Date: Fri 06-Jun-1997
Date: Fri 06-Jun-1997
Publication: Bee
Author: DONNAM
Quick Words:
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Full Text:
A Little Night Music... Then A Lot Of Awards
(with photos)
BY DOROTHY EVANS
Many Newtown High School students were honored Thursday night, May 29, during
the 14th Annual Awards Night held in the school auditorium.
As the String Ensemble, conducted by Michele Hiscavich, played Mozart's "A
Little Night Music," faculty members, adminstrators, award presenters,
students and parents took their seats.
With more than 90 awards listed in the program, everyone knew this would be a
long evening.
Yet, no one seemed in a hurry to see it end. After a lot of hard work, this
was a moment to savor.
"People do outstanding things day in and day out, unnoticed. You've done what
you thought was normal and someone has said it was outstanding. We're so proud
of you!" said school principal William Manfredonia.
1997 Awards List
Bernal E. Hertberg Community Service Award, Laura Marusa
Ashlar of Newtown Scholarship, Kristin Kowalchik
Lebanon-American Club of Danbury, Todd Badillo
U.S. Military Academy Presentation, Paul McBride
Lt James A. Goodrich Memorial Scholarship, Delphine Tuot & Michael Kareta
Army Reserve Scholar/Athlete, Elizabeth Glaser & David Miller
Michael's Jewelers Awards, Moira Curren & Justin Davis
Horticulture Club of Newtown, Darryl Newman
William Smith Math Scholarship, Lauren Kalb
Visiting Nurse's Association Scholarship, Carrie Disette
Chatham College Book Award, Rachel Walker
Smith College Book Award, Alexandra Zaleta
Newtown Jr Women's Jane Symes Scholarship, Daniel Monroe
Town & Country Garden Club, Darryl Newman
William Pitt Real Estate Scholarship, Sharon Hufner
Sandy Hook School PTA Scholarship, Carrie Disette
Sandy Hook School PTA Recognition Book Award, Sarah Demand & Ellen LaPorte
Middle Gate PTA Scholarship, Sharon Hufner
Head O' Meadow Scholarship, Sarah Doherty
Dartmouth Book Award, Justin Davis
Hawley School PTA Scholarship, Floyd Kellogg
Newtown Softball, Emily Warner
Stew Leonard Scholarship, Cherish Valente
Art Recognition Book Awards, Lauren McEvoy, Cherish Valente, Karen Giordano,
Jill Swiatowicz, Danielle Andrews, Karen Bailey
Society for Creative Arts Laurence Newquist Scholarship, Danielle Andrews,
Lauren McEvoy, Adam Winner
"Thin-Air" Art and Soul Scholarship, Jill Swiatowicz
Adele Reinschmidt Memorial Scholarship, Lisa Zinn
Edith Reinschmidt Memorial Scholarship, Kristin Kowalchik
Columbia University Club Book Award, Justin Davis
Danbury Emblem Club, Kate Mackenzie
Medical Apprenticeship Award, Kristie O'Dell, Kim Vasilescu, Margaret Paniccia
CSCPA Accounting Award, Tina Porco
Briarwood College Book Award, Krista Reichert
Shirley Hunter Scholarship, Suzanne Keller
CT Association of Outstanding Visual/Performing Arts Awards:
Music/Christopher Bassett; Arts/Lauren McEvoy
Community Service Volunteer Awards, Jennifer Bacsik, Tara Beers, Erin
Cavanaugh, Jennifer Chion, Jennifer Dellasala, Sarah Demand, Sarah Doherty,
Michelle Dohrenwend, Janice Golenbock, Rachel Gottmeier, Amy Grabowski,
Michelle Haghpanah, Sarah Halper, Meghann Heath, Gregory Higgins, Sharon
Hufner, Lauren Kalb, Michael Kareta, Suzanne Keller, Kristin Kowalchik,
Rebecca Kremenitzer, Laura Marusa, Heather McCusker, Lauren McEvoy, Erin
McNulty, Alyson Nickse, Nicholas Perrone, Kristin Schierloh, Karen Schweikert,
Sarah Studley, Delphine Tuot, Emily Warner
Back Door Cafe, Todd Durand
Entrepreneurship Awards, Tiffany Thomas, Kim Vasilescu
Library Media Award, Volunteer of The Year Award, Janice Golenbock
Service Recognition Award, Chris Hubert/Bill Speirs
Newtown School Nurse's Book Award, Kristie O'Dell
Newtown Nurtury Awards, Nicole Berte, Erin Cavanaugh, Ali Giannini, Sean
Kursawe
PTSA Early Childhood Award, Lisa Zinn, Tara Beers
Foreign Language Dept Award, Delphine Tuot
AATF Award, Lauren Kalb
Helen Amaral Scholarship, Rebecca Kremenitzer
National French Award, Michael Oristaglio
AATSP, Sharon Hufner
Spanish Culture Award, Emily Warner
Latin Award, Jessica Wismar
Brown Book, Michael Oristaglio
Vassar Book, Jonathan Hill
Wellesley Book, Sibyl Nelson
Oberlin Book, Jennifer Staple
English Department Award, Christine Leja
Journalism Award, Laura McClure
Special Services Work Skills Award, Gjon Hoti & Raquel Ortega
Math Dept Awards, Gina Belli & Peter Vonoy
Tandy Technology Scholars, Max P. Bajracharya, Evelyn Chen, Carrie Disette,
Lauren E. Kalb, Laura McClure, Jill Privalsky, Delphine S. Tuot
Rensselaer Medal, Justin Davis
Bausch & Lomb, Justin Davis
Society of Women Engineers, Sibyl Nelson, Jonathan Hill
Michael DeFrance Award, Christopher Bassett
Barton Weller Semi-Finalist, Max Bajracharya
Barton Weller Finalist, Christopher Bassett
Barton Weller Medical/Health Science Scholarship, Carrie Disette
Barton Weller Instrumental Music Scholarship, Ellen LaPorte
Danbury Medical Society, Jennifer Chion
Paul Broggi Communications Award, Laura McClure
Eleanor F. Moore Business Award, Tina Porco
Senior Science Award, Max Bajracharya
Unico Scholarship, Erin Cavanaugh
Holy Cross Book Award, Conor Evans
Fred Davidson Soccer Scholarship, Jenna Jones
Nat'l Football Foundation Ffld County Scholar/Athlete, Matt Huray
Excellence in Achievement Award, Jessica Frankel
Leadership Council, Senior Leadership Awards, Tina Porco, Elizabeth Glaser,
Haley Gaertner, Laura Marusa
Outstanding Student Leader Award, Sharon Hufner
1997 Xerox Award, Michael Oristaglio
The Prudential Spirit of Community Award, Laura Marusa
Outstanding Student, Kira Nelson, Ken Oswald & Lauren Pelletreau
Ottaway Newspaper Scholarship, Sean Pond
Aid Association of Lutherans Scholarship, Jessica Wismar
Bridgeport Engineering Institute, Nicholas Rogers
CWE Scholarship, Eric Saren
Yearbook Award, Stephen Brookes, Jennifer Chion
Graphic Arts Scholarship, Gregory Higgins
Gail Smith Youth Service Award, Sarah Doherty
Newtown Youth Services, Beth Huisking, Dawn Williams, Nicholas Perrone
VFW Sports Award, David Miller
Coach Ann Anderson Sports Award, Erica Christopher
Harold S. Degroat Award, Reid Warner
Julie Judge Memorial Award, Carrie Disette
Richard Sperling Award, Stephen Brookes, Daniel Schneider
National Honor Society Awards, Advisor's Awards, Scholarship Nominees,
Delphine Tuot, Karen Schweikert
Academic Growth Award, Jennifer Dellasala, Matt Denicola
School Service Award, Eric Saren, Alicia Thomas
Profile of Courage Award, Justin Bandura, Jacqueline Barresi, Bethany Brown,
Grayson Byrant, Todd Burns, Jeffrey Chuongvan, Kelly Clark, Jodi Cross, Emily
Cwikla, Erik Dawe, Emily DeCosta, Kathleen Doyle, Elizabeth Drabik, Peter
Dutchick, Thomas Fallon, Alex Fedorov, Benjamin Fielding, Jillian Horvath,
David Howard, Leigh Kirmil, Catherine Larocque, Ryan Lopes, Megan Lynch, Emily
Marron, Katherine McClure, Kimberly Minnock, Rachel Moreno, Mark Obolewicz,
Lisa Rodriguez, Rebecca Roodhuyzen, Jana Rzezniczek, Joseph Strong, Christine
Unger, Karina Wolfe, Mark Yackel
Dar/Good Citizen Award, Sharon Hufner
Harvard Book, Michael Oristaglio
DAR American History Medal, Lauren Kalb
AFS & Cultural Exchange Awards, Cara Neilsen, Mete Yurtyapan, Lydia Rauh, Lina
Krogholm
Lion's Trull/Past Pres Award, Laura Ermini & Conor Evans
Edgar Rodrigues Memorial Scholarship, Karen Giordano
Dresser Industries Scholarships, Max Bajracharya, Janice Golenbock, Jessica
Schlier
Ciac Scholar/Athlete, J. Matthew Huray, Delphine Tuot
SWC Scholar Athlete, Kristin Denninger, Patrick Reilly
Arjun Mehta Scholarship, 1996 recipient Jennifer Chion, 1997 recipient Laura
Ermini
National Merit Commendations, Max P. Bajracharya, Christopher Bassett, Evelyn
Chen, Emily H. Crowley, Garrett A. Denniston, Lauren E. Kalb, Kristin V.
Kowalchik, Christine E. Leja, Lauren R. Pelletreau, Delphine S. Tuot, Douglas
S. Yee
Superintendent's Award, Delphine Tuot, Sharon Hufner
Principal's Awards
English, Shannon Pixley; Soc Studies, Ryan Henry; Business, Julie Sebastiao;
Science, Elizabeth Terrance; Math, Michelle Draper; Foreign Lang, Jennifer
Dellasala; Guidance, Kelly Tschantz; Art, Danielle Andrews; Music, Floyd
Kellogg; Spec Ed, William Henckel; Phy Ed, Tina Porco; Tech Ed, Gregory
Higgins; Life Management, Eric Saren; Culinary, Melanie Cash;
Entreprenuership, Conrad Richards
1997 Valedictorian & Salutatorian, Lauren Kalb, Delphine Tuot
