Jodi Shapiro Memorial Awards

Scholarship Recipients for 2020

Sponsored by:

The Shapiro Family

Kaitlyn Bosworth  – Longwood SD

 Manisha Dyal  – Smithtown SD

 Ryan Geismar – Manhasset SD

 Jonathan Ottavio – Manhasset SD

Application for 2021

Jodi Shapiro, was the Manhasset School District’s Assistant Director of the Committee on Preschool Education and Elementary Special Education, died on July 13, 2013 after a brief illness. She was 39. Shapiro joined the Manhasset School District in 2009 as the district coordinator of the Committee on Preschool Education and Elementary Education, responsible for implementing the district’s special education programs to Shelter Rock Elementary School, Munsey Park Elementary School, Our Lady of Grace Montessori School & Center and at St. Mary’s Elementary School.

Student of the Year Awards

Scholarship Recipients for 2020

Sponsored by:

Beyond Boundaries

Arvin Azad – Roslyn SD

 Jake Cardinale – Northport SD

Sponsored by:

Horizon Healthcare Staffing

Patrick Gilligan – Sachem SD

Kamaya Jacole Ephraim  – Glen Cove SD

Sponsored by:

Metro Therapy, Inc.

Juliana Castronova – Oyster Bay SD

Joshua Greenberg – Lynbrook SD

Mackenzie Johnston – West Babylon SD

Ryan Leon – Deer Park SD

Sponsored by:

South Oaks Hospital

Ryan Weydig – West Islip SD

Application for 2021

REGENTS: The Awards Committee of the Long Island Association of Special Education Administrators has established these awards to recognize students who, have successfully moved from a more restrictive special education setting to a less restrictive setting and will meet the requirements for completion and will exit the district in June of 2019 and have been receiving special education services for the past four years.

Student of the Year Non-Regents

Scholarship Recipients for 2020

Sponsored by:

DaVinci Education

Carlos Cartagena Hernandez – Freeport SD

 Erika Lopez – South Huntington SD

Application for 2021

NON-REGENTS:
The Awards Committee of the Long Island Association of Special Education Administrators has established this award to recognize students who have been in a special education program for 60% or more of the school day, qualified for the NYSAA, successfully met goals on his/her IEP, demonstrated good citizenship, involvement in extracurricular activities and community service and will meet the requirements for completion and will exit the district in June of 2019. These are awarded to students from Nassau and Suffolk County.

Andrew J. Luft Memorial Award

Application for 2021

We will award this scholarship to someone in the field of Culinary Arts. This award is designed to encourage and support outstanding students who exhibit extraordinary abilities. Many of our special need students attend BOCES Culinary Arts Programs so this scholarship will be awarded to one of these students.