Last month, the Roslyn High School Class of 2015 held its graduation ceremonies at the Tilles Center. Pictured above is the class in its annual informal group photo. As it does every summer, The Roslyn News is publishing the lengthy list of the many awards given to this fine graduating class. More citations will be listed in next week’s issue.
The 21st Century Book Award
Elias Flores, 2015
A. Jeffrey Weinper Memorial Award
Carmen Recio, 2015
Arielle Schwartz, 2015
Advanced Placement Scholars
Darrel Bibicheff
Ryan Bloom
Alexa Bromberg
Trevor Cox
Joanna Eichler
Allison Elkowitz
Samuel Fisher
Elizabeth George
Andrew Goldstein
Hee Young Jung
Andrew Katz
Jillian Katz
Kate Kozuch
Alexandra Krieger
Marissa Luchs
Jessica Mandel
Ludia Ock
Curtis Pak
Helena Pearlmutter
Justin Princer
Sophie Radutzky
Mahim Rahman
Hanna Rosenblum
Jamie Schulman
Arielle Schwartz
Eric Sherman
Alexa Stein
Stacy Terentieva
Joshua Vance
Lindsey Wolfe
Raymond Yung
Advanced Placement
Scholars with Honor
Joyce Chen
Alexander Chin
Zachary Cooper
Benjamin Crabtree
Sam Esmaili
Hannah Friedman
Jessica Futoran
Kyle Galin
Jake Gans
Griffin Goldberg
Alexander Goodman
Adam Gorecki
Camille Hazel
Brett Hollander
David Jaslow
Diana Jeong Ro
Maya Kahane
Jonathan Leitman
Benjamin Levy
Zachary Michaels
Robert Miller
Sohil Mohan
Andrew Newman
Kayla Rebetti
Jessica Richman
Gavrielle Rood
Esther Shin
Sabrina Soffer
Tyler Solomon
Tiffany Sun
Kevan Tafreshi
Matthew Terbancea
He Tina Wu
Advanced Placement
Scholars with Distinction
Sahil Anand
Meena Ardebili
William Berger
Hardy Chen
David Futoran
John Gao
Spencer Lundy
Robert Mandel
Rachel Mintz
Marc Perlman
Scott Pourshalchi
Jordan Rosen
Aansh Shah
Ho Jun Shin
Brandon Tepper
Victoria Tu
Christian Wang
Sibo Wang
Daniela Weinstein
All County Art
Ryan Bloom, 2014
Erin Cohn, 2015, 2014
All County Viola
Camille Hazel, 2012
Alvin Silverman Student Leadership Award
Sahil Anand, 2015
American Association of
Clinical Chemistry
Rachel Mintz—Dr. Ezra Levy Memorial Award, 2014
American Association of
Physics Teachers Award
Cassandra Cesarski, 2015
Anette Moro, 2015
Americana at Manhasset Scholarship
Emily Frank, 2015
American Psychological Association
Rachel Mintz—Certificate of Academic Achievement in AP Psychology, 2013
Art Supervisors Association Leadership Award
Erin Cohn, 2015
Beatrice Knapp Gebaide Denno Scholarship
Carmen Recio, 2015
Board of Directors—Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language
Sahil Anand—Spanish, 2015
Erin Cohn—Spanish, 2015
Jessica Richman—French, 2015
Lida Tozzi—Italian, 2015
Bruce Cutler Memorial Award
David Futoran, 2014
Kate Kozuch, 2014
Business Edge Award
Benjamin Levy, 2015
Business Ethics Awards
Alexander Goodman, 2015
Congressional Certificate of Merit
Scott Pourshalchi, 2015
Councilman Peter J. Zuckerman’s Citizenship Award
Maya Kahane, 2015
Billie Solomon, 2015
DECA
David Futoran—International Finalist, First Place, International Qualifier, 2015; Fifth Place, Qualifier to ICDC, 2014;
Fifth Place Regionals, Top Ten Finalist State, 2013; Seventh Place Regionals, Top Ten State, 2012
Andrew Katz—State Qualifier, 2012
Dental Associates for Kids Only Scholarship
Julienne Halperin, 2015
District Attorney’s SHIELD Award
Brett Hollander, 2015
eCybermission
Jessica Futoran—Honorable Mention, 2012
Rachel Mintz—Honorable Mention, 2012
Ludia Ock—First Place, 2012
He Tina Wu—Regional Finalist, 2012
Ericka Bishop Memorial Scholarship
Camille Hazel, 2015
ESL Senior Achievement Award
Franklin Rodriguez, 2015
Financial Management Award
Matthew Terbancea, 2015
Joshua Vance, 2015
Forensics Awards
David Futoran—Semifinalist Princeton, Seventh Place Interleague Competition, Semifinalist & Leadership
Award Harvard, 2015; First Place Half Hollow Hills Competition, Fourth Place St. John the Baptist
Invitational, Top Ten Interleague Competition, State Qualifier, National Qualifier, 2014; Second Place
Chaminade Competition, Third Place Sacred Heart Competition, State Qualifier, National Qualifier, 2013;
Second Place Syosset Competition, Finalist National Qualifier, Finalist Chaminade Competition, 2012
Jessica Futoran—First Place Sacred Heart Academy, Third Place Long Island Invitational, First Place Molloy
College, 2014; Semifinalist NYS Speech & Debate Championships, Third Place Sacred Heart Academy,
Third Place Chaminade Competition, 2013; Finalist NYS Speech & Debate Championship, Seventh Place NYS
Speech Qualification Tournament, 2012
Cindy Latin—Second Place Varsity Oral Interpretation State Qualification Tournament, CFL Oral Interpretation
Finalist, 2014; First Place Varsity Oral Interpretation Long Island Non-Invitational, Finalist Interleague Oral
Interpretation, 2013; Fifth Place Junior Varsity Oral Interpretation State Qualification Tournament, 2012
Ludia Ock—Semifinalist State Championship, 2015, 2013
Daniela Weinstein—National Qualifier Catholic Forensics League 2015, 2014, 2013; Quarterfinalist Harvard
University, Semifinalist Nassau County, 2015; Octofinalist National Catholic Forensic League Grand Tournament,
Finalist Nassau County, Semifinalist Princeton University, Quarterfinalist Bronx Invitational, Semifinalist NYS,
2014; Semifinalist Columbia University, 2013
He Tina Wu—Quarterfinalist, 2014
Four Year Awards in English
Meena Ardebili—Achievement & Participation in English, 2015
Jessica Mandel—General Excellence in English, 2015
French Achievement Award
Sophie Radutzky, 2015
Gates Millennium Scholar
Ludia Ock, 2015
George E. Bryant Creativity Award
Eric Cohn, 2015
Basia Kurlender, 2015
George Eastman Young Leaders Award
Hannah Friedman, 2014
Good Deed Awards for Long Island Teenagers
Alexander Goodman, 2015
Harriet Feldman Achievement Award
Jake Green, 2015
Gillian Lavelle, 2015
Hugh O’Brien Leadership Award
Maya Kahane, 2013
Erin Cohn, 2013
Iftimie Simion Memorial Award
Rachel Mintz, 2015
Intel Science Talent Search
David Jaslow—Semifinalist, 2015
Rachel Mintz—Semifinalist, 2015
Jordan Rosen—Semifinalist, 2015
Tiffany Sun—Finalist, 2015
Italian Achievement Award
Jordan Rosen, 2015
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
William Berger—High Honors, 2011
John H. Lewis School and Community Service Award
Evan Mester, 2015
Rachel Mintz, 2015
Joshua Segal Humanities Award
Aansh Shah, 2015
Sophie Radutzky, 2015
June Moffat Award
Basia Kurlender, 2015
KAPS of Roslyn Scholarship
Diana Jeong Ro, 2015
Ludia Ock, 2015
Katie Goldberg Memorial Award
Adam Heitner, 2015
Kiwanis Award in Memory of John Bosch
Scott Pourshalchi—French, 2015
Stacy Terentieva—Spanish, 2015
Laura Adler Scholarship
Elias Flores, 2015
League of Women Voters Government Award
Kevan Tafreshi, 2015
Lila Abramson Scholarship
Marc Perlman, 2015
Long Island Blood Services
Marissa Luchs, 2015
Sabrina Soffer, 2015
Long Island Business Teachers Association
Andrew Katz, 2013
Long Island Council for the Social Studies Award
Maya Kahane, 2015
Sophie Radutzky, 2015
Jordan Rosen, 2015
Aansh Shah, 2015
Long Island Math Fair
Sahil Anand—Silver Medal, 2012
Hannah Friedman—Silver Medal, 2012
David Futoran—Silver Medal, 2013
Jessica Futoran—Gold Medal, 2012
Alexander Goodman—Gold Medal, 2012
Diana Jeong Ro—Gold Medal, 2012
Rachel Mintz—Silver Medal, 2013; Gold Medal, 2012
Ludia Ock—Gold Medal, 2013, 2012
Scott Pourshalchi—Silver Medal, 2012
Justin Princer—Bronze Medal, 2012
Long Island Psychology Fair
Jessica Futoran—First Place Health Psychology, 2015; First Place Cognitive Science, 2014
Rachel Mintz—Best in Category Social Psychology, 2014
Ludia Ock—Best in Category Cognitive Psychology, 2014
Tiffany Sun—Best in Category Social Psychology, 2014
Long Island Science Congress
William Berger—Achievement, 2014, 2013
Jessica Futoran—Highest Honors, NYS Science Congress Qualifier, Professor L. Chiarenza Memorial Award,
Honors Life Science, 2013
Rachel Mintz—Highest Honors, High Honors, NYS State Science Congress Qualifier, Lise Meitner Award for
Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry Research, 2014; High Honors, 2013
Long Island Science & Engineering Fair
William Berger—Honorable Mention, 2015
Rachel Mintz—Second Place Medicine & Health, Best in Social Psychology, 2014
Long Island Science Education Leadership Award for Advanced Placement in Biology
Ryan Bloom, 2015
Gavrielle Rood, 2015
Long Island Science Education Leadership Award for Advanced Placement in Chemistry
Sahil Anand, 2015
Rachel Mintz, 2015
Long Island Science Education Leadership Award for Advanced Placement in Environmental Science
Marissa Luchs, 2015
Sabrina Soffer, 2015
Alexa Stein, 2015
Long Island Science Education Leadership Award for Advanced Placement in Physics 1
Ryan Bloom, 2015
Andrew Katz, 2015
Tyler Solomon, 2015
Long Island Science Education Leadership Award for Advanced Placement in Physics C
Scott Pourshalchi, 2015
The Making A Difference Scholarship:
Nassau Educators Federal Credit Union
David Futoran, 2015
Marketing Visionary Award
David Futoran, 2015
Michael DeCristoforo Memorial Scholarship Award
Max Novick, 2015
Mock Trial
Alexander Goodman—Finalist Nassau County Mock Trial Tournament, 2014, 2013
Musical Director’s Choice Award
Scott Feiner, 2015
Nancy Goldman Service to the Community Award
Rachel Walder, 2015
Sibo Wang, 2015
Nassau County Comptroller’s Achievement Award
Tyler Solomon, 2015
Nassau County Executive’s Community Service Academic Excellence Award
Rachel Mintz, 2015
Brandon Tepper, 2015
Nassau County Legislator’s Citizenship Award
Hannah Friedman, 2015
Nassau County Math Tournament
Jessica Futoran—Eighth Place, 2014
Rachel Mintz—Fourth Place, 2013
National Chemistry Olympiad
Sahil Anand—Finalist, 2014
National Merit Scholarship Commended Scholar
Meena Ardebili, 2015
Hardy Chen, 2015
Sarah Chun, 2015
Benjamin Crabtree, 2015
Joanna Eichler, 2015
Scott Feiner, 2015
Kyle Galin, 2015
John Gao, 2015
Diana Jeong Ro, 2015
Joseph Hur, 2015
Diana Jeong Ro, 2015
Dena Kohn, 2015
Kate Kozuch, 2015
Spencer Lundy, 2015
Robert Mandel, 2015
Robert Miller, 2015
Ludia Ock, 2015
Scott Pourshalchi, 2015
Gavrielle Rood, 2015
Tyler Solomon, 2015
Tiffany Sun, 2015
Matthew Terbancea, 2015
Christian Wang, 2015
Sibo Wang, 2015
Rachel Weiss, 2015
He Tina Wu, 2015
National Merit Scholarship Finalist
William Berger, 2015
Hojun Shin, 2015
National Merit Scholarship Winner
Rachel Mintz, 2015
Jordan Rose, 2015
Brandon Tepper, 2015
National Young Arts Foundation
Scott Feiner—Winner, 2015
New York State Attorney General Triple “C” Award
Max Novick, 2015
Julia Saltzman, 2015
New York State Council of Administrators in Music Education Leadership Award
Daveen Rim, 2015
New York State Office of the State Comptroller Achievement Award
David Jaslow, 2015
News 12 Scholar Athlete
Sahil Anand, 2015
North Hempstead Town Clerk’s Leadership Award
Jessica Futoran, 2015
Jake Gans, 2015
North Shore Community Art Center Award
Sarah Jee-Hye Chun—Orchestra, 2015
Erin Cohn—Marching Band, 2015
Trevor Cox—Band, 2015
Thomas Mastrototaro—Jazz Band, 2015
Carmen Recio—2D Studio Art, 2015
North Shore Community Arts Center Award for Chorus
Cindy Lin, 2015
North Shore Community Art Center Drama Award
Daveen Rim, 2015
Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Placement Calculus AB Award
Andrew Katz, 2015
Jessica Richman, 2015
Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Placement Calculus BC Award
Ryan Bloom, 2015
Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Placement Computer Science A Award
Zachary Halpern, 2015
Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Placement Statistics Award
Andrew Katz, 2015
Outstanding Achievement in Art
Jillian Katz—3D Studio Art, 2015
Kate Kozuch—Drawing and Painting, 2015
Julia Moses—Photography, 2015
Zoe Stern—2D Studio Art, 2015
Outstanding Achievement in Business Award
Alexandra Lipps, 2015
Outstanding Achievement in English
Max Novick—Independent Scholarship in English, 2015
Mandana Shojaeifard Memorial Award for Excellence in Film, 2015
Aansh Shah—Independent Scholarship in English, 2015
Outstanding Achievement in Multi-Variable Calculus Award
Scott Pourshalchi, 2015
Outstanding Band
Michael Fiore, 2015
Outstanding Chorus
Hunter Askenase, 2015
Corey Maxwell Efros, 2015
Scott Feiner, 2015
Adam Heitner, 2015
Matthew Kramer, 2015
Casey Landman, 2015
Daveen Rim, 2015
Brandon Tepper, 2015
Outstanding Color Guard
Stacy Terentieva, 2015
Outstanding Jazz Band
Brandon Tepper, 2015
Outstanding Marching Band
Erin Cohn, 2015
Basia Kurlender, 2015
Outstanding Senior Mathlete
Rachel Mintz, 2015
Outstanding Orchestra
Diana Jeong Ro, 2015
Outstanding Service Award for Theater Arts
Andrew Goldstein, 2015
Maya Kahane, 2015
Bianca Rabbie, 2015
Raymond Yung, 2015
Presidential Spirit of Community Award
David Jaslow, 2015
President’s Volunteer Service Award
Ludia Ock—Silver Medal, 2014, 2013; Gold Medal, 2012
The Rescue Hook and Ladder Company #1 of Roslyn
Award for Community Service
Frank De Gregorio, 2015
Research Association Fair
Jessica Futoran—Second Place Behavioral & Social Science, 2014; Third Place Behavioral & Social
Science, 2013
David Jaslow—Second Place Behavioral & Social Science, 2014
Andrew Katz—Third Place, 2013; Honorable Mention, 2012
Rachel Mintz—Third Place Behavioral & Social Science, 2014; Honorable Mention, 2012
Jordan Rosen—Honorable Mention Behavioral & Social Science, 2014
Aansh Shah—Third Place Behavioral & Social Science, 2014
Tiffany Sun—Second Place Behavioral & Social Science, 2014
Retired Educators Chapter of the Roslyn Teacher’s Association
Lindsay Ross, 2015
Roslyn Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Award
Maria Espichan, 2015
Thomas Mastrototaro, 2015
Jessica Richman, 2015
Roslyn Educational Secretaries Association Award
Michael Huang, 2015
Roslyn High School Civics Award
David Jaslow, 2015
Roslyn High School Class of 1960 Public Service Award
Alexander Mines, 2015
Eric Sherman, 2015
Roslyn High School Director’s Choice Award
Casey Landman, 2015
Roslyn High School History Award
Brandon Tepper, 2015
Roslyn High School Journalism Award
Sophie Radutzky, 2015
Jessica Richman, 2015
Roslyn High School Lighting Tech Award
Daniel Pritzker, 2015
Roslyn High School Marvin Erger Scholarship
Zachary Halpern, 2015
Adam Shayanfekr, 2015
Roslyn High School Social Studies Award
Jordan Popofsky, 2015
Wyatt Rich, 2015
Roslyn High School Pit Award
Max Novick, 2015
Brandon Tepper, 2015
Roslyn High School Theater Arts Award
Cindy Latin, 2015
Roslyn Rotary Student of the Month
Trevor Cox
Joseph Hur
Evan Mester
Rachel Mintz
Ludia Ock
Marc Perlman
Aansh Shah
Eric Sherman
Victoria Tu
David Zimmerman
Royal Crown Players Leadership Award
Trevor Cox, 2015
Scholar Athlete
Ryan Bloom, 2014, 2013, 2012
Samuel Fisher, 2015, 2014, 2013
David Futoran, 2013
Jessica Futoran, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Kyle Galin, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Jake Gans, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Diana Jeong Ro, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Jeremy Kaplan, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Rachel Mintz, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Scott Pourshalchi, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
He Tina Wu, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Scholastic Art & Writing
Ludia Ock—Regional Gold Key for Painting, 2015; Two Regional Silver Keys for Drawing, 2014
Science Olympiad
Sahil Anand—Eighth Place State, First Place Regional, 2015; Second Place Regional, 2014;
Fifth Place Regional, 2013; Ninth and Fourteenth Place Regional, 2012
William Berger—Fifth Place (Bungee Drop)Western Nassau Division, Fifth Place (Air Trajectory) Western Nassau
Division, 2015; Fifth Place Islip Invitational, Fifth Place Western Nassau Division, 2014
He Tina Wu—Fourth Place, 2014
Semper Fidelis Award
Andrea Sikavi, 2015
Sons of Italy Dante Award
Lindsey Wolfe, 2015
Spanish Achievement Award
Jonathan Leitman, 2015
Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. Award
William Berger
Taylor Bergman
Ryan Bloom
Joyce Chen
Melanie Donato
Camille Hazel
Adam Heitner
Joseph Hur
Andrew Katz
Elizabeth Lefcort
Marissa Luchs
Nicholas Markman
Julia Moses
Pauline Mossanen
Ludia Ock
Jordan Popofsky
Justin Princer Daniel Pritzker
Jessica Richman
Franklin Rodriguez
Julia Saltzman
Kevan Tafreshi
Joshua Vance
Stewart Baxt Memorial Scholarship
Zachary Cooper, 2015
Trevor Cox, 2015
Stewart Hecht Kindman Memorial Award
Griffin Goldberg, 2015
Tiffany Sun, 2015
Town of North Hempstead Environmental Stewardship Award
Elizabeth Atlas, 2015
Marissa Luchs, 2015
Tri M Music Honor Society
Meena Ardebili
William Berger
Sarah Chun
Erin Cohn
Zachary Halpern
Camille Hazel
Diana Jeong Ro
Hee Young (Clara) Jung
Cindy Latin
Bianca Rabbie
Daveen Rim
Arielle Schwartz
Brandon Tepper
Stacy Terentieva
Christian Wang
University of Rochester Bauch & Lomb Honorary Science Award
Rachel Mintz, 2014
WAC Lighting Foundation Invitational Science Fair
William Berger—First Place, 2015; Honorable Mention, 2012
Rachel Mintz—Third Place, 2014; Second Place, 2013
He Tina Wu—Second Place, 2012
WISE Financial Literacy Scholar
Andrew Katz, 2014
Youth Leadership Award
Hannah Friedman, 2015
