English Language ArtsAccelerated Plaque ........................... Yang Zheng, Lilliana Uritsky, Erica Yu Accelerated Medal ...................... Henry Dennis, Victoria Sepp, Randy SimAcademic Plaque ...................... Sahar Hesham, Emma Skillman, Elwin Au Academic Medal ..................................Eileen Cao, Cassie Liang, Cindy XuAccelerated Certificates ...............................Yael Ezry, Benjamin Nudelman

Hannah Sobhani-Mahdabi, Avita Rakov, Ugorji BarrahAcademic Certificates ...... Stephanie Huang, Abdur Rahman, Eugene Guo

Nina Derbaremdiker, Zubin Guan

MathematicsAccelerated Integrated Algebra Plaque ..........Minh Vuong, Lilliana Uritsky

Rebecca BarsegyanAccelerated Integrated Algebra Medal ......................Erica Liu, Sara Kugler

Noah TamAcademic Plaque .......................Mikita Paliatayeu, Eli Powers, Kevin Chen Academic Medal ....................... Diana Kulyk, Daniel Lisoviy, Mason GrantAccelerated Integrated Algebra Certificates ................................. Ada Liang

Benjamin Nudelman, Erica Yu Neve Boggins, Ilaria Perrini

Math Academic Certificates ...................... Patricia Gadir, Sophia Suramelli Rebecca Korsunskiy, Katie Gaglio

ScienceLiving Environment Plaque ................. Dana Neyman, Sandra Li, Erica YuLiving Environment Medal .................................. Erica Chen, Raymond Tu

Orlando MazzoleniLiving Environment Certificates .... Lesley Lo, Anna Shepherd, Edison Zhu

Simon Leton, Eman Sadiq

Social StudiesPlaque.......................... Erica Chen, Ryan Kumbatovic, Rebecca BarsegyanMedal ........................... Amelia Podgorski, Olivia Schmitt, Samuel GelfandCertificates ...............................Iris Emmanuel, Devon Seifer, Mason Grant

Spencer Klem, Anna Shepherd

ItalianPlaque..............................Anastasia Tomuz, Anna Shepherd, Kayla Jordan

MandarinPlaque.......................................... Lily Januszka, James McBrien, Cindy Xu

SpanishPlaque (David-Solomon) ..........................Elizabeth Harris, Emma Skillman

Alexander Reyes Plaque (Shapiro) ......... Amelia Sammons, Olivia Schmitt, Nathaniel KolkerPlaque (Velazquez) .................................... Erica Liu, Eman Sadiq, Erica Yu

Art TalentPlaque............................................................ Uta Seliverstov, Victoria SeppMedal ..............................................................Phoebe Nguyen, Minghao LiCertificate .......................................... Joanna Niebrzydowska, Ines Donnelly

Akhmend Khanova

Athletics TalentReuben Berner All-Around .................................................... Tara MurphyPlaque...................................................................................Abdur RahmanMedal ......................................................................................Angelo NunesCertificate .....................................................Gavin Paulsen, Shaye Province

Creative Writing TalentPlaque.......................................................Elizabeth Harris, Lilliana UritskyMedal ....................................................................... Yael Ezry, Eman SadiqCertificate ............................................................Dorothy Ha, Lia FaynbergEzra Jack Keats Bookmaking Contest ........................................ Lillian Zou

Computer/Math TalentPlaque............................. Dana Neyman, Benjamin Nudelman, Noah TamMedal ................................... Adrian Veto, Ugorji Barrah, Victoria BerfirerCertificate ..................... Erica Liu, Michael Abayev, Madhavi Tiruchelvam

Dance TalentPlaque...................................................................................... Janelle LassenMedal .......................................................................................Kayla JordanCertificate .............................................. Gabriel Medina, Ellie Stavropoulos

Akelah Spellman Choreographer of the Year .........................Jaime Beard, Mariella LaChase

Science Talent Plaque..........................................................................................Ryan DongMedal .................................................................Hannah Sobhani-MahdabiCertificate ....................................................................... Rebecca Barsegyan

Strings TalentPlaque........................................................William Corwin, Eric Chen (8H)Medal ............................................................Sophia Irlin, Michelle CusanoCertificate ...............................Kate Khazanova, Sara Novo, Kayo Yamada

Theatre TalentPlaque...................................................... Martin McGee, Sadie Rauchberg Medal ..........................................Alexandria Abrams, Olivia Nelson-GalanCertificate .......................................Mia Loughlin, Alyssa Russo, Zazel TayeAssistant Directors ...............................................................Cyania AugustinPlay Choreographers ................................Kristen Cannavale, Ariel Kovach

Ariana Romans, Ava Ruzza

Visual Media TalentPlaque................................................................................ Amelia PodgorskiMedal ..................................................................................... Callie LovekinCertificate ......................................Phoebe Athanasopoulos, Christina Fotie

Vocal Music TalentPlaque................................................... Patricia Gadir, Brihanna McfarlaneMedal ........................................................... Makayla Lucas, Alyssa CrespoCertificate ............................ Alexa Jacinto, Neve Boggins, Juliana Laureano

Winds TalentPlaque..................................................................................Sophia RemorcaMedal .............................................................Gibson McAssey, Olivia OkinCertificate ..............................................Bernard Celentano, James McBrien

Layla Heady, Andrew Wu

YearbookPlaque.............................................................................. Christina TsimenisMedal .................................................................................Anna Verveniotis Quill & Scroll Medal ....................................Katie Gaglio, Victoria DzyubaBusiness Plaque .............................................................................. Lesley LoBusiness Medal ...........................................................................Dorothy HaLayout/Design Plaque ......................................................Arielle NudelmanLayout/Design Medal ......................................................... Victoria BerfirerLayout/Design Certificate .................................................Chloe DorogoyerPhoto/Graphics Plaque .............................................................. James LurzPhoto/Graphics Medal ............................................................ Simon LetonPhoto/Graphics Certificate .....Nicolette Dentale, Avielle Krendel-SmyslovYearbook Cover Art Design ................................Ilaria Perrini, Jennifer MeiSenior T-shirt Design ................................................................ Ilaria Perrini

Student OrganizationPresident ......................................................................... Gleb CherevichnyyVice-President ......................................................................Abdur RahmanSecretary ................................................................................Iris EmmanuelTreasurer .............................................................................. Ariana Romans

National Junior Honor SocietyPresident ...........................................................................................Erica YuVice-President ...................................................................Mariella LaChaseSecretary .....................................................................................Erica ChenTreasurer ................................................................................Dana Neyman

LibraryPlaque............................................................................................Aaron LinMedal ..........................................................................................Seth JacobsCertificate .................................................................... Richard Mezzasalma

Math TeamDana Neyman, William Chapman, Orlando Mazzoleni

Minh Vuong, Benjamin Nudelman, Eric JinErica Liu, Randy Sim, Noah Tam, Rayna Parikh

Debate Team

Iris Emmanuel, Nikita Chernin (captain), Rayna ParikhJames Lurz, Darren He, Desmond Loo

Social Awareness Awards

Joanna Niebrzydowska, James McBrien, Sofia Novosad, Karla Lazaro

American Federation of School Administrators Leadership Award

Kristen Cannavale

AwArds

Presidential Award for Academic ExcellenceMichael Abayev

Alexandria AbramsJoseph Agostino

Nokhid AkhmedkhanovaPhoebe Athanasopoulos

Elwin AuCyania Augustin

Luke BacheUgorji Barrah

Rebecca BarsegyanVictoria BerfirerAlina BlyuminNeve Boggins

Michelle BoltyshevJosh Borra

Kristen CannavaleEileen Cao

Matthew Chak Ting ChanWilliam Chapman

Angel ChenEric ChenEric ChenErica Chen

Haoran ChenIvan Chen

Kelina ChenGleb Cherevichnyy

Nikita CherninGracelyn CheungSophia CheungHoward ChiuThira CoronaAlyssa CrespoJason Dang

Victoria D’AvinoHenry Dennis

Sheila DhamijaCharlotte DingPaloma Divina

Jade DoanRyan Dong

Ines DonnellyChloe DorogoyerVictoria DzyubaIris Emmanuel

Yael EzryLia Faynberg

Carina FuMariam Gadimova

Katie GaglioSamuel Gelfand

Felix GerzonSophia Gotesman

Mason GrantZubin GuanEugene Guo

Sophie GurevichDorothy Ha

Elizabeth HarrisSophia Hart

Ethan HayuttDarren He

Aleksei HelikSahar Hesham

Raquel HodorovLawrence Hotaling

Ka Yan HuMelody Huang

Julia HurynovichJada HusseinLily Iakunin

Orest IkonomiMaksim IofinovAlexa JacintoLily Januszka

Jack JiangEric Jin

Kayla JordanRaymond JungBrian Kacupaj

Anastasiya KalinkinaHaley Kam

Jacqueline KarlovIsabella Kasparov

Wan Ting KeTristan Kelley

Kate KhazanovaKhondamir Khudaybergenov

Spencer KlemMax Kogan

Nathaniel KolkerRebecca Korsunskiy

Avielle Krendel SmyslovElizabeth Krieger

Sara KuglerDiana Kulyk

Ryan KumbatovicEthan Kyi

Lenny LabinskiyMariella LaChaseGabriella Lantin

Janelle LassenJuliana Laureano

Karla LazaroDaniella Lebedev

Simon LetonChloe LiSerena LiAda Liang

Cassie LiangJason LiangAlma Lin

Sevena Lin LiangAlice LiuErica Liu

Patrick LiuEli LizamaLesley Lo

Mia LoughlinCallie Lovekin

Bree LovellSean Lublinsky

James LurzWan Qiong Ma

Rachel MakOrlando Mazzoleni

Gibson McAsseyJames McBrienMartin McGeeGabriel Medina

Susana MeiDarnel MitchellJames Mitchell

Moorea ModicaTara Murphy

Mark MyagkovSamuel Nagdimov

Olivia Nelson-GalanDana NeymanPhoebe Nguyen

Joanna NiebrzydowskaMaxim Nizhner

Sara NovoSofia Novosad

Arielle NudelmanBenjamin Nudelman

Emmanuel NudelmanOlivia Rose Okin

Rayna ParikhAlexandra Pellot

Ilaria PerriniLuke Plantin

Amelia PodgorskiBenjamin Podokshik

Eli PowersAbdur Rahman

Avita RakovAntonio Raucci

Sadie RauchbergSophia RemorcaAlexander Reyes

Nicole RidelAriana Romans

Ava RuzzaEman Sadiq

Mia SamAmelia Sammons

Jaclyn SatchellMatthew Schlesinger

Olivia SchmittDevon Seifer

Uta SeliverstovEmre SengulVictoria Sepp

Anna ShepherdSimon Shkolnik

Sabrina ShvartsmanRandy Sim

Emma SkillmanRyan Skinner

Hannah Sobhani-MahdabiAndre SoloPhillip Solo

Edmond SongChristina Stavropoulos

Ellie StavropoulosEli Steingardt

Noah TamMaggie TanZazel Taye

Daria Temir BulatMadhavi Tiruchelvam

Anastasia TomuzCharles Tortorici Jr

Joshua TroganRebecca TrosmanChristina Tsimenis

Lapyan D TsuiRaymond Tu

Amirkhan TurokhodzhaevFlorine TutelmanLilliana UritskyAriel Vaisman

Anna VerveniotisAdrian VetoMinh Vuong

Zachary WeinschelCharlie WinerMaya WongAndrew WuCindy XuLina Xu

Adam XueRebecca Yakobovich

Kayo YamadaJessie YangDanny YeErica YuIvan Yu

Yang ZhengEdison ZhuEnyu ZhuLillian Zou

Middle School Principals Association AwardEthan Shtifman

Association of Assistant Principals AwardJames Mitchell, Jillian Powers

NYS Attorney General Triple “C” AwardDanielle Lebedev, Aron Lin

NYS Comptroller Thomas Napoli Achievement AwardEthan Hayutt

NYS Assembly AwardChloe Li, Tara Murphy

NYS Assembly Award for Community ServiceJames Mitchell

NYC Council Speaker’s Achievement AwardIvan Yu, Wan Qiong (Wendy) Ma

NYC Comptroller Achievement AwardEmmanuel Nudelman

NYC Public Advocate Achievement AwardRebecca Yakobovich, Victoria D’Avino

NYC Council Member School Service AwardRaquel Hodorov, Emmanuel Nudelman

Kings County District Attorney Certificate of ExcellenceTristan Kelley, Lina Xu

SUNY Downstate Science AwardMatthew Chan

BWECC Community Service AwardAlexa Jacinto

Community Education Council District 21 AwardIshmeal (Andrew) Simms, Zak Sujkovic

Presidents’ Council District 21 Student Recognition Award Rhiannon Curte, Patrick Liu

United Federation of Teachers AwardRhiannon Curte, Richard Poverin, Jadesola Pedro

Chess AwardMathew Schlesinger

Carmel Salerno MemorialGiancarlo Pena, Katie Liu, Eric Wu

NIA Future Cities TeamIvan Chen, Gracelyn Cheung, Jadesola Pedro, Elizabeth Krieger

James Rakhamim, Yaakov Zarzar, Devin David, Justin Cuvelier

Mark Twain Administration Karen Ditolla ...................................................... Principal Rosanna Conenna ...............................Assistant Principal Christopher Rodriguez ........................Assistant Principal Christine Sciascia .................................Assistant PrincipalHelen Nier-Russo..................................... Special Ed CITDennis Panagos ........................................ Program OfficePatricia Vento .......................................... Program OfficeMatthew Bell .............................................................DeanTracy Sutera .................Resource Instructional Specialist Stefania Vasquenz ..............................Parent CoordinatorDelgermaa Ganbaatar .......................................GuidanceJohn Meglino .....................................................GuidanceNeslyn LaBrun ........................................................SAPISSherman Clouden .............School Food Service ManagerDon Iaccarino ...................................................Custodian Isabel DiMola ........................Superintendent, District 21

Student Support ServicesArge Arniotes, Michelle Bolonik, Monica Cardona

Michelle Esses Buls, Nancy Eisenberg, Elina Gerzon Mitch Kaley, Arnold Fuller, Martine Kercelin Toni Ann Lanza, Kenneth Kiel, Ralph Louis

Peter Medina, Charlene Mompremier-Renervil Elana Russo, Maria Santiago, Araminta Sparacio

Michael Wilson, Irina Zeylikman

Parents’ AssociationJamie Russo .................................................. Co-PresidentStella Tsimenis ............................................. Co-PresidentCathy Cronin ............................................. Vice PresidentCathy Lopez ............................................... Vice PresidentEmily Ho ............................................................TreasurerMaria Gorelic ..................................... Financial SecretaryMadina Ibrahim ............................... Recording SecretaryJay Daguindeau ......................... Corresponding Secretary

Graduation Committee

Karen Ditolla ................................................. SupervisionRosanna Conenna ......................................... SupervisionChristopher Rodriguez .................................. SupervisionChristine Sciascia ........................................... SupervisionChristine Orsini .................Senior Activities Coordinator June Gevertzman ........................Color Guard/Librarian Cecilia Robles ..............................................CoordinationDunja Froman ..............................................CoordinationAmy Stromes ................................................ Coordination Alan Faiola ............................................. Musical Director Tonio Rizzi, Paul Rubin .................................................... Lucia Sutera .................Programs, Certificates, Diplomas,

Invitations, Signs, YearbookMichele Wallach ................................................YearbookDiane Gullo .................................... Graduation Secretary Tamara Richman .......................... Graduation Secretary Joanne Carbonaro .......................... Graduation Assistant Linda Cocchiola .............................. Graduation AssistantJudy Kreisberg .................................................Attendance Ilaria Perrini ..............................Graduation Cover Photo

English Language ArtsErica Barone, Toni Ann DeMario

Roseann DeVito-Boccadifuoco, Jacklyn French Ruby Ma, Erin O’Brien, Cecilia Robles

Matthew Rosado, Stacey Rubin Amy Stromes, Michele Wallach

Mathematics/ComputerAmy Bernard, Evan Burgos, Marie Cajuste

Laren Coscia, Jonathan Hamill Jennifer Katz, Regina Lezamiz, Vivian Ng

Tonio Rizzi, Paul Rubin Raymond Somentac, Lucia Sutera

ScienceAnn Aubrey, Josette Baraquia, Jason Batus

Joanna Caliendo, Margaret Daly, Brittany Gargiulo Brittany Golembe, Leslie Paris

Melissa Redden, Aimee Villacres

Social StudiesSusan Belkin, Samantha Coppola

John Costanzo, Daniela DiGiallonardo Dunja Froman, Donna Levitt, Robert Shaughnessy

Nicholas Siciliano, Potoula Stavropoulos

Foreign LanguageRosalia Cucinotta, Paula David-Solomon

Shi Yao Liu, Alison Shapiro Veronica Velazquez

Physical EducationStephen Avena, Michael Cohen, Deborah Fioretta

Visual ArtsJulie Checkett, Ellen Shlayan

Artyom Trubnikov, Erin Zelley

Performing ArtsTiffany Chiang, Peter DeCaro, Alan Faiola

Lisa Principato, Danielle Tavolacci

EnrichmentBeth Calise, David Giacino, Thomas Fortunato

Darren Kessler, Jessica Remboulis Christine Orsini, Lisa Suarez

Special EducationLaurie Brownfeld, Teresa Bonanno,Lucille Czerniuk, Valerie Dorris, Jennifer Gellerstein, Jacqueline Miano

Annie O’Sullivan, Courtney Pastore, Eliud Rios Britney Sheridan, Tiziana Zagami

Serena Abad, Dominick Aluotta, Shorena Barbakadaze Ariana Bianco, Lauren Bernstein, Alla Brodetskaya Yuriy Brodetskiy, Nicole Cavitolo, Katelyn Check

Robert DiBella, JoAnna DiMola, Angela Dvoretsky Linda Fiore, Annalisa Formica, Joanne Gatti Lisa Hernandez-Kreuger, Katherine Hopkins

Raheim Jackson, Matthew Kuffner, Andrea Lauer Megan Maldonado, Katelynn Marcello, Vinessa Miano

Joanne Palapoli, Diane Ryan, Brendan Thompson Amelia Vertolomo, Kimberly Vinciguerra

Rita Volpe, Gabriella Zicolello

Personnel