List of Awards – BCHS Class of 2021

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

Academic Achievement Awards


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


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


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


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


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


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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