Ramsey's 8th Grade Graduates Earn Honors

At last week’s 8th grade graduation ceremony, Principal Stacie Poelstra and Assistant Principal Kari Scimanico handed out awards in every subject matter, as well as overall awards for academic achievement. Congratulations to the following award winners:  

Principal’s Award, Group One

Anthony Ascione, Will Baliatico, Ashley Bernstein, Bridget Bohmert, Andrew Bonan, Rhiannon Brown, Ashley Choi, Devin Crowley, Jaime Davis, Emma Diamond, Sarah Eldib, Mitchell Falkow, Madison Hoitsma, Cameron Iaccarino, Sydney Kelman, Veronica Klenk, Jeffrey Klepper, Sarah Kramer, Tara Lellos, Anna Lobmeyer,  Timothy Lupo, Erinn McGahan, Kristen Medlicott, Katelyn Paik, Alexandra Peller, Meghana Sankaran, Natalia Senanayake, Maura Telfer, Jonathan Turk, Richard Vincent, Alicia Weinrich, and Byron Zabala

Principal’s Award, Group Two
Bridget Bierfass, Daniel Botta, Lauren Bradley, Shaantam Chawla, Megan Conrad, James DiTomaso, Kathleen Dorce, Meredith Edwards, Allison Ernest, Thomas Fatuova, Jessica Frey, Hana Friedman, Alexandra Galfus, Grace Gardella, Sinead Hornak, Liana Imparato, Olivia Imparato, Jaclyn Johnston, Nicholas Kaczorowski, Connor Koch, Gabriel Landes, Kelsey Liebmann, Christopher Lim, Brian Long, Alysabeth Martin, Christopher Matzelle, Krista McGonigle, Jina Park, Andrea Polin, Elly Raisch, Aram Rashduni, Ryan Salvo, Alison Saunders, Katharine Spence, John Su, Nikita Teplitskiy, Dana Webb, Angela Weber, Stephen Weinpahl, Kayla Whelen, and Angela You.  

Michael Curran Reilly Award - Holden Scholl and Hunter Torchin  
PTO Community Service Award - Hana Friedman and Angela Weber  
Saddle River Valley Lions Club Award - Emma Diamond and Alison Saunders  
Ramsey Teachers Association Award - Bridget Bohmert and Andrea Polin  

Subject Area Special Awards
Visual Arts – Kristen Medlicott and Jessica Frey
Computer Science – Kimberly Milligan and John Su
English – Veronica Klenk and Angela You
Enrichment Cycle – Julia Scott and Holden Scholl
Journalism Cycle – Sarah Eldib and Carter Drowne
Life Skills – Madeline Cheyne and Hana Friedman
Mathematics – Veronica Klenk and Alison Saunders
Science – Devin Crowley and Aram Rashduni
Technology Education – Britini Strobeck and Daniel Botta
World Cultures – Emma Diamond and Stephen Weinpahl
French – Anna Lobmeyer and Alison Saunders
German – Timothy Lupo and Elly Raisch
Spanish – Julia Scott and Shaantan Chawla  

Music
Band/Chorus – Julia Scott
Vocal Music – Hana Friedman
Choral Ensemble – Natalie Formento
Instrumental Director’s Award – Grace Chang and John Su
Band – Jaime Davis, Emma Diamond, and Lydia Lee
Jazz Band – Shaantam Chawla and Peter Hunter  

Physical Education
Physical Fitness – Grace Hinchen and Patrick Strauss
Physical Education Achievement Award – Megan Conrad, Angela Weber, Connor Koch, and Ryan Salvo  

Enrichment
Bergen Brain Busters – Emma Diamond
Future City – Nikita Teplitskiy
Math Applications – Shaantam Chawla
Stock Market – Grace Hinchen
Teen Ink – Angela Weber  

Library – Anna Lobmeyer
Math Counts – Shaantan Chawla
Most Improved – John Daino and Matthew Spagnoletti
Citizenship – Angela Weber and Alicia Weinrich
Character Education – Megan Conrad, Ryan Engles, Braden Miller, Declan Rybacki, and Angela Weber  

Peer Leadership
Anna Brogowski, Rhiannon Brown, Shaantam Chawla, Ashley Choi, Megan Conrad, Emma Diamond, Hana Friedman, Grace Hinchen, Madison Hoitsma, Liana Imparato, Olivia Imparato, Sanam Ishaq, McCall Jensen, Connor Koch, Sarah Kramer, Danielle Laino, David La Manna, Tara Lellos, Kelsey Liebmann, Anna Lobmeyer, Timothy Lupo, Kathryn Maraday, Matthew Mastroberti, Christopher Matzelle, Erinn McGahan, Kristen Medlicott, Mary Pless, Andrea Polin, Ryan Salvo, Meghana Sankaran, Alison Saunders, Katharine Spence, Janani Suriyanarayanan, Maura Telfer, Angela Weber, Taylor Wiener, and Angela You.  

Principal’s Student Advisory Group  
Anurag Ayyagari, Bridget Bohmert, Victoria Clinton, Megan Conrad, Meredith Edwards, Hana Friedman, Ashley Harvey, Anna Lobmeyer, Timothy Lupo, Matthew Mastroberti, Andrea Polin, Aram Rashduni, Alison Saunders, William Sexton, Stephen Van Osten, and Angela You.  

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