2013-14 Awards Newsletter - Guilderland Central School District

2013-14 Awards Newsletter - Guilderland Central School District

2013-14
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Kudos & Congratulations
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n Saturday, June 28, 415 Guilderland High School students
walked across the stage of the SEFCU Arena at the University
at Albany to receive their diplomas and begin the next chapter of
their lives beyond of the halls of Guilderland High School.
Wearing caps and gowns
of red and white, graduates
celebrated their successes,
friendships, and memories
of GHS before a crowd of
parents, family members,
teachers and peers.
The Class of 2014 has
much to be proud of this
year. Whether in the classroom, on a stage, or across
an athletic field, our students
have all accomplished great
things throughout their
time at Guilderland Central
School District. They have
learned lessons and built
relationships that will last a
lifetime.
As they move forward
from the halls of the high
school, these graduates can
be confident that they will
be entering a new phase in
their lives–whether it be at
college, in the workplace
or in the military–as educated, prepared young adults
ready for new and exciting
challenges. They can be confident in their potential to do
great things.
Graduation is a time to celebrate success and this special
edition of the district newsletter highlights those students
in grades kindergarten
through 12 who have been
recognized throughout the
past school year for their exemplary efforts. Photos from
the GHS Commencement are
also featured throughout the
publication, as well.
National Merit Awards
National Merit Finalists
Matthew Gu
Hahn-Sol Kang
Justina Liu
Isaac Malsky
Luxi Peng
Michelle Xiong
Central
School
District
con t e n t s
2 National Honor
Society inductees;
Junior awards
3 Junior National Honor
Society inductees
4High School
senior awards
6 Board of Education
awards
National Merit
Commended Students
Knute Armstrong
Ritwik Dan
Andrew Fedorov
Sreelekha Paladugu
Sally Slingerland
YinMeng Tian
8NYSSMA awards; FMS President’s awards
Congratulations to everyone honored in this issue,
and best wishes to the Class
of 2014 as they enter into a
bright and exciting future!
Highest Honors Graduates (95+ Average)
Kaitlyn Becker
Renee Benninger
Ryker Bodo
Emily Center
Laura Chevalier
Ashley Cohen
David Corey
Jessalynn Crusado
Ritwik Dan
Michele DeAngelis
Alexis Donnelly
Nga Ying Eng
Katie Espinola
Michelle Falcone
Parastoo Ghiamati-Yazdi
Rachel Gingrich
Matthew Gu
Morgan Hardt
Courtland Ingraham
Hahn-Sol Michele Kang
Eric Kaufman
Margarette Keesee
Andrew Kemp
Lauren Kogelmann
David Lasselle
Alec Lee
Kristine Liotta
Justina Liu
Isaac Malsky
Blayne Marion
Lily Mazur
Shauna McDonald
Maeve Montesi
Jessica Murray
Morgan Olson
Sreelekha Paladugu
Tyler Phillips
Matthew Potolski
Darina Relyea
Jenna Robinson
Reza Sayeed
Sally Slingerland
Molly Sonenberg
Stephanie Sottile
Naomi Tenenini
Aimee Terry
Taylor Tewksbury
Michael Trichilo
Nicole Van Oort
Anne Walsh
Michelle Xiong
Empowering all students to succeed in the 21st Century
2013-2014 Awards Issue
High School
Central School District
Honor Society
Congratulations to the following Guilderland High School students
recently inducted into the National Honor Society:
Fady AbdElMalek
Eden Alin
Nathaniel Backus
Iyal Basen
Laura Bauer
Cody Baumann
Monica Beach
Esther Bell
Nathan Bierman
David Bone
Leonard Bopp
Angela Boschetti
Lauren Boyce
Kathleen Brandt
Naila Brown
Sarah Buerker
Victoria Burnham
Andrew Burns
Emily Burns
Preston Butler
Jenna Buyck
Hayley Chang
Alicia Chen
Ashley Cleary
Logan Cleary
Sarah Cohen
Christina Commisso
Vivian Dai
Brandon Das
Julia Davidoff
Elana Desantis
Daniel DiBiase
Kirsten DiCaprio
Naomi Downes
Elizabeth Eckhardt
Megan Eddy
Olivia Elmore
Abigail Forman
Sarah Forman
Kelly Gao
Emily Gersowitz
Rebecca Golderman
Bryce Goyer
John Grabek
Amy Guo
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Meghan Gutknecht
Charlotte Harlow
Alexandra Hawley
Jennifer Hoffmann
Emily Honen
Alexander Johnston
Brent Katlan
Azima Kureshi
Kayla Lanza
Margaret Lawler
Stephanie LeClair
David Lennard
Michael Lia
Jarita Liang
Samantha Lindberg
Jillian Love
Andrew Maercklein
Kristina Marinopoulos
Jared Marriner
Scott Martin
Michael Masley-Hannett
Bradley McGuire
Lily Meyers
Rebecca Miceli
Patrick Moriarty
Carrie Rose Mulligan
Jo Ann Mulligan
Nurtai Munzhurov
Elena Musteata
Maggie O’Brien
Katelyn O’Hehir
Kenzie O’Lena
Isaac Obwald
Alexis Ochs
Lotanna Ojukwu
Emma Oliver
Mariah Palagyi
Nihaal Pabba
Jakob Patschureck
Natasha Permaul
Gabriel Petitti
Benjamin Phelan
Dayna Poskanzer
Cara Quimby
Rachel Quinn
Amir Rastegar
Emily Romano
Jacob Rosenberg
Annette Rubin
Gianluca Russo
Nicole Salatel
Evan Sanders
Julia Sanford
Matthew Scatena
Matthew Schiller
Olivia Schneider
August Schwenk
Eileen Seery
Andrew Sentz
David Septer
Azen Shahzad
Ioana Sima
Vlad Sima
Haley Sirota
Sydney Smarro
Eliza Smith
Matthew Smolenski
Gwyndolyn Sofka
Christopher Sour
Emilee Stevens
Bhagyashree
Subramaniam
Erin Templeton
Michael Talone
Nicole Viola
Reid Vogel
Nicolas Von Dollen
Aubrey Walden
Ryan Walsh
Erik Webb
Christopher
Wertman
Rachel Wilson
Rebekah Wolanski
Michelle Yu
Yuqing Zhu
Jennifer Zyniecki
Junior Awards
■
American Legion Auxiliary Girls State. Julia Davidoff
and Gwyndolyn Sofka
■
American Legion Boys State. Brandon Das, Scott Martin, Zachary McNally, and Benjamin Phelan
■
Brandeis Book Award. Natasha Permaul
■
Clarkson Achievement Award. Jennifer Hoffmann
■
Clarkson Leadership Award. Elizabeth Eckhardt
■
Elmira College Key Award. Brent Katlan and
Stephanie LeClair
■ Harvard – The Prize Book of the Harvard Alumni
Association. Vivian Dai
■
Lawrence Technological University Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics. Nathaniel Backus
■
Le Moyne College Heights Award. Kathleen Brandt
■
Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association of the
Capital District Book Award. Kelly Gao
■
RPI Medal. Alicia Chen
■
Rochester Institute of Technology Computing Medal.
Matthew Scatena and Yuqing Zhu
■
Rochester Institute of Technology Innovation and
Creativity Award. Olivia Elmore and David Septer ■
Sage Recognition Award. Margaret Lawler and Michelle Yu
■
St. Lawrence University Book Award. Samantha Lindberg
■
The Saint Michael’s College Book Award for Scholarship and Service. Leonard Bopp and Megan Eddy
■
Smith College Book Award. Bryce Goyer
■
University of Rochester Bausch and Lomb Honorary
Science Award. Amy Guo
■
University of Rochester Frederick Douglas/Susan B.
Anthony Award. Ashley Cleary
■ University of Rochester George Eastman Young Leaders Award. Eliza Smith
■
University of Rochester Xerox Award for Innovation &
Information Technology. Elena Musteata
■
Wells College 21st Century Leadership Award.
Bhagyashree Subramaniam
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National Junior Honor Society
Congratulations to these Farnsworth Middle School eighth graders, who were recently inducted into
the National Junior Honor Society:
Michel AbdElMalek
Roberto Amore
Kayla Anderson
Grace Aniolek
Victoria Anthony
Nicole Anzalone
Michael Ardito
Hannah Armony
John Arnold
Aaron Ashery
Brianna Attanasio
Reva Bardhi
Dylan Bartlett
Aaron Beams
Christopher Bellcourt
Francesca Below
Matthew Bender
Ethan Berbrick
Isabel Bidot
Shika Bitkuri
Cheryl Blank
Simon Blattstein
Emily Bolognino
John Bonanno
Leah Bonanno
Chloe Bonavita
Evan Bopp
Ashley Boyce
Michael Breton
Miranda Bristol
Rachel Brucker
Christina Buckey
Sadie Buerker
Erin Bush
Colin Buyck
Kayla Byerly
Lily Call
Iris Canchela
Bariela Capollari
Christina Cardona
William Carmichael
Justin Caulfield
Joseph Center, Jr.
Natalie Chang
Christian Clifford
Adam Couture
Aiden Coy
Matthew Creighton
Alexander Cresanti
Angus Cropley
Anthony Cusato
Ella Davidson
Matthew Dean
Sarah DeJoy
Alyscia DelValle
Erin Deyoe
Michael DiBella
Kailyn DiBianco
Alexa DiCaprio
Nicholas Dombroski
Trevor Donovan
Winston Douglas
Ava Doyle
Francis Duffy II
Hannah Durant
Katelyn Dvorscak
Ryan Eddy
Elizabeth Elliott
Haydn Elmore
Riley Evans
Jessica Fiori
Christine Fish
Stephanie Ford
Victor Foster
Olivia Francis
Dalton Futia
Katherine Futia
Caitlin Gagan
Victoria Gagnon
Hannah Gallagher
Maxwell Gebauer
Brandon Gilliland
Julia Glass
Abigail Goes
Haley Golderman
Jonah Goldstein
Sean Gordon
Samuel Groezinger
Alex Gugie
Sierra Guzzo
Benjamin Hale
Olivia Hanley
Joseph Harwood
Jake Hernandez
Emily Hesler
Brendan Hoffman
Lauren Horstmyer
Ryan Huber
Haemin Hwang
Shitima Iqbal
Sean Isom
Thomas Jambunathan
Sumner Jewell
Arnav Kannan
Theodore Karavolas
Aditya Kattuboina
Amelia Kedik
Shea Keirstead
Margan Kieley
Julianne Kim
Matthew Kinnally
Erica Kirchhof
Benjamin Klamka
Andrew Korchowsky
Emma Korchowsky
Kristin Krieg
Andrew Leicht
Noelle Lennard
Michelle Lin
Julia Liu
Katlyn Lloyd
Trevor Long
Emily Lynch
Madison Macchiarella
Shahnila Mahmood
Shahrina Mahmood
Febronia Mansour
Alexandra Marino
Belen Marriaga
Christina Martin
Kyle Mastrangelo
Travis Mauro
Mitchell McCormack
Riley McCutcheon
Austin McGee
Alexander Mendel
Grant Mengel
Erin Miceli
Hannah Miller
Madison Miller
Austin Monlea
Kathryn Moriarty
Allison Moser
Kathryn Muller
Laura Beth Mulligan
Caroline Murphy
Kevin Murphy
Jonathan Ngo
Justin Nhan
Paul Nho
Jaziah Nichter
Elizabeth Nielsen
Fathima Noordeen
Joseph O’Brien
Jack O’Riley
Benjamin Oertel
Matthew Papandrea
Joseph Park
Nicholas Pasquarella
Kaitlyn Paul
Morgan Phillips
Lillian Pickett
Treasa Powathil
Michelle Prunier
Connor Quimby
Courtney Rafferty
Joanna Rassias
Sarah Readdean
Bria Robinson
Allison Rosa
Natalie Russo
Stephanie Ruland
Quinn Ryan
Ella Sabatino
Antonino Salatel
Maia Santoro
Angelo Sbardella
Zachary Schneider
Jared Schwartz
Marco Sciocchetti
Trevor Sebben
Maya Septer
Benjamin Shah
Sarah Shamlian
Massoud Sharif
Hassain Shiju
Marissa Simeone
Oliver Simonsen
Hugh Smith
Sara Smith
Cassandra Snyder
Jordyn Sommo
Skyler Spanbauer
Jason Starkman
John Steffens
Michael Stein
Samantha Stern
Alexandra Stevens
Lauryn Stewart
Arthur Stott
Silma Subah
Laxmishree Subramaniam
Jeffrey Sullivan
Madison Sullivan
Suraj Suresh
Matthew Swintek
Jessica Tallman
Luke Tanner
Taniya Thomas
Alexa Thompson
Amanda Thottam
Mallory Trainor
John Tricozzi
Alexis Valenti
Daria Veselov
Lan-Chi Vo
Alexander Waldenmaier
Luke Walter
Anna Williams
Torre Wilson
Nathan Wood
Isabella Wu
Helen Yang
Layla Yousef
Chiyuan Zhong
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2013-2014 Awards Issue
Guilderland High School
Senior Awards
Central School District
■ Eric Fenton Scholarship-Guilderland Rotary. Awarded to Fiona
Hayden
■ Eric Grimsted Memorial. Awarded to Chriselda Koottumkal
■ Albany County 4-H Leaders Association. Awarded to Mary Jean
Mulligan
■ Ewald & Sheryll Krey Memorial Award. Awarded to Knute
Armstrong
■ Altamont Alumni for Academic Excellence Award. Awarded to Parastoo Ghiamati-Yazdi and Michelle Xiong
■ Faith Schullstrom Award. Awarded to Nga Ying Eng
■ Altamont High School Alumni Award. Awarded to Justina Liu
■ First Niagara Bank. Awarded to Nicholas Bruni
■ Focus Parent Group Award. Awarded to Andrea Califano and Tyffany
■ American Legion Auxiliary, Helderberg Unit No. 977 & GCHS
Foreign Language Award. Awarded to Lily Mazur and Jenna Robinson
Krausse
■ Amy Arena Scholarship. Awarded to Aimee Terry
■ Fort Hunter Volunteer Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary. Awarded to Amy
Toscano and Colton White
■ Anthony D. Cervoni Running Scholarship. Awarded to Jacob Hill
■ Army ROTC Scholarship. Awarded to Marcus Knodler
■ GFD Ladies Auxiliary Community Service Scholarship. Awarded to
Jessica Doubleday
■ Blue Shield Scholars Scholarship. Awarded to Jack Watson
■ GHS Senior Class Leadership Award. Awarded to Michelle Falcone
and Abigail Kedik
■ Business and Marketing Educators’ Association Student of the Year
Award. Awarded to Zoe Bousbouras
■ GHS Senior Class Participation Award. Awarded to Mary Jean
Mulligan, Darina Relyea, Elizabeth Schumacher and Joseph Sipzner
■ Caitlin Elizabeth Clancy Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Taryn
Schmidt
■ Gifford Grange 1549 Award. Awarded to Timothy Gade
■ Catherine Patten Community Service Award. Awarded to Morgan
■ Gregory J. Aidala Scholarship Fund. Awarded to Elise Burby and
Joseph Sipzner
Olson
■ Charles J. Ciaccio Scholarship Award. Awarded to Alexis Donnelly
■ Conference All-State Recognition. Awarded to Samuel Diedrich
■ CTE Business Award. Awarded to Ellen Dollard
■ C-Z Antos Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Isaac Malsky
■ Dale Westcott Award. Awarded to Matthew Gu and Nicole Van Oort
■ D.A.R. American History Award – Old Hellebergh Chapter. Awarded
to Hahn-Sol Kang
■ D.A.R. Citizenship Award - Old Hellebergh Chapter. Awarded to
Michelle Falcone
■ Guilderland Elks No. 2480 Scholarship. Awarded to Ritwik Dan and
Abigail Peck
■ Guilderland Employees Association. Awarded to Anthony Grillo and
Zachary Johnston
■ Guilderland Music Parents and Friends Award. Awarded to Alexis
Donnelly, Marygrace Graves, Courtland Ingraham, Andrea Long,
Joseph Sipzner and Alanna Wilson
■ Guilderland Parent Teacher Association Council Awards. Awarded to
Julian Christiano, Darryl Cokes, Jasmin Eustache, Courtland Ingraham,
Brianna Knauf, Louis Kontakos, Chriselda Koottumkal and Tatiana
Leonard
■ Guilderland Police Benevolent Association Award. Awarded to Shannon Mackesey
■ Daryl Farley Scholarship. Awarded to Fiona Hayden
■ David A. Walsh Scholarship. Awarded to David Lasselle
■ Donna Ryan Amato Scholarship. Awarded to Blayne Marion
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■ Guilderland Teachers Association Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to
Courtland Ingraham
■ Howard Ogsbury Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Justina Liu and
Nicole Van Oort
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■ Hudson Valley Book Award. Awarded to Angela Yang
■ Jenny Wasson Memorial Award. Awarded to Emily Center and
Stephanie Sottile
■ John P. Dornbush Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to James Crowley
■ John Philip Sousa Band Award. Awarded to Sally Slingerland
■ Journal Alumni Award. Awarded to Andrew Fedorov, Isaac Malsky
and Luxi Peng
■ Julia Wells Nursing Scholarship. Awarded to Kate Gnirrep
■ Kathy Seaton Award. Awarded to Alec Lee and Morgan Olson
■ Kenneth C. LeVine Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Zachary
Miller
■ Knights of Pythias Scholastic Achievement Award. Awarded to Sarah
Ruggles
■ PTSA Award. Awarded to Camerina Ramirez
■ Kristen Paradiso Ricci Music Award. Awarded to Andrea Long
■ PTSA Special Award. Awarded to Laura Chevalier
■ Laughter is the Best Medicine. Awarded to Jack Marcucci
■ PTSA Special Award. Awarded to Kyle Palumbo
■ Louis Armstrong Jazz Award. Awarded to Luke Anthony
■ Robert J. Hilt Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Luxi Peng
■ Mary Lou Kisby/Elizabeth Severson Memorial Scholarship. Awarded
to Sreelekha Paladugu
■ Scholarship for Girls presented by the Kiwanis Club of Guilderland.
Awarded to Kristine Liotta and Angela Yang
■ Media Award. Awarded to Krystal Cole
■ Micki Nevett Literature Scholarship. Awarded to Michael Trichilo
■ Nancy E. Davis Memorial Art Scholarship. Awarded to Taylor
Tewksbury and Alyssa Varsanyi
■ National Honor Society Award. Awarded to Julian Christiano and
■ School Systems Federal Credit Union Community Service Award.
Awarded to Julia Kronick
■ Semper Fidelis Bandsman Scholarship. Awarded to Joseph Sipzner
■ Society of Mayflower Descendants Award. Awarded to Edmund
Doyle and Lauren Kogelmann
Sarah Ruggles
■ National Merit Scholarship Award. Awarded to Matthew Gu,
■ Stacy Ann Zounes Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Sydney
Campbell
Hahn-Sol Kang, Justina Liu, Isaac Malsky, Luxi Peng and Michelle
Xiong
■ Student Government Scholarship. Awarded to Carli Weinberg
■ National School Choral Award. Awarded to Joseph Sipzner and
Stephanie Sottile
■ Thomas P. Farrelly Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Mackenzie
Lozano
■ National School Orchestra Award. Awarded to Hahn-Sol Kang
■ United States Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award
Program. Awarded to Michele DeAngelis and Tyler Phillips
■ New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent
Association Scholarship. Awarded to James Herrmann
■ Noah Lodge No. 754 of Free and Accepted Masons Howard F.
Ogsbury Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Jordan Kinnally
■ V. Dalton (Duff) Bambury Award. Awarded to Daniel Grogan
■ VanWormer Award. Awarded to Courtland Ingraham
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2013-2014 Awards Issue
Central School District
2014 Board of
Education Awards
The following students were recognized by the Guilderland
Board of Education during the 2013-14 school year:
FMS Superior Achievement
(“A” average for the first 3 marking periods)
GRADE 6
Dawson Aitken
Mary Aniolek
Bhavana Arige
Mila Augendre
Ian Avery
Ella Baker
Megan Becker
Andrew Bennett
Emily Bini
Patrick Blanchard, Jr.
Emily Borden
Natalie Borges
Julia Burke
Cole Campbell
Amy Chen
Bryan Chong
Bryce Chong
Jesse Cohen-Greenberg
Avery Colburn
Sean Collins
Molly Conaway
Matthew Conforti
Jessica Coton
Jillian Creighton
Victor Dai
Prithwish Dan
Kaitlin Daviero
Maria Dean
Celia Defrancisco
Bhumika Devkota
Daniela DiCarlo
Morgan Dillon
Sheridan Dillon
Isabella DiMura
Jacqueline Ding
Mary Rose Duffy
Matthew Dunn
William Duprey
Grace Elliott
Connor Fiederlein
Brandon Ford
Emily Frey
Brendan Gagan
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Michael Gitto
Jennifer Gonick
Reed Gordon
Bryan Guo
Leena Gupta
Grace Hines
Ryan Hoyle
Alexa Johnson
Jason Kiernan
Ryan Kirchhof
Tyler Kisby
Alyssa Koh
Sophia Kujawski
Saurabh Kumar
Alyssa Landry
Hailey Leach
Genevieve Leto
Tien-Ning Lin
Sarah Lindberg
Sarah Loman
Kaitlyn Losito
John Malone III
Sade Miller
Caitlin Mooney
Margot Nezaj
Sean O’Brien
Nishika Pabba
John Parsons
Rose Petitti
Shreyas Raman
Caroline Ravalli
Marie Reilly
Benjamin Rosa
Rebecca Rowe
Maria Santacrose
Nicholas Sanza
Rashmina Sayeeda
Hannah Schulman
Peyton Septer
Afton Serviss
Alyssa Smith
Victoria Smith
Sydney Steinhardt
Alexander Stephens
Yuven Sundaramoorthy
Julianna Swartz
David Talone
Margot Tanner
Rose Tavakoli
Reshma Thatipelly
Taylor Thompson
Glenn Trechel
Jeffrey Trzeciak
Manasa Uppala
Brianna Vottis
Alan Wang
Tracy Wei
Allyson Williams
Kenneth Yamashita
Sanders Zhang
Meriel Zhao
GRADE 7
Danielle Abbruzzese
Alexis Anagnostopulos
Carly Anders
John Avery
Jennifer Bartlett
Daniel Bemis
Jack Billington
Jacqueline Bourgeois
Meghan Brewer
Isabella Bruno
Cameron Burdgick
Dhanush Busarapu
Emily Callender
Michael Camarra
Anna Capuano
Lydia Cartwright
Brandon Caulfield
Yurim Chae
Rubin Chen
Madhura Chettiar
Nicole Chiang
Anna Ciccarelli
Colette Cohen
Samuel Cole
Allison Cusumano
Andrew Czekay
Anna Davidson
Mira Del Signore
Meghan Depew
Rachel Drislane
Sandra Eldeiry
Olivia Fanshawe
Julianne Ford
Ryan Garrant
Sophie Gerchikov
Jamie Golderman
Gustavo Gonzalez
Jacob Govel
Hunter Griffith
William Guo
Sydney Hillenbrandt
Shane Hoffman
Alexa Krempa
Ved Kumar
Anna LeClair
Henry Li
Sierra Liotta
John Lippert IV
Ryan Maercklein
Jennifer Maselli
Nicole McGrath
Allison McKenna
Caitlyn Miller
Cara Mortati
Julia Motler
Timothy Myers
Michael Neal
Logan Neimeyer
Victoria Nemeth
Isabella Nezaj
Lauren O’Connor
Dylan Olson
Esther Park
Evanna Peng
Nicolas Popolizio
Amanda Purello
Travis Rathwell
Jacob Renaud
Halle Risko
Zachary Selsley
Anthony Sericolo
Jin Shang
Isabella Smith
Jessa Smith
John Sokaris
Jack Streeter
Sonal Swain
Miranda Thottam
Noah Tindale
Michelle Topaltzas
Nickolas Tyson
Hannah Valensi
Aasiyah Virjee
Jocelyn Vititow
Ryan Vogel
Erin Wadsworth
Laura Waltz
Adam Webber
Sara Williams
Karen Zhu
Kevin Zuchowski
GRADE 8
Luke Aghanenu, Jr.
Reva Bardhi
Christopher
Bellcourt
Chloe Bonavita
Evan Bopp
Miranda Bristol
Sadie Buerker
Colin Buyck
Kayla Byerly
Iris Canchela
Yunhyung Choi
Noah CohenGreenberg
Matthew Creighton
Matthew Dean
Alyscia DelValle
Michael DiBella
Kailyn DiBianco
Trevor Donovan
Ava Doyle
Francis Duffy II
Ryan Eddy
Jessica Fiori
Christine Fish
Katherine Futia
Caitlin Gagan
Victoria Gagnon
Julia Glass
Abigail Goes
Jonah Goldstein
Peyton Hunt
Haemin Hwang
Thomas
Jambunathan
Arnav Kannan
Theodore Karavolas
Aditya Kattuboina
Sayeed Khan
Julianne Kim
Erica Kirchhof
Michelle Lin
Skye Lindsay
Julia Liu
Katlyn Lloyd
Emily Lynch
Madison
Macchiarella
Febronia Mansour
Isabella Mantica
Alexandra Marino
Christina Martin
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Travis Mauro
Erin Miceli
Hannah Miller
Madison Miller
Austin Monlea
Sarah Moon
Kathryn Moriarty
Kathryn Muller
Laura Beth Mulligan
Justin Nhan
Paul Nho
Ifeyinwa Ojukwu
Ifunanya Ojukwu
Joseph Park
Morgan Phillips
Lillian Pickett
Treasa Powathil
Aaron Pradhan
Michelle Prunier
Joanna Rassias
Sarah Readdean
Bria Robinson
Allison Rosa
Timothy Ryan
Antonino Salatel
Maia Santoro
Samantha Sellie
Maya Septer
Sarah Shamlian
Massoud Sharif
Hugh Smith
Cassandra Snyder
Samantha Stern
Alexandra Stevens
Lauryn Stewart
Silma Subah
Laxmishree Subramaniam
Jeffrey Sullivan
Suraj Suresh
Matthew Swintek
Luke Tanner
Taniya Thomas
Alexa Thompson
Amanda Thottam
Mallory Trainor
Daria Veselov
Lan-Chi Vo
Alexander Waldenmaier
Luke Walter
Helen Yang
Layla Yousef
Chiyuan Zhong
GHS Superior Achievement
(95+ average for the first 3 marking periods)
GRADE 9
Anna Alberski
Megan Anders
Amelia Bell
Felicia Bianca
Madison Bini
Erin Campbell
Fang Chi Chang
Matthew Clark
Melissa Cooper
Holly Delwiche
Erin Delwiche
Daniella Duglin
Amelia Dunn
Andrew Eldeiry
Mia Ermolenko
Joseph Giordano
Myrna Gonzalez
Fiona Govin
Kevin Greene
Michael Hamilton
Jordyn Helfrich
Mohima Iqbal
Kyle Katlan
Hayley Kmack
Adam Kronick
Sagar Kumar
Katie Kumta
Hannah Lloyd
Glenn MacDonald
Emily Maercklein
George Marinopoulos
Ryan McGrath
Mariah Micare
Judy Min
Amini Mobele
Nikita Naidu
Anish Nayak
Jun Woo Oh
Priyan Pathirana
Stephen Perez, Jr.
Connor Phillips
Ryan Porter
Ian Pradhan
Kevin Reilly
Sydney Roffman
Christopher Scheidel
Julia Scipione
Angela Scipione
Nicole Scipione
Marissa Scotti
Mateen Sharif
Jason Sindoni
Sierra St. Louis
Jason Streeter
Megan Szesnat
Nicole Teaney
Jackson Theis
Claire Thompson
Christian Tolfa
Tory Tyksinski
Julia Unser
Jacob Valensi
Anh Vo
Kate Watson
Alexa Watts
Emily Williams
Kelly Wuthrich
Edward Yu
GRADE 10
Madeleine Aitken
Jacob Blattstein
Meghan Bruni
Jared Capuano
Madeline Cartwright
Salil Chaudhry
Jeremy Collison
Caroline Conforti
Amanda Conklin
Katherine Cotten
Andrew Dame
Alexandra DiLillo
Taylor Disco
William Dong
Kathryn Gonick
Megan Govin
James Gray
Sarah Hanlon
Karly Hastings
Sara Houck
Sean Hourihan
Sarah Jones
Alyssa Kogelmann
Sara Kogelmann
Bayley Kralik
Emma Krempa
Peter Ladopoulos
Alana Lake
Anne Lin
Cameron Long
Gretchen Long
Brynn Marion
Khadija Moussadek
Maria Neely
Michael O’Mara
Colleen Powers
Sean Quinn
Catherine Rafferty
Victoria Rathwell
Allison Reiner
Kellyn Reiner
Elaine Santos
Gabrielle Sanza
Catherine Seita
Nicholas Sokaris
Mary Stammel
Nora Stevens
Chloe Stevens
Rebecca Taksir
Aezat Ullah
William Wang
Amanda Warren
Allegra Wu
Katie Yang
Ishmam Yousuf
Michael Zhu
GRADE 11
Fady AbdElMalek
Eden Alin
Zakariya Alloush
Nathaniel Backus
Laura Bauer
Cody Baumann
Monica Beach
Leonard Bopp
Kathleen Brandt
Andrew Burns
Emily Burns
Jenna Buyck
Sarah Castagne
Alicia Chen
Ashley Cleary
Vivian Dai
Brandon Das
Julia Davidoff
Kirsten DiCaprio
Naomi Downes
Elizabeth Eckhardt
Olivia Elmore
Abigail Forman
Sarah Forman
Sophia Foster
Kelly Gao
Emily Gersowitz
Rebecca Golderman
Bryce Goyer
Theresia Gueber
Amy Guo
Meghan Gutknecht
Charlotte Harlow
Jennifer Hoffmann
Brent Katlan
Margaret Lawler
Stephanie LeClair
Rosemary Leicht
Samantha Lindberg
Andrew Maercklein
Scott Martin
Michael Masley-Hannett
Carrie Rose Mulligan
Elena Musteata
Alexis Ochs
Lotanna Ojukwu
Mary Oldendorf
Emma Oliver
Maksim Papenkov
Natasha Permaul
Cara Quimby
Rachel Quinn
Annette Rubin
Gianluca Russo
Nicole Salatel
Giovanni Santoro
Matthew Scatena
Matthew Schiller
Olivia Schneider
Andrew Sentz
David Septer
Azen Shahzad
Eliza Smith
Matthew Smolenski
Gwyndolyn Sofka
Christopher Sour
Bhagyashree
Subramaniam
Michael Talone
Reid Vogel
Meghan Webb
Erik Webb
Rachel Wilson
Michelle Yu
Alana Zervos
Yuqing Zhu
GRADE 12
Luke Anthony
Kaitlyn Becker
Renee Benninger
Hannah Ben-Yishay
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2013-2014 Awards Issue
Central School District
New York State School
Music Awards (NYSSMA)
Every spring, many Guilderland students participate in the
NYSSMA Solo/Ensemble Festival. The following students, listed
in alphabetical order, were recognized for their outstanding
accomplishments at this year’s evaluation festival:
Gabby Agresta, piano
Claire Aimiot, violin
Jessica Airhienbuwa, tuba
Maddie Aitken, voice-soprano-2
Adam Amiot, voice-bass, trumpet
Alessandro Amore, alto-sax
Angelo Amore, clarinet
Carly Anders, voice-soprano
Megan Anders, voice-soprano
Joanna Andrews, piano
Jessica Andrews, piano
Joel Anthony, trombone
Ryan Avery, trumpet
Aman Avvaru, voice-tenor
Nate Backus, snare-drum
Yashasvi Bajaj, drum-set-jazz
Gabriella Baratier, flute
Kiersten Becker, voice-alto
Amelia Bell, cello, piano
Audrey Bell, flute
Dan Bemis, French-horn
Harry Berezansky, trumpet
Nikhil Bodduluri, violin
Leonard Bopp, voice-bass-1, trumpet
Emily Borden, piano
David Brocci, French-horn, piano
Kiya Brown, cello
Naila Brown, cello
Jessica Brownell, voice-soprano
Sadie Buerker, voice-mezzo
John C. Buttridge, snare
Anna Capuano, voice-soprano
Lauren Cassella, voice-alto
Nic Castillo, alto-sax
Yurim Chae, violin
Nicole Charron, baritone-horn
Salil Chaudhry, drum-set-jazz, snare-drum
Amy Chen, violin, voice-alto
Desmond Chen, piano
Madhura Chettiar, piano
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Connor Chew, trumpet
Ellen Chiang, violin
Nicole Chiang, violin
Melanie Close, cello
Jesse Cohen-Greenberg, voice-
alto
Sean Collins, bassoon
Caroline Conforti, voice-soprano-1
Jacob Cornetti Skott, baritone
Kate Cotton, flute
Kate Cotton with Megan Eddy and Gayathri Subramaniam, flute-trio
Jillian Creighton, flute, voice-
soprano
Riley Cusack, clarinet
Francesca Cusato, oboe
Nicole Czaban, clarinet
Andrew Czekay, clarinet
Victor Dai, piano
Andrew Dame, voice-bass-1, trumpet
Matthew Darby, violin
Kiera DeCotes, voice-soprano-2
Reagan Dennett, piano
Winson Dong, violin
Alexis Donnelly, voice-soprano
Sean Donnelly, voice-tenor
Ava Doyle, voice-soprano, violin
Ava Doyle with Kate Dvorscak and Lily Pickett, voice- vocal-trio
Mary Rose Duffy, voice-soprano
Zachary Dumlao, piano
Amelia Dunn, voice-soprano
Kate Dvorscak, voice-soprano
Meghan Eddy, flute
Grace Elliott, violin, voice-
soprano
Etaseme Elonge, voice-bass-1
Kevin Ericson, French-horn
Dylan Fader, voice-tenor-2
Olivia Fanshawe, voice-soprano
Olivia Fanshawe with Casey
Murphy, voice-vocal-duet
Meg Fitzpatrick with Brooke
Haldeman, voice-soprano-duet
Alex Francis, voice-tenor
Aidan Fusco, trumpet
Anna Galarza, clarinet
Joseph Giordano, voice-tenor, trombone-jazz, alto-sax-jazz
Kathryn Giordano, euphonium
Therese Giordano, voice-
soprano-1, French-horn
Jennifer Gonick, oboe
Gustavo Gonzalez, trumpet
Emily Govel, flute
Fiona Govin, voice-alto, clarinet
Marygrace Graves, voice-soprano-1
James Gu, bassoon, piano
Bill Guo, alto-sax
Bryan Guo, piano
William Guo, piano
Leena Gupta, piano
Brooke Haldeman, voice-soprano
Nadia Hawrylchak, piano
Avery Heaney, voice-tenor, alto-sax , alto-sax-jazz
Hannah Hernandez, voice-alto-2
Grace Hines, alto-sax
Haemin Hwang, clarinet
Alexander Irving, clarinet, piano
Alex Jambunathan, trumpet
Julianna Jebaraj, piano
Sarah Jones, voice-alto-1
Josh Kahn, voice-bass-1, French-horn
Dhruv Khurana, drum-set-jazz
Julianne Kim, violin
Emma Klindtworth, voice-soprano
Alyssa Koh, trumpet
Julia Kuk, voice-soprano, flute
Abha Kulkarni, voice-alto
Katie Kumta, violin
Katherine Lamica, piano
Jonathan Lasselle, piano
Kathrine Ledermann, snare-drum
Jimin Lee, violin, piano
Catherine Li, piano
Jeffrey Li, piano
Henry Li, piano
Andrew Lin, drum-set-jazz
Derek Liu, clarinet
Emily Loparco, flute
Ashlee Lowe, flute
Jeanne Lu, piano
Katherine Margiotta, voice-
soprano
Belen Marriaga with Arnav Kannan, snare-drum-duet
Christina Martin, cello
Scott Martin, trumpet
Michael Masley-Hannett, voice-
tenor-2, tuba
Avery Maycock, voice-bass-1
Tyler Mazone, clarinet
Brad McGuire, trumpet
Ali McKenna, flute
Erin Miceli, trumpet
Judy Min, violin
Irene Montanini, piano
Agata Montanini, piano
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Colin Moore, piano
Susan Moseley, piano
Laura Beth Mulligan, viola
Sean Murphy, voice-bass-2
Paul Nho, alto-sax
Elizabeth Novak, alto-sax
Brianna Nugent, viola
Katelyn O’Hehir, voice-soprano-2
Mariah Palagyi, voice-soprano-1
Tori Panetta and Antonia
Honikel, voice-vocal-duet
John Parsons, piano
Thomas Parsons, piano
Sophie Patka, viola
Stephen Perez, clarinet
Derek Petti, voice-baritone
Lily Pickett, voice-soprano
Treasa Powathil, oboe
Aaron Pradhan, baritone-horn, piano
Michelle Prunier, voice-soprano
Michelle Prunier and Kathryn Muller, voice-soprano-alto-
duet
Catherine Rafferty, viola
Shreyas Raman, alto-sax
Sarah Readdean, clarinet, piano
Maia Regan, piano
Marie Reilly, voice-soprano, piano
Anna Roberts, cello
Regan Roberts, snare-drum
Erin Robinson, viola
Chelsea Roman, violin
Sarah Romane Castagne, voice-
soprano
Natalie Russo, voice-soprano
Abigail Ryan, voice-alto
Olivia Schneider, euphonium
Benjamin Schutter, trumpet
Marissa Scotti, voice-soprano-1
Alexander Selsey, viola
Afton Serviss, voice-alto
Katrina Setchenkov, piano
Joseph Sipzner, voice-tenor
Haley Sirota, clarinet
Hugh Smith, tuba
Jesse Smith, violin
Victoria Smith and Kathryn Giordano, baritone-duet
Gwyndolyn Sofka, clarinet
Shreya Srinivasan, violin, voice-soprano
Chloe Stevens, flute
FMS President’s Award recipients
The President’s Award for Educational Excellence, sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Education, recognizes eighth grade students who
have earned a cumulative grade point average of 10.5 on a 12 point
scale for all of their middle school years. This year’s honorees are:
Nora Stevens, voice-soprano-2
Gayathri Subramaniam, flute
Jade Sun, piano
Suraj Suresh, flute
Mary Kate Sweeney, trumpet
Rachel Swyer, voice-soprano
Taniya Thomas, piano
Lauren Thompson, flute
Christian Tolfa, trumpet
Glenn Trechel, French-horn, voice-alto
Stella Trickett, piano
Nathaniel Tulchinsky, piano
Tory Tyksinski, voice-soprano
Andre Valverde, voice-baritone
Andre Valverde and Sean Gordon, voice-vocal-duet
Katelyn Waltz, violin
William Wang, voice-tenor-2, clarinet
Grace Wei, viola
Tracy Wei, flute
Rebekah Wolanski, voice-
soprano-2
Michael Wong, piano
Allegra Wu, flute
Isabella Wu, clarinet
Darren Wu, piano
Kelly Wuthrich, flute
Aaron Xu, violin, piano
Kenneth Yamashita, clarinet, piano
Jason Yamashita, piano
Helen Yang, violin
Katie Yang, cello
Helen Yang with Jullianne Kim
and Ava Doyle, violin-trio
Edward Yu, xylophone
Xuanming Zhang, piano
Albert Zhong, bassoon
Michael Zhu, violin
Karen Zhu, piano
Kevin Zuchowski, baritone
Roberto Amore
Ella Davidson
Theodore Karavolas
Grace Aniolek
Matthew Dean
Aditya Kattuboina
Michael Ardito
Sarah DeJoy
Amelia Kedik
John Arnold
Michael DiBella
Julianne Kim
Aaron Ashery
Kailyn DiBianco
Matthew Kinnally
Reva Bardhi
Alexa DiCaprio
Erica Kirchhof
Aaron Beams
Nicholas Dombroski
Benjamin Klamka
Christopher Bellcourt
Trevor Donovan
Andrew Korchowsky
Cheryl Blank
Ava Doyle
Emma Korchowsky
Simon Blattstein
Katelyn Dvorscak
Kristin Krieg
Emily Bolognino
Ryan Eddy
Andrew Leicht
Chloe Bonavita
Savannah Everson
Michelle Lin
Evan Bopp
Christine Fish
Skye Lindsay
Miranda Bristol
Victor Foster
Julia Liu
Christina Buckey
Katherine Futia
Katlyn Lloyd
Sadie Buerker
Caitlin Gagan
Trevor Long
Emily Burns
Hannah Gallagher
Emily Lynch
Colin Buyck
Maxwell Gebauer
Madison Macchiarella
Kayla Byerly
Julia Glass
Shahnila Mahmood
Lily Call
Abigail Goes
Shahrina Mahmood
Iris Canchela
Jonah Goldstein
Febronia Mansour
Christina Cardona
Samuel Groezinger
Isabella Mantica
Michael Carlow
Alex Gugie
Alexandra Marino
William Carmichael
Sierra Guzzo
Belen Marriaga
Joseph Center Jr
Joseph Harwood
Christina Martin
Natalie Chang
Emily Hesler
Mitchell McCormack
Angie Chen
Brendan Hoffman
Jared McCullen
Yunhyung Choi
Ryan Huber
Alexander Mendel
Christian Clifford
Peyton Hunt
Grant Mengel
Noah Cohen-Greenberg Haemin Hwang
Erin Miceli
Matthew Creighton
Shitima Iqbal
Alexander Cresanti
Thomas Jambunathan Madison Miller
Angus Cropley
Charles Janice
Austin Monlea
Anthony Cusato
Arnav Kannan
Sarah Moon
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Central School District
Board of Education Awards (continued from page 7)
GHS Superior Achievement
(continued)
Ryker Bodo
Stephen Cardiff
Emily Center
Laura Chevalier
Ashley Cohen
Ritwik Dan
Marcy Dean
Michele DeAngelis
Meaghan Doherty
Ellen Dollard
Alexis Donnelly
Nga Ying Eng
Katie Espinola
Jasmin Eustache
Michelle Falcone
Brianna Fragomeni
Parastoo Ghiamati-Yazdi
Rachel Gingrich
Rachel Goldberg
Matthew Gu
Morgan Hardt
Courtland Ingraham
Hahn-Sol Kang
Pranav Kannan
Eric Kaufman
Abigail Kedik
Margarette Keesee
Jordan Kinnally
Marcus Knodler
Lauren Kogelmann
Julia Kronick
Alexandra Ladopoulos
David Lasselle
Alec Lee
Kristine Liotta
Justina Liu
Andrea Long
Jody Madsen
Sterling Mahoney
Isaac Malsky
Blayne Marion
Lily Mazur
Veronika Mazur
Shauna McDonald
Maeve Montesi
Jessica Murray
Morgan Olson
Sreelekha Paladugu
Matthew Pasquali
Luxi Peng
Tyler Phillips
Matthew Potolski
Isabella Rahal
Brandon Rathwell
Darina Relyea
Jenna Robinson
Elizabeth Schumacher
Mark Shepard
Joseph Sipzner
Molly Sonenberg
Stephanie Sottile
Naomi Tenenini
Mary Tenuta
Aimee Terry
Taylor Tewksbury
Michael Trichilo
Nicole Van Oort
Alyssa Varsanyi
Anne Walsh
Joseph Wier IV
Asia Woodside
Michelle Xiong
GRADE 7
Shyanna Adami
Andrew Apollo
Briana Biek
Abigail France
Emma Hughes
Mikayla Jerominek
Patrick Kelty
Ryan Miller
Brianna Nugent
Matthew Ramo
Casey Tynan
Jeremy White
GRADE 8
Charles Armstrong
Ibrahim Din
Hannah Durant
Joseph Guice, Jr.
Cheyenne Jubrey
Angela Livecchi
Kyle Mastrangelo
Anna Siu
Samara Soto
Morrel Thompson
Samantha Varner
GRADE 9
Madeline Dunson
Isabella Picerno
Daegan Russo
Hanna Schilling
Allison Rosa
Kathryn Muller
Benjamin Rosenblatt Silma Subah
Laura Beth Mulligan
Timothy Ryan
Laxmishree Subramaniam
Caroline Murphy
Antonino Salatel
Jeffrey Sullivan
Jonathan Ngo
Ryan Sanders
Suraj Suresh
Justin Nhan
Maia Santoro
Matthew Swintek
Paul Nho
Angelo Sbardella
Luke Tanner
Jaziah Nichter
Zachary Schneider
Taniya Thomas
Ifeyinwa Ojukwu
Marco Sciocchetti
Alexa Thompson
Ifunanya Ojukwu
Trevor Sebben
Amanda Thottam
John O’Riley
Maya Septer
Mallory Trainor
Joseph Park
Benjamin Shah
John Tricozzi
Morgan Phillips
Ahmer Shahzad
Daria Veselov
Lillian Pickett
Sarah Shamlian
Lan-Chi Vo
GRADE 12
Treasa Powathil
Massoud Sharif
Alexander Waldenmaier
Sierra Christensen
Brendan Daggett-Orr
Marcy Dean
Joseph Wier IV
Kimberly Wilson
Aaron Pradhan
Anna Siu
Luke Walter
Anastasiya Prigorodova
Hugh Smith
Isabella Wu
Michelle Prunier
Cassandra Snyder
Helen Yang
Connor Quimby
Jordyn Sommo
Layla Yousef
Carlie Rarick
John Steffens
Chiyuan Zhong
Sarah Readdean
Michael Stein
Bria Robinson
Samantha Stern
GRADE 10
William Bedell
Chad Cox
Tyler Manganaro
Robert Ruth
Sean Taylor
GRADE 11
Keaton Hallam
Christopher
Lysogorski
Cheyenne Riccio
Luke Stott
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Kathryn Moriarty
Notable Improvement
GRADE 6
Li-Hsiang Chan
Marina Cohen
Jackson Grennon
Kasey Keaney
Driss Maitrejean
Summer Quinn
Kareem Thompson
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