The 'Best of the Best' Inducted Into National Technical Honor Society ...

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They can bake, weld, build, draw, design, teach, engineer, protect, nurse, repair, film, cook, pave and analyze pollutants.?

James Langlois, superintendent of Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES, called?them the ?best of the best.??

They are the 85 latest inductees to the National Technical Honor Society at BOCES? Tech Center in Yorktown. The new inductees, and graduating seniors who received?their honorary shawls, were honored at a ceremony on BOCES? Yorktown campus Thursday.

To be nominated, the students, all of whom attend technical and career classes at BOCES, had to maintain a 90 or better average in their course of study at Tech?and an 80 or better at their home school district. In addition to scholarship inductees had to exhibit character, skill and leadership.

?Whether they are framing house in Carpentry, saving a tree in Urban Forestry or comforting a child in Early Childhood Education,? Tech students have an?advantage because they have been taught by excellent teachers, said Danielle Settembre, a senior in the Cosmetology program.

The following students were inducted:

Advertising Art & Digital Design?Margaret Krapish, Peekskill High School; Cassandra Nichols, Haldane High School

Advanced Baking & Pastry Arts?Nicole Corona, Mahopac High School

Animation and Motion Graphics?Samantha?Corsino, Fox Lane High School; Zachary Nichols, Mahopac High School

Architectural Design & Modeling?Jaclyn Cervantes, Brewster High School; Salvatore Costa, Mahopac High School; William Gossett, John Jay High School; Peter Hsi, Brewster High School; Dominick Senzamici, Somers High School

Auto Body?Jonathan Lubrano, Carmel High School;?Katherine Matthews, Hendrick Hudson High School?

Carpentry?Christopher Brown, Clearview High School

Computer Graphics?Tim Barnard, Putnam Valley;?Emily Luckower, North Salem; Jusin Milian, Mahopac; Grant Novo, North Salem; Michael Rofrano, Kennedy Catholic

Construction Electricity?Michael Belmonte, Carmel;?Anthony Dinotte, Yorktown; Michael Etta, Haldane

Cosmetology?Amanda Palminteri, Mahopac; Mia Taylor, Mahopac

Culinary Arts?Hailey Budoff, John Jay; Olivia Derbabian,?Croton-Harmon; Alysha De Strulle, Mahopac; Sarah?Lowman, Walter Panas; Fionn Quigley, Hendrick Hudson; Gregory Ras, Brewster; Brian Ricciardi, Peekskill; Matthew Roscoe, Carmel

Early Childhood Education?Sasha Granda, Putnam Valley

Fashion Design & Merchandising?Jordan?Friedman, John Jay; Breanne McCarthy, Mahopac; Jessica Ullman, Mahopac; Kirsten?Velleck, Mahopac

Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning?Jasmani?Hernandez, Putnam Valley; Matthew Vara, Mahopac

Introduction to Engineering?Korey Christian, Walter Panas

Introduction to Teaching?Lauren Cecera, Mahopac;?Analisa Aste, Somers; Megan Day, Fox Lane; Antonia Lazzara, Somers; Nicole Porter, Putnam Valley; Norma Rubio, Putnam Valley

Law Enforcement?Saad Mughal, Ossining;?Benjamin Murphy, Mahopac; Deanna Sweeney, North Salem; Joseph Troia, Lakeland

Masonry?Mason Cantamessa, Mahopac; James Haviland, Brewster

Medical Assistant?Shavante Brower, Hendrick?Hudson; Angelica Cardenas, Brewster; Alexis Coletti, Somers; Briana Pacheco, Carmel; Heidi Serrano, Carmel; Aliyah Singleton, Peekskill

New Visions Education?Gabriella Begazo, Hendrick?Hudson; Marisa Drpich, John Jay; Stephanie Tock, Mahopac

New Visions Engineering?Steven Ruotolo, Hendrick?Hudson

New Visions Environmental Science?Ellen?Conti, John Jay; Emily Enoch, Somers; Catherine Leist, Carmel; Noel Popoli, John Jay; Bretton Waltz, North Salem; Maggie Worden, Hendrick Hudson

New Visions Health?Brianna Appel, Mahopac; Raquel?Blanco, Ossining; Gabriella Del Bene, Christina DiRoma, Hendrick Hudson; Jessica Epstein, Briarcliff; Molly Falcone, Putnam Valley; Eric Grecco, Mahopac; Brittany Koch, Hendrick Hudson; Lorena Ortiz, Fox Lane; Nicole?Quadvlieg, Mahopac; Elizabeth Rich, North Salem; Chelsea Saunders, Mahopac

Nursing Assistant?Lisa Marie Herling, Walter Panas

Small Engine/Motorcycle Technology--Freddy?Machizaca, Peekskill

TV Production & Digital Film?Daniel Cooney,?Yorktown; Mary Goldsmith, Horace Greeley; Paul Lupo, Yorktown

Welding?Kyle Barrett, Yorktown

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