The Huntington Town Board at its June 9 meeting honored 20 local high school seniors who excel in both academics and athletics at the annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Ceremony.
Each of the winners – one male and one female from each of the 10 high schools in the Town -- had been selected by their school, which provided biographies that Town Board members read at the ceremony.
The Town Board also honored Town employee Jody Kavanagh with the Richard Ford Service Award for her outstanding work with Camp Bright Star.
The winners and their schools are:
Cold Spring Harbor High School: Colin O’Neill and Gabrielle McLymont
Commack High School: Kyle LaMantia and Alyssa Persich
Elwood John Glenn High School: Ryan Fisenne and Diana Bartolotta
Half Hollow Hills East High School: Spencer Stein and Ester Chikvashville
Half Hollow Hills West High School: Joshua Wende and Jennifer Casadonte
Harborfields High School: Eli Slamowitz and Kiran Magee
Huntington High School: Justin Loturco and Caitlin Knowles
Northport High School: James Magnuson and Amy Breitfeller
St. Anthony’s High School: Jake Giuffrida and Kaitlyn Quinn
Walt Whitman High School: Jacob Kahrs and Paige Gladstone
The Town Board also thanked Reinwalds Bakery and Bon Bons Chocolatier for providing refreshments following the ceremony.