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Presentation
Joan St. Ament, Savings Institute Vice President Branch Manager, left, presents Susan M. Desrosiers, The Arc Quinebaug Valley executive director with a $3400 grant. Courtesy photo.
DANIELSON — Aug. 24, Joan St. Ament of the Savings Institute Bank & Trust team presented a grant check in the amount of $3,400 to Susan Desrosiers, executive director of The Arc Quinebaug Valley. “We are thrilled to be awarded these grant funds. Our agency is in dire need of new computers to improve our Job Development Enhancement Program and we are thankful to Savings Institute Financial Group Foundation, Inc. for fulfilling our request for the individuals we serve.” said Desrosiers.
This grant award will help with expenses for new computer bundles to assist individuals ages 16-24 in having better opportunities in competitive community employment.
“Our agency flourishes from the support of the community and we are truly blessed to have local businesses, such as the Savings Institute, continuously stand by The Arc’s mission. We are grateful for this grant award.” said Desrosiers.
THOMPSON — On June 4, 99 graduates (96 seniors and 3 postgraduates) received their diplomas from Marianapolis Preparatory School. The Class of 2017 hails from six different states and nine countries. Addressing the graduates was valedictorian Margaret Azu of Oxford, Mass., salutatorian Mimi Vo of Worcester, and Head of School Joseph Hanrahan.
Marianapolis Class of 2017 in Alphabetical Order (* Post Graduate):
Sophie Achilles, Princeton, MA; Frances Adams, Woodstock, CT; Nicholas Alessandro, Pomfret Center, CT; Nicole Anderson, Kittery Point, ME; Mariah Aubin, North Grosvenordale, CT; Margaret Azu, Oxford, MA; Marley Blommers, Chatham, Canada; Dalton Bodreau, Oxford, MA; Madison Bodreau, Quinebaug, CT; Spencer Bodreau, Oxford, MA; Tyler Brayton, Webster, MA; Jordan Buell, Oxford, MA; Jia Tong Cai, QingDao, China; Alessandra Caparso, Worcester, MA; Tyler Carlson, Charlton, MA; Kara Casavant, Worcester, MA; Amani Chambe, North Providence, RI; Pin-Jung Chen, Taipei City, Taiwan; Xuanxuan Chen, Beijing, China; Zhen Chen, Xian, China; Sofia Chokshi-Martinez, Pomfret Center, CT; Jin-Wei Chu, Tainan City, Taiwan; Jin-Yung Chu, Tainan City, Taiwan; Meaghan Cleary, Thompson, CT; William Davey, Oxford, MA; Emma Dellea, North Oxford, MA; Joseph DelRicci, Greenville, RI; Boyuan Deng, Chengdu, China; Xueyi Deng, Guangdong, China; Samantha Depatie, Oxford, MA; Jack DuPont, Dudley, MA; Suzanne Ellis, Webster, MA; Linyuan Feng, Ninghai, China; Simone Fournier, Putnam, CT; Jordan Frye, Lynn, MA; Patrick Gagnon, Thompson, CT; Fei Gao, Beijing, China; Kaiyu Gao, Tengzhou, China; Olivia Gould, Charlton, MA; John Griffin, Worcester, MA; Tianheng Han, Shanghai, China; Delia Hannon, Putnam, CT; Matthew Hauver, Shrewsbury, MA; Benjamin Heaney, Putnam, CT; Emily Hebert, Woodstock, CT; Zeliang Hu, Hang Zhou, China; Zheming Hu, Jiangxi, China; Arber Isufi, North Grosvenordale, CT; Addison Jacoboski, Willington, CT; Andrew Jalbert, Oxford, MA; Tong Jia, Houma, China; Julia Jones, North Grosvenordale, CT; Matthew Kelly, Thompson, CT; Matthew Kibaru, Webster, MA; Richard Kim, Cheongju, South Korea; Shuang Kong, Beijing, China; Reanna Kuzdzal, Webster, MA; Jacob LaFiandra, Woodstock, CT; Drinda Lee, Charlton, MA; Yuqian Lei, Chongqing, China; Linnea Listro, Woodstock, CT; Fangzhou Liu, Beijing, China; Kyle Longo, Danielson, CT; Erin Miller, Webster, MA; Bryce Moody*, Auburn, ME; Jake Mueller, Portland, OR; J-T Mullins*, East Lyme, CT; Owen O’Connell, Worcester, MA; Gabrielle O’Connor, Sutton, MA; Taylor Pacheco, Smithfield, RI; Salvatore Palmisciano, Enna, Italy; Silvia Pellegrino, Monza and Brianza, Italy; Tung Hoang Phi, Hanoi, Vietnam; Connor Pickett, Pomfret Center, CT; Saoirse Power-Cassidy*, Dublin, Ireland; Jenna Rainville, Plainfield, CT; Emily Sheridan, North Smithfield, RI; Celina Stansky, Douglas, MA; Cal Stawiecki, Thompson, CT; Zhuo Su, Hohhot, China; Hung-Yu Ting, Taipei, Taiwan; Sarah Uwazany, Woodstock, CT; Varvara Vandysh, Moscow, Russia; Mimi Vo, Worcester, MA; Keqin Wang, Xiamen, China; Zehui Wang, Fremont, CA; Zi Wang, Tangshan, China; Emma Willard, Thompson, CT; Jixue Wu, Chongqing, China; Chenyi Xu, Shanghai, China; Jialu Xu, Xinzhou City, China; Yiwen Xu, Shanghai, China; Hannah Yash, Webster, MA; Andong Yu, Zhoushan City, China; Jiarui Zhang, Beijing, China; Ziyun Zhang, Beijing, China; Feihong Zhao, Shanghai, China; YuJin Zhao.
Legal Notice
Town of Putnam
Notice is hereby given that the Professional Agreement between the Putnam Board of Education and the Putnam Administrators’ Association for the years July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021, is on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Town Hall, 126 Church Street, Putnam, CT.
Dated at Putnam, Connecticut,
this 28th day
of August 2017
Sara J. Seney,
Town Clerk
Aug. 31, 2017
Graduates
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Morgan Ferschke of Pascoag received a bachelor’s degree, majoring in Liberal Studies, from American International College.
Inducted
WILLIMANTIC — Two local economics students at Eastern Connecticut State University were inducted into Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE), the international honor society for economics: Ashley Leighton ’17 of Woodstock who majors in economics and Gabrielle Reynolds ’17 of Dayville who majors in economics.
Get degrees
NEWPORT, R.I. — Four local students were awarded degrees during Salve Regina University’s 67th commencement May 21, 2017: Ashley Bissonnette of Brooklyn, doctor of philosophy degree in humanities; Emily Lipka of Brooklyn, bachelor’s degree in studio art cum laude; Ilea Peckham of Putnam, bachelor’s in sociology & anthropology; Ryan Kelly of Thompson, bachelor’s in administration of justice.
Graduates
BOSTON — Alec Andre Foucault of Putnam graduated from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston.
Honored
WORCESTER — Becker College announces its 2017 members of the Alpha Chi Honor Society Models of Excellence, including Emilyann Rudzinski of N. Grosvenordale.
Honored
MIDDLETOWN — Wesleyan University student Hanna Holcomb of Woodstock Valley (formerly of Woodstock Academy) was recognized this spring with the Herbert Lee Connelly Prize. It provides income to a deserving undergraduate who demonstrates an interest in English literature and an unusual ability in nonfiction writing.