Bay Ridge
Congrats to 2014 grads — and Standing O pals — Vincent Giovinazzo, Eleanor Womack, and Anise Diaz from Poly Prep Country Day School for being nationally recognized for their academic excellence.
Vincent was named a National Advanced Placement Scholar after acing all of his placement exams, covering European and American history, calculus, statistics, biology, chemistry, and physics, while Eleanor and Anise each received a National Achievement Scholarship for $2,500 from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Eleanor won Poly’s Williams Prize for Intellectual Curiosity, presented to a 12th grader who has demonstrated a genuine pursuit of, and enthusiasm for, learning. Anise won the Creativity Prize, awarded to a 12th grade student who has shown outstanding originality and imagination in a particular discipline.
Poly Headmaster David Harman was naturally delighted with the trio’s bragging rights.
“All Poly students who take Advanced Placement exams are to be commended, but Vincent is an extraordinarily gifted learner, and I am also immensely gratified by Eleanor’s and Anise’s selection,” he said. “These students were outstanding members of the school’s community.”
Vincent is attending Lehigh University, Eleanor is continuing her education at Yale University, and Anise is living the college life at Amherst College.
Standing O wishes all three scholars good luck in their college careers.
Poly Prep Country Day School [9216 Seventh Ave. at Poly Place in Bay Ridge (718) 836–9800].
Borough Wide
Huzza and hooray!
Standing O is sending shout-outs to State University of New York at Oswego students Almas Shafiq for receiving a merit scholarship, Rodolfo Hernandez for earning the dean’s award, and Cayla Turner for being presented a presidential scholarship. Congratulations, keep up the good work.
Columbia Waterfront
Fall festival
Heads up — the Carroll Gardens Association will host its sixth annual Fall Festival on Sept. 13 from noon to 5 pm. The family event showcases the best the community has to offer. So come on down and chow on yummy fare, while enjoying live performances, a garden tour, and children’s rides.
Maybe you’ll even take a four-legged pal home with you from the animal rescue adoption truck.
Colombia Waterfront Festival (Columbia St. from DeGraw to Union streets and Columbia to Hicks on Union Street in the Columbia Waterfront District, www.carrollgardensassociation.com).
Sheepshead Bay
Wedding bells
Standing O is sending out a bower of good wishes to her niece, Amanda Clarkin, of Staten Island. Amanda is tying the knot with Eugene Volkin of Sheepshead Bay on Sept. 13 at the Old Bermuda Inn.
Standing O says, “Wishing you both a lifetime of good times, love, joy, and lots of stuffed hamburgers.”
