86 Students Earn World Language Honors At Westfield High School

WESTFIELD, NJ — Eighty-six students have been inducted into the National Honor Societies for Spanish, French, Chinese, and Italian, with 34 excelling in Spanish, 24 in French, 8 in Chinese, and 20 in Italian.

"We are incredibly proud of these students, not only for their academic excellence in world languages, but for the enthusiasm and commitment they bring to their language clubs and honor societies," said Supervisor of K-12 World Languages Enrique Pincay. "Their induction reflects a genuine passion for language and culture, and it also speaks to the outstanding work of our world language teachers and the dedicated advisers who guide and inspire them. This achievement is a celebration of both student effort and educator impact across our district."

At a World Language Induction Ceremony on May 1, Spanish teachers Rose Calimano, Bonnie Underwood, and Brook Stites issued words of congratulations to the following students who were inducted into Pensativa, the Westfield High School chapter of La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica or National Spanish Honor Society.

1. Lance Alexander
2. Hailey Beckerman
3. Benjamin Bukiet-Beker
4. Hannah Burton
5. Mackenzie Byrne
6. Gabriela Castillo
7. Ava Contract
8. Mackenzie Correa
9. Luke Fitzgerald
10. Leo Goldman
11. Noa Goldstein
12. Gabriel Gonzalez
13. Annabel Griffith
14. Jeffrey Heintz
15. Ava Holzman
16. Jakob Kofsky
17. Wei Qi Owen Lin
18. Ana Lomaka
19. Miron Manescu
20. Grace Matus
21. Sabine Mauras
22. Vicki Morey
23. Mia Nuzzo
24. Kai Patel
25. Neeva Patel
26. Joseph Puckett
27. Christopher Quinn
28. Kevin Reynders
29. Alex Rokhsar
30. Chloe Stadlin
31. Emily Tessitore
32. Cecilia Wiggins
33. Joaquin Wilkes
34. Elliot Zhu

Twenty-four students were inducted into the Société Honoraire de Français, the National French
Honor Society and was congratulated by French teacher and club advisor Rachel Janus.

1. Ethan Bahadur
2. Juliana Beebe
3. Sophie Berardi
4. Keira Carulli
5. Nathan DeBole
6. Kamila El-Khoury
7. Matthew Grillon
8. Samar Hasan
9. Violet Hughes
10. Sonia Jansveld
11. Isla Karen
12. Tali Kelner
13. Zeynep Kurtun
14. Matthew LaMonica
15. Faustine Leal
16. Casey Nurnberg
17. Catherine Oliveira
18. Cooper Panaro
19. Lauren Roszak
20. Madeline Schlitzer
21. Katelyn Tacktikos
22. Claire Wang
23. Vivien Xu
24. Kayla Yip

This year marked the 10th anniversary of the National Chinese Honor Society at Westfield High
School. Mandarin Chinese instructor/club advisor Kim Ou-Yang announced the following
inductees:

1. William Crozier
2. Katherine Lai
3. Benjamin Lyons
4. Caitlyn Lu
5. Jocelyn Ng
6. Mischa Paul
7. Sinh Strycharz
8. Brandon Wright

Marisa Milas, who teaches Italian and is club advisor at the high school, congratulated the following students, inducted into the National Italian Society or La Società Onoraria Italica:

1. Brady Andretta
2. Katherine Augustyn
3. Tyler Bergman
4. Brock Borlenghi
5. Benjamin Bukiet-Beker
6. Christopher De Pinto
7. Joseph DiMattina
8. Kylie Eglowitz
9. Giancarlo Giannetta
10. Jonathan Greeley
11. Simon Gunzberg
12. Andie Janota
13. Samantha Kolesar
14. Gia Licini
15. Grace Moore
16. Alexa Murale
17. Hayden Pfister
18. Audrey Smith
19. Audrey Stack
20. Hope Walsh

— Submitted by Westfield Public Schools