Tenafly High School’s Senior Awards Winners for 2019
Congratulations to all recipients.
Tenafly High School’s Senior Awards and Scholarship Night is intended to celebrate the achievements of its students throughout their four years of high school. Following is a list of the awards and winners:
Scholarships
Tenafly Lions Club Scholarship
Recipient: John Thomas “J.T.” Mildenberger
Chief Nicodemous Amicucci Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: Sarah Cardenas
Class of 1962 Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: Hee Jae Jung
Class of 1978 40th Reunion Scholarship
Recipient: David Wang
Class of 1983 Memorial Scholarship
Winner: Jordan Mayo
THS Home School Association – David E. Johnston Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: Kaitlyn Yeh
Henry and Alice Redfield Award
Recipients: Sayaka Kozuki and Christine Lee
Tenafly Rotary Club Scholarship, Jean Wolf Humanitarian
Recipient: John Thomas “J.T” Mildenberger
Tenafly Education Association Scholarship
Recipients: Joyce Chung, Celine Rafferty, and Angela Youn
Thomas J. Elefante Memorial Scholarship
Recipients: John Thomas “J.T.” Mildenberger
Kathryn Anne Lanz Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: Celine Rafferty
Korean Parents Association Scholarship
Recipients: Joyce Chung and Yebeen Kim
Tenafly PBA #376 Memorial Scholarship
Recipients: Christine Lee, John Thomas “J.T.” Mildenberger
Tenafly Educational Foundation Karen Sperling Greene Memorial Scholarship for Volunteerism
Recipient: John Thomas “J.T” Mildenberger
Tenafly Administrators and Supervisors Association Scholarship
Recipient: Christine Lee
The Tenafly Fire Association Scholarship
John “Mack” Hancock
Bergen County Directors of Guidance Scholarship
Recipient: Joseph Castaldo
Dr. Eugenia Pfeiffer Humanitarian Award
Recipients: Jade Greer, John Thomas “J.T” Mildenberger, and Angela Youn
United States Armed Forces
Scholastic Excellence Award
Recipient: Abigail Pomeranz
“Semper Fidelis” Award for Musical Excellence
Recipient: Janny B. Hong
Distinguished Athlete Award
Recipient: Alexios Avrassoglou
U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar/Athletic Award
Recipients: Isaac Berman and Maya Harel
Departmental Awards
ENGLISH
The Creative Writing Award
Recipients: Adi Gal, Celine Rafferty and Dan Rudiak
Literary Scholar Award
Recipients: Eva Buergler, Aidan Kluger and Priyanka Sinha
Publications Awards
Omega Award
Recipient: Adi Gal
Tenakin Award
Recipient: Kiyeon Chae
Echo Award
Recipient: Evan Hecht
English Language Learners Award
Recipient: Sayaka Kozuki
SOCIAL STUDIES
Supervisor’s Award
Recipient: Alexios Avrassoglou
Social Studies Department Award
Recipient: Adi Gal
Lewis Brown Memorial Book Award
Recipient: Joyce Chung
MATHEMATICS
Math Department Award
Recipient: Matt Dreyer
Math Team Senior Award
Recipient: David Wang
SCIENCE
The Science Department Award
Recipients: Ryan Horowitz and Angela Youn
Society of Women Engineers
Recipient: Yihan Huang
WORLD LANGUAGES
Outstanding Achievement Senior French Student
Recipient: Hilary Kim
Outstanding Achievement Senior Spanish Student
Recipient: Joyce Chung
Outstanding Achievement Senior Italian Student
Recipient: Emma Fuentecilla
Outstanding Achievement Senior Chinese Student
Recipient: Chloe Altschul
Gert Hoppe Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: Michelle Schipilliti
PERFORMING ARTS
THS Music Department Award for Excellence
Recipients: Momoko Uchida
Madrigal Dinner Scholarship
Recipients: Susannah Abrams and Bradley Moyer
Jon-Erik Hexum Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: Gili Zaifman
VISUAL ARTS
Art Department Award
Recipient: Emma Fuentecilla
Art and Design Award
Recipient: Euijun (Daniel) Um
Computer Art Award
Recipient: Adi Gal and Sapir Levinhar Be
Practical Arts
Outstanding Student in Family and Consumer Studies Award
Recipient: Bailey Kaplan
Business Department Award
Recipient: Arya Bhansali
Technology
Tech Crew Awards
Recipients: Serenity Cray, William Hawkins, Camille Lederer, Rachel Nazar, and Rachel Wetstein
Theater Club Award
Recipients: Dené Chung, Rachel Nazar, Alika Saxena, and Gili Zaifman
Telecommunication and Multimedia Club (THS-TV)
Recipients: Katherine Flynn, Adam Harel, Rachel Paskowitz, and Eren Sevintuna
Technology Education Senior Award
Recipients: Emily Matteson and Hojoon Kim
Athletic Department
NJSIAA Scholar Athlete Awards
Recipient: Jonathan Angbazo
BCCA Multi-Sport Award
Recipient: Alexios Avrassoglou and William Hawkins
BCWCA Multi-Sport Award
Recipient: Hilary Kim
Bergen County Women Coaches’ Association Scholarship
Recipient: Jordan Mayo
Big North Conference Scholar Athlete
Recipients: Zachary Williams and Dejana Sujak
Elton Lorimer Williams Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: Patrick DeSalvo
Tiger Pride Award
Recipients: Austin Dome, Jordan Naidus, Brittany Amtman, and Brianna Paluskiewicz
HS Boys Soccer Alumni Scholarship
Recipient: Byung Cheol (John) Koh
Joe Glaser Memorial Scholarship
Recipient: Isaac Berman
School Service
EMT Awards
Recipients: Jonathan Abad, Sharon Avtalion, Christopher Kang, Daniel Lee, Michelle Schipillitti, and Elizabeth Yuzary
The Class Advisor’s Award
Recipient: Celine Rafferty
The Distinguished Senior Award
Recipient: Evan Hecht
The Dr. Kontogiannis TIGER Award
Recipients: Alessandra Bontia and Alexios Avrassoglou
The Principal’s Award
The Principal’s Award
Presenter: James O. Morrison, Principal
Recipient: Abigail Pomeranz
Congratulations to all award recipients. We can’t wait to see their future achievements.
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