Grand Island High School News Web Page 2024
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2023 News Page
Principal Hillary Kretz-Harvey
GIHS 1st Quarter High Honor Roll - November 2024
9TH GRADE HIGH HONOR ROLL
Ali Ackerman, Alyse Alberalla, Ella Arnone, Josiah Asbach, Aiden Cinelli, Charles Dalbo, Kendall Duscher, Angelina Freedman, Isaac Gearhart, Olivia Groff, Allison Hall, Brock Hillman, Ian Joseph, Sukhmani Kaur, Carlin Kelly, Cooper Kilianski, Madison Klos, Eve Kolesar, Grant Law, Talia Masker, Dillon McCarthy, Mia McGowan, Jack Mezhir, Charlotte Miller, Thalia Minasidis, Lucas Mondoux, Jack Morgan, Eleanor Murray, Sophia Myers, Jack O'Connor, Finn O'Kell, Madelyn Pfeil, Gwendolyn Pickering, Keira Rivers, Bryce Schreiber, Grayson Shelp, Hazel Shepard, Christopher Sobrino, Vytas Stalyga, Logan Sutton-Camann, Lucas Szyprowski, Jackson Tower, Landon Tyrrell, Amelia Westlake, Matilyn Wolski, Kayden Wylke
10TH GRADE HIGH HONOR ROLL
Giada Aguzzi, Calleigh Anderson, Maxx Anderson, Sophia Anzalone, Camryn Bagley, Gianna Bonaccorso, Dane Brown, Morgan Cantor, Madelyn Colpetzer, Madison Cope, Tucker Dankert, Emma Dunn, Anthony Fiebelkorn, Molly Fiebelkorn, Mackenzie Gallagher, Karissa Green, Gianna Griggs, Owen Hall, Jocelyn Hamilton, Jaiden Hamilton, Malcolm Hannibal, Tyler Hazel, April James, Nicholas Jayme, Leah Kephart, Sophia Kwiatkowski, Addison Lewis, Lillyana Lundquist, Levi Maerz, Tessa Marsala, Avery McNulty, Giada Mendel, Mason Miller, Riley Myers, Claire Neuhaus, Luke Nowocien, Kendyll Panowicz, Colin Pinzel, Kayla Rejewski, Abigail Ruminski, Brianna Schiffmacher, Richard Sedita, Dylan Serafini, Petra Smykowski, Mya Steinwandel, Madelyn Sugg, Annabelle Vandriel, Gavin Warner, John Wenner, Emily Westberg, Abigail Wilkins, John Wilkinson
11TH GRADE HIGH HONOR ROLL
Marissa Aceti, Gabriella Amato, Cleopatra Basiliko, Alicia Battaglia, Carl Beckley, Jacob Belous, Aidan Birtz, Maxwell Bronson, Jacob Brzyski, Elijah Castner, Olivia Clark, John Coram, Natalie DeCourcey, Aiden Golembiewski, Chase Gustafson, Camryn Harding, Audrey Holler, David Hoover, Andrew Kozlowski, Cassidy Kurtzhalts, Noah Magee, Adrianna Marinucci, Ismail Masoodi, Chase McGuire, Moses McMurray, Caylee Meyer, Colin Morgan, Jillian Moskala, Connor Muehlbauer, Dominic Nucci, Jack Pachla, Natalie Payne, Brianna Rejewski, Maya Rizzo, Allie Rumsey, Tanureet Saini, Janelle Spiesz, Ieva Stalyga, Audrey Stockinger, Charlotte Tower, Sara Trevett, Zachary Vinkle, Brooke Warner, Margaret Weselak , Kyla Wood, Max Zentz
12TH GRADE HIGH HONOR ROLL
Ghaliya Ahmed, Lydia Amato, Kailyn Ash, Jaelynn Bolock, Rayyan Bukahri, Nicholas Bull, Isabella Burt, Grace Carpenter, Zachary Christian, Anna Cipollitti, Anthony Ciraolo, Jacob Csicseri, Addison Flegal, Linzy Gray, Hailey Green, Leah Hurley, Rocquelle Hy, Sully Korte, Christian Krawczyk, Annabelle Linenfelser, Gianna Masker, Jolie Mondoux, Jaxen Montana, Keira Murray, Liam O'Kell, Evan Pickering, Lorelei Popp, Layla Rein, Megan Reynolds, Savannah Samplinski, Ella Santi, Ryan Sharp, Abigail Szyprowski, Cristina Torres, Melina Valle, Kaitlyn Wadman, Mikayla Wagner, Zoe Anna Weselak
GIHS 1st Quarter Honor Roll - November 2024
9TH GRADE HONOR ROLL
Gavin Andrzejak, Andrew Joseph Apon, Aaron Battaglia, Ashlynn Becker, Jessica Birtz, Adalynn Borkmanis, Brayden Boyle, Alyssa Brzyski, Jenna Callahan, Lia Campas, Juliette Cardin-Galeza, Bennett Carestia, Caoimhe Carpenter, Galilee Chapman, Jay Christian, Austin Clause, Kieran Cudahy, Braden Cudzilo, Leo D'Angelo, Cali Del Monte, Samantha DeSantis, Jackson Dunn, Ava Everett, Gabriel Gardner, Jayden Golden, Gabriella Grisanti, Ayden Haseley, Isaiah Huber, David Jagow, Tatjana Karanovic, Liam Kineke, Sienna Lenze, Liam Ligon, Anabel Lowman, Luca Marinucci, Ryan Mayer, Ismail Naeem, Vanessa Nassoiy, Reese Nevans, Declan O'Leary, Eli Ostapiuk, Reagan Pax, Emilee Payne, Tyler Porreca, Nora Rein, Aneil Rokicki, Caine Rumsey, Savannah Russo, Charley Ruth, Avi Sandu, Imaan Sandhu, Kason Scarpena, Christian Scibilia, Jake Scott, Donovan Shanley, Wyatt Smith, Parker Steckelberg, Lucas Talamo, Anthony Ventura, Jonathan Weselak, Elijah Weselak, Kaitlyn Wilson, Viviane Wrobel, Dylan Zaremski
10TH GRADE HONOR ROLL
Robert Agnello, Noah Arnone, Tina Arslan, Racheal Banas, Ethan Berg, Gavin Blum, Morgan Bridenbaker, Olivia Burke, Liam Burt, Morgan Capage, Jake Castiglia, Robert Cieri, Owen Cioppa, Don Collure, Kelly Coram, Deni Daghestani, Matthew DeAngelo, Blake DeLoreto, Peter DeSantis, Bre'Onna Donovan, Giana Dudek, Mitchell Dylag, Matthew Eggers, Zoha Elahi, Santino Favorite, Brayden Florio, Austin Forsey, Benjamin Frey, Gianna Gallegos, Samuel Geblein, Emily Glassbrook, Ella Gordon, Michaela Granelli, Ava Groff, Chase Hall, Camden Hillary, Avery Hoock, Evan Howitt, Sarah Jackson, Madelyn Jagow, Reese Johnson, Molly Kilianski, Addison Kineke, Christian Kochanowski, Jada LaMarco, Zoe Lecht, Capri Olivia Leslie, Andrew MacConkey, Tiana Magee, Zsofia Magyari, Chase Martineck, Chloe Masich, Caitlin Maurer, Jocelyn May, Nelly Maziarz, Will Meyers, Farhanuddin Mohammed, EllaRae Moore, Sawyer Morris, Leanna Musleh, Karlei Novak, Riley Pankow, Andrew Pelczynski, Tyler Price, Cole Randle, Emma Redfern, Mia Rice, Ognjen Ristic, Emerson Rusert, Charlotte Russo, Jackson Rutter, Ava Schnepf, Taylor Simpson, Kailyn Smith, Alanna Soto, Alice Staub, Thomas Steck, Danika Tetkowski, Kamaldeep Toor, Madelyn Urbaniak, Cecilia Vacanti, Aaron Vizzi, Ryan Whalen, Shannon Williams, Trent Yoder, Lydia Young
11TH GRADE HONOR ROLL
Muthanna Ahmed, Jassim Al Hajjaji, Thomas Alberalla, Andrea Mikayla Apon, Yousef Ashour, Jillian Bland, Alayna Boyle, Mya Brandon, Max Broeker, Lily Buckingham, Jaiden Bush, Kenadi Butcher, Caden Byrnes, Avery Carpenter, Judah Chapman, Jackson DeGlopper, Rebekah Dolan, Joseph Donlon, Madelyn Forbes, Noah Franco, Lucah Gassmann, Jeetpal Gill, Simran Gill, Anna Gormady, Jaymee Gray, Damian Greco, Samantha Grover, Carson Hamilton, Donovan Heacock, Haley Hillman, Carson Hinkle, Paige Horvath, Tre'Shawn Jennings, Nina Johnson, Ella Johnston, Mateo Karanovic, Bree Kolesar, Lucia Lanthier, Sarah Logar, Taryn Lysek, Chase Mango, Ava May, Payton McNamara, Kieran Meisel, Ian Mesmer, Evelyn Miller, Sydney Neuhaus, Miranda Page, Jacob Pawlak, Preston Pickard, Isabella Pilon, Sienna Potenza, Cooper Pyc, Owen Rosetti, Jack Roth, Brendan Roulley, Sami Saleh, Kabir Sandhu, Ahmet Savas, Ryan Scott, Harini Selvakumar, Caden Sharkey, Talia Simone, Grace Simpson, Harvinder Singh, Armani Smith, Kaitlyn Stieringer, Zachary Talamo, Kennady Ulrich, Riley Uribes, Teagan Willats, Madeline Williams, Jeremiah Zherebilov
12TH GRADE HONOR ROLL
Camilla Acquisto, Jordan Alessandra, Morgan Andrews, Gianni Anello, Aubree Battaglia, William Benz, Morgan Blum, Lily Burke, Samantha Burridge, Matthew Burridge, Lauren Caizza, Sophie Cane, Giana Caruana, Dylan Castiglia, Tori Cecere, Alper Celik, Emma Chorey, Brooke Christensen, Gavin Clinton, Abigail Coombs, Antonia Cotroneo, Samantha Crist, Joshua DeLong, Hailey Donovan, Skye Dreher, Noah Evert, Madelyn Gallagher, Hayden Garey, Niko Gonzalez, Grace Gramza, Alyssa Griggs, Jacob Hamilton, Sydney Hamilton, Ian Hannon, Hannah Hiscock, Luke Hutton, Samuel Iuvino, Braiden Jaroszewski, Isabella Jayme, Lily Johnson, Logan Kochanowski, Natalie Kopf, Kyle Kowalczewski, Grace Kucinski, Richard Kwarciak, Nicholas Lindsay, Nico Macrides, Peter Marston, Alex Martin, Samantha Mesmer, Brady Moran, Jack Nevans, Liberty Novak, Lauren Olendorf, Rylee Pachla, Cora Pankow, Alyssa Pizur, Ryan Rai, Samuel Rastelli, Owen Redfern, Emma Richards, Adelyn Roach, Mavrick Rumsey, Jackson Schmidt, Emma Sentz, Javeria Shoaib, Gianna Simone, Anthony Soluri, Melaina Taylor, Pavneet Toor, Connor Weber, George Woloszyn, Asher Wright, Elizabeth Zherebilov, Cole Zorich
GIHS 1st Quarter Merit Roll - November 2024
9TH GRADE MERIT ROLL
Hannah Benton, Alexander Brau, Omer Ellahi, Grant Fox, Noah Gassmann, Braxton Hallifax, Emma Hartwick, Sophia Hickox, Saliha Husseini, Jocelyn Jung, Emily Kirkendall, Xavier Louisos, Jade Luna, Clarissa Macaluso, Lia Mango, Anthony Mantione, Riley McAndrews, Carson Mondoux, Jayden Neville, Riley O'Brien, Ethan Osuchowski, Ava Pomaranski, Dario Savard, Rana Shaibi, Avery Sheehan, Aileen Slaiman, Xander Soellers, Ella Squire, Aaren Suwal, Cassidy Szathmary, Chase Uribes, Madison West
10TH GRADE MERIT ROLL
Nicolas Aiello, Madison Biancofiore, Lucas Bonafede, Molly Carrig, Landon Compton, Vincenzo DiSanto, Abby Ennis, Emma Erickson, Raymond Glemb, Olivia Govern, John Harding, Jack Heider, Tula Hussein, Shayne Koester, June LaMarco, Claire Lansberry, Amaya Lundquist, Leyla Mack, Riley Mallabar, Brody Manzella, Tyler Meyer, Owen Parker, Yousef Rizek, Nicholas Sortino, Lucas Soto, Rikki Stypick, Chloe Timmerman, Adam Watches, Sydney Weber, Anna Zherebilov
11TH GRADE MERIT ROLL
Ashley Adames Perez, Matthew Capage, John Chiarenza, Olivia DeCoux, Bella Duscher, Logan Flynn, Aiden Galligan, Nicolas Genovese, Calli Harding, Colin Hurley, Alex Joyce, Joseph Jung, Dominic Leo, Camila Marques, Natalie Marshall, Henry Maziarz, Kate Mezhir, Jonathan Neville, Sophia Pyc, Noah Rogers, Jasmine Rokicki, Sienna Sarkees, Julian Savard, Reilly Smith, Sabrina Steffans, Trenton Tyrrell, Aiden Wrobel, Kayla Wylie
12TH GRADE MERIT ROLL
Lucianna Andrzejewski, Jake Benton, Emma Beringer, Jacob Bonafede, Anthony Borzillieri, Amanda Carriero, Nicholas Castellino, Arianna Conta, Bryan Decker, Shannon Ennis, Gabriella Guy, Luke Gworek, Jacob Hazel, Ailish Higman, Hanna Hurley, Jierui Jiao, Jayden Kleinschmidt, Riley Kwiatkowski, Michael Leone, Natalie Malush, Robert Meinhold, Hayden Miller, Madison Mondoux, Jaxon Moslow, Lucas Pawlak, Addyson Peck, Matthew Pomaranski, Oliver Schmidt, Omar Shaibi, Lilian Shugarts, Juliana Smith, Sophia Sobrino, Morgan Szathmary, Carly Tilkins, Anthony Vaccaro-Luttrell, Alexandra Watt, Olivia Wenner, Brody Winarski
Freshmen Fill A Basket for Neighbors Foundation - November 2024
From left: Rebecca Simpson, Pavneet Toor, Christopher Sobrino, Sophie Myers, Sukhmani Kaur, Gwen Pickering, Mia McGowan, Chamberlain, Keira Rivers, Eleanor Murray and Mohamed Isa.
Class of 2028 Officers from left: Christopher Sobrino, Mia McGowan, Eleanor Murray, Chamberlain, Mohamed Isa, Gwen Pickering, Keira Rivers, Sukhmani Kaur, and Sophie Myers.
The GIHS Class of 2028 spent the afternoon on their weekend off from school shopping at Tops for the GI Neighbors Foundation Food Drive. Every year, Rebecca Simpson at Hunt Realty, has a collection point for donations to this worthy cause and Cheryl Chamberlain has assisted with groups over the years. This year, Chamberlain gave the 2028 Class Officers a budget and told them to shop for families using their math and organization skills. Students succeeded in their endeavor with donations from a bake sale and Casey's Corner Concessions at GIHS. Donations are needed year round by the Neighbors Foundation and the students were happy to help at the start of the holiday season. If anyone else is interested in donating, Hunt Realty will be accepting donations Saturday, November 16th, 9am-2pm at 2098 Grand Island Blvd, Grand Island, NY 14072. GIHS Viking Values September Students of the Month - October 2024
The students are pictured, from left, front row: Samantha Burridge, grade 12, selected by the Art Department; Gracie Weselak, grade 11, selected by the Science Department; and Logan Kochanowski, grade 12, selected by the English Department, World Language Department, and Technology Department.Back row: assistant principals Jaime Peld and Adam Hernandez; Trenton Tyrell, grade 12, selected by the Math Department; Hayden Garey, grade 12, selected by the Business Department; Chase Judd, grade 12, selected by the Physical Education Department; Moses McMurray, grade 11, selected by the Music Department; and Principal Hillary Kretz-Harvey. Not pictured: Sydney Weber, grade 10, selected by the Social Studies Department.
Photo by Larry Austin/Grand Island Central School District
Principal Hillary Kretz-Harvey, and assistant principals Jaime Peld and Adam Hernandez of Grand Island High School have announced the Viking Values Students of the Month for September.
The Viking Values Students of the Month are nominated by the departments of World Language, Social Studies, Mathematics, English, Business, Art, Physical Education, Music, Technology, and Science.The Viking Values Students of the Month are chosen based on character, academic performance, effort, behavior, social relationships, and attendance. Character: The student demonstrates the Viking Values of respect, responsibility, safety, and compassion. Academic performance: The student is passing all classes taken within the department; demonstrates excellent class participation and completion of assignments. Effort: The student demonstrates good effort in class and works up to or exceeds innate ability. Behavior: Both inside and outside of the classroom, the student obeys rules, shows respect to peers and adults, and is well mannered. Social relationships: The student displays leadership, a willingness to help peers, and shows respect toward others. Attendance – The student attends school regularly and arrives at school and classes on time.
GIHS Announces Inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame - September 2024
Grand Island, NY – Grand Island High School is proud to announce the inaugural class of inductees into its newly established Athletic Hall of Fame. This distinguished class includes seven former standout athletes and two legendary coaches, who together represent decades of excellence and achievement in Viking Athletics. The inductees in the Athlete Category include:Marjorie Bessel ('82),
Carlin Hartman ('90),
Glyn Lipp ('75),
Steve Lunney ('84),
Stacey Schroeder Watt ('92),
John Sullivan ('80), and
Ann Marie Wozniak Stricklin ('89).
In the Coach Category, two iconic figures of Grand Island Athletics will also be inducted:
Gene Masters, longtime football and baseball coach, and
Jon Roth, who coached football, basketball, and tennis.
The inaugural class will be honored at a celebratory luncheon on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at the Buffalo Launch Club, with the event starting at 12:00 pm.
The Grand Island High School Athletic Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional skill, leadership, and commitment in their respective sports, leaving a lasting legacy in the school’s rich athletic history.
For those interested in attending the luncheon, tickets are $45.00 and can be purchased by contacting Toniann Myers at the Athletic Office via email at toniannmyers@gicsd.org or by phone at (716) 773-8813.
Grand Island CSD Driver Education Program - September 2024
Grand Island CSD Driver Education Program - Fall 2024 starts September 17th. FLYER.GIHS 4th Quarter High Honor Roll - July 2024
9th GRADE HIGH HONOR
Giada Aguzzi, Maxx Anderson, Sophia Anzalone, Tina Arslan, Gianna Bonaccorso, Robert Cieri, Madelyn Colpetzer, Madison Cope, Giana Dudek, Emma Dunn, Anthony Fiebelkorn, Benjamin Frey, Mackenzie Gallagher, Gianna Gallegos, Chase Giambra, Karissa Green, Gianna Griggs, Ava Groff, Owen Hall, Jocelyn Hamilton, Jaiden Hamilton, Malcolm Hannibal, Tyler Hazel, April James, Nicholas Jayme, Leah Kephart, Addison Kineke, Christian Kochanowski, Sophia Kwiatkowski, Addison Lewis, Lillyana Lundquist, Levi Maerz, Tessa Marsala, Avery McNulty, Giada Mendel, Mason Miller, Riley Myers, Claire Neuhaus, Colin Pinzel, Hannah Rastelli, Kayla Rejewski, Trenton Ruffolo, Abigail Ruminski, Emerson Rusert, Brianna Schiffmacher, Ava Schnepf, Logan Scott, Richard Sedita, Kailyn Smith, Petra Smykowski, Alice Staub, Annabelle Vandriel, Gavin Warner, Emily Westberg, Abigail Wilkins, John Wilkinson, Trent Yoder
10th GRADE HIGH HONOR
Marissa Aceti, Muthanna Ahmed, Thomas Alberalla, Gabriella Amato, Cleopatra Basiliko, Jacob Belous, Aidan Birtz, Alayna Boyle, Jacob Brzyski, Elijah Castner, John Coram, Natalie DeCourcey, Edward Falls, Aiden Golembiewski, Camryn Harding, Audrey Holler, David Hoover, Sarah Logar, Noah Magee, Ismail Masoodi, Kieran Meisel, Caylee Meyer, Colin Morgan, Jillian Moskala, Connor Muehlbauer, Natalie Payne, Isabella Pilon, Brianna Rejewski, Allie Rumsey, Tanureet Saini, Janelle Spiesz, Ieva Stalyga, Charlotte Tower, Sara Trevett, Zachary Vinkle, Brooke Warner, Margaret Weselak, Kyla Wood
11th GRADE HIGH HONOR
Lydia Amato, Kailyn Ash, William Benz, Savannah Bukowski, Nicholas Bull, Isabella Burt, Lauren Caizza, Grace Carpenter, Giana Caruana, Tori Cecere, Alper Celik, Anna Cipollitti, Anthony Ciraolo, Gavin Clinton, Jacob Csicseri, Addison Flegal, Madelyn Gallagher, Grace Gramza, Linzy Gray, Hailey Green, Sydney Hamilton, Leah Hurley, Rocquelle Hy, Isabella Jayme, Natalie Kopf, Annabelle Linenfelser, Natalie Malush, Peter Marston, Gianna Masker, Jolie Mondoux, Keira Murray, Alexandra Oldman, Evan Pickering, Layla Rein, Megan Reynolds, Emma Richards, Savannah Samplinski, Lilian Shugarts, Anthony Soluri, Abigail Szyprowski, Pavneet Toor, Kaitlyn Wadman, Mikayla Wagner, Connor Weber, Zoe Anna Weselak, Cole Zorich
12th GRADE HIGH HONOR
Jack Benns, Natalie Berg, Julia Bielec, Alma Brown, Julianna Burgin, Victoria Caizza, Samuel Castner, Nathan Cioppa, Kathryn Czyrny, Kaitlyn Dudek, Nissa Elahi, Jenna Gorton, Jenna Hecht, Brady Hillman, Tyler Hoock, Alexandra Jensen, Gabriel Johnston, Rachel Joseph, Brooke Kenney, Kailey Korkuc, Claire LeFevre, Braeden Lenhard, Dominic Leone, Elijah Linenfelser, Cayden Luciano, Hollyn Lynch, Jillian Manns, Ava Marsala, Hailey Martinez, Jacob Mazeh, Evan McMann, Addison McNulty, Marissa Mrkall, Georgiana Nowak, Megan Rebmann, Christopher Sadkowski, Alexander Sandford, Emma Santorio, Emma Schoenrock, Pearl Sciolino-Coffey, Arly Soellers, Sophia Steinbrenner, Tala Steinbrenner, Kyleigh Ulrich, Micaila Valle, Gabriella VeRost, John Vinkle, Jillian Wadell, Annie Weng, George Wenner, Alexandra Woloszyn, Catherine Zach, Sophie Zentz
GIHS 4th Quarter Honor Roll - July 2024
9th GRADE HONOR
Robert Agnello, Calleigh Anderson, Camryn Bagley, Racheal Banas, Gavin Blum, Lucas Bonafede, Morgan Bridenbaker, Dane Brown, Olivia Burke, Liam Burt, Jake Castiglia, Owen Cioppa, Don Collure, Deni Daghestani, Tucker Dankert, Blake DeLoreto, Peter DeSantis, Mitchell Dylag, Zoha Elahi, Eden Fancher, Molly Fiebelkorn, Austin Forsey, Samuel Geblein, Emily Glassbrook, Michaela Granelli, Chase Hall, Camden Hillary, Avery Hoock, Sarah Jackson, Madelyn Jagow, Reese Johnson, Molly Kilianski, Capri Olivia Leslie, Andrew MacConkey, Tiana Magee, Chase Martineck, Chloe Masich, Jocelyn May, EllaRae Moore, Sawyer Morris, Leanna Musleh, Karlei Novak, Luke Nowocien, Riley Pankow, Kendyll Panowicz, Andrew Pelczynski, Cole Randle, Grayson Rastelli, Emma Redfern, Yousef Rizek, Charlotte Russo, Jackson Rutter, Dylan Serafini, Taylor Simpson, Alanna Soto, Thomas Steck, Mya Steinwandel, Madelyn Sugg, Kamaldeep Toor, Madelyn Urbaniak, John Wenner, Ryan Whalen, Kayleigh Wheaton, Shannon Williams
10th GRADE HONOR
Jassim Al Hajjaji, Andrea Mikayla Apon, Alicia Battaglia, Carl Beckley, Jillian Bland, Max Broeker, Maxwell Bronson, Lily Buckingham, Judah Chapman, Jackson DeGlopper, Rebekah Dolan, Logan Flynn, Madelyn Forbes, Noah Franco, Nicolas Genovese, Simran Gill, Jaymee Gray, Samantha Grover, Chase Gustafson, Carson Hamilton, Carson Hinkle, Paige Horvath, Elijah Huber, Nina Johnson, Ella Johnston, Mateo Karanovic, Bree Kolesar, Cassidy Kurtzhalts, Chase McGuire, Kate Mezhir, Evelyn Miller, Sydney Neuhaus, Dominic Nucci, Jack Pachla, Miranda Page, Preston Pickard, Cooper Pyc, Sophia Pyc, Maya Rizzo, Owen Rosetti, Jack Roth, Sienna Sarkees, Julian Savard, Harini Selvakumar, Talia Simone, Harvinder Singh, Audrey Stockinger, Zachary Talamo, Kennady Ulrich, Riley Uribes, Teagan Willats, Alexis Williams, Madeline Williams
11th GRADE HONOR
Camilla Acquisto, Ghaliya Ahmed, Morgan Andrews, Gianni Anello, Aubree Battaglia, Andrew Birtz, Max Black, Morgan Blum, Rayyan Bukahri, Samantha Burridge, Matthew Burridge, Sophie Cane, Amanda Carriero, Dylan Castiglia, Emma Chorey, Brooke Christensen, Arianna Conta, Abigail Coombs, Samantha Crist, Bryan Decker, Hailey Donovan, Skye Dreher, Noah Evert, Hayden Garey, Niko Gonzalez, Alyssa Griggs, Jacob Hamilton, Jacob Hazel, Hannah Hiscock, Hanna Hurley, Luke Hutton, Samuel Iuvino, Lily Johnson, Nolan Klein, Sully Korte, Christian Krawczyk, Grace Kucinski, Alex Martin, Madison McGowan, Samantha Mesmer, Hayden Miller, Madison Mondoux, Jaxen Montana, Liberty Novak, Liam O'Kell, Lauren Olendorf, Cora Pankow, Addyson Peck, Alyssa Pizur, Ryan Rai, Samuel Rastelli, Owen Redfern, Adelyn Roach, Mavrick Rumsey, Ryan Sharp, Javeria Shoaib, Jelena Simic, Gianna Simone, Morgan Szathmary, Melaina Taylor, Carly Tilkins, Melina Valle, Esten Watt, Olivia Wenner, Devan Williams, Brody Winarski, George Woloszyn, Asher Wright
12th GRADE HONOR
Peyton Abbott, Sarah Ahmed, Roberto Anaya Fuentes, Timothy Bentley, Isabella Boyle, Alexia Bryant, Avery Burroughs, Lorenzo Buscaglia, Carly Butcher, Emilie Carrig, Gianna Corrao, Ryan Coutu, Douglas Crowley, Talan Del Monte, Mariella DiCarlo, Audrey Dickinson, Taylor Duscher, Tyler Dworak, Meredith Ehlenfield, Samantha Ennis, Brandon Farquharson, Gianna Genovese, Giovanni Granelli, Timothy Grant, Cameran Hoffman, Ethan Hovey, Robert Ingalsbe, Jacob Joseph, Fiona Joss, Averyanna Kehr, Morgan Khadra, Raven Khreis, Mikaela Kitchen, Sarah Klein, Patrick Kruse, Anna Kurtzhalts, Hailey Lee, Noah Lewis, Kaleigh Lockett, Sarah Lysarz, Kyto Magee, Natalle Martineck, Joseph Martino, Zainab Masoodi, Olivia Mayer, LilyBeth Mazur, Nathan Meyers, Gianna Mourgas, Brett Nowocien, Roman Nuchereno, Kendyl Ode, Aleksander Pyc, Tyler Robertson, Torin Roth, Adam Schnell, Abbey Schneller, Sara Shugarts, Dylan Simpson, Avery Snyder, Lauren Soluri, Blake Thauer, Sophia Todaro, Casey Walowitz, Luke Watkins, Preston Whitfield, Brayden Willats, Jaimen Wright, Joseph Wynne, Ella Zaremski
GIHS 4th Quarter Merit Roll - July 2024
9th GRADE MERIT
Nicolas Aiello, Noah Arnone, Ethan Berg, Beau Bergeron, Morgan Cantor, Kelly Coram, Vincenzo DiSanto, Emma Erickson, Ella Gordon, Olivia Govern, Kaylee Kraft, Jada LaMarco, Caden Lovern, Zsofia Magyari, Riley Mallabar, Caitlin Maurer, Nelly Maziarz, Miles McKnight, Tyler Meyer, Aiden Peck, Wesley Pelczynski, Jay Pham, Tyler Price, Mia Rice, Ognjen Ristic, Ava Satterlee, Ava Sole, Danika Tetkowski, Chloe Timmerman, Abbigal Toth, Aaron Vizzi, Anna Zherebilov
10th GRADE MERIT
Mya Brandon, Ryan Brandys, Kenadi Butcher, Caden Byrnes, Matthew Capage, Olivia Clark, Karina Conta, Bella Duscher, Arianna Flippen, Aiden Galligan, Lucah Gassmann, Jeetpal Gill, Anna Gormady, Damian Greco, Dominick Hanel, Calli Harding, Donovan Heacock, Haley Hillman, Colin Hurley, Alex Joyce, Joseph Jung, Sarabjot Kaur, Andrew Kozlowski, Lucia Lanthier, Dominic Leo, Taryn Lysek, Chase Mango, Adrianna Marinucci, Camila Marques, Natalie Marshall, Ava May, Moses McMurray, Payton McNamara, Jacob Pawlak, Sienna Potenza, Ahmet Savas, Ryan Scott, Grace Simpson, Armani Smith, Kaitlyn Stieringer, Bryana Turnbull, Kayla Wylie
11th GRADE MERIT
Jake Benton, Emma Beringer, Jaelynn Bolock, Anthony Borzillieri, Bryson Boyle, Zachary Bridenbaker, Lily Burke, Nicholas Castellino, Antonia Cotroneo, Isabela Dombrowski, Danika Fiebelkorn, Ian Hannon, Catherine Hegarty, Parker Inman, Johanna Jackson, Braiden Jaroszewski, Jierui Jiao, Jayden Kleinschmidt, Richard Kwarciak, Riley Kwiatkowski, Michael Leone, Nico Macrides, Matthew Martin, Brandon McCreary, Robert Meinhold, Maxim Morales, Brady Moran, Jackx Pendola, Matthew Pomaranski, Lorelei Popp, Celine Rizek, Jackson Schmidt, Juliana Smith, Avery Smith, Chloe Terrana, Cristina Torres
12th GRADE MERIT
Madison Ahearn, Emily Birtz, Andrew Bongiovanni, Caitlyn Butcher, Trysten Cardin-Galeza, Ben Cipollitti, Brigid Dugan, Katelyn Grant, Kyle Haines, Connor Hart, Hannah Higuera, Perrin Huff, Connor Lovern, Tyler MacNeil, Nathan Mangus, Cooper O'Leary, Cameron Pachura, Nicholas Pilon, Isidora Ristic, Austin Shores, Justin Shores, Ethan Szaflarski, Logan Tanner, Ta'miah Wilkes, Luke Winarski
Hall of Fame Meat Raffle - 2024
Grand Island High School Hall of Fame Meat Raffle, Saturday, August 10, 2024 at VW Post 9249. See FLYER.Zachary R. Zarbo 2024 Spotlighters Memorial Scholarship - June 2024
Jenna Gorton
This award is dedicated in the memory of Zachary Zarbo. Zachary was involved in drama and choral studies at Grand Island High School. Jenna Gorton, the Spotlighters recipient, had to write an essay, show community and faith involvement, and be an active member of the drama club Spotlighters. She will receive $1000 towards college tuition. Jenna will be attending SUNY Fredonia and majoring in Marketing. Congratulations to Jenna in winning this award.Athletic Letter of Intent Presentation - May 2024
16 Student-Athletes from the Grand Island High School Class of 2024 sign their Athletic Letter of Intent to play sports at the collegiate level, during a special presentation in the GIHS Main Gym on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, hosted by Athletic Director Brett Banker & Athletic Assistant Toni Myers, and emceed by Coach and Teacher Bob Simpson.. See Presentation.Driver Education Summer Program - May 2024
Grand Island CSD Driver Education Program - Summer begins June 17, 2024. See FLYER.GIHS 3rd Quarter High Honor Roll - April 2024
9th GRADE HIGH HONOR
Giada Aguzzi, Maxx Anderson, Sophia Anzalone, Tina Arslan, Camryn Bagley, Emma Dunn, Anthony Fiebelkorn, Benjamin Frey, Mackenzie Gallagher, Gianna Gallegos, Chase Giambra, Karissa Green, Gianna Griggs, Owen Hall, Jocelyn Hamilton, Jaiden Hamilton, Malcolm Hannibal, Tyler Hazel, Nicholas Jayme, Leah Kephart, Addison Kineke, Sophia Kwiatkowski, Addison Lewis, Levi Maerz, Tessa Marsala, Avery McNulty, Giada Mendel, Mason Miller, Riley Myers, Claire Neuhaus, Luke Nowocien, Colin Pinzel, Hannah Rastelli, Kayla Rejewski, Abigail Ruminski, Brianna Schiffmacher, Ava Schnepf, Logan Scott, Richard Sedita, Petra Smykowski, Alice Staub, Annabelle Vandriel, Gavin Warner, Emily Westberg, Abigail Wilkins, John Wilkinson
10th GRADE HIGH HONOR
Marissa Aceti, Muthanna Ahmed, Thomas Alberalla, Gabriella Amato, Cleopatra Basiliko, Alicia Battaglia, Jacob Belous, Alayna Boyle, Jacob Brzyski, Elijah Castner, Judah Chapman, John Coram, Natalie DeCourcey, Rebekah Dolan, Edward Falls, Aiden Golembiewski, Chase Gustafson, Camryn Harding, Audrey Holler, David Hoover, Cassidy Kurtzhalts, Noah Magee, Ismail Masoodi, Kieran Meisel, Caylee Meyer, Colin Morgan, Jillian Moskala, Jack Pachla, Natalie Payne, Preston Pickard, Brianna Rejewski, Tanureet Saini, Talia Simone, Janelle Spiesz, Ieva Stalyga, Charlotte Tower, Sara Trevett, Kennady Ulrich, Zachary Vinkle, Brooke Warner, Margaret Weselak, Alexis Williams
11th GRADE HIGH HONOR
Lydia Amato, Kailyn Ash, William Benz, Savannah Bukowski, Nicholas Bull, Isabella Burt, Lauren Caizza, Grace Carpenter, Giana Caruana, Tori Cecere, Alper Celik, Emma Chorey, Anna Cipollitti, Gavin Clinton, Abigail Coombs, Jacob Csicseri, Addison Flegal, Madelyn Gallagher, Grace Gramza, Linzy Gray, Hailey Green, Sydney Hamilton, Leah Hurley, Rocquelle Hy, Lily Johnson, Nolan Klein, Annabelle Linenfelser, Natalie Malush, Gianna Masker, Jolie Mondoux, Keira Murray, Liam O'Kell, Alexandra Oldman, Rylee Pachla, Evan Pickering, Alyssa Pizur, Ryan Rai, Layla Rein, Megan Reynolds, Emma Richards, Savannah Samplinski, Javeria Shoaib, Abigail Szyprowski, Pavneet Toor, Kaitlyn Wadman, Connor Weber, Zoe Anna Weselak
12th GRADE HIGH HONOR
Yusuf Abdur Raheem, Jack Benns, Natalie Berg, Alma Brown, Julianna Burgin, Samuel Castner, Nathan Cioppa, Kathryn Czyrny, Talan Del Monte, Tessa DeMartin, Kaitlyn Dudek, Brandon Farquharson, Jenna Gorton, Katelyn Grant, Timothy Grant, Jenna Hecht, Tyler Hoock, Ethan Hovey, Alexandra Jensen, Gabriel Johnston, Fiona Joss, Gianna Karnath, Averyanna Kehr, Brooke Kenney, Raven Khreis, Patrick Kruse, Claire LeFevre, Braeden Lenhard, Dominic Leone, Elijah Linenfelser, Cayden Luciano, Jillian Manns, Ava Marsala, Jacob Mazeh, Evan McMann, Addison McNulty, Gianna Mourgas, Marissa Mrkall, Georgiana Nowak, Megan Rebmann, Tyler Robertson, Christopher Sadkowski, Alexander Sandford, Emma Santorio, Adam Schnell, Emma Schoenrock, Arly Soellers, Sophia Steinbrenner, Tala Steinbrenner, Gabriella VeRost, John Vinkle, Jillian Wadell, Annie Weng, Alexandra Woloszyn, Catherine Zach, Sophie Zentz
GIHS 3rd Quarter Honor Roll - April 2024
9th GRADE HONOR
Calleigh Anderson, Racheal Banas, Beau Bergeron, Gavin Blum, Gianna Bonaccorso, Morgan Bridenbaker, Olivia Burke, Liam Burt, Morgan Cantor, Jake Castiglia, Robert Cieri, Owen Cioppa, Don Collure, Madelyn Colpetzer, Deni Daghestani, Tucker Dankert, Blake DeLoreto, Peter DeSantis, Vincenzo DiSanto, Bre'Onna Donovan, Giana Dudek, Mitchell Dylag, Molly Fiebelkorn, Austin Forsey, Samuel Geblein, Emily Glassbrook, Ella Gordon, Liam Graeff Friel, Ava Groff, Chase Hall, Camden Hillary, Avery Hoock, Sarah Jackson, April James, Reese Johnson, Molly Kilianski, Christian Kochanowski, Lillyana Lundquist, Andrew MacConkey, Tiana Magee, Chase Martineck, Chloe Masich, Jocelyn May, EllaRae Moore, Sawyer Morris, Leanna Musleh, Karlei Novak, Kendyll Panowicz, Andrew Pelczynski, Cole Randle, Grayson Rastelli, Emma Redfern, Yousef Rizek, Trenton Ruffolo, Emerson Rusert, Jackson Rutter, Ava Satterlee, Dylan Serafini, Kailyn Smith, Alanna Soto, Thomas Steck, Mya Steinwandel, Madelyn Sugg, Kamaldeep Toor, Madelyn Urbaniak, Cecilia Vacanti, Aaron Vizzi, John Wenner, Ryan Whalen, Shannon Williams, Trent Yoder
10th GRADE HONOR
Carl Beckley, Aidan Birtz, Jillian Bland, Mya Brandon, Max Broeker, Maxwell Bronson, Lily Buckingham, Olivia Clark, Karina Conta, Jackson DeGlopper, Lucah Gassmann, Nicolas Genovese, Jeetpal Gill, Simran Gill, Jaymee Gray, Damian Greco, Samantha Grover, Carson Hamilton, Carson Hinkle, Elijah Huber, Colin Hurley, Ella Johnston, Joseph Jung, Bree Kolesar, Andrew Kozlowski, Dominic Leo, Sarah Logar, Ava May, Chase McGuire, Payton McNamara, Kate Mezhir, Evelyn Miller, Connor Muehlbauer, Sydney Neuhaus, Dominic Nucci, Robert Osuchowski, Isabella Pilon, Cooper Pyc, Sophia Pyc, Maya Rizzo, Owen Rosetti, Jack Roth, Allie Rumsey, Sienna Sarkees, Julian Savard, Harini Selvakumar, Harvinder Singh, Audrey Stockinger, Riley Uribes, Teagan Willats, Madeline Williams, Kyla Wood
11th GRADE HONOR
Camilla Acquisto, Ghaliya Ahmed, Morgan Andrews, Aubree Battaglia, Emma Beringer, Andrew Birtz, Zachary Bridenbaker, Rayyan Bukahri, Lily Burke, Samantha Burridge, Sophie Cane, Amanda Carriero, Nicholas Castellino, Dylan Castiglia, Brooke Christensen, Anthony Ciraolo, Arianna Conta, Samantha Crist, Bryan Decker, Hailey Donovan, Skye Dreher, Hayden Garey, Alyssa Griggs, Jacob Hamilton, Jacob Hazel, Hannah Hiscock, Luke Hutton, Samuel Iuvino, Isabella Jayme, Jierui Jiao, Jayden Kleinschmidt, Logan Kochanowski, Natalie Kopf, Kyle Kowalczewski, Christian Krawczyk, Grace Kucinski, Michael Leone, Peter Marston, Alex Martin, Madison McGowan, Hayden Miller, Madison Mondoux, Jaxen Montana, Jack Nevans, Liberty Novak, Addyson Peck, Samuel Rastelli, Owen Redfern, Adelyn Roach, Mavrick Rumsey, Oliver Schmidt, Jackson Schmidt, Ryan Sharp, Lilian Shugarts, Jelena Simic, Gianna Simone, Juliana Smith, Anthony Soluri, Morgan Szathmary, Melaina Taylor, Carly Tilkins, Melina Valle, Mikayla Wagner, Esten Watt, George Woloszyn, Cole Zorich
12th GRADE HONOR
Roberto Anaya Fuentes, Lukacz Basiliko, Timothy Bentley, Julia Bielec, Emily Birtz, Isabella Boyle, Avery Burroughs, Caitlyn Butcher, Carly Butcher, Sabrina Butcher, Victoria Caizza, Emilie Carrig, Ben Cipollitti, Emma Coburn, Ryan Coutu, Douglas Crowley, Mariella DiCarlo, Audrey Dickinson, Taylor Duscher, Tyler Dworak, Meredith Ehlenfield, Nissa Elahi, Samantha Ennis, Gianna Genovese, Giovanni Granelli, Kanita Hajdini, Hunter Hall, Connor Hart, Brady Hillman, Cameran Hoffman, Roman Horvath, Rachel Joseph, Jacob Joseph, Morgan Khadra, Mikaela Kitchen, Kailey Korkuc, Anna Kurtzhalts, Hailey Lee, Noah Lewis, Kaleigh Lockett, Hollyn Lynch, Sarah Lysarz, Kyto Magee, Natalle Martineck, Hailey Martinez, Zainab Masoodi, Olivia Mayer, Nathan Meyers, Roman Nuchereno, Nicholas Pilon, Gianna Potts, Aleksander Pyc, Isidora Ristic, Torin Roth, Abbey Schneller, Pearl Sciolino-Coffey, Sara Shugarts, Dylan Simpson, Avery Snyder, Lauren Soluri, Logan Tanner, Blake Thauer, Kyleigh Ulrich, Micaila Valle, Casey Walowitz, George Wenner, Preston Whitfield, Ta'miah Wilkes, Jaimen Wright, Joseph Wynne, Ella Zaremski
GIHS 3rd Quarter Merit Roll - April 2024
9th GRADE MERIT
Robert Agnello, Nicolas Aiello, Noah Arnone, Lucas Bonafede, Dane Brown, Kelly Coram, Matthew DeAngelo, Zoha Elahi, Eden Fancher, Olivia Govern, Michaela Granelli, Madelyn Jagow, Amaya Lundquist, Caitlin Maurer, Tyler Meyer, Will Meyers, Farhanuddin Mohammed, Owen Parker, Jay Pham, Tyler Price, Ognjen Ristic, Charlotte Russo, Ava Sole, Nicholas Sortino, Audrey Still, Anna Zherebilov
10th GRADE MERIT
Jassim Al Hajjaji, Andrea Mikayla Apon, Caden Byrnes, Matthew Capage, Logan Flynn, Madelyn Forbes, Noah Franco, Aiden Galligan, Lindsay Greer, Dominick Hanel, Calli Harding, Donovan Heacock, Haley Hillman, Paige Horvath, Nina Johnson, Sarabjot Kaur, Michael Lewandowski, Taryn Lysek, Adrianna Marinucci, Camila Marques, Natalie Marshall, Jonathan Neville, Miranda Page, Jasmine Rokicki, Ahmet Savas, Ryan Scott, Caden Sharkey, Grace Simpson, Bryana Turnbull, Jack Willet
11th GRADE MERIT
Lucianna Andrzejewski, Gianni Anello, Jake Benton, Jaelynn Bolock, Jacob Bonafede, Matthew Burridge, Brady Butler, Antonia Cotroneo, Joshua DeLong, Noah Evert, Danika Fiebelkorn, Niko Gonzalez, Ian Hannon, Catherine Hegarty, Hanna Hurley, Johanna Jackson, Braiden Jaroszewski, Sully Korte, Richard Kwarciak, Riley Kwiatkowski, Nico Macrides, Aya Mahmood, Robert Meinhold, Samantha Mesmer, Brady Moran, Colby Okelberry, Lauren Olendorf, Lorelei Popp, Emma Sentz, Avery Smith, Sophia Sobrino, Cristina Torres, Anthony Vaccaro-Luttrell, Olivia Wenner, Devan Williams, Brody Winarski, Asher Wright
12th GRADE MERIT
Madison Ahearn, Gianna Burruano, Lorenzo Buscaglia, Ella Campas, Trysten Cardin-Galeza, Jacob Clark, Samuel Fabiano, Benjamin Farrell, Kaylee Fatta, Ian Greer, Kyle Haines, Hannah Higuera, Perrin Huff, Robert Ingalsbe, Madison Keen, Sarah Klein, Tyler MacNeil, Joseph Martino, Rocco Misuraca, Kendyl Ode, Cooper O'Leary, Cameron Pachura, Heavenlee Rehg, Justin Shores, Andrew Smith, David Squires, Charlotte Steck, Julianna Tiedemann, Sophia Todaro, Brayden Willats, Luke Winarski
Careers with the USAF - April 2024
TSgt Lindaman (center) presents to students.
Former Grand Island High School student Andrew Lindaman, class of 2011, reached out to Cheryl Chamberlain about the possibility of discussing careers with the United States Air Force at GIHS. TSgt Lindaman brought his team into her Career and Financial Management class this past week and introduced life in the military to the students. Topics included college credit in the USAF, benefits of service and a plethora of career opportunities from dentistry to building trades. This business course is offered to students at Grand Island to describe future careers and learn personal financial literacy. For more information on business courses at GIHS contact cherylchamberlain@gicsd.org.Business Letter Pro! - March 2024
From left: Kathy Ridenour, manager of the Niagara Falls ULTA and Nissa Ehahi.
Crafting a business letter is part of Cheryl Chamberlain's Entrepreneurship class at Grand Island High School. Students are tasked with choosing a local business and writing either a compliment or complaint letter to the manager of that business. Senior Nissa Elahi wrote a well thought out compliment letter to the manager of ULTA Beauty in Niagara Falls. Kathy Ridenour is the manager and was so overwhelmed by the thoughtfulness put into the letter, she called and asked to come into the class and gift Nissa with a swag bag from her store. Ms. Ridenour also spoke a little about her job at ULTA and how she deals with customers on a daily basis. As Spring Spirit Week started on Monday, this was a great way for Nissa to begin our blue and white day! Many thanks to Ms. Ridenour. for recognizing a job well done, as you never know how much one letter can make a difference for a business.K - 12 STEM Fair Project Display - March 2024
K-12 STEM Fair Project Display will be in the Grand Island High School technology wing on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 See FLYER.GIHS Viking Values February Students of the Month - March 2024
Pictured, from left, are students Tucker Dankert, selected by the Physical Education Department; Cleopatra Basiliko, selected by the Art Department; Lucas Pawlak, selected by the Technology Department; Keira Murray, selected by both the English Department and the Social Studies Department; Dylan Simpson, selected by the Music Department; Emma Redfern, selected by the Business Department; Gianna Bonaccorso, selected by the World Language Department; Principal Hillary Kretz-Harvey and assistant principals Jaime Peld and Susan Frey. Not pictured: Zoe Weselak, selected by both the Science Department and Math Department.
Photo by Larry Austin/Grand Island Central School District.
Principal Hillary Kretz-Harvey and assistant principals Jaime Peld and Susan Frey of Grand Island High School have announced the Viking Values Students of the Month for February.
The Viking Values Students of the Month are nominated by the departments of World Language, Social Studies, Mathematics, English, Business, Art, Physical Education, Music, Technology, and Science.The Viking Values Students of the Month are chosen based on character, academic performance, effort, behavior, social relationships, and attendance. Character: The student demonstrates the Viking Values of respect, responsibility, safety, and compassion. Academic performance: The student is passing all classes taken within the department; demonstrates excellent class participation and completion of assignments. Effort: The student demonstrates good effort in class and works up to or exceeds innate ability. Behavior: Both inside and outside of the classroom, the student obeys rules, shows respect to peers and adults, and is well mannered. Social relationships: The student displays leadership, a willingness to help peers, and shows respect toward others. Attendance – The student attends school regularly and arrives at school and classes on time.
Center Brooke Christensen, Hailey Martinez, Luke Watkins.
Competing at the Section VI Indoor Track and Field Championships at Houghton University, three Grand Island High School student-athletes qualified for the NYS Indoor Track and Field Championships. This is the first time in 15 years Grand Island will be represented by three athletes competing individually. Senior Hailey Martinez, a UB commit, leads the way to states after winning the 55 meter dash in a school record 7.32 seconds. Maritnez finished third in the 300 meter dash, setting another school record in the process with a time of 42.06 seconds. Martinez will also represent Section VI in the sprint portion of the Intersectional Relay. Junior Brooke Christensen won her second consecutive Section VI championship in the weight throw with a school record toss of 49-5.5. Christensen is currently ranked third in the state and 14th in the country in the weight throw event. Senior Luke Watkins qualified for states in the 55 meter dash with a school record time of 6.68 seconds. The week prior to the individual championships, Martinez (Track) and Christensen (Field) were voted the MVPs of the Class B Championships with Martinez winning the 55 and 300 meter dashes and Christensen winning the weight throw and shotput. The NYS Championships will be held March 2 at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island.Guest Speakers at GIHS - February 2024
Derek Staubitz
One of the most asked questions in high school is, "what do you want to do with your career future?" To help answer this question, business teacher Cheryl Chamberlain brings in guest speakers to help high school students discover hidden talents. This week, three different areas were discussed including: geology, government work and entrepreneurship. Benjamin King-Smith, geologist, discussed his career in geology and how he studies land formations to build on. Brooke Chamberlain, FDA officer, shared her experience working in the Federal government for the USDA and FDA agencies and how to apply for a position, and Derek Staubitz entrepreneur, shared his journey as a new business owner of Hybrid Defense on Grand Island.Courses in the business department at GIHS help students to decide on their future in college, trades, and military by provided authentic experiences in the classroom and internships in the field. For more information on programs contact cherylchamberlain@gicsd.org.
GIHS 2nd Quarter High Honor Roll - February 2024
9th GRADE HIGH HONOR
Maxx Anderson, Sophia Anzalone, Tina Arslan, Camryn Bagley, Gianna Bonaccorso, Liam Burt, Emma Dunn, Mitchell Dylag, Anthony Fiebelkorn, Benjamin Frey, Mackenzie Gallagher, Gianna Gallegos, Chase Giambra, Karissa Green, Gianna Griggs, Ava Groff, Owen Hall, Jaiden Hamilton, Malcolm Hannibal, Tyler Hazel, Nicholas Jayme, Leah Kephart, Addison Kineke, Levi Maerz, Tessa Marsala, Jocelyn May, Avery McNulty, Mason Miller, Riley Myers, Luke Nowocien, Riley Pankow, Colin Pinzel, Kayla Rejewski, Trenton Ruffolo, Abigail Ruminski, Brianna Schiffmacher, Logan Scott, Richard Sedita, Petra Smykowski, Alanna Soto, Annabelle Vandriel, Ryan Whalen
10th GRADE HIGH HONOR
Marissa Aceti, Muthanna Ahmed, Thomas Alberalla, Gabriella Amato, Cleopatra Basiliko, Alicia Battaglia, Aidan Birtz, Alayna Boyle, Jacob Brzyski, Elijah Castner, John Coram, Natalie DeCourcey, Edward Falls, Aiden Golembiewski, Camryn Harding, Audrey Holler, David Hoover, Noah Magee, Ismail Masoodi, Kieran Meisel, Colin Morgan, Jillian Moskala, Connor Muehlbauer, Jack Pachla, Natalie Payne, Preston Pickard, Brianna Rejewski, Allie Rumsey, Talia Simone, Janelle Spiesz, Ieva Stalyga, Sara Trevett, Zachary Vinkle, Brooke Warner, Margaret Weselak
11th GRADE HIGH HONOR
Ghaliya Ahmed, Lydia Amato, Kailyn Ash, Savannah Bukowski, Nicholas Bull, Isabella Burt, Lauren Caizza, Grace Carpenter,Tori Cecere, Alper Celik, Emma Chorey, Anna Cipollitti, Gavin Clinton, Jacob Csicseri, Addison Flegal, Madelyn Gallagher, Grace Gramza, Linzy Gray, Hailey Green, Sydney Hamilton, Leah Hurley, Rocquelle Hy, Lily Johnson, Nolan Klein, Nicholas Lindsay, Natalie Malush, Gianna Masker, Jolie Mondoux, Keira Murray, Jack Nevans, Liam O'Kell, Alexandra Oldman, Evan Pickering, Alyssa Pizur, Ryan Rai, Layla Rein, Megan Reynolds, Adelyn Roach, Savannah Samplinski, Javeria Shoaib, Abigail Szyprowski, Pavneet Toor, Kaitlyn Wadman, Mikayla Wagner, Connor Weber, Zoe Anna Weselak, Cole Zorich
12th GRADE HIGH HONOR
Peyton Abbott, Yusuf Abdur Raheem, Jack Benns, Natalie Berg, Julia Bielec, Alma Brown, Julianna Burgin, Victoria Caizza, Emilie Carrig, Samuel Castner, Nathan Cioppa, Kathryn Czyrny, Talan Del Monte, Mariella DiCarlo, Gianna Genovese, Jenna Gorton, Katelyn Grant, Timothy Grant, Jenna Hecht, Tyler Hoock, Perrin Huff, Alexandra Jensen, Gabriel Johnston, Rachel Joseph, Fiona Joss, Gianna Karnath, Averyanna Kehr, Brooke Kenney, Raven Khreis, Patrick Kruse, Claire LeFevre, Braeden Lenhard, Dominic Leone, Elijah Linenfelser, KaleighLockett, Cayden Luciano, Hollyn Lynch, Ava Marsala, Hailey Martinez, Jacob Mazeh, Evan McMann, Addison McNulty, Georgiana Nowak, Roman Nuchereno, Megan Rebmann, Alexander Sandford, Emma Santorio, Adam Schnell, Emma Schoenrock, Tala Steinbrenner, Sophia Steinbrenner, Ella Steinwandel, Gabriella VeRost, JohnVinkle, Jillian Wadell, Casey Walowitz, Annie Weng, Preston Whitfield, Ta'miah Wilkes, Alexandra Woloszyn, Jaimen Wright, Catherine Zach
GIHS 2nd Quarter Honor Roll - February 2024
9th GRADE HONOR
Robert Agnello, Calleigh Anderson, Beau Bergeron, Gavin Blum, Morgan Bridenbaker, Dane Brown, Olivia Burke, Morgan Cantor, Molly Carrig, Robert Cieri, Don Collure, Madelyn Colpetzer, Madison Cope, Tucker Dankert, Blake DeLoreto, Vincenzo DiSanto, Giana Dudek, Zoha Elahi, Molly Fiebelkorn, Austin Forsey, Samuel Geblein, Emily Glassbrook, Ella Gordon, Olivia Govern, Liam Graeff Friel, Chase Hall, Camden Hillary, Evan Howitt, Sarah Jackson, April James, Reese Johnson, Molly Kilianski, Christian Kochanowski, Lillyana Lundquist, Andrew MacConkey, Tiana Magee, Chase Martineck, Caitlin Maurer, EllaRae Moore, Leanna Musleh, Kendyll Panowicz, Andrew Pelczynski, Hannah Rastelli, Grayson Rastelli, Emma Redfern, Yousef Rizek, Emerson Rusert, Charlotte Russo, Ava Satterlee, Ava Schnepf, Dylan Serafini, Taylor Simpson, Kailyn Smith, Alice Staub, Thomas Steck, Mya Steinwandel, Madelyn Sugg, Kamaldeep Toor, Abbigal Toth, Madelyn Urbaniak, Aaron Vizzi, John Wenner, Abigail Wilkins
10th GRADE HONOR
Andrea Mikayla Apon, Carl Beckley, Jacob Belous, Jillian Bland, Mya Brandon, Max Broeker, Maxwell Bronson, Lily Buckingham, Judah Chapman, Olivia Clark, Karina Conta, Jackson DeGlopper, Rebekah Dolan, Madelyn Forbes, Noah Franco, Lucah Gassmann, Jaymee Gray, Lindsay Greer, Samantha Grover, Chase Gustafson, Carson Hamilton, Carson Hinkle, Paige Horvath, Colin Hurley, Ella Johnston, Alex Joyce, Joseph Jung, Bree Kolesar, Andrew Kozlowski, Cassidy Kurtzhalts, Lucia Lanthier, Sarah Logar, Camila Marques, Chase McGuire, Payton McNamara, Caylee Meyer, Kate Mezhir, Evelyn Miller, Sydney Neuhaus, Dominic Nucci, Miranda Page, Isabella Pilon, Sienna Potenza, Cooper Pyc, Sophia Pyc, Owen Rosetti, Jack Roth, Tanureet Saini, Sienna Sarkees, Julian Savard, Alayna Schwinn, Harini Selvakumar, Grace Simpson, Harvinder Singh, Audrey Stockinger, Zachary Talamo, Kennady Ulrich, Riley Uribes, Teagan Willats, Alexis Williams, Kyla Wood, Max Zentz
11th GRADE HONOR
Camilla Acquisto, Morgan Andrews, Gianni Anello, Aubree Battaglia, William Benz, Andrew Birtz, Jaelynn Bolock, Jacob Bonafede, Rayyan Bukahri, Lily Burke, Samantha Burridge, Amanda Carriero, Giana Caruana, Nicholas Castellino, Dylan Castiglia, Brooke Christensen, Anthony Ciraolo, Arianna Conta, Abigail Coombs, Samantha Crist, Bryan Decker, Hailey Donovan, Skye Dreher, Noah Evert, Alyssa Griggs, Jacob Hamilton, Jacob Hazel, Hannah Hiscock, Hanna Hurley, Luke Hutton, Samuel Iuvino, Braiden Jaroszewski, Isabella Jayme, Jierui Jiao, Natalie Kopf, Sully Korte, Kyle Kowalczewski, Christian Krawczyk, Annabelle Linenfelser, Peter Marston, Alex Martin, Madison McGowan, Samantha Mesmer, Hayden Miller, Jaxen Montana, Jaxon Moslow, Liberty Novak, Cora Pankow, Addyson Peck, Samuel Rastelli, Owen Redfern, Celine Rizek, Mavrick Rumsey, Oliver Schmidt, Jackson Schmidt, Ryan Sharp, Jelena Simic, Gianna Simone, Juliana Smith, Anthony Soluri, Morgan Szathmary, Melaina Taylor, Carly Tilkins, Cristina Torres, Melina Valle, Esten Watt, Olivia Wenner, Brody Winarski, George Woloszyn
12th GRADE HONOR
Sarah Ahmed, Roberto Anaya Fuentes, Lukacz Basiliko, Emily Birtz, Andrew Bongiovanni, Isabella Boyle, Avery Burroughs, Lorenzo Buscaglia, Caitlyn Butcher, Carly Butcher, Brooke Caldwell, Ben Cipollitti, Douglas Crowley, Tessa DeMartin, Kaitlyn Dudek, Taylor Duscher, Tyler Dworak, Meredith Ehlenfield, Nissa Elahi, Samantha Ennis, Brandon Farquharson, Giovanni Granelli, Kanita Hajdini, Hunter Hall, Connor Hart, Brady Hillman, Roman Horvath, Ethan Hovey, Jacob Joseph, Mikaela Kitchen, Kailey Korkuc, Anna Kurtzhalts, Noah Lewis, Sarah Lysarz, Kyto Magee, Jillian Manns, Natalle Martineck, Zainab Masoodi, Olivia Mayer, Nathan Meyers, Gianna Mourgas, Marissa Mrkall, Aleksander Pyc, Tyler Robertson, Christopher Sadkowski, Abbey Schneller, Pearl Sciolino-Coffey, Austin Shores, Justin Shores, Sara Shugarts, Dylan Simpson, Avery Snyder, Arly Soellers, Logan Tanner, Blake Thauer, Sophia Todaro, Kyleigh Ulrich, Micaila Valle, George Wenner, Brayden Willats, Joseph Wynne, Ella Zaremski, Sophie Zentz
GIHS 2nd Quarter Merit Roll - February 2024
9th GRADE MERIT
Noah Arnone, Racheal Banas, Ethan Berg, Jake Castiglia, Owen Cioppa, Kelly Coram, Deni Daghestani, Matthew DeAngelo, Bre'Onna Donovan, Emma Erickson, Eden Fancher, Brayden Florio, Michaela Granelli, Avery Hoock, Claire Lansberry, Capri Olivia Leslie, Amaya Lundquist, Leyla Mack, Chloe Masich, Zakary Massaro, Miles McKnight, Will Meyers, Eliana Mokhiber, Sawyer Morris, Karlei Novak, Owen Parker, Wesley Pelczynski, Cole Randle, Ognjen Ristic, Calli Rudney, Jackson Rutter, Ava Sole, Lucas Soto, Mason Urbaniak, Cecilia Vacanti, Shannon Williams, Trent Yoder
10th GRADE MERIT
Jassim Al Hajjaji, Jaiden Bush, Kenadi Butcher, Olivia DeCoux, Joseph Donlon, Arianna Flippen, Logan Flynn, Aiden Galligan, Nicolas Genovese, Simran Gill, Jeetpal Gill, Anna Gormady, Damian Greco, Dominick Hanel, Calli Harding, Donovan Heacock, Haley Hillman, Elijah Huber, Juliette Itzo, Nina Johnson, Michael Lewandowski, Adrianna Marinucci, Moses McMurray, Jonathan Neville, Maya Rizzo, Kabir Sandhu, Ahmet Savas, Armani Smith, Kaitlyn Stieringer, Bryana Turnbull, Cameron Willer, Madeline Williams
11th GRADE MERIT
Emma Beringer, Morgan Blum, Anthony Borzillieri, Zachary Bridenbaker, Matthew Burridge, Sophie Cane, Isabela Dombrowski, Danika Fiebelkorn, Hayden Garey, Niko Gonzalez, Luke Gworek, Ian Hannon, Catherine Hegarty, Ailish Higman, Johanna Jackson, Logan Kochanowski, Grace Kucinski, Richard Kwarciak, Riley Kwiatkowski, Michael Leone, Nico Macrides, Brandon McCreary, Robert Meinhold, Madison Mondoux, Brady Moran, Colby Okelberry, Jackx Pendola, Matthew Pomaranski, Lorelei Popp, Emma Richards, Lilian Shugarts, Avery Smith, Devan Williams
12th GRADE MERIT
Ayden Anguiano, Timothy Bentley, Alexia Bryant, Ella Campas, Trysten Cardin-Galeza, Jacob Clark, Audrey Dickinson, Samuel Fabiano, Benjamin Farrell, Kaylee Fatta, Kyle Haines, Hannah Higuera, Cameran Hoffman, Morgan Khadra, Hailey Lee, Joseph Leistner, Tyler MacNeil, Daniel Mallabar, Joseph Martino, LilyBeth Mazur, Brett Nowocien, Kylie Okelberry, Cooper O'Leary, Cameron Pachura, Nicholas Pilon, Mylie Porter, Gianna Potts, Isidora Ristic, Torin Roth, Andrew Smith, David Squires, Charlotte Steck, Julianna Tiedemann, Dean Urbaniak, Maddyson Valo, Adrian Vazquez, Luke Watkins
January Viking Values Students of the Month - January 2024
The students are pictured, from left, front row: Mya Brandon, grade 10, selected by the World Language Department; Luke Gworek, grade 11, selected by the English Department; Hannah Rastelli, grade 9, selected by the Social Studies Department; Ryan Coutu, grade 12, selected by the Technology Department; Grace Carpenter, grade 11, selected by the Science Department; and Assistant Principal Jaime Peld. Back row: Principal Hillary Kretz-Harvey; Jack Pachla, grade 10, selected by the Math Department; Avery Snyder, grade 12, selected by the Physical Education Department; Nicholas Lindsay, grade 11, selected by the Music Department; John Coram, grade 10, selected by the Business Department; and Ieva Stalyga, grade 10, selected by the Art Department.
Photo by Larry Austin/Grand Island Central School District
Principal Hillary Kretz-Harvey and assistant principalJaime Peld of Grand Island High School have announced the Viking Values Students of the Month for January 2024
The Viking Values Students of the Month are nominated by the departments of World Language, Social Studies, Mathematics, English, Business, Art, Physical Education, Music, Technology, and Science.The Viking Values Students of the Month are chosen based on character, academic performance, effort, behavior, social relationships, and attendance. Character: The student demonstrates the Viking Values of respect, responsibility, safety, and compassion. Academic performance: The student is passing all classes taken within the department; demonstrates excellent class participation and completion of assignments. Effort: The student demonstrates good effort in class and works up to or exceeds innate ability. Behavior: Both inside and outside of the classroom, the student obeys rules, shows respect to peers and adults, and is well mannered. Social relationships: The student displays leadership, a willingness to help peers, and shows respect toward others. Attendance – The student attends school regularly and arrives at school and classes on time.
