Village of Sloatsburg officials, led by Mayor Carl Wright, announce local scholarships at recent Evening of Excellence at Suffern High School. / Photo courtesy of Ramapo Central High School
The recent Evening of Excellence got under way with a celebration of Suffern High School’s top 10% students, with Sloatsburg represented in the group of elite students by Hannah Consiglio, Jonathon DiVietro, James Dowd, and Dunahay Pereyra.
Throughout the evening, more than 75 scholarships were presented to Suffern High School seniors by community organizations, foundations, PTAs, veterans groups and village governments at the annual Evening of Excellence on June 1. Collectively, awards totaled more than $100,000.
Sloatsburg student Brendan Lenihan won two awards — the Kevin Osborn Memorial Scholarship and Ramapo Policemen’s Benevolent Association, Inc. Scholarship. / Photo courtesy of the Ramapo Central School District
“This is a wonderful celebration of the academic achievements of the members of the Class of 2015,” noted Principal Patrick Breen.
Representatives from the Village of Sloatsburg, including Mayor Carl Wright and Trustees Peter Akey and Daniel O’Leary, awarded several Sloatsburg-specific scholarships from the Sloatsburg Scholorship Fund.
Sloatsburg students made a very strong showing at the awards celebration, winning anywhere from $100 and up. Hannah Consiglio won the coveted Avon Scholarship for an Outstanding Female at Suffern High School, which pays out $3000 per year for a total of $12,000. Consiglio, ranked 2nd in her class, also took home the Suffern Rotary Club Dr. Lester E. Rounds Memorial Scholarship, Suffern Rotary Club Charles B. Neff Citizenship Award and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Science Education Award.
Matt Bates, Joshua Gorelic, Matthew Leanza, and Brendan Lenihan also won multiple scholarship awards.
Senior Craig Long, center between his parents Robin and SPD Detective and School Board member Craig Long, won the Suffern Rotary Club Thomas France Memorial Scholarship, awarded for performing arts. / Photo courtesy of RCSD
Fully 33% of the Class of 2015 were recognized at this year’s Evening of Excellence. In addition to the awards listed in the program, a four-year Army ROTC scholarship totaling $146,000 was presented to Kevin O’Connor, who will attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and earn an officer’s commission upon his graduation there.
Presenters also offered encouragement and advice to the soon-to-be grads.
“From this point on, whatever you choose to do, give it focus, give it energy, give it all you’ve got!” counseled American Legion Fromm-Maxwell-DeBaun Post 859 representative Carl Kaplan.
Suffern High School’s Top Ten Percent Students line the stage at the recent Evening of Excellence. / Photo courtesy of RCSD
Sloatsburg Top Ten Percent Students
Hannah Consiglio, Jonathon DiVietro, James Dowd, and Dunahay Pereyra
Scholarship Award Winners
Mathew Bates – Suffern High School Alumni Association J. Edgar Davidson Memorial Scholarships, Suffern High School Alumni Association Class of 1949 Scholarship and Village of Sloatsburg Chief Joseph Miele Scholarship
Hannah Consiglio – Avon Scholarship for an Outstanding Female at Suffern High School, Suffern Rotary Club Dr. Lester E. Rounds Memorial Scholarship, Suffern Rotary Club Charles B. Neff Citizenship Award, and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Science Education Award
Jonathan DiVietro – Suffern High School Alumni Association J. Edgar Davidson Memorial Scholarships
James Dowd – Ramapo Valley Rotary Club Scholarship
Lisa Flaherty – James E. Hoffman Scholarships
Joshua Gorelic – Suffern Rotary Club Joseph G. Balsamo Interact Scholarship and Village of Sloatsburg Constitutional Scholar Awards
Riley Hall – Ronald Anagnostis Scholarships
Cailin Leary – Village of Sloatsburg Constitutional Scholar Awards and Cherry Lane PTA Award
Matthew Leanza – Eric Huss “All Around Person” Award, H.H. Rogers-Cabrini Lodge Patsy Pellegrino Scholarship and Ronald Anagnostis Scholarships
Brendan Lenihan – Kevin Osborn Memorial Scholarship and Ramapo Policemen’s Benevolent Association, Inc. Scholarship
Daniel McQullian – Village of Sloatsburg NYS Trooper Robert V. Conklin Award
Adil Myrzabekoy – Ramapo Masonic Lodge 589 and Free & Accepted Masons Scholarship
Brian Nugent – Ramapo Teachers Association Family Scholarship
Kendall Padovani – James E. Hoffman Scholarships
Cassandra Pinto – Ramapo Masonic Lodge Community Scholarship
Samantha Seymour – The Kerry Wynn Stern Memorial Scholarship
Photos and some information provided courtesy of the Ramapo Central School District.
