HVRHS announces honor roll Fall 2009

Dr. Gretchen Foster has announced the first marking period honor roll at Housatonic Valley Regional High School for the 2009-10 school year. Sixty-five names appear on the high honor list for students with averages of A- or more, while 95 have received honors with averages of B or more.

Grade nine

High honors: Monica Chin (Salisbury), Ryan Cunningham (Salisbury), Lauren Hanlon (Salisbury), John Harney (Salisbury), Eleni Hellmers (Salisbury), Hillary Henrici (Salisbury), Amanda Kitik (Kent), William Mathis (Falls Village), Matthew Matsudaira (Cornwall), Patricia McGuire (Sharon), Devin Moore (Kent), Dan O’Donnell (Falls Village), Devon Onuschak (Salisbury), Wayne Purdy (Sharon), Meghan Riley (Sharon), Jose Salazar (Sharon), Leah Schwaikert (Salisbury), Oliver Spelbos (Kent), Maren Wilson (Salisbury)

Honors: Nathaniel Brooks (North Canaan), Nicholas Burchfield (Salisbury), Jessica Caeners (Sharon), Natasha Casey (Salisbury), Cassidy Considine (North Canaan), Stephanie Dubray (Kent), Gabriella Dzenutis (Cornwall), John Grusauski (Kent), John Haddon (Falls Village), William Hosier (Salisbury), Erica Kavanagh (Cornwall), Erik Kenniston (Cornwall), Jordan Long (North Canaan), Liam Lynch (Cornwall), Charles MacDavid (Cornwall), Connor MacLaren (Salisbury), Laurel Montoya (North Canaan), Valerie Nelson (Sharon), Lindsey Olownia (North Canaan), Ashley Paniagua (North Canaan), Caitlin Redmond (Cornwall), Belle Reel (Salisbury), Brian Saccardi (Cornwall), Melody Sandquist (Kent), Taylor Schmitt (North Canaan), Krista Sendewicz (Kent), Olivia Sheldon (Kent), Kaitlynn Shippa (North Canaan), Jessica Shortlidge (North Canaan), Cody Simon (Salisbury), Myles Ware (Salisbury), Shannon Zidack (Kent)

Grade 10

High honors: Stephanie Alvarez (Salisbury), Christopher Caliandro (Sharon), Nicholas Caliandro (Sharon), Tabitha Casey (Salisbury), Nolan Gordon (North Canaan), Sebastien Lasseur (Cornwall), Cassidy Miller (Salisbury), Emma Okell (Sharon), Katherine Orrell (North Canaan), Russell Thompson (Cornwall), Laura White (Salisbury)

Honors: Carly Barney (Falls Village), Megan Cleary (Falls Village), Alexa Curtiss (Sharon), Jeremy Downs (Falls Village), Katherine Eldridge (Sharon), Hager Elsirafy (Sharon), Mai Hidaka (Falls Village), Taylor Jasmine (Falls Village), Jonathan Isaac (Sharon), Megan Lallier (North Canaan), Megan Leach (Kent), Kaitlin Lyle (Sharon), Michaela McAvoy (Salisbury), William Perotti (North Canaan), Daniel Podnyakov (Kent), Rebekah Purdy (North Canaan), Morgan Riley (Sharon), Hilary Rogers (Cornwall), Kelsey Seitz (Falls Village), Nicole Sharpley (North Canaan), Marcel Stonehill (Sharon), Jaclyn Tagani (Kent), Wilson Terrall (Cornwall), Hannah Ware (Sharon), Cassandra Worthington (Kent), Keila Zipkin (North Canaan)

Grade 11

High honors: Jessica Broggi (North Canaan), Caitlin Brostek (Sharon), Camilla Busby (Cornwall), Raven Casey (Kent), Gabriel Lefferts (Salisbury), Molly Lovejoy (Salisbury), Reilly Lynch (Cornwall), Mathew Mathis (Falls Village), Olivia Montoya (North Canaan), Nadav Mortman (Sharon), Kaitlyn Ochrym (Salisbury), Rebecca Rybczyk (Sharon), Hannah Schiffer (Sharon), Alison Slaughter (Kent), Emily Studer (Kent), Genevieve Terrall (Cornwall), Joshua Toomey (North Canaan)

Honors: Elisabeth Ackerman (Kent), Marissa Broggi (North Canaan), Samuel Carling (Sharon), Benjamin Finkelstein (Salisbury), Megan Fisher (Salisbury), Spencer Gerowe (Kent), Katherine Grayson (Kent), Andrew Hoffmann (Salisbury), Danielle Kearns (Cornwall), Pariwat Limtrakul (Falls Village), Ethan Patrick (North Canaan), Kaleigh Rogers (North Canaan), Paula Rosell (Salisbury), Amber Seitz (Falls Village), Nicole Zidack (Kent)

Grade 12

High honors: Sabina Busby (Cornwall), Meredith Carling (Sharon), Javie Castellanos Cruz (Falls Village), Mohamed Elserafy (Sharon), Brittany Godburn (North Canaan), Elizabeth Greco (North Canaan), Ben Gustafson (North Canaan), Ryan King (Falls Village), Thomas O’Donnell (Falls Village), Colby Pastre (Sharon), Christina Purcell (Kent), Rachael Purdy (North Canaan), Kayla Robinson (Cornwall), Matthew Rogers (Salisbury), Rebecca Sawicki (Cornwall), Amanda Spelbos (Kent), Erin Studer (Kent), Brandon Wallace (Salisbury).

Honors: Lynzie Adams (North Canaan), Kira Agard (North Canaan), Joshua Allyn (Salisbury), Eric Avery (North Canaan), Steven Bartomioli (Falls Village), Jordan Besmer (Kent), Malory Delgado (Sharon), Nicholas Dignacco (Sharon), Leo Gustafson (North Canaan), Caitlin Hanlon (Salisbury), Evgeniy Klimenchenko (Sharon), Lauren Kosciusko (Cornwall), Amanda Lindquist (Falls Village), Dylan Moore (Kent), Mary Perotti (North Canaan), Tahlia Prindle (Sharon), Kara Riley (Salisbury), Kathleen Rogers (Cornwall), Cornelia Smith (Salisbury), Justin Taylor (Kent), Kimberly Wheeler (North Canaan), Courtney White (North Canaan)

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