STAFFORD SCHOOLS
Falmouth Elementary
The following students earned the top Accelerated Reader points in their class for the fourth nine-week marking period:
Kindergarten--Jordyn Weber, Sabeeha Ijaz, Davon Wallace
First grade--Samantha Hall, Mridula Manikandan, Robert Calvert
Second grade--Colin Hepler, Adriana Keesecker, Norah Sutton, Makaila Childs, Gianni Morgan
Third grade--Christian Rojas, Owen King, Hayden Kendall, Abigail Rhodes, Mahalia Carter
Fourth grade--Ameer Abdel-Muhsin, Susan Webb, Gianna Brienza, Madison Dalton, Julian Don Juan
Fifth grade--Jillian McDonald, Madeline Eberhardt, Sannai James, Alexis Russell.
The following students are the top 10 Accelerated Readers for grades kindergarten through second: Norah Sutton, Robert Calvert, Mridula Manikandan, Asad Hussain, Roodyannh Labaze, Gabriel Davie, Bri'an Fitzpatrick, Malcolm Peterson, Searcy James, Amanda Doherty and Kyle Ballew.
The following students are the top 10 Accelerated Readers for grades three through five: Susan Webb, Julian Don Juan, Madeline Eberhardt, Taylor Givens, Katherine Calvert, Sannai James, Justin Helper, AlexisRussell, Gianna Brienza and Sriram Darbha.
Students earned 6,085 points for the year.
--Katherine Limerick
Garrisonville Elementary
The following classes read the most minutes for the month of May:
Rafat Boock, preschool, 1,610 minutes
Joanne King, kindergarten, 14,905 minutes
Andrea Castelli, first grade, 19,999 minutes
Diane Dodge, second grade, 12,284 minutes
Mary Hiles, third grade, 14,174 minutes
Beth Davenport, fourth grade, 34,241 minutes
Mary Baker, fifth grade, 13,352 minutes.
Kindergarteners in Joanne King's class raised $28.10 from a "Banking on Good Behavior" project. They voted to donate the money to the Save the Children organization to buy medicine for sick children.
-- Sally Moore
Rockhill Elementary
The following fifth-graders earned the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence signed by President Obama: Marcus Boyd, Emilie Brandt-Hare, Rachel Delgado, Nyah Graham, Aidan Hughes, Zachariah Kaatz, Andrew Knutson, Rattanaphol Kokphae, Aiyanna Lee, Sebastian Lungocia, Catherine McHugh, Jacob Mockabee, Ashley Nghiem, Megan Pedigo, Mackenzie Phillips, Sarah Reid, Vincent Rousseau, Seyatta Schillace, Megan Schlather, Anthony Solorzano, Jorge Vargas, Andrew Wheelin and Shiari Wilcher.
Cody Black, Kelsey Gregory, Riley Limber, Sironsi Ntaanzi, and Avalee Taylor are recent Artists of the Week, chosen by school art teacher Nicole Brooks. Their art work is displayed in the front lobby of the school and they receive a certificate.
--Pat Johnston
Stafford Middle
The eighth grade awards ceremony was held on June 6. Highest Academic Average awards were presented to:
Nicole Flenniken, Arts and Drama
Christopher Ware, Band
Caleb Reynolds-Snell, Chorus and Latin
Paige Talley, Strings
Michael Smith, Language Arts
Yessica Bonilla, Language Arts Extended
Amanda Young, French, Geography, Algebra
Kaitlyn Commes, Spanish
Tristan Hume, German and Science
Brittany Miller, Health/P.E.
Alexander Hayes, Math 8
Sam Wilcox, Geometry
Stella Corpora, Reading
Eli Routh, FACS
School Service Award, Melissa Bryant
Spirited Spartan, Stuart Chittum
Most Valuable Athlete, Nicholas Watson
PTO Award, Joshua Grimes
Drew Award, Riley Ritchie
Principal's Award, Ian Brown and Emily Bohr
Highest Academic Average, Rachael Young.
Perfect Attendance sixth- eighth grades: Beatrix Castelly, Mystique Gray, Rockelle Toler.
Perfect Attendance eighth grade only: Beatrix Castelly, Nathalie Chao, Nicole Flenniken, Jared Glass, Mystique Gray, Tristan Hume, Brittany Miller, Elizabeth Morley, Johnny Nguyen, Paige Powell and Nahla Quick.
--Liz Featherstone