001[Music] Don't speech. [Music] Give me a little bit [Music] Yeah. All right. That's fine. There you go. Good afternoon, friends, and students. Uh before we begin the ceremony, I will please uh ask you to rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one indivisible with liberty and justice for all. You may be seated. Thank you. Let's give one more round of applause for all of our orchestra students. Before we begin the ceremony, uh I just like to give a couple of thank yous. Um without, you know, all of the help uh of the adviserss behind me, um none of this would be possible. Uh so we have Miss Milton who is the adviser for art honor society. Mr. Keter, Mr. Rell,
002Business Honor Society, Miss Zeltman, English honor society, Miss Denil's French honor society, Mr. Ducker, Italian honor society, Miss Aranti, Miss Bryant, Math Honor Society, Miss Goldberg, Science Honor Society, Miss Mr. Christo and Mr. Wessle Social Studies Honor Society, Miss Triolic, Spanish Honor Society, uh, and Miss Holmes, Triam, and Miss Holmes and Miss Fediscoco, uh, for National, as well as Miss Holmes and Miss Fediscoco, uh, for really, um, just setting everything up for today. Um, and, uh, we just appreciate everything that you do for our students. Uh, so let's give them a nice round of applause. I would also like to thank our board of education uh without their support. Um with us today we have Mr. Dphano, one of our trustees, superintendent of schools, Dr. Quinn and our uh entire central administration. Uh we have
003assistant superintendent Dr. Paulie Krennakis with us today. assistant superintendent uh Mr. Kenny Glonus with us today uh Miss D. Rosa who's director of curriculum with us today, Dr. Heerer and as well as Mr. Rabilli and Mr. Navarez uh for helping live stream this event as well. So, thank you for all your support. Lastly, I would also like to thank u our high school administration uh Dr. Mosca and assistant principal Mr. Shuvas uh for all of your help um and uh coordination with this. Thank you. So at this time I would like to welcome to the podium for our introduction uh Dr. Paulie Kronakis. Don't need these. Okay. Good afternoon everybody. We gather here to celebrate something truly remarkable. Your extraordinary academic achievement and character. As you stand here earning your distinctive regalia for various honor
004societies, you represent the very best what our school district embodies. Excellence, integrity, service, and leadership. These are not just words, but the core values that have guided you through your academic journey. Each of you has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the learning that goes far beyond simply earning top grades. You've shown resilience in the face of challenge, compassion to your fellow students, and a deep dedication to making everything you do a have a positive impact on the school and the community. The path to this moment has been neither easy nor straight. You've balanced challenging coursework, extracurricular activities, personal responsibilities, community service, and being a teenager. You've pushed yourselves beyond what you thought was possible. Discovered strengths you never knew you had and grown into remarkable young adults who are ready to make their mark on
005the world. But you are more than just students. You are scholars, leaders, and change makers. The knowledge and skills you've acquired here at Comswag are not just again academic credentials, but powerful tools that will help you navigate this complex world. Your potential is limitless. And tonight, we celebrate the incredible journey that you have brought that has brought you here to acknowledge this significant milestone. As you prepare to step into your next chapter, whether it's college, career, the services, remember that you're the true measure is not of your just of your achievements, but it is how you've treated other people. And we always encourage that to be kinder than necessary. Continue to be curious and brave. The world needs your passion, your intelligence, and your compassion. I'm very, very proud of you all, and especially all
006of those of you who were in Greece back in fourth grade. to see you standing here now provides me great honor. So, thank you very much for all of your hard work. We're all very proud of you. Hi, good afternoon. I am Karen Verdesco. I am one of the National Honors Society adviserss. I'm Elaine Holmes and I'm the adviser as well with National Honor Society and Music Honor Society. Welcome this afternoon to this wonderful occasion. Um, we just wanted to say a little briefly about National Honor Society. Um, our students do a lot of community service each year that they are involved with this. So, they're 11th grade and 12th grade year. They do 30 hours each year and we've seen some extraordinary things that our students have done and we're really proud of you.
007They also have to keep up an academic rigor and a really good GPA. From Music Honor Society, they decorate our community and our schools with music and those are their community service hours for everyone. Okay. So, we're going to start out by inviting Mrs. Amatei up. The first row, you can rise and come up. Good afternoon. I am Mrs. Amanti and I am a co-advisor of the Math Honor Society. One of Math Honor Society's community service requirements is peer tutoring. Students volunteered to help their peers during X-time and off period or lunch period with different high school math curriculums. Ree Agarenzo, Math and National Honor Society. Andreas, English, Spanish, National and Social Studies Honor Society. Doug and Melli, National Honor Society, Zul Asantas, Science, Math, Spanish, and National Honor Society. Thomas Ortino, Business National Honor
008Society, Basilla Tri M and French Honor Society. Sarah Basilla, French Art and National Honor Society, Kyler Bera, Try M and National Honor Society. Will the next row please stand up and come up? Good afternoon. I am Miss Bryant. I am also a co-advisor of Math Honor Society. In addition to all of the peer tutoring they have done this year, students volunteer throughout the year to help fund raise. One of our biggest fundraisers is our Pi Day. Students sell tickets for the chance to win the opportunity to pie an administrator in the face. This year's lucky winner was Dr. Mosca. Logan Bumper, National Honor Society. Jillian Bulbback, Math, Italian and National Honor Society. Ashley Bozek, English uh business and National Honor Society. Lee Brett, National Honor Society. Samantha Bruno, National Honor Society. Fernanda Camino, English, Math,
009Science, Art, Try, National and Social Studies Honor Society. Juliana Canudis, Math and National Honor Society. Good afternoon. I'm Mrs. Goldberg, the adviser for Science Honor Society. In addition to tutoring their peers in various science courses, some of the other ways our students have served their community is to promote recycling in all of the classrooms. And the students have a chance to be teachers to the elementary children by hosting a STEM night. And that's been a huge success each year growing. And it's making me so proud to see how wonderful they are with the younger students. Alyssa Kerry, Italian and Triam Honor Societies. Crystal Kaimsella, Italian Honor Society. Joy Chen, Business Honor Society. Jacob Colinro, Business Honor Society. Jessica Cologne, Art and National Honor Society. Ashley Colombia, Business, English, Spanish, Science, and National Honor Society. Matthew
010Cross, National Honor Society. Adastro Chifo Business, Math, Science, English, Spanish, National and Social Study Honor Society. Good afternoon. My name is Chris Christie. I'm one of the co-advisers for the Social Studies Honor Society. This past school year, the Social Studies Honor Society was pleased to see our members volunteer in a variety of capacities. We are especially proud of our involvement with the Oban Society. Their mission is to bring closure to Japanese families by returning non-biological remains dating back to World War II. Our Honor Society members were able to learn about Japanese culture and connect to World War II history in a unique way. We hope all our members continue to consider history and explore cultures beyond their own. Nasser Dagdog, National Honor Society. Sophia Deja, English, French, Math, Science, National Try, Social Studies. Due, French
011National Honor Society. Natalie de Franchesco, Science, National Social Studies Honor Society. Abigail Dorito, English, Italian, Math, Science, Triam, and National Honor Societies. Marian Dus, English, National Social Studies Honor Societies. Orton Dwarski, Business Honor Society. [Music] Alexis E. Bankanks, Triumph National Honor Society. Good afternoon. I'm Mr. Wessle. I'm the co-advisor for Social Studies Honor Society. First we have Jake Epstein, English, Spanish, Math, Art, National and Social Studies Honor Societies. Sophia Fevas, Art and National Honor Societies. Joseph Finn, Triam, Spanish Math and National Honor Societies. Emily Gada, Business, Math, Italian, and National Honor Societies. Angelica Janeo Vargas, Business, English, Spanish and National Honor Societies. Abigail Gendzer, French and National Honor Societies. Lucas Geoni, National Honor Society. Michael Grizzen, Triam, Italian English, National and Social Studies Honor Societies. Good afternoon. My name is Jenna Melton. I am the
012adviser of National Art Honor Society. Uh this year the students were very busy with their community service and school beautifification, including Trick-or- Treat Street, Winter Wonderland, and putting some muchneeded repairs on some of the murals around the school. Um I also just wanted to point out how proud I am of the seniors, all of the seniors. But um the art seniors, we have 10 stu uh 10 art students going to art school, which is a lot. Uh and I'm sure you saw the beautiful artwork out in the hallway. So I just had to say how proud I am of all of them. Uh and also the art honor society has something in the art show as well. Okay. Kimberlin Gutierrez, business, English, French, and social studies. Abigail use, Spanish, math, science, national. Elliot Jac, Triam,
013Spanish, math, and national. Robert Jameson, National. Ava Caler, Triam, Art, Math, and National. Giana Casper, business, Italian and national. Ada Kenton Giolu, Spanish, English, Try, Math, Science, National and Social Studies. All right, one jar everybody. Matt Ducker, Italian art society advisor. Um, I'd say probably the biggest thing that we do is go into the fifth grade classes and um teach Italian to them to kind of get them inspired to do um to take language. All right, I'm going to start calling. Uh, Andrew, National Honor Society, Danica, National Honor Society, George Key, Social Studies Honor Society. Lexia Lindsay, Art, National Art Society, Spanish Try Science and National Honor Societies. Lucero, Spanish and National Honor Societies. National Honor Society. Mason Manelino, Business Honor Society. Juno, National Honor Society, Nicholas Matthews Vu, Art National Honor Societies. Allison McCay,
014Business, Math, and National Honor Societies. Italian Science and National Honor Societies. Vanessa Molinelli, Business, Math, and National Honor Societies. National Sighting. Katherine Wilson, Spanish and National Honor Societies. Hi, welcome. My name is Patricia Tripolik and I am the adviser for the Spanish Honor Society. This year our members have partaken in um trick-or- treat street. We did um pure tutoring and the um members taught many lessons to the second graders at Clinton Avenue Elementary School uh on top of donating 100 cups of soup to the Pax Christy Hospitality Center this year. Okay. Masimo Olsen National Honor Society. Riley Parson's National Honor Society. Natalyia Pashkin, Math, Science, French, English, National and Social Studies Honor Society. Angelica Pollson, National Honor Society. Nolan Pearl, National Honor Society. Isabella Pika, Triam and National and Juliana Pimento, English, Italian, Math, Science,
015Art, National Honor Society, and Social Studies Honor Society. Hi, I'm Karen Zelman and I'm the adviser for the English Honor Society. Um, this year we participated in numerous activities both in the school and in the community. The students organized and executed an extremely successful used book drive where hundreds of books were donated and um to the local community. In addition, they are regularly attending activities at the community library to help the next generation of children become avid readers. Um, so we have Tiffany Quantero with Math, Italian, Science, National and Social Studies Honor Society. Shawn Ryell, National Honor Society. Melissa Romano, English, Math, Science, National and Social Studies Honors Society. Grace Ruiz, Business Honor Society. Emma Sam Gabati, Science, Math, Spanish, Triam, Triam, sorry, and National Honor Society. Kylie Schlasher, art, Spanish, business, and national honors
016society. And Kayla Schmidt, art, math, national, and social studies honor society. Good afternoon. My name is Mr. Keter and I'm an adviser for the Business Honor Society. Our purpose is to recognize students who have demonstrated excellence, leadership, and a strong commitment to the field of business. With that, congratulations to the following. Ryan Schnef, Business Honor Society. Sydney Shuttle, Tri Spanish National Honor Society. Michael Shikatano, Business Honor Society. Maline Serner, Tri Math Science, National Social Studies Honor Society. Emma Simon, Math, Try National Honor Society. Anthony Suarez, Try Math, Science, National and Social Studies Honor Society. Savannah Stoma Business Honor Society, Robert Story, National Honor Society, Sullivan, National Honor Society. Good evening. My name is Mr. Rell and and also the co-advisor for the business honor society where I'm proud to say where we participated in numerous
017events such as our book drive uh trick-or- treat street as well as numerous career activities such as career day at JFK and as well as the high school. Um with that being said Haley Sonan English, Spanish, math, science, national and social studies honor society. William Schwzky, National and Social Studies Honor Society. Gabrielle Rebecu Math and National Honor Society. Gashi Wang Tri Math Science and National Honor Society. Carol Williams, Business and Italian Honor Society. Madison Williams, Try, English, Spanish, Math, Science, National Social Studies, Honor Societies. Sierra Wilson, Tri Honor Society. Nicholas Miller, Science and National Honor Society. All right. At this time, I would like to bring to the podium um one of our board of ed education trustees, Mr. Dphano. I think that bell means I'm supposed to be fast. Um, all right. So, are
018you guys counting days at this point? Are you down to hours and minutes? Right. Hours. These next couple weeks are going to be awesome. And you deserve every single bit of it. So, congratulations on that. So today we recognize your excellent achievement that has earned you status as having been among the elite in your experience at Consulog. You've embraced learning, accepted challenges with enthusiasm and proven not just to us but to each other and most importantly yourselves that you are capable of excellence. So, what does being inducted members of an honor society meant? Sure, it looks good on our applications. It looks good on our resumes, but surely there's something more to it. Talked a lot about the qualities and values Dr. Polly introduced at the beginning that come along with being in the honor
019societies. Think about it's no accident that these scholarly societies include an element of service to them. One commonality they share is that the pursuit of each imparts value on the world you will shape. Think about it. Why do elective courses exist? To fuel knowledge of our own personal interests. Not every elective course is related to the field that you may plan to study and make a career in. Sometimes we just want to learn something for the sake of learning it. knowledge for its own sake and you never know when it'll come in handy. Right now it may feel like hey I know more than my parents but at some point know more than every anybody else about something service is similar. Why do we commit to service activities? Community service is giving your time for
020a greater good, likely without any measurable personal benefit. And because service has been a part of your honor society experience, we're thankful for the greater good you have supported. So, as you approach graduation, enjoy all the well-earned recognition. Please carry forward the high achievement you've earned through a commitment to continuous learning and to a life of servant leadership. We can't wait to see the world you will shape. Congratulations and have a wonderful final few weeks as a student here at Comwalk. Thank you. All right, at this time, let's give one more big round of applause for all the recipients. We are truly grateful uh to have these students with us and we're excited to see what the future holds for all of them. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the cafeteria
021for a lunchon. So all family, friends, students, um we'd like to welcome you and uh enjoy some good food.