Sobo & Sobo Announces Third Place Recipients of the Annual Scholarship Essay Contest
MIDDLETOWN, NY – Sobo & Sobo, LLP. today announced Erin Catherine Boyle, from Pine Bush High School, Sindi Daci, from Herbert H. Lehman High School in the Bronx, and Jonathan Andrew Vargas, from Warwick Valley Central School District were selected as the third place winners of the 2020 Annual Sobo & Sobo Scholarship contest that included entries from schools throughout the Greater Hudson Valley and New York City.
Following an online application process, which included an essay exploring the implications of technology on personal injury, finalists from over 35 schools in five 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 100+ applications to determine the scholarship recipients. Erin Catherine Boyle from Pine Bush High School, Sindi Daci from Herbert H. Lehman High School in the Bronx, and Jonathan Andrew Vargas from Warwick Valley Central School District won third place and each will receive $500 educational stipends to defray the cost of their freshman year of college.
Multitasking was of interest to both Erin and Sindi. Sindi shared, “As technology has advanced…it has shortened society’s attention span and threatens to make every event double tasking.” Erin observed the challenge this creates, “…our senses are not attuned to the visual and auditory cues that our brains need in order to make safe decisions. So while we may think we are saving time or multitasking by using our technology while walking…we are really increasing the opportunity for personal injury to occur.”
Jonathan explored the challenges of social media on mental health, including bullying and the practice of enhancing images. “The standards of beauty have increased to an unrealistic height…(teenagers) believe that their natural beauty isn’t good enough…In today’s society, everyone, especially adolescents will tend to always have their phones on them which makes them more vulnerable to these attacks at all times of the day.”
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.
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
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