2024 Wall of Fame

Lucia Zaremba ’25 proposed life-saving legislation (which will provide EpiPens at all large public venues) to a NY state senator and it has now been officially signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul. The law will protect New Yorkers with allergies at concerts, sports arenas, and other venues.

Sadie Schoenberger ‘25 receives a National YoungArts Award with Distinction for her filmmaking.

Read more.

Michael Gabriel ’24 received an Honorable Mention from the National Scholastic Press Association, one of the biggest journalism competitions, for his Polygon cartoon .

Shep Dzina ’21, West Point Military Academy ’25, is named Rhodes Scholar and will study at University of Oxford in the UK this fall.

Producer Liz Feldman ’95 new Netflix show No Good Deed premieres December 12, 2024.

Justice DeJong ’25 (Baseball)

Dashiell Hort ’24 (Wrestling)

Natalie Murphy ’26 (Cross Country)

Congratulations to Class of 2025 students!

Jack Bogner, Charlotte Bonthrone, Nicolas De Luque, Ryan Geisler, Suryan Kamble, Jackqueline Malone, Beckett Mazeau, Maxwell Penachio, Lena Shamos, Wendy Zhou

James Seaton ’15 receives Public Relations Society of America (PRSA-NY) 15 Under 35 award.

Molly O’Connor ’20 receives an Ostrander Award for Props Design in a Musical for the Rhodes Theatre Guild’s production of Amélie.

Channing Austin ’20 has signed with the New York Mets organization, making his minor league debut with the St. Lucie Mets in the Florida Complex League.

Poly Varsity Football Team

wins the

2024 MIFL Championship.

Congratulations!

Kester Walshe ’25

and

Eason Yao ’25

Original Met Gala garment created by Head of Arts Michael Robinson displayed in NYC’s Museum of Arts and Design.

Wrestling (undefeated)

Boys’ & Girls Track & Field

Boys’ Basketball

Dov Weinstein Elul ’24

(photography)

At this year’s NY State Championships, Bryce Trent ’24 and MaKiyah Turner-Hicks ’24 were finalists in POI and DUO.

This is the first time Poly has placed two teams in finals of speech at states.

At this year’s NDCA National Championships at Indiana University, Ava Barbiere ’26 and Nathan Nguyen ’24 finished as quarter finalists in Public Forum, a form of competitive debate which centers on current events and relies on both logic and evidence to construct arguments.

Jordan Millar ’24 for “Head Over Heels” a feature article on The Ripped Bodice Bookstore in Brooklyn, New York.

Akili Tommasino ‘05, curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens new exhibition“Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now”

Louis Candel Boys’ (Lacrosse)

Edgar De La Rosa (Boys’ Basketball)

New York City Center Scenic and Costume Design Honors to:

Madeline Gross ’26
(Costume Design)

Writers from The Polygon were honored for their work:

• Jordan Millar ’24: “The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis: Are We Setting Our Mothers Up to Fail?”
• Charlotte Roberts’24: “Little Shell, Big Heart: A Review on Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”

Wrestling

Boys’ and Girls’ Indoor Track & Field

Boys’ Outdoor Track & Field

Boys’ Basketball

Boys’ Lacrosse

Girls’ Volleyball

Dov Weinstein Elul ’24 (photography)
Lena Shamos ’25 (photography)
Eason Yao ’25 (photography)
Jane Littleton ’25 (ceramics)

Boys’ Basketball (B, 4th consecutive year)

Girls’ Basketball (C)

Beckett Mazeau ’25

Nathan Neulander ’24

Lucy Lavagnino-Sisk ’25

(all photography)

Briana Robles ’24

Natalya Muchinsky ’24

Nathan Neulander ’24

Lucy Lavagnino-Sisk ’25

Madison Shepard ’25

(photography)

The legislation that requires life-saving epinephrine auto-injectors at all large public venues in New York was passed by the New York State Assembly and Senate. It now heads to the governor’s desk, thanks to Lucia Zaremba ‘25.

Boys’ Outdoor Track & Field

Softball

Boys’ Lacrosse

Upper School History teacher, Dr. Max Shmookler and his colleague Diaa al-Aswad announce the publication of their critical edition of Maqamat al-Barbir, a late-eighteenth century work of rhyming Arabic prose that has never before been in print. Read more.

Lulu McDonald ’24 was invited to be part of the 2023 All State Choir—one of the higher honors for a student musician.