Three Pascack Valley students earn the Italian Studies Student Award by the Coccia Foundation

Pascack Valley High School is pleased to announce that Josie Gallina, Olivia Mattessich, and Adrian Testino were selected to receive the Italian Studies Student Award by the Coccia Foundation. Students were recognized for their exemplary work in their Italian class and their commendable achievement in studying the Italian language.
Honorees also will receive a monetary gift from the foundation. The student awards are made possible through a grant from The Paragano Family Foundation.
Josie, Olivia, and Adrian are all students in Mrs. Barbara Borghi’s Italian 1 class at Pascack Valley High School. Congratulazioni a tutti!
The Coccia Foundation seeks to promote awareness of Italian and Italian American culture, history and societal contributions, and to celebrate and preserve those ethoses for the younger generations of Italian-Americans in the United States, as well as students from other backgrounds and ethnicities who are interested in discovering all things Italian.
Pictured: Student, Josie Gallina, with World Languages Teacher, Mrs. Barbara Borghi