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Class of 2024 Senior Awards Night
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SELENA LUONG ’26
Class of 2024 recipients sit down ready to receive awards.

On May 16th, Edison High held their annual Senior Awards Night for the class of 2024 in the school’s auditorium. The event recognized students’ academic and extracurricular achievements, including community service, leadership, and overall success. The evening ended with the announcement of this year’s salutatorian, Eddie Nunez ‘24, and valedictorian, Atharva Inamdar ‘24.

Readers can view the Awards Night program here, and readers can also view photos in a photo album compiled by the EHS Film Club here.

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  • Amy Boslet ’24 shakes hands with Mr. Joshua Lisner as she accepts the National School Choral Award.

  • Charvi Padmanabhini ’24 receives the Edison Principals & Supervisors Association Scholarship from Mr. Charles Ross.

  • Julie Pien ’24 shakes hands with Assistant Principal Dr. Aurora Loufek as she accepts the Stephen G. Achaves Memorial Scholarship.

  • Principal Mr. Charles Ross honors two retiring teachers Ms. Shelly Colletto and Ms. Robin Connell at the beginning of Senior Awards Night.

  • Rajas Tewari ’24 is awarded the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Scholarship.

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Congratulations to all the award recipients on their outstanding achievements!

  • Abby Knott – Excellence in World Language (Medal Winner)
  • Adedoyin Shittu – Joseph Caiola Annual Memorial Scholarship
  • Adib Morshed – Ruth Pfeiffer Scholarship
  • Adrian Zapala – Anthony White Memorial Scholarship
  • Aidan Woomer – Kittim Sherrod Award
  • Aimee Jose – Bonhamtown Senior Club Scholarship and Instrumental Certificate
  • Akshay Khatri – ETEA Scholarship and John Phillip Sousa/Semper Fi/Medal Winner
  • Alakaisha Rocha-Rayburn – FCS Culinary Arts Award
  • Alayna Petroski – The Director’s Award for Orchestra
  • Alicia Hudson – Instrumental Certificate
  • Aliya Lloyd – Color Guard Certificate and Rising Eagle Award
  • Alvin Wu – DECA Leadership Award
  • Alyssa Osiadacz – EHS School Counseling Aide Award
  • Amber Kapadia – Instrumental Certificate
  • Amy Boslet – Student Leadership Award, Musical Excellence Award, and National School Choral Award
  • Anika Prakash – Science Department Award (Medal Winner)
  • Anjali Naik – ETEA Harriet Milleman Future Nurse Award
  • Jaxon Appelman – Edison High School Alumni Legacy Award
  • Ashvik Rajeev – Instrumental Certificate
  • Ashwini Kallavi – Student Leadership Award
  • Ava Jimenez – Student Leadership Award
  • Avery Abrams – Certified Kitchens, Inc. Scholarship (Cheer) and Kittim Sherrod Award
  • Ayrya Parisa – Instrumental Certificate and Peacock Society Leadership Award
  • Benjamin Odhiambo – Instrumental Certificate
  • Brady Boslet – Edison P.B.A. Scholarship
  • Bruno Vildoso-Cordova – Joe Koslick Memorial Scholarship
  • Charvi Padmanabhini – Edison Principals & Supervisors Association Scholarship and Student Council Award
  • Chizi Nene – Maschio’s Food Service Scholarship, Musical Excellence Award, and Directors Award for Choir
  • Christa Cuevas – Edison Principals & Supervisors Association Scholarship
  • Christian Amann – Joseph Caiola Annual Memorial Scholarship, Musical Excellence Award, and Instrumental Certificate
  • Christine Pearce – Edison High School PTSO Scholarship and Choral Dedication Award
  • Claudia Wedzi – Patrolman Frank Papaianni Memorial Scholarship and EHS School Counseling Award
  • Daiwik Bhaskar – EHS School Counseling Award
  • David Hernandez – Instrumental Certificate
  • Destiny Andrews – Ronald G. Rios Trust Fund
  • Dev Dalwadi – Instrumental Certificate
  • Devam Mondal – Maschio’s Food Service Scholarship and The Eagle’s Eye Editor’s Award
  • Dhani Girdhar – French Honor Society Outstanding Achievement Award
  • Dhruv Nagpal – Mayor’s Civic Award
  • Diti Bompally – Peacock Society Leadership Award
  • Diya Patel – Robert “Doc” Peterson Memorial Scholarship
  • Doha Afifi – Maschio’s Food Service Scholarship and Class of 2024 Service Award
  • Dyuksha Tyagi – Lindeneau Seniors Club Scholarship
  • Elizabeth Mellinger – Dr. Vincent J. Capraro Memorial Scholarship, Edison High School Staff Scholarship, ETEA Future Teacher Award, TJ Smoltino Memorial Scholarship, and FCS Child Growth & Development Award
  • Emilia Innocenti – Edison Fire Officers Association Local #2883 Scholarship
  • Emily Park – Federal Business Centers Award and Visual Art Medal Winner
  • Epherata Dawit – FCS Fashion & Design Award
  • Eshal Qazi – Amy Zandomenego Memorial Scholarship
  • Eshan Shah – ESW Thomas Viggiano Scholarship
  • Georgi Petrov – Anthony Montalto Memorial Scholarship
  • Guillermo Ramirez – Instrumental Certificate
  • Hailey Amann – Edison High School PTSO Scholarship
  • Hailey Martin – James and Louise Cassidy Memorial Scholarship
  • Hannah Cheung – Winston Hughes Scholarship (Band)
  • Heli Parikh – Color Guard Certificate and Peacock Society Leadership Award
  • Hema Vikram – Edison Pizza Scholarship, UNICEF Senior Leadership Award, and The Eagle’s Eye Distinguished Merit Award
  • Hoang Nhan Le – Excellence in the Junior Project Award (Medal Winner), Edison High School Staff Scholarship, and Gail Pawlikowski Award
  • Idhika Turya – Film Club Award and Class of 2024 Service Award
  • Isabella Trobliger – Edison High School PTSO Scholarship, Student Leadership Award, and Directors Award for Choir
  • Ishaan Shetty – Model UN Leadership Award
  • Issadora Jimenez – Gene Maeroff Memorial ACES Scholarship
  • Jayson Guta – Edison Light Cruisers Memorial Scholarship and Edison Fire Fighters Local #1197 Scholarship
  • Jeffrey Westdyke – Allie Ewing Award
  • Jessica Le – Denise and Art Rostel Edison High Cross Country Scholarship
  • Jessica Bangura – Student Leadership Award, Musical Excellence Award, and Kenneth Brown Scholarship
  • Jessica Le – Class of 2024 Service Award
  • Jia Shah – Overall Excellence in English Award (Medal Winner) and Creative Writing Award (Medal Winner)
  • Jonathan Lee – Instrumental Certificate
  • Julie Pien – Stephen G. Achaves Memorial Scholarship and The National School Orchestra Award
  • Julie Poandl – The Director’s Award for Orchestra
  • Kate Lechelt – American Legion Patriot Scholarship and Edison P.B.A. Scholarship
  • Ke’Mora Greene – First Lady of Edison Scholarship
  • Khadijah Karim – French Club Service Award and Class of 2024 Service Award
  • Khobi Emanuel – Soaring Eagle Award (Medal Winner) and FCS Overall Department Award (Medal Winner)
  • Kosha Patel – Metuchen Edison Women’s Club and Scholarship Class of 2024 Service Award
  • Krish Shah – Model UN Leadership Award
  • Kristina Persaud – Fords Jewelers Scholarship
  • Laila Jackson – Edison Fire Fighters Local #1197 Scholarship
  • Laila Palacios – Mayor’s Civic Award and Visual Art (Medal Winner)
  • Lauren Vanvalkenburg – Edison High School Class of 1970 Scholarship
  • Leah Steinlauf – Mayor’s Award and Choral Dedication Award
  • Madelyn Donner – Certified Kitchens, Inc. Scholarship (Dance) and John Marshall Alumni Scholarship
  • Madhav Mandala – Model UN Leadership Award
  • Madison Grier – Dance Artistry and Technique
  • Madison Zaccaro – ESS Every Day Counts Scholarship and ESS Every Day Counts Scholarship
  • Maha Khan – Entrepreneurial Spirit Award
  • Mary-Elizabeth Conway – Ausome Balloon Scholarship and Valerie Romano Scholarship
  • Mason Murphy – Edison Public Schools Custodians and Maintenance Association Trades Scholarship
  • Mei Kim – Kantilal J. Modi Scholarship and Science Department Award (Medal Winner)
  • Mia Garcia – Stephen G. Achaves Memorial Scholarship and Excellence in Dance
  • Mohammad Haady – Student Council Award
  • Mustajab Ahmad – Coach Ken Pagach Memorial Scholarship
  • Mykola Andrusiak – EHS School Counseling Award
  • Noel Chipoco – American Legion Patriot Scholarship
  • Noreen Amponsah – Edison Township School Nurses Association Scholarship
  • Paolo Pittenger – Denise and Art Rostel Edison High Cross Country Scholarship
  • Pooja Katara – Ben Franklin Elementary PTA Scholarship
  • Rachael Rodriguez – Justin King Memorial Scholarship and TJ Smoltino Memorial Scholarship
  • Raina Patel – UNICEF Senior Leadership Award
  • Ranjana Acharya – Mayor’s Civic Award
  • Rhianna Bose – DMR Architects Scholarship and Señor Pan’s AP Spanish Excellence Award
  • Rithika Bose – Maschio’s Food Service Scholarship and Señor Pan’s AP Spanish Excellence Award
  • Riley Vazquez Villarreal – N.A.A.C.P. of Metuchen/Edison Scholarship
  • Riya Patel – Overall Excellence in English Award (Medal Winner) and Peacock Society Leadership Award
  • Romulo Tobon-Ramirez – Instrumental Certificate and Jonathan Baksh Lindeneau Elementary School Alumni Scholarship
  • Samarra Saravanan – Señor Pan’s AP Spanish Excellence Award and Science Department Award (Medal Winner)
  • Samia Bromfield – N.A.A.C.P. of Metuchen/Edison Scholarship
  • Sanjana Ramesh – Student Leadership Award and Class of 2024 Service Award
  • Sarai Rodriguez – Janet Baio Memorial/Pines Manor Scholarship
  • Sebastian Cardillo – Passion and Excellence in Social Studies Award (Medal Winner) and Excellence in World Language (Medal Winner)
  • Shiloh Estoque – Nick Johnson Memorial Scholarship
  • Sia Shah – Creative Writing Award (Medal Winner)
  • Simone Banks – Alfredo P. Donato Memorial Scholarship
  • Soumya Joshi – Maschio’s Food Service Scholarship and The Eagle’s Eye Dedication Award
  • Srihari Arthi Senthilkumar – Student Council Award
  • Suhani Chokshi – Model UN Leadership Award
  • Sushanth Balaraman – Model UN Leadership Award
  • Swathi Srinivasan – Clara Barton Senior Club Scholarship
  • Taylor Stellingwerf – Edison Public Schools Custodians and Maintenance Association Trades Scholarship
  • Tomas Jimenez – Gene Maeroff Memorial ACES, Scholarship Student Leadership Award, and Winston Hughes Scholarship (Choir)
  • Umer Mansuri – Robert “Doc” Peterson Memorial Scholarship
  • Varsha Piskala Dinesh – Maschio’s Food Service Scholarship and Top Math Student Award
  • Vedik Upadhyay – Edison High School Class of 1970 Scholarship and Student Council Award
  • Wen Gao – Heller Industrial Parks, Inc. Scholarship
  • Wybie Fasano – EHS School Counseling Award
  • Zoë Crawford – EHS School Counseling Award
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SOUMITA BANERJEE '25
SOUMITA BANERJEE '25, Staff Writer

Soumita Banerjee has been a staff writer for "The Eagle's Eye" since her freshman year. Other than writing, she is an active member of the Edison High School Orchestra and Model UN. Aside from school, Soumita loves to sing, listen to music, and spend time with friends.

SELENA LUONG ’26
SELENA LUONG ’26, Staff Photographer
Selena has been a member of the EHS Film Club since late December of 2023 and is a regular photography contributor to The Eye. She is the manager, videographer, and photographer of the EHS Wrestling Team. When she's not at a wrestling match you can find her at other sports or school events, as she tries her best to take pictures of every sport at least once. Other than being a photographer, Selena loves listening to music, being part of Student Council, hanging out with her friends, and making art.
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