John Jay High School Senior Recognition Awards 2018

National and Community Awards

The American Association of University Women, Excellence in Writing Award

  • Elizabeth Shelbred

 The American Association of University Women, Outstanding Student Award

  • Eleanor Krellenstein

The American Red Cross High School Scholarship Program

  • Alexander Ozols

 Amy’s Kisses Foundation Memorial Scholarship

  • Shannon Grant

ArtsAlive! Scholarships

  • Music / Alon Hassman
  • Performing Arts / Isabelle Pierce
  • Technical Theater / Henry King
  • Visual Arts / Daylin Lictman and Anya Rieger

Bedford Police Benevolent Association

  • Maxwell Yasgur

 Boosters Club Scholarships

The Lindsay Bates Award

  • Lane Carbaugh
  • Joseph Corelli

The George Collins Scholarship

  • Kiera Tucker
  • Sean Nolan

Ronald Lyons Scholarship

  • Halil Gecaj
  • Elizabeth Jahn

Lisa Talia Courage Scholarship

  • Halil Gecaj

Martin Todd Memorial Scholarship

  • Juliette Garofolo
  • Michael Minard

The John Jay Boosters Club Athletic Scholarship

  • Elizabeth Jahn
  • Braden Burke

The John Jay Boosters Club Scholar-Athlete Scholarship

  • Thor Adamec

Class of 1980 Scholarship

  • Allison Bauer

 The Katherine A. Courreges Art Award

  • Hayleigh Proskin

The John Cunniffe John Jay Youth Lacrosse Scholar – Athlete Award

  • Julia Rossi
  • Isaiah Rust

The Emerald Association of Putnam County Scholarship

  • Paige Horvarth

Antonio and Mary Felice Citizenship Award

  • Daniel Schefer

Walter Alan Finlayson Music Award

  • Angelica Esposito

The Friends of John Jay Ice Hockey Scholarship

  • Chase Goldman

Future Problem Solvers

  • Samuel Chen

Goldens Bridge Community Association  

Judith Fast Memorial Art Scholarship Award

  • Reilly Grzywacz  

Social Justice Award

  • Justin Glassman

Goldens Bridge Fire Department

Paul R. Daur Continued Education Grant

  • Katherine Mines

Henry T. Martin Memorial Scholarship

  • Talia Petigrow

 H&C Education Fund Engineering Scholarship

  • Jonathan Berganza
  • Stephen Fischer
  • Annie Helmes
  • Matthew Kramer
  • Henrietta Krellenstein
  • Sophia Peris
  • Rebecca Stevens

Charles T. Helmes Memorial Scholarship

  • Henry King

Diane Longabucco Houston Memorial Award

  • Christine Cahill

 Increase Miller Faculty and Staff Award

  • Danielle Meltz

Increase Miller PTO Scholarships

  • Laragh Cronin
  • Danielle Scarfone
  • Colin Walsh

Corporal James Jackowski Marine Memorial Scholarship

  • Brendan Carroll

The Jazz Award

  • Alon Hassman

John Jay Futbol Club Outstanding Youth Award 

  • Aaron Cohen
  • Brendan Oates
  • Alexander Ozols
  • Willa Tobin

John Jay High School Faculty Association Awards

  • Daylin Lictman
  • Danielle Scarfone
  • Julia Walsh

John Jay High School PTO Scholarship

  • Abigail Heath
  • Benjamin Feinstein
  • Emily Pardo
  • Justin Sobel

John Jay High School Retired Teachers Award

  • Michael Wagner

John Jay Middle School PTO Scholarship

  • Jacob Braunschweiger
  • Laurel Levinsohn

John Jay Youth Football Scholarship

  • Joseph Corelli
  • Joseph O’Rourke

Linda Kandel Memorial Scholarship

  • Kailas Amin

Katonah American Legion Scholarship

  • Angelica Esposito
  • Samuel Hinkley
  • Gregory Newman

Katonah Chamber of Commerce – Donald M. Foulke Memorial Scholarship

  • Claire Simonsen

Katonah Elementary School PTO Award

  • Jack Buckley
  • Justin Glassman
  • Lucy Siegel

Katonah-Lewisboro District Association of Administrators and Supervisors

  • Dylan Cohen
  • Samuel Hinkley
  • Chad Petzchek
  • Matthew Shapiro
  • Isabella Simone

Katonah-Lewisboro District Teachers’ Association

  • Katherine Ricca 
  • Kaley Mamo
  • Brian Daley
  • Valerie Groccia

Katonah Lions Ralph Lent Service Award

  • Eliza Dickson

The Katonah Poetry Series/Billy Collins Poetry and Creative Writing Scholarship

  • Kaley Mamo

The Katonah Village Improvement Society

  • Claire Simonsen

Katonah Village Library Scholarship

  • Isabella Gibladi

Sonia Lanman Fine Arts Award

  • Ray Barr

 Lewisboro Baseball Association Scholarship

  • Lane Carbaugh
  • Collin Walsh

 Lewisboro Elementary School PTA Scholarship

  • Caitlin Cullen
  • Evan Neu

Lewisboro Garden Club

The Seminar in Environmental Studies Course Award

  • Maxwell Klares  

The AP Environmental Science Award

  • Henry King

The Sustainability Club Award

  • Ariel Koff

Lewisboro Horsemen’s Association Scholarship

  • Allison Bauer
  • Jillian Lawrence

Lewisboro Land Trust Environmental Stewardship Award

  • Reilly Grzywacz 

Lewisboro Lions' Robert J. Gallo Scholarship

  • John McKenna

Lewisboro Lions’ Stephen Plevka Scholarship

  • Joel Faynschmidt 

Lewisboro Police Benevolent Association

  • Angelica Esposito
  • Braden Burke

Lewisboro Senior Adult Award

  • Julia Rossi

Lions Club Nursing Scholarship –Bedford Hills, Bedford Village, Mt. Kisco and Somers

  • Fiona Kerrigan

Robert C. McDonald Scholarship

  • Isabella Gibaldi

Meadow Pond Elementary School PTA Scholarship

  • Daniel Matthews
  • Megan Weis

The Meadow Pond Spirit Award

  • Alexander Ozols

Nancy Mongillo Scholarship

  • Alexa Amoriello

William Glenn Monti Scholarship

  • Christine Cahill

New York State Comptroller Achievement Award

  • Tara Henaghan

The NYSSCPA Westchester Chapter: George Mandel High School Scholarship Award

  • Richard Jones

Ordinary Wishes

  • Jonathan Berganza
  • Shannon Grant
  • Charles Rusciano

Photography Club Award

  • Carly Goldstein

The Victor Ridder Memorial Scholarship

  • Leigh Neuburger

The Lucie Bigelow Rosen Music Scholarship

  • Angelica Esposito

Anthony Sakolsky Philanthropic Scholarship

  • Brian Crane

Valerie Saldutti Scholarship

  • Katherine Ricca 

Tony Schembri Memorial Scholarship - Rolling Thunder 3 New York

  • Katherine Ricca 

Judge Susan C. Simon Award

  • Charles Boden

State Farm Insurance Company “Good Neighbor Award”

  • Elizabeth Kamerman

The Statesman Award

  • Carly Goldstein
  • Katharine Sandlund

Provi R. Svensson Memorial Award

  • Katie Berman

The Arthur and Dorothy B. Talmadge Memorial Scholarship

  • Ariel Koff

Triple “C” Awards – The State of New York Office of the Attorney General

  • Richard Jones
  • Justin Zisk

The Dr. George Soze Vilakati Memorial Scholarship

  • Natalie Wright

Vista Fire Department – Johnny Lengyel Memorial Scholarship

  • Jacob Agona
  • Adam Ferman

The Alison Weingarten Memorial Fund

  • Sonia Lang

The David Wheeler Memorial Scholarship

  • Sarah Richman

Dona Whyte Memorial Scholarship

  • Haliegh McCarthy

The Women’s Civic Club of Katonah

Academic Scholarships

  • Joel Faynshmidt
  • Amanda Loeffler
  • Danielle Meltz
  • Sofia Rossi
  • Kayla Shearer
  • Elizabeth Shelbred
  • Claire Simonsen

Nursing Scholarships:

  • Fiona Kerrigan
  • Sierra Morowitz

Department and Administrator Awards

Excellence in English

  • Kaley Mamo

Excellence in Mathematics

  • Evan Neu
  • Rebecca Stevens

Outstanding Performance in the American Math Competition 12

  • Evan Neu

Excellence in Science

  • Samuel Chen
  • Rebecca Stevens

Future Scientist Award

  • Lane Carbaugh
  • Guy Pillon

Weinstein’s Science Award

  • Kailas Amin

Excellence in Social Studies

  • Sarah Richman

Outstanding Achievement in Architecture

  • Brendan Carroll
  • Willa Tobin
  • Kira Tucker

Excellence in Business

  •  Halil Gecaj

Excellence in Computer Science

  • Michael Leddy
  • Rebecca Stevens

Excellence in Engineering

  • Sophia Peris

Excellence in Robotics

  • Christopher Munoz
  • Caitlin Cullen

Excellence in Spanish

  • Reilly Grzywacz 
  • Katherine Ricca 

Excellence in French

  • Lane Carbaugh

Excellence in Latin

  • Kaley Mamo

Excellence in Art

  • Sarah Siegel

Director’s Award for Technical Theater

  • Henry King

Arturo Toscanini Orchestral Studies Award

  • Isabella Gibaldi

Sanford Meisner Drama Award

  • Sarah McMahon

National School Choral Award

  • Ray Barr

John Philip Sousa Band Award

  • Emily Pardo

Excellence in Music History & Theory

  • Charles Rusciano

Excellence in Music Technology

  • Skylar Martins

Excellence in Physical Education

  • Emily Pardo
  • Shannon Wolfe
  • Christian Cucolo
  • Isiah Rust

Jay Award Recipients

  • Thor Adamec
  • Kailas Amin
  • Jack Buckley
  • Braden Burke
  • Lane Carbaugh
  • Brendan Carroll
  • Joseph Corelli
  • Brian Daley
  • Joel Faynschmidt
  • Halil Gecaj
  • Chase Goldman
  • Jacob Gonzalez
  • Whitney Hall
  • Bryan Ivey
  • Hailey Ivey
  • Elizabeth Jahn
  • Shahe Katchadurian
  • Zachary Kells
  • William Kennedy
  • Eleanor Krellenstein
  • Henrietta Krellenstein
  • Alexander Kuehl
  • Matthew Lee
  • Allison Lewis
  • Samuel Murphy
  • Leigh Neuburger
  • Gregory Newman
  • Sean Nolan
  • Brendan Oates
  • Joseph O’Rourke
  • Alexander Ozols
  • Emma Page
  • Mills Reed
  • Sarah Sexton
  • Edward Soriano
  • Charles Stewart
  • Willa Tobin
  • Kiera Tucker
  • Koby Weston
  • Brice Wilson

Assistant Principals Award:

  • Ariel Koff
  • Dion Rraci

Outstanding Leadership to Campus Congress

  • Charles Boden
  • Jack Buckley

Outstanding Service to the Class of 2018

  • Justin Zisk

The State Education Department  2018 Scholarship for Academic Excellence Award

  • Kailas Amin
  • Lane Carbaugh
  • Eliza Dickson
  • Reilly Grzywacz   
  • Kaley Mamo
  • Katherine Ricca    
  • Rebecca Stevens

National Merit Scholarship Finalists

  • Kailas Amin  
  • Lane Carbaugh
  • Samuel Chen
  • Kaley Mamo
  • Katherine Ricca   

The Principal’s Award

  • Zachary Beresin