1997-1998 School Year
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School
Academic Awards Recipients
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Taps Eighty Seniors During Awards Program
The annual Senior Awards Program was held at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School on Thursday, May 21, 1998.
Fifty-seven representatives of various clubs and scholarship foundations presented 80 high school seniors with certificates, medals, awards and scholarships totaling $150,000.
Students received the following awards and scholarships: Scotch Plains Mayor's Award, Joyce Chen, $100 Savings Bond; Fanwood Mayor's Award, Anne Sargent, $100 Savings Bond; Clean Communities Award, Kathryn Sellers, $500; Scotch Plains-Fanwood Education Association Scholarship, Doug Bishop, $1,000; Scotch Plains-Fanwood Music Department Awards — Robert Brown- Arion Award, Daniel Goscicki, $100 and a medal; Joseph M. Checchio Scholarship, Daniel Goscicki, $500; Matthew Blake Scholarship, Ryan DiFrancesco, $200; Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Art Department Awards — Image Award, Chris Lee and Matthew Marks, plaque; Scotch Plains-Fanwood Optimist Club Scholarship, Christian Sorge, $600; Hank Goudy Memorial Scholarship, Jonathan Winkler, $500; Besson Family Memorial Scholarship, Suzanne Lamastra and Ian Doebber, $500 each, and the David J. Mills Memorial Scholarship, Daniel Goscicki, $1,000.
Other awards included: First Community Bank Scholarship, Jeannette Bonner, $300; The Wilk Foundation, Johanna Wilk Memorial Scholarship, Sheri Weinberg, $2,500; Community Action Council, Ed Perry Scholarship, Adam Bowser and Vaneisha Paynter, $500 each; Rotary Garbe Foundation Scholarship, Nicole Corbin, Nicole Kreger, Marisa Mangione and Edward Sweeney, $1,500 each and Jodi Baker, Adam Baumwoll, Moria Cappio, Ryan DiFrancesco, Jason White and Jessica Warchol, $1,000 each; French Club Scholarship, Jennifer Kanarek, $300, and German Club Scholarship, Anne Sargent and Sheri Weinberg, $250 each.
Additional awards included: German Heritage Council Scholarship, Nicole Kreger, $1,000; Italian Club Scholarship, Jeannette Bonner, $300, and Joseph Badala, $100; Spanish Club/ Honor Society Award, Catherine Baker, $500; Jeannette Britton Memorial Scholarship, Leah Saenz deViteri, $1,000; Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Outstanding Language Student Award, Sarah Milligan, $500 and certificate; Pearl Rich Academic Achieve ment Award, Cindy DeLisi, $250, and the Junior Statesman of American Senior Scholarship Award, Sheri Weinberg, $500.
Other scholarships and awards included: Neal J. McHugh Calculus Award, Cindy DeLisi, award; Dorothy Roberts Mathematics Award, Sheri Weinberg, award; Bausch and Lomb Science Award, Sheri Weinberg, award; American Association of Physics Teachers, Joyce Chen, award; Irene Grubman Memorial Scholarship, Karen Haight, $500; Union County Guidance Counselor's Association "We Care Award," Meagen Keen, $100; George Bryan Award, Wilie Leak, plaque; Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School Alumni Association Scholarship, Nicole Kreger and Christian Sorge, $500 each; The Carol B. Choye Superintendent Recognition Scholarship, Brian Spitser, $1,000; DECA Scholarships – Bill Denlinger Scholarship, Kamran Ahmad, $1,000; DECA Alumni Scholarship, Marc Jacobs, $1,000; DECA Honorary Life Member Scholarship, Rianna Liss, $500; DECA School Store-High School Principal Scholarship, Brian Spitser, $500, and Scotch Plains Kiwanis DECA Scholarship, Adam Baumwoll, $500.
Additional scholarships and awards included: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority- Theta Phi Omega Chapter, Vaneisha Payntor, $1,000; College Club of Fanwood- Scotch Plains Award for Academic Excellence, Joyce Chen, $250; College Club of Fanwood- Scotch Plains, Jennifer Lee, $1,500, Nicole Kreger, $1,250, Jennifer Kanarek and Sue Lamastra, $1,000 each, Christina Kane and Jennifer Kane, $750 each, Amanda Palmatier and Katherine Santo, $500 each; The Woman's Club of Fanwood, Matthew Brennan, $500; Fanwood Junior Woman's Club Scholarship, Marc Jacobs, $500, and the Scotch Plains Woman's Club Nursing Scholarship, Katherine Santo, $500.
Also receiving awards and scholarships are: Blue Raiders Athletic Booster club, Jodi Baker, $500; Shimme Wexler Memorial Scholarship, Michael Milberger, $500; The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Youth Baseball Association Gene DiCavalcante Memorial Scholarship, Jonathan Winkler, $500; Scotch Plains-Fanwood Soccer Association, Scott LaGanga and Chris Cardinale, $500 each; Fanwood Lions Club Foundaton, Jennifer Lee, Matthew Brennan and Marc Jacobs, $1,000 each; UNICO of Scotch Plains-Fanwood Scholarships – Al Bertolotti Scholarship, Christian Sorge, $2,500; Vince LaGanga Scholarship, Jonathan Winkler, $2,500; Fred Lombardo Scholarship, Jamie Langevin, $2,500; Brian Piccolo Scholarship, Moria Cappio and John Lazzaretti, $1,000 each; Ross Engallena Scholarship (St. Joseph's High School), Keegan Rusera, $2,500; General, Dana Esposito, Samantha Kanarek, Joseph Badala, Nicole Kreger, Matthew Brennan, Scott LaGanga, Leah Saenz deViteri, Jennifer Kane, Moria Cappio and Nicole Corbin, $1,000 each.
Additional awards included: American Legion Post No. 209 – American Legion School Award, Jaimie Langevin, $100 and medal; Kevin McGonigle Memorial Scholarship, Andrea Busch, $500 and medal; Scotch Plains-Fanwood Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 10122, Christian Sorge, $500; Vietnam Veterans of America - Union County Chapter No. 688 Scholarship, Lauren McCourt, $500; Scotch Plains Volunteer Firefighters Scholarship, Christian Sorge and Kate Vanderheyden, $1,000 each; Adele deLeeuw Scholarship, Adam Baumwoll, $4,000, Eun Yub Lee and Matthew Marks, $3,000 each, James Canterbury, Cassandra McCulley and Sheri Weinberg, $2,000 each; Manya S. Ungar PTA Council Scholarship, Moria Cappio and Scott LaGanga, $750 each.
Other awards presented were: Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School PTA Scholarship, Doug Bishop and Jaimie Langevin, $750 each; Park Middle School PTA McTB Scholarship, Dan Morris and Courtney Metzger, $450 each; Terrill Middle School PTA, Scott LaGanga, $300; School One PTA James Cerasa Scholarship, Lean Saenz deViteri, $300; J. Ackerman Coles PTA Scholarship, Edward Sweeney, $500; Brunner School PTA Scholarship, Matthew Brennan and Alison Zatorski, $250 each; Evergreen School PTA — Dr. Beverlee Kaminetzky Scholarship, Tom Pai, $600, and Kehs- Aakjer Memorial Scholarship, Jaimie Langevin, $600.
Other scholarships included: McGinn School PTA Scholarship, Ian Doebber and Katherine Sellers, $300 each; Scotch Plains-Fanwood Business and Professional Scholarship, Rianna Liss, Adam Baumwoll and Vaneisha Payntor, $500 each; Scotch Plains-Fanwood Scholarship Foundation – Dollars for Students, Joyce Chen and Scott LaGanga, $1,000 each, Karl Calello, Dana Esposito, Karl Jennings, Christina Kane, Jennifer Kane, Melissa Kenyon, (St. Joseph's) Keegan Rosera and Michael Simberg, $500 each; Robert Adams Memorial Scholarship, Jessica Rodino, $500; Elizabeth C. Becker Memorial Scholarship, Allison Scribner, $500; Joyce and Leonard Bergman Memorial Scholarship, Brian Spitser, $500; Bluhm/ Dezort Memorial, Matthew Brennan, $1,000; Frances Brody Memorial, Jennifer Kanarek, $500; Dr. George Esposito Memorial, Micky Hingorani, $500; Mountainside Elks Lodge No. 1585, Michael Grossman and Samantha Kanarek, $500 each; Oren and E. Lila Hilligass Memorial, Jonathan Winkler, $1,500; Doris Koues Memorial (Union Catholic), Katherine Santo, $1,250; Deane Kumpf Memorial Scholarship, Jodi Baker, $500, and Jeffrey Spring Memorial Scholarship, James Canterbury, $500.
Other awards and scholarships included: National Merit Scholarship Finalists, Douglas Bishop and Molly Johnson, certificate; National Merit Commended Students, Joyce Chen, Michael Civins, Jenny Finkel, Jeffrey Gillie, Michael Grossman, Jaimee Hills, Nicole Kreger, Avishek Kumar, Suzanne Lamastra, John Lazzaretti, Benjamin Lee, Carla Lewandowski, Marisa E. Mangione and Sheri B. Weinberg, certificates; and National Achievement Scholarship Program Commended Students, Adam Bowser, William Leak and Shawna Morgan.
Additional awards included: Garden State Scholarship Awards — Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars: Douglas Bishop, Joyce Chen, Nicole Corbin, Cynthia DeLisi, Ian Doebber, Michael Grossman, Jaimee Hills, Molly Johnson, Nicole Kreger, Suzanne Lamastra, Carla Lewandowski, James Luciano, Arnold Macalintal, Amanda Palmatier, Jessica Rodino, Anne Sargent, Jessica Warchol, and Sheri Weinberg, certificates; and Presidential Scholars, Agnetha Argueta, Douglas Bishop, Joyce Chen, Nicole Corbin, Cynthia DeLisi, Ian Doebber, Michael Grossman, Jaimee Hills, Jennifer Kanarek, Samantha Kanarek, Nicole Kreger, Suzanne, Lamastra, Carla Lewandowski, James Luciano, Arnold Maclintal, Amanda Palmatier, Jessica Rodino, Anne Sargent, Jean Sih, Sheri Weinberg and Allison Zatorski, certificates.
Other awards and scholarships included: Perry H. Tyson Memorial Scholarship, Jennifer Lee, $1000; Rotary Endeavor Award, Jordan Eanucci, Loving Cup; PTA Citizenship Award, James Canterbury, pin; School Spirit Award, Kamran Ahmad, pin; Salutatorian Award, Sheri Weinberg, medal, and Valedictorian Award, Joyce Chen, medal.
