It was a joyous night for an exceptional group of Scarsdale students, and their parents, friends, teachers and administrators who gathered for the Scarsdale High School Awards Assembly on May 11, 2011. Assistant Principal Sue Peppers lead the ceremony and shared the stage with SHS teachers, administrators and community leaders in presenting the awards to outstanding SHS juniors and seniors.
Students were recognized for academic achievement in English, social studies, languages, science and math as well as for accomplishments in the fine and performing arts, technology and community service.
In addition to school department awards, a variety of groups such as the Scarsdale Inquirer, Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club and the Scarsdale Friends of Music and the Arts gave awards and there were several awards named in memory of special people in the community. For the first time an award in Art History was granted in the name of Elisa Draper, a Quaker Ridge teacher who passed away in 2010. Her husband Robert Draper, a faculty member at SHS stood by while the award was given to student Hannah Duggan.
One student truly stood out, receiving four coveted awards. Senior Kimberly Strauch who is headed for Dartmouth in the fall won awards in Math, Physics, Spanish and the Eric Rothschild award for superior academic accomplishment.
Principal John Klemme participated in the ceremony, presenting the Dartmouth College Award for academic achievement and service to Max Rolison as well as the Principal’s award to school government leader David Faust.
Here is a list of all the talented SHS students and the awards they received:
Top Row: Dana Bernstein, Biagio DiSalvo, Nicole Bernstein, Zachary Edelman, Helen Bush, Jordan Falkoff
Bottom Row: David Faust, Carly Carlin, Tyler Foote, Paloma Dooley, Nicholas Gliatta, Hannah Duggan
Top Row: Andrew Guo, Rebecca Erde, Nicholas Lesniewski, Alyson Favilla, Joseph Louie, Erica Getto
Bottom Row: Allison Grant, Anthony Lyons, Sara Greenberg, Benjamin Rimland, Ruth Kagan, Andrew Wang
Top Row: Jessica Lam, Elizabeth Lash, Evan Schor, Jun Sasamura, Alexandra Levine, Gregory Seiden
Bottom Row: Nathan Sonnenfeld, Jessica Li, Adam Sperber, Shia Li Lum, Matthew Pavia, Kathryn Peruski
Top Row: Caitlin Pitofsky, Jordan Thaler, Alison Schnitzer, Zachary Wald, Anna Sherman, Sarah Keltz
Bottom Row: Shoshana Sheinfeld, Talia Singer, Kimberly Strauch, Michelle Wexler, Rebecca Workman
The Awards Committee members were: Carol D’Angelo, Neil Ginsberg, Michael Hiller, Susan Hollander, Joseph Lamela, Lauren Meyer, Sue Peppers, Eric Rauschenbach and Jennifer Wagner
Presenting the awards to the students were: Christopher Renino, Linda Leavitt, John Harrison, Sylvie Corten, Joseph Vaughn, John Klemme, Sue Peppers, Andrea O’Gorman, John Cuk, Margo Kornfeld, Eve Eisenstadt, Robert Draper, Lynn Potter, Loryn Solomon, Dan Stiel and Jackie Irwin.