POMFRET — Aug. 26 is the first day of school for Pomfret Community School. Times are approximate, please be at bus stop 5 min prior to pick up time

Bus #1:  7:32 a.m. #161 to #477 (odd #’s) Mashamoquet Rd., 7:35 a.m. #700-#900 (odd#’s) Mashamoquet Rd., 7:39 a.m. Firetower Rd., 7:47 a.m. End of Paine Rd (RTE 44 End) Rd., 7:50 a.m. Hampton Rd., 7:57 a.m. Fay Rd., 8:00 a.m. Paine Rd., 8:05 a.m. End of  Wetherbee Rd.,  8:07 a.m. Drown Rd.,  8:10 a.m. #500 to #200 (even #’s)  Mashamoquet Rd. 8:14 a.m Brookfront Condos

Bus #2:  7:35 a.m. Freedly Rd., 7:40 a.m. Freedly Fork Rd., 7:43 a.m. Gary School Rd., 7:44-7:50 a.m. Longmeadow Dr. (End of all Circles), 7:55 a.m. Stickney Rd., 8:04 am #371-#141 Putnam Rd., 8:08 a.m. #631-#659 Pomfret St (odd #’s).,  8:10 a.m. Woodstock Rd  

Bus #7: (BUS 3 ROUTE IS NOW BUS 7)   7:40 a.m. Hamlet Hill Rd., 7:42 a.m. Cassidy Rd., 7:48 a.m. Quassett Rd., 7:55 a.m. Fox Hill Rd./Hickey Rd., 8:08 a.m. Pomfret School.

Bus #4:  7:27 a.m. Murdock Rd.,  7:28 a.m. #77 to #219 Deerfield Rd., 7:33 a.m. #118 to #293 Brayman Hollow Rd., 7:35 a.m. Peterson Rd.  7:40 a.m. Angel Rd./Tyott Rd./Johnson Rd., 7:45 a.m. #500’s Brayman Hollow Rd., 7:48 a.m. Ragged Hill Rd., 7:55 a.m. #700’s Brayman Hollow Rd., 8:00 a.m. Taft  Pond Rd., 8:07a.m. #333 to #118 Hampton Rd., 

Bus #5:  7:25 a.m. #90 to #210 (even #’s) Orchard Hill Rd., 7:30 a.m. Valentine Rd., 7:40 a.m. #366 to #99 Orchard Hill Rd.,7:45 a.m. 69 Mashamoquet Rd., 7:38 a.m.Wolf Den Rd./Jericho Rd., 7:55 a.m. Wade Rd., 8:00 a.m. Brooklyn Rd., 8:05 a.m.  Hampton Rd/ End of Clinic Rd., 8:13 a.m. Wolf Den Drive.

Bus #6: 7:30 a.m. #118 - #304 Killingly Rd., 7:40 a.m. Woods Hill Rd.,7:45 a.m. Searles Rd.,  7:48 a.m. 422 Killingly Rd., 7:50 a.m. Kearney Fork Rd., 7:55 a.m. Anderson Rd., 8:00 a.m. Kearney Rd./ end of Cooney/Amberg Dr., 8:05 a.m. Youngs Rd., 8:10 a.m. #18 -#29 Kearney Rd., 8:14 a.m. Bosworth Rd

Bus #3:(BUS 7 IS NOW BUS 3)  7:35 a.m. 20-120 Putnam Rd., 7:37 a.m. Tyrone Rd., 7:40 a.m. #846 to #730 Wrights Crossing Rd., 7:45 a.m. #339 to #25 Wrights Crossing Rd., 7:50 a.m. River Rd./ Cotton Bridge Rd., 7:57 a.m. Modock Rd./Holmes Rd., 

Bus #8: 7:40 a.m. Covell Rd (Rte 97 end) 7:42 a.m. Cheney Rd., 7:45 a.m. Covell Rd (Rte 44 end)., 7:50 a.m. Babbitt Hill Rd./Blossom Dr., 7:58 end of Bradley Rd., 8:00 a.m. Congregational Church., 8:05 a.m. Rectory School., 8:07 a.m. 408 Deerfield Rd., 8:10 a.m. Averill Rd/Townhouse Dr.  

 

Rectory 

School

awards

POMFRET — Local students were among those presented with awards at The Rectory School’s middle school end-of-year ceremonies. Below is a list of those students and the awards they received.

9th Grade

THE MABEL B. BIGELOW MEMORIAL CUP (Rectory’s highest female recognition, named in honor of the school’s co-founder is awarded to a female member of the graduating class who displays excellence in character and who has shown great interest in and has contributed toward the welfare of the School.)

Taeyoung (Sophia) Park (Pomfret)

THE ALEXANDER C. VASILOFF MEMORIAL AWARD (Presented to that Rectory student who best exemplifies those eclectic characteristics, which this beloved faculty member lovingly brought to The Rectory School community. They include interest in history, science and mathematics, arts and literature.)

Thayne Anderson Hutchins (Hampton)

THE JOHN FRAZER AUSTIN CUP (Given by John Frazar Austin, a member of Rectory’s class of 1949, is awarded to a student who best exemplifies the “fighting spirit” which will not permit him/her to quit, whether in sports, studies, or in striving for general improvement.)

Nicholas Hunter Smith (Brooklyn)

THE ADAM B. SILVER AWARD (Established in honor of Adam, class of 1982, by his parents, this award is given to that student who had demonstrated not only spirit, energy, inquisitiveness, and vigor in the classroom, but determination and commitment on the athletic fields.)

Julia Ruth Chute (Woodstock)

THE GOODRIDGE-BARBER ACADEMIC CUP (Presented to Father Bigelow, Rectory’s co-founder, by a gentleman who said he was tired of seeing the handsomest cups at graduation exercises everywhere go to the best athletes, rather than the best scholars. He was determined that Rectory would have a truly splendid looking cup to present to its top student.)

Taeyoung (Sophia) Park (Pomfret)

THE CHARLES ROCKWELL CUP (Donated by Mr. Charles Rockwell, the father of three Rectory graduates: Charles, Jr., 1928; Henry, 1930; and Paul, 1935. It is awarded to “that person in the graduating class who has done the most for Rectory.”)

Maya Renée Gibbs (Pomfret)

FIVE YEAR AWARD (Awarded to graduating students who have attended Rectory since the 5th Grade.)

Maya Renée Gibbs (Pomfret) and Thayne Anderson Hutchins (Hampton)

TEN YEAR AWARD (Awarded to graduating students who have attended Rectory since Kindergarten.)

Julia Ruth Chute (Woodstock) and William B. Gajewski (Webster, MA)

NEWSPAPER AWARD

Nicholas Hunter Smith (Brooklyn)

TOP NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AWARD

Peyton Joseph Durand (Pomfret)

CHORUS AWARD

Maya Renée Gibbs (Pomfret)

MUSIC AWARD

Taeyoung (Sophia) Park (Pomfret)

9th Grade

Section Awards

Nicholas Hunter Smith (Brooklyn) and Abigail LaFleur Castle (Scotland)

ACADEMIC AND EFFORT HONORS (Awarded to those students who maintain an academic average of 95-100 and a high effort distinction in all of their courses.)

Abigail LaFleur Castle (Scotland), Maya Renée Gibbs (Pomfret), Thayne Anderson Hutchins (Hampton)

PRESIDENT’S EDUCATION AWARD (Awarded to those students whose outstanding efforts have enabled them to meet challenging standards of excellence as determined by the President of the United States and the U.S. Secretary of Education.)

Celton James Clark (Windham, CT)

ACADEMIC HONORS, EFFORT HONORS, AND PRESIDENT’S EDUCATION AWARD

Taeyoung (Sophia) Park (Pomfret)

LEROY ANDERSON FOREIGN LANGUAGE AWARD

Spanish: Maya Renée Gibbs (Pomfret)

Latin: Thayne Anderson Hutchins (Hampton)

NINTH GRADE ENGLISH PRIZE

Taeyoung (Sophia) Park (Pomfret)

BEST ALL-ROUND ATHLETE

Male: Peter Tucker J. Sheehan (Pomfret)

Female: Maya Renée Gibbs (Pomfret)

5th-8th Grade Awards

JOHN HAZEN WHITE SR., CUP (Presented annually to that Rectory rising ninth grade student who, in the opinion of the Headmaster and faculty, “best exemplifies those human characteristics Mr. White so greatly admired, including community service, responsibility, self-sufficiency, passion, ethical leadership and moral courage.”)

David Egan, Grade 8 (Scituate, RI)

NEWSPAPER AWARD

Rachel Anna Salop, Grade 8 (Thompson)

TOP NEWSPAPER ARTICLE AWARD

Minyoung (Stella) Park, Grade 7 (Pomfret)

MAA AMERICAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION AWARD

Minyoung (Stella) Park, Grade 7 (Pomfret)

THOMAS F. ARMY JR. WRITING HISTORY AWARDS

Cooper Emerson Ames, Grade 6, (Pomfret), Alexandra Roueche Lippke, Grade 7 (Canterbury), and Margaret Virginia Ritzau, Grade 8 (Dayville)

2014 QUINEBAUG VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS 

Hailey Skye Childs, Grade 8 (Eastford), Helen Currie Hale, Grade 8 (Pomfret), Aidan Davis McCarthy, Grade 8 (Pomfret), Anna Bernadette Mendenhall, Grade 8 (Dayville), Zachary Richard Paige, Grade 8 (Woodstock), Inyoung (Michael) Park, Grade 8 (Pomfret), Minyoung (Stella) Park, Grade 7 (Pomfret), Nathaniel Philip Rice, Grade 7 (Hampton), and Margaret Virginia Ritzau, Grade 8 (Dayville)

CHORUS AWARD

Zachary Richard Page, Grade 8 (Woodstock)

DRAMA AWARD

Margaret Virginia Ritzau, Grade 8 (Dayville)

ACADEMIC HONORS (Awarded to those students who maintain an academic average of 95-100 in all of their courses.)

William Alexander Greene, Grade 7 (Pomfret), Kevin Li, Grade 7 (Pomfret), Zachary Richard Paige, Grade 8 (Woodstock), Nathaniel Phillip Rice, Grade 7 (Hampton), Zachary Edward Roethlein, Grade 5 (Pomfret), Genevieve Elise Rondeau, Grade 6 (Hampton), Eleanor Catherine Sangree, Grade 7 (Ashford), and Blake Asher Zahansky, Grade 7 (Pomfret)

ACADEMIC AND EFFORT HONORS (Awarded to those students who maintain an academic average of 95-100 and a high effort distinction in all of their courses.)

Alexandra Roueche Lippke, Grade 7 (Canterbury) and Jackson Scott Medeiros, Grade 6 (Douglas, MA)

ACADEMIC HONORS AND PRESIDENT’S EDUCATION AWARD

Thomas Gilbert Bergendahl, Grade 8 (Pomfret), Hailey Skye Childs, Grade 8 (Eastford), and Matthew Roethlein, Grade 7 (Pomfret)

ACADEMIC HONORS, EFFORT HONORS, AND PRESIDENT’S EDUCATION AWARD

Sebastian Thomas Henry Evans, Grade 8, Minyoung (Stella) Park, Grade 8 (Eastford), and Margaret Virginia Ritzau, Grade 8 (Dayville)

SECTION AWARDS

Brooke Abby Zahansky, Grade 5 (Pomfret), Bailey Elizabeth Sheehan, Grade 6 (Pomfret) Thomas Gilbert Bergendahl, Grade 7 (Pomfret), and Zachary Richard Paige, Grade 8 (Woodstock)

 

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Medal Winner

Shannon Fagan of Putnam, recently brought home gold and silver placing at the 2015 USA Roller Sports National Championship held in Albuquerque. She placed first in Sophomore A loop and second in Sophomore A figure events.  Shannon is the daughter of Shawn and Deanne Fagan and is currently a senior at Putnam High School.  She skates for the Plainfield Figure Skating club at Skate Inn in Plainfield. Her coaches, Tom Beebe, Lynnette Cassio and Christina Scott, work with her in three different disciplines Dance, Figure and Loops.  She has been skating for six years starting in the Saturday morning beginner class.  Courtesy photo.