Bedford Central Students Saluted

Before this week's Bedford school board meeting, the district saluted more than three-dozen students for their achievements on the athletic field as well as in science, math and music.

Their honors swelled attendance at the meeting beyond 60 people. Each students had their moment to shine—they were called individually, presented an award and personally congratulated by school board and administration officials.

Here's a full list of students and their achievements.

Beth Staropoli, Director of Health, Athletics, and Physical Education, presented the High School athletes who competed at the Fall and Winter State competitions.

FALL 2011 SOCCER - Coach Fabian Videla
Kate Burbank

GIRLS’ SWIM & DIVE - Coach Carolyn Johnson
Claudia DiCapua

WINTER 2012 SKI - Coach Jane Singh
Alex Jacobson
Taylor Ludl

WINTER 2012 BOYS’ SWIM & DIVE - Coach Carolyn Johnson
Ian Kleinsmith
Robby Purvis
Will Rappaport
Tony Wachnik

WRESTLING - Coach Joe Amuso
Tom Grippi
Matt Pasqualini
Sam Speno
Danny Ventura

Dr. Paul Tooker, K-12 Coordinator Performing Arts, presented the two All-State Musicians and their teacher Edward Reisert:

ALL-STATE VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Leigh Tooker

ALL-STATE WOMEN’S CHORUS
Sara Snadowsky

Stacey Haynsworth, Coordinator of Science 6-12, presented the high school students who competed at the State level for Science Achievement:

SCIENCE RESEARCH: ADVISOR ERIN RENT
Matthew Bruck - Progenics Intel ISEF award at WSEF, and will represent Fox Lane at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in May
Kurt Wasserman – 27th Annual Upstate NY Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, 2nd place in Category - Molecular Biology and Biomedical Science and is an alternate for nationals

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD: ADVISOR FRED NEUMAN
Team A: won 5th place overall at the regional competition and will be competing at the state level at the end of March. Team Members:
Silas Grossberndt
Will Koneval
Alex Perl
Ian Kleinsmith
Tom McEleney
Zach Gelfand
JB Kim
Chris Van Loveren – Vice President
David Martinez
Neil Patel
Gopi Neppala - President
Laura Griffee
Isaac Jang - Treasurer
Emil Rubakh - Secretary
Colin McCree
Team B:
Susan Erikson
Andrew Chong
Chris Cerutti
Matt Bronico
Trevor Chalkin

AMERICAN MATH COMPETITION
Michelle Grier, Coordinator of Math 6-12, presented the students who qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME.) The American Math Competition is dedicated to the goal of strengthening the mathematical capabilities of our nation's youth. They believe that one way to meet this goal is to identify, recognize and reward excellence in mathematics through a series of national contests. Tests were administered to students in geometry honors and Algebra 2 Trigonometry, and the AMC12 test to students in PreCalc Honors, AB Calc, BC Calc, and AP Stats.
AMC12
Jared Pasetsky - bronze medal winner and AIME qualifier.
Jay Bomee Kim - AIME qualifier
Both students advanced to the next round of the competition.
AMC10
Silas Grossberndt, Benjamin Barton, and Jake Cohen
Top three scores at FLHS.