Leadership Awards

Deanna Grunenberg has been selected as the student who will represent Smithtown High School East at the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar. The selected student is an outstanding sophomore who has demonstrated exceptional leadership ability and has participated in community service. The leadership seminar is designed to prepare our country’s high school sophomores to become effective, ethical leaders in their home, schools, workplace, and community. Selected high school students from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Canada, Mexico, Korea, Taiwan and Israel attend each year. Only one student is selected each year from HS East.

Christopher Morano and Samantha Cardillo have been selected to receive the Rotary Youth Leadership Award. This program is for 10th grade students who demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities. Rotary defines best leaders as students who have shown leadership potential, have demonstrated outstanding ability in public speaking or have been regarded by their peers as having leadership qualities. This leadership potential may be demonstrated in any activity in or out of school.