Complete Student Awards Listing from Watchung Hills' Senior Night

Members of ’s Class of 2012 assembled on the evening of June 19 for . The many scholarships, prizes, commendations, and certificates were distributed in three segments as follows: financial awards; academic/service/achievement awards; memorial awards.

Financial, PTO-affiliated, community Awards

Watchung Hills Regional Education Association Scholarships:

Watchung-Warren Rotary Club Memorials: Lauren Treich, Robert Tucker, Amy Park, Dana Graziano

Warren Township Lions Club Scholarships:  Amy Park, Dana Graziano, Andrew Dill, Kaitlyn Anderson, Hayley Deutsch, Rosette Epstein

Watchung Exempt Firemen’s Association Scholarship:  John Young

Watchung Fire Department/Kenneth Schmidt Scholarship: Robert Tucker  

Watchung Fire Department/ Artie Jacot Family Memorial Scholarship: Dana Graziano  

Watchung Hills Regional High School PTO Scholarships: John Rizzi, Rosette Epstein, Dana Graziano, Amy Regan, Winfield Winter, Michelle Costa, Kyle Murray,

Watchung Hills Regional High School PTO Service Scholarships: Logan Mendez, Derek Weisman, Michael Ma

Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Scholarships: , Nicole Silva

Dawn Gayle Coury Memorial Scholarship: Jillian Mauro

Warren Township PTO’s Scholarships : Amy Park, Lauren Treich

William Brown Memorial Scholarship: 

Long Hill Township PTO Scholarships: Christopher Mott, Nicole Silva, Andrew Wilk

Frank Gault Memorial Scholarships: Michael Disch, Robert Tucker

Dunellen-Green Brook Rotary Club Scholarships: Aashka Shah Akash Katakam

Green Brook PTO Scholarships: Kyle Murray, Amy Regan 

Watchung Optimist Club Scholarship: Amy Regan

Watchung Hills Elks BPOE 2252 Scholarships: Danielle Eder, Mackenzie Wood, Abinav Dantuluri,

Louise Bardwell Memorial Scholarships: Mark Eddie Blajsa, Kyrsten Ponturo

Millington Savings Bank Scholarships: Dana Graziano, Kyle Murray

L. Suzanne Kenney Memorial Scholarships: Robert Tucker, Michael Disch

Peter C. Rovtar Memorial Scholarship: Kate Coultas

Sanford Orthodontics, Family, Cosmetic and Laser Dentistry Scholarship : Amy Regan

Cedar Grove Elks: Dana Graziano

Academic, Service and Achievement Awards

The second segment of the program honored students who had distinguished themselves in academic, service, outreach or community areas, as follows:

New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete: Robert Hovanec

Somerset County Scholar-Athletes: 

Skyland Conference Scholar Athletes: Kyle Murray, Emily Sheitelman

Business Arts Awards:

; Outstanding Business  Student, Rebecca Janicki  

Mathematics Awards:

 Clifford A. Warren Award, Michael Ma, Shreyas Panchagnula; Outstanding Achievement in Calculus Michael Ma, Shreyas Panchagnula;  Outstanding Achievement in Statistics,  Christopher Nguyen; 800 on SAT Mathematics,  Samuel Wolfson, Akash Katakam, Ryan Bhattacharyya, Cathy Song, Wesley Yiin, Priyanka Goyal, Kevin Lee, Michael Ma, Leon Santhakumar.

World Languages Awards: Excellence in Latin, Ryan Bhattacharya; AAFT Outstanding Senior Award in  French, Jessica Cunha; Italian:   Outstanding Achievement in Italian, Michael Briski, Michelle Costa;  Spanish: Outstanding Academic Achievement in Spanish, Nic Saxena;   Chinese: Outstanding  Achievement in Chinese, Sampson Ho; Excellence in Chinese, Marie Bonnar ;German:  Achievement in German, Nel Gaensler, Alex Mazzarisi; Excellence in German,  Raul Aguilar, Daniel  Rietze                                     

Arts Department Awards:

Outstanding Student of Child Development, Kristina King, Jenna DiStefano, Sarah Smith; Excellence in Child Development, Nicole Simoes, Christina Scolera; Achievement in Child Development, Eleni Filippatos; Most Improved Student in Child Development, Sarah Connelly,  Jamie Gall; Most Likely to Succeed-working with Young Children, Melissa, Meireles;

Excellence in Art, Jesse Kukucka-Doney; Excellence in Ceramics, Ricardo Benitez; Outstanding Student of Ceramics, Lea  Monetti; Achievement in Ceramics, Heide Munzer; Outstanding Student of Video Production, Michael Saccento; Excellence in Video Production, Brian Erickson, Samuel Wolfson; Achievement in Video Production, Michael Saccento, Kyle Celeste, India Braver; Excellence in Photography, Sarah Isaacs; Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design, Omar Choudhury; Outstanding Student of Dance, Melany Schwartz; Achievement in Dance, Elen Filippatos, Sara Mejia; Excellence in Dance, Kate Coultas, Morgaine De Leonardis; Dedication to Dance Ensemble, Gabrielle Gambino, Victoria Mulhern, Alexandra Sheppard.

Theatre Awards:

Excellence in Acting, Michael Saccento, Kate Coultas, Keith Mellea; Achievement in Directing, Sianna Simon; Achievement in Stage Management, Laura Thomson, Emily Baldwin; Achievement in Technical Theatre, Matthew Herber, Lea Monetti.

English Awards

Outstanding English Student, Winfield Winter; Outstanding  Creative Writer, Matthew Carbone;  Outstanding Expository Writer, Daniel Rietze; Outstanding Literary Analysis, Krysten Ponturo; Outstanding Journalist, Michelle Costa, Christian Vergilio.

Interact Community Service (Four years of community service-50+ hours): Danielle Adams, Kaitlyn Andersen , Leah Barnet, Samantha Blitzer, Marie Bonnar, Liana Esposito, Ashley Genoese, Kathryn Holz, Amanda McGrady, Kelly McGrady, Michael Ma, Jasmine Lin, Hayley Deutsch, Steven Klawitter, Logan Mendez, Amy Regan, J.C. Rizzi, Leon Santhakumar, Aashka Shah, Michelle Spiller, Nicole Silva, Robbie Tucker, Carlyn Vautin,  Derek Weisman, Andrew Wilk, Winfield Winter, Mackenzie Wood, Kyle Celeste, Matthew Roth, Priyanka Goyal.

Peer Leader Awards: Shifali Bose, Maria Bova, Maggie Doran,   Elen Filippatos, Matthew Herber, Max Leibowitz, Ally Malat, Amy Park, Megan Perez, J. C. Rizzi, Ryan Stetz, Derek Weisman, Mackenzie Wood

History/Social Studies Book Award              

Stephen Bartlett /Social  Studies Award, Daniel Rietze

Warren Township Republican Committee Award: Andrew Dill;

Frank Salvato Award, Hailey Deutsch

Daughters of the American Revolution Awards

DAR Good Citizen’s  Award, Derek Weisman; DAR Excellence in History Medal, Michelle Costa.

Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Service Awards: Kathryn Holz. Molly Davis

Science Awards

Biology, Michael Ma;  Chemistry,  Michael Ma; Environmental Science, Nicholas Delli Paoli;  Physics, Ryan Bhattacharyya;  Waksman Student  Scholars’ Program, Akash Katakam; Scholarship in Project Lead the Way, Hayley  Deutsch; U.S. FIRST  Robotics, Harrison Deppner; Experimental Research &  Design in Astrophysics, Leon Santakumar, Kevin Lee.

Van Doren  Scholarship, Priyanka Goyal, Michael Ma.

Presidential Scholarship, Priyanka Goyal.

Certificate of Appointment,  U.S.Merchant Marine Academy,  John Young

Davidson College  Presidential Scholarship, Julie  Park

ACT,  Priyanka Goyal

U.S. Figure Skating, Platinum Level, Jasmine Lin

Courier News Academic All-Star Program, Michael Ma

National Merit Scholarship, Michael Ma, Wesley Yiin

Semper Fidelis, Distinguished Scholar, Michael Ma

Semper Fidelis,  Music Excellence, Michael Briski

Semper Fidelis, Athletic Excellence, Amy Park

Fabricland  Textile & Design Award, Arielle Pila

Watchung Hills Yearbook Awards, Christian Vergilio, Shanna Whelan

All School Council Awards

President, Mackenzie Wood; Vice President, Kaitlyn Anderson; Treasurer, Derek Weisman

Grade Level Council Awards

President, Rachel Brown; Vice President, J.C. Rizzi;  Treasurer, Emily Meringolo; Secretary, Hayley Deutsch; Parliamentarian, Seth Braunstein; Senior Class Representatives, Shafali Bose, Amy Regan

Memorial Awards

Ernst Wessel Foundation Awards:  Michael Ma, Prianka Goyal

Hattie Fasinski Memorial Scholarship: Shannon Semmling

John Herdman Memorial Scholarship:  Sarah Isaacs

Lee Stapleton Memorial Award for Excellence in Theatre:  Kate Coultas

Joseph Heath Memorial Scholarship: Derek Weisman  

Gary Bicknell  Memorial Awards:  Derek Weisman, Rebecca Janicki

Bob Beckert Memorial Scholarships: Kathleen Finnegan, Andrew Dill, Carlyn Vautin, Hayley Deutsch, Michael Larkin, Shanna Whelan.

James Straine Jr. Memorial Scholarship: Kaitlyn Andersen  

Christopher Noble Ingrassia Scholarships: Greg Stone, Amy Park

Jennifer Lynn Goldstein Memorial Art Scholarship: Sarah Bujnowski  

Chris Drewry Memorial Scholarships: Lindsey Ball (Softball), Samuel Sheitelman (Baseball)

Aaron Christopher Karol Memorial Scholarship: Gregory Stone, Joseph Kinsella, Winfield Winter, Mckenzie Wood, Amy Regan, Kaitlyn Andersen  

Anthony J. Bottoni Memorial Scholarship:  Greg Stone  

Jason Oh Memorial Scholarship: Amy Park

Sandra Blumberg Memorial Scholarship:  Rachel Gordon

Matthew Kiefer Memorial Scholarship: Mackenzie Wood, Jared Goetz

WYBA Scott Andersen Memorial Award: Joshua Katz, Amy Park

Marie Maxwell Memorial Scholarship: J.C. Rizzi, Kaitlyn Andersen

Clara Strupp Memorial Award: Amanda Dunn

Elmer Bieler Award: Christina Scalaro, John.C. Rizzi