The Alternative Press

WESTFIELD, NJ - At Westfield High School’s annual Awards Night, two teachers, a Counselor and over 140 students were recognized for outstanding achievement during the 2011-12 academic year.

Presentations to staff included:

• The Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award- Ellen Muir, Project ’79 Math teacher
• Robert and Linda Foose Memorial Award- Jan Fine, Guidance Counselor
• PTSO Outstanding Teacher Award- Peter Horn, Coordinator, Project ‘79.

The following students received awards:

Emily Bailey -  Dr. John P. Burns Television Achievement Award

Loren Ball - Westfield Education Association Scholarship

Tara Bange -Lisa K. Monteleone Teaching Scholarship

Alana Basil - National Merit Scholarship Award,   Commended Scholar

Alana Basil - English Department Book Lover's Award

Aimee Bass - Earth Science Award

Michelle Behzadpour - FLAG Award and French Elan Award

Emily Benz - Westfield Jaycees

Daniel Berke - State Farm "Good Neighbor" Scholarship and Westfield Jaycees

Caroline Bertoni - Excellence in History Award

Joy Binder - Liesja Tortorello "Carpe Diem" Award and Environmental Science

Markian Borkowsky  - Model UN and Youth and Government Award

Daniel Brotman - Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award

Alexandra Caggiano - The Douglas J. Odenkirk Memorial Award

Matthew Caminiti - Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award

Sarah Chandler - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; French Achievement Award; Model UN and Youth and Government Award

Robert Ciardullo - Italian Club Achievement Award

Sarah Collins -Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Association/Dorothy Kirkley Memorial Award

Rebecca Daaleman - Wil…Power Scholarship

Ella D'Amico - AP Statistics

Melissa DeCandia- National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar

John Dedea - Megan Beck Memorial Scholarship

Michael DePaolo -National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar

Dominick DePaula - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar

Isabel DoCampo - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar

Patrick Dyer, - Robert L. and Marilyn P. Bunting Award

Amanda Earl - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar

Thomas Edwards - National Merit Scholarship Award – Finalist

Ryan Elliott - Calculus AB Award

Nicole Embrett - Helen Bell and John McMartin Award;   Douglas C. Yearley Memorial Scholarship

Nicholas Estevez -Laurence F. Green Achievement Award

Abraham Fertig-Cohen - Charles E. Brown Prize in History

Rory Fitzpatrick - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Westfield High School Distinguished Student Award;  Calculus BC Award; Physics II AP-C Award

Geena Gao - National Merit Scholarship Award – Finalist

William Geohegan -David M. Hart Science Award

Laura Gilbertson - FLAG Award

Zachary Goldfarb - Albert R. Bobal Social Studies Award;  Col. & Mrs. Henry Bayard McCoy Award

Abigail Goldring - Edmund K. Faltermayer Journalism Scholarship

Alex Goldschmidt - National Merit Scholarship Award,  Commended Scholar;  Marc Hardy Memorial Latin Award

Zoe Greenburg - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Margaret Dietrich Award; Chemistry II AP Award

Brianna Guddemi - Douglas C. Yearley Memorial Scholarship

Henry Hershey -FLAG Award

Bernadette Hopen -The Barbara Philpot Memorial Spirit Award; Gail W. Trimble Memorial Award

Krysta Huber -Westfield Association of Administrators and Supervisors;  Andrew and Helen Bogert Scholarship;

Jason Isbit -National Merit Scholarship Award,  Commended Scholar;  Westfield Jaycees

Rafaella Jakubovic - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar;  Earth Science Award

Katharine Jaruzelski -National Merit Scholarship Award – Finalist; Westfield Spanish Ladies Club; Spanish Club Academic Achievement Award; Biology II AP

Alexandra Jason - Westfield Chapter UNICO National Awards

Christopher Jimenez - Emerging Leader Scholarship from Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets

Nicholas Knepper - Helen Bell and John McMartin Award

Elizabeth Kuehn - Model UN and Youth and Government Award

Allegra Larche - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar

Timothy Lehmberg - Westfield Spanish Ladies Club;  Andrew and Helen Bogert Scholarship

Dara Levy -Broadcast Journalism Award; Westfield Democratic Committee Public Service Award

Danielle Lipschutz - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar

Tess Lukowiak - Biology II AP

Donat Maliqi - Waldron W. Holck Memorial Award

Maxwell Marchiano - Barry Judd Memorial Scholarship

Amanda Marcotullio - Italian Club Achievement Award

Hannah Margolin -National Merit Scholarship Award – Finalist;  Class of '49 Prize

Finbar Martinson - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar

Sydney Metzger -Mandeville-Rentrop Scholarship

Michael Mondon - Italian Club Achievement Award

Katherine Nemeth - Joseph E. Rood Memorial Award

Richard O'Connor - Charles H. Frankenbach Award; Douglas C. Yearley Memorial Scholarship

Ellis Opoku - Douglas C. Yearley Memorial Scholarship

Kevin Oster - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; Model UN and Youth and Government Award

Olivia Pecora -Seifeldin Ashmawy Peace Award

Gabriella Pirrone - Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award

Emily Polak - German Achievement Award

Brian Pollock- National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar; German Achievement Award

Megan Poyntz - FLAG Award

Jason Qin- National Merit Scholarship Award,  Commended Scholar; Noel and Thelma Taylor Memorial Award

Matthew Ragoza -National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar

Thomas Ramage - Environmental Science

Jack Rickles - FLAG Award; Most Outstanding World Language Student

Rebecca Sarkos -National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar

Michael Schwab - Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award

Andrew Schwarz - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar

Kayla Siegelstein - Spanish Club Service Award

Ashley Simmons - Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Association/Dorothy Kirkley Memorial Award

Jessica Sipe - Italian Club Achievement

Troy Skibitsky - Westfield Republican Committee Public Service Award

Sari Solomon -Sylvia Cummin Outstanding Business Student Award

Alina Spera -Italian Club Achievement Award; Westfield Chapter UNICO National Awards

Kathleen Tang - National Merit Scholarship Award – Winner

Stephanie Tepper - National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar;  Excellence in French Award

Leonidas Tolias - National Merit Scholarship Award – Finalist;  AP Computer Science

Rebecca Tunis - Col. & Mrs. Henry Bayard McCoy Westfield Foundation; Westfield Democratic Committee Public Service Award

Anthony Valles -The Gregg F. Clyne Memorial Foundation, Inc. Scholarship Award

Brian Vander Schaaf, National Merit Scholarship Award - Winner; Physics II AP-C Award

Tyler Varian - Gail W.Trimble Memorial Award

Jacob Vergara, J. Isabella Dodds Award

Nicholas Villane - Fundamentals of Calculus

Christopher Walsh - Mandeville-Rentrop Scholarship

Victoria Wang - Peggy H. and Jeremiah A. Lott Scholarship Fund Award; FLAG Award;  Social Studies Department Award

Caroline Weber- National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar

Jacob Wegbreit - Chemistry II AP Award

Matias Werner -William E. Wyman Memorial Award

Danielle Wirthshafter - Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award

Thomas Wolski - Westfield Chapter UNICO National Awards

Madison Yarusi - Katherine E. Cuthbertson Memorial Achievement Award

Nicholas Zahorodny -National Merit Scholarship Award – Finalist;  Laura Meierhans Memorial Award; English Department Award

Alexander Zimmerman- National Merit Scholarship Award, Commended Scholar.