Great Neck Public Schools Class of 2014

An overview of the Great Neck Public Schools Class of 2014 reveals 556 graduates from our three high schools: 221 from North, 320 from South, and 15 from the Village School. Over 95 percent of graduates will pursue higher education in either two- or four-year colleges. The remainder historically seeks employment, vocational training, or enlistment in the Armed Services. Graduation ceremonies for North and South High Schools were on Thursday, June 26, at the Tilles Center, LIU Post, with North’s ceremony in the morning and South’s in the afternoon. The Village School graduation was held on Wednesday afternoon, June 25, at the school.

A look at the traditional awards—Valedictorian and Salutatorian—and awards unique to Great Neck follow. Awards announced at North’s graduation (Alan L. Gleitsman and Genelle Taney Memorial), new awards, and the student speeches, a vital part of the graduation ceremonies, will appear in future editions of this newspaper.

Valedictorians & Salutatorians

The John L. Miller-Great Neck North High School Valedictorian and Salutatorian are, respectively, Jasmine Hakimian and Talia Delijani. The William A. Shine-Great Neck South High School Valedictorian and Salutatorian are, respectively, Allison Kornrich and Dominique Tricarico.

North High Valedictorian Jasmine Hakimian is an Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction, editor in chief of Arista, the school yearbook, and of Guide Post Online, and a news editor of Guide Post, the school newspaper. She was the recipient of two First Place Long Island High School Press Awards for her work on Guide Post. Jasmine was a Silver Medalist in the National Spanish Exam, vice president of DECA Club, and an award winner at NYS DECA events. She was a Peer Leader and manager of the Badminton Team. Jasmine will attend Harvard University in the fall.

South High Valedictorian Allison Kornrich is a National Merit Scholarship Competition Finalist, an Advanced Placement Scholar with Honor, having earned perfect scores on her four exams, and a National Spanish Exam Silver Medalist. She was president of DECA and took awards at State competitions. Allison was co-captain of the Debate Team and participated in Yale and Penn Model Congresses. She was chosen for All-County Chorus, and was a leader of the school’s Musical Theater Choral Group and A Cappella Group. She was a member of the R&B Style Choral Group, a choreographer for Battle of the Grades, and director and choreographer of Dance & Fashion Show. She was also a varsity cheerleader. Allison will attend Vanderbilt University.

North High Salutatorian Talia Delijani is an Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction, earning perfect scores on her five exams. She was a writer and editor for the school newspapers, Guide Post, and editor in chief for Guide Post Online. She received a Long Island High School Press Award for newspaper design and headlines/layout. Talia was a National Spanish Exam winner. She was also president of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), Help the Homeless, and Peer Drug Educators. She was a Peer Leader and Peer Mentor, and a member of Adopt a Dream, Kilties, Battle of the Classes, Key Club, Community Action for Kids, and DECA, where she competed on the State level. Talia was captain of the Field Hockey Team and was awarded the Nassau County Field Hockey Coaches Association All Conference Award, All League Award, and Scholar-Athlete Award. She also participated in Spring Track. Talia plans to attend the University of Pennsylvania.

South High Salutatorian Dominique Tricarico is an Advanced Placement Scholar, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Bronze Medalist, and an All-State Pianist. She was a Scholar-Athlete for Varsity Swimming and was captain of the Varsity Swim Team. Dominique was leader of the school’s A Cappella Group. She was treasurer of Peer Educators and organized a seminar on eating disorders in conjunction with the school’s Health Department. Dominique will attend Adelphi University (pre-dental program).

Barstow Awards

Jasmine Hakimian and Talia Delijani at North High (North’s valedictorian and salutatorian are traditionally their Award recipients), and Allison Kornrich and Daniel Rosenfeld at South High are this year’s Barstow Award winners. The coveted Barstow Award was established in 1962 by Françoise and William Barstow in memory of their only son, Frederic Duclos Barstow, who died of pneumonia at age 35. The Barstows were prominent Great Neck residents after whom Barstow Road is named. Recipients of the annual Barstow Awards must be in the top 10 percent of their class and be “outstanding in leadership, citizenship, scholarship, and service.” Each recipient receives a monetary prize.

Daniel Rosenfeld is a National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student. He was a Top 10 Poem Winner in the Creative Communications Spring Poetry Contest and a winner of Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for essay/memoir and poems. Daniel was a writer and editor of the school newspaper, The Southerner, and a Long Island Press High School Journalism First Place Award winner. He was also a contributor to South High’s literary magazine, Exit 33, and Teen Ink, a national teen magazine and Web site. He was vice president of Key, Government, Table Tennis, and Ceramics Clubs. He was a member of the US Para Junior National Table Tennis Team and was ranked fourth in the US and 72nd in the world for Paralympic Table Tennis Class 7 Men. Daniel was the US representative at the Para Table Tennis Spanish Open and at the Mike Dempsey Memorial International Table Tennis Championships. He was also a member of the school’s Tennis Team. He was a National Spanish Exam winner, member of DECA and Government Club, and participated in Yale and Penn Model Congresses. Daniel will be attending Cornell University in the fall.

Scott Moss Award

The recipient of the Scott Moss Award, given at South High School, is Alexander Cowen. This Award was established in 1977, in memory of Scott, who was an outstanding South student until his death from cancer. The Award is given to the graduating senior who exemplifies the “service, concern, interest, and ability of Scott Moss.”

Alexander Cowen is an Advanced Placement Scholar with Honor. He was captain of the Debate Team and a member of the semifinalist team in the High School Fed Challenge and of DECA, participating in state-level DECA competitions. He was a member of Model Congress and a Penn Model Congress delegate. Alexander performed in Improv Troupe and One Acts. He lettered in Cross County, Winter Track, and Spring Track, and was a four-time Student Scholar-Athlete. He was a recipient of the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Nassau Zone Outstanding Physical Education Award. Alexander was member of the Conference and County Championship and NYS Qualifying Cross Country Teams and recipient of the Walter J. Rudolph Award, given to the fastest miler on the team. He was vice president of the Student Body his senior year. Alexander plans to attend Williams College where he was recruited to run cross country and track.

The Village School Graduating Class of 2014

Joseph (Joey) Chester
Toby Costello
Dylan Dinor
Elliot Esterman
Melissa Gross
Emma Handler
Christopher Helms
Ezra Hyman
Talia Kahlon
Maxwell (Max) Klainberg
Vignesh Kumar
Max Latin
Huan Huan (Amanda) Long
Justin Myrick
Jacob Tal

The Great Neck South High School Graduating Class of 2014

Griffin James Adwar
Eitan Benjamin Agagi
Aroj Isma Ahmad
Azhar Ali
Brett L. Alper
Dean Amrussi
Jae Hyeon An
Jordan Grant Aronowitz
Alon Ashourzadeh
Sophie Baghdassarian
Ester S. Balila
Michelle Ban
Ahron Joseph Bazon
Eliana B. Ben-Sorek
Isabella Berlinsky
Isabelle Bernstein
Armen Bijimenian
Alexandra G. Bourguignon
Victoria Anne Brancato
Claudia Patricia Bustillo
Pedro Antonio Caamano
Melis Naz Cabas
Omar A. Calderon
Meredith J. Cha
Matthew Robert Chaleff
Tate K. Chan
Justin Inhuey Chang
Lelina Chang
Matthew Chang
Stephanie Brook Charles
Ryan Chau
Alexandra Chen
Ally Chen
Chieh Chen
Donna Chen
Janet Chen
Julia Chen
Sally Chen
William Chen
Lindsay S. Cheng
Matthew A. Cheung
Elizabeth Chi
Jasmine Chiang
Jonathan Chiang
Jennie Chiu
Jennifer Choi
William Chow
Christine Chung
Alana Jasmine Cohen
Hannah Rachel Cohen
Renee Clarissa Concha
Alexander Elijah Cowen
Esmeralda Nicole Cruz
Bernadette Joan Cucinella
Matthew J. DelPonte
Gabrielle Deonath
Alexandra T. Di John
Lia Nicole Domney
Emma Madeline Doremus
Jessica L. Drucker
Kaitlyn T. Eber
Alejandra A. Eche
Adam Ethan Efrem
Alexa Elle Epstein
Nicholas Paul Espinosa
Yuan (Owen) Fang
Arielle Leigh Farhi
Alexandra M. Farishian
Jacqueline P. Ferrante
Alanna Nicole Fichtel
Leah Eve Finkelstein
Samuel Flores
Audrey W. Fok
Thomas Fong
Dylan Forrester
Glenn Forstner
Alvin Fu
Erik Fu
Jared Gany
Georgia Gavaris
Denson George
Swaroop John George
Evangeline A Giannopoulos
Marc W. Giovanniello
Sharon E. Glick
Edward Goldschmid
John Alexander Gonzalez
Mario E. Gonzalez
Taylor E. Goodman
Jeffrey Aaron Gordon
Rachel Elizabeth Gordon
Ashley Gould
Jessica Danielle Graber
Michael Greener
Jarett Lee Gross
Daniel S. Grunberger
Steven Gutierrez
Andrew K. Ha
Jason Hagooli
Yanir Hahitti
Rena Hahn
Alex Hall
Stefanie Hall
Rebecca Tovah Hanai
Allison B. Hand
Rachel E. Hand
Jamar D. Henry
Shannon N. Henry
Jonah Isaac Hersh
Nicole Elizabeth Hicks
Rahail Hirani
Carly Hirshon
May Thiri Hlaing
Cherry Ho
Da Young (Clara) Hong
David Hong
Jared I. Horowitz
Victoria Hsiao
Gary Shiu-Gong Huang
Sam Huang
Ariana Hwang
Kamrynn Irani
Danielle Jaron
Sharon Jeong
Annie Jiang
Kevin Jiang
Brian Joo
Eunice Jung
Eran R. Kaffash
Felicia Robyn Kane
Skyler A. Kanfer
Melissa Rose Kaplan
Egzon Kastrati
John Stephen Katramados
Justin T. Kelly
Thomas Peter Kelly
James Kennedy
Emma Rose Kessler
Siddiqur R. Khan
Zarak Khan
Emily Khantses
Andrew Kim
Isabel H. Kim
Joseph Kim
Kevin Kim
Kyutae Kim
Paul Y. Kim
Serena So Young Kim
Woo Sik Kim
Jack Spector Kimmel
Kevin Ko
Sze Ching Ko
Hee Jung Koh
Jennifer Rose Korff
Valedictorian Allison Kornrich
Gavriella E. Kovacs
Jasmine Brianna Krause
Kara Michelle Kupferberg
Prasanth Kurup
Jessica Kwong
Cristina Lai
Joshua Lai
Michelle Nicole Lam
Darnel G. Lamarre
Salvatore Lanzilotta
Calvin A. Lawrence
Annie Lee
Christine Chen-Chien Lee
Christopher Lee
Dong Keon Lee
Eleanor Lee
Hunter Lee
Irene Lee
Ki Hyun (Brian) Lee
Mige Lee
Min Hee Lee
Rizi Lee
Warren Christopher Lee
Catherine Isabelle Lem
Jeremy Lesser
Troy Austin Lester
Rachel Alana Levin
Megan Rebecca Levy
Jimmy Liang
Alex Lim
Alexander Lin
Jacky Lin
Muyang Lin
William Lin
Yukai Steven Lin
Samantha Faith Linden
Jenny Liu
ZhuoYan Liu
Dylan Jane Livers
Maxxine Livson
Christopher Kung Hay Lo
Emma Rose Lombardy
Zachary Lowell
Erica Lowenkron
Kenny Lu
Steven Lu
Tristyn Mandel
Jessica E. Mangot
Rebecca Margaux Marcus
Julia Paige Marks
Janie Ann Mathew
Matthew McNulty
Margot Metz
Madison Jill Michaeloff
Danielle Paige Michaels
Alexander Michalopoulos
Amir Moalemzadeh
Jayson Marc Molina
Alon Y. Mor
Elly Nina Mor
Brianna Nicole Morrone
Kristin E. Moser
Jezreel Moy
Kayla Jean Newman
Melanie Ngo
Danielle Nolan
Evan D. Oppenheimer
Anthony M. J. Ortiz
Shrinit Parikh
Caitlin Park
Daniel J. Park
Leslie Park
Vincent Patrey
Simone Eve Pavlovic
Lora Pavlovich
Annabelle J. Pecora
Anthony Pena
Mitchell Peng
Dana D. Perez
Juliana Elaina Pitto
Samantha Ponzo
Juliet Puccini-Bronstein
Alexander S. Putter
Belinda Qu
Euna Ra
Todd Alan Reiss
Shelby R. Reitman
Dolly Stacy Reyes
Haesup (Joanne) Rhee
Kevin J. Rodriquez
Daniel Lawrence Rosenfeld
Samantha Paige Rugato
Moshe Sabaah
Francesca Sakoulas
Samantha Schechner
Alex David Schecter
Maxwell Schneider
Lauren Schulman
Javier Segarra
Beom Kyu (Brian) Seo
Ariel Serruya
Jay Jatin Shah
Jordan Shokrian
Andy Shu
Constantinos Sideris
Emma Silverstein
Navya J. Simon
Michael R. Sitzer
Alyssa Brooke Smiley
Katherine Sokolova
Austin Son
Brian Song
Seung Yeon (Christine) Song
Vincent A. Steves
Jacqueline Stoica
Samantha Leigh Strober
Sung Min (Kevin) Suh
Nimesha Suleman
WanLin Sun
Adam Michael Tang
Macy Tang
Adana Taranis
Steven Ryan Telsey
Neil Mathew Thivalapill
Milton Mathai Thomas
Shane Thomas
Maegan Paige Toback
Nicole Tommasiello
Salutatorian Dominique Catherine Tricarico
Nicole Marie Uvino
Alisha Suzanne Varughese
Daniel James Vega
Radhika Viswanathan
Gal Wand
Cassie Wang
Daniel Wang
Derrick Wang
Zihan Wang
Rachael Kaye Warner
Avir L. Waxman
Samuel A. Weinbaum
Caroline Weinberg
Samuel A. Weinstein
Gil Weiss
Beatriz Leisner Wenzel
Kevin Won
Christine Y. Wong
Samuel XueJun Wong
Kelvin Woo
Jiaqi (Jacey) Wu
Yitian (David) Wu
Angell Xiang
Joseph Yang
Jing Yang Ye
Emily Brooke Yehezkel
Chae Rin Yoon
Oren Yousfan
Kevin Yu
Angus Yuen
Perla Zavala
Gal Zeidman
Hannah Eve Zeitlin
Jordan Ross Zelniker
Alison Zhao
Zi Hua Zou

The Great Neck North High School Graduating Class of 2014

Ayelet Abitbul
Arya Adelipour
Charlotte Ahdoot
Matthew Ahdoot
Sara Ajodan
Xiomara Alas
Ari Amir
Kayla A. Arena
Brayan Ruiz
AriasMatthew
D. Aryeh
Sabrina Assil
Luis Enrique Avila Hernandez
Maxwell Aziz
Sharon Aziz
Daniel Azizi
David Azizzadeh
Daniel Bar-Lavi
Bryan Baratian
Justin Baroukhian
Hunter Bines
Nicole Biton
Tyler R. Bloom
Ian M. Boltax
Yaniv Bronshtein
William Cadete
Xichao Cao
Maria Capuozzo
Arabelle Chafe
Tze Kiu Regina Chan
Yinny Chan
Ping-Chien Chang
Zachary H. Chen
Wing Yin Cheung
Amanda Cho
Rachel E. Cohen
Omid Cohensedgh
Miranda Copjec
Katherine Cortez
Vanessa Cortez
Sabrina R. Damaghi
Celena Danahy
Salutatorian Talia Delijani
David Desperak-Schisler
Marissa Diamond
Caitlin Y. Dilamani
Miron Dilmanian
Jordan Domnitch
Leora G. Doomchin
Joshua Drori
Samantha Ebrani
Hila H.Elias
Gal Elimelech
Daniel S. Engelson
Mathew Eshaghoff
Gabrielle S. Eshaghpour
Richard Feder-Staehle
Juliet Lucie Freudman
Michael Friedlich
NicoleT.Friedman
TylerW.Fritzhand
Kelly A. Garzon
Adam M. Gerber
Rachel Gohari
Gabrielle N. Goldfarb
Sarah Greiff
Edgar Emilio Gutierrez Badilla
Corinne Haber
Alexandra Hackman
Jonathan Haghani
Stephanie Hajibai
Yaniv Hakim
Darren Hakimi
Devin A. Hakimian
Emily Hakimian
Valedictorian Jasmine Hakimian
Julia Hakimian
Sharon L. Hakimian
Brandon Hamroff
Daniel S. Hanasab
Ariel Hannanian
Jake Horowitz
Yung Wei Hsiao
Alan Huang
Matthew Hubbard-Hoey
Jun Young Hur
Timothy Hwang
San Jung
Ariel S. Kadouri
Daniela Kaftari
Brian N. Kahen
Joelle D. Kahen
Shaunen P. Kaiman
Nicole Kamali
Kevin Kashimallak
Jamie Kashinejad
Yasaman Keypour
Amanda Khorshad
Han Sung Kim
Je Hyun Kim
Ryan King
Seth M. Kislin
Jonah B. Klempner
Joshua Kohan
Justin Kokhabi
KamlaS.Kumar
Ian E. Lam
Rebecca Larian
Seoung Lee
Ella Lentini
Alexandra R. Levy
Jacob H. Levy
Victoria Levy
Luhong Li
Lawrence Lin
Willis LinXin
Yuan Liu
Kevin Lopez
Alec Ludwig
Jenna A. Lustbader
Jacob Mamiye
Aaron S. Mechanic
Jose Melendez
Nuris Melendez
Michael Monahemi
Aviel Moshenayov
Ervin Mullalli
Zachary Nabavian
Daniel Namdar
Rebecca Nasibi
Justin Nasimi
Jessica Nassimi
Marcus B. Nebro
Haley Nelson
Taylor Nelson
Ariel Neman
Jordan Neman
Joy N. Neman
Rona Neman
Jamie R. Neufeld
Emily P. Nitzberg
ConorT.O’Byrne
Alecia Ogeer
Abigail Ostad
James Otruba
Daniel Ovsepian
Jacob Pak
Shawn Paknoush
Yael Peikarian
Julia J. Peykar
Adriana Phillips
Lauren D. Pomerantz
Nick M. Prives
Alexander Rahmani
NavidE.Rahmanian
Alexis Ramirez-Miguel
LuisF.Ramos
Danielle Ran
Justin Rastegar
Joshua B. Rimmer
Dagoberto Rodriguez
Allison B. Rosenbaum
Natalie Sachmechi
Jonathan Sadian
Sarah Sadigh
Neda Safani
Negin Safani
Joshua Sakhai
Andrew Samuel
Ethan Sanandaji
Yair M. Sarraf
Ronel F. Sasouness
Daniel C. Sasson
Cyrus Y. Sassouni
Maximilian Sassouni
Sophia D. Sassouni
Clara A. Sava-Segal
Noah Schechter
Alexander B. Schneidman
Justine J. Schoenbart
Joseline Segovia
ClaudiaP.Segura
Matthew Shamash
Arian Shamloo
Michelle Shamouilian
Lauren S. Shaoul
Jason Shekib
Hally R. Silberg
Cory M. Silverstein
Eden Sivan
Ashley L. Snyder
Edan Soleimanian
Sahar Soleimany
Alexander Sotiriou
Brandon X. Sperling
Dev Srinivas
Joshua Stark
Christopher J. Steiner
Alex Storozum
Logan Strausman
Daniel Swan
Jacob W. Szilagi
Daniel Tabaroki
Joseph Talasazan
Lawrence Tan
Paula M. Tartell
Matthew P. Tomazic
Zachary Dylan Transport
Gabrielle C. Tsuker
Jonathan Uzan
Raquel N. Vasinkevich
Ana Vasquez
Lance Vazquez
Rotem Vegon
Spencer B. Warshaw
Tina R. Watson
Terry B. Wei
Julia Wolf
Yijie Wu
Melanie Xu
Dafna Yacobian
Zachary Yaghoobian
Jonathan Yaghoubian
JoshuaB.Yaminian
Eddie Yang
Evan L. Yudkovich
Matthew Yung
Adiel Zakarya
Tyler Zar
Stephanie Zhang

Adult Learning Center Grads

The Great Neck Public Schools Adult Learning Center (ALC) at Clover Drive, directed by Dr. Errin Hatwood, recognized 32 recipients of New York State High School Equivalency Diplomas at its annual awards ceremony on June 12.