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