NEWS
ACADEMIC CELEBRATION
On December 7th, CMS held a series of "Gratitude Assemblies" that celebrated academic and character achievement at each grade level. Parents and family members were invited to attend the daytime events and show support for the students being recognized. Separate assemblies were held for each grade and celebrated students earning high honors, honors, student of the month awards and special grade-level awards.
The festive assemblies were held in the school auditorium. Following remarks from interim principal Annemarie Barkman, each award winner was called to the stage to accept his or her recognition, followed by a burst of cheers and applause from the students and parents. The format proved popular with parents and students alike.
Each award winner was given a certificate of recognition, and CMS PTSA and Dairy Queen in Ghent teamed up to give each recognized student a coupon good for one free ice cream cone at Dairy Queen.
"I think it's great they (students) are recognized for this kind of thing," said Lisa Sirani, who with her husband David, attended the grade eight assembly to see their daughter Alyssa be recognized. "It keeps them wanting to keep trying and doing well if they know they are supported."
"It's also great for their peers to see that it is ok to do well in school," added Rocky Payne, who was at two of the assemblies to show his support for his nieces Lauryn and Shay Calkins, both of who were honored that day.
This was the first such event at CMS, and similar academic celebration assemblies are planned for each quarter during the 2011-2012 school year.
A list of awards and respective winners (listed in alphabetical order) with photos are available below.
HONOR ROLL – 1st Quarter 2011
HIGH HONORS:
Grade 5: Garner Boshart, Althea Brennan, Curtis Buchan, Anderson Coonrad, Zephaniah Jackson, Tristan Kline, Patrick Knight, Sadye Law, Eliza Lindberg, Madisyn Marks, Hailey Morgan, Pamela Mountain, Maya San Diego, Margot Schassler, Jenna Skype, Emily Westover.
Grade 6: Patrick Allen, Jessica Behn, Lauren Berry, Tyrene Campbell, Alexandra Carrizales, Jennifer Cartwright, Emily Fabiano, Megan Gilligan, Finn Green, Natalya Hebert, Destiny Hull, Jasmin Kaur, Eliza Klingler, Brandon Martino, Madison Newton, Lillian Potter,Jackie Rickert, Julia Shanahan, Samantha Sitzer, Charlotte Tucksmith, Alayna Whiteman and Lillian Witaszek.
Grade 7: Nick Avenia, Bridget Bulson, Micaela Conte, Baylee Cox, Catherine Cruz, Nicole Decker, Mae Denner-Kenny, Stella Fairall, Emmanuelle Father, Joshua Gianfrancesco, Joseph Hunter, Margaret Huston, Molley Knight, Anna Kratt, Megan Malanowski, Jack McEachern, Maisy Noble-Buono, Kiran Oakes, Alice Rugen, Katharine Schassler, Gawain Semlear, Kenneth Sperl, Kristian Tampasis, Shannon Van Tassel, Geetika Verma, Danielle Wallace, Esra Yener, Garret Young, and Victoria Zidel.
Grade 8: Alice Acciani, Ani Adamski, Carl Aladin, Erin Clark, Aiden Cox, Kevin Frederick, Iona Green, Mckenna Jackson, Kathryn Kraham, Sadie Kratt, BreeAnna Laguesse, Matthew Lossow, Christine Mackerer, Jessica Madsen, Gabrielle McMann, Mikala Menegio-Stahl, Emily Ooms, Cassandra Pearson, Erin Persons, Anne Seefeldt, Megan Sweet, Jessica Tremper, Stephanie Tyski, Ryan Van Brunt, Ana Verma, Emil Waldron, and Jaina Wollowitz.
HONORS:
Grade 5: Cora-Lena Aladin Williams, Connor Case, Brooke-lyn Doyle, Nathaniel Fahey, Samuel Fairall, Jordon Ford, Emma Gregg, Shirley Harvey, Colby Hills, Amy Jones, Sydney Newton, Sydney Putnam, Benjamin Rippel, Hunter Scheriff, Nicolette Schwab, Lauren Tanner, Robin Tucksmith and Lauren Wrigley.
Grade 6: Ryan Alderdice,Hallie Allen, Oliver Allen, Brandon Baccaro, Amanda Booy, Dacy Buckley, Lauryn Calkins, Laura Coe, Caleb Doyle, Angelina George, Jensen Howard, Joshua Madsen, Haleigh McKay, Liam Merchant, Kaylin Meyer, Gabriela Neven, Manon Olejak, William Powers, Maeve Rochester, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Liliana Simon, Hayden Spock, Kyle Stockman, Annaliese Tampasis Casen Waldorf, Samuel Walter, Logan Winnie.
Grade 7: Jessica Adee, Crystal Baneni, Mackenzie Borsh, Logan Brady, Alex Curtis, Andrew Fahey, Branden Favre, Natasha Garrison, Lydia Gleason, Taylor Hanson, Mary Jones, Madison Kellogg,Cassandra Kerner, Kayla Law, Dannielle McKay, Evan Mickle, Adrienne Moshimer, Jane Pilkington, Quentin Rubel, Tara Shetsky, Reed Simmons and Cole Wimmers.
Grade 8: Brittany Bruck, Shay Calkins, Shante Campbell, Jessica Cartwright, Bryan Dwyer, Sara Eglin, Trevor Fox, Shelby Layton, Shawn Majeed, Jack McKeon, Taylor Mulligan, Michael NeJame, Milap Patel, Gianni Polhemus, Lucas Rinaldi, Kaitlyn Shook, Alyssa Sirani and Hunter Wallace.
TEAM AWARDS:
Grade 5; Awesome Job in Math, ELAS, Social Studies and Science- Emilee Myer
Student of the Month- Mikey Moore (September) Katherine Verenazi (October) Triston Schermerhorn (November)
Grade 6: Earth Awards- Kris Hudson, Riley Morgan, Thomas Shiff, Angelina George, Amanda Booy, Jensen Howard,Aidan Jackson, Dacy Buckley
Student of the Month- Connor Ahern (September) Kaylin Meyer (October) Zoe Dyer (November)
Grade 7: Outstanding Critical Thinking and Enthusiasm for Learning Award- Kenneth Sperl
Student of the Month- Daryon DeGroff (September) Kristian Tampasis (October) Noah Summers (November)
Grade 8: Extra Effort- Rebecca Gardella, Turn Around- Jason Sperl, Diligence- Hunter Wallace, Michael Keller, Extra Effort- Nikki Keyes, Most Avid Reader-Evan Allen, Anna Curran, Consistently Positive and Respectful- Ashley Czyzewski, Raven Brooks, Casey Wheeler, Nicole Durlack, Extra Effort- Rebecca Sanchez
Student of the Month- Mackenzie Rogers (September) Megan Sweet (October) Hunter Wallace (November)