Newtown High School Third Quarter Honor Roll

By TANJUA DAMON-MERROW

Published: May 25, 2001 12:00 am

The Newtown High School Guidance Department recently announced students who have earned honor roll recognition for the third quarter.

High Honors â Ninth Grade

Matthew Abrams, Emily Allison, David Anderson, Patrick Armstrong, Kelly Bailey, Lauren Borruso, Diana Bowen, Brittany Boyle, Carolyn Brennan, Michael Brill, David Bunger, Stephen Chuddy, Rebecca Corrigan, Joseph DeFeo, Courtney Di Beneditto, Heidi Ekstrom, Sheena Fernandes, Victoria Filler, Andrew Fiscella, Eric Fisher, Kelli Gardner, Jim He, Alexandra Helfer, Tyler Hull, Nicholas Huppenthal, Alana Jacoby, A. Keogler, Allison Klein, Adam Konneker, Nicole Krause, Daniel Letson, Carolyn Lipnick, Julia Lysaght, Devon Manfredonia, Kathleen Mayer, Katherine McCann, Patrick McCarthy, Benjamin Moore, Chelsea Morin, Jaclyn Morrissey, Filipe Moura, Erin Murdoch, Jennifer Nelson, Erin OâDell, Bethany Ober, Robert Panor, Katie Proulx, Sean Rawson, Lee Sandberg, Floren Schertzer, Catherine Sciarretto, Tomor Sedaliu, Jonathan Silver, Sharon Small, Oksana Sokolov, Jennifer Stephens, Adam Summerer, Christopher Timmel, Steven Truitt, Alexa Vacaro, Jacob Vogel, Caitlin Weber, Tanya Whippie, Kristen Wippermann, Tyler Wood, and Phillip Zencey.

High Honors â Tenth Grade

Anthony Altieri, Elizabeth Arnold, Owen Beams, Beatrice Berg, Rachel Berliner, Mark Boland, Courtney Brown, Matthew Cullinan, Erin Delohery, Christina Dolzall, Laurence Dworkin, Christopher Giacolone, Alex Guiterman, Levi Harris, Nadine Krause, Stephanie Kraushaar, Melissa Landin, Jarrod Lively, Timothy Malone, Kristen McGrath, Stephanie Minor, Amanda Molden, Erin Moulthrop, Jennifer Murphy, George OâDonnell, Carol Ogdon, Sarah Orlando, Nina Palazzo, Lauren Parrish, Jennifer Ratzing, Ryan Richardson, Megan Riley, Melissa Rushefski, Brandon Russell, Christine Shannon, Kimberly Shortt, Lauren Staple, Rachel Stern, Megan Steuer, Michael Taylor, Christopher Thibdeau, Ryan Tracy, Elizabeth Upshur, and Theodore Yemc.

High Honors â Eleventh Grade

PhillipÂ Ames, Sudeep Awasthi, Whitney Blanchard, Lauren Blomberg, Emmeline Brancato, Cuyler Bryant, Brian Budnick, Adam Burroughs, Kathryn Clyne, Mark DeFeo, Karen Earle, Elizabeth English, Alexandra Gellert, Jennifer Haghpanah, Morgan Haines, Gregg Hammond, Lauren Harmata, Claire Heppner, Thomas Hunt, Mark Huot, Megan Johnston, Benjamin Jura, Bryan Kotwicki, Brendan Krueger, Elizabeth Leety, Andrew Lysaght, Daniel Maxwell,Â Â Â Genevieve McCann, Caitlin McQuaite, David Millar, Kimberly Miner, Heather Morgan, Sheila OâConnor, Jessica Omasta, Christopher Perry, Daniel Phillips, Thomas Ragusa, Brittany Rayzor, Matthew Regan, Kristin Ronan, Charles Rosentel, Andrew Rote, Brian Rowe, Adam Samuels, Kali Santarpia, Christopher Schmitt, Angela Shannon, Daniel Sidwell, Rebecca Singer, Kathryn Smith, Jessica Stiewing, Kelly Stone, Heather Sykes, Nathan Taylor, Christian Villodas, Ryan Walker, John Wesley, Renee Whippie, and Monica Zigman.

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High Honors â Seniors

Cynthia Allen, Stephen Ambrogio, John Barry, Kaitlin Barry, Jamie Beckman, Christina Bennett, Shea Benton, Magnus Berg, Jessica Blauvelt, Amber Brown, Kevin Carolan, Philomena Conti, Jeffrey Corbeil, Sara Daniels, Kathy Deng, Christine Deweese, Geoffrey Di Beneditto, Paul Dolzall, Deirdre Dougherty, Travis Finlayson, Meghann Freeman, Heather Gibbons, Evan Graves, Seth Guiterman, Ryan Ignatius, Erin Kostecki, Kara Kunst, Jessica Latowicki, Sarah Letson, Courtney MacRae, Daniel Maley, Mallory McQuail, Stephanie Miles, Zachary Miller, Sarah Minor, Michele Nelson, Thomas Oristaglio, Todd Palo, Maria Pavelo, Diana Perachio, Tracy Ravetto, Bonnie Robinson, Rachel Romanelli, Manisa Simoes, Emily Simoneau, Grant Skinner, JessicaÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Snow, Shannon Solheim, Peter Stephenson, David Strong, Kathryn Sullivan, Matthew Sullivan, Christopher Thompson, Lisa Wallmark, Jessica Ward, Jesse Weber, Tiffany Wolfe, Peter Yemc, Erin Zaruba, Joseph Ziemann, and Kendall Zimmerman.

Honors â Ninth

DanielÂ Amodeo, Matthew Barackman, Erin Beckman, Christopher Body, Michael Bonsignore, Geoff Brault, Edmund Breitling, Jr, Ashley Burroughs, Shannon Cain, Ross Coates, Kelly Collier, Lynn Cupero, Colin Curran, Jesse Daly, Brian Danziger, Robin DiPerrio, Kerrilynne Dolan, Joseph Fonseca, Katherine Fuller, Michael Gagliardi, Vanessa Giusti, Jesse Goodwick, Stacey Gordon, George Grant, Leslie Greenfield, Amanda Hadgraft, Eliza Hallabeck, Christine Halloran, Sarah Hartlett, Kyle Hastedt, Erin Hayes, Julie Iwanicki, Michael Kaye, Colleen Kelley, Jessica Kerns, Angela Lam, Matthew Lask, Robert Liu, Amanda Lockwood, Christopher Mahmood, Matthew McFadden, Brittany Meier, Suzanne Menz, James Morlath, Rory Morrissey, Adam Moskowitz, Kaitlyn Murphy, Jessica Nicolosi, Katherine Orzechowski, Casey Palmer, Adam Pennarola, Daniel Pister, John Polchowski, Christian Power, Margaret Randall, Laura Reid, Allison Russo, Austin Samsel, Alyssa Scalora, April Scheuerell, Jessica Schmalz, Sloan Schnell, Ronald Shimko, Brian Smith, Megan Tredennick, Matthew Wheeler, Christopher Wolcott, Edward Wolf, and Ashley Zenhye.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â

Honors â Tenth

Christina Andrews, Margaret Bamberg, Jeremy Barczak, Katharine Benson, Austin Bowes, Katie Braband, Hannah Brancato, Simon Censabella, Kelly Coney, Matthew Corkum, Kristin Correa, Ryan Coyle, Jennifer Dahlgard, Jason Daly, Rachel Dapp, Nicholas Doniger, Micah Gaulin-McKenzie, Regina Gilroy, Michelle Grimaldi, Steven Hubina, Brandon Husvar, Megan Kelly, Casey Kirch, Ashley Klabonski, Christina Klanica, Kathryn Lahey, Christopher LaRocque, Caitlin Lynch, Lindsey Malmborg, Christine Manfredonia, Nicole Mangarella, Kathryn McDonald, Caitlyn McNerney, Peter Meisel, Derek Miles, Jeanmarie Morlath, Julia Nietsch, Christopher Nordstrom, Eric OâDonnell, Andrew Owen, Rebecca Pennucci, Brian Pious, Janine Pixley, Elizabeth Portnoy, Nicole Potucek, Stefanie Prorock, Jonathan Read,Â Â Kelly Rodden, Branden Roumanis, Jacqueline Ruiz, Thomas Ryan, Courtney Smith, Shelley Solheim, Jack Sparacino, Elana Tenenbaum, Peter Terrance, David Tokarski, Michael Troy, Megan Ullo, Lara Wallmark, and Rosemary Ziemann.

Honors â Eleventh

Kerim Agalar, Laura Amodeo, Katherine Anderheggen, Colin Armstrong, Margaret Ashey, Cassandra Bagaglio, Daniel Beck, Jenna Benson, Elizabeth Boushell, Erin Carolan, Benjamin Carroll, Scott Chimileski, Jennifer Chuddy, Elizabeth Conti, Jennifer Cronin, Stephen Danyew, Maria Davidson, Tara Dean, James Dellasala, Michael Deluca, Daria Denbaum, Erin Dennen, Alyssa Doutney, John Ehlers, Tommy Ermini, Daniel Evans, Jonathan Everett, Megan Gagliardi, Jishnu Gupta, Bryan Hamilton, Michael Hayes, Kim Helfer, Christopher Herity, Lori Iwanicki, Cannon Jones, Naomi Kim, Cameron Law, Phoebe Lott, Louis Mahmood, Laurie Manion, Lisa Masella, Diane McNamara, Kacey Miklaszewski, Tyler Miles, Keira Morin, Kristin Mulrane, Daniel Murphy, Lorraine Narel, Caitlin Palmer, Jennifer Perry, Brian Popowski, James Randall, Heather Rebb, David Rod, Katie Romano, Jacob Schwartz, Meghan Sheehan, Michael Sobo, Emily Stefanko, Chad Thomas, Erin Tobin, Micah Uhrlass, Eric Vasquez, Annette Wieczorek, Justin Yllanes, Larisa Zaleta, and Paul Zimmermann.

Honors â Twelfth Grade

Lauren Adamek, Elisabeth Addyman, Federico Aloisi, Jaclynn Alpert, Collin Anderson, Adam Bagger, Blair Balmforth, Travis Barnes, Kathleen Bartek, Lauren Bass, Andrew Beck, Anna Bingaman, Leah Blewett, Katherine Bouteiller, Wayne Braun, Gregory Burkhart, Bradley Burnstein, David Buyers, Rebecca Cain, Caitlin Capon, Amanda Choun, Kristen Coates, Kyle Coney, Suzanna Cozby, Kerri Cullinan, Brittany Darden, Colleen Davis, Caitlin Decosta,Â Â Â Adam Delvecchio, David Dichard, David DosSantos, Erin Doyle, Gwendolynn Eissman, John Fiscella, Christina Herron, Adam Hopkins, Laura Howard, Matthew Huisking, Matthew Imperioli, Sarah Ingerman, Lesley Janutolo, Dimitrios Koutmos, David Kremenitzer, Kane Kunst, Jeffrey Labianco, Nicole Lafrancesca, Matthew Lapak, Katherine Matz, Kristen Mazur, Erin McDonald, Katie Miller, Ashley Molden, Emily Moran, Katharine Morrissey, Claire Nowicki, Jessica Oswald, Christina Palmer, John Pantan, Brea Passero, Richard Petretti, David Portanova, Andrew Portnoy, Rebecca Preston, Grant Putnam, Megan Randlov, Kimberly Rosenthal, Shannon Rouse, Donald Rowe, Michael Roy, Laura Smarrella, Andrew Smith, Kerin Sovern, Allyson Stone, Christopher Symes, Allyson Themel, Erin Thomas, Jeffrey Walcott, Mark Werbeck, Emily Whitcher, Laura Willing, and Todd Winner.

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The editorial took no position on the budget going up or down so you're reading things into the editorial that simply aren't there. The turnout is tied to the lack of passage, in that people who came out to vote last time did not this time, indicating a lack of support on their part. Perhaps it wasn't spelled out clearly enough, but that's what the editorial was driving at, people showing lack of support by not casting a vote. The editorial did address likely concerns among voters that may have led to lack of support and lack of turnout. This lower turnout also follows increasing turnout over the past four referendums in three years (meaning it is an aberration from that), and increased turnout is something that I do push for regularly in editorials. Any disappointment you might be seeing is at the break in that trend, not at whether the budget passed or not. I'd rather see more people come out and vote "no" then not vote at all.

Lower Turnout Results In Two Budget Defeats

Clearly, property owners no longer want to bear the burden of expenses while the state does not meet it’s responsibilities. Rising costs must be addressed by actions that do not include yearly increases of property owners’ taxes. The state of CT must meet its share of the educational costs, and other costs.

Town And School Budgets Fail At Referendum

This feels like an oddly misleading headline and narrative, particularly coming from the Editorial Board. The headline "Lower Turnout Results in Two Budget Defeats" pushes a misleading narrative regarding voter turnout, and then seeks to tie the outcome of the referendum to that misleading narrative. Sure, voter turn out for this year's referendum, 18%, was lower than last year's. However, last year's turnout, 25.4%, represented the highest turnout in the most recent 10 budget referendums. If you take the time to examine turnout percentages between 2017 and 2026 (2017: 19.9, 2018: 15.7, 2019: 17, 2020: 0, 2021: 8.98, 2022: 7.7, 2023: 8.8, 2024: 15.1/17.49, 2025: 25.4, 2026: 18), this year's turnout was actually the third highest in the past 10 cycles. Perhaps the headline of this article should say "Lower Voter Turnout Than Last Year", which is more accurate, rather than creating an impression that this year's turnout is some type of aberration - a narrative that the turnout numbers, in all their binary glory, simply do not support. Further, the headline of this article appears to tie the "lower turnout" to the defeated budgets. Sure, that could be true. But, perhaps, its more likely that Newtown residents are feeling the squeeze of multiple economic influences. In Newtown, we've experienced property revaluations and increased municipal spending. Eversource continues to raise rates. The state legislature gives PURA the authority to impose Public Benefit charges that benefit a tiny percentage of the public (and subsequently burdening the rest of us). At the national level, inflation has run rampant for years and many of those costs remain high to this day. In short, the data tells a far less dramatic—and far more honest—story than the headline suggests. This wasn’t an electorate vanishing in apathy; it was a fairly typical turnout delivering an verdict that, perhaps, some at the Editorial Board didn't like. At some point, it’s worth considering that residents aren’t confused, disengaged, or misled by turnout; they’re simply doing math at their kitchen tables and concluding that “no” is the only responsible answer left.

Enjoyed the forum which only confirmed my support for Brandon Moore as the Democratic candidate to run for the state representative position. Brandon Moore did not waiver about his duty to all the people, if elected, when an issue presents itself that requires that he voice a difference of opinion for the wellbeing of Newtown residents. If Michelle Ku’s 16 years have led to her loyalty being to other elected officials, as she implied, then Newtown is going to continue to witness actions that do not protect its residents. She could not unseat republican, Mitch Bolinsky, during a Blue Wave, and once again, will not do it now. Winning that seat is critical for all. That explains why her previous campaign committee now campaigns for Brandon Moore. It explains all the endorsements he has received from local elected democratic officials. It’s why we need Brandon Moore to be the democratic candidate to run for state representative.

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Appreciated the opportunity to hear from both candidates as we were present for the College Dems forum but only heard from Brandon Moore. It was an opportunity to see who can unseat the Republican incumbent and there is no doubt that Brandon Moore should be the Democratic candidate. One concerned parent posed a question about discrimination unaddressed by the school district and interestingly enough, Michelle Ku, who proudly speaks of her Board membership years, said little, while Brandon Moore passionately addressed the issue along with his experience as an Apache Helicopter Commander. This family is supporting Brandon Moore. We need change and someone who is not afraid to disagree, especially about the rising costs of living in Newtown.

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