44 The Manhasset Times, Friday, May 15, 2015
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Manhasset High volunteers honored Manhasset High School honored 94 students on May 7 for their commitment to volunteer service with the President’s Volunteer Service Award. The President’s Volunteer Service Award recognizes those who have achieved the required number of hours of service over a 12-month time period – or cumulative hours over the course of a lifetime. The yearly awards for young adults (age 16-25) begins at Bronze—100-174 service hours, then silver--175 to 249 hours and gold –250 or more hours for the year. Teens (age 14-15) earn a gold award for 100 or more hours. The recipients were: Benjamin Ackert Dominique Alcamo Courtney Aspinall Michael Bakshandeh Kellyann Bock Peter Boyadjian Elizabeth Boyle Maria Budis Jillian Calderone Michelle Cao Olivia Cataldo Grace Catlett Christine Casazza Cynthia Chen
Julien Cheng Andrew Cronson Sophia D’angelo William Delaney Gregory Dellis Kayla Deosaran Amanda Devito Ethan Dilmanian Spencer Fanuka Michael Gabriel Skyler Gaccione Lindsay Gallo Meredith Gallo Jack Geismar Alexander Haber Claudine Haigian
Daniela Haigian Elizabeth Hannan Emma Hanley Kenar Haratunian Elin Hu Julia Henry Ny’shiem Inmon Elizabeth Jones Kalliopi Kapetanos Armen Kassabian Kimberly Kiess Caitlyn Kim Grace Kim Nicholas LaRocca Tyler Lew Adonia Low
National Merit Scholarship winners
Rachel Lu Tiana Lui Christine Maccaro Nicholas Magliulo Paige Mantikas Joseph Meyer Steven Meyer Sharina Mirpuri Lauren Moschitta Elena Mouhlas Bailey McBride Danielle Nicosia Caitlin O’Connor Caroline O’Connor Christina-Ashley O’Donnell Nolan Parisi
Herricks students win for research
On Sunday, April 26, nine Herricks High School Science Research students received awards at the 2015 WAC Lighting Research Association Invitational Science Fair held at Schreiber High School in Port Washington. More than 300 student research projects were presented to more than 125 judges in the day-long competition. In its 20th year, the fair is organized by the Research Association, a non-profit organization of research educators from thirteen local high schools. Photo courtesy Port Washington School District
Paul D. Schreiber High School Principal Ira Pernick and Assistant Principal Dr. Bradley Fitzgerald are pictured with the school’s National Merit Scholarship winners. Three Paul D. Schreiber High School seniors were recently named National Merit Scholarship winners in the National Merit Scholarship competition. A total of 2,500 scholars were chosen from a talented pool of approximately 15,000 finalists. Winners were chosen by a committee of college admission officers and high school counselors.
Congratulations to the following students: • Samuel Goldman, recipient of the National Merit Corporation Scholarship • Elizabeth Muratore, recipient of the National Merit New York Life Family Scholarship • Crystal Ren, recipient of the National Merit Corporation Scholarship “I, along with the entire Paul D. Schreiber High School
administration and community, congratulate these students on their outstanding achievements,” said Principal Ira Pernick. “These students embody diligence, motivation and tenacity — admirable qualities that will serve them well now and into the future. We are thrilled about their accomplishments, and wish them great success moving forward onto college.”
Lucinda Pavlovich Alexandra Penzi John Petrakis Harry Petropoulos Daniel Quinn Benjamin Rupp Alyssa Sanders Michelle Sciarrino Lily Sheridan Madelyn Sheridan Justine Spina Lauren Suga Sophia Takvorian Lindsay Terjesen Jessica Thalheimer George Theodosopoulos Jenna Tishler Vincent Tomaselli Gabriella Tranchina Emily Treacy Joseph Tripodoro Nicholas Trotti Isabel Vigliotti Alec Wadhwani Jamie Weiss Jack Wesson William Wong Jinyu Wu Ryan Wu Paraskevi Xenophontos Sara Zakrinski Vanessa Zhang
The fair is sponsored by the WAC Lighting Foundation, a responsible lighting company based in Port Washington. The following students were recognized for their work: 1st Place- Molecular Biology- Bongseok Jung 2nd Place- Molecular Biology- Vikram Kristamoorthy 2nd Place- Prototype Engineering- Jim Tse Honorable Mentions: Ben Jung, Deepti Mahajan, Sabreen Bhuiya, Shweta Lodha, Michelle Vancura, Raphael Kim