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Upper School Celebrates High Achievement at Honors Convocation

The Upper School celebrated student achievements at its annual Honors Convocation and Senior Award Ceremony on May 23, where 32 students who embody the qualities of scholarship, service, leadership and character were inducted into the Russell G. Ranney chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS). Members of the Class of 2014 were also honored with Senior Departmental Awards, while select Upper School students received Citizenship Awards and RSPA Panther Prize Awards.

In his opening remarks, Head of School Dr. John Griffith said, “We have to nurture a love for learning. We have to foster initiative, adaptability, flexibilities and commonalities—those are the things that we value as an academic institution. This morning we honor students who stand as an emblem of the love of questions, the love of learning, and most importantly, the love of their companions and their journey.”

NHS Advisor and Visual Arts Chair Kate Greenberg also addressed the RSPA Panther Hall audience—filled with students, family, friends, faculty and administrators—and invited the NHS officers to the stage to begin the traditional induction ceremony.

NHS President Elise Birde [Rumson], Mostafa Meleis (Vice President) [Holmdel], Briana Richardson (Treasurer) [Freehold] and Steven Jacobson (Secretary) [Colts Neck] led the induction ceremony. Each NHS officer lit a candle that represented the four pillars of NHS before the 32 inductees—all members of the Class of 2015—were introduced on stage, where they received their NHS certificate, honor cord, membership pin and card from their chosen faculty mentors.

Congratulations to the following inductees:

Alexis Auletta, Avani Bhatnagar, Erik Bovino, Sabrina Boxer, Pauline Braka, Samantha Chiarello, Ryan Eaddy, Ian Farber, Francesca Fischer, Emily Gordin, Kristen Guyler, Cassandra Kalinowski, Michael Kmetz, Rachel Lasko, Hailey Maher, Chrissi Michael, Raymond Moser, Caitlin Mullally, Alexandra Natsis, Jacob Palecki, Sabrina Park, Mohnish Rachuru, Elizabeth Roberts, Remi Rohl, Alexandra Shay, Elisa Stavola, Ilyada Takil, George Timmins, Joseph Turtel, Gillian Veralli, Ryan Wade and Amy Winkler

Members of the Upper School faculty and administration approached the podium one by one to announce the following award recipients:

Senior Departmental Awards:

National Merit Commended Students: Vincent Morano, Matthew Elkwood and --

National Merit Semifinalist: Elinor Haney

National Merit Finalists: Noah Goldstein, Steven Jacobson, Marc Owitz and Hunter Pearl

National Hispanic Scholars: Alexandra Esquivel-Murphy and Marc Owitz

History: Steven Jacobson

Art History: Elinor Haney

Economics: Grant Parker

L.C. Lane English: Noah Goldstein

Science: Vincent Morano

Mathematics: Marc Owitz

French: Madison Boyan

Spanish: Alexandra Esquivel-Murphy

Music: Sabrina Palazzolo (vocal) and Anthony Dennis (instrumental)

Theater: Amanpreet Singh (stage) and Noah Goldstein (performance)

Visual Arts: Madelaine Young and Caroline Korey

Computer Science: Ethan Daniels

Ram Sheila Bharara Communications Award: Noah Goldstein

AP Scholar Awards: Carly Ansell, Rachel Bernstein, Elise Birde, Caroline Daroci, Giulia DiGuglielmo, Sophia Jackman ’15, Alessandra Johnson, Caroline Korey and Briana Richardson

AP Scholars with Honor: Alexandra Esquivel-Murphy, Joseph Esquivel-Murphy, Christopher Farkouh, Noah Goldstein, Jessica Nicholson, Hunter Pearl and Amanpreet Singh

AP Scholar with Distinction: Madison Boyan, Matthew Elkwood, --, Ronald Geraghty, Steven Jacobson, Mostafa Meleis, Vincent Morano, Marc Owitz, Grant Parker and Steven Parlamas

National AP Scholar: Steven Jacobson

Scholar-Athlete: Steven Jacobson and Madison Boyan

Excellence in Citizenship Awards: Jenna DiSalvo ’14, Michael Kmetz ’15, Sarah Klein ’16 and Ashley Biswal ’17

Ranney School Parents’ Association Award: Madelaine Young ’14, Ronald Geraghty ’14, Francesca Fischer ’15, Rachel Staats ’16 and Julianna Poupard ’17

Presidents’ Award for Educational Excellence: Steven Allen, Carly Ansell, Quinlan Berger, Elise Birde, Madison Boyan, Kenna Conley, Caroline Daroci, Anthony Dennis, Giulia DiGuglielmo, Soroya Dookie, Matthew Elkwood, Alexandra Esquivel-Murphy, Joseph Esquivel-Murphy, Madeline Fabricant, Christopher Farkouh, --, Ronald Geraghty, Noah Goldstein, Elinor Haney, Charles Ingulli, Steven Jacobson, Alessandra Johnson, Whitney Kelly, Caroline Korey, Mostafa Meleis, Vincent Morano, Jessica Nicholson, Marc Owitz, Sabrina Palazzolo, Grant Parker, Steven Parlamas, Hunter Pearl, Briana Richardson, James Samson, Samantha Samuel, Melanie Scopellite, Amanpreet Singh, Joshua Weakley and Madelaine Young
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