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08/26/2021 12:01 AM

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Academic and Extracurricular Activities

• Alexander Buonocore of Madison was initiated into the Ithaca College chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, an all-discipline collegiate honor society.

• Robert Israel of Madison earned the Colgate University Dean’s Award with Distinction for the fall 2020 semester.

• Madelynn Johnson of Madison was inducted into the Assumption University chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, a national collegiate Hispanic honor society.

• The following Madison students graduated from the College of Charleston: Jacob Brown, cum laude, B.A. in biology and B.A. in Spanish; and Erin Maxwell, B.A. in international studies

• The following Madison students were inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines: Christopher Hall, Fordham University; and Meghan Tilton, Florida State University

• Anthony Maisano of Madison graduated from Bucknell University on May 23 with a B.A. in accounting and financial management.

• Christian Westphal of Madison graduated summa cum laude from Centre College on May 22 with a B.S. in economics and finance.

• Maura Dooley of Killingworth graduated from University of the Sciences on May 26 with a M.S. in biomedical writing.

• Sean Benak of Madison graduated from Endicott College with a master of education in organizational management.

• Singhei Yeung of Madison earned the distinction of Faculty Honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology for the spring 2021 semester.

• The following area students graduated from Quinnipiac University :

Killingworth: Christina Cowan, master of social work; Peter Harrington, M.S. in cyber security; Derek Kasperzyk, MBA; Alyx Stevenson, B.S. in finance; Marianna Terenzio, B.A. in law in society; Teresa Tripodi, doctor of physical therapy; and Brooke Vaughn, M.A. in teaching elementary education

Madison: James Carrigan, master of social work; Elizabeth Carson, B.S. in health science studies; Brendan Curran, B.S. in entrepreneurship/small business; Ellsworth Evarts, B.A. in computer science; Benjamin Gelfand, B.A. in political science; Shana Holloran, B.S. in health science; Steven Mendelssohn, sixth-year certificate in education leadership; Christopher Russo, B.A. in criminal justice; and Lily Spencer, B.S. in health science studies

• Alexandra Lee of Madison was named to the Pomfret School Head of School Scholar Honors List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Justin Cochran of Madison was inducted into Curry College’s Alexander Graham Bell Honor Society.

• The following Madison students graduated from Emerson College on May 9: Julianna Egidio, B.F.A. in acting, and Monica Gregoretti, B.A. in business creative enterprises

• Erin Bishop graduated summa cum laude from the University of the South on May 22 with a B.A. in English with honors and a B.A. in music with honors.

• The following Madison students graduated from Curry College on May 23: Erin Ryan, B.A. in elementary education, and Gabriella Wade, B.S. in nursing

• Brendan Killoy of Madison graduated from Trinity College on May 21 with a B.A. in economics.

• Ana Duques and Will Bonito of Madison were named to The Country School Effort List for the second trimester.

• The following area students were named to The Country School Academic Honor Roll and Effort List for the second trimester:

Killingworth: Emma Kowalski, Julia Sachs, Bella Torrison, Katelin Hornyak, and Joey Salafia

Madison: Keenan Bonito, Lucy Bruke, Luca Coletti, Emily Dusza, Ksenia Podoltseva, Elizabeth Rogers, Nicolaas Sanborn, Milo Burch, Caroline Callahan, Sam Duffy, Harrison Hodge, Emma Lee, Scarlett Marino, Claire McGuinness, Zara Nat, Evelyn Reach, Sam Rotermund, Anna Vlieks, Christopher Yuh, Natalie Yuh, Cooper Burke, Marla Lafferty, Alexander Podoltsev, and Michaela Troy

• Avery Giorgio of Madison graduated from Trinity College with a M.A. in public policy.

• Jeb Weaver of Madison graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University with a B.S. in computer science.

• Madalyn Perrotti of Madison graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison on May 8 with a B.A. in communication arts.

• Maxwell Veth of Madison graduated from Wheaton College with a B.S. in computer science and a minor in economics and mathematics.

• Reilly Thornbury of Madison graduated from Washington and Lee University with a B.A. in politics.

• Shelby Allen of Madison was named to the Gettysburg College Dean’s Commendation List for the spring 2021 semester.

Dean’s List

• Oakley Walker and Scott Wadelin of Madison were named to the Emerson College Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester.

• Christina Westphal of Madison was named to the Centre College Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester.

• Patricia Amuan of Madison was named to the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester.

• Trevor Hines of Killingworth was named to the University of New Haven Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Sydney Dempsey and Meaghan Reynolds of Madison were named to the James Madison University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Greta Nystrom of Killingworth and Natalie Msukin of Madison were named to the St. Lawrence University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• The following area students were named to the Southern Connecticut State University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester:

Killingworth: Victoria Deluca, Emiy Farrell, and Jamie Shipman

Madison: Erin Barrett, Jayson Blake, Larissa D’Aniello, Alexander Fetherston, Taylor Garlock, Imaan Jabarkhail, Margaret Kallinich, Brooke Kuryan, Molly Major, Mia Mazzola, Jessica McMahon, Michael Mendonca, Kyle Murphy, Jeremy Noel, Besufekad Opstrup, Ryan Pollard, Andrew Schmitt, Candace Walker, and Chase Walker

• Lena Conway of Madison was named to the Misericordia University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• The following area students were named to the University of Rhode Island Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester:

Killingworth: Maggie Fisher and Cloe Melillo

Madison: Sarah Baker, Riley Couto, Ryan Hennessey, Kassidy Keirstead, Matthew Leake, Grace Mazzola, James Murphy, Jason Noel, Tyler Perry, and Jason Rossi

• The following Madison students were named to the Northeastern University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester: Matthew Hiller, Joseph Waters, Colleen Caruth, Mark Tananykin, Liam Pavlovic, Alina Dess, and Jade Law

• Maxwell Liu of Madison was named to the Northeastern University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• McKenzie Aude of Madison was named to the University of Alabama Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Kendall Castro of Killingworth was named to the Wilkes University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Jake Crawford was named to the Western New England University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Seth Regan of Killingworth and Clayton Knibbs of Madison were named to the Springfield College Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Kacy Lombard and Emma O’Toole of Madison were named to the Georgia Institute of Technology Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Kenneth Ciotti of Madison was named to the Muhlenberg College Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• The following area students were named to the Central Connecticut State University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester:

Killingworth: Maslin Laberge, Brian Spanbauer, Anthony Stone, and Shelby Whitehead

Madison: Desarae Duong, Ian Nicholls, Lindsay Nichols, Mia Reed, Cameron Ruberti, Stephen Sanzari, Ryan Scalise, Christopher Shanley, Mohammad Tariq, and Allison Wenzel

• Charles Sullivan of Madison was named to the Providence College Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Nicole Lemieux of Madison was named to the Providence College Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• The following Madison students were named to the Fairfield University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester: Katherine Laragy, Lindsey Orlando, Katherine Visgilio, and Amy Williams

• Ava Lindell of Killingworth and Tucker Godiksen of Madison were named to the Endicott College Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• The following area students were named to the University of New Hampshire Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester:

Killingworth: Marly Laberge

Madison: Tessa Molloy, Allison Kosmala, Catherine Chimbolo, Victoria Hartmann, Olivia Dunsmore, Katharine Barrett, Jessica Gorman, and Chloe Scott

• Marie Emerson of Killingworth was named to the University of Saint Joseph Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Aidan Korper of Killingworth was named to the Wentworth Institute of Technology Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• The following Madison students were named to the University of Tampa Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester: Tyler Borris, Erik Reed, and Gabrielle Pildner

• The following Madison students were named to the Saint Michael’s College Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester: Erickson Richard, Kennedy Richard, and Caroline Noniewicz

• The following area students were named to the Quinnipiac University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester:

Killingworth: Emersyn Conklin, Bradley Rakowski, Marianna Terenzio, Jordan Tupay, and Olivia Whiteman

Madison: Abigail Alpert, Griffin Fitzmaurice, Benjamin Glefand, Shana Holloran, Samantha Maffuid, Riley Popp, Grace Rogers, Lee Sanders, and Molly Sawyer

• Alexandra Lesnik of Madison was named to the College of the Holy Cross Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Chloe Veth of Madison was named to the Wheaton College Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• The following Madison students were named to the Emerson College Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester: Connor D’Aniello, Scott Wadelin, and Oakley Walker

• The following area students were named to the Goodwin University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester:

Killingworth: Emily Jennings, Elizabeth Kavanaugh, Sherin Mastracchio, and Alexandra Spencer

Madison: Elizabeth Banasiak, Claire Spinks, and Andrew Vedder

• Anthony Maisano of Madison was named to the Bucknell University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• The following area students were named to the Tufts University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester:

Killingworth: Catherine Celano

Madison: Jackie Egidio and Violet Johnson

• Erin Elliott of Madison was named to the University of the South Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• The following area students were named to the Bryant University Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester:

Killingworth: Ethan Gromala, Juliette Sasso, and Molly Anderson

Madison: Lily Iacurci

• The following area students were named to the University of Hartford Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester:

Killingworth: Brandon Hernandez, Clayton Moore, Emily Bagnoli, and Hattie Hall

Madison: Conner Bergere, Ruby Sweitzer, Justin Basilone, and Abigail Myers

• The following Madison students were named to the Bates College Dean’s List for the winter semester: Owen McShane, Lizzy McGrady, and Claudia Petrie

Honor Roll

• The following area students were named to the Xavier High School fourth quarter Honor Roll:

Killingworth: Andrew Mitchill, 2021-High Honors; Colin Loria, 2022-High Honors; Julian Sicurella, 2022-High Honors; Hartley Torrison, 2022-High Honors; Luke Anderson, 2023-High Honors; Matthew Ferrucci, 2023-High Honors; Owen Lelko, 2023-High Honors; Tristan Schemmerling, 2023-High Honors; Gianni Brescio, 2024-High Honors; Sean Simonelli, 2024-High Honors; Mark Kowalski, 2021-Honors; John Fox, 2022-Honors; Patrick Rigg, 2022-Honors; Ethan Bessoni, 2023-Honors; John Paul Hosney, 2023-Honors; Patrick Mitchill, 2023-Honors; Anthony Basile, 2024-Honors; and Nicholas Fox, 2024-Honors

Madison: Finnian Dowler, 2021-High Honors; Timothy Gagliano, 2021-High Honors; Leo Marchese, 2021-Honors; Holden Whaley, 2021-Honors; Dominic Cartelli, 2022-Honors; Kyle Egidio, 2022-Honors; Cavan Dowler, 2024-Honors; and Charles Prinz, 2024-Honors

• The following area students were named to the Mercy High School fourth quarter Honor Roll:

Killingworth: Kylie Fordyce, 2021-High Honors; Giuliana Judge, 2021-High Honors; Isabel Kessler, 2021-High Honors; Anna Simoniello, 2022-High Honors; Jillian Fordyce, 2024-Honors; and Kayla Fordyce, 2021-Honors

Madison: Julia Marotta, 2021-Honors

President’s List

• Madison Aude of Madison was named to the University of Alabama President’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Jason Civiello of Killingworth was named to the Western New England University President’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• Nina Lunn of Madison was named to the Norwich University President’s List for the spring 2021 semester.

• The following area students were named to the Goodwin University President’s List for the spring 2021 semester:

Killingworth: Elizbaeth Kavanaugh and Sherin Mastracchio

Madison: Claire Spinks and Andrew Vedder

• The following area students were named to the University of Hartford President’s Honors List for the spring 2021 semester:

Killingworth: Emily Bagnoli and Hattie Hall

Madison: Justin Basilone and Abigail Myers

Principal’s List

• The following area students were named to the Xavier High School Principal’s List for the 2020-’21 academic year:

Killingworth: Adam Anziano, 2021; Andrew Mitchill, 2021; Hartley Torrison, 2022; Ethan Bessoni, 2023; Matthew Ferrucci, 2023; Jon Paul Hosney, 2023; Patrick Mitchill, 2023; and Nicholas Fox, 2024;

Madison: Leo Marchese, 2021; Holden Whaley, 2021; and Cavan Dowller, 2024

Headmaster’s List

• The following area students were named to the Xavier High School Headmaster’s List for the 2020-’21 academic year:

Killingworth: Mark Kowalski, 2021; Colin Loria, 2022; Julian Sicurella, 2022; Luke Anderson, 2023; Owen Lelko, 2023; Tristan Schemmerling, 2023; Gianni Brescio, 2024; and Sean Simonelli, 2024

Madison: Finnian Dowler, 2021; Timothy Gagliano, 2021; Kyle Egidio, 2022; and Charles Prinz, 2024