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Putnam Elementary/Middle
Monday - Breakfast for Lunch: French toast sticks, scrambled eggs, hash browns. Tuesday: Chicken bacon ranch flatbread sandwiches, fruit. Wednesday: Pasta, meatsauce, carrots, sherbet. Thursday: Popcorn chicken potato bowls, corn, fruit. Friday: Stuffed-crust pizza, salad, fruit.
Putnam High
Monday: Cheese steak grinders or spicy chicken sandwiches. Tuesday: Popcorn chicken bar or bacon cheeseburgers. Wednesday: Clipper Burgers or chicken quesadillas. Thursday: Pasta Bolognese or pizza boli. Friday: Stuffed-crust pizza or mozzarella sticks with marinara sauce.
Woodstock public schools
Everyday: Fruit. Monday: Chicken patties on rolls, baked beans. Tuesday: Grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup. Wednesday: Chicken nuggets, green beans. Thursday: Bosco sticks, marinara sauce. Friday: Pizza, carrots.
Pomfret Community
Everyday: Fresh fruit and veggies and Alt. Sunbutter and Jelly. Monday: Chicken patties on rolls. Tuesday: Cheeseburgers. Wednesday: Turkey and cheese sandwiches. Thursday: Sausage, egg and cheese on a bagel. Friday: Pizza.
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Pomfret pg 2 5-5-22
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Pomfret School
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musical comedy
POMFRET — Pomfret School Theater will present the public premier of an original musical comedy co-written by Pomfret Theater Director Chip Lamb and New York Times bestselling author Ridley Pearson ’71 at 7 p.m. May 21 in the Hard Auditorium on the Pomfret campus. The performance is free and open to the public. A reception will follow. Alumni and friends of the school are invited and encouraged to attend. Registration is not required.
The Academy, set at a private boarding school that bears a striking resemblance to Pomfret, follows two young freshmen who are faced with a mystery to solve. It is based on the second book of the same name in Pearson’s “Steel Trapp” series.
“I had no idea when I asked Ridley if we could adapt his book into a play that we were embarking on a multi-year odyssey,” said Lamb. “I had no idea our version of the story would be a musical. I had no idea Ridley would fully embrace this project, put his own professional projects on hold, and spend literally hundreds of hours writing music, lyrics, and the script with me. I had no idea about his total dedication to our school, a place that changed his life.”
The Academy has been in development since January 2020, but like so much of life, it was disrupted by the pandemic. Pearson and Lamb completed the first draft of the two-act musical at Pearson’s home in the Northern Rockies in August. The first table read took place at Pomfret on Nov. 14, 2021. Since then, Lamb and Pearson have been working day-in and day-out with the cast and crew to refine the musical comedy’s script, music, and dance numbers.
More than 30 Pomfret students have dedicated an untold number of hours to bring this project to life. “We get to play with different harmonies,” said Lexi Beck ’22 from North Andover, Mass. “I love that if the words in the song or in the dialogue don’t work, we’re able to change them because we want them to be natural.”
Lexi stars alongside Maya Bullied ’23 from Pomfret; Austin Kendig ’22 from Columbia; Brooke Zahansky ’22 from Pomfret; Nathan Kikonyogo ’25 from Hopkinton, Mass.; and Kaya Horvath ’22 from Galway, N.Y.
Ridley Pearson is the New York Times bestselling author of more than 50 award-winning suspense and young adult adventure novels, including the “Peter and the Starcatchers” series, which he co-wrote with Pulitzer Prize winner, Dave Barry. “Peter and the Starcatchers” was adapted for the stage by Rick Elice, and has been awarded five Tony Awards.
Chip Lamb is the current arts department chair at Pomfret School, as well as a respected playwright and theater director. This is the third original work he has written for the school. The other two plays include 70lbs of Books (2013), which tells the story of Pomfret alumnus Loring “Ring” Bailey ’63, who died in the Vietnam war, and I’m a Master, I Believe (1994), about Pomfret’s founder William Peck.
The debut of The Academy coincides with the reopening of Hard Auditorium, which has been under construction for the last nine months. The auditorium was reimagined by Centerbrook Architects and Planners. The $6.8 million renovation includes a state-of-the-art theater; revamped HVAC, electrical, water, and drainage systems; and a new three-story breezeway connecting the auditorium to the School Building.
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running pg 3 5-5-22
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Marathon
These four, and many others, helped execute the Woodstock Marathon CT which raised more than $12,000 for Community Kitchens and Quiet Corner Reads. From left: Seana Weaver, Jessica Weaver Boose, Joyce Garabrant and Fraser Davis. Linda Lemmon photo.
Running Feet Help Extend a Helping Hand
Marathon raises
$12,000+
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
WOODSTOCK — “We knew it was time to get together; do things together,” said Woodstock Marathon Race Director Seana Weaver.
And they certainly did, raising more than $12,000 for Community Kitchens and for Quiet Corner Reads. The April 30 Marathon, 26.5 miles around Woodstock, seven individual runners and — new this year — six relay teams. The individual winners were Michael Stadolnik of Plainfield, 3:05:46; second was Arthur Kisby, 3:37:21; and third was Scott McClure, 3:38:14. The winning team was Team Tour de Woodstock, 3:33:31
Also a winner: Community Kitchens and the Quiet Corner Reads in northeastern Connecticut.
Weaver has worked to end hunger and food insecurity for seven years. In 2020 she was the Agency Relations Manager at Worcester County Food Bank. Now, she’s the Program Director of Fresh Truck at About Fresh in Boston.
Initially she targeted helping the five Community Kitchens in the Quiet Corner with solo marathons. Last year more than $8,000 was raised and the year before, $1,200.
This year they decided to expand the marathon to include relay teams.
Food insecurity and hunger are invisible and they became more prevalent very quickly during the pandemic “with little warning for people, especially in rural areas like this,” she said. The Community Kitchen had to shift its focus and they did it quickly and successfully, she said. They went to drive-thru and dry goods.
And the Quiet Corner Reads conglomerate in the Quiet Corner is a vital part of the community. “We need to keep a strong, safe gathering place for the public. Where they get resources for free,” Weaver said.
And the needs remain. And that’s where the Woodstock Marathon came in.
“I was incredibly grateful and inspired by the 20-plus volunteers who helped, at least 15 local businesses that gave money or prizes or both, and the four farms that also donated prizes and money,” she said. She added that the Woodstock Public Works Department, on its own, cleaned the race route roads right before the race.
With the giving people in the Quiet Corner, she said, “It’s inspiring to be their neighbor.”
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woodstock pg 4 5-5-22
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WOODSTOCK — The second quarter Woodstock Academy honor roll included:
High Honors
Seniors: Amber Ahearn, Claire Anderson, Linsey Arends, Annarose Avery, Hamilton Barnes, Alison Benoit, Morgan Bentley, Aurissa Boardman, Carleigh Boisvert, Zoe Botta, Angela Bradley, Ethan Campbell, Paige Campbell, Leah Castle, Dylan Chamberlin, Annabella Chaves, Hannah Clark, Ava Coutu, Kaitlyn Dalbec, Nicole Davidson, Ella Davis, Paula De La Hoz Mendez, Marcella DiPierdomenico, Margaret Ebbeling, Siera Fahey, Atticus Finch, Huck Flanagan, Arimae Gagne, Shannon Gagnon, Nathan Gaug, Olivia Grant, Matthew Griffin, Liam Hagan, Ryan Hanlon, Morgan Hardacker, Sydney Haskins, Emma Hayden, Emma Heimgartner, Grace Herindeen, Ian Hoffman, Ashley Kasacek, Anna Kellermann, Hannah Kim, Summer Ko-Szych, Mia Krzic, Keenan LaMontagne, Jonah Libby, Kanxu Lin, Sarah Lucas, Megan Lucier, Adalyn Lukachie, Jillian Marcotte, Sofia Murray, Gianna Nichols, Marissa O’Sullivan, Ryan Odorski, Savannah Olson, Ian Palmerino, Ognjen Pavlovic, John Pokorny, David Ramos, Hans Rhynhart, Zachary Roethlein, Robert Saraidarian, Sydney Schuler, Kadin Shepherd, Jordan Sienna, Adeline Smith, Conor Stewart, Jonathan Surowaniec, Amanda Tamaki, Vincent Tocci, Daniel Torres, Ainslie Tschamler, Ainsley Viano, Sandra Vujovic, Shawn Wallace, Norman Warcholik, Tyler Warren, Han Zheng
Juniors: Aaron Allard, Ella Anderson, Brooke Arpin, Vicente Bastura, Morgan Bonin, Kayanna Bourassa, Carah Bruce, Lauren Brule, Sophia Bulan, Delaney Canty, Gabrielle Couture, Shannon Cunniff, James D’Alleva-Bochain, Alexis Danila, Taylor Danner, Carolina DaSilva, Gavin Driscoll, Connor Dunkley, Braedon Emerson, Lennon Favreau, Louella Flanagan, Katie Fortin, Zachary Gessner, Jaydon Gormley, Hadley Grether, Cameron Heath, Jeong Hwang, Aleena Jafar-DeCesare, Brian Jameson, Olivia Jendrewski, Nathan Joseph, Emma Korsu, Ava Lanoue, Khang Le, Curtis Lefebvre, Rain Lin, Xiaohan Lin, Alexis Lisee, Rori Mackenzie, Carter MacNeil, Abigail Morin, Carter Morissette, Ella Musumeci, Matthew Myslenski, Lindsay Nuttall, Maya Orbegozo, Paige Owens, Noah Page, Olabegoya Pinol, Sophia Quinn, Jenna Robbie, Aubrey Rumrill, Barbancho Saiz, Jonathan Sebastian, Lillian Sharpe, Isabel Sumner, Linzhuoran Sun, Xin Sun, Allison Surprenant, Angela Tellatin, Owen Tracy
Sophomores: Carleh Avery, Anthony Buckner, Danielle Cabassa, Emily Cournoyer, Julia Coyle, Leah Danis, Hunter Eddy, Aiden Finch, Campbell Fraser, Sean Gasperini, Alexander Gessner, Halie Hoffman, Cade Jones, Emma Kerr, James Koproski, Corinne LaMontagne, Kaitlyn Lanctot, Phoenix MacRae, Cristina Martin, Madison McMahon, Kayleigh Murray, Cang Nguyen, Jared Nielsen, Noah Sampson, Olivia Saraidarian, Matthew Saunders, Ava Simoes, Nicholas Sivertsen, Arthur Soucy, Lilly Verraneault, Madison Whitehouse, Madison Williams, Christian Zellweger, Mathew Zheng
Freshmen: Olivia Aleman, Ayden Angel-Ouimette, Jai Barlow, Gunnar Basak, Addison Beausoleil, Mikayla Bessette, Madison Bloom, Liliana Bottone, Emma Brody, Katelyn Bruce, Samuel Clark, Josh Cunniff, Jacqueline Dearborn, Gabriel DiPierdomenico, Chandler Folkerts, Mila Ganias, Ella Gilchrist, Ava Golden, Tanner Graham, Kira Greene, Adyson Grether, Sophie Gronski, Avery Hardacker, Madeline Jezierski, Emily Jurnovoy, Kason Kelly, Eunwon Lee, Matthew Letourneau, Kate Lewis, Georgia Lukachie, Chyanne Machamer, Gianna Materas, Christian Menounos, Sophia Milardo, Xandar Miller, Bailey Nordman, Katherine Ritzau, Freya Robbie, Ava Salsich, Nina Silva, Emily Smock, Mia Sorrentino, Brock Swabby, Avery Thienel, Evelyn Young
Honors
Seniors: Jai Abrams, Fernandes Alves, Parker Anderson, Samantha Bellantone, Alison Bessette, Payton Booth, Elaina Borski, Neil Camara, William Chambers, Emma Clinton, Nicholas Dahl, Walker Dalton, Fuente, Alivia Dean, Henry Driscoll, Emmaline-Hope Ebbeling, River Favreau, Scout Favreau, Jackson Goetz, Marrin Gorgone, Madelyn Groves, Samuel Hagan, Sergio Herrera Moreno de Acevedo, Medeiros Johnston, Taewoo Kim, Caleb Koleszar, Ashton Lanning, Thai Le, Seamus Lippy, Ksenija Martinovic, Isabella Miller, Mary Morin, Thomas Musumeci, Phu Nguyen, Madison Nichols, Bethany Noe, Chaneek Park, Dhruvi Patel, Tegan Perry, Julia Powell, Lucas Reardon, Logan Reynolds, Blin Rollins, Camila Roman, Mia Ruggeri, Aidan Russell, Graham Scribner, Eliza Simpson, Silas Strandson, Yves Tercius, Jacqueline Trudeau, Kylie Wallace, Grayson Webber, Zachary White, Haojun Xu, Zhixuan Zhang, Zhi Zhou, Talia Zuidema
Juniors: Charlotte Adase, Elorza Aguerrea, Stella Atchinson, William Basiliere, Noah Betzold Menendez, Jayton Bergeron, Emma Blanchette, Tessa Brown, Alyson Bunning, Italia Burgio, Summer Chaput, Tate Chavez, Brianna Connors, Ava Edwards, Ella Favreau, Max Ferreira, Jackson Gallagher, Yunlei Ge, Rodriguez Gonzalez, Matthew Gouin, Lucas Gustafson, Collin Hamilton, Magnolia Hart, Carly Ignacio, Ricky Jessurun, Jacob Jurnovoy, Samuel Kim, Caitlin LaVallee, Peishi Liu, Sydney Lord, Bryn Miller, Nicholas Montanez, Elizabeth Morgis, John Murray, Chloe Nason, Elias Newall-Vuillemot, Cormac Nielsen, Branden Nystrom, Nikolina Pandurevic, Zarate Pavia, Clara Pettini, Ethan Pokorny, Kylie Quercia, Amelia Racicot, Fiona Rigney, Wyatt Robbie, Alexa Rock, Natalie Romano, Lillian Rossi, Noelle Sallum, Quintavanh Sangasy, Jakub Sarzynski, Adele Schmidt, Mackenzie Starr, Adam Thompson, Alexandra Thompson, Dominick Tocci, Kylie Wakely, Liam Wilcox, Cooper York, Violet Young, Colin Zavorskas, Zimo Zheng
Sophomores: Nicole Apicelli, Logan Bertram, Amari Blanco, Charles Caggiano, Caitlin Chandler, Duy Do, Hailey Gagnon, Gavin Grant, Kathryn Guillot, Alex Harris, Angelos Haveles, Jada Hernandez, Sophia Hernandez, Tyler Hudson, Madyson Knox, Joel Koleszar, Avery Kollbeck, Taylor Lamothe, Hunter Larson, Kayla Leite, Samuel Lescault, Kevin Lin, Maeve Lusignan, Brian Manon, Emma Massey, Eric Mathewson, Savannah Ortiz, Kyle Pazienza, Xuemei Qu, Abella Reino, Evan Rhault, Samantha Richmond, Sydney Ruoppo, Isabella Siwko, Megan Smith, Kaelin Soukaloun, Ethan Staples, Thea Sullivan, Lana Syriac, Camacho Velasco, Ryan Wallace, Henry Wotton
Freshmen: Ari Abrams, Juliet Allard, Eli Apperson, Katelyn Austin, Brayden Bardan, Pombo Becker, Kaitlyn Becker, Logan Blow, Mason Bourget, Aiden Brailsford, Hunter Brandriff, Om Brown, Cassidy Chabot, Maya Chojnicki, Abigail Converse, Maxx Corradi, Benjamin Cross, Olivia Dahl, Marta Del Palacio, Grace Delsanto, Mara Douglas, Jonathan Eddy, Abigail Elliott, Julian Escobar, Samantha Espeseth, Maizy Ferreira, Olivia Gadue, Livia Gerum, Echenique Guzman, Brooke Hagerman, Matthew Hernandez, Jocelyn Kraus, Leo Larkin, Audrey MacPherson, Emma Manis, Margaret Marshall, Margaret McHugh, Eva Monahan, Ryley Morin, Kelsey Pabon, Grace Pokorny, Kaelyn Provost, Logan Rawson, Macy Rawson, Elizabeth Roberts, Cameron Robida, Maya Rodriguez, Sophia Sarkis, Austin Sebastian, Isabella Selmecki, Otto Shaw, Dylan Shinkiewicz, Elizabeth Short, Olivia Smith, Juliana Stacy, Eli Susi, Olivia Tappenden, Hayden Thistle, Lauren Thomas, Riley Titchen, Isabella Vasconcelos, Autumn Wade, Gwendolyn White, Haley Whitehouse, Wren Wiggin
Recognition
Seniors: Anna Alvarez, Vaughn Andrews, Jacob Boynton, Stella Brin, Jayden Danila, Sage Eno, Alexa Fernandez, Edward Fisher, Ian Frankhouser, Gwenith Hendrickson, Corey Jones, Stephanie Lizotte, Isabel Lotter, Elizabeth Lovrien, Haitong Lyu, Peyton Manis, Everett Michalski, Christina Mozzi, Shangyou Pan, Leticia Tamaki, Jacob Thomas, Junchen Xu, Chase Young
Juniors: Kristen Ash, Maxwell Auker, Riley Balanovich, Ava Basak, Alexandra Cloutier, Ethan Craig, Bodie Defocy, Ethan Ekman, Alexandra Flint, Esmeralda Kasneci, Kaiden Keddy, Dominici Konig, Annika LeBoeuf, Elizabeth Mard, Taylor Markley, Olivia Mawson, Dylan Mayo, Makala McDermott, Kamden Meyer, Abigail Morse, Magdalena Myslenski, Mavin Palmerino, Fernandez Pineda, Carlota Riestra, Nathaniel Sarette, Braiden Saucier, Davis Simpson, Caza Slauenwhite, Gianna Smith, Concetta Sumner, Wyatt Thienel, Jacob Vadeboncoeur, Paige Veilleux-Catlin, Xiaodan Wang, Patrick Webster, Cameron Wood,
Sophomores: Peyton Bentley, Briana Botelho, Ryanne Bourbeau, Ryan Bradford, Riley Dupont, Zoe Ender, Hayden Fontaine, Joaquin Fraga, Nicholas Gohn, Hunter Haynes, Dayeon Kim, Aiden Kudla, Jacob Lizotte, Kendall McCormack, Aidan McNamara, Mia Pannone, Dominic Pascale, Sophia Petrella, Margaux Reck, Riley Russell, Deven Santa Cruz, Apphia Schley, Abigail Smith, Sawyer Stewart, Antonio Therrien, Lucas Travinski, Addison Tyimok
Freshmen: Nathan Billings, Madisen Braunstein, Brady DelFarno, Brady Ericson, Kaitlyn Erskine, Madelyn Frechette, Alyx Goff, Brooke Goodell, Phoebe Griffin, Abigale Houle, Thomas Johnson, Lilliana Latour-Gervais, Celine Leffingwell, Marie Mairson, Timothy Mozzi, Camden Nason, Owen Rigney, Max Ring, Colton Sallum, Kaylee Spring, Michael Susi, Kaelyn Tremblay, William Wasko, Jillian Wiggin.
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