The Roslyn School District has released its annual Class of 2023 awards to graduating seniors. The following are winners in numerous categories, including book awards, advanced placement scholars, student leadership awards, business awards, DECA awards, and community service awards.
The 21st Century Book Award
Samantha Uzhca Salinas, 2023
A Jeffrey Weinper Memorial Award
Sofia Sklar, 2023
Accelerator Award
Ayden Levy – First Place, 2022; Third Place, 2021
Advanced Placement Scholars
Zachary Bakhchi
Mateo Barreto
Justin Blattman
Masha Bogatyryova
Jordyn Brandman
Avital Cohen
Marley Dalessio
Hussaina Deesawala
Jack Einzig
Joel Fastman
Allen Feng
Katie Glennon
Dylan Goodman
Alexis Gross
Jake Hoffman
Melody Hosseinipour
Theo Jones
Gavin Koo
John Lagudis
Christian Lee
Karis Leonardi
Jack May
Liam McHugh
Amanda Meyerson
Justan Mok
Daniella Pergament
Julian Pinilla
Ronald Qu
Lior Sapir
Adam Schiaffo
Isabelle Sharon
Zachary Sheena
Spencer Solomon
Qianyu Wang
Samuel Wertheim
Emily Wivietsky
Advanced Placement Scholars with Honor
Reed Abramson
Justin Arlet
Alec Borg
Joseph Chen
Benjamin Eshaghian
Matthew Fliegler
Eliza Garmise
Alex Gatto
Skylar Glick
Rebecca Han
Logan Huckins
Jamie Irom
Jacob Kaftol
Jacob Kahn
Jordana Kalman
Ben Khankhanian
Bryant Lee
Jaya Lee
Natalie Lee
Isabela Miranda
Dina Nabavian
Noa Nelson
Isabella Pozo
Sara Rosenbaum
Sydney Rosin
Arianna Santos
Mac Schwartz
Arlene Shama
Clare Son
Jacob Souferi
Brooke Weiss
Zachary Zung
Advanced Placement Scholars with Distinction
Spencer Allen
Sam Balakhanei
Mohammad Balasinorwala
Dylan Bass
Jaiden Berger
Mia Bloom
Sonia Chandra
Lindsay Cohen
Jessie Dong
Robert Fasanello
Joel Fastman
Ethan Fernbach
Tali Fox
Harry Gerber
Zachary Gerson
Logan Grotas
Kendal Ho
Ella Hua
Jesse Kahn
Sayem Kamal
Jesse Katz
Janice Kim
Lana Kim
Jake Konigsberg
Rachel Kwon
Kristi Lam
Lydia Lee
Moses Lee
Avery Leiderman
Amanda Lerner
Max Lerner
Shimo Li
Sammy Lichtenstein
Belinda Lin
Amanda Liswood
Zoe Liu
Simone Mashaal
Lemuel Mashkevich
Emelie Nguyen
Catherine Ren
Lauren Rosman
Shrimoyee Sen
Wayne Shih
Alexander Siegel
Arya Sinha
Brian Song
Matthew Voynovich
Julia Weingarten
Sophie Weisman
Samara Yadegari
Maxx Yung
Kevin Zhang
Stanley Zhao
Alvin Silverman Student Leadership Award
Lindsay Cohen, 2023
American Academy of Neurology Neuroscience Research Prize
Maxx Yung – Winner/First Place, 2023
American Association of Physics Teachers Award
Krysten Diaz, 2023
American Psychological Association Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools
Julia Weingarten –Academic Achievement in Psychology, 2021
Americana at Manhasset Scholarship
Dennise Rodriguez, 2023
Assemblywoman Gina L. Sillitti Citizenry Award
Lindsay Cohen, 2023
Assemblywoman Gina L. Sillitti Visionary Award
Sayem Kamal, 2023
Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award
Kristi Lam, 2022
Beatrice Knapp Gebaide Denno Memorial Scholarship
James Chen, 2023
Sid Cohen, 2023
Board of Directors – Northeast
Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Language
Jake Konigsberg – Chinese, 2023
Max Lerner – French, 2023
Ariella Noy – Spanish
Arianna Santos – Italian, 2023
Brad Frey Award
Joseph Cohen, 2023
Jack May, 2023
Bruce Cutler Memorial Award
Sayem Kamal, 2022
Amanda Lerner, 2022
Business Edge Award
Reed Abramson, 2023
Business Ethics Awards
Ayden Levy, 2023
Chinese Achievement Award
Kristi Lam, 2023
Columbia Junior Science Journal
Belinda Lin – Fourth Place, 2022
Congressional Certificate of Merit
Mia Bloom, 2023
Julia Weingarten, 2023
Councilman Peter J. Zuckerman’s Citizenship Award
Jordana Kalman, 2023
Max Lerner, 2023
DECA
Mohammad Balasinorwala – Third Place Regionals, 2023; Top Ten Regionals, 2022, 2021; First Place State, 2022
Mia Bloom – Second Place Regionals, 2023, 2022; Top Ten Regionals, 2022, 2021; Second Place State, 2023; First Place State, 2022; Top Ten State, 2021, 2020; DECA International Career Development Conference Top Ten Role Play, 2022
Benjamin Eshaghian – Regional Winner Sports & Entertainment Marketing, Top Ten State, 2021, 2020
Jonathan Gueta – Top Ten Regionals Top, Ten State, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
Natalie Lee – Top Ten State, 2023, 2022, 2021; Second Place State, 2020, 2021
Ayden Levy – Top Ten State, 2022
Daniella Pergament – Top Ten Regionals, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
Sara Rosenbaum – Top Ten Regionals, Top Ten State, 2022, 2021, 2020
Shrimoyee Sen – Third Place Regionals, 2022
Zachary Sheena – Top Ten Regionals, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020; Top Ten, 2023, 2022; First Place State, 2022
DECA Honor Society
Reed Abramson
Ben Eshaghian
Jonathan Gueta
Melody Hosseinipour
Alex Konigsberg
Natalie Lee
Max Levine
Zach Sheena
District Attorney’s SHIELD Award
Max Lerner, 2022
eCybermission
Sonia Chandra – Second Place New York State, 2020
Jessie Dong – Regional Finalist, 2020
Kristi Lam – Second Place New York State; High Honors, 2020
Amanda Liswood – Honorable Mention, 2020
Sara Rosenbaum – Honorable Mention, 2020
Shrimoyee Sen – Second Place New York State, Honorable Mention, 2020
Arya Sinha – Second Place New York State, 2020
Empress Preston Memorial Scholarship
Noa Nelson, 2023
ENL Award
Jhanina Chavez, 2023
Entrepreneurial Spirit Award
Dylan Bass, 2023
Ericka Bishop Memorial Scholarship
Torian Smith, 2023
Financial Management Award
Spencer Solomon, 2023
Forensics Awards
Lindsay Cohen – Long Island Finalist – Debate, Long Island Honorable Mention – Debate, 2022; Long Island Semifinalist – Debate, 2021; Long Island Top Ten – Debate, 2020; New York State Honorable Mention – Debate, 2020
Jesse Kahn – Long Island Honorable Mention – Debate, 2022
Jake Konigsberg – Long Island Finalist – Congress, 2022; Long Island Semifinalist – Congress, 2021; Long Island Top Ten – Congress, 2020
Max Lerner –Long Island – Finalist, Semifinalist, Top Ten, Honorable Mention – Congress, 2023; New York State Honorable Mention – Congress, 2022
Amanda Liswood – Long Island Finalist – Debate, 2022; Long Island Semifinalist – Debate, 2021; Long Island Top Ten – Debate, 2020; Long Island Honorable Mention, 2022; New York
State Honorable Mention, 2020
Shrimoyee Sen – Long Island Finalist – Debate, 2022; Long Island Top Ten – Debate, 2020
Samara Yadegari – New York State Finalist, 2022; Long Island Finalist – Speech, 2022; Long
Island Semifinalist, 2021,
Long Island Top Ten, 2020
Four Year Awards in English
Arya Sinha – General Excellence in English, 2023
Samara Yadegari – Achievement & Participation in English, 2023
French Achievement Award
Sophie Weisman, 2023
George E. Bryant Creativity Award
Rebecca Han, 2023
Harriet Feldman Achievement Award
Adam Schiaffo, 2023
Incubator Pitch Night
Zachary Sheena – Second
Place, 2022
International Biology Bowl
Belinda Lin – Semifinalist, 2023
Ronald Qu – Semifinalist, 2023
International Thespian Society
Jaiden Berger
Joseph Chen
Matthew Kohen
Jack May
Liam McHugh
Nina Rozenberg
Max Rubrum
Sofia Sklar
Tyler Turetsky
Sophie Weisman
Natalie Zavulun
Italian Achievement Award
Isabella Pozo, 2023
Jodi Golden Community Service Award
Zachary Gerson, 2023
Jamie Irom, 2023
John H. Lewis School and Community Service Award
Sophie Weisman, 2023
Joshua Segal Humanities Award
Samara Yadegari, 2023
June Moffat Award
Sofia Sklar, 2023
Natalie Zavulun, 2023
KAPS of Roslyn Scholarship
Faithe Kim, 2023
Moses Lee, 2023
Katie Goldberg Memorial Award
Jaiden Berger, 2023
Ashley Freundlich, 2023
Kiwanis Award in Memory of John Bosch
Catherine Ren, 2023
—Submitted by the Roslyn School District
