List of Awards – BCHS Class of 2021

Several student awards were included in the commencement program. They are:

• Academic Achievement Awards
• Community Awards
• PTA Awards
• Memorial Awards
• Departmental Awards
• State & National Awards

Academic Achievement Awards

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The following students maintained a 95% or above Grade Point Average (GPA) over three-and-a-half years at Bethlehem Central High School.

• Sahil Amin
• David Berin
• Sarah Brock
• Maggie Cartwright
• Clara Chaplin
• Caitlin Chung
• Annika Clarke
• Isabella Cremo
• Avery Daggett
• Aaron Davis
• Samantha Day
• Abigail DeFranco
• Grace DiBacco
• Justin Dong
• Benjamin Eisenbraun
• Jonah Eng
• Ainsley Fiske
• Skyler Friedman
• Samantha Fuscus
• Aijah Garcia
• Madelyn Gatchell
• Michaela Gelber
• Benjamin Goldberg
• Anthony Han
• Elizabeth Hancox
• Joseph Harvey
• Julia Harvey
• Danielle Huli
• Lauren Jack
• Brayden Karn
• Henryk Kessel
• Abigail Klein
• Peter Klisiwecz
• Amanda Koch
• Brynn Lahey
• John Lauricella
• Maia Lemov
• Tyler Lippold
• Isabella Maritato
• Marissa Mastracco
• Grace Pascarella
• Niki Patel
• Nolan Powers
• Ellora Rabenstein
• Jane Reagan
• Schuyler Ritchie
• Stephen Shaw
• Steven Sitzer
• Aidan Stickan
• Xiangwan Sun
• Alexis Tierney
• Sohalia Tiu
• Nicholas Watson

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Community Awards

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American Legion Post 1040 Nathaniel Adams Blanchard Scholarship Award

• Victoria Martin

Bethlehem Business Women’s Award

• Joseph Harvey
• Julia Harvey

BCHS Student Senate Scholarship Award

• Stacey Lee

BCHS Student Senate Terry Ulion Scholarship Award

• Danielle Huli

Bethlehem Central Teachers’ Association Scholarships

• Joseph Harvey 
• Julia Harvey
• Stacey Lee
• Celiann Soto Dávila

Delmar Progress Club Scholarship

• Grace Apuzzi
• Joseph Harvey
• Julia Harvey

Hudson Valley Community College Scholarship

• Hannah Voorhaar

Key Club CItizenship Award

• Nyahera Santeliz

NYS AHPERD Capital Zone Leadership Award

• Ella Stewart
• James Walston

School’s Out Inc. Scholarship

• David Berin

School Systems Federal Credit Union

• Madeline Sauders

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PTA Awards

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Eagle Senior Award

• David Berin
• Grace DiBacco

Elsmere Senior Award

• Eliana Cromling
• Jayden DesChamps

Glenmont Senior Award

• Rachael Close
• John Lauricella

Hamagrael Senior Award

• Aislinn Edmunds
• Graham Hardiman

Slingerlands Senior Award

• • Margaret Hartman
  • Nicholas Watson

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Memorial Awards

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Anne Gibson Elbow Memorial Award

• Ella Kasper

Anthony S. “Tony” Arduini Memorial Award

• Marissa Monteleone

Charles A. Gunner BCCO Scholarship Sahil Amin

• Olivia Furgele

Chris Porter Memorial Award

• Nyahera Santeliz

Dorothy McDonald Memorial Scholarship

• Rory McFerran

Frances A. Cocozza Memorial Award

• Allison Grant

Honorable Judge Peter C. Wenger Memorial Award

• Natalie Qualia

Jeannette R. Earls Memorial Scholarship

• Nyahera Santeliz

Jonathan A. Albert Memorial Award

• Skyler Friedman

Julia O. Wells Memorial Education Foundation

• Victoria Martin

Katherine DePorte Memorial Scholarship Bethlehem Central United Employees Association

• Allison Grant
• Joseph Harvey

Kevin Shea Memorial Scholarship Award

• Julia Harvey

Larry Prater Memorial Scholarship Bethlehem Central United Employees Association

• Hannah Voorhaar

Lorraine E. Boyle Memorial Award

• Hannah Voorhaar

Lt. Henry Klein Memorial Award Tawasentha Chapter, DAR

• Danielle Huli

Michael “Big Dog” Medvesky Memorial Scholarship

• John Lauricella

Marcus Kaplan Spirit of Life Award 

• Julia Harvey
• Brayden Karn

Norek Family Spanish & Study Abroad Award

• Cristina Grigas

Robert “Bob” Salamone Memorial Award

• Jane Reagan

Robillard Memorial Award

• Spencer Yarwood

Russell Ellers Memorial Award

• Grace Apuzzi

Sarah Renee Whiting Math Honor Society Award

• Jane Reagan

The Coach Connolly Scholarship

• Madeline Sauders

The Eagle Award

• Xiang Wan Sun

Will Raub September 11 Bethlehem Central Scholarship

• Amanda Koch

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Departmental Awards

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Art

Bethlehem Art Association Award

• Caroline Mentes
• Zoe Thomas

Congressional Art Competition Student Art Award

• Eliana Cromling
• Dania Weinraub

National Art Honor Society Service Award

• Caitlin Dubin
• Shaina Olbrys

Athletics

Bethlehem Central High School Athletic Association Scholarships

• Joseph Harvey
• Julia Harvey
• Marissa Mastracco

Bethlehem Central High School Oustanding Senior Awards

Baseball

• Liam Gregory

Basketball

• Julia Harvey
• Marko Gibbons

Bowling

• Caitlin Dubin
• Lucas Feltman

Cheerleading

• Victoria Martin (Winter)
• Rebekah Ossias (Fall)

Cross Country

• Kaitlyn Grossman
• Alexander Pattison

Field Hockey

• Isabella Cremo

Football

• Joseph Harvey

Golf

• Matthew Hicks

Gymnastics

• Alison Gray

Ice Hockey

• Jackson Carroll

Lacrosse

• Jackson Carroll
• Amanda Koch

Outdoor Track

• Kaitlyn Grossman
• Tal Hamel

Soccer

• Jack Burman
• Joanna Van Royen

Softball

• Grace DiBacco

Swimming

• Margaret Hartman
• John Janeski

Tennis

• Graham Hardiman
• Amanda Koch

Volleyball

• Aijah Garcia
• Stephen Shaw

The Suburban Scholastic Council Excellence in Leadership Award

• Julia Harvey
• Nolan Powers

Business Education Department Awards

Outstanding Business Student of the Year

• Sahil Amin
• Aidan Scharf

Outstanding FBLA Student

• Sahil Amin

Most Improved Business Student

• Brianna Doran
• Victoria Martin

The Buy-It School Store Award

• Steven Sitzer

Career and Technical Education

Excellence in Culinary Arts

• Keith Winne

Excellence in Family and Consumer Sciences

• Rory McFerran

Excellence in Technology

• Alan Choppy

English

English Department Award

• Jack Bronk
• Caitlin Chung
• Eliana Cromling
• Ainsley Fiske
• Christina Grigas
• Abigail Klein
• Dylan Kowalsky
• Brynn Lahey
• Miranda Lesperance
• Nyahera Santeliz
• Uarda Sulo

Math

Harold Reissig Award

• Anthony Han

Dr. Philip Gibbons Award

• Benjamin Eisenbraun

John G. Sterling Award

• Danielle Huli

Dr. David F. Hurst Computer Science Award

• Justin Dong

Music

Bethlehem Music Association Awards

• Aislinn Edmunds
• Brayden Karn
• Nicholas Watson

Director’s Award for Band

• Emma Edgar

Director’s Award for Choir

• Caitlyn O’Connell

Director’s Award for Orchestra

• Caitlin Dubin

John Philip Sousa Band Award

• Ryan Jeffers

Louis Armstrong Jazz Award

• Peter Klisiwecz

National School Choral Award

• Caldonia Knox

National School Orchestra Award

• Nicholas Watson

Science

The Andrew Joachim Memorial Award

• Danielle Huli

The Thomas Watthews Memorial Award

• Grace Pascarella

Social Studies

DAR American History Award Tawasentha Chapter

• Justin Dong

Society of the Mayflower Descendants Award

• Julia Harvey
• Bryce Swaider

The Kenelm R. Thacher Award (Class of 1951)

• Nyahera Santeliz

World Language

Amor Latinae Award

• Benjamin Goldberg

BC Love of Language Award

• Caitlin Chung
• Benjamin Goldberg

Francophone Award

• Henryk Kessel
• Caroline Mentes

Honor Hispano

• Samantha Fuscus
• John Lauricella

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State & National Awards

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National Merit Scholarship Winner

• Justin Dong

National Merit Scholarship Finalist

• Justin Dong

National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists

• Caitlin Chung
• Benjamin Goldberg
• Tyler Lippold

Commended Students in the 2021 National Merit Program

• Casey Benzing
• Kelsey Classen
• Tyler Dammeyer
• Aaron Davis
• Benjamin Eisenbraun
• Jonah Eng
• Samantha Fuscus
• Aijah Garcia
• Danielle Huli
• Peter Klisiwecz
• Jane Reagan
• Madeline Saunders
• Xiangwan Sun

New York State Scholarship for Academic Excellence

• Maggie Cartwright
• Clara Chaplin
• Justin Dong
• Benjamin Eisenbraun
• Aijah Garcia
• Danielle Huli
• Peter Klisiwecz
• Brynn Lahey

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