Schools

More Recognition for Class of '11

Columbia High School Senior Recognition Awards recipient list

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:

Find out what's happening in South Orangefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

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:

Find out what's happening in South Orangefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • 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?

Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.