Sobo & Sobo Announces Second Place Winners of the Annual Scholarship Essay Contest
MIDDLETOWN, NY – Sobo & Sobo, LLP. today announced Naomi Hernandez, from Minisink High School, and William Swift, from Arlington High School as the runners up of the 2020 Annual Sobo & Sobo Scholarship contest including entries from schools throughout the Greater Hudson Valley and New York City. Due to social distance requirements the local receptions at which all winners were to be recognized were cancelled.
Following an online application process, which included an essay exploring the implications of technology on personal injury, finalists from over 35 schools in 5 counties were selected for in-person interviews. Greg Sobo, managing partner, noted that, “We were thrilled by the caliber of entries we received and humbled by the volume of interest in our scholarship. The depth of passion, ingenuity and overall potential for this next generation is truly heartening.”
The committee reviewed each application individually to determine the scholarship recipients. The caliber of applications was so exceptional the committee could not choose between Naomi Hernandez from Minisink and William Swift from Arlington High School. Each will receive a $1,000 scholarship to use towards the freshman year of college.
Many applicants, including Naomi, shared thoughts regarding the connection between distractions from technology and motor vehícle accidents. “If one uses his or her phone while driving, they are automatically at four times the risk of crashing their car…What is impressive is both Naomi’s insightful observation, “Technology creates problems and solutions equally” and her attempt to actually identify solutions to the problem of driving distractions including, “the implementation of more speeding cameras or hands-free devices for drivers.”
William Swift fue más allá del uso que la gente hace de la tecnología y estudió su impacto físico, incluidos los efectos nocivos de la luz azul en el sueño. "La luz azul producida por los teléfonos móviles afecta a la producción de melatonina, una hormona que regula los patrones de sueño en los seres humanos. El uso de aparatos electrónicos como los teléfonos móviles por la noche altera los ritmos circadianos naturales del cuerpo, lo que conduce a la privación y la interrupción del sueño. Además del riesgo de lesiones personales que conlleva el uso del móvil, la NHTSA calcula que el 20% de los accidentes de coche se deben a la somnolencia o a quedarse dormido al volante".
Please help us to get these students the recognition they deserve.
Third Place Winners announced Monday:
- Erin Catherine Boyle Instituto Pine Bush
- Sindi Daci Edward H. Lehman
- Jonathan Andrew Vargas Distrito Escolar Central de Warwick Valley
Honorable Mentions announced Friday include:
- Emma-Victoria Baños Escuela Superior de Ciencias del Bronx
- Tiana Hewitt Academia Chester
- Kobe Zagon Cornwall Senior High School
- Abbey McFeely Instituto Delaware Valley
- Jasmine Shiffer Instituto Ellenville
- Tiffanie Roye Cultura ética Escuela Fieldston
- Myra Arif Goshen Central High School
- Isabella Fiorese Highland High School
- Instituto católico Holden Lee John S. Burke
- Morgan Juric Instituto Kingston
- Dorlyn Valencia Instituto Liberty
- Jacob Pasquale Escuela Central Livingston Manor
- Isabella Clark Marlboro High School
- Halie Cada Millbrook High School
- Krystal Dixon Instituto Minisink Valley
- James Anyansi Academia Mount St. Michael
- Meredith Lee Nanuet Senior High School
- Brandon Beharry New Rochelle high School
- Morgan Stroud Newburgh Free Academy PTech
- Ashley Vanhouten Newburgh Free Academy Main Campus
- Anayah Desir Newburgh Free Academy North Campus
- Kaelyn Serra North Rockland High School
- Zuri Chrispin Instituto Nyack
- Jake Pagano Nuestra Señora de Lourdes
- Katreana Bellew Escuela Secundaria Pearl River
- Francis Mazzella Instituto Pine Bush
- Escuela Secundaria Clarissa Hill Port Jervis
- Zoe White Instituto de Poughkeepsie
- Anna Marcotte Red Hook High School
- Kara Hogan Instituto Rondout Valley
- Grace O'Sullivan Escuela Secundaria Spring Valley
- Instituto Benjamin Reeve Sullivan West
- Joseph Grammatica Instituto Tappan Zee
- Andrea Decker Tri-Valley CSD
- Sophie Steger Escuela Secundaria Valley Central
- Alison Gerow Wallkill Senior High School
- Natalie Daigle Warwick valley high School
- Vincent Gennaro Washingtonville High School
Due to social distance requirements the local receptions at which all winners were to be recognized were cancelled. Please help us to get these students the recognition they deserve.
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