THE WHEATLEY SCHOOL

OLD WESTBURY NEW YORK

ACADEMIC AWARDS NIGHT

THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011 7:00 PM

THE EAST WILLISTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Board of Education Mr. Mark Kamberg, President

Mr. Robert Freier, Vice President Mr. Robert V. Fallarino, Esq.

Mr. David P. Keefe Ms. Barbara Slone

District Administration Dr. Lorna R. Lewis, Superintendent of Schools

Ms. Jacqueline Fitzpatrick, Assistant Superintendent for Business

The Wheatley School Dr. Sean C. Feeney, Principal

Mrs. Karen Klapper, Assistant Principal

District Curriculum Personnel Dr. Joyce Bernstein, CA of Mathematics

Mr. Stephen Collier, CA of English Mr. Thomas Fitzpatrick, Director of PE, Athletics, and Medical Services

Mrs. Mary Harrison, Director of Guidance Mrs. Clare Hayes, Director of Pupil Personnel Services

Mr. David Casamento, Director of Science and Technology Mrs. Joan Anderson, CA of Foreign Language

Dr. Paul van Wie, CA of Social Studies

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ACADEMIC AWARDS NIGHT May 26, 2011

Introduction and Welcome Dr. Sean C. Feeney, Principal

Scholarship for Academic Excellence Christina Ames Lauren Nathan Juliana Hincapie Dylan Sherman Kevin Liaw Emily Smith Alana Lipson Jennifer Yadoo

United States Presidential Scholar Semifinalist Kevin Liaw

Nassau County Council of School Superintendents Celebrating Excellence Award Lauren Nathan Dylan Sherman

The following National Merit and Advanced Placement Scholar Awards were recognized earlier this year. Students will not be called up during tonight’s presentation.

National Merit Commended Students Robert Aybinder Kevin Liaw Nirali Butala Haaris Muneer Alan Czemerinski Matthew Rajman Steven Davidson Daniel Wickes

AP Scholars (2010) Robert Aybinder Joseph Kim Matthew Bancone Perry Laub Randi Fuchs Daniel Osroff Jacob Goldfine Katherine Quinn Adil Husain Matthew Rajman Olivia Jorge Matthew Ross Saad Khanzada

AP Scholars with Honors (2010) Christina Ames Alana Lipson Sriya Bhumi Jesse Manor Nirali Butala Sara Molinsky Jason Charles Lauren Nathan Jennifer Che Kaitlyn Nuzzi Colin Deicke Sarah Olicker Nicholas DelMistro Tejas Patel William Donnelly Sonya Prasad Benjamin Freeberg Jonathan Reshef Jessica Gerson Nilay Shah Jonathan Gullotta Dylan Sherman Julia Hartman Corey Spar Annalise Kukor Andrew Sutton Christopher Lepre Jennifer Yadoo Shirley Li

AP Scholar with Distinction (2010) Arjun Balakumar Haaris Muneer Andrew Chen Emily Smith

Alan Czemerinski Daniel Wickes Steven Davidson Sara Zeltsman Kevin Liaw

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Science Awards Mr. David Casamento, Dir. of Science & Technology

Science 8 Diana DeBenedittis

Earth Science Courtney Schwartz

Biology Enriched Samantha LaPera

Chemistry Enriched Lambert Chu

Physics Enriched Tom Wang

Forensics Bryan Quinn

Advanced Placement Biology Zohaib Shaikh

Advanced Placement Chemistry William Schiela

Advanced Placement Physics B Matthew Rajman

Advanced Placement Physics C Sushal Penugonda

Advanced Placement Psychology Nicole Scheiner

Toshiba Exploravison National SemiFinalists Zoraiz Arif Gabriella Pollack Daniela Czemerinski Zohaib Shaikh Allison Giller Sukhveen Soni Taylor Kaminsky Charles Yu

International Sustainable World Project Olympiad Charles Yu

Nassau STANYS Outstanding HS Science Student Sushal Penugonda

Siemens National Semi-Finalists Arjun Balakumar Sean Oh Lambert Chu Tom Wang Alan Czemerinski

Siemens Finalist (National Fourth Place) Sonya Prasad

Science and Engineering Fair, National Finalist Alan Czemerinski Tom Wang

Business Awards Dr. Sean C. Feeney

Dee Izzo Memorial Award for Brian Posner Excellence in Business

Special Awards Mrs. Mary Harrison, Director of Guidance

Principal’s Leadership Award (School Nominee) Lauren Nathan

Nassau County Executive Community Emily Smith Service & Academic Excellence Award

Town Clerk’s Community Service Award Presented by Leslie Gross David Skwiersky

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Brandeis Book Award Stephanie Barry

The George Washington University Book Award Remy Haber East Williston Retired Teachers’ Award Jennifer Barry

N.E.F.C.U. Making a Difference Kelsey Eckhoff High School Scholarship

Newsday 2011 Extraordinary Senior Timothy Chan

Ted Tchack/Stew Doig SWS Award Dimitri Dietz Brianna Farmiloe

The NYS Comptroller Achievement Award Presented by Mr. Michael Caplice Jennifer Che

Community Church of East Williston Presented by Pastor Forrest Parkinson Kristen Parisi

Nassau County Comptroller’s Achievement Award Jesse Manor

Nassau County American Legion Award Lauren Nathan

New York State Attorney General Michael Marcisak Jamie Rosenthal Triple “C” Award

Ed Keenan Humanitarian Award Presented by Mr. Mark Kamberg, Board President Sara Molinsky

Darrell R. Lund Award William Donnelly

Janice Wolff Award Dr. Sean C. Feeney Amy Lessoff

Special Recognition Award Daniel Osroff

The Jeffrey Siegel Memorial Scholarship Adil Husain Sara Zeltsman

The Brandon Lustig Memorial Scholarship Jessica Weinberg Donald Balducci-Henry

Arts Awards Dr. Sean C. Feeney Excellence in Advanced Placement Art Matthew Bancone Amy Lessoff Randi Fuchs Megan Molloy Olivia Jorge Meghana Reddy

Excellence in Advanced Portfolio Lauren Lituchy Sonika Misra

Excellence in Portfolio Cynthia Barbey Kristen Parisi

Excellence in Drawing & Painting Caitlin Calio Maria Mazzola Heather Chau Fatima Shaikh

Excellence in Photography Lauren Miceli Samantha Siegler Fallon Roher

Excellence in Advanced Photography Ryan Helfant

Excellence in Independent Photography Danielle Kim Lia Shaked

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Excellence in Studio in Art Leah Dwyer Jael Morales Maria Hincapie Kushal Penugonda Ghazal Mizrahi Lydia Varghese

Excellence in Ceramics Kelsey Eckhoff Alexandria Marini

Excellence in 8th Grade Art Computer Art Kelli Ann Forero Hayley Richards

Intro to Art Brittany Groveman Dylan Pavlovich Hebah Hassan Danielle Wasserman Foreign Language Awards Mrs. Joan Anderson, Curriculum Associate

Bill Van Dyke Scholarship Award Christopher Lepre Sriya Bhumi

Joan L. Feindler Memorial Award Jennifer Yadoo

Kumiko Sagiuchi Memorial Award Juliana Hincapie Alexia Skiadas

We proudly list below the additional awards our Foreign Language students have won. All of these awards have

been presented at other awards ceremonies.

Hofstra University Spanish Poetry Contest Level 1 Third Place Courtney Schwartz Native Speaker Third Place Maria Hincapie

American Association of Teachers of French Poetry Contest Level I First Place Alexandra Boubour Level I Second Place Bonnie Lerman Level I Honorable Mention Gabriella Schwartz Level V First Place Remy Haber

American Association of Teachers of French National Exam Level I 9th place Nassau County Tayler Resnick 10th place Nassau County Yuval Hananya

Level II 4th place Nassau County Alexandra Boubour Bonnie Lerman (7th place nationally) 8th place Nassau County Gabriella Schwartz

Level III 6th place Nassau County Nilay Shah (8th place nationally)

Level V 3rd place Nassau County Kristen Lee (10th place nationally)

Level AP 1st place Nassau County Lauren Nathan (3rd place nationally) 3rd place Nassau County Christopher Lepre (9th place nationally) 5th place Nassau County Jennifer Yadoo

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American Association of Teachers of Spanish National Contest

Gold Winners Kathleen Berkery Timothy Lee Remy Haber Zachary Lessen Elizabeth Huhn Lauren Perry Amaan Karim Courtney Schwartz Samantha LaPera Zohaib Shaikh

Silver Winners Katherine Araujo Mannat Kamboj Emily Black Sabrina Lee Lambert Chu Christine Mathew Madison D’Ambrosio Anum Mitha Maria D’Iorio Jessica Perry Sarah Golden Jennifer Yadoo Brittany Groveman Tao Zeng Hebah Hassan Ikra Zulfiqar

Bronze Winners Matthew Black Allison Perry Justin Borczuk William Schiela Nirali Butala Samantha Siegler Allison Chowdhury Sukhveen Soni Timothy Han Graham Turk Daniel Jorge Kuan Yu Kristen Parisi

American Association of Teachers of Spanish Hebah Hassan Monica Ramirez and Portuguese Design-A-Card Contest Kristen Parisi

American Association of Teachers of Italian Poetry Contest Level II – Honorable Mention Caitlin Calio Level III – Honorable Mention Maria D’Iorio Mathematics Awards Dr. Joyce Bernstein, Curriculum Associate

American Mathematics Competition 8 Arjun Kapoor

Math Counts Team Anthony Graffigna Seung min Yi Arjun Kapoor Kuan Yu

Alternates Danielle Krueger Jared Rothstein Bonnie Lerman Courtney Schwartz

Junior High Mathletes Top Scorer Grade 8 Kuan Yu Grade 9 Matthew Huhn Tao Zeng Joseph Jacob

American Mathematics Competition 10 Test A Tao Zeng Test B Matthew Huhn

American Mathematics Competition 12 Test A Sushal Penugonda

Test B Zohaib Shaikh

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AMC 12 AIME Qualifying Students Andrew Chen Sushal Penugonda

Nassau County All-Star Sushal Penugonda

Rensselaer Award Zohaib Shaikh

Chris Xanthudakis Award Matthew Rajman

Long Island Math Fair Gold Medal Winners Liting Chiang Joseph Jacob Daniela Czemerinski Ariana Zetlin

Colin Deicke

Mathematics 8 Rachel Tomei

Algebra Perri Schreiber

Geometry Natalie Tabib

Algebra 2 and Trigonometry Ariana Zetlin

Precalculus William Schiela

Mathematics Research Jamie Brensilber Daniela Czemerinski

Computer Science Andrew Chen

Advanced Placement Statistics Juliana Hincapie

Advanced Placement Calculus AB Sriya Bhumi

Advanced Placement Calculus BC Sushal Penugonda

Technology Awards Dr. Sean C. Feeney

Jessica Cohen Television Production Megan Lang Student of the Year Jessica Cohen Humanitarian Award Eric Degliomini MSG Varsity Scholarship Christopher Lepre

English Awards Mr. Stephen Collier, Curriculum Associate Pacesetter Awards Sophomore Ariana Zetlin Juniors Kristen Lee Landon Baker

The Bruce L. Dennis Creative Writing Award William Donnelly

The Rose-Mary Bartul Poetry Award Betsy Tse

The Michael Hurley Memorial Writing Award Steven Davidson

Special Recognition Award Kelsey Eckhoff

The Richard J. Nixon Award for Lauren Nathan Emily Smith Excellence in English

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Theatre Awards Mrs. Karen Klapper, Assistant Principal

Outstanding Technical Achievement Kaitlyn Love

Outstanding Versatile Performance Sarah Olicker

Outstanding Performance by an Actress Alyssa Conte in a Lead Role – Musical

Outstanding Performance by an Actor Jason Charles in a Lead Role – Musical

Outstanding Performance by an Actress – Drama Tal Etedgi

Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Drama Colin Deicke

Special Recognition Award for an Actress and Actor Rochelle Schnitzer Douglas Aliano

Outstanding Newcomer Award Jonathan Reshef

Most Outstanding Theatrical Career Achievement – Female Christina Ames

Most Outstanding Theatrical Career Achievement – Male Kenneth Kriheli

Special Acknowledgement of the Principal Cast of Les Misérables Douglas Aliano Tal Etedgi Christina Ames Kenneth Kriheli Matthew Bancone Christopher Lepre Jason Charles Sarah Olicker Alyssa Conte Jonathan Reshef Colin Deicke Rochelle Schnitzer

Music Awards Mrs. Karen Klapper

Long Island String Festival Association Junior High Division Sydney Goldfine Andrew Hastings Seung min Yi Tao Zeng

High School Division Liting Chiang David Vakili Lambert Chu Maxwell Woods

All-State Participants Alternate Liting Chiang William Sheila

Vocal Jazz Christina Ames

Symphonic Orchestra David Vakili

Mixed Chorus Kenneth Kriheli Sonya Prasad

Wind Ensemble Alan Czemerinski

All-Eastern Participants Jazz Band William Schiela Symphonic Orchestra David Vakili Mixed Chorus Christina Ames Kenneth Kriheli

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All-National Participants Symphonic Orchestra David Vakili

Certificate of Merit Chorus Matthew Bancone Lauren Nathan Alyssa Conte Sonya Prasad

Certificate of Merit Band Arjun Balakumar Jarryd Nelson Nicholas DelMistro Jonathan Reshef Alana Lipson

Certificate of Merit Orchestra Sara Molinsky Matthew Ross Alexia Skiadas

Chorus Award Kenneth Kriheli

Blue Note Award Christina Ames

Michelle Saxon Award Shirley Li

Peter Pane Award Alan Czemerinski

Eve and Jerry Jerome Award Christina Ames

We proudly list below the additional awards our music students have earned. These students have already received their certificates.

All-County Chorus Div. 3 Jillian Gothelf

Band Div. 3 Kathleen Berkery Courtney Schwartz Joshua Hyon

Orchestra Div. 3 Sydney Goldfine Julie Samuels Andrew Hastings Seung min Yi

Chorus Div. 4 Jonathan Fisher Chelsea Wolgel Kaitlyn Love

Band Div. 4 Daniela Czemerinski Christine Mathew

Orchestra, Div. 4 Lambert Chu Christian Hyon

Jazz Band, Div. 4 Matthew Black

Chorus Div. 5 Renita Alexander Rory Heller Christina Ames Kenneth Kriheli Alyssa Conte Sonya Prasad

Band Div. 5 Alan Czemerinski William Schiela

Orchestra Div. 5 Liting Chiang Maxwell Woods David Vakili

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Social Studies Awards Dr. Paul van Wie, Curriculum Associate

Grade 8 Sarah Golden Joseph Guglielmo Courtney Schwartz Grade 9 Jacob Freund Dillon Hanel Benjamin Goldbaum Lauren Perry Grade 10 John Poblador Stacia Tsakonas Nicole Tomei Grade 11 Conor Calio Sushal Penugonda Grade 12 Participation in Government Jamie Rosenthal Regents Core United States History Tawanee Ryan Advanced Placement United States History Zachary Rogers AP Core United States History Liting Chiang Alec Schure Remy Haber Advanced Placement European History Lambert Chu Graham Turk Maria D’Iorio Advanced Placement United States Government Jessica Gerson Alana Lipson Advanced Placement Human Geography Lauren Nathan Jennifer Yadoo Emily Smith Regional Studies Sushal Penugonda AMICUS CURIAE Mock Trial Award Tyler Deutsch Michael Haig Long Island Council for the Social Studies Jennifer Yadoo New York Council for the Social Studies Steven Davidson Human Relations Robert Fallarino Nicole Scheiner Glenn Pribek SWS Award Elizabeth Dean Sarah Goodman National Geographic Bee Willem Kerzner Honorable Mention Theodore Capsis

Warren J. Loring Award Lauren Nathan

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Special Awards Dr. Sean C. Feeney In Recognition of Excellence Arjun Balakumar Megan Murphy Nirali Butala Kaitlyn Nuzzi Jonathan Gullotta Tejas Patel Annalise Kukor Chloe Schwarz Perry Laub Nilay Shah P.T.O Willets Road Recognition Award Presented by Mrs. Alyson Siegler, Wheatley PTO Kevin Liaw Edith Chen The Jim O’Brien Award Robert Fallarino P.T.O. Teacher of the Year Presented by Mrs. Alyson Siegler P.T.O Recognition Award Alyssa Conte Michael Haig The Wheatley Medals Dr. Sean C. Feeney Jason Charles Emily Smith