackson Bahr, Rohit Biswas, Leanne Block, Alexander Bloom, Woo Hyeok Chang, Joshua Ehrenberg, Andrew Gildenberg, Ari Goodman, Alan Gou, Patricia Hwang,, Rohan Jadvani, Audrey Luo, Alexandra Pasch, Matthew Piekarski Ujwal Rai, Marissa Schwartz, Ryan Smith

Science Awards:

Scholarship in Biology, Jessica Xu,  Kevin Chen; Scholarship in Chemistry, Jessica Xu; Scholarship in Environmental Science, Monica Mahal;  Scholarship in Physics, Rohan Jadvani; Scholarship in Waksman Student Scholars’ Program: Kevin Chen, Rohan Jadvani,; Scholarship in Project Lead the Way,Ari Goodman; US First Robotics, Rohan Jadvani; Experimental  Research & Design in Astrophysics, Diana Liao

World Languages Awards:

Excellence in Latin, Jackson Bahr ; Excellence in French, Jessica Bethlahmy;  Excellence in Italian, Jane Frank;  Excellence in Spanish, Marissa Schwartz; Excellence in Chinese: Elana Borinsky; Excellence in German, Morgan Hoover                                    

Arts Department Awards:

Fine Arts: Excellence in Wood Arts, Kevin Michael Sykes; Excellence in Child Development, Madeline Gronske; Achievement in Child Development,  Jacqueline Fernandes; Excellence in Art, Jacqueline Salustro; Excellence in Ceramics, Amanda Wedwaldt, Excellence in Video Production,  Dylan Keselman; Excellence in Photography, Rachel Gallic.

Theatre Awards:

Excellence in Acting,  Ben Bouffard;  Achievement in Stage Management, Claire Iroudayassamy

English Awards:

Outstanding English Student,  Audrey Luo, Alex David Suitovsky; Outstanding  Creative Writer,  Rachel Hobble;  Outstanding Expository Writer,  Brian Eric Pester; Outstanding Literary Analysis,  Benjamin David Profenius;

 All School Council:

President of A.S.C. Linda Sun; Vice President, Lindsay Wagner; Treasurer of A.S.C.  Brooke Nitti

Senior Grade Level Council:  Class President, Jessica Hoffman;  Vice President, Gind Crowell; Class Treasurer,  Kathleen Ramos; Senior Class Secretary, Rachel Ferreira; Class Parliamentarian, John Fucci ; ASC Representative, Alexandra Pasch

Interact Community Service:  Outstanding Community Service,  Claire Iroudayassamy, Lindsay Wagner, Audrey Luo, Felix Kung, Rohan Jadvani, Steven Hawkins, Samuel Ferrara, Kevin Chen, Vincent Chang, Elana Borinsky

Peer Leader Awards:Thomas Aloise, Sara Battaglia, Elana Borinsky,   Eliza Davis, Alexandra DeMarco, Dana DiSarno, Samuel Ferrara, Claudia Emmanuel, Jennifer Gordon, Daniel Grant, Ashley Irving, Alexandra Pasch, Vikas Patel, Paul Romeo, Matthew Stanisci, Lindsay Wagner, Steven Weidlich

Warren Township Republican Committee Award:   Elana Borinsky

Stephen Bartlett /Social  Studies Award,  Brian Pester

Daughters of the American Revolution Awards

DAR Good Citizen’s  Award, Sarah Decker; DAR Excellence in History Medal, Jessica Hoffman;

Kean University Diversity Council (School District Student):  Monica Mahal   

Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Service Awards: Noah Monetti, Tyler Reedman

Perfect Attendance Awards: Robert Ulis, Nick Yankaskas, Edward Chu, Alexander Suitovsky

Dr. Thomas DiGanci Scholarship, Linda Sun

U.S. Figure Skating,  Sami Apuzzio  

Courier News Academic All-Star Program, Katherine Dong

National Merit Scholarship, Audrey Luo, Katherine Dong. Jessica Xu

Semper Fidelis, Distinguished Scholar Katherine Dong

Semper Fidelis,  Music Excellence,  Natalie Morrison

Semper Fidelis, Athletic Excellence, Steven Weidlich

Watchung Hills Yearbook Scholarships, Alyson Schapira, Jacqueline Salustro  

Seeing Eye Puppy Raiser Program Jessica Lukaszek

National Merit Scholarship Award,  Audrey Luo, Katherine Dong, Jessica Xu

Novartis Scholarship Award, Leanne M. Block

Part Three: Memorial Awards

Ernst Wessel Foundation  Scholarship: Audrey Luo, Jessia Xu

Hattie Fasinski Memorial Scholarship: Samuel Ferrara

John Herdman  Memorial Scholarship: Alyssa Frank

Joseph Heath Memorial Scholarship: Samuel Ferrara     

Gary Bicknell  Memorial Awards: Matthew Searfoss, Bridget Doran

Bob Beckert Memorial Scholarships: Dana Dasario, Chloe Allen, Elana Borinsky

James Straine, Jr. Memorial Scholarship: Patrick Sullivan  

 Christopher Noble Ingrassia Scholarships: Andrew Gildenberg, Sarah Decker

Jennifer Lynn Goldstein Memorial Art Scholarship: Haley Rowson

Chris Drewry Memorial Scholarships: Frank Calabrese, Tara Di Donato

Aaron Christopher Karol Memorial Scholarship: Brenda Flynn, Alexis Coven, Jessica  Hoffman, Dennis Lamson, Brionna Paltan, Jessica Soldiviero

Anthony J. Bottoni Memorial Scholarship: Jessica Soldiviero

Jason Oh Memorial Scholarship:  Ryan Vrindten

Sandra Blumberg Memorial Scholarship:   Brionna  Paltan

Matthew  Kiefer Scholarship Foundation: Jessica Hoffman, Jared Fiel  

WYBA Scott Andersen Memorial Award: Hannah Yuhl, James D’Annunzio                                                        

Elmer Bieler Award: Matthew Stanisci, Brionna Paltan

Jerry Mobus Memorial Scholarship: Abby Cline, Steven Weidlich

Chris Giraldo Memorial Scholarship: Andrew Gildenberg, Gabrielle Kane