Newburgh Free Academy, Main Campus Honors 2018 Student Sojourner Truth Award Recipients

11 students from Newburgh Free Academy, Main Campus received 2018 Sojourner Truth Awards from SUNY Orange. Of those, eight received the honor for citizenship and three received the honor for perseverance/effort.

For the past 28 years, Orange County Community College has honored Sojourner Truth by holding an awards ceremony in her name.  This ceremony recognizes the achievements of deserving Orange County youth who are traditionally under-represented in the college population.

The program itself is a celebration of youth, accomplishment, and culture.  The program was held on March 9^th at SUNY Orange and students received their certificates and medals. Mr. Rodriguez, principal hosted the ceremony at Newburgh Free Academy, Main Campus and recognized the students as part of a smaller ceremony. Students were given certificates of recognition from Assemblyman James Skoufis’ District Office.

Citizenship:

Hayley Benedict, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship

Jeremiah Burns, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship

Olivia Cenizal, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship

Supriya Makam, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship

Orlando McBayne, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship

Bernadette Mendoza, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship

Keyondrah Murphy, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship

Gabriel Rosario, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship

Perseverance/Effort:

Michael Castro, (Newburgh Free Academy) perseverance/effort

Jon Michael Cubano, (Newburgh Free Academy) perseverance/effort

Nathaniel Drew, (Newburgh Free Academy) perseverance/effort

District recipients of the SUNY Orange Sojourner Truth Awards:

Jayla Bediako, (Temple Hill Academy Elementary School) citizenship; Hayley Benedict, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship; Jayson Brown, (Meadow Hill Global Explorations School) diversity; Jeremiah Burns, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship; Ezra Demetrius Caldwell, (Heritage Middle School) citizenship; Melissa Carbajal, (Meadow Hill) sciences; Michael Castro, (Newburgh Free Academy) perseverance/effort; Olivia Cenizal, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship; Jon Michael Cubano, (Newburgh Free Academy) perseverance/effort; Skye Davis, (Heritage Middle School) citizenship; Izaria Dicks, (Heritage Middle School) citizenship; Nathaniel Drew, (Newburgh Free Academy) perseverance/effort; Haddijatou Jammeh, (Meadow Hill) citizenship; Curtis Jones, (Meadow Hill) mathematics; Robert Lennon, (Temple Hill) mathematics; Supriya Makam, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship; Ashley Martinez, (Meadow Hill) perseverance/effort; Orlando McBayne, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship; Bernadette Mendoza, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship; Devin Moody, (Meadow Hill) English language arts; Keyondrah Murphy, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship; Jeimy Pena Rios, (South Middle School) English language arts; Diego Quispe, (Meadow Hill) citizenship; Anthony M. Rodriguez, (Meadow Hill) perseverance/effort; Gabriel Rosario, (Newburgh Free Academy) citizenship; Norah Scruggs, (Heritage Middle School) citizenship; Alexandra Tapia, (Meadow Hill) mathematics; Lauren White, (Heritage Middle School) citizenship

All recipients can be found here.

School counselors and assistant principals joined principal, Mr. Rodriguez to celebrate the students. Assistant Principals included: Ms. Margaret Chesser, Ms. Susan Valentino, Mr. Robert Shust, Mr. Roberto Cruz, and Mr. Mike Ragusa. School Counselors included: Mr. Eric Katz, Ms. Pam Bonsu, Mr. Tom Hill, Mrs. Melanie Roman, Ms. Tara Jones, Ms. Heather Kraus, and Mr. Sam Rogers. Mr. Ron Montalto, athletic director was also there to celebrate.

ATTENTION: Are your scholars or colleagues doing something great? Please contact the district Communications Team at communications@necsd.net. We’d love to visit your class or event and/or post your pictures and recap to highlight the amazing accomplishments throughout our district!