PHHS Senior Awards Ceremony; Over 190 awards given

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Veronica Senkowska, Matt Joyce and Cassie Fahy

Principal Michael DiSanto honored the Top 25 students. The students included Lauren Astor, Arpan Bhavsar, Eva Cavanaugh, Emily Cerri, Catherine Chen, Kristin Chen, Jeevat Chhatwal, Amanda Farkas, Carissa Ganihong, Meredith Giovanelli, Jordon Gross, Rohan Gupta, Derek Liu, Lindsey Magbitang, Tracey Miller, Daniel Mondschein, Karl Mulligan, Chandni Patel, Jeeba Thomas, Shane Vyskocil, Annie Wang, Tiffany Wei, Alezander Wu, Neha Zahid, David Zhong.

Parsippany Hills High School Swim Team Boosters honorees were Matt DeBenedette, Het Desai, Kaleigh Estler, Michael Ginsberg, Meredith Giovanelli, Allison Leonard, Caroline Nelson, Shreya Pathre, Sonia Samtani, Brendan Shanahan, Ryan Stensgaard and Michael Wu.

Parent Teacher Student Association Scholarship Awards were given to Melissa Agostinho, Talia Antonacci, Collin Delade, Mitchell Folan, Meredith Giovanelli, Luke Haltigan, Kaitlyn Murphy, Nicholas Neglia and Neha Zahid.

Victoria Eng was presented with the Principal’s Award by Michel DiSanto for perfect attendance for the entire four years of her high school journey.

Parsippany Hills High School Choir Scholarships were presented by Mr. Matthew Lee to Mariah Acree, Renzo Espinosa, Daniel Eyerman, Mitchell Folan, Grace Lee, Tracey Miller, Nicole Poccia, and Jeeba Thomas.

Ms. Mary Ann Coyne, on behalf of the Woman’s Club of Parsippany-Troy Hills Scholarships were presented to Kimberly Aldana, Kaileigh Estler, Joseph Gasbarro, Luke Haltigan, Elizabeth Kyle-LaBell,
and Tin Le.

Parsippany Hills High School Girls’ Basketball Booster Club Scholarship Awards were presented to Talia Antonacci, Brianna Dance, Cassandra Fahy, Alice Liang, Gianna Pallis, Christina Russo and Veronia Serkowska.

Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany presented Scholarships to Stephanie Datri and Rebecca Ho.
The scholarships were presented by Davey Willans.

National Merit Scholarship – Commended honorees were Rohan Gupta, Grace Lee, Derek Liu, Lindsey Magbitang, Tracey Miller, Chandni Patel, and David Zhong; National Merit Scholarship – Finalists honorees were Kristin Chen, Karl Mulligan and Annie Wang. The National Merit Scholarships were presented by Mr. Michael DiSanto.

Ethan Levy was presented with the Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce Scholarship. Board Member Nicolas Limanov and PACC President Robert Peluso made the presentation on behalf of the Board of Directors.

Councilman Dr. Louis Valori presented Mitchell Folan and Neha Zahid with the “The Valori Family” Scholarship Award.

Luke Haltigan was presented with the Coaches’ Award for Football; Michael Wu was presented with the Coaches’ Award for Marching Band and Simone Russo was presented with the Coaches’ Award for Cheerleading.

African American Cultural Club Service Awards were presented to Ajanee McConnell, and Teddi White.
Bernard Packin Valedictoria Scholarship was awarded to Neha Zahid.

Asian American Club Awards were presented to Emily Cerri, Carissa Ganihong, Matthew Lee, Michael Wu and David Zhong by Mrs. Rhonda Pritchard.

Coccia Foundation Scholarships were Cassandra Fahy, Mitchell Folan and Alezander Wu. The presented was made by Mrs. Vita Morales.

Sons of Italy Basil Ricci Memorial Scholarships were presented to Talia Antonacci, Nicholas Davis and Nicholas Neglia. The presentation was made by Sons of Italy President Joseph Jannarone and Councilman Michael J. dePierro.

Indian Cultural Club Service Awards were presented to Pooja Banker, Neil A. Patel, Niki Patel, Reema Shah by Mr. Carl Ordway.

Other organizations presenting students with Awards or Scholarships were:

Aaron Lief/American Legion Post #249 Scholarship: Amrit Nagendran; Abe Wolkofsky Scholarship: Tin Le; ADK/Dora B. Stolfi Memorial Scholarship: Stephanie Datri;

Blue Collar Workers of Parsippany Troy Hills Scholarships Academics: Catherine Mow; and Blue Collar Workers of Parsippany Troy Hills Scholarships Athletic: Matthew Joyce; Matthew Lang received the David Moore Scholarship; Eastlake School PTA Scholarship was presented to Talia Antonacci, by Mrs. Karen Kinsey; Elk National Foundation Most Valuable Student was presented toLindsay Magbitang;

The Emil Johnson Vocation Awards were presented to Robert Turner and Parth Vachhani; Catherine Chen received the Female Athlete Award; Alezander Wu received the Habitat for Humanity Service Award for his many hours of volunteering; Djanelle Lang received the Hills of Troy Neighborhood Association Scholarship;

Brendan Shanahan was honored with the Intervale Leadership for the Future Scholarship;
Intervale School/Dorothy Davies Memorial Scholarship and Joe Windish/Parsippany Education Foundation Award.

John Phillip Sousa Award was presented to Michael Wu; Kate Russell Memorial Scholarship Award was presented to Meredith Giovanelli.

Mt. Tabor Betty and Thomas Kay Memorial Award was presented to Tracey Miller by Mr. Michael Iapicca.
Lake Parsippany School PTA Scholarship was presented to Ashley Wang by Ms. Kerry Krauss.

Ms. Tricia Morsilla presentd the Lew Ludwig Memorial Scholarship to Vincent Castellana.

Little Viking Football Award was received by Luke Haltigan.

Littleton School Alumni Scholarships were presented to Kaileigh Estler and Allison Leonard. The scholarships were presented by Ms. Maxine Smith.

Madeline L. Loftus Memorial Scholarship was presented to Shane Vyskocil by Mrs. Anna Marie Russo. Madeline was a graduate of Parsippany Hills High School.

Maria Theresa C. Santillan ’92 Memorial Scholarship was presented to Tin Le.

Mary Coppola Patrick Award for Public Service and Excellence in Italian were presented to Talia Antonacci, and StephanieDatri. The presentation was made by Mrs. Vita Morales.

Morris Country College Fair Committee Scholarship two year to Luis Jose Neyra Liviapoma and four year to Melissa Agostinho.

Parsippany Soccer Club Scholarships were honored three individuals were Andre Fernandes, Thomas Molloy and Gianna Pallis.

Morris County Retirees Education Association was presented to Stephanie Datri by Ms. Tricia Morsillo.
Mt. Tabor Band Award was presented to Kristin Chen; and Neha Zahid received the Mt. Tabor PTA Scholarship.

NJAC Outstanding Scholars – Athelete – Female was received by Veronia Serkowska and Kyle McGinley received the NJAC Outstanding Scholar – Athlete – Male.

Northern New Jersey Chinese Association Award was given to Kristen Chen; Parents of the Gifted and Talented Scholarship Award was given to Karl Mulligan; Parsippany Policemen’s Benevolent Association was Christian Guevara-Rodriguez. The Parsippany Republican Club was given to Joseph Gasbarro.

Ms. Peggy Mader presented the Parsippany Troy Hills Rotary Scholarship to Kaileigh Estler;
Parsippany-Troy Hills Senior Citizen Scholarship was presented to Isabela Manzano.

Par-Troy West Little League Scholarship (Baseball) to Nicholas Neglia, and Softball to Brittany Stark.

Sonia Samtani was awarded the Patricia Ann Behnke Memorial Scholarship by Mrs. Judy Kret and Mrs. Carmella Foehner.

Paul & Phyllis Chu – Biology Award to Annie Wang; English to Vanessa Martinez; Music Award Chelsea Mcknight was presented by Mrs. Joanne Barkauskas.

PHHS Field Hockey Booaster Club: Caitlyn De Vre; PHHS Football Parent Association: Luke Haltigan;
PHHS Men’s Soccer Parent Association: Nicholas Davis; PHHS Men’s Soccer Parent Association: Thomas Molloy; PHHS Men’s Soccer Parent Association: Adam Pollack; PHHS Volleyball Parents’ Association Scholarship: Laila Tlack; PHHS Wresting Scholarship: Tin Le; PTHEA “Cap”: Victoria Eng,
Rainbow Lakes Volunteer Fire Company: Fred Green; Rocco Cerbo Memorial Scholarship: Zohar Hasan,
Salutatorian Award: Arpan Bhavsar; Salvatore Peragine Memorial Scholarships to Melissa Agostinho,
and Grace Petinakis;

Service Award Band Award was presented to Arpan Bhavsar, Emily Cerri, and Trevor Tang.

Spencer Savings Bank Scholarship Award was presented to Priyal Patel by Mrs. Afoza Patel.

Student Council Awards were presented to Olivia Arcilla, Jeevat Chhatwal and Meredith Giovanelli. The presentation was made by Mrs. Danielle Nicosia.

SunRise/ShopRite Education Grant/ShopRite STARS was presented to Mitchell Folan by Ms. Denna Ashton.

The Andrew Quinn Scholalrship was presented to Karl Mulligan.

The Dr. Frank A. Calabria Memorial Scholarship was presented to Kaileigh Estler by Angela Calabria.

The Paul Piccoli Memorial Scholarships were presented to Erin Crystal, Luke Haltigan and Gianna Pallis were presented by Olivia Piccoli.

Tin Le and Gianna Pallis was presented with the Tom Ladas Memorial Scholarships by Mr. Andrew Ladas.

UNICO Montville Chapter Scholarship was presented to Talia Antonacci by Mr. Mickey D’Addato.

US Marine Corp Distinguisehd Athletic Award was presented to Angelo Gallego and Catherine Mow.
US Marine Corp Patriotism Award was presented to Archan Patel; US Marine Corp Scholastic Excellence was presented to Arpan Bhavsar; US Marine Corp Sempier Fidelis Band Award was presented to Jasper Gates. The presentation was made by Staff Sgt. Bocchinfuso.

James Keyes was presented with the Vincent Lorenzo Male Athlete Award by Mr. Todd Ricker.

Alezander Wu received the William Kogen Community Service Award; Kaileigh Estler and Sneha Patwardhan was honored with the William Lu Class of 1977 Educator Awards in Honor of Claire Pompei and Edmund Heilmeier. Mr. Carl Ordway made the presentation.