The Bayside-based Italian American Women’s Center honored five graduating high school students with $1,000 scholarships during the 22nd annual Scholarship Luncheon on Sunday, July 21 at Vivo! Bayside.

The five high school seniors — Rose Cohen, Ava Deluca, Daniel Esposito, Francesca Picone and Chiara Pullara — were each chosen for the scholarship based on the essays they submitted in which they discussed how they learned the Italian language. During the luncheon, each of the winners read their essays aloud, with Deluca’s mother reading hers due to an inability to attend the luncheon.