Westfield High School Students Honored at Annual Awards Night

At Westfield High School’s annual Awards Night, two teachers, a counselor and over 140 students were recognized for outstanding achievement during the 2011-12 academic year.

Presentations to staff included:

• The Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award- Ellen Muir, Project ’79 Math teacher;
• Robert and Linda Foose Memorial Award- Jan Fine, Guidance Counselor;  and
• PTSO Outstanding Teacher Award- Peter Horn, Coordinator, Project ‘79.

The following students received awards:

Emily Bailey -  Dr. John P. Burns Television Achievement Award;  Loren Ball - Westfield Education Association Scholarship;  Tara Bange -Lisa K. Monteleone Teaching Scholarship;  Alana Basil - National Merit Scholarship Award,   Commended Scholar; Alana Basil - English Department Book Lover's Award; Aimee Bass - Earth Science Award;  Michelle Behzadpour - FLAG Award; Michelle Behzadpour - French Elan Award;  Emily Benz - Westfield Jaycees;  Daniel Berke - State Farm "Good Neighbor" Scholarship;   Daniel Berke - Westfield Jaycees ; Caroline Bertoni - Excellence in History Award;  Joy Binder - Liesja Tortorello "Carpe Diem" Award ; Joy Binder - Environmental Science;   Markian Borkowsky  - Model UN and Youth and Government Award;  Daniel Brotman - Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award;   Alexandra Caggiano - The Douglas J. Odenkirk Memorial Award;  Matthew Caminiti - Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award;  Sarah Chandler - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar;  Sarah Chandler - French Achievement Award; Sarah Chandler - Model UN and Youth and Government Award;  Robert Ciardullo - Italian Club Achievement Award;  Sarah Collins -Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Association/Dorothy Kirkley Memorial Award;  Rebecca Daaleman - Wil…Power Scholarship; Ella D'Amico - AP Statistics; Melissa DeCandia- National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar;  John Dedea - Megan Beck Memorial Scholarship; Michael DePaolo -National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Dominick DePaula - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar;  Isabel DoCampo - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Patrick Dyer, - Robert L. and Marilyn P. Bunting Award;  Amanda Earl - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar;  Thomas Edwards - National Merit Scholarship Award – Finalist;  Ryan Elliott - Calculus AB Award;  Nicole Embrett - Helen Bell and John McMartin Award;  Nicole Embrett - Douglas C. Yearley Memorial Scholarship; Nicholas Estevez -Laurence F. Green Achievement Award;  Abraham Fertig-Cohen - Charles E. Brown Prize in History;  Rory Fitzpatrick - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Rory Fitzpatrick -Westfield High School Distinguished Student Award;  Rory Fitzpatrick-  Calculus BC Award; Rory Fitzpatrick - Physics II AP-C Award;  Geena Gao - National Merit Scholarship Award – Finalist;  William Geohegan -David M. Hart Science Award;  Laura Gilbertson - FLAG Award;  Zachary Goldfarb - Albert R. Bobal Social Studies Award;  Zachary Goldfarb - Col. & Mrs. Henry Bayard McCoy Award;  Abigail Goldring - Edmund K. Faltermayer Journalism Scholarship; Alex Goldschmidt - National Merit Scholarship Award,  Commended Scholar;  Alex Goldschmidt - Marc Hardy Memorial Latin Award;  Zoe Greenburg - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Zoe Greenburg - Margaret Dietrich Award;  Zoe Greenburg -Chemistry II AP Award; Brianna Guddemi - Douglas C. Yearley Memorial Scholarship;  Henry Hershey -FLAG Award; Bernadette Hopen -The Barbara Philpot Memorial Spirit Award; Bernadette Hopen - Gail W. Trimble Memorial Award; Krysta Huber -Westfield Association of Administrators and Supervisors;  Krysta Huber - Andrew and Helen Bogert Scholarship; Jason Isbit -National Merit Scholarship Award,  Commended Scholar;  Jason Isbit - Westfield Jaycees;  Rafaella Jakubovic - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar;  Rafaella Jakubovic - Earth Science Award;  Katharine Jaruzelski -National Merit Scholarship Award – Finalist;  Katharine Jaruzelski -Westfield Spanish Ladies Club; Katharine Jaruzelski - Spanish Club Academic Achievement Award; Katharine Jaruzelski - Biology II AP;  Alexandra Jason - Westfield Chapter UNICO National Awards; Christopher Jimenez - Emerging Leader Scholarship from Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets;  Nicholas Knepper - Helen Bell and John McMartin Award; Elizabeth Kuehn - Model UN and Youth and Government Award;  Allegra Larche - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Timothy Lehmberg - Westfield Spanish Ladies Club;  Timothy Lehmberg - Andrew and Helen Bogert Scholarship; Dara Levy -Broadcast Journalism Award; Dar Levy - Westfield Democratic Committee Public Service Award; Danielle Lipschutz - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Tess Lukowiak - Biology II AP ; Donat Maliqi - Waldron W. Holck Memorial Award; Maxwell Marchiano - Barry Judd Memorial Scholarship; Amanda Marcotullio - Italian Club Achievement Award; Hannah Margolin -National Merit Scholarship Award – Finalist;  Hannah Margolin - Class of '49 Prize; Finbar Martinson - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Sydney Metzger -Mandeville-Rentrop Scholarship; Michael Mondon - Italian Club Achievement Award; Katherine Nemeth - Joseph E. Rood Memorial Award;  Richard O'Connor - Charles H. Frankenbach Award; Richard O'Connor - Douglas C. Yearley Memorial Scholarship; Ellis Opoku - Douglas C. Yearley Memorial Scholarship; Kevin Oster - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Kevin Oster - Model UN and Youth and Government Award; Olivia Pecora -Seifeldin Ashmawy Peace Award;  Gabriella Pirrone - Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award;  Emily Polak - German Achievement Award; Brian Pollock- National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Brian Pollock - German Achievement Award; Megan Poyntz - FLAG Award;  Jason Qin- National Merit Scholarship Award,  Commended Scholar; Jason Qin -Noel and Thelma Taylor Memorial Award;  Matthew Ragoza -National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Thomas Ramage - Environmental Science;   Jack Rickles - FLAG Award;  Jack Rickles - Most Outstanding World Language Student; Rebecca Sarkos -National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar;  Michael Schwab - Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award; Andrew Schwarz - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Kayla Siegelstein - Spanish Club Service Award;  Ashley Simmons - Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Association/Dorothy Kirkley Memorial Award;  Jessica Sipe - Italian Club Achievement ; Troy Skibitsky - Westfield Republican Committee Public Service Award;  Sari Solomon -Sylvia Cummin Outstanding Business Student Award; Alina Spera -Italian Club Achievement Award; Alina Spera - Westfield Chapter UNICO National Awards; Kathleen Tang - National Merit Scholarship Award – Winner;  Stephanie Tepper - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar;  Stephanie Tepper - Excellence in French Award; Leonidas Tolias - National Merit Scholarship Award – Finalist;  Leonidas Tolias - AP Computer Science; Rebecca Tunis - Col. & Mrs. Henry Bayard McCoy Westfield Foundation; Rebecca Tunis -Westfield Democratic Committee Public Service Award;  Anthony Valles -The Gregg F. Clyne Memorial Foundation, Inc. Scholarship Award; Brian Vander Schaaf, National Merit Scholarship Award - Winner; Brian Vander Schaaf - Physics II AP-C Award;  Tyler Varian - Gail W.Trimble Memorial Award;  Jacob Vergara, J. Isabella Dodds Award;  Nicholas Villane - Fundamentals of Calculus;  Christopher Walsh - Mandeville-Rentrop Scholarship; Victoria Wang - Peggy H. and Jeremiah A. Lott Scholarship Fund Award; Victoria Wang - FLAG Award;  Victoria Wang - Social Studies Department Award;  Caroline Weber- National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Jacob Wegbreit - Chemistry II AP Award;  Matias Werner -William E. Wyman Memorial Award;  Danielle Wirthshafter - Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award; Thomas Wolski - Westfield Chapter UNICO National Awards; Madison Yarusi - Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award;  Nicholas Zahorodny -National Merit Scholarship Award – Finalist;  Nicholas Zahorodny - Laura Meierhans Memorial Award; Nicholas Zahorodny - English Department Award; and Alexander Zimmerman- National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar.