2007 - 2008 School Year
WHS Senior Awards (click here for complete list)
41 Westfield High School Seniors received recognition during Fine Arts Awards Night. (click here for awards)
WHS Girls Basketball Coach,Joe Marino, was named both the Star Ledger and the Courier News Girls basketball Coach of the year
The Courier News chose the WHS Girls Basketball team as the Union County Team of the year and leading scorer, Erin Miller as the Player of the Year.
The Star Ledger named Chris DeLaFuente the Union County Boys swimmer of the year and Suzanne Lemberg , Union County's Girl's swimmer of the year
Adam Bergo was honored by the Star Ledger as the Union County track athlete of the year
WHS Bowling Team was named Central Jersey Bowling team of the year.
Westfield High School Sophomore Michael Eilbacher received a perfect score on the 2008 National Latin Exam.
Westfield High School Senior Jessica Anderson has been awarded the "Jack Cramer" National Athletic Trainers Association high school scholarship.
Rose Driscoll was named New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Scholar Athlete for Westfield High School.
The Star Ledger named Westfield High School senior Marissa Mumford as one of the 10 Star Ledger scholars in Union County.
Westfield High School Boys Tennis won the NJSIAA Star Ledger North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Title.
The Westfield High School Boys Track Team won the Union County championship and a meet record was set by Adam Bergo for the high jump.
Two Westfield High School students have been selected into All State Chorus for 2008- 2009: Peter Surace and Amanda Chang.
WHS rising senior, James Chu, wsa chosen to participate in the National High School Honors Orchestra.
Leslie Bartsch, WHS student, was selected to perform with the NJ Symphonic Band.
2008 inductees to the Central Jersey Music Educators Association Regions II Band, Orchestra, and Jazz Ensemble at the intermediate school level include: Roosevelt Students Nicholas Canavan, Edmund Han, Peter Meband, and Christopher Walsh , who was selected as 1st chair Trumpet in the Orchestra and Edison students Clayton Beyert, Kevin Galasso, David Verchick, Melissa Diep, Alexandra Tinfow, Francis Wong, and Dan Mandelbaum.
WHS students selected to attend the Governor's School this summer are Amanda Garfinkel, Richard Sweeney, and Maxwell Sugarman.
Hannah Rubin, a junior at WHS, her classmates and friends received the 2008 Education Team Top Fundraiser award for having raised $26,000 for the Susan B. Komen foundation. Hannah was featured in the April 28 issue of Time Magazine in a group photo headlined: "25 Reasons for Hope: Bentley College Salutes the Next Generation of Leaders."
18 WHS students distinguished themselves on the national French Exam, including these highest ranking students: Mark Androconis, who took fifth place in Level 1, Jessica Margolies who ranked second in Level 2, and David Peruzzo and Barbara D'Agosto who placed second in Level 3.
WHS athlete Brandon Heroux is the first athlete in the history of Westfield High School track and field to win an individual event at the Penn Relays, setting a new Union County record for his javelin throw of 202 feet.
Westfield Boys tennis team who won their fourth straight county title. The title came without the loss of a single set and no match ever went to a tiebreaker.
Westfield High School student Ezra Margolin has been selected to perform in the Region II Jazz Ensemble.
WHS recent graduate, John Falzon, received the American Association of Teachers of German "Outstanding High School Senior in German Award."
At the 41st annual Bucks County Playhouse competition, Best Production Award and Critic's Award presented to graduating seniors Elizabeth Harbaugh and Mike Tannenbaum. Rising Senior Annie Fruchtman was recognized as Best Actress.
Roosevelt students won second place in the state in the Project Citizen competition .
This year's staff (2007-2008) of Hi's Eye, the weekly student newspaper at Westfield High School, won a First Place with Special Merit from the American Scholastic Press Association, earning 945 out of a possible 1000 points. Laryssa Borkowsky garnered an individual award for her photograph, "Diving into Victory."
WHS-TV students Will Eisenberg and Matt Gralla won 1st place in the Union County Public Service Announcement competition. They accumulated a total of 99 out of 100 points.
WHS recent graduate Pratik Mehta received the highest score among the four finalists in the Wall St. Finance Club competition sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The Community Service Club of Westfield High School collected 110 bags of food for the Community Food Bank of Hillside in June.
Five Westfield Public School students were among the winners of the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs poetry and short story contest. They include; Adrian Lam, from Franklin School, Jennifer Bagger,at Washington School, Alyssha Marie John, at Edison Intermediate School, Cynthia Lam, at Westfield High School,and Alexa Zepka, at Westfield High School.
