
BCHS students honored at Academic Awards Night
Despite the ongoing pandemic, BCHS students still got the honors they were due at a virtual Academic Awards Night on June 12. Awards are broken into categories as they appeared in the program. Congratulations to all our students!
Bethlehem Central Community Foundation | Memorial Awards | Military Awards | Community Awards | Junior Awards | Department Awards | PTA Awards
Bethlehem Central Community Foundation
- Jeannette R. Earls Memorial Scholarship – Damla Cicek
- Bethlehem Project Lead the Way Award – Allison Grant, Andrew Huta
- Bethlehem Senior Projects Inc. Scholarships – Maia Dawson
- Chris Porter Scholarship – Holly VanWie
- Dorothy McDonald Memorial Scholarship – Luke Mangini
- Dr. Josephine A. Vitillo Memorial Award – Maia Dawson
- Frances A. Cocozza Memorial Award – Emily Begley
- Jeremy Klugman Memorial Award – Catherine Janston
- Jonathan A. Albert Memorial Award – Ashley Martucci
- Kevin Shea Memorial – Nicholas Zigrosser
- The Norek Family Spanish & Study Abroad Award – Lleyton Emery
- Russell Ellers Memorial Award – Juneau Wang
- Sarah Renee Whiting Math Honor Society Award – Aidan McNay
- Stephen E. Rucinski II Memorial Scholarship – Joseph Defibaugh
- The Eagle Award – Michael Guyette
- Will Raub September 11 Bethlehem Central Scholarship – Haley Nash
Memorial Awards
- Anne Gibson Elbow Memorial Award – Amy Burdick
- Anthony S. “Tony” Arduini Memorial Award – Thomas Buffaline
- The Charles A. Gunner BCCO Scholarship – Kailee Harrigan, Eliza Whalen
- Honorable Judge Peter C. Wenger Memorial Award Bethlehem Youth Court – Jason Wu
- Katherine DePorte Memorial Scholarship Bethlehem Central United Employees Association (BCUEA) – Eliza Whalen, Austin MBaye
- Larry Prater Memorial Scholarship Bethlehem Central United Employees Association (BCUEA) – Cheyane Jones
- Lorraine E. Boyle Memorial Award – Kailee Harrigan
- Lt. Henry Klein Memorial Award / Tawasentha Chapter, DAR – Jeffrey Hansen
- Steven O’Shea Memorial Scholarship – Jeremy Martelle
- Captain Timothy J. Moshier Memorial Award – Amelia Evans
- Wallace H. Erlichman Lions Club Memorial Scholarship – Austin MBaye
- Marcus Kaplan Spirit of Life Award – Margaret Remmel, Eliza Whalen
Military Awards
Community Awards
- American Legion Post 1040 Nathaniel Adams Blanchard Post Scholarship Award – Jeffrey Hansen, Jeremy Martelle
- Bethlehem Business Women’s Award – Margaret Reynolds, Juneau Wang
- Bethlehem Central Teachers’ Association Scholarships – Katie Bailey, Austin MBaye, Jack Pocorobba, Margaret Reynolds, Eliza Whalen
- Bethlehem Community Fund – Overia Alexander, Nicholas Gicewicz, Kirsty Ihenetu, Chengyu Jihuang, Michael Melas, Holliday Sims
- Delmar Progress Club Scholarship – Isabelle Courtney, Luke Manley
- Hudson Valley C.C. Scholarship – Cheyane Jones
- Key Club Citizenship Award – Alexi Hull, Katie Noether
- Passport for Good – Luke Manley
- School’s Out Inc. Scholarship – Samantha Lefton
- Lynne Lenhardt Business Scholarship – Jacob Kantrowitz
- School Systems Federal Credit Union – Anna Bernasconi
- The NYS AHPERD Capital Zone Student Leadership Award – Beatrice Jones, William Vagianelis
Junior Awards
- Clarkson Achievement Award – Nicholas Watson
- Clarkson Leadership Award – Matthew Hicks
- Harvard Book Award – Stacey Lee
- R.I.T. Computing Medal & Scholarship – Emma Edgar, Matthew Hicks
- R.I.T. Innovation and Creativity Award – Abigail DeFranco, Tyler Lippold
- RPI Medal Award – Jonah Eng
- Sage “Student Sage Award” – Katelyn Mara, Rima Shah
- Saint Michael’s Book Award – Mario Cubello, Brynn Lahey
- University of Rochester Bausch and Lomb Science Award – Xiang Wan Sun
- University of Rochester The George Eastman Young Leaders Award – Sahil Amin
- University of Rochester Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology – Anthony Han
- University of Rochester Humanities/Social Science Frederick Douglas / Susan B. Anthony Award – Madelyn Gatchell
- George Washington Book Award – Brayden Karn
- St. Lawrence University Book Award – Makayla Alfred
Department Awards
Art | Athletics | Business | Career & Technical Education | English | Mathematics | Music | Science | Social Studies | World Language
Art
- Bethlehem Art Association:The Charles A. Shade Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement in Art – Zachary Pokat, Eliza Whalen
- National Art Honor Society Service Award – Brianna Balzan
Athletics
Business
- Outstanding Business Student of the Year – Celiamarie DeCancio, Nick Alexander
- Outstanding FBLA Student – Nick Alexander
- Most Improved Business Student – Madeline Nolan, Ava Wilber
- The Buy-It School Store – Sofia Lopez
Career & Technical Education
- Excellence in Technology – Matthew Hicks
- Excellence in Culinary Arts – Anna-Jeane Staerker
- Excellence in Family & Consumer Sciences – Marisa Seres
English
- English Department Award – Grace Lamendola, Michele Mariconti, Kelcie Moss, Nicholas Towle, Ryan Yanneck
- English Department Award – Lilian Brusic, Anna Goodwin, Annie Grace Cumings Ledbetter, Katerina Midtskogen, Katrine Mongin, Talia Sanders, Eliza Whalen, Noor Zamanmiri
Mathematics
- The Mr. Harold Reissig Award – Michael Guyette
- The Sarah Renee Whiting Math Honor Society Award – Aiden McNay
- Dr. Philip Gibbons Award – Emma Radzyminski
- John G. Sterling Award – Gillian Roeder
- The Mr. David F. Hurst Computer Science Award – Andres Sevilla
Music
- John Philip Sousa Band Award – Isabelle Courtney
- Director’s Award for Band – Cecilia Amory, Daria Hegeman
- Director’s Award for Choir – Emily Begley
- National School Orchestra Award – Jason Wu
- National School Choral Award – Catherine Jantson
- Louis Armstrong Jazz Award – Ethan Fox
- Director’s Award for Orchestra – Avery Roach
- Bethlehem Music Association Awards – Cecilia Amory, Margaret Seebode, Jason Wu
Science
Social Studies
- Society of the Mayflower Descendants Award – Avi Patel, Noor Zamamiri
- The DAR American History Award Tawasentha Chapter – Juneau Wang
- The Kenelm R. Thacher Award (Class of 1951) – Maeve Rita Donnolly
World Languages
- Francophone Award – Katrine Mongin, Eliza Whalen
- Amor Latinae Award – Mirielle Kivort, Emma Radzyminski
- Honor Hispano Award – Gillian Roeder, Juneau Wang
- BC Love of Language Award – Daniel Ledezma, Navid Mazidabadifarahani
PTA Awards
- Eagle Senior Award – Julia Buckle, Orlando DiBacco
- Elsmere Senior Award – Audrey Nadeau, Lucas Ruud
- Glenmont Senior Award – Zachary Pokat, Abigail Sodergren
- Hamagrael Senior Award – Benjamin Clark, Gillian Roeder
- Slingerlands Senior Award – Kelcie Moss, Will Vagianelis