DEAN'S LIST
This is a partial list of the students at the University at Albany. Those from other communities have appeared in previous editions.
Schodack Landing
Genevieve Bombard
Schoharie
Jaylah Bell and Benjamin Hoelldobler
Schuylerville
Christopher McDonald and Lisa Steen
Scotia
Thomas McKenna and Taylor Oathout
Selkirk
Michael Campigno, Okoye Davis, Frank Forte, Logan Frangella, Thomas Marra, Daniel McMullen, Kara Perry, Carley Starr and Jared Taylor
Sharon Springs
Mary Fucci and Andrew Willman
Slingerlands
Logan Cleary, Caroline Corona, Andrew Eldeiry, Aidan Forsyth, Grace Gidley, Quinn Hosgood, Reese Hosgood, Haoxin Kuang, Fatima Javed, Jude Miller, Jason Moon, Gabrielle Royka, Puneet Singh, Tory Tyksinski, Rebekah Wolanski and Adrian Zajac
South Bethlehem
Sean McNessor
South Glens Falls
Adam Bills, Morgan Jackson and Alison Rimmer
Stillwater
Paul Carson, Nicholas Goman, Abby Higgins, Macy Lambert, Dylan Moran and Baoliang Zhu
Stuyvesant
Michael Anderson
Tannersville
Avery Glennon
Troy
Kathryn Agan, Faris Assallami, Hamza Bajwa, Christopher Balestrini, Janie Breen, Wyatt Brown, Erika Chester, Emily Clute, Gabrielle Degiorgio, Nicholas Dimatos, Camille Eddo, A'chynee Edmundson, Domonique Fiddemon, Catherine Foley, Nathaniel Foster, Samantha Galletta, Emmett Golden, Stasia Grzyboski, Marisa Heiserman, Kyle Keefe, Raymond Loftfield, James Marchetti, Taher Mashrah, Paige McGivern, Hayley McGuirk, Michaela Miles, Angela Ngo, Ornella Ogilvie, Marissa Pascarella, Jaquan Pass, Gavin Quinn, Kayla Rivera, James Robertson, Anthony Scesny, James Schallert, Angelina Solomon, Justin Spenard, Gregory Stamas, Bethany Strubel, Emilee Thibeau, Celina Tomlinson, Conway Vumbaco, Markus Ward, Dylan Wells and Kathleen Whitlock
Valley Falls
Jillian Galvin and Ethan Howard
Voorheesville
Logan Atchinson, Matthew Bess, Emma Collins, Carly Van Syckle and Scott Vanderwende
West Coxsackie
Taylor Heinze
Waterford
Christopher Bressette, Caer-Lynn Burns, Brendan Calistri, Allyssa Dallacqua, Zachary Hurst, Joshua James, Brianna Johnson, Lauren Kexel, Olivia Leonard, Sheridan Messier, Nicolette Nohai, Hayley O'Brien, Usman Rehman and Jessica Seney
Watervliet
Amjed Al-Jabri, Miranda Anyen, Rama Blankson, Jessica Delsignore, Karrington Eagan, Katelyn Frodyma, Daysia Hiller, Matthew Jeanpierre, Angela Keefer, Evangelos Moisidis, Brandon Nichols, Bryanna Porter-Pompey, Carissa Scattareggia and Zaina Siraj
West Sand Lake
John Anton, Jessica Hayes, Cammy Kwok, Nixon Kwok and Tahseen Midani
Westerlo
Hunter Boyd
Wynantskill
Gabriel Brown, Kyrsten Changa, Melissa Deeb, Jessi Dickinson, Joseph House, Isabella Maitino, Anne Marie Mullin, John Mullin, Molly Riegert, Aiden Rockwell and Joseph Somerville
High school honors
Winners of Swingtime Jazz Society's Lee Shaw Scholarship Award include the following high school seniors who have participated in music activities, band and/or choir, shown scholarship and leadership qualities and plan on pursuing a music degree with a focus on jazz studies in college:
Sean Pettis (saxophone), Glens Falls High School, Samuel Hatfield (drums), Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School, Nicholas Dwarika (acoustic bass), Schenectady City School District and Daniel Truax (piano), New Lebanon Junior-Senior High School.
All been accepted into college for the fall semester.
The Swingtime Jazz Society promotes good music by sponsoring four concerts a year that feature regional jazz artists.
For more information, go to http://www.swingtimejazz.org.
Essay contest
Three Capital Region high school students are winners of the annual Albany Tula Alliance Essay Contest with the topic, "Youth Saving the Earth."
With a grateful nod to Greta Thunberg, who mobilized youth from around the world to fight climate change, teens were asked to write about how young people in the U.S. and Russia are working on issues related to the environment.
Amelia Colafati, Albany High School senior, took first prize and received $1,000. Michelle Moczulski, Bethlehem Central senior, won second place and received $500. Abigail Poole, Shaker High School sophomore, earned third place and received $250.
Colafati cited how ineffective both superpowers have been in curbing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Moczulski mentioned lawsuits filed by adolescents against the U.S. federal government for its inaction while citing restrictions on public protests that teenagers face if they wish to protest climate change in Russia. Poole wrote now that climate change has been identified and assessed, kids are starting to find ways they can help.
The Albany Tula Alliance is composed of citizens of Albany and Tula, Russia dedicated to to the well-being of both communities.
Science Bowl
A team from Shaker High School, Latham, won the regional competition for the 2020 National Science Bowl in early March.
Winners were to represent their areas at the National Science Bowl to be held from April 30 to May 4 in Washington, D.C., which has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns.
More than 305,000 students have participated in the National Science Bowl in its 29-year history.
StudentCam awards
Tyler Krackow, Jake Greco and Matthew Murphy, students at Amsterdam High School in Amsterdam, are honorable mention winners in C-SPAN's national 2020 StudentCam competition. Krackow, Greco and Murphy will receive $250 for the documentary, "Gun Safety: Is There a Solution?"
Mock trial
The Doane Stuart School mock trial team won the county championship for the second year in a row against Emma Willard School. The winners were to proceed to the regional tournament on April 25.
Honors list
Juliet Mankin, Niskayuna, was named to the winter 2019-2020 Honors List at Pomfret School, Pomfret, Conn., an independent college preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9 through 12.
— Compiled by Azra Haqqie