Sarah Anne Orlando, daughter of Mr and Mrs N. Scott Orlando of Newtown, graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology of design from Moravian College, Bethlehem, Penn. Sarah earned Dean’s List standing for all semesters, and was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Honorary Society for Scholarship and Leadership, and Phi Eta Sigma, the National Academic Honor Society for First-Year Students. Sarah, NHS Class of 2003, was a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha, serving as social chair, fundraising chair, and vice president of programming of ritual.

Sarah Robin Sampson, of Sandy Hook, received a bachelor of fine arts degree in graphic design from Maine College of Art, Portland, on May 13.

Peter Legget Meisel, NHS Class of 2003, recently participated in the sixth annual Mount David Summit, a campuswide exposition of student academic work at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. Peter, son of Paul and Cheryl Meisel of Pheasant Ridge Road, is a senior majoring in biological chemistry, Dean’s List student and four-year letter winner in baseball. In 2006, he conducted biological research under a faculty grant and presented research in the Mount David Summit.

Erin L. Moulthrop, NHS Class of 2003, graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor of science degree in corporate finance and accounting from Bentley College, Waltham, Mass. Erin, daughter of Bruce W. and Cheryl T. Moulthrop of Sandy Hook, was named to the Dean’s List and President’s List throughout her college career, completed a semester abroad at Regent’s College, London, served on the Academic Honesty Hearing Board, Bentley College Student Government Association Academic Advising Committee, and on the executive board, as Webmaster, for the Bentley College Democrats. Erin is working on a master of science degree in accounting at McCallum Graduate School of Business, Bentley College. She has accepted a position at PricewaterhouseCoopers, in Hartford, as a systems and process assurance associate.

Cadet Christopher John DiNoto graduated from The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina in Charleston, with a bachelor of arts degree in criminal justice.

Kelli Gardner, NHS Class of 2004, was inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, the national honor society of Jesuit colleges and universities, during a Mass in Canisius College’s Christ the King Chapel. Kelli is a junior majoring in psychology and religious studies.

Bryant College, Smithfield, R.I., announces the following local students have graduated this spring: Elizabeth Leigh Arnold, bachelor of arts in communication; Daniel Kane Jura, bachelor of science in business administration, management; and Christina Nicole Klanica, bachelor of science in business administration, marketing.

Meghan O’Connor received a master of arts in teaching from Smith College, Northampton, Mass. Ms O’Connor, a graduate of Newtown High and Grinnell College, worked as an educator for the Women’s Center of Greater Danbury and in theater in Madison, Misc.

Renata Villarreal, daughter of Maria Cazco-Kiley and David Kiley of Newtown, has been selected for membership in The National Society of High School Scholars, an organization that recognizes top scholars across the nation.