NPHS Seniors Awarded Scholarships, Medals of Excellence

New Providence High School's Class of 2013 graduated on Tuesday night in the school's auditorium.

About 150 students walked across the stage to receive their diplomas from Principal Paul Casarico, Superintendent David Miceli, Board of Education member Adam Smith and Board Vice President William Dibble.

Numerous graduating seniors received scholarships and awards for their hard work throughout the past four years.

According to the graduation ceremony program, here are the scholarships students were awarded earlier this year: 

• Principal’s Outstanding Achievement Award — Allison Hartenstein and Patrick Doran

Music Booster Recognition Awards

• Drama Award — James Whiting
• Ella Fitzgerald Vocal Jazz Award — James Currie
• Krisleah Passaro Chorus Award — Hannah Black
• Louis Armstrong Jazz Award — Alexander Agresti
• Strings Award — Nicholas Xu
• Susan Iatesta Music Educator’s Award — John Eric Roper 

• Allen W. Roberts Community Service Scholarship — Samantha Squeri and Amelia Ekert 

• Anna Delmore Memorial Scholarship — John Eric Roper and Eleni Catazaro 

• Caprara Family Health and Caring Award — Julia Oldakowski

• Class of 1962 Louis DiParisi Jr. Memorial Scholarship — Nicholas Iannacone

• Culinary Arts Service Award — Aubrianna Amador, Gleb Chudayeu, Jessica Fink, Suzanne Gargiulo, Alexandra Kaplan and Stacy Piana

• Dr. J. Bagdley Memorial Scholarship Award — Kaylin Ricciardi

• Edward H. Lieder Student/Athlete Scholarship Award — Michael Glendinning

• Edward Kilpatrick Memorial Award — Andrew Hodges

• George Eicher Memorial Award — Alexandra Esposito 

• GSA Service Recognition Scholarship — Sierra Bagish, John Besser, Lorelei Dugan, Laura Lopez, Rijul Sidhartha and Ria Teitelbaum

• John R. O’Neill (#31) Football Scholarship — Brandon Maramba

• Luke Gregorio Memorial Scholarship — Daniel Smith

• Milton Anderson Family Scholarship — Kara Penney

• Municipal Alliance Scholarship Award — Kaitlyn Mazzilli and Samantha Gorny

• National Art Honor Society Scholarship — Tyler Breznak, Amelia Ekert, Aleksandra Gosiewski and Laura Lopez 

• National Merit Commended Student — David DiBenedetto, Patrick Doran, Michael Glendinning, Samantha Gorny, Allison Hartenstein, Joseph Kelly, Kyle Kroeger and Kathryn Meyers

• National Merit Semifinalist — Nicholas Xu and Aditi Padmanabhan

• National Merit Special Scholarship Competition — Michael Sunyak

• New Providence Athletic Foundation Student Achievement Award — Zachary Piech and Jessica McCarthy

• New Providence Booster Club Ray Freaney Award — Cassandra Squeri and Kyle Kroeger

• New Providence Booster Club Scholar-Athlete Award — Michael Closs and Kelly Carroll

• New Providence Business Community Entrepreneur Scholarship — Matthew Schwartz and John McDonald

• New Providence Council of PTA’s Allen W. Roberts Scholarship — Casa Esposito

• New Providence Education Association Scholarship — Laura Lopez 

• New Providence Education Foundation Scholarship — Aditi Padmanabhan and William Gilroy 

• New Providence Elementary School PTA’s Scholarship — Jenna Madden

• New Providence Historial Society Award — Isabella Wilson

• New Providence Lions Club Irwin M. Gillet Memorial Scholarship — Claudia Kosiecki

• New Providence Lions Club Judge Frank Pizzi Memorial Scholarship — Alexandra Esposito

• New Providence Lions Club Scholarship — Emily Sartorius

• New Providence PAL Scholar-Athlete Award — Samantha Squeri, Cassandra Squeri, Nicholas Iannacone and Michael Felezzola 

• New Providence Policemen’s Benevolent Association Larry Mastrobuono Memorial Award — Jessica McCarthy and Nicholas Iannacone

• New Providence Soccer Club Scholar-Athete Award — Conor Pellas, Jenna Madden, Kyle Kroeger and Kelly Carroll

• NJSIAA Scholar-Athlete — Kelly Carroll

• NPHS Class of 1960 McCarthy-Lieder Memorial Scholarship — Gleb Chudayeu

• NPHS Parent Teacher Student Association Award — Ryan Tunney and Ria Teitelbaum 

• NPHS Parent Teacher Student Association Fellowship Award — Amelia Ekert

• NPHS Parent Teacher Student Association Scholarship — Kathryn Meyers and Joseph Kelly

• Peter Graziano Memorial Award — Kelly Carroll

• Pioneer Bandwagon Award — Samuel Kudman

• Rizzo Fine Arts Scholarship — Lorelei Dugan

• Rotary Club of Summit Scholarship — Claudia Kosiecki 

• Suburban Chamber of Commerce Scholarship — Jessica McCarthy 

• The Alternative Press Scholarship — Cailley LaPara

• The Dougie Rillo Scholarship Award — Daniel Smith

• The Greg “Moose” Freaney Memorial Scholarship — Michael Marchesano

• The Melanie Petuchovas Scholarship — Allison Hartenstein

• UCIAC Scholar-Athlete — Cassandra Squeri and Daniel Smith

• United States Naval Academy Certificate of Appointment — Joseph Kelly

• VASA Order of America Scholarship — Julia Oldakowski

• Woman’s Club of New Providence Scholastic Scholarship — Michael Glendinning

• Woman’s Club of New Providence Scholastic Scholarship — Caroline Van Kimmenaede

DEPARTMENT MEDALS OF EXCELLENCE 

• Language Arts — James Whiting 

• Mathematics — Samantha Gorny

• Science — Michael Glendinning

• Social Studies — James Currie

World Languages

• French — Cailley LaPara
• Italian — Katherine DeTizio
• Japanese — Kathryn Meyers
• Spanish — Kyle Kroeger

Music & Performing Arts

• Band — Steven Bronocco
• Choir — John Eric Roper
• Strings — Nicholas Xu
• Drama — James Whiting

Fine, Practical & Visual Arts

• Practical Art — John Eric Roper
• Visual Art — Sierra Bagish

• Physical Education — Alexander M. Iuliano