GRADUATION 20032003

25 coed years at Poly Prep Poly Prep Country Day School seniors celebrated one of life’s milestones on May 30 at commencement exercises that paid tribute to 25 years of coeducation at Poly. “Coeducation means learning from each other, learning about each other, and learning to accept and respect all of the differences that make each of us unique,” said one of Poly’s senior faculty members, Marie Corkhill. SEE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION COVERAGE, PAGES 2-3.

The Board of Trustees and President Raymond P. Nash congratulate the students, parents and teachers of BISHOP FORD CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL on their scholarships/acceptances to the following four-year schools:

Blake Acosta - NY Institute of Technology, Armando Diaz - CSI William Marrero - Brooklyn, CSI Justin Shea - St. Francis, Alfred State, Univ Art Institute of NYC Natalie Donofrio - CCNY, St. Peter’s, Rebecca Mattera - Baruch, Brooklyn, Fordham, Buffalo, Univ Hartford Adreanne Agnant - Brooklyn, Iona, St. Peter’s, St. Francis, St. John’s NYU, Binghamton Perrin Shea - Dean, Univ Hartford, Univ New St. John’s Orthon Drouillard - NY Institute of Ian McGovern - Mount St. Mary, St. Francis Orleans, West Virginia Shawn Aiken - CSI Technology Randy Meredith - Florida A&M, Texas A&M, Lupita Sosa - Hunter Damian Alexander - Berkeley Ramon Echeverria - Boston Univ, CCNY West Virginia Darlene Su - Baruch, Pace David Algarin - Baruch, John Jay, Brooklyn Stephanie Edwards - Baruch, Brooklyn, Hunter, Jahniqua Millington - Brooklyn, Pace, St. John’s Adetonji Taiwo - CSI, Medgar Evers Monique Allert - John Jay, Pace Pace, St. John’s Shari Morris - St. Francis Jhoann Taveras - Baruch, John Jay Allan Ambris - US Naval Academy Prep Akeem Feiton - Pennsylvania State Christian Munoz - Rensselaer Polytech Nadean Taylor - Shaw, Virginia Union Rashan Anthony - St. John’s, Univ NC Michael Ferretti - CSI Niah Murray - St. Francis Christina Torres - St. Francis Marisa Balsamo - CSI Shannon Fitzpatrick - Smith, St. John’s, Prem Nair - Brooklyn, St. John’s Steven Torres - CCNY, Hunter Robert Bencivenga - Brooklyn, CSI, John Jay Binghamton, New Paltz, Albany Ashley Nardini - John Jay, St. Francis Gregory Tull - Brooklyn, Hunter, Siena, Sarah Berge - Boston, St. John’s, Rutgers Frank Gargiulo - CSI, St. Francis Michael Olivieri - CSI, St. Francis, Wagner New Paltz Obdulio Bermudez -John Jay Jennifer Gauthier - Fordham, Pace, Seton Hall, Vanessa Ortiz - CSI Danielle VanDaley - CSI Matthew Biondo - St. Francis St. Francis Gabriella M. Padilla - St. Francis, St. John’s, Susan Varga - Boston, NYU, Wesleyan Mario Brown - John Jay, Medgar Evers Joaquin Gen Chan - Hofstra New Paltz, Oneonta, Stony Brook Daisy Velazquez - CCNY Saulun (Joe) But - Iona Cameron George - King’s, Siena, Temple Kathleen Paul - Seton Hall, St. Francis Alezandra Ware - Brooklyn, Sacred Heart, William Cadet - Univ Bridgport, Univ Kahil Girard-Isaac - Howard, Mercer John Pietanza - CSI, John Jay, St. Francis Seton Hall, St. Francis Hartford, Univ New Haven Tanya Gonzalez - CSI, Hunter, St. John’s Erin Pinto - Albany, Binghamton, New Paltz, Jachelle Whiting - Barton, Lincoln, St. Francis Amanda Calderon - St. Thomas Aquinas Gracia Gustave - Hunter, Lehman, Iona, Oneonta, Stony Brook Jessica Zurita - CCNY, Medgar Evers Andre Calvert - LIU, St. Francis, Northeastern, Penn State, Seton Hall, Siena, Vincent Piselli - John Jay NY Institute of Technology St. Francis, St. Joseph’s, Stony Brook Nora Polansky - Fairleigh Dickinson, Iona, Andrew Cardenas - College of Aeronautics, Maryann Herrera - CSI St. Francis Manhattan, Farmingdale Tanvir Hossain - Pace Michael Carew - Brooklyn Stephanie Jasmin - Brooklyn, Pace, St. John’s, Anthony Powierski - CSI, John Jay Hector Casillas - CSI, St. Francis St. Thomas Aquinas Anna Quinones - CSI, Russell Sage Sherley Charles - St. Francis, Stony Brook Gregory Jean-Louis - NYU Angela Reyes - St. Francis Anna Chow - Brooklyn, Medgar Evers Michael Jimenez - CSI Niane Rivera - St. Francis, St. John’s, Cortland, Monica Colon - LIU Fritz Joseph - Hunter, John Jay, Farmingdale Oneonta, Stony Brook Stephen Colon - St. John’s Asif Kumandan - Brooklyn, City College, Sabrina Robles - Medgar Evers Margaret Cwikla - Brooklyn, Fordham, Iona Penn State, Albany, Stony Brook Angela Rodriguez - Pace, Binghamton, Duane Cyrus-Charles - Brooklyn, York, Jason Kutch - CSI New Paltz St. John’s, Univ Hartford Johnny Lamarque - Medgar Evers, York Leopold Rohlehr - Medgar Evers Cynthia Dady - Bloomfield, Felician, St. Peter’s, Nadine Lamour - Baruch, Hunter, York, Donald Rube-LIU, St. Francis St. John’s Hofstra, LIU, Pace Jason Santana - Barry, Iona, St. Francis VALEDICTORIAN Brooke Daniels - Siena, St. Peter’s, Spelman, Marsha Laventure - John Jay, Johnson & WalesI Enrique Santiago - Queens, Alfred State Margaret Cwikla St. John’s, Univ Maryland, Temple Jessica Leibel - Brooklyn, CSI, John Jay, George Santiago - John Jay Dominique DeBrown - John Jay, Seton Hall St. Francis Riccichantal Scott - CSI, York, St. Francis Natalie Delgado - Iona, Niagra, St. John’s, St. Adrian Lewis - City College Diane Shea-Boston, Hunter, Iona, St. John’s, www.bishopfordhs.org John Fisher, Albany, College of St. Rose Kyle Lynch - Baruch, Fordham, St. John’s Albany, Oneonta GRAD 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM June 23, 2003 Brooklyn’s high schools graduates of 2003 By Deborah Kolben was recognized for his work well as her community service Senior Adam Ottavino, who ball league, an organization The Brooklyn Papers as an executive with Freedom work. has been playing baseball since committed to improving rela- Forum, a Virginia-based, First While half of the 800 stu- he was 7, was drafted in the tions between Indian and Pak- Berkeley- Amendment rights organiza- dents at Berkeley-Carroll live 30th round by the Tampa Bay istani youth living in the Unit- Carroll School tion, and for the personal con- in Park Slope, the other half Devil Rays, but plans to at- ed States. The graduating class of the nection he forged with the stu- come from all over Brooklyn. tend Northeastern University. “When you see Alap Vora Berkeley-Carroll School cele- dents, said Joan Martin, the And some from even fur- Of the school’s 800 stu- in the hallway you can’t help brated their commencement at school’s director of communi- ther. dents, about a quarter have at- but think you are in the mid- Congregation Beth Elohim, cations. Max Popov, of Bulgaria, will tended since early childhood. dle of a political campaign on Garfield Place at Eighth The school’s featured stu- be the first international student The school was founded and here comes the town may- Avenue in Park Slope, on the dent speaker, Shanell Lockhart, to graduate from the school. when the Carroll Street school or. With his beaming smile he morning of Friday, June 13. of Canarsie, will be attending Popov enrolled in the school in merged with the all-girl salutes every member of the The guest speaker, Samuel Brown University in the fall. 10th-grade and lived with a Berkeley Institute in 1982. student population he sees, Chaltain, a former English Lockhart was chosen from Berkeley-Carroll family. He Brooklyn connecting on multiple levels, teacher at the coed private among the 47 graduates for will be attending Pitzer Col- and then stopping to adjust his school at 181 Lincoln Place, her academic achievement as lege, in California, in the fall. Friends School necktie, which is perfect,” a An independent Quaker fellow student said of Vora. school housed in a seven-story Brooklyn Friends School, art deco building in Down- founded in 1867, is based on town Brooklyn, Brooklyn the ideals of the Quaker Friends School held its com- movement. mencement ceremony at the St. Saviour HS New York Marriott Brooklyn, St. Saviour High School, at at 333 Adams St., on Wednes- 611 Eighth Ave. in Park St. Saviour day, June 11 at 7:30 pm. Slope, graduated 77 students David Jones, a Brooklyn in a commencement ceremo- St. Saviour graduates included (above, left to right) Jennifer Bak- Friends graduate who is CEO ny at its namesake church at er, Nicole Infante, Rebecca Roldan and Cheryl Baron. Madeline of the Community Service So- Sixth Street, on the evening of Skur Briody (inset), a ‘59 graduate, delivered the address. ciety of New York, addressed June 6. the school’s 36 graduating Of its graduates, 49 earned seniors. scholarships totaling $3.2 mil- Presidential Scholarship to ’59 St. Saviour graduate, de- ceived another master’s de- Recognized for his lifelong lion. study engineering at Manhat- livered the graduation address. gree, in liberal arts, from Stan- dedication to public service, Katherine Drain, the class tan College. Briody, who grew up in ford University. Jones writes a biweekly col- valedictorian, is a guitar, Irish Salutatorian Nicole Ja- Bay Ridge, graduated from Briody has served as the umn for the Amsterdam Dance and French culture en- cobowitz has devoted many Fordham University and re- mayor of Sunnyvale, Calif., News, hosts a cable television thusiast. While she was of- hours to volunteering and car- ceived a master’s degree in and is now retired. show, and is a former chair- fered scholarships at both Em- ing for children. She will at- history from New York Uni- The 350-student, all-girls man of Carver Federal Sav- bry Riddle Aeronautical tend St. John’s University versity, recently experienced a school, run by the Sisters of ings Bank, the largest African- University and Polytechnic with a full scholarship. graduation of her own. Notre Dame, was listed American managed bank in University, Drain accepted a Madeline Skur Briody, a Just this month, Briody re- among the top 96 high schools the nation. He holds a degree in the United States, according from Wesleyan University and to a two-year study by the a law degree from Yale Uni- University of Chicago that versity. was published in U.S. News Dancer Edisa Weeks (BFS and World Report. ’83), whose passion for dance was fueled during her years at Poly Prep the school, received the Poly Prep Country Day George Fox Distinguished School, in Dyker Heights, cel- Alumnus Award. ebrated 25 years of coeduca- After graduating from tion at this year’s commence- Brown University, Weeks ment at their 9216 Seventh went on to join the Alvin Ai- Ave. campus on Friday, May ley School and later the Dance 30. Brazil and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Addressing the class, Poly Zane Dance companies. Most Prep’s senior female faculty recently, she formed the Manhat- member, Marie Corkhill, chal- tan-based DELiROUS Dance lenged students to reconsider Company. She also teaches at the meaning of “coeducation,” Brooklyn Friends School. reminding them that at Poly The graduating class select- Prep “coeducation means ed Alap Vora as the student learning from each other, speaker. Vora, who has attend- learning about each other and ed Brooklyn Friends since learning to accept and respect kindergarten, and was selected all of the differences that as the speaker for his eighth- Bishop Ford family grads make us unique.” grade graduation, will be at- Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School seniors celebrated their graduation June 7. Corkhill, who joined the tending George Washington Three Ford teachers shared honors with their own graduating Ford children (left to right): Poly Prep faculty in 1977, en- University. He is also a partic- librarian Mark McGovern, with his son Ian; math teacher Walter Polansky, with his daugh- couraged students to become ipant in an Indo-Pak basket- ter Nora; and math teacher Daniel Piselli, with his son Vincent. 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NANCY AZCONA (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) KERRY SCIRE (Genesis Program) NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NY - GENERAL STUDIES PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP CABRINI COLLEGE, PA - CABRINI SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - WOMEN IN SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT, NY - SAINT VINCENT ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP The Administration, Faculty and Students of DE PAUL AWARD IONA COLLEGE, NY - IONA SCHOLARSHIP DANIELLE BACIGALUPO (Regina Pacis) HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - DEANS’ SCHOLARSHIP MICHELLE SECONDINO (Mark Twain IS 239) SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, NJ - UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP KINGS COLLEGE, PA - DEPRIZIO AWARD ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BISHOP KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOL LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC INCENTIVE AWARD CATHERINE BARTNIK (St. Anselm) YASMEEN SHARAF ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, NY - UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) Congratulate the Graduating Class of 2003 KIMBERLY SICARI ZEINA BERJAOUI (Holy Spirit) LABORATORY INSTITUTE OF MERCHANDISING, NY - ACADEMIC PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - TRUSTEE RECOGNITION AWARD ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLASHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD and the following Scholarship Winners TONI SIMON (Queen of All Saints) SARHAI BERNARD (Our Lady of Miracles) SAINT PETER’S COLLEGE, NJ - PAVONIA SCHOLARSHIP NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - COMMENDED STUDENT ZABELA DILIS (Soterios Ellenas Parochial School) ANGELA HERNANDEZ (St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands) MARIA MELORE (Ss. Simon and Jude) VINCENZA PANTORNO (St. Mary Mother of Jesus) VICTORIA SIMON (St. Francis Xavier) MARLENE BRITO ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT, NY - SR. MARY DAVID BARRY SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY, PA - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP CONCORDIA COLLEGE, NY - ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY, PA - FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP TARA DISTABILE ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - SISTER HELEN FLYNN SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) MANHATTAN COLLEGE, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP WAGNER COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP FOR ACADEMICS NINA SPEZZAFERRO (Genesis Program) SIENA COLLEGE, NY - BOND FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP CHRISTINE CALICCHIO (Marine Park JHS 278) MARY HICKEY (Rockaway Beach JHS 180) ALEXIS MICHALAKIS (Marine Park JHS 278) FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NY - FORDHAM SCHOLARSHIP SIENA COLLEGE, NY - DIN AND CAROL CAHILL SCHOLARSHIP COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT, NY - SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL AWARD CUNY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP - HUNTER COLLEGE KATERI PASIPANKI (St. Ephrem) HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - SCHOLARSHIP EXAM AWARD SIENA COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP IONA COLLEGE, NY - IONA SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP CUNY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP - QUEENS COLLEGE HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP GREENPOINT FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP KATHERINE CARITA (St. Patrick) NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NY - EDUCATION TRUSTEE SCHOLARSHIP GABRIELLA DOGALI (St. Mary Mother of Jesus) MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE, NY - BOARD OF TRUSTEE SCHOLARSHIP DREXEL UNIVERSITY, PA - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP LAUREN PEDRO (Adelphi Academy) FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, CT - UNIVERSITY FELLOWS SCHOLARSHIP JACQUELYN KENEL ((Maura Clark Program) NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NY - COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, MA - DEANS’ SCHOLARSHIP LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA - ALUMNI ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP MOUNT IDA COLLEGE, MA - PRESIDENTIAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP KRISTINE SZEMELYNEC (St. Saviour) SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT STONY BROOK - NORTHROP GRUMMAN SCHOLARSHIP MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, MD - CHAIR’S SCHOLARSHIP LOYOLA COLLEGE, MD - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT STONY BROOK - PRESIDENTIAL COMMENDATION NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, MA - ACHIEVEMENT AWARD UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON, PA - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) CINDY KLIMEK (Marine Park JHS 278) ANDREA PESANTEZ (Our Lady of Grace) SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY, CT - TRUSTEE SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIP LYUDMYLA DUDKA (St. Anselm) FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS, TX - TRUSTEE AWARD ALEIDA CARTY (Our Lady of Refuge) LINDA MICHLIK (Good Shepherd) PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - TRUSTEE RECOGNITION AWARD CABRINI COLLEGE, PA - CABRINI COLLEGE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT, NY - ERASMUS SCHOLARSHIP HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP IONA COLLEGE, NY - ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - SCHOLARSHIP EXAM AWARD ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP MELISSA TAORMINA (Marine Park JHS 278) ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC INCENTIVE AWARD CHRISTINA CHEUNG (St. Anselm) KRISTEN PLACANICA (Mark Twain IS 239) ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP WAGNER COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - COMMENDED STUDENT ST. PETER’S COLLEGE, NJ - IGNATIAN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - TRUSTEE RECOGNITION AWARD NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NY - COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, NY - POLY SCHOLARSHIP TRUSTEE SCHOLARSHIP KATRINA MITZELIOTIS (D. & G. Kaloidis School) ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, NY - PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP KATHERINE ELGART (Poly Prep Country Day School) ATHENA THOMAS (Resurrection) ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) IONA COLLEGE, NY - ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY, PA - UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP GREENSBORO COLLEGE, NC - SCHOLARSHIP OF RECOGNITION ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) MARIST COLLEGE, NY - MARIST COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP JENNIFER PODD (Our Lady of Guadalupe) RAQUEL EPISCOPIO (St. Ephrem) SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY, PA - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP STEPHANIE CODISPOTI (Cunningham IS 234) ANNA KOUZMINTCHOUK (Shallow IS 227) SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO - MERIT SCHOLARSHIP MARIA TURZO (Immaculate Heart of Mary) HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NY - LOYOLA SCHOLARSHIP SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY - UNIVERSITY HONORS SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS OF BROOKLYN, HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - DEANS’ SCHOLARSHIP JOANNA POLITO (Our Lady Help of Christians) IONA COLLEGE, NY - ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP LTD. SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY, PA - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP GEORGIAN COURT COLLEGE, NJ - GEORGIAN COURT COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP CAITLIN MORCH (Marine Park JHS 278) ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP THE AMERICAN LEGION - DEPT OF NEW YORK 2003 CATHERINE LARGE (Hudde JHS 240) LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, NY -ACADEMIC INCENTIVE AWARD MELISSA CONCEPCION (Christa McAuliffe IS 187) COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT, NY - SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL AWARD ORATORICAL CONTEST SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, NY - DEANS’ AWARD JACLYN POWELL (St. Francis de Sales) SABRINA VELLA (St. Athanasius) IONA COLLEGE, NY - ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP CHRISTINA MOREA (Mark Twain JHS 278) SUNY - PURCHASE COLLEGE - ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP KRISTI FASSANO (Christa McAuliffe IS 187) CHANEL LEON (Ebenezer Preparatory) COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT, NY - ERASMUS SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP CATHOLIC TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY, CT - TRUSTEE SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIP CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, DC - ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP IONA COLLEGE, NY - ACADEMIC EXCELL0ENCE SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - DEANS’ SCHOLARSHIP CUNY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP - BROOKLYN COLLEGE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, DC - CUA SCHOLARSHIP MARIST COLLEGE, NY - MARIST COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEGRO BUSINESS AND PROGESSIONAL FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NY - FORDHAM SCHOLARSHIP MARIA VIGUERAS (St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands) NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, MA - VIVIAN ALLEN SCHOLARSHIP NEW YORK LOTTERY - LEADERS OF TOMORROW SCHOLARSHIP DIANA CORDA (Marine Park JHS 278) WOMEN’S CLUBS INC. OF BROOKLYN MANHATTAN COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NY - EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP SIENA COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, NY - DEANS’ AWARD ST. AUGUSTINE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, NY - SHIRLEY HINDS SCHOLARSHIP NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NY - COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - DEANS’ SCHOLARSHIP SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY - HONORS SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - SISTER HELEN FLYNN SCHOLARSHIP LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC INCENTIVE AWARD WAGNER COLLEGE, NY - FOUNDER’S SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - PFORZHEIMER’S HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON, PA - LOYOLA SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP SUNY - COLLEGE AT ONEONTA - ANCILLARY SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP JACLYN LOBELLO (Good Shepherd) ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, NY - PROVOST’S EXCELLENCE AWARD THERESA MORELLI (Resurrection) CHRISTINA PUGLIESE (Visitation Academy) NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NY - MERIT SCHOLARSHIP KIMBERLY VINCIGUERRA (Our Lady of Guadalupe) ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IONA COLLEGE, NY - IONA SCHOLARSHIP CHRISTINA CORNACCHIA (Our Lady of Grace) JENNIFER FATAL (Our Lady of Refuge) POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, NY - POLY SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, NY - PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE, NY - DEPARTMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP MARIA PUZZO (Our Lady of Guadalupe) CRISTIN MULLEN (St. Francis de Sales) WAGNER COLLEGE, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP FOR ACADEMICS CATHERINE COZZOLINO (St. Mark) JENNIFER LONGO (St. Athanasius) LABORATORY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NY - ACADEMIC PATRICIA FLORES (Marine Park JHS 278) IONA COLLEGE, NY - IONA SCHOLARSHIP ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP MANHATTAN COLLEGE, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, FL - INCENTIVE FRESHMAN SCHOLARSHIP MARIA VITALE (Visitation Academy) HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, FL - SUPERIOR ACADEMIC MARIST COLLEGE, NY - MARIST COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - DEANS’ SCHOLARSHIP ST. PETER’S COLLEGE, NJ - IGNATIAN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP JOANNA RIGGIO (Marine Park JHS 278) ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP MELISSA LORIA (Alfred B. Mason PS 226) ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP CUNY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP - BARUCH COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, FL - PRESIDENT SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD EILEEN MULLEN (Hudde JHS 240) FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, CT - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP VALERIE WALSH (Christa McAuliffe IS 187) FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP LOYOLA COLLEGE, MD - NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP IONA COLLEGE, NY - ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP JESSICA FONSECA (St. Mary Mother of Jesus) CATHERINE LOUGHNANE (St. Agatha) NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, MA - DEANS’ SCHOLARSHIP NORA CROWLEY (St. Ephrem) MANHATTAN COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP LE MOYNE COLLEGE, NY - LE MOYNE SCHOLAR LEADER SCHOLARSHIP SAINT JOSEPH COLLEGE, CT - FOUNDERS’ MERIT SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY, CT - TRUSTEE SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIP IONA COLLEGE, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) MARIST COLLEGE, NY - MARIST COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SETON UNIVERSITY, NJ - CHANCELLOR SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, MA - EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP SIENA COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP WAGNER COLLEGE, NY - DEANS’ SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP STONEHILL COLLEGE, MA - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY, CT - TRUSTEE SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIP SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY - GRADUATE TUITION SCHOLARSHIP SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT ONEONTA - ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP JESSICA LOVETT (Marine Park JHS 278) UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON, PA - LOYOLA SCHOLARSHIP OF DIRECTORS SCHOLARSHIP SUNY @ STONY BROOK - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP KRYSTINA GALTIERI (Christa McAuliffe IS 187) CABRINI COLLEGE, PA - ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP KELLY WHITMAN (Christa McAuliffe IS 187) UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, CT - PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, DE - UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NY - NYIT SCHOLARSHIP MANHATTAN COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP VANESSA MURANO (St. Agnes Seminary) COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT, NY - ERASMUS SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD MEAGHAN RING (Christa McAuliffe IS 187) CUNY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP - COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND ANGELA DEFONTE (St. Frances Cabrini) LAURA GENDUSO (St. Finbar) MEGAN LYNCH (Leif Ericson Day School) PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, NY - PROVOST SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, MA - DEANS’ SCHOLARSHIP ERNESTINE NARCISSE (RFK Incentive Program) SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, NJ - UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP MARIST COLLEGE, NY - MARIST COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, DC - CUA SCHOLARSHIP NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - COMMENDED STUDENT ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP LORRAINE DEGORTER (Marine Park JHS 278) ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, DC - LEADERSHIP AWARD THERESA LUBACK (Resurrection) SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO - MERIT SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, MI - SCHOLAR AWARD WAGNER COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP FOR ACADEMICS ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, NY - UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD CHRISTINE GIUGLIANO (St. Ephrem) ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY, PA - ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP ANGELA MANCINI (PS 95) VIVIAN NG (Boody IS 228) SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY - HONORS SCHOLARSHIP VANESSA WILLIAMS (St. Patrick) CABRINI COLLEGE, PA - ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP SAINT PETER’S COLLEGE, NJ - PAVONIA SCHOLARSHIP MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE, NY - BOARD OF TRUSTEES SCHOLARSHIP SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY, PA - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP ANGELA RODRIGUEZ (Immaculate Heart of Mary) CONCETTA DELUCO (St. Bernadette) ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY - UNIVERSITY HONORS SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - DEANS’ SCHOLARSHIP MICHELE MARZELLA (Alfred B. Mason PS 226) NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, MA - NORTHEASTERN ACHIEVEMENT CHRISTINE YOUNG (St. Patrick) ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FEDERATION OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS OF BROOKLYN, LTD. AWARD MEGAN GRACE (Visitation Academy) ANNAMARIA NUCERA (St. Bernard) CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, DC - ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY -PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - TRUSTEE RECOGNITION AWARD FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, CT - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, DC - CUA SCHOLARSHIP WAGNER COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP FOR ACADEMICS FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD MARIA ROOME (Alfred B. Mason PS 226) ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, DC - PARISH SCHOLARSHIP LOYOLA COLLEGE, MD - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY, NY - HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY ACHIEVEMENT SARINA DESTEFANO (Mark Twain IS 239) MARIST COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP DAPHNEY MASSENA (Our Lady of Refuge) KATHLEEN O’DONNELL (Mary Queen of Heaven) SCHOLARSHIP CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, DC - LEADERSHIP AWARD ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY, CT - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - DEANS’ SCHOLARSHIP SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY - HONORS SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - TRUSTEE RECOGNITION AWARD MANHATTAN COLLEGE, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NY - FORDHAM SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO - HONORS SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WAGNER COLLEGE, NY - ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENT AND MUSIC AWARD UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE, DE - UNIVERSITY MERIT AWARD NICOLE MAVROUDIS (St. Mary Mother of Jesus) MARILYN ROSARIO (St. Rose of Lima) NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - COMMENDED STUDENT COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT, NY - SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL AWARD SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT STONY BROOK - BRIGHT LIGHTS SCHOLARSHIP IONA COLLEGE, NY - ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP LINEL ORTIZ (St. Agatha) EILEEN DESTRI (Genesis Program) NICOLE GREANEY (St. Anselm) LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC INCENTIVE AWARD SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT STONY BROOK - WISE SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NJ - NJIT SCHOLARSHIP FORDHAM UNIVERSITY, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP MARIST COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NY - MERIT SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT STONY BROOK - CEAS IPP NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - COMMENDED STUDENT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, MA - DEANS’ SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, PA - VILLANOVA SCHOLARSHIP NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NY - SCHOLARS PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP CAITLIN MCCAFFREY (Resurrection) ALICE PAGANI (St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands) ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - FRANCISCAN SCHOLARSHIP LISA HAMANN (St. Mark) ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, NY - TRUSTEE SCHOLARSHIP JILLIAN ROSSI (Mark Twain JHS 239) ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD JENNIFER ZEPHIRIN (St. Athanasius) ANGELA DEVITA (Marine Park JHS 278) CATHOLIC WAR VERTERANS OF THE USA SCHOLARSHIP COLLEGE OF MOUNT SAINT VINCENT, NY - ERASMUS SCHOLARSHIP CUNY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP - BARUCH COLLEGE ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE, NY - SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NAZARETH COLLEGE, NY - ACCESS SCHOLARSHIP CUNY HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP - CITY COLLEGE COLLEGE MISERICORDIA, PA - COLLEGE MISERICORDIA SCHOLARSHIP NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NY - EDUCATION TRUSTEE SCHOLARSHIP FORDHAM UNVIERSITY, NY - DEAN’S SCHOLARSHIP MANHATTAN COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS - JESSE BROWN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, NY - BOARD OF TRUSTEES NAZARETH COLLEGE, NY - CAMPUS DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO - MERIT SCHOLARSHIP FELICIAN COLLEGE, NJ - FELICIAN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP TRACY-ANN MCNALLY (St. Therese of Lisieux) ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - SCHOLASTIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) NAZARETH COLLEGE, NY - REGIONAL SCHOLARSHIP UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, CT - PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY, PA - ASSISI SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SUNY - UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO - MERIT SCHOLARSHIP ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, NY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP (FULL) SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY, PA - ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND, RI - CENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIP SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY, PA - UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PACE UNIVERSITY, NY - TRUSTEE RECOGNITION AWARD SUNY - STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY - PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, CT - REGENT’S SCHOLARSHIP SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY, PA - UNITED SCHOLARS AWARD June 23, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP GRAD 3 look to past & future at commencements

Continued from previous page attending the University of Gold Rout Cup, for great Assistant principals Susan ported the girls to ensure their ty, Fordham University, the Stonehill College, in Massa- General Excellence Award to leaders in their community. Pennsylvania. The Scull Plaque, scholastic improvement. Coke Burke and Sister Maureen success in achieving recogni- College of New Jersey and a chusetts, was president of the Joseph Eli, the Scholar Athlete “Get involved, participate for excellence in scholarship earned a full scholarship to McDermott introduced each tion for their academic Dean’s scholarship to Ameri- student government and a re- Award to Mathew Rinaldi and in activities, volunteer, work and athletics, went to Jennifer Central Connecticut College. graduate and diplomas were achievements. can University. treat team member. Edward Tassey, the XBSS with and for the people Romanelli who will attend Founded in 1854, Poly Prep handed out by Kearney’s prin- “The large number and va- Each year, Xaverian also Bruno, who also received Award to Christopher Burke, around you to make whatever Connecticut College. Country Day School is a coed, cipal, Sister Joan McAvoy. riety of scholarships awarded recognizes a student who has the Student Leadership Award, the Brother Hugo Hurst, CFX, community you find yourself Kazmira Pytlak received college preparatory school lo- The commencement speak- to the graduates testify to their demonstrated exceptional achieve- devoted his address to ex- Senior Involvement Award to a part of a better place. We all the Creativity Prize and the cated on a 25-acre wooded er was Stacey Guardino, a ability and earnest dedication ment in the International Bac- plaining how his teachers at Thomas Reilly, the Principal’s have a responsibility to do Mitchell Prize, awarded to the campus in Dyker Heights. member of the class of 1986, to their studies. These strong calaureate program, an inter- Xaverian helped him grow Award to Ismael Cubero and this. Live up to your responsi- outstanding senior in English Poly Prep’s lower school is and a senior manager at Ernst young women are certainly nationally recognized high into “a good Christian man,” Gregory Napoli, the Presi- bility,” said Corkhill. literature. located in a historic mansion & Young. going to make a difference in school program. This year’s explained Ferrera. dent’s Award to Jonathan Han The senior class president, Marsha Denise Bannister on Prospect Park West in Park This year, 329 scholarships the 21st century,” said Mc- international scholar award The following educational and Louis Vitale, and the Edu- received the School Service — valued at almost $12 mil- Peter Rocco, said that in ex- Slope. Avoy. went to Merola. and social awards were also cational Achievement Award Award, honoring character, lion — went to 110 graduating Bishop Kearney High change for hard work, stu- Bishop Kearney Michael Bruno was select- handed out: to Kurt Cedo and Eric Rosen. loyalty, service and decorum. seniors. More than 50 colleges School has been staffed by ed as the class salutatorian. The Academic Excellence The graduating seniors at dents had come away with an Bishop Kearney High She will be attending George- and organizations awarded both religious and lay people Bruno, who will be attending Award went to Jason Ford, the See HS on page 7 education. town University. School, a private, Catholic, scholarships to members of in a co-operative effort to edu- “Fewer and fewer schools The William M. Williams all-girls school owned and op- this year’s graduating class. cate the young women of try to build character,” said Prize for Intellectual Curiosity erated by the Sisters of St. In reviewing the accom- Brooklyn since 1961. Rocco. “This school has made was awarded to Andres Dass Joseph, and located at 2202 plishments of the Class of Xaverian HS us better men and women.” Patacsil, who will be studying 60th St. in Borough Park, 2003, McAvoy noted, “We are CONGRATULATIONS GOEIE WENSE TEBRIKLER Asking them to “forgive the international relations at Co- graduated 281 students in a very proud of the scholastic Xaverian High School’s cliche,” Rocco reminded his lumbia University. June 7 commencement cere- accomplishments of this class. graduating class of 310 stu- GRÀTÜLIERUNG SHNORHAVOROUTYOUN GONG HAY fellow graduating seniors, The Joseph Dana Allen mony at Brooklyn College. These young women have dents celebrated their com- “We are charged with making Award, for the highest level of The graduation ceremony worked very hard, focused on mencement on the afternoon ZORIONAK ABHINANDON GOURC'HEMMENOÙ CESTITKI the world a better place.” scholarship, was awarded to began with a prayer led by their college goals and of June 7 in the Walt Whitman Seven seniors were present- Staten Island resident Michael Sister Rosemarie Figlia, cam- achieved their personal best.” Auditorium at Brooklyn Col- POZDRAVLÉNIA GON PYUTE PA TE FELICITATS TILLYKKE lege. ed with major awards. The Marron, who will be attending pus minister of the school. Sister Joan Dillon, CSJ, FELICITAZIONI CESTITKE GRATULACE GEFELICITEERD Poly Cup, for dedication to Princeton in the fall. Yasmeen Sharaf delivered the senior guidance counselor, The private Catholic sec- ondary school, located at 7100 the school and its ideals, went Krystal Florence Coke re- valedictory address; the salu- and Sister Mary Conroy, GRATULOJN PALJU ÕNNE ONNITELUT FÉLICITATIONS to Susan Sapega, who will be ceived this year’s Emmett tatorian was Christa Morea. SCH, college counselor, sup- Shore Road in Bay Ridge, has been in operation since 1957 and is one of 12 schools in the AUGURI SUBHKAMNA PARABÉNS GLUECKWUNSCH country owned by the Xaver- ian Brothers SINHARITIRIA ROGÜEROHORY GRATTIS KOL HAKABOD The featured speaker was Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, spiri- TAHANI TIL HAMINGJU KYUM CHOUEE TRE AW tual leader of the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, who is POZDRAVLENIE COMHGHÁIRDEACHAS OMEDETÔ BRAVO also president of the New York Board of Rabbis and a MABROUK PIROZ DIKIM SOMSEUÏ TIBI GRATULAMUR Fire Department chaplain. APSVEICU LAIMINGAI FÉLICITATIOUNEN ARAHABAINA Potasnik spoke about the importance of tolerance and TAHNIAH KA NUI NGAA MIHI BAYAR HURGEYE CESTITAM the importance of people get- ting along, explained Xaver- GRATULERER TABRIK MIGAM GRATULACJE FELICITÃRI VÃ ian President Dr. Sal Ferrera. Ryan Merola was this FELICITÃM IN ORA BONA GRATULÁLOK SELAMAT MEALA Bishop Kearney’s honored grads year’s valedictorian. Ranked in the top five of NAIDHEACHT OIRBH MAKOROKOTO ÒSCA BLAHOZELANIA Bishop Kearney, a private, all-girls Catholic high school on 60th Street at Bay Parkway, graduated 281 students during its his class with a weighted aver- commencement ceremony at Brooklyn College on June 7. Among their honored graduates are those pictured here. Top age exceeding 100 percent, FELICIDADES PONGUEZI PARATTHOUKAL CHOM CHEUÏ row (left to right): Lidiya Voytenko, Christian Service; Lisa Hamann, Catholic Studies; Christina Morea, Salutatorian/Mathe- Merola was also involved matics; Yasmeen Sharaf, Valedictorian/General Excellence; Alexis Michelakis, Latin; Kateri Pasipanki, Music; Jenna Kane, with the school’s Mock Trial URIMET PROFICIAT ZOBDONE LLONGYFARCHIADAU Art. Bottom (left to right): Eileen Destri, English; Christine Young, Science; Jo Anna Riggio, Social Studies; Jillian Rossi, Team, Math League, Pipe and Physical Education; Angela Hernandez, Spanish; Rosella Simioli, Italian; Paula Koutsoupakis, French. Kearney’s principal, Drum Corps and peer tutor- ON GWAN WOULO FELISITASYON CHÓC MÕNG Sister Joan McAvoy, commented, “We are very proud of the scholastic accomplishments of this class. These young ing. He also worked as a vol- women have worked very hard, focused on their college goals and achieved their personal best.” unteer office assistant. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRADUATES OF THE CLASS OF 2003! Merola, who will be attend- WE ARE PROUD OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ESPECIALLY YOUR STELLAR COLLEGE ing the City University of ADMISSIONS THIS YEAR. YOU HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO REACH THIS MILESTONE New York (CUNY) Honors IN YOUR LIFE. MAY YOUR FUTURE BE BRIGHT AND FULL OF PROMISE. College at Brooklyn College on a full scholarship, received numerous offers of scholar- ships including the New York State Incentive Scholarship and the New York State Scholarship for Academic Ex- Poly Prep cellence, as well as scholar- POLY PREP COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL BROOKLYN, NY WWW.POLYPREP.ORG ships to Hofstra University, George Washington Universi-

STATEN ISLAND ACADEMY SALUTES THE CLASS OF 2003 ON THEIR ACCEPTANCES TO THE NATION’S FINEST COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Adelphi University Goucher College Springfield College Allegheny College Harvard University St. John’s University American University Hofstra University St. Lawrence University Barry University Ithaca College St. Thomas Aquinas College Bentley College Johns Hopkins University Stetson University Boston College Kean University Stevens Institute of Technology Boston University LaSalle University State University of New York: Brandeis University Lafayette College Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Bryant College Lehigh University Cobleskill, Cortland, Geneseo, Caldwell College Loyola College, MD Oneonta, Oswego, Plattsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University Loyola University, LA Purchase, and Stony Brook Chestnut Hill College Lynn University Susquehanna University College of Mt. St. Vincent Manhattan College Syracuse University College of the Holy Cross Manhattanville College Temple University College of William & Mary Marist College United States Military Academy at Columbia University Methodist College West Point Connecticut College Monmouth University University of Delaware City University of New York Muhlenberg College University of Hartford CUNY Honors College New York University University of Massachusetts CW Post College/LIU Northeastern University University of Miami Dickinson College Oberlin College University of North Carolina Dominican College Pace University University of Pennsylvania Dowling College Penn State University of Tampa Drew University Pepperdine University University of Virginia Fairfield University Princeton University University of Washington Fairleigh Dickinson University Quinnipiac University University of Wisconsin Fordham University Rider University Ursinus College Franklin & Marshall College Rollins College Wagner College George Washington University Rutgers University Wheaton College Georgetown University Seton Hall University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Gettysburg College Skidmore College Yale University

Staten Island Academy A record of excellence since 1884 715 Todt Hill Road Staten Island, NY 10304 718.987.8100 Pre-K-Grade 12 www.statenislandacademy.org GRAD 4 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM June 23, 2003 XAVERIAN HIGH SCHOOL The truth shall make you free: John 8:32 Congratulates the CLASS OF 2003 SCHOLARSHIPS AND HONORS – CLASS OF 2003

ANGRISANI, ANTHONY CLARK, RYAN J. (St. Patrick) FLANIGAN, CHRISTOPHER J. LORE, JOHN V. (Mary Queen of Heaven) POWER, JOHN (Good Shepherd) (Our Lady of Grace) Philadelphia University - Faculty Grant (St. Ephrem) Adelphi University - Dean’s Award Scholarship Boston College - Scholarship Pace Award St. John’s University - Academic Achievement Award Centenary College - Presidential Scholarship Hofstra University - Achievement Award Hofstra University Presidential Scholarship Pace University - Dean’s Award ANTHONY, CHRISTOPHER St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award St. Francis College - Franciscan Scholarship Hofstra University Honors College University of the Sciences in Philadelphia - Merit Award University of Hartford - Alumni Grant St. Francis College - Franciscan Scholarship George Washington University - University Award (St. Bernadette) CONTI, STEPHEN G. Wagner College - Alumni Award St. John’s University - Academic Achievement Award George Washington University - Alumni Award St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award (Our Lady of Guadalupe) FLYNN, PATRICK W. (Resurrection) JP Morgan Chase Thomas G. Labrecque AUGUSTIN, DANIEL H. Smart Start Scholarship Semi-Finalist Pace University - Academic Scholarship SUNY Stonybrook - Presidential Commendation Scholarship MADDEN, SEAN (Our Lady of Miracles) (Pilgrim Wesleyan Church) St. Francis College - Franciscan Scholarship Syracuse University - Centennial Scholar St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award FONTANA, FRANK (St. Athanasius) St. Francis College - Franciscan Scholarship Syracuse University - Chancellor Scholarship Federation of Italian American Organizations Community MADELINCKAS, MATTHEW St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award CRIVELLONE, ANTHONY (St. Ephrem) Syracuse University - Merit Scholarship New York Institute of Technology - Merit Scholarship Service Scholarship (Sacred Hearts/St. Stephen) AVERSANO, AUGUSTINE St. John’s University - Academic Scholarship QUIGNEY, VINCENT (Good Shepherd) CUBERO, ISMAEL (St. Agatha) St. John’s University - St. Vincent de Paul Scholarship (St. Athanasius) St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award St. John’s University - Academic Scholarship Catholic Teachers Association Mary Tracy Scholarship St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award St. Joseph’s College - Academic Scholarship St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award Long Island University - Academic Scholarship FORD, JASON C. (Our Lady of Angels) AZZARO, JOSEPH J. (St. Columba) New York City Council Speaker’s Achievement Award Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz MANCUSO, CARL A. (Good Shepherd) QUIMBY, CHARLES (St. Thomas More) Scranton University - Xavier Scholarship New York State Scholarship for Academic Excellence Student Recognition Award Wagner College - President’s Scholarship St. John’s University - Academic Scholarship BARTON, DAVID A. (St. Patrick) New York University - Lewis Rudin City Scholar Brooklyn College - Presidential Scholarship MANIACI, MICHAEL S. (St. Ephrem) St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund Finalist Comptroller of the City of New York Scholastic Achievement Award St. Francis College - Presidential Scholarship Best Buy Scholarship RINALDI, MATTHEW (St. Athanasius) Manhattan College - Spanish Award Fordham University - Dean’s Scholarship St. John’s University - Scholastic Excellence Scholarship Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Student Marist College - Presidential ScholarshipNew York State New York State Scholarship for Academic Excellence Iona College - Deans’ Scholarship St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award Recognition Award Scholarship for Academic Excellence New York University - Dean’s Scholarship Loyola College in Maryland - Presidential Scholarship Sophie Davis Bio-Medical Scholarship Coca-Cola Scholars Program - Semi-Finalist St. Francis College - Presidential Scholarship The Tablet - All Scholastic Team St. Francis College - Presidential Scholarship CULLEN, KEVIN S. (St. Bernard) Kassenbrock Brothers Memorial Scholarship Wagner College - Presidential Scholarship FORRAY, BRENDAN (Good Shepherd) National Society of High School Scholars Recognition Award BATTAGLIA, WILLIAM Long Island University - Provost’s Excellence Award ROBERSON, ERVIN C. St. Francis College - Franciscan Scholarship President’s National Student Service Award (Marble Collegiate Church) St. John’s University - Academic Achievement Award Howard University - Capstone Scholarship FUSCO, NUNZIO (Our Lady of Guadalupe) Seton Hall University - University Scholarship Pace University - Trustee Recognition Award St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award ROSEN, ERIC N. Iona College - Iona Scholarship MARTINEZ, ROBERTO A. (St. Columba) CUCUZZA, VINCENT Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Student BAY, JOHN (Our Lady of Grace) Hofstra University - Presidential Scholarship GALANO, JASON T. 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MASTROGIULIO, NICHOLAS RYAN, JOHN-JOE (St. Patrick) St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award St. John’s University - Merit Scholarship (St. Rosalia - Regina Pacis) (St. Bernadette) Pace University - Trustee Recognition Award St. Francis College - Franciscan Scholarship Workmen’s Union Local 74 Scholarship St. Francis College - Scholarship New York Institute of Technology - Merit Scholarship CYGAN, LUKASZ (St. Mary Mother of Jesus) St. John’s University - Academic Achievement Award BENITTO, LOUIS A. (St. Charles) Hofstra University - Achievement Scholarship GARTELMAN, CLIFF Pace University - Incentive Award St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award St. Francis College St. John’s University - Academic Achievement Award Hofstra University - Honors College Scholarship St. Francis College - Franciscan Scholarship BONANNO, SALVATORE St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award Hofstra University - Presidential Scholarship St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award SALVATO, CHRISTOPHER V. (Most Precious Blood) St. Joseph’s College - Presidential Scholarship New York Institute of Technology - Theodore K. Steele MATTINA, JOHN J. (St. Mark) (Mary Queen of Heaven) Memorial Scholarship Fordham University - Dean’s Scholarship DANO, GEORGIO (St. Thomas Aquinas) District Attorney’s Citation of Honor Hofstra University - Achievement Scholarship St. John’s University - Academic Achievement Award National Merit Letter of Commendation College of Mt. 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Watson Memorial Scholarship HAVIARAS, PETER Comptroller of the City of New York Scholastic Achievement Award Iona College - Dean’s Scholarship Adelphi University J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Thomas G. Labrecque Smart Start (Holy Cross Greek Orthodox) Hofstra University Manhattan College - Presidential Scholarship Iona College - Iona Scholarship Scholarship Program Finalist Polytechnic University - Poly Scholarship Polytechnic University New York State Scholarship for Academic Excellence St. John’s University - Scholarship New York City Council Speaker’s Leadership Award St. Francis College St. John’s University - Scholastic Excellence Scholarship St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award HAYEK, CARROLL New York State Scholarship for Academic Excellence St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award Office of Attorney General Triple “C” Award St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award DILIBERTI, MATTHEW (Good Shepherd) (Church of the Virgin Mary) Ralph J. 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Mount Saint Mary College - Merit Grant District Atttorney’s Citation of Honor St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award (St. Michael) Pratt Institute - Presidential Merit Scholarship Sacred Heart University - Trustees Scholars Scholarship Johnson & Wales Presidential Scholarship Iona College - Iona Scholarship BURKE, CHRISTOPHER (St. Camillus) DOYLE, JAMES (Good Shepherd) St. John’s University - Academic Achievement Award Kassenbrock Brothers Memorial Scholarship Iona College - Iona Scholarship College of Mount St. Vincent - Erasmus Scholarship HOITE, ANDREW M. 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(Our Lady of Angels) New York Institute of Technology St. Francis College - Franciscan Scholarship Pace University - Trustee Recognition Award Frederick Community College - Athletic Scholarship New York State Lottery Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship Penn State Polytechnic University CALABRESE, MICHAEL C. PANAGOULAKOS, JAMES Pace University - Incentive Award JAVIER, JOSHUA (St. Francis Xavier) SUNY - Buffalo (Good Shepherd) St. Francis College - Franciscan Scholarship Iona College - Iona Scholarship St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award VAN PELT, ANTHONY R. (St. Ephrem) Brooklyn College DREYER, WILLIAM H. KARLSSON, KEITH E. (St. Anselm) St. John’s University - Scholarship Adelphi University - Dean’s Award Hofstra University - Achievement Scholarship Centenary College - Achievement Award (Our Lady of Angels) Hofstra University - Academic Achievement PAPLANUS, JOSHUA E. (St. Ephrem) CANTELMO, CRAIG V. Adelphi University - Dean’s Award C.W. Post Recognition Award St. Francis College - Franciscan Scholarship Hofstra University - Achievement Scholarship Pace University Elmira College - Founder Scholarship (St. Rosalia - Regina Pacis) St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award Manhattan College - Dean’s Award Iona College - Iona Scholarship St. Francis College KESSLER, KEITH B. (Our Savior Lutheran) PERILLI, ANTHONY (St. Anselm) VINCELLI, JOHN (St. Thomas More) Belmont Abbey College - Academic Scholarship CARPETTO, VICTOR (St. Francis Cabrini) ELIE, JOSEPH (Our Lady of Grace) Florida Southern College - Academic Recognition Award SUNY - Stonybrook Polytechnic University - Poly Scholarship Fordham University - Patane Family Scholarship Florida Tech - Athletic Scholarship Wagner College VINCENTI, CHRISTOPHER P. CASALE, PHILIP (Our Lady of Guadalupe) New York State Scholarship for Academic Excellence Monmouth University - Academic Scholarship (St. Athanasius) Penn State University - Academic Scholarship PETRONE, ANTHONY J. St. Francis College - Scholarship Monmouth University - Athletic Scholarship St. Francis College - Principal’s Scholarship St. Francis College - Presidential Scholarship St. Bonaventure University - Academic Scholarship (St. Francis De Sales) St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award St. Joseph’s College - Presidential Scholarship St. Bonaventure University - Athletic Scholarship St. Francis College - Franciscan Scholarship CASTANIA, STEVEN M. (St. Bernadette) St. John’s University - St. Vincent DePaul Service Scholarship VIOLETTO, ROBERT S. St. John’s University - Scholarship KIMBALL, DEVIN S. (Trinity Lutheran) College of the Holy Cross - Holy Cross Scholarship St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award St. John’s University - Academic Achievement Award (Our Lady of the Redeemer) Fairfield University - Presidential Scholar Concordia College - Church Vocation Scholarship Wagner College - Academic Scholarship St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award JP Morgan Chase Thomas G. Labrecque Fordham University - Dean’s Scholarship LARKIN, MICHAEL T. (Resurrection) PONTILLO, JOSEPH (Good Shepherd) Smart Start Scholarship Winner FISCHER-WERNER, SEAN Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Student CATALANO, JEFFREY P. (St. Bernadette) New York State Scholarship for Academic Excellence St. Francis College - Presidential Scholarship Iona College - Iona Scholarship Recognition Award Siena College - Franciscan Award Polytechnic University - Scholarship St. John’s University - Dean’s Scholarship FITZPATRICK, KEVIN T. Catholic University - Academic Scholarship St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award CEDO, KURT E. (St. Thomas More) St. John’s University - Academic Achievement Award (Our Lady of Angels) St. Joseph’s College - Presidential Scholarship Wagner College - Dean’s Scholarship Catholic Teachers Association - St. Rita Scholarship Award St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award Hartwick College Regional Alumni Scholarship Cabrini College POTIEVSKY, ANDREW (St. Edmund) Brooklyn Cyclones Student Achievement Award St. John’s University - Community Recognition Award Marist College - Academic Scholarship LARKIN, THOMAS (Holy Name) Manhattan College - Academic Scholarship Fleet Bank Entrepreneur Award Marist College - Athletic Scholarship FLAHIVE, THOMAS J. (St. Mark) Eckerd College - Athletic Scholarship Pace University - President’s Scholarship Lay Faculty Association Student Award Rider University Provost Scholarship Iona College - Iona Scholarship LI, BRYAN Polytechnic University - Promise Scholarship Outstanding Achievement Award Rider University - Athletic Scholarship St. Francis College - Franciscan Scholarship Siena College - Presidential Scholarship Polytechnic University Academic Scholarship Weather Net Supervisor’s Award June 23, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP GRAD 5 Boro colleges celebrate their 2003 graduates Medgar Evers College Sen. Hillary Clinton was key- note speaker at the Medgar / Tom Callan / Tom Evers College commencement in Crown Heights. Following a speech by Borough President Marty Markowitz and a rous- ing introduction by Medgar The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Evers President Edison O. Jackson, Clinton invoked the Brooklyn College memory of the slain civil rights Brooklyn College awarded diplomas to 2,988 undergrad- leader for whom the college is uate and graduate students — apparently including Su- named. Clinton charged the perman (actually MFA recipient Troy Matthew), bottom 753 graduates: “We are Mango / Greg left — on what the Princeton Review this year called the counting on you to help us “Most beautiful campus in the country.” The outdoor guide our nation toward a commencement ceremony was held on the campus destiny marked by freedom, quad, right, on Bedford Avenue in Midwood. College not tyranny; prosperity, not re-

President Christoph Kim- cession; safety, not anarchy.” Papers The Brooklyn mich presided. Brooklyn College graduates Sen. Charles Schumer and Bor- ough President Marty Markowitz spoke. Among NYCCollege of Technology the honorees was world- renowned orthopedic sur- NYC College of Technology, at geon Oheneba Boachie- 300 Jay St., Downtown, con- Adjei (’76), who received ferred degrees on more than a distinguished alumnus 1,500 graduates at its com-

/ Tom Callan / Tom award. The faculty chose Callan / Tom mencement at Madison Square Donata Blekhster (top), a Garden. Valedictorian Jed Gel- member of the school’s Hon- ber, a former Marine, overcame ors Academy who graduated drug and alcohol abuse to earn with a 3.9 GPA, to address his bachelor’s of science de- gree. Gelber, 44, paid tribute

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn her fellow graduates. Papers The Brooklyn to his father, playwright, the- ater director and college pro- fessor Jack Gelber, who died May 9. At right, flutist Sherry / Tom Callan / Tom Winston plays Stevie Wonder’s Callan / Tom Long Island University “Pastime Paradise.” Rep. Ny- dia Velazquez (far right), the More than 1,800 students received their degrees at commencement cere- first person in her family to monies at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus athletic field on May graduate college, delivers the 15. The Brooklyn campus, at Flatbush and DeKalb avenues, was the first The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn commencement address. Papers The Brooklyn established by the university, which now has six metropolitan-area cam- puses and is the seventh-largest private university in the country. “The Class of 2003 celebrates a marvelous diversity, as well as accomplishment against great Pratt Institute odds,” said Provost Gale Ste- vens Haynes. “Our students Pratt Institute graduated 504 undergraduate Rodney K. Hurley have proven they have the tal- and 253 graduate students at its commence- ent and tenacity to succeed, and anti and Trustees Chairman Roger Tilles. Honorary degree ment on May 17 on its Clinton Hill campus. I am confident they will make recipients also included Ira Greifer, MD (’52), president of At left, President Thomas Schutte confers contributions to their communi- the Kidney and Urology Foundation of America; Esther honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degrees on ties and their professions.” The Cooper Jackson, a longtime civil rights activist from renowned choreographer Mark Morris (cen- commencement speaker was Brooklyn, received the Doctor of Humane Letters degree; ter), whose Mark Morris Dance Center re- Emmy Award-winning docu- and author Richard Rodriguez was awarded the Doctor of sides in Fort Greene, and award-winning mentary fiilmmaker Ric Burns Letters degree. The class valedictorian was Jason Altilio, a fashion, cosmetics and fragrance package (“New York: A Documentary 21-year-old philosophy major who graduated with a 3.99 designer Marc Rosen (right). Morris gave the Film,” “The Civil War,” “Coney GPA and who has been accepted by two philosophy commencement speech. Graduating senior Island”), who received an hon- Ph.D. programs. Steinberg conferred degrees on 1,849

/ Tom Callan / Tom Jessica Friday, recipient of Pratt’s 2003 Stu- orary Doctor of Fine Arts de- graduates, including exalting Media Arts graduate Rod- gree. He is pictured above third ney F. James, of Brooklyn (at left). There were 880 under- dent Recognition Award, was the student from left, with (left to right) Long graduate and 969 graduate students, with 18 doctoral speaker. More than 200 graduates received Island University President Dr. candidates in clinical psychology. special awards and departmental recognition David Steinberg, Brooklyn Cam- The valedictorian was Jason Altilio, a 21-year-old phi- and another 200 received Pratt Circle

Rodney K. Hurley pus Chancellor Edward Travagli- losophy major who graduated with a 3.99 GPA. Awards for high grade point average. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn

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Mann John Kazan PS/IS 25 Lucia Mazzone Ninett Lyuba Corey Bowens Jessica O'Grary Samatha Margalit Gull Khan Jospeh Pino Finola McBurnie Tonisha McConico Andrew Stanczuk Christina Maffeo Taheed McClain Linel Ortiz Vasisht Marada Kateri Pasipanki Souad Moussawi Michelle Rolshud PS 315 Sakageepo Momo Dallas Milea Salif Nyagamukenga Danielle Poggi Jose Munoz Andrea Valdez School of Monica Myers Gilbert Wong Adel Redzepagic Courtney Robinson Natalie Rafaelle Performing Noelle Raffaelle Suzy Oh PS 244 Arts Cynthia Somma Chenell Simmons Lawrence Yu Marilyn Rosario Dean Panayides Patrice Powell PS/IS 284 Briana Boyd PS 58 Athena Thomas Michael Piekarczyk PS 253 Ivonne Correy Catherine Anderson Vanessa Williams Brain Quiban Carroll PS/IS 35 Ezra Jack Kelly Esianor School Vanessa Williams Sonia Ruzimovsky Keats Int’l Nekese Jackman Decatur/Clear- Jennifer Zepherin Christi Sarantinos School PS 329 Jeremiah Bosa pool School Eva Sawyer Meghan Brown Brooklyn Ka Yee Chan Surfside Shynice Douglas School for Eva Sawyer School Victoria Capozucca Janna Shapiro Elijah Davila Christian Craig Automotive Global Marcos Flores Tenasia Rampersant HS Studies Julia Shulman Elizabeth Davis Eugene Tsarveskiy Jane Karetny PS 34 Justin Echevarria Renroy Chase Peter Hoover Minnie Mai Jamila Hunter Alex Vasin Stephen Chan Liam Gilbride Raul Chavarria Yinchao Xie Curtis PS 396 Turelle Harris Rajiv Jagroop Brooklyn Paley Yin Estabrook Ramon E. Jennifer Maresca John Maciag Tech HS Justyna Zynda Elementary Betances Leshanda Miller Kirk McLennon Mohammed Abassi Patrick Merone Catherine Krystal Dadd School Allura Dana Pugliese Loren Adler McAuley HS Deverin Simpson Selena Marie Arnold Elizar Rivera Jonathan Morales Christopher Austin Latoya Watson Beau Scarantino Thomas Owens Sheila Beaujour Sherlie Francois Jordan Austin LaToya King PS 305 Jeremy Bines PS 65 Little Crystal Reynolds Mariel Belizario Monique Rudder Svetlana Bershadsky Xaviera Lemaine Aaron Davis Steven Felton Red Racquel Romero Joshua King Tatyana Stevenson Schoolhouse Jeremy Terry Kimberly Chan / Tom Callan / Tom Jheanell Thompson Clara Barton PS 307 PS 398 Emma Williams Natasha Chavdaroff Jennifer Velez Guyang Chen HS Daniel Hale Amanda Celestine Allysa Henry Abdool Nizam Roy Walters Stephanie Chutiangtong Shanna Barrow Williams Keenan McMillan Veronica Walters School Konstantine Comanchuk Sierra Bispham Matthew Smith PS 97 Kimel Watt Sarah E. 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The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Shaterra Minault PS 44 Pavel Isakov Chris Weathers Mindy Eng Tiffany Carty Smiling intermediate school students join Borough President Marty Markowitz in Borough Hall’s glass-encased Community Room. PS 309 Marcus St. Agatha Joel Williams Vadim Ergardt Kamilah Crawford June 23, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP GRAD 7

Christine Crowther Kosta Ardauanis Midwood HS Robert Sollito Melissa Guy Crystal Schwendenmann LIU’s College of Pharmacy Latoya Edwards Lauren Barozie Rachel Fischer Dan Volpe Khadija Haughton MS 385 School Long Island University’s Arnold & Lucette Floy Brendon Biaggi Joshua Marshack Adam Wawarynk Keenaida Hilman of Business Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy Latoya Forsythe Brendan Condon Sacha Rood A Fantis Corey Holder Finance and and Health Sciences awarded degrees Shaska Frye Sarah Fraser Leigh Stuckhardt Parochial Kim James Entrep. to more than 200 students at its 114th Tanisha Gallimore Andrew Gounandes New Utrecht School Keisha Jeffrey Bryant Deberry commencement exercises. Affeya Grant Brandon Jackson HS George Argyriou Jonathan Jerome Mohammad Hoq One of the oldest and largest insti- Tasheeka Hazel Ayah Rafai Michelle John Briana Seagriff Brooklyn MS 51 William tutions of its kind in the nation, the Tisha Hinds Mohammed Shoman Prospect Wendell Joly school was established in 1886 as the Carlyn Jean-Bapiste Anna Starshinina School for Chad Landells Alexander Heights HS Collaborative Brooklyn College of Pharmacy and af- Dorothy Jean-Pierre Gus Trombetta Sakara Lawton Adrinana Stark filiated with Long Island University, Karla Joseph Desiree Velez Bill Allen-Gordon Studies Evan Marshall Patina Lui now the country’s seventh-largest pri- Velda Kromah Delano Clarke Daniel Aiken Jaleesa McCrackin MS 88K vate university, shortly after the univer- Westinghouse Rodney Daniel Cassandra Maloney HS Javier Arellano Leroy Mcintosh Rosa Acosta sity was founded in 1926. Dean Clemore Henry John Berroa Anaquel Payne Melissa Caraballo Krystal McKinnon Arianna Beltrez Stephen M. Gross said the class of Marlon Russell Alex Brehon 2003 would help answer a severe na- Charlene Pollard Ahmed Ellis Lequan Mercer Ana Cervantes Sheepshead Paz Calvo tional shortage of pharmacists. Chanel Rahming Stanley Eysee Thomas Meyer Glenda Johnson Bay HS Barbara Calvo “These graduates will find many ca- Desirea Sealy Richard Hayden Shaunalee Mighty MS/IS 383 Justin Cintron reer opportunities awaiting them,” Denise Stanislaus Anthony Mckoy Alana Bond F. Jr. Mothersille Philippa Gross said. Commencement speaker Rodney K. Hurley Asha Trotman Ernesto Pelerin Heather Bond Clyde Dirton Greg Nicholas Schuyler Quisy Trotman Carl Forbes Anthony Gonzalez Alexander Roman Craig Fuller, honored with the Doctor of Kayon Pryce Kadeem Gill Humane Letters, was president and and has published more than 20 books Takiyah Vincent Marvin St. John Arkadi Levitine Catherine Jimenez Gihon Rowans Takisha Yearwood Curtis Robertson Michael Milnikiewicz Simon Sapp North Star chief executive officer of the National in his areas of expertise. George W Tuneria Taylor Shauntaya Skyes Symmadar Schand Academy MS340 Association of Chain Drug Stores. As CEO and president of RXD Phar- EBC Stepping Wingate HS Also receiving a Doctor of Humane macies, Sylvan L. Lehrman Ph.D. (’65) Touro College Panthers Xiang Wang Jennifer Valle Tyeisha Spencer Tiffany Anderson Vanessa Philogene Yveting Zhang Michael Vargas Deidriann Stephen George Apqu Letters was Robert Cartwright, presi- oversees a total of 12 pharmacies across More than 350 Jennifer Altman Joseph Point Du Joor dent and general sales manager for Fuji Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He is ac- students of Touro Benita Bamfo Natasha Bance Mahyana Sanon Jessica Bance Photo Film U.S.A. George Morrow, who tive in numerous charitable and civic or- College’s School Jahyra Chalas Maribel Sierra also received a Doctor of Humane Let- ganizations, and serves on the boards of of General Stud- Geraldine Coca Trevene Bell ters degree, has used his passion for sci- the Oheb Zedeck Synagogue and the HS for Jasmine Britton ies received de- Annely Crespi ence and business acumen to build a Jewish Museum of Eastern Pennsylvania. grees at a cere- Jeanette Cuevas Enterprise, Myleka Caesar highly successful career in the pharma- The valedictorian was Xin Zou, who Business and mony June 1. Sherice Garcia Haiwa Diallo ceutical and biotechnology industry. emigrated from China in 1996 at age 25. Then, on June 10, Viviana Hernandez Technology Grace Exius Dr. Pedro J. Lecca (‘87) has been One of the largest schools of its kind in more than 600 Steven Laboy Miriam Andino Allison George dean of the College of Pharmacy, Nurs- the country, the Arnold & Marie students gradu- Nekia Martin Maria Diaz Whitney Hosten ing and Allied Health Science at Schwartz College of Pharmacy and ated from Touro’s Christian Ramos Carolina Figuero Keisha Joseph Howard University since 1998. A mem- Health Sciences, on Long Island Univer- School of Career Madeline Rivera Turi Mendoza Tiani Kennedy ber of the FDA’s Medical Devices Advi- sity’s Brooklyn Campus, recently added and Applied Stud- Natalia Rodriguez Daveria Providence Gabriel Lowers sory Committee, he has written re- Pharm.D. and Ph.D. degrees to its cur- ies. Dean Eva Spi- Khawana Sekyere James Imani Manley search grants totaling over $100 million riculum. nelli spoke (left). Jasmine Soto Madison HS Sincere Marshall E New York Victor Atlasman Erica Martin HS of Transit Eric Ayzenberg Shaniece Nicholas Technology Iryna Bahctinova Charisse Noel Paul DeSilva Callan / Tom Obiaba Ofulue St. Francis College Class of 2003 Roger Ellis Gem Ross Danny Marin Andrew Eichel Alina Eidemane Yamileth Salazar A procession of more than 400 Beville Nicholas Tracy Smith Pablo Torres Adam French graduating seniors from St. Francis Shacanah St. Bernard College in Brooklyn Heights makes its Edward R Matthew Gherman

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Tenneshia Taylor way from the college’s Remsen Street Murrow HS Mike Guzman Sarah Herbst Alexandria Wheeler campus, across Borough Hall plaza to Svetlana Alkayeva Borough President Markowitz encouraged the student hon- Ernest Karabas orees to continue their success and to build Brooklyn’s future. Ky-dee Williams the New York Marriott Brooklyn, to John Arndt Matthew Krivitsky Our Lady of take part in the college’s 119th com- John Arndt Kenny Latham Miracles mencement ceremony. Long Island Rostislav Boltyanskiy Michael Majorino South Shore Roy Vincens Sharneque Sylvester Rep. Peter King, St Francis ’65, the George Bonano HS Philip Ernest Bacalan keynote speaker, was presented with Melissa Marlieb Steven Ware Jon Trotman Roy H. Mann IS Aneicka Bookal Jonathan Maldanado William West Catherine Washington an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Louise Mattarelliano 78 “We’re thrilled to have an accom- Kaydiane Brown Adeel Muhammad Anthony Self Dr Susan S Jillian Williams Alex Chadaev St. Saviour Ashley Young Sadozai Malik plished son of St. Francis return home Cory Parnes McKinney to speak to our graduates,” said the Asima Chaudhary Rick Raymond HS Secondary IS 318 Satellite III Alyssa Chawdry Academy school’s president, Dr. Frank Mac- Jessica Rice Sasha Alleyne School of Eugenio chiarola. “I know the congressman will Willy Edgard Steven Rocco Arts Maria De Cheryl Marie Garlarnd Virginia Fioribello Jennifer Baker be proud to see how much the col- Chris Rocco Cheryl Barron Derek Short Hostos St John the lege has grown since he graduated. Jairo Garcia Jennifer Ruan Baptist School Anatoly Gorokhovsky Margaret Becker Epiphany Chris Berrios This year’s class is among our largest.” Crystal Henry Daniel Sager Tara Delahunt Lutheran Miguel Borrero Jumanah M. Albury St. Francis also honored Brother Daniel Hetteix Raymond Serrano Jenniffer DeSimone School Cesar Callender Sophia Baptista Kevin Smith, and Margaret O’Brien Simone Hicks YuYu Shen Kimberly Desir Darryl Jansen Maria Callender Nadia Bowe Callan / Tom Steinfels. Smith is outgoing superior Yeugeniy Slutskiy Helen Gonzalez William Chapman general of the Franciscan Brothers of Natalie Jordan Holy Spirit Sharika Brent Dmitry Karabash Yuki Song Katiana Henri Rickie Chiu Jazmine Clark Brooklyn, the college’s founding reli- Steve Sorken Christine Jacques Catholic Christian Feliciano gious order. Steinfels is the former Darya Karabasheva School Aisha Crowley Maksim Sosnovskiy Rebecca Jacques Lordane Forbes Deidra Duncan editor of Commonweal magazine Alex Karas Stephanie Amodeo and a noted lay Catholic leader. Menachem Tabanpour LaCrown Johnson Christian Francis Gerren Gaynor Papers The Brooklyn Ilya Kotlyanskiy IS 227 Vladimir Lakhter Jillian Totillo D'Nisa Jospeh Wesley Gilbert Ayana George Benjamin Lerman Steven Tsardounis Allison Kearney Anam Ahmed Anna Ginzburg Calvin Martin Kate Mezhibovskaya Matthew Vogel Christina Legros Nataliya Furman Mariusz Iwinski Karisma Owens Dmitry Minevich Nikolay Zalutskiy Jordana Leonidas Asya Gottesman Jeffrey Kuang Krystal Padere Luis Miro Kenny Zweig Dinassa Martial Alina Kipnis Kenny Lin Makeia Peterkin Srabone Monir John Dewey Melanie Nelson Jieyi Mei Vincent Lin Ariane Sheftall Susana Rendina HS… Olga Novikova HS Mary Tian Franklin Llangari Sunset Park Alicia Ogilvie Malika Aslam Sade Renee Jessica Wu Angel Lopez Prep MS 821 Continued from page 3 Carla Taveras Qi Ming Mai Jamila Oliviera Eryanna Brathwaite Karen Yu Oscar Feliz Xaverian generated $14 Shari Phillip Fatima Canovic Hailey Zabala IS 228K Nick Martinez Shawn Martinez Mariela Gomez million worth of scholar- Pavel Polyak Ye Jiao Chen Stuyvesant David A. Abigail Rivera ships this year and 98 per- Elizabeth Robles Natividad Cordones HS Boody Dario Mass Piotr Michaliszyn Jesenia Vaquero cent were accepted to their Eric Rovt Kai Fan Joel Lewis Arkadiy Ekshtat Walberto Vega first-choice college. Jonathan Kern Dalphe Morantus Oscar Santana HS for Legal Eugene Israilov Carroll Gardens The 1,285-student school Kevin Shenderov Tenzin Kunchok Studies Alexander Lenderman Jason Ng Bryan Parra School attracts boys from all five Kevin Shenderov Ka Shing Lau Shadira Butler Daniel Lopresti Shawn Singh Marianne John Quiles Samantha Anderson boroughs. In addition to a Lashawn Dixon Aleksey Machulin M. Booker Phillip Snyder Lebedinskaya Denzel McKenzi JeanPierre Quito renowned athletic pro- Kristal Elliott M. Brown Nikita Suponya Jin Quan Liang Aleksandr Pelekhaty Raheel Anwar gram, community service Iesha Harley Amanda Rains Q. Cates Katherine Tsang Chun Yin Lo Thomas Spontak is encouraged, with a re- Monet Johnson Jonathan Santiago O. Crawley Erasmus Hall Sophonie Louis Alan Xu quirement that graduating Kenya Kirkland Nile Smith S. Davis Campus HS Jennifer Mark Shatasia Little John M students commit to two Suzanne Martinez Jose Sosa K. Deas days of community service for Business Alicia Martin Coleman Jeffrey Wang and Tech Kristin Saletto Danielle Fahey in the spring semester of Shamiya Murrell Doreshia Hines Stanley Wong I. Freison Lionel Dawes Agsa Shakoor Raycine Negron their senior year. Daniel Wong Nolan Johnson Douglas Wright S. Gifford Sheldon Goffe Jessica Schmid Meyer Levin Lindy Zhang W. Glover Bishop Ford Xiu Zhao Jetandra Smith Rennison Johnson Intermediate Michael Zhang C. Harris Bishop Ford Central Sheldon Maynard Lafayette HS Athena Torres School Mindy Zhang S. Huffman Catholic High School, at Peter Niles Siukwo Cheng Dominique Williams Alan Zhou W. Juneol Kendall Pope Nada Elsayed Markia Wortham Ashley Adams 500 19th St. in Sunset Anne Aspilaire Kevin Zhou K. Marston Park, held its 2003 com- Fontbonne Peng Guo William H S. Rivera Jian Zhuang Huang Edgar Bacchus IS 68 Isaac mencement ceremony for Hall Maxwell Natasha Bacchus Bildersee IS Carmen Serrano Academy Zhou Quan Li Vocational 137 graduating seniors on Kristina Bain Amena Bhutta Crown School Amanda Alberino Feng Mei Liu HS the morning of June 7, in Gregoire LaToya Barrett Aysha Valery for Law and the school’s auditorium. Jillian Campelli Afia Adjei Samantha Bazile LongChamp IS 98 Bay Journalism Valedictorian Margaret Giovanna Coluccio Emon Almonte Cory Bennett Academy Thoa Nuyen Onecia Benjamin Alyssa Baylor Cwikla dedicated her ad- Melissa Coogan Ashley Blackman Delbert Browne II Melissa DiLeonardo Anna Ostrova Krystal Desouza Savanna Damato dress to planning for the Ekaterina Ostrova Shaqaysha Boutin Yvonne Juris Fabiola Cineas Christina D'Onofrio Pamela Jagdeo Jonathan Branch future and holding onto Diana Garguilo Shane Smith Clifton Louison Lynne Lieberman Lashaye Ervin Sharisse Burnett Romaine Hall ideals. Cwikla, who will Connie Gibilaro Yan Ling Wang Anthony Malaguti McKinley IS attend Brooklyn College, Yue Amy Yu Wayne Change Kamisha Hyde Janine Grimaldi Parbatie Moses William Chang was the recipient of a New Odain Clarke Packer College Gillian Guadinino Leon M Gladys Rodriguez Naeemah Cooper Michelle Huang York State Scholarship for Goldstein Institute Kristi Luzino Shareese Small Janice Corriea Jenny Liu Academic Excellence and School Carolyn Madeo Gabrielle Manganno Indrawattie Sukhu Keisha Crawford Tammy Lum was also offered scholar- Frankie Caiati Nordia Tulloch Gina Meo Mikhail Creary Robyn Tang Wm. McKinley ships to St. Francis and Virginia Milano Middle Xaverian HS Danielle Cuberbatch MS 246 Walt Educational Iona colleges. Katie Morris College HS at Whitman Center John Bay Kelsey Davis The 931-student Bishop Jennifer Pontillo Medgar Evers Jason Ford Maegan Dougan Liana Cools Channa Bao Elaine Ruggerio Ford was founded nearly Chianne Ashman Jonathan Han Kamilah Eastmond Adriana Diaz Amy Huang 40 years ago and named Elizabeth Silva Stephen Hinds Michael Larkin Lauren Fox Saskia Hamilton Lianne Lopez Kate Volpe Imani Jones Michael Maniaci Jamila Gittens Jeffrey Luxama Jane Mai after Bishop Francis Ford, Fort Charisse Raghoo Greg Napoli Crandall Glasgow April Newton Robyn Tang who grew up in Park CITY COUNCILMAN Hamilton HS Yenylka Ross Eric Rosen Francis Guerra Aniya Owes Jaime Zheng Slope and joined the Maryknoll Missionary or- der. He was later impris- oned in China for protest- JAMES E. DAVIS ing the treatment of Catholics under Commu- 35th Councilmanic District nist rule. He died in a Chi- nese prison in 1952. The school’s stated mis- sion is “to assist a diverse student body to attain its Congratulations and potential through academ- ic, spiritual and social op- portunities.” Formerly run by the best wishes to all Franciscan Brothers for the Roman Catholic Dio- cese of Brooklyn and Queens, the institution of the 2003 Graduates went private and became a co-educational institution in 1976. It is now run by a board of trustees. In bidding farewell to the graduates, the featured COUNCILMAN commencement speaker, James E. Davis / Tom Callan / Tom Principal Frank Brancato, encouraged students to 324 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205 “live an ordinary life in an Phone: (718) 857-0959 • Fax: (718) 857-5524 extraordinary way.” Almost 95 percent of e-mail: [email protected] The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn this year’s class was ac- Recognition-proud elementary school youngsters crowd around the borough president in Borough Hall’s second-floor courtroom. cepted to the college of their choice. GRAD8 AWP June 23, 2003 BROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOL Xaverian the Class of 2003 Graduates BerkeleyCarrSchool oll

THE FACULTY, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE BERKELEY CARROLL SCHOOL PROUDLY CONGRATULATE THE CLASS OF 2003. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE BEST YEARS OF YOUR LIVES.

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Alexander J. Blamberg Ondriona Monty Rachel Adler Michelle Dushi Jackie Lee Rachel Natov Brian A. Bower Kenneth Muigai Laplie Anderson Matt Elias Jane Livshits Stephanie Officer Garrett Alexander Bradley Sarah E. Natoli Jeffrey Baffi Cecilia Estreich Shanell Lockhart Adam Ottavino Sarah Venture Gibson Crow Kyle A. Neptune Xaverian HS graduated 310 students June 7 in Walt Whit- Beatrix Bang Amy Gordon Alice Loeb Andrew Perrelle Alden Catherine Pike Davis Amelia Z. Norvell man Auditorium at Brooklyn Edson Omari Elcock Daniel S. O'Connell College. Ryan Merola (top) Sam Baris Jason Louise Graham Julia Loonin Max Popov Jordan M. Foster Jasmine Ortiz was this year’s valedictorian and Michael Bruno was salu- Laura Barreca Dawn Gregory Scott Maddalo Elliot Ramos Edmund M. Francis Darnell C. Paul tatorian. The commencement Axel J. Galeano Volana Fae Rakotomihamina speaker was Rabbi Joseph Brittany Boursiquot Caroline Greig Russell Manning Michael Renfro James Anthony Garaufis Danielle Althea Scoon Potasnik of Congregation Mount Sinai (below). Daniel Bousquet Sasha Gronim Adeyemi Mason Nick Renzler Danielle Marie Garson Jasper Benjamin Shapiro Lauren Brewster Adam Halper Michael Micalizzi Amari Richardson Glenn Joseph Hilton Amanda E. Singer Audrey Aurora Jaynes Ilana Felice Stuart Hannah Brooks Nick Ife Class Courtney Mocio Jamie Silverman Mathew John Callahan Kennedy Ian Gill Thomas Chris Bruffee Stephen Thomas Eleanor P. Kilpatrick Lorin Susan Tomassetti Ben Carr of Erin C Kinney Karen Ryen Urgo Chad Levy Alap Vora 181 Lincoln Place • Brooklyn, New York www.berkeleycarroll.org Hart Lowry Amanda Marie Joy Welch 2003

Make the RIGHT CHOICES for our children

Mayor Bloomberg took steps last year to attract certified teachers to our schools. That was the right choice, and it paid off with higher student test scores. But recently, the Mayor and the Chancellor have lost sight of the most important issues facing our kids. They need to put first things first: There are eight areas where teachers believe Mayor 1. Make smaller classes a primary aim. Since the administration won’t Bloomberg’s and Chancellor Klein’s “Children First” program do it, the UFT – along with parents and community groups across the city has serious shortcomings. Their program: – is helping lead a campaign for a City Charter amendment requiring it. • offers no long-term plan to reduce class size in all grades. 2. Turn around failing schools. Expand, don’t eliminate the Chancellor’s • adds to the bureaucracy by hiring high-paid executives while District, with its proven record of raising test scores, so that parents firing classroom staff. can have good neighborhood schools for their children. • has not fulfilled its promise to improve student discipline. 3. Make schools a safe environment in which to learn. Establish In fact, serious incidents against teachers are up. adequate off-campus sites for disruptive students. • forces teachers to teach unproven programs without sufficient consultation, training or materials. 4. Make the school system open, accountable and efficient, with less bureaucracy and more focus on the classroom. • doesn’t allow teachers flexibility or creativity in the classroom to deal with kids on a one-on-one basis. 5. Urge Chancellor Klein and his deputies to gain a better • shortchanges special needs students by failing to commit understanding of our schools by teaching once a week. resources. Teachers know what works. We hope the Mayor and Chancellor will start • pays lip service to parent involvement but ignores what working more with teachers and parents to put first things first. parents really need. • eliminates the Chancellor’s District, a highly successful model for turning around struggling schools. If you share our concerns, let us know. Go to www.uft.org

United Federation of Teachers • Randi Weingarten, President