Jersey City Public School - Annual Report 24-25 - Report - Page 12
Senior Class
Survey
Annual Report
School Based Awards
MS #4 Continued
District Science Fair Award Winners:
Anika Jajoo (1st Place)
Avaneesh Patil (1st Place)
Marc Fontanilla (2nd Place)
Siya Khandelwal (2nd Place)
Khush Mittal (3rd Place)
Urja Patankar (Honorable Mention)
PS #6
National ESEA Distinguished School
Raspberry Pi Team - "Prestigious
Award"
Pat Bryant Spirit Award Winner:
Mrs. Lauren Faccone, Assistant
Principal
Excellence In Raspberry Pi
Project Design" Award
Nyamwange Scholarship Leadership
Academy Recipients
Dejaun Colon
Gina Pantoja
Ta'Kiah Vizcaino
Poetic Power (publishing contest)
Neha Arunkumar
Parthi Malhotra
PS #3
Spelling Bee
1st Place: Sophia Noam
2nd Place: Al-kaliq Lampley
Science Fair
1st Place: Benjamin Russell
2nd Place: Emelie Andersson Garcia
3rd Place: Gabriella Martinez
NJITE STEM Knowledge Award
Motivate Award at the First Lego
League Submerged Competition
MS #4
Lego League "Motivate" Award
School, District, County Spelling Bee
Winner, Scripps National Spelling Bee
Top 20 - Ishaan Gupta
Michael Faison- "Beyond The Cloud"
Art competition- IMUR Gallery in
Jersey City
PS #5
Emerge Showcase – Creative
Visionary Award
Sustainable Jersey for Schools Grant
recipient in 2025
Whole School Whole Community
Whole Child Grant recipient
PSE&G Sustainable
Jersey Grant Recipient-$10,000
Jersey City Public Schools Teacher
of the Year: Ms. Courtney Halliday
NICHE Standout Elementary School
MS #7
Sustainable Gardens Grant- Ms.
Alvarado
GiveBack Holiday Event GrantSneaker Room Foundation
B.E.S.T. Business Entrepreneurship
Student Teaching GrantSneaker Room Foundation
PS #8
Outstanding Bilingual Teacher of the
Year 24/25: Ms. Maria Diaz Vargas
Exemplary Educator of New Jersey
Award: Mr. Andrew Donnelly
Bilingual Paraprofessional 25/25:
Ms. Yenny Felix
Bilingual/ESL/World Languages
Annual Poster Contest Winners 2025:
Ms. Yenny Felix, Ms. Jacquline
Gonzalez, Mr. Jose Sosa and 1st grade
class 206
Lego Lab & Learning Grant recipient
Adelee Cuevas - Tech Trep Camp
Inspire Growing Grant
Hudson County Science
Fair Award Winners:
Marc Fontanilla
The Dark Side of
Hand Dryers (Bronze)
Avaneesh Patil
C-PRO (Gold)
WWW.JCBOE.ORG
Arts in Education Grant Partnership
with educational Arts Team
2025 US NEWS & WORLD REPORT :
TOP 2 BEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
in the Jersey City Public School
District
Dan Finn Award: Christopher Lopez &
Daniel Vargas
Nyamwange Award: Blake Lee
Lego League Robot Design Award
2024 & Robot Performance Award
2024 2nd Place:Coaches: Mrs. Maria
O'Donnell, Mrs. Rebecca Foster
Students: Irsa Degnich, Khubi Tank,
Gianna Gener, Kaivalya Bhosale,
Audrey Murillo,Ojas Givita, Tirth Patel,
Ira Tiwari, Arav Saxena, and Pari Patel
eMerge STEM Initiative 2nd Place:
Coach Mrs. Tara Decker, Students:
Ojas Gupta, Matthew Friel, Akshith
Viswanath Malladi and Milo Gallego
