JULY 04, 2019 • TIMES OF SMITHTOWN • PAGE A3
School Top of the class: Honorary speakers, valedictorian and salutatorian
Smithtown East
Thomas Fanning addressed the 2019 Smithtown West graduation as honorary speaker. While attending high school, Fanning participated in Italian Honor Society, Social Studies Honor Society, robotics, pit orchestra and winter track. He will attend Stony Brook University studying computer science. Carly Tammer is the other academic leader at Commack High School. Her profile was unavailable before going to print, but we will have her profile featured digitally on our website at tbrnewsmedia.com.
Kings Park High School
Merrick Cai and Eric Mitchko were named 2019 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for Kings Park High School. Cai was the captain of the math team, varsity tennis and quiz bowl team and served as co-president of the independent science research and secretary of Italian Honor Society. He graduated with a 107.36 weighted GPA. He will attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study mathematics. Mitchko was the captain of the quiz bowl team and treasurer of the math team as well as a member of Kaleidoscope, an art magazine club. The senior placed fifth in Suffolk County in the county high school math league. Mitchko graduated with a 106.92 weighted GPA. He will attend Stony Brook University in the fall to study chemical and molecular engineering.
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Commack High School
Jonathan Pofcher was chosen as the 2019 honorary speaker for Smithtown West graduation. Pofcher served as Mock Trial team president; founder of student-run anti-vaping group S.A.V.E. (Students Against Vaping & E-cigarettes); competitions officer for DECA; member of Smithtown Boys That Care, a student-run community service group; and participated in the quiz bowl team was a National Honor Society member. He will attend Rochester Institute of Technology to study computer science.
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Smithtown West
Deniz Sinar has earned the title of academic leader at Commack High School, which is given to the two students with the highest weighted GPA upon the completion of high school. Sinar graduated with a 104.57 weighted GPA. She will be attending Cornell University in the fall as a biological engineering major. She has won several awards, including a National Merit Scholarship. She was involved in the National Italian, Tri-M Music and Science Honor societies, and was the secretary of the Math Honor Society and varsity math team. Sinar raised money for Long Island Against Domestic Violence and volunteered to visit nursing home residents through Commack’s Glamour Gals Club. She was also a member of the chamber orchestra for three years and took part in the Future American String Teachers Association Club and the Pathways freshman art and literary magazine.