THE WHEATLEY SCHOOL

OLD WESTBURY NEW YORK

ACADEMIC AWARDS EVENING

THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018 7:30 PM

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ACADEMIC AWARDS EVENING May 31, 2018

Introduction and Welcome Dr. Sean C. Feeney, Principal

NYS Scholarship for Academic Excellence Vani Kumar Emily Wang Mitchell Lin Carol Wu Saman Suleman Wheatley Scholarship for Academic Excellence Ananya Bansal Ally Kim Jacob Chimerine Alexandra Ostad Meaghan Doherty Talia Rosen Sana Haroon Anne Yan Nassau County Council of School Superintendents Sana Haroon Saman Suleman

Celebrating Excellence Award National Merit Winners Ally Kim Saman Suleman

Community Awards and Recognition Mrs. Janna Varela Bonacorsi, Guidance Director

Nassau County Comptroller’s Innovation Award Rachel Fuzaylov Nassau County Council of School

Superintendents Recognition Caroline Crimmins Nassau County American Legion Award Vani Kumar Community Service & Academic Excellence Jamie Horowitz The NYS Comptroller Achievement Award Talia Rosen NYS Attorney General Triple “C” Award Kevin Contreras Herbert Cumming Nassau County District Attorney SHIELD Award Charlotte Goldbaum Presidential Volunteer Service Award Sydnie Chimerine Blood Center Helping Hands Vedant Singh SCOPE Student Scholarship Roxane Ghadami Councilman Peter J. Zuckerman Citizenship Award Michaela Balboni Mitchell Lin Town of North Hempstead Civic Spirit Award Alexandra Kasparian Good Deeds Award Samuel Avila Joseph Vella Evan Gitlitz

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Special Awards, Part I Dr. Sean C. Feeney

East Williston Retired Teachers’ Award Cecilia Jozef LIASEA Conrad G. Hecht Award Sara Creamer Special Achievement Recognition Benjamin Mathew Tulane University Book Award Ethan Moreh George Washington University Book Award Jamie Ryan Oberlin Book Award Camellia Ye Ted Tchack/Stew Doig SWS Award Presented by Patrick Clarke, SWS Moderator Nicole Bruder Ed Keenan Humanitarian Award Presented by Mark Kamberg, BOE President Adeel Anwar Darrell R. Lund Award Kimberly Esquilin Janice Wolff Award Presented by Dr. Elaine Kanas, Superintendent Keely Grama The Jackie Borruso ENL Memorial Scholarship Rachel Yang

Science Awards Mrs. Mary Alexis Pace, Secondary Science Chair

Science 8 Patrick Feil Living Environment Katherine DeSarno

Biology Emilia Keys

Earth Science Nadav Cohen

Chemistry Emily Yagoda Physics Jason Manzano

Advanced Placement Biology Karen Li

Advanced Placement Chemistry Vedant Singh

Advanced Placement Physics 1 Brandon Zhu Advanced Placement Physics C Devin Brancato

Advanced Placement Psychology Talia Rosen

SUPA Forensics John Tretolo

American Chemical Society Outstanding Student Vedant Singh Regeneron Science Talent Search John Li

Regional Finalist for Siemens Science Competition Vedant Singh

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Arts Awards Dr. Karen Klapper, Assistant Principal

Excellence in Art, 8th Grade Erika Ustick Excellence in Art, 9th Grade Gabriella Testani Excellence in Art, 10th Grade Allison Zheng Excellence in Art, 11th Grade Ciara O’Brien ASA Leadership in Art Award Domenique Dunne ASA Senior Scholarship Eva Suppa

Social Studies Awards Mr. Scott Eckers, Secondary Chair

Grade 8 Declan Brady Krittika Prajapati Brian Chirel Daniel Solomon Victoria Potrapeluk Global 9 Kayla Roberts World History 9 Honors Sarah Hassan Frederick Lin Global History 10 Samantha Chusid Sofia Fuertes Advanced Placement World History Peter Cuomo Karen Li United States History 11 Miles Baker Advanced Placement United States History Sofia Greenfield Camellia Ye John Scudero Participation in Government Christopher Kosel Advanced Placement Economics Sana Haroon Advanced Placement US Government & Politics Rachel Bergsohn Advanced Placement Research Adeel Anwar College Regional Studies Talia Rosen 8th Grade National Geographic Bee School Winner Krittika Prajapati

National History Day Finalists Maia Cale Janice Zeng Glenn Pribek SWS Award Lindsay Eckhoff Rachel Yang Warren J. Loring Award Emily Wang The Robert J. Bernstein Amicus Curiae Award Jacob Chimerine Caroline Crimmins Dr. Paul van Wie Award for Excellence Megan Kirschner

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Music Awards Dr. Karen Klapper, Assistant Principal

Blue Note Award Justin Vega

Certificate of Recognition Chorus Hallie ArbitalJacoby Jessica Poomkudy

Chorus Award Hallie ArbitalJacoby

Certificate of Recognition Band Devin Brancato Ally Kim Liam Coffey Megan Kirschner Rachel Fuzaylov Lucas Miller Nicole Hetzel Ryan Schnur Jamie Horowitz Kristen Tursi Alexandra Kasparian Alice Ye

Peter Pane Award Ryan Schnur

Certificate of Recognition Orchestra Michaela Balboni Saman Suleman Rachel Bergsohn Ally Wang Roxane Ghadami Emily Wang Megan Klein Aiden Wong Vani Kumar Carol Wu Luke Mazzeo Anne Yan Anusha Ramnarayan

Michelle Saxon Award Adeel Anwar Eve and Jerry Jerome Award Justin Vega

World Language Awards Mrs. Joan Anderson, Secondary Chair

The Excellence in Language Awards French Ally Kim Italian Eva Suppa Spanish Sana Haroon

The French Spirit Award Vani Kumar The Italian Spirit Award Rikki Gassman The Spanish Spirit Award Kimberly Esquilin AATSP Long Island Chapter Scholarship Jessica Hastings Joan L. Feindler Memorial Award Adeel Anwar Kumiko Sagiuchi Memorial Award Anne Yan Bill Van Dyke Scholarship Award Caroline Crimmins

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Mathematics Awards Robert Teseo, Secondary Chair

AMC 10 Top Scorer Ryan Wu AMC 12 Top Scorer Brandon Zhu Nassau County Mathletes All-Star Vedant Singh Brandon Zhu American Invitational Mathematics Exam Qualifiers Brandon Zhu New York Math League High Scorer Brandon Zhu Rensselaer University Award Vedant Singh Chris Xanthudakis Award Steven Popovitz Long Island Math Fair Gold Medal Winners Sufia Ainechi Viraj Jayam Manav Bansal Manan Shukla Sarah Hassan Sharon Zhong Mathematics 8 Maia Cale Algebra 1 Justin Wong Geometry Layla Jarrahy Algebra 2 Rebecca Zeltsman Precalculus Karen Li Mathematics Research 8 Victoria Potrapeluk Math Research 9-12 Anya Chabria Discrete Mathematics Abhishek Kumar Advanced Placement Computer Science Camellia Ye Advanced Placement Statistics Manav Bansal Advanced Placement Calculus AB Talia Rosen Advanced Placement Calculus BC Jacob Chimerine Multi-variable Calculus Vedant Singh

Business Awards Robert Teseo, Secondary Chair

Fashion Design and Marketing Emily Arcieri

Dee Izzo Memorial Award — Excellence in Business Matthew Baltzer

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English Awards Mr. Stephen Collier, Secondary Chair

Pacesetter Awards Ethan Moreh Camellia Ye The Michael Hurley Memorial Writing Award Ananya Bansal Special Recognition Award Joshua Koelsch The Rose-Mary Bartul Poetry Award Ally Kim Bruce Dennis Creative Writing Award Talia Rosen The Richard J. Nixon Award for Excellence in English Megan Kirschner Anne Yan Vani Kumar

Technology and Engineering Awards Mr. Ed Kemnitzer, Director

PLTW Design and Draw for Production Grace Ducroiset PLTW Civil Engineering & Architecture Salvatore Anteri PLTW Principles of Engineering Steven Popovitz FIRST Robotics Design & Engineering Award Elan Mizhiritsky FIRST Robotics Software Engineering Award Abhishek Kumar Wood Shop Design and Production Award Alexandra Kasparian Jessica Cohen Humanitarian Award Ryan Schnur

Theatre Awards Dr. Sean C. Feeney

The Thespian Award Hallie ArbitalJacoby Outstanding Contribution in Fall Drama Kimberly Esquilin Talia Rosen Jason Manzano Outstanding Contribution in Spring Musical Sydney Behar Justin Vega Jacob Kaufman Exceptional Achievement in Theatre Devyn Bennett Alexandra Kasparian Skylar Blechner Ally Kim Lucy Brancaccio Elan Mizhiritsky Rachel Fuzaylov Pricilla Prasad Maxwell Hochstein

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Special Awards, Part II Dr. Sean C. Feeney

In Recognition of Excellence Brett Bloomberg Alexandra Ostad Herbert Cumming Hannah Ostad Remi Goldfarb Jesse Romano Nicole Hetzel Michele Strocchia Brett Katz Aiden Wong The Jim O’Brien Award Sofia Greenfield P.T.O. Teacher of the Year Presented by the Wheatley PTO The Susan Bergtraum Leadership in Action Award Megan Kirschner P.T.O. Recognition Award Caroline Crimmins William Feil The Wheatley Medals Dr. Sean C. Feeney Ananya Bansal Justin Vega

Congratulations to all of our recognized students! Thank you to the faculty and staff who supported the students throughout their years at Wheatley! Thank you as well to the parents

for your continued support of our school and programs!

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

Overall Academic Distinction

The following National Merit and Advanced Placement Scholar Awards were recognized earlier this year based on work completed through June 2017. Students will not be called up during tonight’s presentation.

National Merit Semifinalists John Li Ally Kim Saman Suleman National Merit Commended Students Ananya Bansal Sana Haroon Aiden Wong Alekya Bokka Vani Kumar Anne Yan Jacob Chimerine Emily Wang AP Scholars (2017) Sufia Ainechi Jamie Horowitz Joshua Koelsch Justin Antunes Jessica Igoe Mahesh Pitchayan Matthew Baltzer Taliah Ilyadi Jessica Poomkudy Alekya Bokka Tiffany Jiao Anusha Ramnarayan Devin Brancato Coby Kamhi Ally Wang Jona Chorost Tessa Karikas Ilan Zarin Eric Fox Alexandra Kasparian Eric Zhou Caroline Crimmins Punit Kaur Brandon Zhu Rikki Gassman Amanda Kim Roxane Ghadami Megan Klein AP Scholars with Honors (2017) Adeel Anwar Christopher Giunta Ryan Schnur Michaela Balboni Remi Goldfarb Manan Shukla Brett Bloomberg Jason Manzano Vedant Singh Kevin Contreras Michael Medvedev Cooper Tanenhaus Antony Deluxe Lucas Miller Kenton Wu Evan Gitlitz Aamir Muneer AP Scholar with Distinction (2017) Samuel Avila Ally Kim Hannah Ostad Ananya Bansal Megan Kirschner Erin Patterson Rachel Bergsohn Aiden Wong Michelle Raja Jacob Chimerine Abhishek Kumar Jesse Romano Meaghan Doherty Carol Wu Hunter Schore William Feil Vani Kumar Saman Suleman Rachel Fuzaylov John Li Justin Vega Sana Haroon Mitchell Lin Emily Wang Jessica Hastings Mary Ma Anne Yan Charlotte Kaminsky Elan Mizhiritsky Alice Ye Brett Katz Alexandra Ostad National AP Scholar (2017) Ananya Bansal Brett Katz John Li

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Art Department

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Regional Gold and Silver Key Award Allison Zheng National Gold Medal Winner Allison Zheng Drexel University High School Photography Exhibit Juliana Cangemi ASA All-County Art Exhibition

Honorable Mention Katherine Bosnack Cathy Li Samantha Chusid Hailey Ramalhete Kimberly Esquilin Eva Suppa Kayla Gray Allison Zheng Emma Leng

Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 2018 Photography Contest

Best in Show Jesse Futerman Honorable Mention Katherine Bosnack Ilana Nimkoff

Julia Braito Alexa Oliviero Deshna Chordia Hailey Ramalhete Sofia Fuertas Kaylie Rosen Sydney Lee Dalia Savy

NYSSBA Exhibition Samantha Chusid Amanda Molstad NYSATA Legislative Exhibit Alison Amarain Ciara O’Brien Julia Braito Amanda Molstad Art League of Long Island Advanced Placement Exhibition Remi Goldfarb Eva Suppa Jamie Konigsberg The Art Guild of Port Washington Juried HS Exhibition Hallie ArbitalJacoby CW Post 12 x 12 Art Exhibition Tanveen Kaur Ryan Steinberg Lucas Matt Eric Zhou Avani Rambharose Art Supervisors Association Leadership Award Domenique Dunne Art Supervisors Association Senior Scholar Eva Suppa Adelphi Art Foundations Program Katherine Bosnack Max Hochstein Kimberly Esquilin Theodore Koutsoftas Emily Freund Lucas Matt Jesse Futerman Eva Suppa The Memory Project Kimberly Esquilin Ciara O’Brien Emily Freund Avani Ramnarayan Heather Kopp Eric Zhou

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Mathematics Department

Modeling the Future Challenge

3rd Place Team (Nationally) John Li Brandon Zhu Vedant Singh

Long Island Science and Engineering Fair

2nd place, Mathematics and Computers Viraj Jayam

Al Kalfus Long Island Math Fair Winners

Gold Medal Winners Sufia Ainechi Sarah Hassan Manan Shukla Manav Bansal Viraj Jayam Sharon Zhong

Silver Medal Winners Michaela Balboni Madison Ramos Anya Chabria Justin Vega Bronze Medal Winners Abhishek Kumar Diya Shah Rebecca Sparacio Eric Ness Vedant Singh

Long Island JSHS 2018 Regional Finalists Viraj Jayam

35th Annual Nassau Mathematics Tournament (NMT) 2nd Place Senior Team Division Tony Deluxe Kenton Wu Vedant Singh Brandon Zhu Trenton Wong

Music Department

All-State Symphonic Orchestra Camellia Ye Alternates Amanda Kim Justin Vega Long Island String Festival Association (LISFA)

High School Division Jason Liu Elizabeth Yuen Eric Ness

Junior High Division Julian Chang Andrew Kim Joyce Chen Yan Jun Lin Jeremy Kang

All-County

Band, Div. 3 Ian Kim Band, Div. 4 April Garnock Chorus, Div. 3 Krittika Prajapati Chorus, Div. 4 Kavina Amin Emily Gothelf Kaya Amin Jacob Kaufman Chorus, Div. 5 Danielle Smichok Orchestra, Div. 3 Julian Chang Andrew Kim Joyce Chen Yan Jun Lin Jeremy Kang Orchestra, Div. 4 Eliana Li Eric Ness Jason Liu Elizabth Yuen

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Science Department

Long Island Science and Engineering Fair Emily Wang – 2nd Place, Earth and Environmental Sciences Vedant Singh – Honorable Mention, Biomedical Engineering Rebecca Sparacio – Honorable Mention, Cellular and Molecular Biology Hitangee Jain – Honorable Mention, Earth and Environmental Sciences John Li – Honorable Mention, Engineering Mechanics Karen Li, Victor Li, Manan Shukla – Honorable Mention, Cellular and Molecular Biology New York State Science and Engineering Fair Vani Kumar – 2nd Place, Biomedical and Health Sciences Emily Wang – 2nd Place, Environmental Engineering Rebecca Sparacio – 3rd Place, Plant Sciences Vedant Singh – Honorable Mention, Biomedical Engineering Molloy College Science Fair Anya Chabria – First Honors Rebecca Sparacio – Honorable Mention Long Island Science Congress

Medal Recipients Vani Kumar Samar Saleem Aarushi Jain Manan Shukla Olivia Palmieri Honorable Mention Anya Chabria Victor Li Lauren Druz John Li Anne Yan Avinash Reddy Karen Li

WAC Lighting Invitational/Research Association Science Fair Viraj Jayum – 2nd Place, Computer Science and Modeling Karen Li – 3rd Place, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Victor Li – 3rd Place, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Vedant Singh – 3rd Place, Biology Vani Kumar – Honorable Mention, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Hitangee Jain – Honorable Mention, Earth and Environmental Sciences Alex ArbitalJacoby – Honorable Mention, Earth and Environmental Sciences Thoedore Koutsoftas - Honorable Mention, Earth and Environmental Sciences Akiva Mohebban - Honorable Mention, Earth and Environmental Sciences World Language Department

American Association of Teachers of French - Poetry Contest Level 2 1st place Sarah Hassan 2nd place Manav Bansal 3rd place Adeel Anwar Distinction Anya Chabria Advanced 1st place Danielle Smichok Distinction Vani Kumar Emily Yagoda

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American Association of Teachers of French - National French Exam (National Rankings)

Level 1 Gold Anika Bokka Silver Declan Brady Kate Seo Charlotte Iannone Jace Yagoda Level 2 Gold Manav Bansal Sarah Hassan Silver Adeel Anwar Layla Jarrahy Anya Chabria Patrick Brady Level 3 Gold Madison Ramos

American Association of Teachers of Italian- Poetry Contest Level 3 3rd place Adeel Anwar

American Association of Teachers of Italian- National Italian Exam Level 1 Silver James Blennau Level 3 Gold Patrick Brady American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese- National Spanish Exam

Level 1 Gold Maia Cale Alexandra Ofsie Evan Wang Ian Kim Krittika Prajapati Janice Zeng Silver Danielle Avila Siddhant Jain Scott Schmuck Level 2 Gold Cosmo Chang Saad Haroon Samar Saleem Natalie Scudero Silver Deshna Chordia Thomas Lew Jasmine Singh Pukhraj Kaur Emma Melnikov Dalia Savy Alexandra Levine Level 3 Gold Patrick Brady Level 4 Silver Khavi Ahmed

LI Chapter of AATSP

Judy Abrams-Margaret Fernández NSE Scholarship Adeel Anwar

LI Chapter of AATSP Design a Card Contest Winner Tiffany Jiao

2018 Recipients of the NYS Seal of Bi-literacy French Vani Kumar Italian Jason Manzano Eva Suppa

Spanish Adeel Anwar Rachel Fuzaylov Alexandra Ostad Samuel Avila Roxane Ghadami Hannah Ostad Ananya Bansal Remi Goldfarb Giavanna Papavero Rachel Bergsohn Sana Haroon Aidan Pereira Devin Brancato Jessica Hastings Saman Suleman Jacob Chimerine Taliah Ilyadi Justin Vega Kevin Contreras Alexandra Kasparian Emily Wang Caroline Crimmins Brett Katz Anne Yan Kimberly Esquilin Megan Klein

THE EAST WILLISTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Board of Education Mark Kamberg, President

Robert V. Fallarino, Esq., Vice President Leonard Hirsch David P. Keefe Alan Littman

District Administration Elaine Kanas, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools

Sydney Freifelder, Interim Assistant Superintendent for Business Danielle Gately, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent for Instruction & Personnel

District Directors Thomas Fitzpatrick, Director of PE, Athletics, and Medical Services

Edward Kemnitzer, Director of Technology, Innovation & Info. Services Lynn Mazza, Psy.D., Director of Pupil Personnel Services

Thomas Sposato, Assistant Director of Pupil Personnel Services Janna Varela Bonacorsi, Director of Guidance

District Curriculum Personnel Joan Anderson, Secondary Chair of World Languages

Stephen Collier, Secondary Chair of English Scott Eckers, Secondary Chair of Social Studies Mary Alexis Pace, Secondary Chair of Science

Robert Teseo, Secondary Chair of Mathematics

The Wheatley School Sean C. Feeney, Ph.D., Principal

Karen Klapper, Ed.D., Assistant Principal