Awards to Graduating Seniors
Over $300,000 worth of scholarships was awarded last week to 58 graduating seniors at East Hampton High School, out of a class of 171.
The East Hampton Ladies Village Improvement Society presented 18 scholarships for a total of $146,000. Fourteen of the following recipients received $8,000 each, one received $4,000, and three received $10,000 each: Cybele Adamcewicz, Georgia Aldrich, Theodore Calabrese, Dylan Camacho, Freddy Sanchez Charchipulla, Jillian Czarnecki, Cecilia de Havenon, Francesca Denaro, Samantha Dossantos, Emma Foster, Jordan Foster, Danielle Futerman, Kathleen McGovern, Margaret Ryan, Marikate Ryan, Olivia Suter, Andrew Wilson, Philippe Zablotsky.
Ms. Denaro and Mr. Wilson each won a $10,000 four-year scholarship from the Greater East Hampton Education Foundation, the first year the organization made two such awards. The two were the evening’s top award-winners, with 14 and 12 scholarships respectively.
In addition, the education foundation presented 10 book scholarships, to Grace Amaden, Ciara Bowen, Mr. Calabrese, Ms. Dossantos, Jacqueline Espinoza-Perez, Emma Foster, Abby Nanci-Ross, Ashley Simons, Ms. Suter, and Elizabeth Tigre.
Four fire departments presented scholarships to residents of their districts. In Amagansett, Brendan DiSunno was the recipient. In East Hampton, the winners were Ms. Czarnecki, Trisha Estuye, and Marikate Ryan. The Springs Fire Department’s David M. King Memorial Scholarship went to Karen Blandon, Sandra Arevalo Fajardo, Ms. Futerman, and Ruby Talmage, and the Montauk Fire Department gave scholarships to Gavin Moucha, Vanessa Hammond, Dylan Schleider, and Ms. Adamcewicz.
The two-hour presentation ceremony also saw scholarships awarded from local businesses such as Riverhead Building Supply and Bridgehampton National Bank; personal ones set up by families as memorials to loved ones; arts organizations, including the Hamptons International Film Festival; teacher associations, PTA committees, and political groups, including the East Hampton Democratic Committee and the East Hampton Republican Club.
Altogether, some 66 local organizations awarded scholarships