Westfield High School Students Earn Academic Honors

(above) WHS Principal Mary Asfendis (right) congratulates College Board Recognition Program Scholars. From left: Mateo Belran, John González, Amira Lee, Victoria Vaca, Celia Frank, Taylor Addis, and Manuel González.

WHS Students Earn Academic Honors

Eight Westfield High School students have received special honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs.

Senior Celia Frank has been named a 2021-2022 National African American Scholar. Seniors Taylor Addis, Blake Baretz, Mateo Beltran, John González, Manuel González, Amira Lee, and Victoria Vaca have been named 2021-2022 National Hispanic Scholars.

According to the College Board, the program honors academically outstanding students from underrepresented communities each year who score in the top 10% of the state on the PSAT/NMSQT and maintain a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher.  

Additionally, ten WHS students earned perfect scores on recent ACT and SAT subject area tests.  They are:

June 2021 – ACT
Taylor Addis, 12th grade – English
Eric Harnisher, 12th grade – English
David Maimon, 10th grade – English
Lindsey Pietrewicz, 12th grade – English
Mackenzie Wilson, 11th grade – English
Jessica Zdep, 12th grade – Reading

July 2021 – ACT
Sofia Regencia, 12th grade – Reading

Summer 2021 – SAT
Roan Baker (June), 12th grade – Math
James Kaprowski (June), 12th grade – Math
Kaity Bai (August), 12th grade – Math

Photos by Westfield Public Schools

(above) WHS 12th grader Blake Baretz is among seven WHS students named as 2021-2022 National Hispanic Scholars by the College Board Recognition Program.
(above) WHS 12th grader Blake Baretz is among seven WHS students named as 2021-2022 National Hispanic Scholars by the College Board Recognition Program.
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