Westhampton Beach High School senior Meghan Pomroy was named a semifinalist in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. Pomroy is now among 16,000 students across the nation competing for $28 million in scholarships. Additionally, Luke Albert, Nicholas Borruso, Lily Pereyra and Zoey Rudolf have been recognized as Commended Students as a result of their outstanding scores on the qualifying exam.

The seniors are among 34,000 students throughout the nation to earn the distinction and be recognized for their “exceptional academic promise.” To earn the title, they placed among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2023 PSAT.

The Westhampton Beach School District congratulates the seniors on this achievement.

Ten Westhampton Beach High School students have been selected as performers in the New York State Council of Administrators of Music Education 2024 All-County Music Festival.

Alexandra Behmoiram, Mia Pazera and Emmy Shea, all sopranos, will perform with the treble chorus. Margaret Gilbride and Ryan Zollweg, altos, along with Aidan Judd, bass, and Brady Schultz, tenor, will appear in the mixed chorus. Playing with the band will be Lilah Caputo and Ava Kuklis on clarinet, and Meghan Pomroy will perform percussion in the orchestra.

The students were selected for the ensembles based on their scores at the NYSSMA Solo Evaluation Festival, teacher recommendations and ranking.

The Westhampton Beach School District extends its congratulations to the musicians for their hard work and dedication.

Date Added: 9/11/2024

Four Westhampton Beach High School students have been selected to perform at the All-State Festival of the 2024 New York State School Music Association Winter Conference, and one was named as an alternate.

Alexandra Behmoiram, a soprano, was named to the treble chorus and Mia Pazera, also a soprano, will perform with the mixed chorus. Lilah Caputo, a clarinetist, will play with the symphonic band and Brady Schultz, a tenor, was selected as an alternate for the mixed chorus.

The students were selected for the ensembles based on their scores at the NYSSMA Solo Evaluation Festival, teacher recommendations and ranking.

The Westhampton Beach School District extends its congratulations to the musicians for their hard work and dedication.

Date Added: 9/16/2024

The Westhampton Beach School District congratulates girls volleyball player Katie Burke, a junior, for being named to Newsday’s Top 50 Long Island Girls Volleyball Players list and Cameron Giordano and Aaron Kiefer, both seniors, for being recognized in Newsday’s Top 50 Long Island Boys Volleyball Players list. Burke earned her place on the list for tallying 110 kills, 180 digs and 14 aces last season. Giordano was recognized as a “highly talented setter and well-rounded player,” while it was noted that Kiefer totaled 205 digs and 18 aces and posted a 2.3 serve receive rating to help Westhampton reach the Division II state championship match last season.

Date Added: 9/13/2024

An impressive 145 Westhampton Beach High School students received special Advanced Placement designations based on achievement in college-level coursework.

To earn Scholar recognition, students are required to score a 3 or higher on three or more AP exams; for Scholar with Honor, they must earn a 3.25 on all AP exams taken and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of those exams; and for Scholar with Distinction, they must receive an average score of 3.5 on all AP exams and grades of 4 or higher on five or more of those exams.

Additionally, 43 seniors have earned an AP Capstone diploma, and 17 students received an AP Seminar and Research Certificate.

The district congratulates the following students:

AP Scholars

Chloe Anastasopoulos, Trey Aponte, Curtis Barczak, Alexandra Behmoiram, Reagan Brewer, Elliejean Burke, Hudson Caruso, Michelle Castro, Maya Cirincione, Ava Combuechen, Diana Cresciullo, Kannon Davis, Evangeline Dennehy, Alexa Detke, Morgan DeVerna, Alana Dixon, Caeden Dorn, Leandro Esquivel, Ava Failla, Lukas Fine, Margaret Gilbride, Abigail Gomez, Ava Greengrass, Mustafa Gulsen, Ginger Hendrickson, Matthew Hernandez, Mackenzie Herrera, Khloe Hoda, Emma Holfelder, Owen Jessop, Colin Jiang, Jayson Kampfer, Reese King, Mitchell Li, Aimee Lindahl, Charles LoRusso, Aislinn Marasigan, Nathaniel Methven, Tessa Mongelluzzo, Michelle Muralles, Michael Noone, Finn Norton, Maxwell Orr, Nick Pellicano, Olivia Purta, Dante Quinones, Constantine Reilly, Lucas Renna, Priscila Ribeiro, Julia Ryvicker, David Salazar, Kyle Salerno, Lana Salvaggio, Alexander Sfyroeras, Chloe Sword, Meaghan Tufano, Katelynn Vargas and Ana Way

AP Scholars with Honor

Esvin Alvarado, Grady Ambrose, Tess Ashley, Charles Beasley, Dagny Beasley, Maiya Boughal, Mynor Chacon-Fuentes, Charleigh Devenney, Jenna Di Domenico, Hailey Donahoe, Finn Drake, Quintin Dunn, Verona Easton, Levi Emerson, Kara Flynn, Diane Georgieva, Cameron Giordano, Eleanor Greiner, Aidan Judd, Anthony Messina, Joshua McCarthy, Lincoln O'Connell, Haley Stoehr, Angela Tran and Christopher Volkman

AP Scholars with Distinction

Luke Albert, Mia Albinson, Aden Ali, Riley Arm, Brooke Bahr, Leila Batumoglu, Kali Baumiller, Sydney Beardslee, Sophia Biondi, Anna Blanco, Nicholas Borruso, Christian Bruschi, Matilda Buchen, Drew Calloway, Lilah Caputo, Abigail Curran, Cole Dawson, Willow DuBrovin, Emily Edwards, Halle Geller, Morgan Giacchetto, Nicholas Gomez, Alexandra Gurba, Marcus Haynia, Jadyn Hunter, Lauren Hunter, Brooke Huwer, Alessandro Imundi, Fahtima Iqbal, Jamie Kelly

Ava Kuklis, Graelyn Lorusso, Lucy Mansfield, Kaitlynn Mazurkiewicz, Ezekiel McCrary, James Monserrate, Matthew Moran, Annabelle Najdzion, Valeria Nazaretski, Emma O'Came, Selin Ozkazanc, MikaiLing Pantophlet, Lily Pereyra, Nathan Perl, Meghan Pomroy, Jordan Razzano, John Reilly, Luciana Reilly, Zoey Rudolph, Antonella Russo, Isabelle Schneider, Brady Schultz, Julia Sobhani, Noor Sohail, Lily Strebel, Shannon Sweet, Emma Vaz, Makayla Vignieri, Giancarlo Volpe, Henry Walker, Nicolas Warchol and Samantha Zimmer

AP Capstone Diploma

Luke Albert, Esvin Alvarado, Brooke Bahr, Leila Batumoglu, Kali Baumiller, Sydney Beardslee,

Charles Beasley, Sophia Biondi, Anna Blanco, Nicholas Borruso, Matilda Buchen, Drew Calloway, Lilah Caputo, Abigail Curran, Cole Dawson, Willow DuBrovin, Halle Geller, Morgan Giacchetto, Alexandra Gurba, Marcus Haynia, Jadyn Hunter, Lauren Hunter, Fahtima Iqbal, Jamie Kelly, Graelyn Lorusso, Lucy Mansfield, James Monserrate, Matthew Moran, Valeria Nazaretski, Lily Pereyra, Meghan Pomroy, Jordan Razzano, Luciana Reilly, Zoey Rudolph, Julia Ryvicker, Isabelle Schneider, Lily Strebel, Shannon Sweet, Makayla Vignieri, Christopher Volkman, Giancarlo Volpe, Henry Walker and Nicolas Warchol.

AP Seminar and Research Certificate

Aden Ali, Diana Cresciullo, Finn Drake, Lukas Fine, Margaret Gilbride, Mustafa Gulsen, Owen Jessop, Reese King, Aislinn Marasigan, Anthony Messina, Michael Noone, Maxwell Orr, MikaiLing Pantophlet, Kyle Salerno, Lana Salvaggio, Meaghan Tufano and Eva Wax

Date Added: 9/12/2024