Ninety-seven students have been inducted into the National Honor Societies for Spanish, French, Chinese, and Italian, with 51 excelling in Spanish, 21 in French, 13 in Chinese, and 12 in Italian.
“Our students have truly earned this distinction with their resilience and dedication," says K-12 World Language Supervisor Enrique Pincay. "It's not merely their academic success that sets them apart; these students have also actively participated in their respective language clubs and shown a deep commitment to enriching the Westfield educational community. They are outstanding individuals."
At a World Language Induction Ceremony on May 2, the following students were inducted into Pensativa, the Westfield High School chapter of La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica or National Spanish Honor Society. Spanish teacher and Pensativa advisors Rose Calimano and Bonnie Underwood also noted that the WHS chapter of Pensativa is celebrating its 40th year.
Sophia Basaldua
Evan Bauer
Alexa Bloch
Jolie Hope Bruder
Luca M. Carollo
Madeline Coen
Charlotte Cotroneo
Brianna Crispino
Addison Crispino
Kaitlyn D'Alessandro
Keira Deignan
Carson Donnelly
Emma Ferraro
Gabrielle Flannery
Elle Foster
Daniel A. Flores-Gonzalez
Lauren Furey
James Furrer
Mica Gensler-Canale
Daniel Gonzalez
Anna Jemison
Chloe Katz
Zachary Latessa
Benjamin Latessa
Leah Hoffman
Charlotte Liu
Anna Luchsinger
Grace Malanowski
Rhegan McCormack
Gabriella E. Mercado
Lizzie Miles
Ruby Moscowitz
Sabrina Muller
Laura Oliveira
Sofia Panora
Jake Pardes
Gabriella Pardo
Lillian Petrie
Emma Pranke
Nickolas Regas
Luke Renshaw
Julianne Robinson
Ximena Ines Rodriguez
Elle Romano
Ethan Selvers
Aanand Shah
Abigail Silverman
Alina Summer-Brason
Julia Surowitz
Ethan Wade
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Twenty-one students were inducted into the Société Honoraire de Français, the National French Honor Society and congratulated by French teacher and club advisor Rachel Janus.
Hannah Altman
Anya Ausiello
Alexa Bowe
Ethan Cha
Owen Callahan
Alex Danenhauer
Deven Davies
Emelia Dengler
Annabel Lang
Liliana Lincoln
Flynn Martin
Kiran Patel
Lily Patel
Hayden Pfister
Ana Sanchez
Chloe Spatz
Sinh Strycharz
Kathryn Tonking
Logan Welsh
Elias Wood
Matias Zarate
Mandarin Chinese instructor / club advisor Kim Ou-Yang announced the following inductees into the National Chinese Honor Society:
Bennet Ayala
Logan Cabral
Priscilla Dayon
Quinlan Doherty
Brendan Genlot
Matthew Hunsinger
Owen Ing
Dwayne Magno
Aidan O’Donnell
Will Sun
Rein Waller
Jodi Wong
Zachary Wragg
Marisa Milas, who teaches Italian and is club advisor at the high school, congratulated the following students, inducted into the National Italian Society or La Società Onoraria Italica:
Milo Aitken
Andrew Cicala
Christopher Galella
Marcella Gallo
Nicole Gerkens
Mallory Hughes
Leo Mazzola
Elena Morey
Ximena Rodriguez
Ruby Saltman
Dominic Romeo
Alessandra Scrofani
Photo Credit: WHS World Languages Department
Photo 1 Caption: Fifty-one students were inducted into the National Spanish Honor Society during the World Languages Induction Ceremony on May 2.
Photo 2 Caption: Twenty-one students were inducted into the National French Honor Society during the World Languages Induction Ceremony on May 2.
Photo 3 Caption: Thirteen students were inducted into the National Chinese Honor Society during the World Languages Induction Ceremony on May 2.
Photo 4 Caption: Twelve students were inducted into the National Italian Honor Society during the World Languages Induction Ceremony on May 2.
Photo 5 Caption: The Westfield High School chapter of La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica or National Spanish Honor Society, is celebrating its 40th year. Pictured here at the World Language Induction Ceremony on May 2 are Spanish teachers Rose Calimano and Bonnie Underwood.