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Awards to Talented Students

Various Talent Search Competitions

Awards to Talented Students

Various Talent Search Competitions

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South Asian American Women's Alliance seeks to encourage, promote leadership and innovation among students in STEM fields to help build tomorrow's workforce among the community.

SAAWA Annual Award Ceremony on June 5, 2022.

Completed Events

Middle School Science Fair
March 2022

High School Science Fair
May 2022

Essay Writing Contest
May 2022

SAAWA High School Science Contest Winners 2022

Biology

1st Place:

Camryn Neches from Paul D. Schreiber HS

2nd Place:

Matthew Martorana from Seaford HS
Andrew Randazzo from Seaford HS

3rd Place:

Allen Qian from Manhasset HS
Minjun An from Great Neck South HS

Honorable mention:

Sidrah Ashrafi from G.W. Hewlett HS
Tauba Ashrafi from G.W. Hewlett HS
Ryan Baldwin from Seaford HS
Jimmy Ren from Seaford HS
Saman Khalil from Bay Shore HS
David Liu from Manhasset HS
Chloe Moskowitz from Lynbrook Senior HS
Shreya Sriram from Commack HS
Defne Aktuna from Commack HS

Behavioral and Social Sciences

1st Place:

Alexandra Shapiro from POB JFK HS
Chloe Zhai from POB JFK HS

2nd Place:

Rena Chen from Great Neck South HS

3rd Place:

Isabel Lagnado from POB JFK HS
Victoria Lee from POB JFK HS

Honorable mention:

Jessica Layton from POB JFK HS
Alexander Berko from POB JFK HS
Abigail Nacht from POB JFK HS
Yanni Saridakis from POB JFK HS
Shriya Vaddigirl from POB JFK HS
Arnav Shah from Mineola HS
Ariel Reiss from NSHA HS

Earth and Environmental Science

1st Place:

Harrison Weinburg from Great Neck South HS

2nd Place:

Matthew Johnston from Manhasset HS
Manav Gupta from Manhasset HS

3rd Place:

Gursimran Vasir from POB JFK HS

Honorable mention:

Matthew Shao from Manhasset HS
Jordan Li from Manhasset HS
Lilly Pantelogianis from Manhasset HS
Hannah Rubin from Manhasset HS
Kevin Zhang from Great Neck South HS
Jack Lenga from Great Neck South HS
Caitlyn McCourt from St. Anthony’s HS
Rishin Chatterjee from Commack HS
Aareb Jatoi from Commack HS
Grace Kim from Commack HS

Environmental Excellence Award:

Quinn Murphy from St. Anthony’s HS

Physical Sciences

1st Place:

Dylan Yoon from Manhasset HS
Adam Yeo from Manhasset HS
Jack Voelker from Manhasset HS

2nd Place:

Kailly Nocera from Seaford HS

3rd Place:

William Cascio from Seaford HS

Honorable mention:

Maddox Nesterczuk from Manhasset HS
Paul Park from Manhasset HS
Justin Li from Paul D. Schreiber HS
Austin Eigen from Paul D. Schreiber HS
Stefania Spallino from H. Frank Carey HS
Smriti Rout from H. Frank Carey HS

STEM (Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science)

1st Place:

Rebecca Alara from Copiague HS

2nd Place:

Frances Kloska from Sayville HS

3rd Place:

Mannat Jain from Garden City HS

Honorable mention:

Yoervin Espinal Francisco from Copiague HS
Cathrine Sakin from Copiague HS
Myra Mendoza Rodriguez from Copiague HS
Klara Thelusma from Copiague HS

Science in Humanity Award:

Karishma Patel from Sayville HS
Michael Pitre from Sayville HS

SAAWA Middle School Science Contest Winners 2022

Biological Sciences

1st Place - Salvatore LoBrutto from Grand Avenue Middle School

2nd Place - Tristan Bissoondial from Grand Avenue Middle School

3rd Place - Katie Schneider from Garden City Middle School, Mackenzie Molloy from Garden City Middle School, Taylor Maguire from Garden City Middle School

Honorable mention
Daniel Lin from Grand Avenue Middle School, Joseph Litman from Grand Avenue Middle School, Hallie Gillison from Grand Avenue Middle School, Temedire Oladeji from Grand Avenue Middle School, Kyle Johnson from Commack Middle School.

Earth and Environmental Sciences

1st Place - Sarah Phinney from Garden City Middle School, Allyson Hsieh from Garden City Middle School.

Honorable mention
Jean Mary Molaschenvsly from Lawrence Road Middle School, Brandon Barnaby from Lawrence Road Middle School, Logan Marlin from Lawrence Road Middle School

Physical Sciences

Honorable mention
Josiah Sanasie from Garden City Middle School, Austin Wang from Garden City Middle School.

Behavioral Social Sciences

Honorable mention
Amishi Sharma from Garden City Middle School, Grace Kumpel from Garden City Middle School

SAAWA Science Contest Winners 2021

Biology

1st Place:

Kevin Tuzinowski from Commack High School

2nd Place:

Stephanie Mullan from St. Anthony's High School
Ben Yacht from Plainview Old Bethpage John F Kennedy High School

3rd Place:

Melina Nicou and Lakxshanna Raveendran from Commack High School
Udithi Kothapalli (St. Anthony's High School)
Nishanth Chiannadurai (East Meadow High School)
Hugo Onghai (Port Jefferson High School)

Honorable mention:

Christopher Alexander from Elmont Memorial High School
Miah Margiano from St. Anthony's High School
Harshita Sehgal from Roslyn High School
Matthew Pierre-Louis from Paul D. Schreiber High School
Isabella Knapp from Manhasset High School
Alexandra Maliagros from Manhasset High School
Sarah Levine from Commack High School

Behaviorial Science

1st Place:

Luke Christenson from Roslyn High School

2nd Place:

Michael Lent from Seaford

3rd Place:

Chloe Ganjian from North Shore Hebrew Academy High School
Bennett Levine from Roslyn High School

Honorable mention:

Madison Elias from Seaford High School
Yasmine Kaplan from Roslyn High School
Jacqueline Atchley and Hannah Brooks from Paul D. Schreiber High School
Gurpreet Multani from Plainview Old Bethpage John F Kennedy High School

Earth and Environmental Science

1st Place:

Nikki Dong from Mineola High School

2nd Place:

Corinne O'Connor from Bay Shore High School

3rd Place:

Matthew Johnston from Manhasset High School

Honorable mention:

Kayla Caplin and Danielle Seidman from Paul D. Schreiber High School
Dominique Crecco and Kevin Pusey from Mineola High School
Brianna Han from Commack High School

STEM (Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science)

1st Place:

Cathrine Sakin from Copiague High School (Chemistry)

2nd Place:

Kiran Ahmad from Copiague High School (Chemistry)

3rd Place:

Chloe Anderson from Paul D. Schreiber High School (Physics)

Honorable mention:

Kristina Nitis from St. Anthony's High School (Physics)
Shoshana Horn from North Shore Hebrew Academy High School (Physics)

SAAWA Essay Writing Contest 2022

Topic: How artificial intelligence and robotics are transforming the medical field?

1st Place - Isabel Taveras from Garden City HS, Caitlyn McCourt from St. Anthony’s HS

2nd Place - Cathrine Sakin from Copiague,
Zein Mera from St. Anthony’s HS,
Patrick Quilty from St. Anthony’s HS

3rd Place - Karl Leudesdorff from Seaford HS,
Mikaeel Zohair from Ward Melville HS

Honorable mention
Sadaf Farid from Hicksville HS, Julia Moosikasuwan from Manhasset HS, Larissa LoBello from St. Anthony’s HS, Anthony Martin from St. Anthony’s HS, Jordan Spencer from St. Anthony’s HS, Michael Turner from St. Anthony’s HS, Michelle Zheng from H. Frank Carey HS

SAAWA Essay Writing Contest 2021

Topic: How has the pandemic impacted your interest in science?
What area of science do you think will be most important in the next 10 years for fighting future pandemics?

1st Place - Quinn Murphy from St. Anthony's

2nd Place - Cathrine Sakin from Copiague

3rd Place - Michael Doboli from St. Anthony's

Honorable mention
Ava Bedoya from St. Anthony's, Farah Kabir from Garden City, JP Pfisterer from St. Anthony's, Abigail Athan from St. Anthony's, Brooke Davi from St. Anthony's

Topic: Covid-19 forced students to switch from in-person to virtual learning
Based on your experience, what are the benefits and drawbacks of virtual learning? As we recover from the pandemic, should element of virtual learning be maintained in the education system?

1st Place - Kaavya Prinja

2nd Place - Riyah Dugar

3rd Place - Yana Jain

Honorable mention
Prisha Singhal, Namit Misra, Hardit Bhalla.

Topic: How has Pandemic Impacted Tourism Industry in Udaipur?

1st Place - Gengin A Geemon

2nd Place - Nimisha Arya

3rd Place - Lijy Lijit

Honorable mention
Chandra Prakash Madhwani, Vishikh Khanna, Dharmaraj Dhakar.

Distinguished Teacher Award 2022

-Seaford High School

Distinguished Teacher Award 2021

-Seaford High School

STUDENT AWARDS

2019 Science Awards

2018 Science Awards

2017 Science Awards

REVIEWS

"Thank you Subash for the honor that you have extended to me and Janine. It is always a pleasure to work with you and your team. Yours was the only "live virtual" competition with live judges out of the five major competitions we competed in this year. In addition, yours was the only live virtual awards ceremony which we found very enjoyable. Thank you for giving our students the attention that they deserve including asking Madison to say a few words. We look forward to participating again next year. Please know that we are happy to volunteer in any capacity that you need."

-Mary Simons

"Very inspiring SAAWA science fair, It makes me happy that these dedicated students who worked so hard during the pandemic year are able to get recognized for their work, very inspiring for us teachers too to hear these amazing students!!!"

-Dr. Steven Gordon

"I am very proud of you and your team on the science fair, and the awards ceremony yesterday. Great work"

-Dr. Richards

SAAWA High School Science Contest Winners 2022

Biology

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Earth and Environmental Science

Physical Sciences

STEM (Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science)

SAAWA Middle School Science Contest Winners 2022

Biological Sciences

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Physical Sciences

Behavioral Social Sciences

SAAWA Science Contest Winners 2021

Biology

Behaviorial Science

Earth and Environmental Science

STEM (Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science)

SAAWA Essay Writing Contest 2022

Topic: How artificial intelligence and robotics are transforming the medical field?

SAAWA Essay Writing Contest 2021

Topic: How has the pandemic impacted your interest in science? What area of science do you think will be most important in the next 10 years for fighting future pandemics?

Topic: Covid-19 forced students to switch from in-person to virtual learning Based on your experience, what are the benefits and drawbacks of virtual learning? As we recover from the pandemic, should element of virtual learning be maintained in the education system?

Topic: How has Pandemic Impacted Tourism Industry in Udaipur?

Distinguished Teacher Award 2022

-Seaford High School

Distinguished Teacher Award 2021

-Seaford High School

Topic: How has the pandemic impacted your interest in science?
What area of science do you think will be most important in the next 10 years for fighting future pandemics?

Topic: Covid-19 forced students to switch from in-person to virtual learning
Based on your experience, what are the benefits and drawbacks of virtual learning? As we recover from the pandemic, should element of virtual learning be maintained in the education system?