National Honor Society Inducts 62 New Members

National Honor Society Inducts 62 New Members

In a beautiful candlelit ceremony on Dec. 4, 62 juniors and seniors became the newest members of the

Aquinas Chapter of the National Honor Society. Mr. Christopher Garr, chairman of the Social Studies

Department, was the guest speaker. Congratulations to Moderator Mrs. Patricia Juda and to all

members of the National Honor Society on this tremendous achievement!

Kristen BachtelerWilliam Kinley

Angelica BadilloKristina Krupa*

Kathleen BaldassarreCodie Landsman

Catherine Barton*Lindsey LeDuc*

Hanna BertoldiTravis Lynch*

Michael BonfattoVictoria Mansolillo

Nicole BoucherRebecca Masciocchi

Kevin BoyaNicole Milewski

Emelie Buell*Sean Murphy

Melissa Cartagena*Michael Murray

Sarah ChambersCara Oleasz

Isabel ChavarroUzoma Orchingwa

Diana Chin*Christopher Parmanand*

Julie ClearyKaela Paternoster

Matthew CollinsDrew Pelletier

Denis Cronin*Lester Primus

Brooke DenverAbigaile Sands

Jessica DiFrancescoEmily Schwartz

Kayleigh DonnellyChloe Scobee

James DuncanJohn Shevchuk

Madelyn FilomenoMary Sopelak

Mara GaugerKatherine Spano*

Claire GostylaJohn Spignesi

Maura GrahamKylie Steadman

Joseph HarrisKatherine Ulrich

Brittney HuffmanNina Varney

James Jordan*Sarah White

Lissa Joseph*John Whiting

Caitlin KearnsKristen Wieber*

Lauren KentJames Williams

Bridget KileyElizabeth Winland

*Senior

Attendance Reminder: Absent Students May Not

Participatein After-School Activities

All students must be in attendance during the school day and attend class in order to be eligible to attend after-school activities. This applies to all practices, rehearsals, set building, meetings, awards presentations etc. Students must report to school by 11 am to be eligible to participate in after-school activities. If a student is too ill to be in school, then the student is too ill to participate in other activities. Please note: Special circumstances (such as funerals and college visits) are usually exempt from this rule, as long as the school is aware of the matter. This makes communication from parents or guardians regarding tardies and absences even more crucial. Please remember to call the school attendance mail box (236-4221, press 1) as soon as you can so we know where the students are.

It’s (Finally) Here!

A Christmas gift to the Northwest Catholic community: a new and improved web site

Under the guidance of Finalsite (our new web site company) and Laurie Kramer Murphy ’81 (our very able account manager there), born just a few days before the Christmas break. Switching to this new vendor means that control of the content is in our hands, instead of a third party’s. The result? The web site will now have updated and accurate information and photos, and is intended to serve as a worthy companion to the other chief resource for parents: Edline. Please let us know how you like it! (Contact Michelle Murphy, .)

Northwest Catholic to Host “Relay for Life” in June 2008

We are delighted to announce that the West Hartford “Relay for Life,” supporting the American Cancer Society, will be held this year at Northwest Catholic. Beginning at 4pm on Friday, June 13 and ending at 10am on Saturday, June 14, the Relay is sure to attract hundreds of people from many different fundraising teams who will walk our track to raise money for cancer research. Kaela Paternoster ’09 is the coordinator of the Northwest Catholic team; for more information, contact Kaela at , or visit Please become part of this great opportunity to display the legendary Northwest Catholic hospitality while supporting an excellent cause at the same time!

Saturday Night Live a Huge Success!

The receipts have been tallied. The bills have been paid. And the profits are incredible! Co-Chairs Carol Ciotto and Gail Riley are delighted to announce that the 24th Annual Saturday Night Live netted a profit of $37,600!! Many, many thanks to all the parents, alumni parents, alums, faculty, and staff who bought tickets, donated items, baked desserts, set up, served, or cleaned up at the big event – as usual, this was a real team effort, and this success is truly the success of all. Mark your calendars: Next year’s Saturday Night Live -- the 25th anniversary edition! -- will be held on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Plans are already in the works to mark this Silver Jubilee in grand style. Stay tuned!

It’s That Time Already: Course Selection for 2008-09

Course selection is a very important process; it should be accomplished in consultation with parents, teachers, and guidance counselors. This year, the process will begin on January 23, 2008.

During assemblies that day, guidance counselors will explain the scheduling process, distribute the Program of Studies book and Student Course Request sheets, and remain available for any questions. From Jan. 23-25, students will have teachers recommend and approve their classes by signing their Course Request sheets. Students should take the Program of Studies book home and confer with their parents; over the weekend of Jan. 26-27, they should bring their Course Request sheets home for their parents to sign.

To complete the process, students must enter their course selections for 2008-09 through Edline between Jan. 28 and Feb. 1, 2008. (This process will be explained in school, and directions will be posted on Edline.) Sheets must be returned to homeroom teachers by February 1, 2008.

Counselors and Academic Departments will review selections after the data have been entered. Note: Everyone involved with the course selection process -- students, teachers, and parents -- must sign the Student Course Request sheet.

Jan. 23Assemblies for explanation

Jan. 23–25Teachers recommend classes/sign sheets

Jan. 26–27Parents sign sheets

Jan. 28-Feb. 1Students complete selection through Edline

Feb. 1Signed sheet due to homeroom teacher

It is important for students to consider an entire academic year during the course selection process. The transition from grade to grade involves an increased work load and more difficult concepts. Higher-level classes, honors courses, Advanced Placement work, and leadership roles in the arts and athletics all require more time and effort.

It is important to carefully consider the courses before committing to a schedule for the year. Students may not drop or change a course unless an exceptional situation exists. This status will be determined by the Academic Dean, after consultation with the student’s guidance counselor and teacher. A written note from a parent is also required.

A student who withdraws from a class after 12 class days into a course (yearlong or semester) will receive the grade of “W.” A student who withdraws after completing more than half the course will receive a final grade of “WP” (Withdrawn Passing) or “WF” (Withdrawn Failing). No credit will be given for the course.

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First-Semester Examinations Begin January 15

Tues., Jan. 15 8:15-9:45 A Period Subject

10:00-11:40* B Period Subject

Wed., Jan. 16 8:15-9:45 C Period Subject

10:00-11:40*D Period Subject

Thurs., Jan. 17 8:15-9:45 E or F Period Subject

10:00-11:40*G or H Period Subject

Fri., Jan. 18 8:15–9:45 I Period Subject

10:00-11:40* J Period Subject

*Students are to report to their second period exam room each day at 10 AM. The exam will begin at 10:10 and finish at 11:40.

During exams, students must be in complete uniform. There is no homeroom period; students report directly to their exam rooms. They should remain in the room (even if finished with the exam) until the bell rings for the end of the exam period, or until dismissal is given from the office at the end of the exam period. Students need to report to school only for exam periods. If there is no exam scheduled, there is no need to report to school. Students who may be in the building during a scheduled exam time and do not have an exam must go to the cafeteria or the library and remain there. (Please note that the food service will be available until 10:00 am.) Out of consideration for those taking exams, students may not go to lockers or remain in the corridors during the exam periods. Buses will leave at 12:08 PM. Please remember that exams will not be graded for student whose tuition and fees are not paid.

The NorthwestCatholicHigh School grading system utilizes quarter grades, examination grades, semester averages and final grades. All of these grades will be shown on the report card. Semester averages will include 40% of each of the quarter grades and 20% of the exam grade. Final averages in yearlong courses will be comprised of 20% of each quarter’s grade and 10% of each exam. It is important to be aware of the impact of each marking period and the examination on the semester average.

Kudos to the cast and crew of

The Crucible

Which played to four sold-out houses in the Mortensen Theater

in early December … an awesome performance!

Mark your calendars now for the spring musical:

Anything Goes

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter

Apr. 4, 5 & 6 in the Rice Auditorium

NorthwestCatholicHigh School Honor Roll

First Quarter, 2007-08

First Honors

Grade 12

1

GraceAndruszkiewicz

GrantArzumanov

NicholasBalkun

CatherineBarton

CalebBattersby

NatalieBell

SydneyBrown

FrancisBruskey

Melissa Cartagena

DianaChin

DenisCronin

Brian Flanagan

ShannonFitzpatrick

StephanieFrazao

BrianneGilbert

DanielleGilmour

RachelGodbout

MichaelGolic

EmmaHiggins

RebeccaHopkins

PatriceHubert

JamesJordan

Mary KateKearney

TaylorKnortz

KristinaKrupa

MichaelLathrop

LindseyLeDuc

TravisLynch

DiegoMas

JulianneMcAndrews

KeatingMcKeon

AdamMortillaro

JonathanOlszewski

ChristopherParmanand

HannahPelton

GregoryPeterson

BenjaminPluta

StacieProvencher

GenevieveQuinn

KennethRousseau

MeghanSanders

CarolynSpalluto

KatherineSpano

AnnaSzczubelek

KathleenWilliamson

1

Grade 11

1

KristenBachteler

HannaBertoldi

NicoleBoucher

SarahChambers

IsabelChavarro

JulieCleary

BrookeDenver

JessicaDi Francesco

RyanDowd

MadelynFilomeno

MaraGauger

MauraGraham

JosephHarris

BrittneyHuffman

JohnHug

CaitlinKearns

BridgetKiley

VictoriaMansolillo

RebeccaMasciocchi

NicoleMilewski

MichaelMurray

KaelaPaternoster

Drew Pelletier

LesterPrimus

EmilySchwartz

ChloeScobee

JohnShevchuk

Na RaeShin

MarySopelak

KylieSteadman

MargaretTuite

KatherineUlrich

JohnWhiting

1

Grade 10

1

JoelAdifon

ElizabethAndruszkiewicz

NicholasCalitri

CaileenChristina

HilaryDees

ConnorDeneen

MichaelDeneen, Jr.

ErikaDuenas

MeghanFeeney

ColleenFitzgerald

MaryFrailey

MichaelFreund

CarolineGarger

FaithGilbert

MorganGreen

KathrynHagen

NiaHarris

JohnHealey

DanielHuehner

JamesItalia

PatrickKearney

KatherineKrikawa

NicoleLacouture

MeridethLathrop

MadeleineLivingston

NathanielLombard Poirot

TimothyLusardi

KathleenLynch

KelseyMarakovits

JosephMcAndrews

EmilyMcDonough

MeghanMcGuire

ChelseaMencio

EmilyOlszewski

LukePelton

EmilyPeters

AlexPicciano

GraceQuinn

WilliamReed

LaurenRosano

DevonSoucier

JustinStrid

RyanThompson

TimothyWaltman

1

Grade 9

1

MollyBerning

ScottyBlackburn

RachelBournique

DillonBowen

FrancisButler

KatherineButler

MatthewCarlson

MaraCase

DavidChen

ShannonCrawford

JohnFitzpatrick

JohnGailor

MikaGauger

TommyGollenberg

PatrickGraham

JordanGreenberg

SharonGrimshaw

KevinHancock

DantéJeanfelix

AbigailJohnson

DanielKowalczyk

ChristopherKuhlberg

RobertKunkel

CarolynKuzmin

MichaelLaffin

AlessandraLamari

ClaireLooney

Julia AnnMansolillo

DionneMay

BrendanMcCormick

BrianMcGoldrick

AlexandraMcKenzie

KatherineMolloy

TheodoraMucha

ThomasNoll

KathleenO'Hara

Sung YunPark

MeghanPeterson

MarkPowojski

SarahPurple

RyanRagalis

PawelRybka

KathleenSchuppe

CaraSeward

BrynnStoecklin

JohnSullivan

KellyYorio

JackZangari

1

Second Honors

Grade 12

1

CarolynBighinatti

EmelieBuell

JasmineClayton

DylanConnor

JessicaGioia

JustinGreen

LissaJoseph

ChristopherKevorkian

JessicaLane

LindseyLaPorte

RachaelLathrop

JessicaLuby

AshleyMara

GregoryMarakovits

CelinaMarquis

BrandonMarshall

BrittanyMilliken

Alison O’Connor

NoraRegan

KatrynSandsmark

Lauren Shea

LukasWalsh

KristenWieber

BrianYoung

1

Grade 11

1

KevinBoya

KayleighDonnelly

JamesDuncan

JanaeFrazier

BorisGarcia

ClaireGostyla

RichardJakiel Jr.

LaurenKent

CodieLandsman

DanielLynch

MargaretMullane

SeanMurphy

CaraOleasz

JillianSands

JohnSpignesi

NinaVarney

AndrewVicki

JamesWilliams

ElizabethWinland

1

Grade 10

1

KerriAlexander

ChristopherBanville

AndrewBeaule

MaryBeckerman

JamesBenanti

MollyBissell

ThomasBourdon

RyanBuckley

MaggieClapis

KatherineConlin

BridgetDaly

AllisonDavis

BryanDestin

SamuelFrasco

TaylorFusco-Ruiz

KaitlynGiblin

NicolaGreco

Gustav Haflin

JulianHarris

EricKennedy

KatherineKuzoian

KeelanLedwidge

BrendanLemp

KaylaMaciejewski

ChelseaMorelli

JohnMurphy

AshleyPeters

JeanetteRamoya

NicoleRook

ChristineSmith

KelseySumple

TedTerrion

KristinTomaiuolo

KelseyVega

MatthewVisintainer

LaurenWalz

MeredithWest

SarahWizner

1

Grade 9

1

YessameAlemu

CynthiaAmbrozej

KeithChapman

DevinDaly

JaclynDiaz

ErinDrusedum

JenniferErickson

SimoneFoster-Bey

MatthewFox

RyanGilmour

StephanieJackie

EmilyJanusko

MelissaMartucci

HaleyMassie

NicholasMelaragno

TravisMinor

HannahMoller

SeanMorris

PatrickNista

KellyO'Brien

NicolePoirier

ChrisSherer

MelissaSoutar

AmandaTronchin

KathrynVignati

1

Honorable Mention

Grade 12

1

JoseAlmedina

TadeArter

MichaelBercowetz

LuciusCouloute

ChristopherFilomeno

StephanieGriebel

EliseHuehner

KeithKwasnik

ErinNeagle

MeredithPariano

JacobPearsall

RyanVaughn

1

Grade 11

1

AlyssaGualtieri

WilliamKinley

UzomaOrchingwa

Patty ValentinaPherson

AdamPowojski

AshleyReyes

HannahRienow

SarahWhite

1

Grade 10

1

ElizabethCollier

PatrickDornfried

SarahMerkel

JasonMoore

SeanPolley

FanolPrevalla

SpencerYoung

1

Grade 9

Taylor CombsEvan HerronAshlie McGrathBrandon Xing

Ryan GeelanLyne-Saddlie JosephAlix O’Connell

Kathleen GrabowskiKimberly KleszczynskiAlexandra Richards

Britney GrantAlexander LorenzoOlivia Skalski

Victoria GrapponeDanielle MartinPatrick Waltman

1

Fall 2007 Sports Awards

Football

Varsity

Head Coach: Michael Tyler

Defensive Coordinator: Mike Lenz

Offensive Coordinator: Thanh Truong

Trevonne Coleman, Kevin Doyle, Matt Martorelli, Scott Rapport, Sean Ring, Jeffrey Soto

Record: 8-3; Nutmeg Conference Champions! Class S Semifinalist

Seniors: Nicholas Balkun (capt.), Lucius Couloute (capt.), Kevin Eagan (capt.), Christopher Filomeno, Augusto Gautier, Michael Golic, Jr. (capt.), Brendan Jasper, Kevin Leuenberger, Alexander Pryor, Timothy Richardson, Dean Spence, Nathan Tyler (capt.), Ryan Vaughn, Lukas Walsh

Juniors: Theodore Agnew, Kevin Boya, Cortlandt Carter, Anthony Cicero, Ryan Foster, Jacob Golic, John Heslin, Sean Murphy, John Olson, John Spignesi

Sophomores: Thomas Bourdon, Nicholas Calitri, Alexander Filomeno, James Hallinan, Alden Jasper, Jordan Lewis, Joseph McAndrews, Clancy Merrill, Griffin Murphy, John Murphy, Gershawn Richam, Justin Strid, Ted Terrion, Lucas Tyler, Timothy Waltman

Manager: Nicholas Filomeno

All-Conference: Dean Spence, Mike Golic, Jake Golic, Brendan Jasper, Kevin Eagan, Lucius Couloute, Nathan Tyler, Nick Balkun

All-Academic: Nick Balkun, Mike Golic, Lukas Walsh, Kevin Boya, Sean Murphy, Tom Bourdon, Nick Calitri, Joe McAndrews, Jack Murphy, Justin Strid, Ted Terrion, Tim Waltman

Co-MVPs: Kevin Eagan, Mike Golic

Coaches’ Awards: Lucius Couloute, Nathan Tyler

Junior Varsity

Juniors: Kevin Boya, Cortlandt Carter, John Heslin, John Olson, John Spignesi

Sophomores: Joel Adifon, Nicholas Calitri, Patrick Dornfried, Alexander Filomeno, James Hallinan, John Hayes, John Healey, Alden Jasper, Jordan Lewis, Clancy Merrill, Griffin Murphy, John Murphy, Kevin O’Toole, Fanol Prevalla, Robert Scalise, Ted Terrion, Lucas Tyler, Benjamin Van Schaack, Matthew Visintainer, Timothy Waltman

Freshman: Zachary Zulkiewicz

Freshman

William Battaglia, Matthew Becker, Matthew D’Orsi, John Fitzpatrick, Matthew Fox, John Gailor, Ryan Gilmour, Thomas Gollenberg, Patrick Graham, Timothy Hopkins, Christian Kallfelz, Robert Kunkel, Michael Laffin, Alec Lorenzo, Brian McGoldrick, Matthew Midder, Tony Seldon, Xavier Texidor, Sterling Van Houten, Ryan Veronesi, Patrick Waltman, Zachary Zulkiewicz

Field Hockey

Varsity

Coach: Jill Mullady

Assistant Coach: Bill Mullady

Record: 10-5-1; Class S First Round

Seniors: Kelsey Cahalan, Katie Curtin, Megan Dees, Anastasia Feola, Brianne Gilbert, Taylor Knortz, Ashley Mara, Alexandria Marandino, Julianne McAndrews, Brittany Milliken, Nora Regan, Dianna Soucier, Kristen Wieber

Juniors: Brooke Denver, Kayleigh Donnelly, Aly Gualtieri, Laura Hannifan, Catherine Hijeck, Lauren Kent, Cara Oleasz, Hannah Rienow,

Academic All-State: Julianne McAndrews

All-State: Dianna Soucier

All-Academic: Brianne Gilbert, Taylor Knortz, Ashley Mara, Julianne McAndrews, Brittany Milliken, Nora Regan, Kristen Wieber, Kristen Bachteler, Brooke Denver, Kayleigh Donnelly

MVP: Dianna Soucier

Coaches’ Award:Alexandria Marandino

Junior Varsity

Juniors: Kristen Bachteler, Kara Moras, Katy Walsh, Elizabeth Winland

Sophomores: Bridget Daly, Hilary Dees, Erika Duenas, Gretchen Kelly, Katherine Krikawa, Katherine Kuzoian, Madeleine Livingston, Gabriella Marandino, Meghan McGuire, Sarah Merkel, Maureen Mitsch, Ally Rocha

Freshmen: Hilary Baran, Molly Berning, Mara Case, Shannon Crawford, Morgan McKenna, Katherine Molloy, Kathleen O’Hara, Meghan Peterson, AmandaValley

Boys’ Soccer

Coach: Terry Phillip

Assistant Coaches: Roger Clapper, Bill Doran

Record: 12-8; Class S Semifinalist

Varsity

Seniors: David Backhaus, Barrington Bogle, Jr., Will Dodds, Jon Olszewski, Ted Randazzo, Emmanuel Simpini

Juniors: Omarie Comrie, Boris Garcia, Jakquan Jackson, Richard Jakiel, Andrew Vicki

Sophomores: Zachary Boorman, Patrick Kearney, Alex Picciano, Jack Randazzo, Ryan Siegel

Freshman: Michal Kucharz

All-State: Jakquan Jackson

All-Conference: Jakquan Jackson, Will Dodds, Jack Randazzo

All-Academic:Jon Olszewski, Boris Garcia, Andrew Vicki, Pat Kearney, Alex Picciano, Richard Jakiel, Jr.

MVP: Will Dodds

Coaches’ Award: Jon Olszewski

Junior Varsity

Juniors: Brian Pepin, Kevin Victoriano

Sophomores: Chris Banville, James Italia, Ryan McCue, Ben Paine, James Sands, Anthony Whalen

Freshmen: Dillon Bowen, Jordan Daniel, Kevin Hancock, Darien Marshall, Archie Sullivan

Girls’ Soccer

Coach: Todd Sadler

Assistant Coach: Chris Garr

Record: 13-6; Class M Quarterfinalist

Varsity

Seniors: Kristina Ciotto, Kristina Krupa, Shannon Morales, Elizabeth Whalen

Juniors: Shealagh Begley, Megan Drusedum, Caitlin Erickson, Kara Frechette, Melissa Horn, Victoria Mansolillo

Sophomores: Mary Beckerman, Mary Frailey, Chelsea Mencio, Emily Olszewski, Devon Soucier

Freshmen: Lauren Backhaus,Regan Bosynak, Elizabeth Olszewski

All-State: Shannon Morales

All-Conference: Shealagh Begley, Melissa Horn, Shannon Morales

All-Academic: Mary Beckerman, , Caitlin Erickson, Mary Frailey, Kristina Krupa, Victoria Mansolillo, Chelsea Mencio, Emily Olszewski, Devon Soucier

MVP:Shannon Morales

Coaches’ Award: Kristina Ciotto

Junior Varsity

Sophomores: Elizabeth Andruszkiewicz, Rosalind Gilbert, Kelsey Marakovits, Grace Quinn, Sarah Wizner

Freshmen: Kristina Caruso, Dana Crory, Erin Drusedum, Jennifer Erickson, Antonina Feola, Kathleen Grabowski, Stephanie Jackie, Erin Kelly, Julia Mansolillo, Genna McGowan, Ashlie McGrath

Boys’ Cross Country

Head Coach: Scott Fletcher

Assistant Coach: Rich Luddy

Record: 7-1; Northwest Conference Champions!

Varsity

Seniors: Denis Cronin, Brandon Forrester, Brandon Marshall, Adam Mortillaro, Benjamin Pluta, Kenneth Rousseau, Brian Young

Juniors: Mike Bonfatto, John Whiting

Sophomores: Connor Deneen, Nico Greco, Eric Kennedy

Manager: Kathleen Williamson

All-State: Adam Mortillaro

All-Conference: Adam Mortillaro, Nico Greco, Brandon Forrester

All-Academic: Brandon Marshall, Adam Mortillaro, Ben Pluta, Kenny Rousseau, James Duncan, Michael Murray, John Whiting, Connor Deneen, Nico Greco, Eric Kennedy, Dante Jeanfelix, Brendan McCormick, Nick Melaragno, Pawell Rybka, Denis Cronin

MVP:Adam Mortillaro

Coaches’ Award: Ben Pluta

Junior Varsity

Juniors: Peter Boin, James Duncan, Garrett Hickey, Mike Murray, Mike Ray

Sophomores: Michael Deneen, Ryan Juliano, Ryan Kirk, John Moore, Spencer Young