Witnesses sought

PUTNAM — The Putnam Police Department reported that a Dayville woman was killed in a one-motor vehicle accident Sept. 30 at the corner of Grove and Tatem streets. 

The victim has been identified as Marissa Rocks, 24, Dayville. The accident remains under investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed the accident is asked to contact the Putnam Police Department at 860-928-6565.

 

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Welcome

The Woodstock Academy welcomed guests from Badajoz, Spain, as part of a two-week homestay exchange. Courtesy photo.

 

 

 

WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Academy hosted 18 students and two teachers from Badajoz, Spain for the first half of an exchange program between Bioclamático school and The Woodstock Academy. Academy students and their families welcomed the students from Badajoz as guests in their homes for the two-week exchange program. In the spring these same students from The Woodstock Academy will visit Spain to be the guests of their new friends in Badajoz.

The home-stay program provided the unique opportunity for students from Spain to experience every-day life in an American home. They were also able to experience life in an American high school by participating in classes and campus life at The Woodstock Academy with their hosts.

“We found students who had a lot of things in common and tried to place them together” said Justin Fox, Spanish teacher, and exchange co-coordinator. Jayne Collins, also a Spanish teacher at The Academy, initiated the exchange and co-coordinated with Fox. Fellow Spanish teacher Annamarie Thibodeau also helped prepare and host along with the entire World Language department at The Academy.

“One of the goals is to make students aware of other cultures, and to recognize that young people everywhere have things in common” said Collins.

Fox added that through the exchanged they hoped to “maximize conditions for language and cultural acquisition among WA students and our partner school in Spain.”

According to the student participants, it was a success. Woodstock Academy student and exchange participant

Amanda Nowak agreed that through the exchange she was able to “learn their culture and meet new friends.” Senior Eden Law added that the exchange gave her a “better understanding of different people.”

Both Nowak and Law are students in Honors Spanish Six, a class that allows Academy students to earn college

credit through UConn’s Early College Experience Program.

While the students from Badajoz were visiting the U.S. the focus was on allowing them to practice their English, but when Nowak, Law and the other Academy students visit Spain in the spring it will be their turn to practice Spanish.

All of The Woodstock Academy student hosts have taken Spanish Language classes at The Academy and many of them are members of the Spanish National Honor Society.

The students from Badajoz arrived just in time to experience fall in New England complete with a trip to Woodstock Orchards and an early Thanksgiving dinner. Students explored the local area with a tour of Roseland Cottage and a hiking trip to Wolf Den and Mashamoquet Brook State Park.

While in the United States, the Spanish visitors also traveled to Boston and Mystic Seaport and The Woodstock

Academy students accompanied them on a trip to New York City.

Collins said that the Spanish guests enjoyed the many excursions “but what they really liked was playing soccer together.”

Head of School Chris Sandford said “While sharing their lives with students from another country and culture, our students are actively investing in their families, school, community, and the world. That investment is a goal for all of our students and a key part of our mission at The Woodstock Academy.”

Before the students left, The Academy hosted a formal farewell gathering to celebrate the success of the exchange and to look forward to the second half of the exchange in the spring. The students returned to Spain on Wednesday, September 20.

When it came time for the students to say farewell there were many hugs and tears, but any sadness was eased knowing that they would see each other again in the spring.

 

Information

sought

Information is sought regarding the burglary and vandalism at The Arc’s Redemption Center and The Arc Emporium on Rt. 171 in Woodstock and at the Arc’s Main Office on Cook Hill Road in Danielson.

Last week The Arc’s Redemption Center was broken into and money was stolen. The night of Sept. 29 The Arc Emporium was broken into and money was stolen. Both are at 22 Rt. 171, Woodstock. Last weekend, one of The Arc vans was vandalized at its Main Office at 687 Cook Hill Road in Danielson. 

Did anyone see anything that could help the police in their investigation of these crimes? Did you see something suspicious as you drove by our locations? Call Arc:  860-774-2827.

 

 

WILLIMANTIC — Eastern Connecticut State University recently released its list of newly enrolled students for the fall 2017 semester. Among the new students are:

Shawn Bourgeois of Pomfret Center, CT. Bourgeois’s major is Communication.

Hannah Bowen of Putnam, CT. Bowen’s major is English.

Silas Bunnell of Eastford, CT. Bunnell’s major is Health Sciences.

Tyler Clough of Woodstock, CT. Clough’s major is Communication.

Sarah Dietrich of Woodstock, CT. Dietrich’s major is General Studies.

Nicholas Flake of Pomfret Center, CT. Flake’s major is Business Administration.

Zachary Foskett of Woodstock, CT. Foskett’s major is General Studies.

Cody Goodwin of Eastford, CT. Goodwin’s major is Criminology.

Shai-Lin Gothreau of Putnam, CT. Gothreau’s major is Criminology.

Adam Greczkowski of Putnam, CT. Greczkowski’s major is Business Administration.

Alyssa Groh of North Grosvenordale, CT. Groh’s major is Exploratory - Undecided.

Brendan Hebert of Woodstock, CT. Hebert’s major is Business Administration.

James Hemeon of Pomfret Center, CT. Hemeon’s major is Computer Science.

Allen Horn of Pomfret Center, CT. Horn’s major is Pre-Social Work.

Robert John of Woodstock Valley, CT. John’s major is Visual Arts.

Emma Kellermann of Eastford, CT. Kellermann’s major is New Media Studies.

Owen Kelly of Putnam, CT. Kelly’s major is Biology.

Tyler King of Pomfret Center, CT. King’s major is Sport & Leisure Management.

Mikko Koivisto of Pomfret Center, CT. Koivisto’s major is Biology.

Lauthell Labonte of Putnam, CT. Labonte’s major is Biology.

Sarah Langlois of Quinebaug, CT. Langlois’s major is Psychology.

Sylvia Lawrence of Woodstock, CT. Lawrence’s major is Pre-Social Work.

Luca Lefevre of Pomfret Center, CT. Lefevre’s major is Environmental Earth Science.

Kerry-Jewel Martin of Pomfret Center, CT. Martin’s major is Mathematics.

Payton Muzyczka of Woodstock, CT. Muzyczka’s major is History and Social Science.

Jeffery Neely of Woodstock, CT. Neely’s major is Biology.

Paige Norgren of East Killingly, CT. Norgren’s major is Biology.

Shuonan Peng of Pomfret, CT. Peng’s major is Visual Arts.

Steven Pepper of Pomfret Center, CT. Pepper’s major is Biology.

Jacqueline Pillo of Woodstock, CT. Pillo’s major is Political Science.

Emily Rainville of Pomfret Center, CT. Rainville’s major is Spanish.

Haley Russo of Putnam, CT. Russo’s major is Psychology.

Danica Seney of North Grosvenordale, CT. Seney’s major is Mathematics.

Julie Szamocki of Thompson, CT. Szamocki’s major is Sociology.

Joseph Thompson of Woodstock, CT. Thompson’s major is Business Administration.

Nathan Tozzi of Putnam, CT. Tozzi’s major is Psychology.

Fredric Tucker of Putnam, CT. Tucker’s major is Psychology.

 

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