WOODSTOCK — The honor roll for the third quarter at Woodstock Middle School includes:

Grade 6

HIGH HONORS 

Emma Auker, Ethan Bove, Rachel Canedy, Riley Chapuis, Stefan Chervenkov, Sydney Cournoyer, Julia Dearborn, Eva Farutin, Grace Gronski, Emma Hovestadt, Brynn Kusnarowis, Evan Lundt, Marco Maluf, Samuel Massey, Emily McClure, Karissa Minkema, Ashley Nunes, Maxwell Racicot, Elijah Saine, Heather Schofield, Maeve Taylor, Eli Werstler, Alise Yonush

HONORS 

Sierra Bedard, Timothy Billings, Matthew Brady, Zachary Brody, Cody Currie, Ethan Dinges, Eliza Dutson, Guerin Favreau, Keegan Kelleher, Dominick Kollbeck, Kaily LaChapelle, Hanna Longwell, Marissa Mayhew, Lucy McDermott, Ella McMahon, Salwa Naveed, Evan Odorski, Avery Pajak, Alyssa Patel, John Peabody, Megan Preston, Connor Quinn, Peyton Saracina, Meghan Slate, Sarah Tavares, Rockwell Valentine

RECOGNITION 

Hunter Anderson, Livia Armstrong, Liam Blanchflower, Kaelyn Bushey, Jason Butts, Sydney Couture, Christian Cudworth, Alexander Dehler, Andrew Dilko, Riley Douglas, Jocelyn Foisey, Huck Gelhaus, Cassandra Leighton, Mackenzie Leveille, Colin Liscomb, Jason MacDonald, Nathaniel Majewski, Christina Mark, Carly Millette, Aedan Noel, Gillian Price, Damien Schofield, Quinn Schuler, Alyssa Sharrow, Benjamin Sivertsen

Grade 7

HIGH HONORS 

Sarah Blake, Cai Bohanan, Keith Brousseau, Jonathan Conover, Nathan Craig, Hannah Dean, Emma Durand, Allison Faist, Christine Faist, Jessica Farrell, Tessa Houlihan, Rachel Lambert, Justin Marcotte, Vivien Mark, Tristan Monahan, Emma Redfield, Hallie Saracina, Ashley Smith, Caitlyn Sroczenski, Daniel Suitum, Aleya Wesler, Evan Wood

HONORS 

Elise Boisvert, Jordyn Brousseau, Corinne Child, Hannah Cowdell, Chandler Creedon, Zia Donais, Anya Farutin, David Fleck, Joseph Fleck, Megan Gohn, Hannah Kipp, Joshua Lavitt, Madelyn Lecuyer, Audrey Ledbetter, Anna Millix, Teagan O’Hara, Haylee Renaud, Emma Rhynhart, Emily Ross, Julia Theriaque, Grayson Walley

RECOGNITION 

Sabrina Bastien, Nicholas Bedard, Addie Bouten, Shawna Cudworth, Tarryn Desrosiers, Karina Errichetti, Basia Gotsis, Rebecca Jarvis, Abigail LeBlanc, Tanner Littmann, Jack Lotter, Victor Maldonado, Jocelyn Mayotte, Justin McGroary, Heather Morse, Sean Rearden, Christopher Rossi, Jacob Starr, Gregory Weber, Harold Wotton, Brian Woz

Grade 8

HIGH HONORS: Renee Auger, Killian Braegelmann, Summer Chaponis, Heather Converse, Olivia Duncan, Nathan John, Nicole Katinas, Emily Menard, Amanda Nowak, Eric Preston, Nathan Price, Mariangela Ruggeri, Rebekah Wesler, Hannah Wotton

HONORS: Harmony Barna, Owen Borski, Kathleen Boshka, Dominic Bove, Olivia Burrell, Jasmine Charland, Spencer Collins, Lucas Couture, Kolton Dehler, Brianna Dennett, Rachel Durand, Caleb Feen, Ivy Gelhaus, Olivia Golbranson, Jenna Gormley, Madeline Gronski, Erika Helmetag, Ethan Holcomb, Jack Hovestadt, Sofia Jendrewski, Emma Kelleher, Blake Kollbeck, Justin MacCormack, Kathryn Mason, Liam McDermott, Samantha Mowry, Sarah Naveed, Lauren Neely, Derek Thompson

RECOGNITION: Evelyn Brown, Brooke Deorsey, Lauren Hovestadt, Hailey Kennett, Orion Newall-Vuillemot, Samantha Orlowski, Samuel Plummer, Adam Sanderson.

 

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New home on 

tap for Chamber

plus visitor center

President Warren P. Scholl and members of the Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, announced that the organization has officially closed on a property that will soon become the Chamber’s new home. 

The organization will be moving to a new and more prominent location at 210 Westcott Road in Killingly. Due to the tremendous success and growth of the organization over the past several years, the NCCC has outgrown its downtown location on the second floor of The Citizens National Bank in Danielson. In addition to the new office, Chamber Executive Director, Betti Kuszaj has been working with local lawmakers and representatives of the Department of Transportation and the Department of Economic & Community Development to include a Visitors Center designation as part of the new facility. 

Scholl said, “We couldn’t be happier with our new location. It has great visibility, is centrally located within our service region and is easily accessible from Interstate 395. The new building will provide nearly four times the space than the previous location and will serve as a great home for the foreseeable future. Visitors will have easy access on and off the highway and be able to pick up brochures and information about the entire region. Once we have moved in, Chamber members and the general public are welcome to attend the biggest ribbon cutting northeastern Connecticut has ever seen.”

The Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce serves as the voice of nearly 500 business members and works to support local businesses by ensuring a strong regional economy, promoting the regional community, providing networking opportunities and representing business to government through partnership development and political advocacy. The Chamber organizes more than 40 community promotion, networking, business development and educational programs and events each year to support the local economy.

 

 

PUTNAM — Recently week, the Putnam School District was officially notified that Putnam High School has been fully accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.  The accreditation process began back in October when a visiting accreditation team from NEASC spent four days at the high school, examining programs and interviewing staff, students as well as families.  The accreditation news comes on the heels of Putnam High School being named as a “Best High School” by U.S. News and World Reports.   In the accreditation report, Putnam High School received 26 commendations. These included:

• the safe, positive and respectful culture that fosters student responsibility and results in shared ownership and pride for the school

• the dynamic, collaborative and inclusive process used to identify and commit to the school’s core values and beliefs about learning

• the  development  of  challenging,  measurable  21st   century  learning  expectations  for  all students which address academic, social and civic competencies

• the efforts to ensure that the core values, beliefs and 21st century learning expectations are actively reflected in the culture of the school and are beginning to drive curriculum, instruction and assessment

• the consistent use of teaching strategies by teachers designed to personalize learning, engage students as active and self-directed learners, and emphasize inquiry, problem solving, and higher order thinking

• the efforts to keep families regularly updated on student achievement including the online grading portal and progress reports and report cards which are mailed to parents and are updated on Edline

• the   strong   relationships   with   community   organizations   that   provide   services   and opportunities for students and their families

• the opportunities for parents to be a voice for change through parent advisory board working collaboratively with the board of education

• the opportunities available for a variety of real-world experiences outside of classrooms within the community.

The full accreditation report will be posted on the district website.

Superintendent William Hull said:  “Again, this is affirmation of the quality education that is provided for our students.   I want to thank the Putnam community for the continuing support, as well as, our students and staff for their continuous hard work.”

 

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