2020 West Orange High School Senior Awards Night Recognizes Outstanding Students, Provides Scholarships
WEST ORANGE, NJ - The virtual West Orange High School 2020 Senior Awards Night was held on June 3, acknowledging outstanding students and providing scholarship monies to help with the cost of tuition and supplies.
View the Senior Awards presentation below and see the complete list of award recipients.
Senior Class Officers
President: Mellany Smith
Vice President: Yedidia Mesfin
Secretary: Alexandra Kicior
Treasurer: Maria Marin Tobar
Student Council Officers
Student Council Co-Presidents: Brett Zeligson and Kaia Baker
Vice Presidents: Arthi Sivendra
Secretary: Herva Kana
Board of Education Liaison: Darlene Folas
THE MILITARY AWARDS
US NAVAL ACADEMY
Elijah Millington
US Military Academy Preparatory School
Jonathan Roberson
AIR FORCE ROTC SCHOLARSHIP
Maya Tobin
ARMY ROTC SCHOLARSHIP
Cade Lipsey
The Robert Capezzano Memorial Scholarship
Lucio Maffei
The 1st Lieutenant Daniel Lee Memorial Scholarship
Yamilee Chavez
Veterans of Foreign Wars POST 376: The COMMANDER RALPH PANCIELLO MERIT SCHOLARSHIP
Kevin Bolen
PRINCIPAL'S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT
Fine Arts Department
2-Dimensional Fine Art
Ruth Donagher
3-Dimensional Fine Art
Olivia Miller
Choral music
Julian Adams
Instrumental Orchestra
Brett Zeligson
Instrumental Band
Anika Fernandes
Theatre Arts
Rachel Favetta
Dance
Davionna Phillips
United States’ Marine Corp’s Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence
Stanley Lim
Career Education Department
Business Education
Emily Baker
Cooperative Business Education
Kimberly Hercules
Technology & Engineering
Keith Lakeman
Family and Consumer Science for Child Development
Olivia Miller
Culinary Arts
Aidan Tarantino
Fashion
Asia Lee Hamlin
Physical Education Department
Precious Opara
Dontae Whyte
United States’ Marine Corp’s Semper Fidelis Award for Distinguished Athletes
Precious Opara
Jonathan Roberson
English
Imani Miller
Science
Biology
Maria Giovanna Winning
Chemistry
Mellany Smith
Physics
Gustav Hall
General Science
Anika Fernandes
Mathematics
Stanley Lim
Social Studies
Gustav Hall
English as a Second Language
Nathanael Dalencour
World Languages
Chinese
Chloe Mengden
French
Alexandra Kicior
Italian
Maria Giovanna Winning
Spanish
Keren Gouin
DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS
BUSINESS EDUCATION
The Cisco Award
Vincent DeRoma
W!SE FINANCIAL LITERACY AWARD
Chloe Mengden
SCHOOL STORE AWARD
Katrina Morris
MATHEMATICS
Essex County Mathematics League Awards in Calculus
Simone Byun
Jackson Edwards
Anika Fernandes
Gustav Hall
Brett Zeligson
Essex County Mathematics League Award in Statistics
Gita Anand
New Jersey Mathematics League Award
Jackson Edwards
Anika Fernandes
SOCIAL STUDIES
HISTORY AWARD
Emily Baker
PHILOSOPHY AWARD
Chloe Mengden
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AND WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT AWARDS
THE MICHELE DANIELS OUTSTANDING ESL STUDENT AWARD
Nathanael Dalencour
WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT AWARDS
CONFUCIUS HONOR SOCIETY AWARD: CHINESE
Sofia Cordoba
Le SOCIÉTÉ HONORAIRE DE FRANÇAIS AWARD: FRENCH
Cynthia Makachi
La SOCIETÀ ONORARIA ITALICA AWARD: ITALIAN
Justin Vera
SOCIEDAD HONORARIA HISPANICA AWARD: SPANISH
Jasper Hilliard
RECOGNITION FOR DEDICATION TO THE STUDY OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: CHINESE
Devin Andrada
RECOGNITION FOR DEDICATION TO THE STUDY OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: FRENCH
Allen Preval
RECOGNITION FOR DEDICATION TO THE STUDY OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE – ITALIAN
Maria Giovanna Winning
RECOGNITION FOR DEDICATION TO THE STUDY OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE – SPANISH
Evelyn Silva
ROTARY CLUB AWARD:
Evelyn Silva
The ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS DEPARTMENT AWARDS
Philip Roth Award
Ashley Morales
The Norman Mailer Award
Ismail David Taylor Kamara
PRINCIPAL’S AWARD FOR SCHOOL SERVICE
Devin Andrada
Emily Baker
Kaia Baker
Christyne Corasmin
Sofia Cordoba
Jackson Edwards
Gabriel Evans
Anika Fernandes
Darlene Folas
Roberto Franco
Abigail Geronimo
Julia Giovine
Keren Gouin
Gustav Hall
Gabrielle Lecour
Stanley Lim
Lucio Maffei
Chloe Mengden
Elijah Millington
Joseph Nalieth
Natalie Nevins
Ogechi Nwobu
Precious Opara
Karin Palomino
Isabella Pappano
Abbie Schneider
Arthi Sivendra
Mellany Smith
Israel Soto
Brianna Ventura
Justin Vera
Maria Giovanna Winning
Brett Zeligson
LOCAL WEST ORANGE SCHOLARSHIPS
BLACK HISTORY MONTH DINNER SCHOLARSHIP
Kaia Baker
THE DEAN MICHAEL CLARIZIO CANCER FOUNDATION
Lindsey Allen
Herva Kana
Nadia Lamar
Chloe Mengden
Calvin Nwosu
Bryan Reitberger
SANFORD L. KAHN POST #538 JEWISH WAR VETERANS XX OLYMPIAD MEMORIAL AWARD
Ogechi Nwobu
THE BETTY MADDALENA MEMORIAL AWARD
Mazen Dahroug
Gabriel Evans
Jeffry LaGuerre
Veronica Pillcorema
SEED SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Darlene Folas
Nadia LaMar
Ogechi Nwobu
The WEST ORANGE ELKS LODGE #1590 "MOST VALUABLE STUDENT" SCHOLARSHIP
Bryan Reitberger
Maria Martin Tobar
The Melissa Williams Memorial Scholarship
Ashlea Hume
The ORANGE/WEST ORANGE UNICO Scholarships
The Valerio Bonardi Automotive Scholarship
James Giambattista
Antonio Cirelli Memorial Business Scholarship
Johanna Jaeger
The D'Agostino Family Science Scholarship in Memory of Celestino and Rocchina Franchino
Erica Guallpa
The Roseann DeFranco Memorial Pharmacy Scholarship
Cassidy Joyce
The Ryan DelGuercio Engineering Explorations STEM Camp Scholarship
Jefferson Cajuste
The Linda Lee Memorial Scholarship
Gustav Hall
The Orange /West Orange UNICO Scholarship in Memory of John DiNapoli
Emily Baker
The Anthony & Flora Gonnella Memorial Scholarship
Isabelle Pappano
The William Martin Scholarship
Victoria Benaroya
The Maschio Food Service Scholarship
Amyah Moore
Aidan Tarantino
Louis Rossi ITALIAN Studies SCHOLARSHIP
Maria Giovanna Winning
MICHELE & LUCIA RUSSO ITALIAN LANGUAGE SCHOLARSHIP
Justin Vera
The Selena Schneider WOHS AFROTC Jr Scholarship
Karin Palomino
The VECCHIO FAMILY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Mark Vincent Mincolelli
The VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE INTERNATIONAL Scholarship
Aja Bennett
Samantha Rhew
The WOHS Drama Department Scholarship
Joseph Nalieth
Rachel Favetta
Founded in 1923, the West Orange Scholarship Fund has provided scholarships to thousands of graduating WOHS seniors. This year, the distributed amount of scholarships totaled $75,800 and was awarded to 73 students.
WEST ORANGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND AWARDS
The Arthur J. Alloggiamento Scholarship
Dylan Buturyn-Ferreira
The Philip Augustin Humanitarian Scholarship
Nadia LaMar
The Nikhil Badlani Scholarship
Ruth Donagher
Anika Fernandes
Darlene Folas,
Alexandra Kicior
Darrius Kirton
Stanley Lim
Massimo McCormick
Chloe Mengden
Joseph Nalieth
Shrey Sanghvi
Sofia Cordoba Valencia
Brett Zeligson
The Rose Baptiste Scholarship and the Nina Barszcz [BARZ] Scholarship
William Shick
The Bligh Family Scholarship
Angelyne Silverio
Maria Giovanna Winning
The Bogert Family Scholarship
Arnoldo Rivera, Jr.
The Codey Family Scholarship and Dr. Philip Congilose Scholarship
Julian Lee
The Marlene Coyle-Kruse Scholarship and Cunningham Family Scholarship
Kristin Scott
The Marie Demaio Scholarship and The Sharmila Desai Scholarship
Mariela Alvarez
Dr. James F. Donovan Memorial Scholarship and the Michael F. Fabiano, Sr. Scholarship
Mellany Smith
The Galante Family Scholarship, and the Jodey Teller Memorial Scholarship
Arnoldo Rivera, Jr.
The Glen Rock Savings Bank and The Krimmel/Selpe Memorial Fund
Kevin Humala
The Jano Lee Groves Scholarship
Karin Palomino
The Timothy Groves Memorial Scholarships
Mariela Alvarez
Victoria Benaroya
Kailey Charles
Destiny Chatman
Olivia Davino
Natchenly Fleurisma
Lillian Itty
Bryanna Jackson-Dickens
Carolina La Torre
Julian Lee
Naomi Moss
Kyle Neverson
Sophia Scholz
Salome Valencia
The Donald Horn Scholarship
Katerin Tamay
The Subhash Kar Memorial Scholarship
Bianca Pierre
The Kessler Institute Scholarship
Ramone Vargas Eugene
Lee Family Scholarship
Jesse Notte
Iheoma Nwogu
The Louise Spitz Lehman Scholarship
Bryanna Jackson-Dickens
Davionna Phillips
The William Lutkins Scholarship
Anna Cordova
The Mckeon Family Fund Scholarship
Ramone Vargas Eugene
Joan Green Miron/Jeanette Green and The Lillian Kunz Anderson Scholarship
Kevin Humala
The CJ Morgan Foundation Scholarships
Daniela Tacuri Andrade
Julia Giovine
Cade Lipsey
Bryan Reitberger
The Harold Morrison Scholarship
Gustav Hall
The Narain Family Scholarship
Brianna Ventura
The Tommy Page Scholarship
Gabrielle LeCour
Geraldine Louis
The Parisi Family Scholarship
Kaiya Clarke
Cynthia Makachi
The Dylan Pennell JROTC Scholarship
Geraldine Louis
The Portuese Family Scholarship and The Reid Family Trust Scholarship
Kevin Humala
The Quinn Family Scholarship
Courtney Opuko
The Linda Quinn Memorial Scholarship
Richardt Morocho
The Peg Reitman Carter Scholarship
Alyssa Stone
The Rotary Club
Simone Byun
The St. Cloud School Community Scholarship
Dylan Buturyn-Ferreira
Jeanne Herman Saslow Fund Scholarship
Somalia Bryant.
The Sforza Family Scholarship
Evelyn Silva Herrera
The Joseph Suriano Scholarship
Angelyne Silverio
The Jerry P. Tarnoff Scholarship Fund and the Lori And Marty Waldman Family Scholarship
Arnoldo Rivera Jr
The John And Diane Vantuno Family Scholarship
Yadidia Mesfin
The West Orange Chamber Of Commerce Fund Scholarship
Jenny Chen
The WOHS Engineering Explorations - Stem Day Camp
Jefferson Cajuste
The West Orange Scholarship Fund General Endowment Scholarships
Chenell Chapman
Ashley Morales
Richardt Morocho
Alyssa Stone
WOHS Principal’s Scholarship
Nathaniel Alper
Johan Atwell
Kaia Baker
Veronica Bratsos
Gabriel Evans
Rachel Favetta
Darlene Folas
Khalil Louigene
Joseph Nalieth
Isabella Saade
The West Orange Women’s Club
Veronica Bratsos
Ashley Morales
Karin Palomino
The Weston Family Fund Scholarships
Daniela Tacuri Andrade
Gabrielle Lecour
Lamier Thompson
Maria Giovanna Winning
The Sue Zaccaro Student Leadership Scholarship
Anna Cordova
Katerin Tamay
VALEDICTORIAN/SALUTATORIAN
SALUTATORIAN
Brett Zeligson
VALEDICTORIAN
Anika Fernandes
June 4, 2020
