Date: Fri 06-Jun-1997

Publication: Bee

Author: DONNAM

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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