2014-15 Awards - Guilderland Central School District

2014-15 Awards - Guilderland Central School District

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Kudos & Congratulations
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n Saturday, June 27, 412 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 2015 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
Alicia Chen
Kelly Gao
Benjamin Goes
Amy Guo
Elena Musteata
Michelle Yu
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SCHOOL
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2 National Honor
Society inductees;
Junior awards
3 Junior National Honor
Society inductees
4 High School
senior awards
6 Board of Education
awards
National Merit
Commended Students
Leonard Bopp
Vivian Dai
Gabriel Petitti
8 NYSSMA awards; FMS President’s awards
Congratulations to everyone honored in this issue,
and best wishes to the Class
of 2015 as they enter into a
bright and exciting future!
Highest Honors Graduates (95+ Average)
Eden Alin
Nathaniel R. Backus
Laura A. Bauer
Monica Kathryn Beach
Leonard W. Bopp
Kathleen Sarah Brandt
Alicia Wanyao Chen
Vivian X. Dai
Julia Hannah Davidoff
Elizabeth Ruth Eckhardt
Olivia Madeline Elmore
Abigail Elizabeth Forman
Sophia L. Foster
Kelly Gao
Emily R. Gersowitz
Rebecca A. Golderman
Bryce Noelle Goyer
Amy Bei-Xi Guo
Jennifer G. Hoffmann
Brent Austin Katlan
Margaret K. Lawler
Stephanie LeClair
Rosemary Anne Leicht
Samantha Lindberg
Qingxi Liu
Michael Masley-Hannett
Elena Musteata
Alexis N. Ochs
Lotanna B. Ojukwu
Emma V. Oliver
Natasha Permaul
Cara Elizabeth Quimby
Rachel Lauren Quinn
Gianluca Roberto Russo
Nicole Christine Salatel
Giovanni D. Santoro
Matthew Scatena
Matthew Jay Schiller
Olivia Schneider
David Harrison Septer
Eliza A. Smith
Gwyndolyn C. Sofka
Christopher J. Sour
Bhagyashree
Subramaniam
Michael N. Talone
Meghan E. Webb
Michelle Peixin Yu
Alana J. Zervos
Yuqing Zhu
Empowering all students to succeed in the 21st Century
2014-2015 Awards Issue
High School
CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Honor Society
Junior Awards
Congratulations to the following Guilderland High School students
recently inducted into the National Honor Society:
Madeleine Aitken
Gianluca Alonzi
LucianoAlonzi
Erika Applebaum
Hayli Bazan
Alexander Beams
Shannon Bennison
Alec Betancourt
RachaelBlanchard
Jacob Blattstein
Emily Bonanno
Emily Borges
Alexis Bortell
Maranda Bowers
Brendan Brooks
BriannaBrown
Matthew Brown
MeghanBruni
Harrison Burack
MarissaBurack
John Buttridge
Erin Callahan
Jared Capuano
Rachel Cardiff
Naomi Carter
Madeline Cartwright
Salil Chaudhry
JeremyCollison
Caroline Conforti
Amanda Conklin
HannahCooper
Alexandra Coppinger
Jacob Cornetti Skott
Katherine Cotten
Benjamin Couture
Kelsey Cox
Matthew Cullen
Francesca Cusato
AndrewDame
Matthew Darby
RachaelDavis
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Alexandra DeAngelis
Alexandra DiLillo
Taylor Disco
Mackenna Dombroski
William Dong
Taylor Dorado
Jason Falvo
Ryan Fish
LindseyGarrant
Megan Govin
James Gray
Natalie Green
Taylor Greene
Chayanne Gumbs
Sarah Hanlon
Claire Hill
Kaci Hoffman
Alison Holmes
Sara Houck
Sean Hourihan
Eve Janover
Sarah Jones
Alyssa Jourdin
Joshua Kahn
Brian Knodler
Alyssa Kogelmann
Sara Kogelmann
Bayley Kralik
Emma Krempa
Matthew Krieg
Madeline Kuon
Peter Ladopoulos
Alana Lake
Kyle Levy
Anne Lin
Cameron Long
Gretchen Long
Julian Malina
Bavnouti Mansour
Brynn Marion
Quinn McCutcheon
Matthew Mortati
KhadijaMoussadek
Julia Nagle
Maria Neely
Brenna O’Brien
MichaelO’Mara
AmandaPasquini
Sophia Patka
Joseph Petitti
Madeline Phillips
AndrewPlatek
Alexander Poland
Colleen Powers
Sean Quinn
Catherine Rafferty
Timothy Readdean
Allison Reiner
Kellyn Reiner
Gabrielle Sanza
Catherine Seita
Alexander Selsley
Mohona Sengupta
Sean Setzen
Nicolas Shah
Jane Sherwin
Jacob Sicard
Nicholas Sokaris
Dominic Spaulding
Chloe Stevens
Nora Stevens
Jacob
Swartzendruber Aurora Trainor
Olivia Vining
Anh Vo
William Wang
Amanda Warren
Sarah Webber
Allegra Wu
Ishmam Yousuf
Gloria Zhao
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American Legion Boys State. Jacob Blattstein
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Brandeis Book Award. Gloria Zhao
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Clarkson Achievement Award. Emma Krempa
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Clarkson Leadership Award. Cameron Long
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Elmira College Key Award. Quinn McCutcheon and
Gretchen Long
Harvard – The Prize Book of the Harvard Alumni
Association. William Dong
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Lawrence Technological University Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics. Gabrielle Sanzas
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Le Moyne College Heights Award. Alexandra DiLillo
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Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association of the
Capital District Book Award. Allison Reiner
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RPI Medal. William Wang
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Rochester Institute of Technology Computing Medal.
Victoria Rathwell and Ishmam Yousef
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Rochester Institute of Technology Innovation and
Creativity Award. Matthew Cullen and Catherine Rafferty ■
Sage Recognition Award. Marissa Burack and Matthew Darby
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St. Lawrence University Book Award. Abigail Coy
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The Saint Michael’s College Book Award for Scholarship and Service. Taylor Disco and Jacob Sicard
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Smith College Book Award. Catherine Seita
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University of Rochester Bausch and Lomb Honorary
Science Award. Jeremy Collison
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University of Rochester Frederick Douglas/Susan B.
Anthony Award. Sarah Jones
University of Rochester George Eastman Young Leaders Award. Sean Setzen
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University of Rochester Xerox Award for Innovation &
Information Technology. Brendan Brooks
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Wells College 21st Century Leadership Award.
Chloe Stevens
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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:
Danielle Abbruzzese
Adam Alberski
Alexis Anagnostopulos
Tatiana Anagnostopulos
Carly Anders
Julia Anderson
Eli Augendre
John Avery
Aman Avvaru
Maya Banks
Jennifer Bartlett
Caroline Becker
Kiersten Becker
Audrey Bell
Daniel Bemis
Briana Biek
Olivia Blanchard
Nikhil Bodduluri
Jacqueline Bourgeois
MeghanBrewer
Pierce Bright
Ryan Brocci
Molly Broderick
Taylor Bronson
Isabella Bruno
Chad Buckley
Cameron Burdgick
Alyssa Burg
DhanushBusarapu
Emily Callender
Anna Capuano
Evan Carey
Darius Carter
Sarah Castellanos
BrandonCaulfield
Kayleigh Chamberlain
Rubin Chen
MadhuraChettiar
Nicole Chiang
Anna Ciccarelli
Colette Cohen
Samuel Cole
Zoe Copeland
Michelle Costanzo
Joshua Coton
Grace Crothamel
Rena Cunningham
Jaeda Curtis
AllisonCusumano
Andrew Czekay
Anna Davidson
Mira Del Signore
Cassandra DeOrazio
MeghanDepew
Shane DeThomasis
Elizabeth Dollard
Sean Donnelly
Rachel Drislane
Madison Dunham
Sandra Eldeiry
Olivia Fanshawe
Marine Faynot
Julianne Ford
Alexander Francis
Ryan Garrant
Alexandra Gavigan
Craig Gehres
Maria Genzano
Sophie Gerchikov
BriannaGleasman
Jamie Golderman
RonghaiGong
GustavoGonzalez
Marissa Gordon
Jacob Govel
Hunter Griffith
Matlyn Gross
Zoya Groves
Sidra Hasan
Joseph Hayek
Jared Hays
Sydney Hillenbrandt
Logan Hoffman
Shane Hoffman
MikaylaJerominek
Gabriella Jourdin
Kelly Keegan
Tarun Kilaru
Jordon Kimbrough
Emma Klindtworth
Alexa Krempa
Julia Kuk
Ved Kumar
Collin Lagios
Anna LeClair
Grace Levine
Sierra Liotta
ZacharyMadeksza
Ryan Maercklein
Nina Malone
Morgan Manning
Jennifer Maselli
Atticus Matkin
Lauren McCollum
Nicole McGrath
Allison McKenna
Gavin McLean
Lindsay Meyers
Caitlyn Miller
Cara Mortati
Julia Motler
CameronMyron
Michael Neal
Logan Neimeyer
Victoria Nemeth
Isabella Nezaj
Amanda Nieman
Lauren O’Connor
Riley O’Lena
AbigailOlm
Dylan Olson
Esther Park
Abbey Pierce
Colby Plant
Nicolas Popolizio
Amanda Purello
Travis Rathwell
Tyler Richard
Halle Risko
Erin Robinson
Maggie Robinson
Evan Rogotzke
Aidan Seery
Anthony Sericolo
Gracianna Serravillo
Sidharth
Shamshabad
Ashley Shean
Puneet Singh
Isabella Smith
Jessa Smith
Aidan Snyder
John Sokaris
Lucas Staubach
Chloe Sullivan
Sonal Swain
Shea Thomson
Miranda Thottam
Michelle Topaltzas
Conner Traeger
Casey Tynan
Nickolas Tyson
Hannah Valensi
Andre Valverde
Aasiyah Virjee
Grant Visker
Jocelyn Vititow
Erin Wadsworth
Eliana Wallock
Sean Walsh
Laura Waltz
Sean Weaver
Adam Webber
Allison Wehner
Sara Williams
Sean Witkop
Karen Zhu
Kevin Zuchowski
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2014-2015 Awards Issue
Guilderland High School
Senior Awards
■ Altamont High School Alumni Award. Awarded to Esther Bell, Kelly
Gao and Taylor Clark
■ American Legion Auxiliary, Helderberg Unit No. 977 & GCHS
Foreign Language Award. Awarded to Erin Wolcott & Rachel Quinn
■ American Red Cross Award. Awarded to Emily Gershowitz
■ American Studies Scholarship Award (1450 American Legion).
Awarded to Matthew Mesiti
■ Amy Arena Scholarship. Awarded to Natasha Permaul
■ Blue Shield Scholars Scholarship. Awarded to Haley Chang
■ Business and Marketing Educators’ Association Student of the Year
Award. Awarded to Daniel DiBiase
■ Caitlin Elizabeth Clancy Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Katia
Hernas, Julia Sanford and Jessica VanDoren
■ Catherine Patten Community Service Award. Awarded to Ashley Cleary
■ Charles J. Ciaccio Scholarship Award. Awarded to Alexis Donnelly
■ C-Z Antos Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Laura Bauer
■ Dale Westcott Award. Awarded to Matt Scatena and Nathaniel Backus
■ D.A.R. American History Award – Old Hellebergh Chapter. Awarded
to Emily Honen
■ D.A.R. Citizenship Award - Old Hellebergh Chapter. Awarded to
Margaret Lawler
■ Daryl Farley Scholarship. Awarded to Victoria Burnham
■ David A. Walsh Scholarship. Awarded to Zachary McNally
CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
■ Focus Parent Group Award. Awarded to Brandon Mihaly and Sha-Iva
Irizarry
■ Fort Hunter Volunteer Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary. Awarded to Nicole
Phillips
■ GE STAR Award. Awarded to Jennifer Hoffmann (student) and Eric
Heidinger (teacher)
■ GFD Ladies Auxiliary Community Service Scholarship. Awarded to
Michelle
Yu
■ GHS Senior Class Participation Award. Awarded to Claire Bender, Jo
Ann Mulligan and Brandon Das
■ Gifford Grange 1549 Award. Awarded to Matthew Gade
■ Gregory J. Aidala Scholarship Fund. Awarded to Evan Sanders and
Katelyn O’Hehir
■ Guilderland Elks No. 2480 Scholarship. Awarded to Preston Butler
and Jennifer Hoffmann
■ Guilderland Employees Association. Awarded to Morgan Deubel and
Brandi Gomes
■ Guilderland Music Parents and Friends Award. Awarded to Leonard
Bopp, Therese Giordano, Kiera DeCotes and Michael Masley-Hannett
■ Guilderland Parent Teacher Association Council Awards. Awarded
Monica Beach, Angela Boschetti, Charlotte Harlow, Rosemary Leict,
Avery Maycock, Carrie Rose Mulligan and Erin Templeton
■ Guilderland Police Benevolent Association Award. Awarded to
Kathleen Brandt
■ Guilderland Teacher’s Association Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to
Megan Eddy
■ Guilderland Town-Wide Firefighters Scholarship. Awarded to Nolan
Renna and Matthew Taber
■ Howard Ogsbury Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Amy Guo and
Vivian Dai
■ Donna Ryan Amato Scholarship. Awarded to Megan Eddy
■ Hudson Valley Book Award. Awarded to Michael Talone
■ Eric Fenton Scholarship-Guilderland Rotary. Awarded to Elijah
Clemente
■ International Club Scholarship. Awarded to Brandon Das
■ Eric Grimsted Memorial. Awarded to Bailey Shippey
■ Jenny Wasson Memorial Award. Awarded to Abigail Forman and
■ Faith Schullstrom Award. Awarded to Ananyah Edwards
■ First Niagara Bank. Awarded to Christopher Sour
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■ Jill Ann Livingston Award. Awarded to Lea Alford
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■ John P. Dornbush Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Elena Musteata
■ John Philip Sousa Band Award. Awarded to Therese Giordano
■ Journal Alumni Award. Awarded to Leonard Bopp, Julia Davidoff
and Bryce Goyer
■ Julia Wells Nursing Scholarship. Awarded to Hannah Gower
■ Kathy Seaton Award. Awarded to Vivian Dai and Amy Guo
■ Kenneth C. LeVine Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Yuqing Zhu
■ Key Club Member Award. Awarded to Ashley Cleary
■ Knights of Pythias Scholastic Achievement Award. Awarded to
Bhagyashree Subramaniam
■ Kristen Paradiso Ricci Music Award. Awarded to Jo Ann Mulligan
■ Laughter is the Best Medicine. Awarded to Brandon Peda
■ PTSA Special Award. Awarded to Yasmeen Din and Brent Katlan
■ Louis Armstrong Jazz Award. Awarded to Adam Amiot
■ Robert J. Hilt Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Macey Graves
■ Mary Lou Kisby/Elizabeth Severson Memorial Scholarship. Awarded
■ Scholarship for Girls presented by the Kiwanis Club of Guilderland.
to Margaret Lawler
Awarded to Eliza Smith
■ Media Award. Awarded to Erik Webb
■ School Systems Federal Credit Union Community Service Award.
■ Micki Nevett Literature Scholarship. Awarded to Gwyndolyn Sofka
■ Nancy E. Davis Memorial Art Scholarship. Awarded to Olivia Elmore
Awarded to Laura Bauer
■ SEFCU Credit Union Scholarship. Awarded to Jennifer Hoffmann
and Alicia Chen
■ Semper Fidelis Bandsman Scholarship. Awarded to Therese Giordano
■ National Achievement Scholarship. Awarded to Lotanna Ojukwu
■ Society of Mayflower Descendants Award. Awarded to Brent Katlan
■ National Honor Society Award. Awarded to Elijah Clemente and
and Samantha Lindberg
Sophia Schermerhorn
■ Stacy Ann Zounes Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Rebecca Golderman
■ National Merit Scholarship Award Finalists. Awarded to Kelly Gao,
■ Student Government Scholarship. Awarded to Jarita Liang
Amy Guo, Michelle Yu, Elena Musteata, Alicia Chen, Benjamin Goes
■ Thomas P. Farrelly Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Stephanie LeClair
■ National School Choral Award. Awarded to Michael Azoia, Hannah
Hernandez
■ United States Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award.
Program. Awarded to Elizabeth Eckhardt and Benjamin Phelan
■ National School Orchestra Award. Awarded to Erin Templeton
■ V. Dalton (Duff) Bambury Award. Awarded to Rebekah Wolanski
■ Noah Lodge No. 754 of Free and Accepted Masons Howard F.
Ogsbury Memorial Scholarship. Awarded to Bryce Goyer
■ VanWormer Award. Awarded to Naila Brown
■ PTSA Academic Improvement Award. Awarded to Dylan Fader, Luke
Stott and Patrick McLaughlin
■ PTSA Charles J. Ciaccio Scholarship. Awarded to Alicia Chen
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2014-2015 Awards Issue
CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
2015 Board of
Education Awards
The following students were recognized by the Guilderland
Board of Education during the 2014-15 school year:
FMS Superior Achievement
(“A” average for the first 3 marking periods)
GRADE 6
Christian Adam
Jessica Airhienbuwa
Rebecca Alex
Jake Anderson
Gabriella Baratier
Matea Bardhi
Harrison Berezansky
Ellen Billington
Christopher Bronson
Nicholas Bronson
Quincy Brown
Carson Bruening
Burhanulhaq Brula
Caroline Burns
Nathan Cao
Max Carothers
Nicolas Castillo
Caitlyn Caulfield
Colin Caulfield
Julia Ciccarelli
Marie Collison
Brock Cottle
Riley Cusack
Alexander Cusumano
Sara Davis
Amanda Devlin
Molly DiCaprio
Alannah Dillon
Aidan Doyle
Peyton Doyle
Carrington Elmore
Sydney Elmore
Alexander Evans
Liliana Farrand
Rubeina Firdaus
Aidan Fusco
Abigail Gillespie
Vibha Gopalakrishnan
Emily Govel
Natalie Grant
Riley Grimm
Aria Grisham
Kevin Gutknecht
Caleb Jacobson
Alex Jambunathan
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Caroline Johnson
Jaiden Johnson
Charles Joseph
Joshua Klamka
Violet Kreifels
Surya Krishnakumar
Amol Kumar
Ian Lashway
Jane Leader
Nathan Lennard
Katherine Lippert
Jacob Lounello
Jillian Magenis
Justyce Makarwich
Sreehitha Manga
Flynn McCallum
Keely McCullough
Grace McFerran
Elizabeth Miller
Trinity Minissale
Irene Montanini
Marcella Morrison
Aneesh Muppidi
Elizabeth Novak
Shane O’Brien
Anna Pacholczak
Anavi Parikh
Thomas Parsons
Nicholas Pomakoy
Daniyaal Qazi
Gianni Rassias
Carli Rem
Vincent Rigosu III
Hannah Risko
Anna Roberts
Caleb Rockhill
Emily Russo
Elina Sarecha
Alexandra Schermerhorn
Jessica Serravillo
Bianca Simeone
Peter Solimando II
Summer Stedge
Suhan Suresh
Shruthika Taneeru
Kianna Tatum
Ava Thomson
Stella Trickett
Shaun Turnbull
Nina Tuxbury
Rya Vallabhaneni
Jonathan Vanwormer
Richard Walser
Sophia Wang
Nathaniel Webster
Jason Xue
Keri Yamaguchi
Andrew Yang
Amy Zhang
XuanmingZhang
Robert Zieba Jr
GRADE 7
Dawson Aitken
Mary Aniolek
Christopher Ardito
Bhavana Arige
Ian Avery
Ella Baker
Megan Becker
Emily Bini
Patrick Blanchard Jr
Emily Borden
Natalie Borges
Julia Burke
Devin Campbell
Grace Cassella
Amy Chen
Bryan Chong
Bryce Chong
Jesse Cohen-Greenberg
Avery Colburn
Sean Collins
Jessica Coton
Jillian Creighton
Victor Dai
Prithwish Dan
Kaitlin Daviero
Celia Defrancisco
Morgan Dillon
Sheridan Dillon
Isabella DiMura
Jacqueline Ding
Casey Dorsey
Mary Rose Duffy
Matthew Dunn
William Duprey
Grace Elliott
Emily Frey
Brendan Gagan
Michael Gitto
Jennifer Gonick
Bryan Guo
Leena Gupta
Grace Hines
Matthew Hosey
Ryan Hoyle
Ryan Kapusinsky
Charlotte King
Sally King
Ryan Kirchhof
Alyssa Koh
Koal Kornfield
Saurabh Kumar
Alyssa Landry
Genevieve Leto
Jeffrey Li
Sarah Lindberg
Driss Maitrejean
John Malone III
John Mathew
Kayle Messier
Aurianne Mignot
Sade Miller
Caitlin Mooney
William Moriarty
Sean O’Brien
Nishika Pabba
John Parsons
Rose Petitti
Shreyas Raman
Anjani Ramayanam
Caroline Ravalli
Marie Reilly
Rebecca Rowe
Maria Santacrose
Nicholas Sanza
Rashmina Sayeeda
Hannah Schulman
Peyton Septer
Afton Serviss
Caroline Sherwin
Victoria Smith
Sydney Steinhardt
Brian Straubel
Madeline Sullivan
Yuven Sundaramoorthy
Margot Tanner
Reshma Thatipelly
Taylor Thompson
Alejandro Torres
Glenn Trechel
Jeffrey Trzeciak
Manasa Uppala
Brianna Vottis
Alan Wang
Tracy Wei
Allyson Williams
Sadashiva Yalla
Kenneth Yamashita
Sanders Zhang
GRADE 8
Danielle Abbruzzese
Alexis Anagnostopulos
Tatiana Anagnostopulos
Carly Anders
John Avery
Caroline Becker
Kiersten Becker
Daniel Bemis
Jack Billington
Olivia Blanchard
Meghan Brewer
Molly Broderick
Isabella Bruno
Jerrod Buff
Emily Callender
Anna Capuano
Lydia Cartwright
Rubin Chen
Madhura Chettiar
Nicole Chiang
Anna Ciccarelli
Colette Cohen
Samuel Cole
Zoe Copeland
Michelle Costanzo
Allison Cusumano
Andrew Czekay
Anna Davidson
Mira Del Signore
Meghan Depew
Sandra Eldeiry
Olivia Fanshawe
Ryan Garrant
Sophie Gerchikov
Brianna Gleasman
Trisha Glogan
Jamie Golderman
Marissa Gordon
Jacob Govel
William Guo
Sidra Hasan
Jiayi He
Sydney Hillenbrandt
Logan Hoffman
Shane Hoffman
Gabriella Jourdin
Emma Klindtworth
Alexa Krempa
Julia Kuk
Ved Kumar
Anna LeClair
Peyton Legg
Grace Levine
Henry Li
Sierra Liotta
Ryan Maercklein
Morgan Manning
Atticus Matkin
Lauren McCollum
Nicole McGrath
Allison McKenna
Anthony Micare
Caitlyn Miller
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Cara Mortati
Julia Motler
Timothy Myers
Michael Neal
Logan Neimeyer
Victoria Nemeth
Lauren O’Connor
Dylan Olson
Esther Park
Cole Pasquini
Evanna Peng
Abbey Pierce
Giovanna Popolizio
Nicolas Popolizio
Amanda Purello
Travis Rathwell
Halle Risko
Erin Robinson
Aidan Seery
Anthony Sericolo
Gracianna Serravillo
Jin Shang
Puneet Singh
Isabella Smith
Jessa Smith
Jack Streeter
Sonal Swain
Shea Thomson
Miranda Thottam
Noah Tindale
Michelle Topaltzas
Conner Traeger
Casey Tynan
Hannah Valensi
Ryan Vogel
Erin Wadsworth
Eliana Wallock
Adam Webber
Sara Williams
Karen Zhu
Kevin Zuchowski
GHS Superior Achievement
(95+ average for the first 3 marking periods)
GRADE 9
Aaron Ashery
Reva Bardhi
Aaron Beams
Christopher Bellcourt
Cheryl Blank
John Bonanno
Evan Bopp
Miranda Bristol
Sadie Buerker
Colin Buyck
Kayla Byerly
Lily Call
Christina Cardona
Michael Carlow
William Carmichael
Natalie Chang
Noah Cohen-Greenberg
Adam Couture
Matthew Creighton
Anthony Cusato
Matthew Dean
Michael DiBella
Kailyn DiBianco
Nicholas Dombroski
Ryan Eddy
Savannah Everson
Christine Fish
Katherine Futia
Caitlin Gagan
Julia Glass
Abigail Goes
Jonah Goldstein
Samuel Groezinger
Alex Gugie
Haemin Hwang
Shitima Iqbal
Thomas Jambunathan
Arnav Kannan
Theodore Karavolas
Sayeed Khan
Julianne Kim
Erica Kirchhof
Benjamin Klamka
Kristin Krieg
Julia Liu
Katlyn Lloyd
Madison Macchiarella
Febronia Mansour
Alexandra Marino
Christina Martin
Grant Mengel
Erin Miceli
Austin Monlea
Sarah Moon
Kathryn Muller
Jonathan Ngo
Justin Nhan
Paul Nho
Ifeyinwa Ojukwu
Ifunanya Ojukwu
Treasa Powathil
Aaron Pradhan
Michelle Prunier
Sarah Readdean
Allison Rosa
Antonino Salatel
Maya Septer
Ahmer Shahzad
Sarah Shamlian
Massoud Sharif
Anna Siu
Hugh Smith
Samantha Stern
Lauryn Stewart
Jeffrey Sullivan
Suraj Suresh
Matthew Swintek
Taniya Thomas
Amanda Thottam
Mallory Trainor
Daria Veselov
Lan-Chi Vo
Isabella Wu
Helen Yang
Layla Yousef
Chiyuan Zhong
GRADE 10
Bajram Ahmemulic
Anna Alberski
Megan Anders
Amelia Bell
Felicia Bianca
Madison Bini
Taylor Brooks
Erin Campbell
Taylor Carman
Matthew Clark
Leah Clifford
Matthew Coburn
Melissa Cooper
Erin Delwiche
Holly Delwiche
Daniella Duglin
Andrew Eldeiry
Mia Ermolenko
Joseph Giordano
Myrna Gonzalez
Fiona Govin
Kevin Greene
Julia Hawley
Jordyn Helfrich
Mohima Iqbal
Abby Kaplan
Kyle Katlan
Liam Kelley
Hayley Kmack
Adam Kronick
Sagar Kumar
Gabrielle Lee
Hannah Lloyd
Timothy Losito
Emily Maercklein
George Marinopoulos
Ryan McGrath
Judy Min
Amini Mobele
Nikita Naidu
Anish Nayak
Samantha Ng
Jun Won Oh
Priyan Pathirana
Tara Pede
Stephen Perez Jr.
Derek Petti
Connor Phillips
Ryan Porter
Ian Pradhan
Kevin Reilly
Abigail Ryan
Christopher Scheidel
Lauren Schermehorn
Olivia Sciocchetti
Angela Scipione
Julia Scipione
Nicole Scipione
Marissa Scotti
Sara Shaw
Jason Sindoni
Sierra St. Louis
Jason Streeter
Megan Szesnat
Nicole Teaney
Andrew Thomas
GRADE
11 Thompson
Claire
Christian Tolfa
Tory Tyksinski
Julia Unser
Anh Vo
Kate Watson
Alexa Watts
Kelly Wuthrich
Edward Yu
GRADE 11
Hayli Bazan
Alexander Beams
Rachael Blanchard
Jacob Blattstein
Emily Bonanno
Emily Borges
Maranda Bowers
Meghan Bruni
Marissa Burack
Jared Capuano
Salil Chaudhry
Jeremy Collison
Caroline Conforti
Amanda Conklin
Alexandra Coppinger
Jacob Cornetti Skott
Katherine Cotten
Kelsey Cox
Matthew Cullen
Andrew Dame
Rachael Davis
Alexandra DeAngelis
Alexandra DiLillo
Taylor Disco
William Dong
Megan Govin
James Gray
GRADE
11 Green
Natalie
Sarah Hanlon
Kaci Hoffman
Sara Houck
Sean Hourihan
Jared Hunt
Sarah Jones
Joshua Kahn
Alyssa Kogelmann
Sara Kogelmann
Emma Krempa
Matthew Krieg
Madeline Kuon
Peter Ladopoulos
Alana Lake
Emily Leffingwell
Anne Lin
Cameron Long
Gretchen Long
Bavnouti Mansour
Brynn Marion
Quinn McCutcheon
Matthew Mortati
Khadija Moussadek
Julia Nagle
Maria Neely
Amanda Pasquini
Eric Pasquini
Joseph Petitti
Madeline Phillips
Colleen Powers
Sean Quinn
Catherine Rafferty
Victoria Rathwell
Allison Reiner
Justine Reisinger
Elaine Santos
Gabrielle Sanza
Catherine Seita
Alexander Selsley
Mohona Sengupta
Sean Setzen
Spiro Sokaris
Dominic Spaulding
Mary Stammel
Nora Stevens
Aurora Trainor
William Wang
Amanda Warren
Sarah Webber
Katie Yang
Ishmam Yousuf
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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:
Claire Amiot, violin
Alessandro Amore, alto sax
Angelo Amore, clarinet
Dimitris Anagnostopoulos,
clarinet
Carly Anders, snare-drum
Megan Anders, voice-soprano
Carly Anders, alto
Joanna Andrews, piano
Jessica Andrews, piano
William Angus, alto sax
Camilla Armstrong, trumpet
Ryan Avery, trumpet
Aman Avvaru, tenor
Yashasvi Bajaj, drum set
Amelia Bell, cello, piano
Harrison Berezansky, trumpet
Meghana Bhupati, violin
Emily Borden, piano
Jacqueline Bourgeois, fluteduet
David Brocci, french-horn,
piano
John Buttridge, drum set
Isabelle Camoin, bass-clarinet
Leonard Cappa, piano
Anna Capuano, soprano
Lauren Carver, flute
Nicolas Castillo, saxophone
Salil Chaudhry, snare-drum
Amy Chen, violin
Joanna Chen, cello
MadhuraChettiar, piano
Connor Chew, trumpet
Ellen Chiang, violin
Noah Cohen-Greenberg, piano
Jesse Cohen-Greenberg,
soprano
Marie Collison, french-horn
Jacob Cornetti Skott,
euphonium
Kate Cotten, voice-soprano, flute
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MatthewCreighton, alto-sax
Jillian Creighton, flute-duet,
soprano
Evan Cresanti, alto sax
Audrey Cui, flute, piano
Adrian Cummings, piano
Rena Cunningham, alto
Nicole Czaban, clarinet
Victor Dai, piano
Andrew Dame, piano
Nathan DeJoy, snare drum
Ryan Dempsey, voice-bass
Sean Donnelly, baritone
Aidan John S. Doyle, trombone
Mary Rose Duffy, soprano
Katelyn Dvorscak, voice-soprano
Megan Eddy, flute
Andrew Eldeiry, tenor-sax
Grace Elliott, soprano
Kevin Ericson, french-horn
Olivia Fanshawe, soprano
Anna Fernandez, voice-alto
Meg Fitzpatrick, voice-soprano
Aidan Fusco, trumpet
Anna Galarza, clarinet
Kathryn Giordano, euphonium,
baritone-duet, soprano
Joe Giordano, voice-tenor-2,
trombone
John Giordano, clarinet
Sydney Gonzalez, trumpet
Sean Gordon, voice-bass
Emily Govel, flute
Abbie Gregory, cello
Aria Grisham, soprano, trumpet
James Gu, bassoon
Bryan Guo, piano, tenor Alisa Harris, flute
Avery Heaney, alto sax, voicetenor-2
Noah Hickey, snare-drum
Sydney Hillenbrandt, soprano
Kevin Huang, violin
Colin Dane Ingraham, tenor
Alex Irving, clarinet, piano
Caroline Jameson, snare drum
Alexa O. Johnson, flute
Sarah K. Jones, alto, trumpet
AnthonyJu, piano
Joshua Kahn, voice-bass-1
Abby Kaplan, voice-alto
Marie Kelly, flute
Julianne Kim, violin
Gabrielle Klindtworth, soprano,
tuba
Alyssa Koh, alto, trumpet
Violet Kreifels, soprano
Julia Kuk, alto, flute,
flute-duet
Abha Kulkarni, voice-alto-1
Isaiah Kushner, piano
Alana Lake, cello
Katherine Lamica, piano
Jonathan Lasselle, frenchhorn
Jonathan Lasselle, piano
EmpressLee, flute-duet
Jeffrey Li, french horn, piano
Catherine Li, piano
Alex Lin, alto sax
Malana Linendoll, trombone
Derek Liu, clarinet
Julia Liu, violin
Emily Loparco, flute
Ashlee Lowe, soprano
Jeanne Lu, piano
Nicholas Mahar, trombone
Belen Marriaga, snare
Scott Martin, trumpet
Tyler Mazone, clarinet
Maggie McFerran, viola
Amy Meng, piano
RebeccaMiceli, clarinet
Paige Miller, flute
Irene Montanini, piano
Agata Montanini, piano
Jenna Morrisey, voice-alto
Kathryn Muller, voice-duet
Michelle Prunier, voice-duet
Jo Ann Mulligan, violin
Charlie Mulligan, clarinet
Sean Murphy, voice-bass
Molly R. Nelligan, cello
Margot Nezaj, piano
Hyunjung Nho, voice-alto
Rafi Nizam, violin
Maksim Papenkov, voice-tenor
Vesna Pasetto, piano
Dilni Pathriana, clarinet
Rose Petitti, flute
Rose Petitti, flute-duet
Derek Petti, voice-bass
Francesca Phelan, flute
Nadja Pope, voice-alto
Aaron Pradhan,
euphonium
Michelle Prunier, voicesoprano
Catherine Rafferty, viola
TimothyReaddean, trumpet
Sarah Readdean, clarinet,
piano
Hazel Regan, piano
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Claire Reilly, cello, piano
Marie Reilly, piano
Regan Roberts, snare drum
Erin Robinson, viola
Eliana Rowe, voice-alto
Lucy Rutherford, flute
Abigail, Ryan, voicealto-1
Olivia Schneider, euphonium
Marissa Scotti, voicesoprano-1
Alex Selsley, viola
Michaela Shea, soprano
Jason Sindoni, tuba
Victoria Smith, baritone
Hugh Smith, tuba
Jesse Smith, violin
Victoria Smith, baritone-duet
Victoria Smith, soprano
Gwyndolyn Sofka, clarinet
Shreya Srinivasan, piano,
soprano, violin
Cassidy Stanley, violin
Helena Steffensen, soprano
Samantha Stern, voice-soprano
Nora Stevens, voicesoprano-1
Chloe Stevens, flute
Gayathri (Bhagyashree)
Subramaniam, flute
Guari Subramaniam, violin
MaryKathryn Sweeney,
trumpet
Rachel Swyer, voice-alto,
trumpet
Andrew Thomas, trumpet
Taniya Thomas, piano
Tinu Thomas, alto
Lauren Thompson, flute-duet
Amanda Thottam, violin
Christian Tolfa, trumpet, voicebass
Glenn Trechel, french-horn,
piano, tenor Nina Tuxbury, violin
Andre Valverde, bass
Alexandra VanDenburgh,
clarinet
Katelyn Waltz, violin
William Wang, clarinet, voicetenor-2
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:
Sophia Wang, violin
Hannah Weber, clarinet
Tracy Wei, flute
Grace Wei, viola
Natalie Wey, piano
Allegra Wu, flute
Isabella Wu, clarinet
Kelly Wuthrich, flute
KennethYamashita, piano
Jason Yamashita, french horn
Andrew Yang, trombone
Helen Yang, violin
Katie Yang, cello
Eddy Yu, voice-bass
Melody Yu, clarinet, piano
Amy Zhang, violin
Karen Zhu, cello
Michael Zhu, violin
Keith Zobel, alto sax
Kevin Zuchowski, baritone-horn
Danielle Abbruzzese
Rubin Chen
Hunter Griffith
Alessandro Amore
Madhura Chettiar
Matlyn Gross
Alexis Anagnostopulos Nicole Chiang
Zoya Groves
Tatiana Anagnostopulos Anna Ciccarelli
James Gu
Carly Anders
Colette Cohen
William Guo
Julia Anderson
Samuel Cole
Sidra Hasan
John Avery
Zoe Copeland
Joseph Hayek
Aman Avvaru
Michelle Costanzo
Jared Hays
Maya Banks
Joshua Coton
Sydney Hillenbrandt
Jennifer Bartlett
Jaeda Curtis
Logan Hoffman
Caroline Becker
Allison Cusumano
Shane Hoffman
Kiersten Becker
Andrew Czekay
Jordon Kimbrough
Audrey Bell
Anna Davidson
Emma Klindtworth
Daniel Bemis
Cassandra DeOrazio
Alexa Krempa
Jack Billington
Meghan Depew
Ved Kumar
Olivia Blanchard
Shane DeThomasis
Jared Leader
Nikhil Bodduluri
Sean Donnelly
Anna LeClair
Jacqueline Bourgeois
Christopher Donohue Henry Li
Meghan Brewer
Camryn Doyle
Sierra Liotta
Ryan Brocci
Rachel Drislane
John Lippert IV
Taylor Bronson
Sandra Eldeiry
Ryan Maercklein
Kiya Brown
Olivia Fanshawe
Nina Malone
Isabella Bruno
Julianne Ford
Jennifer Maselli
Chad Buckley
Christopher Friguletto Atticus Matkin
Jerrod Buff
Thomas Gade
Lauren McCollum
Cameron Burdgick
Ryan Garrant
Nicole McGrath
Dhanush Busarapu
Craig Gehres
Allison McKenna
Emily Callender
Sophie Gerchikov
Anthony Micare
Anna Capuano
Brianna Gleasman
Caitlyn Miller
Evan Carey
Trisha Glogan
Cara Mortati
Darius Carter
Jamie Golderman
Julia Motler
Lydia Cartwright
Ronghai Gong
Timothy Myers
Sarah Castellanos
Gustavo Gonzalez
Michael Neal
Brandon Caulfield
Jacob Govel
Logan Neimeyer
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CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Board of Education Awards (continued from page 7)
GHS Superior Achievement
Gloria Zhao
Michael Zhu
GRADE 12
Fady AbdElMalek
Eden Alin
Nathaniel Backus
Iyal Basen
Laura Bauer
Monica Beach
Nathan Bierman
Tara Black
David Bone
Naila Brown
Victoria Burnham
Hayley Chang
Alicia Chen
Vivian Dai
Julia Davidoff
Naomi Downes
Elizabeth Eckhardt
Megan Eddy
Olivia Elmore
Abigail Forman
Sarah Forman
Sophia Foster
Kelly Gao
Emily Gersowitz
Therese Giordano
Rebecca Golderman
(continued)
Bryce Goyer
Macey Graves
Amy Guo
Charlotte Harlow
Jennifer Hoffmann
Liam Hurley
Alexander Johnston
Brent Katlan
Samantha Kellerman
Cormac Killeen
Margaret Lawler
Stephanie LeClair
Rosemary Leicht
Michael Lia
Samantha Lindberg
Qingxi Liu
Michael Masley-Hannett
Zachary McNally
Carrie Rose Mulligan
Jo Ann Mulligan
Elena Musteata
Maggie O’Brien
Isaac Obwald
Alexis Ochs
Mary Oldendorf
Mariah Palagyi
Maksim Papenkov
Natasha Permaul
Amanda Plant
Dayna Poskanzer
Cara Quimby
Rachel Quinn
Jacob Rosenberg
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
Kevin Swintek
Michael Talone
Erin Templeton
Nicolas Von Dollen
Aubrey Walden
Erik Webb
Meghan Webb
Michelle Yu
Alana Zervos
Yuqing Zhu
Jennifer Zyniecki
Notable Improvement
GRADE 6
Vanessa Alcantara Lira
Natalie Belli
Christian DeStefano
Katherine Kelty
Elizabeth Lashway
Emilia Matulewicz
Tyler Pelton
Matthew Ryan
Anthony Sbardella
William Smith V
Nafisa Tasneem
Zachary Visker
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GRADE 7
Amadou Balde
Hailey Bortell
Joshua Coburn
Nicholas Dunnells
Ekale Elonge
Kasia Fahsel
Sofia Fazzone
Sierra Gavigan
Adam Kedik
Emily Kent
Josey Kralik
Carl Liddle
Fiona Magenis
Luca Palazzo
Jeffrey Para Jr
Raphael Schmitt
Owen Vandeusen
Leah Westendorf
Cynthia Wu
GRADE 8
Shyanna Adami
Devin Alex
Nikhil Bodduluri
Grace Crothamel
Ricardo Galarza
Christopher Ladopoulos
Vincent Mariana
Zaden Smith
John Sokaris
GRADE 9
Tylor DeRouville
Alana Harvey
Venkata Vineeth Inuganty
Shea Keirstead
Erin Kelly
GRADE 10
Ryan Levy
Nichole Ochs
Hanna Schilling
Joshua Smith
FMS President’s Awards (continued from page 9)
Victoria Nemeth
Aidan Seery
Hannah Valensi
Isabella Nezaj
Zachary Selsley
Aasiyah Virjee
Amanda Nieman
Anthony Sericolo
Jocelyn Vititow
Lauren O’Connor
Jin Shang
Ryan Vogel
Dylan Olson
Puneet Singh
Erin Wadsworth
Esther Park
Isabella Smith
Eliana Wallock
Griffin Peck
Jessa Smith
Sean Walsh
Evanna Peng
John Sokaris
Laura Waltz
Abbey Pierce
Deanna Soto
Adam Webber
Giovanna Popolizio
Lucas Staubach
Sara Williams
Nicolas Popolizio
Mason Steward
Sean Witkop
Amanda Purello
Jack Streeter
Karen Zhu
Travis Rathwell
Sonal Swain
Kevin Zuchowski
Jacob Renaud
Shea Thomson
Tyler Richard
Miranda Thottam
Halle Risko
Noah Tindale
Erin Robinson
Michelle Topaltzas
Maggie Robinson
Conner Traeger
Sean Ryan
Nickolas Tyson
GRADE 11
William Bedell
Robert Gauvreau
Donovan Hess
Stephanie Kurz
Tyler Manganaro
GRADE 12
Kyasia Bowen
Cierra Cuomo
Austin Hammond
Brandon Mihaly
Alecia Peplowski
Bailey Shippey
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