Webutuck scholarships awarded

WEBUTUCK — This year was a good one for Webutuck High School seniors to graduate, as witnessed by the number of the scholarships awarded last Wednesday, June 23, in the school’s auditorium. Although an official monetary tally of the combined scholarships wasn’t available, the school’s guidance office said this year was, at the very least, one of the highest ever for scholarships awarded.

The following is a list of all the scholarships presented on June 23:

Amenia Lions Club Awards

Scholarships for Higher Education — Waylon Gomme, Patrick McCaffrey, Susan Herald, Stacy Buckley

Student Attending Two-Year Trade School — Bryan Nordone

Valedictorian Award — Alyssa Westfall

Mathematics Award — Alyssa Westfall

Award for Dedication and Positive Attitude — Tasia Koski, Christopher Barros

Award for Most Accomplished in Foreign Language — Brielle Williams

Award For Health Services — Brianna Seabury, Adam Koskowski

Award for Most Perseverance — Kristen Kelleher

Technology Award— Katherine Chamberlin  

Millerton Lions Club Awards

The Leon Silvernail Award, for academic performance and promise — Alicia Flinn

The Eugene Brooks Award, recognizing a student who has actively participated in the community — Kaelen Reynolds

The Millerton Lions Club Award, to a student who has demonstrated academic improvement during his or her high school career — Christopher Barros   

Violet H. Simmons Award — James Boeding, Alyssa Westfall

Alice and Richard Henriquez Writing Award — James Boeding

Millerton Grange — Alyssa Westfall

Harlem Valley Chamber of Commerce — Justin Lind, Christopher Barros

Thomas J. Berlinghoff Memorial Scholarship — Kaitlin Ruppel, Patrick McCaffrey, Richard Peck, Kaelen Reynolds, Justin Lind

Stone Church Grange 1561 Scholarship — Bryan Nordone

Amenia Fire Company and Amenia Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary Award — Kayla Tripp

Millerton Fire Company Award — Loren Milton, Alicia Flinn

Salisbury Bank & Trust Award — James Boeding

Amenia Women’s Club Scholarship — Jamie Clinton

Spirit of Peace Award — Brielle Williams

Principal’s Leadership Award — James Boeding

Spirit of Mock Trial Team Award — James Boeding, Katherine Chamberlin  

New High School Teachers’ 2005 Academic Recognition Award

Two Year College — Tasia Koski

Four Year College — Kaelan Reynolds  

Michael  Roccanova Craftsmanship Award — John Bergfels

Community Service Awards — Susan Herald, Heather Knapp, Brielle Williams  

Webutuck Teachers Association

Eugene V. Brooks Award — Kaelan Reynolds

Justine Winters Award — Alicia Flinn

Webutuck Teachers Association Award for Higher Education — James Boeding, Kaitlin Ruppel  

Hudson River Foundation Bank & Trust Awards —  Brielle Williams, Katherine Chamberlin  

Webutuck Fund for Excellence in Education Awards

Scholarship for Education — Carissa Dahoney

Scholarship for Community Service — Heather Knapp  

Webutuck Faculty Citizenship Award — James Boeding, Katherine Chamberlin

Eastern Province Photographic Society Award — Kristen Kelleher

Constance Tomasini Award — John Bergfels

Rose & Kiernan Insurance Services Award — Carissa Dahoney

McEnroe Organics Award — Katherine Chamberlin

American Legion Post #178  Valedictorian Award — Alyssa Westfall

Conklin’s Garage Award — John Bergfels

Health Care Auxiliary for the Tri State Region Scholarship — Brianna Seabury

New York State Comptroller Achievement Award — Kaitlin Ruppel

MSG Varsity Awards — Arlene Rivera, Brianna Seabury

Stephanie Murphy Memorial Scholarship — Brianna Seabury

Rhoda Lubalin Art Award — Kristen Kelleher

Larry Selfridge Sr. Memorial Scholarship — John Bergfels

Webutuck Lodge 480 F & AM Award for Higher Education — Brianna Seabury

Webutuck Booster Club Awards — Alicia Flinn, Carissa Dahoney, Justin Lind, Christopher Barros

Booster Club Award for Cheerleading — Carissa Dahoney

Kim Kelly Memorial Award — Kaelen Reynolds

Varsity Athletes of the Year — Kaitlin Ruppel, Patrick McCaffrey  

Webutuck Merchants Scholarships — Kayla Clapper, Gena Goos, Adam Koskowski, Andrew Milano, Scott Miller, Briana Ottley, Patrick Coons, Robert Reynolds, Kyle Zuluaga, Waylon Gomme, Richard Peck, Raymond Bailey, John Bergfels, Kayla Tripp   

(The Merchants Scholarships were made possible by: Amenia Masonic Lodge 672, Associated Lightning Rod, Bank of Millbrook, Dr. Julian Strauss, Dr. Kent Kay, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Durst, Dunromin Arabians, Dutchess Oil Company, Duxbury & Hermans Insurance Company, Elizabeth’s Jewelry, Four Brothers Pizza, Harlem Valley VFW 5444 Auxiliary, M & T Bank, Nancy Offenhauser, D.C., Pawling Corporation, Saperstein’s, SeaGull Roofing & Siding, Susan Boucher-Charlas, Tamarack Preserve, Taylor Oil and Welsh Sanitation)  

Junior Awards

Clarkson University Achievement Award — Bridget Boyd

Clarkson University Leadership Award — Shane Lyle

Rensselear Medal — Tawney Hall

University of Rochester Awards

Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award — Lucas Keasbey

Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award — Alyssa Biscoglio

George Eastman Young Leaders Award — Andrew Schultz

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