More Recognition for Class of '11

Can you stand a little more gloating?

Columbia High School produced a bumper crop of uber students in its Class of 2011 (and Principal Dr. Lovie Lilly ). We've already chronicled the fact that 24 graduates are headed for , but many, many more students have achievements worth crowing about.

Here's the list of award recipients from CHS Senior Recognition Night on June 1, 2011:

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

• MERIT SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS: Benjamin Drucker, Jacob Silberg
• MERIT SCHOLARSHIP MONETARY AWARD: Jacob Silberg
• MERIT CORPORATE-SPONSORED MONETARY AWARD: Benjamin Drucker
• ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP FINALISTS: Benjamin Donald, William Vaughan
• ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP MONETARY AWARDS: Benjamin Donald, William Vaughan   
• NATIONAL HISPANIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM SCHOLAR: Alaine Francis-Tavarez

UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR

• Jacob Silberg

U.S. ARMED SERVICES AWARDS

• ARMY: Scholar/Athletes: Richard Goodluck, Brianna Medina
  

PRINCIPAL’S RECOGNITION AWARDS 

• SCHOOL COUNCIL: Yemisi Danmola, Benjamin Donald, Hannah Epstein, Kayla Friedlander, Emma Gordon, Dana Grierson, Ilana Langsam, Megan Okin, Meredith Pitkoff, Jacob Silberg,  Emma Wolin, Seth Wolin

COMMUNITY AWARDS

• THE PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AWARD: Jacob Silberg
• PRESIDENT’S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD: Jacob Silberg
• THE LAURA WEILAND SCHOLARSHIP: Jillian Pawlowski, Daryl Omar Shabazz
• SOUTH ORANGE CIVIC ORGANIZATION:  DeShawn Gray, Jesse Krasner, Chelsea Osuji
• THE PARENTING CENTER ELEMENTOR PROGRAM: Benjamin Eliasaint, Olivia Sohr, Evan Walter
• EDGAR G. THOMAS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORED BY BILL POWELL: Kayla Friedlander
• GIOVINA COSCIA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Jesse Krasner
• MILDRED MEMORY AWARD/SPONSORED BY THE STROLLERS: Evan Walter
• HK COMMUNITY FUND SCHOLARSHIP:  DeShawn Gray

DEPARTMENT AWARDS

ATHLETICS:

• ESSEX COUNTY SCHOLAR-ATHLETES: Priya Duvvuri, William Vaughan
• MEN OF ESSEX: Meredith Crane, Alex Denk, Hannah Gleason, Kai Greene, Rony Jean-Mary, Brian Kaneshige,
• Austin Little, Tyler Pease, Kayann Richards, Zoe Schneider, Charity Scipio, William Vaughan, Julia Walker
• NJSIAA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE: Kerry Mahony
• RED ZONE FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Denzel Nieves
• ESSEX COUNTY FOOTBALL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE: Matthew McGriff
• JOAN STEWART MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Daniel Brauchli, Hannah Spiegel
• BRIELLE M.NAMER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Gabrielle Jackson
• HOWARD KENTENBAUM MEMORIAL WRESTLING SCHOLARSHIP: Alexander Lopez                                     
• CHS FENCING SCHOLARSHIP:  Brian Kaneshige

SCIENCE:

• STATE SCIENCE DAY AWARDS: Katsiah Cadet, Lucas Cohen, Jesse Daugherty, Benjamin Drucker, Michael Frederikse, Hannah Gleason, Kate Goodman, August Kaplan, Hamil Patel, Margaret Richardson, Jacob Silberg, Samuel Skoller, Samuel Sotrop, Benjamin Surface

SOCIAL STUDIES:

• OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS: Benjamin Donald, Priya Duvvuri, Jacob Silberg
• DIVERSITY 2000 COUNCIL YOUTH CONFERENCE AWARDS: Jewel Addy, Marques Brownlee

ENGLISH:

JOSEPH POTTS AWARDS IN ENGLISH ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT:

• DRAMA: Jacob Silberg, Susan Swygert, Alex Thompson, Seth Wolin
• DAVID MILTON-HALL AWARD: Keithler Cyriaque       
• PRINT JOURNALISM: Justin Block, Sarah Brauner
• BROADCAST JOURNALISM:  Andrew Adams
• MOST IMPROVED: Samuel Joseph, Nkuma Nicholson
• 2010 NATIONAL COUNCIL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH CERTIFICATE FOR SUPERIOR WRITING: Zoe Madonna

THE CAROLYN JOHNSON EXCELLENCE AWARDS:

• EXCELLENCE IN POETRY WRITING: Whitney Braunstein
• OVERALL EXCELLENCE IN WRITING: Sarah Brauner, Jay Rosen
• ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: Jacob Silberg

FINE ARTS:

• ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: Grace Gifford, Zoe Pulley, Christopher Robins, Samuel Skoller, Lydia Watson-Lewis
• ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION: Danielle Lee
• ACHIEVEMENT IN PHOTOGRAPHY: Jack Sorokin
• ACHIEVEMENT IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS: Design:  Saarah Latif , Raiesah Ramjan, Violet Tamayo
• ACHIEVEMENT IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS: Guildscript: Jack Sorokin, Julia Thomson
• ACHIEVEMENT IN ART: Carolynne Kelly, Julia Thomson
• ACHIEVEMENT IN ART HISTORY: Max Cohen-Hanes, Caroline Hall-Eastman, Hannah Gleason, Lucy Nelson

CHORAL:

• NATIONAL SCHOOL CHORAL AWARD: Tyler Pease
• CHORAL LEADERSHIP AWARD: Zoe Madonna, Julia Zarbetski
• MOST IMPROVED CHORAL AWARD: Justin Howard
• ALL-SCHOOL MUSICAL AWARD:  Tyler Pease, Alex Thompson, Seth Wolin 

ORCHESTRA: 

• NATIONAL SCHOOL ORCHESTRA AWARD: Michael Frederiske, Francois Sissoko
• CONCERT MASTER AWARD: Jonathan Cokorinos

BAND:

• NATIONAL BAND ASSOCIATION AWARD: William Cobbs, DeShawn Gray, Ndubuisi Okafor, Hamil Patel
• JOHN PHILIP SOUSA BAND AWARD: Jonathan Schneider
• LOUIS ARMSTRONG JAZZ AWARD: Karl Zenowich
• USMC SEMPER FIDELIS AWARD: Devon Good
• BAND MUSIC SERVICE AWARD: Alex Thompson
• PATRICK GILMORE BAND AWARD: Carly Rosenblatt

 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION:

• BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY: Michael Frederikse
• INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY: Sebastian Kaiser

MATHEMATICS:

• EXCELLENCE IN AP CALCULUS BC: Sarah Brauner, Jesse Daugherty, Benjamin Donald, Benjamin Drucker, Priya Duvvuri, Brian Kaneshige, Chinedu Frankie Nwafili, Tyler Pease, Meredith Pitkoff, Jack Podhoretz, Jacob Silberg, William Vaughan, Maura Mooney, Elizabeth Wayne
• EXCELLENCE IN AP CALCULUS AB: Conor Albino, Jacob Schmitz
• EXCELLENCE IN AP STATISTICS: Dillon Bharrat, Tyler Pease, Jacob Silberg, Chelsea Wright
• EXCELLENCE IN MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS AND LINEAR ALGEBRA: Sarah Brauner, Jesse Daugherty, August Kaplan, Jacob Schmitz
• OUTSTANDING ATTITUDE AND WORK ETHIC IN ADVANCED MATHEMATICS: Brian Kaneshige, August Kaplan, Jacob Schmitz
• EXCELLENCE IN ADVANCED TOPICS: Jesse Daugherty, Benjamin Donald, Benjamin Drucker, Jacob Silberg
• MOST IMPROVED STUDENT IN MATHEMATICS: Francois Sissoko
  

MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY:

• TELEVISION ARTS PROGRAM/BROADCAST MEDIA AWARD: Meredith Pitkoff

 WORLD LANGUAGE:

• NORTHEAST CONFERENCE AWARDS:
•             FRENCH: William Nzioka
•             ITALIAN: Chelsea Wright
•             LATIN: Elizabeth Wayne
•             SPANISH: Jesse Krasner
• MARILYN KRASNER SCHOLARSHIP (FRENCH): Madeline Dennis-Yates     
• ANDREW QUIROLI SCHOLARSHIP (SPANISH): Margaret Walsh
• SHELLEY MURRILL FLEMMINGS SCHOLARSHIP (SPANISH): Zoe Schneider
• FATHER VINCENT MONELLA CENTER OF ITALIAN CULTURE AWARDS: Lucas Cohen,Yemisi Danmola, Chelsea Wright
• COCCIA FOUNDATION AWARD: Lucas Cohen, Yemisi Danmola, Chelsea Wright
• CLASSICAL SCHOLAR AWARD: Aanuoluwapo Oyefesobi
• FLES AWARD: William Tutino (Latin), Bloudjine Pierre (French)
• FLENJ AWARD—OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD LANGUAGES: Whitney Braunstein    
• CHS ELL AWARD: Marlem Sanchez
• CHS WORLD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT AWARD: Aanuoluwapo Oyefesobi
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATORS OF NEW JERSEY SCHOLARSHIP: Carsonie Legerme

 PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

• FRED BOOTH PHYSICAL EDUCATION AWARDS: Jared Coalmon, Violet Tamayo       
• JANET HICKS ANNUAL SPECIAL DANCE SCHOLARSHIP: Olivia Barber, Alaine Francis-Tavarez, Alex Thompson

Does your grad deserve some special recognition?