Connor Middle School Presents Musical, "Mulan Jr." - 2008
The Veronica Connor Middle School students will present the musical, "Mulan Jr." at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1 in the high school auditorium with tickets available at the door for $5.00 each. 'Mulan' will be played by Katherine Studley, and co-stars are Zach Jones as Mushu and Matt Seaman as Shang. Music teachers Annalea Masiello and Kelly Robertson are co-directing this year's musical. The students and teachers have been working on the play since returning to school from Christmas break. It is sure to be a wonderful production. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Connor Middle School Artists on Display - March 2008
Pictured proudly displaying her block print is eighth grade student Alex Corrao.
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March is “Youth In Art Month” and Connor Middle School art teachers Nora Klein and Andrew Dulak are pleased to celebrate the occasion by inviting the community to view the works of many of their talented art students on display this Spring. Currently on view throughout the month of March at the Grand Island Memorial Library are works by eighth grade student artists. This display will be followed by a showing of works by sixth and seventh grade students during the month of April.
The works on display reflect the wide variety of art learning experienced by students in their art classes and is designed to illustrate the ways in which middle school artists are meeting the rigorous New York State Learning Standards for the Visual Arts by knowing and using art materials and resources; creating, performing and participating in the arts, responding to and analyzing works of art, and understanding the cultural dimensions and contributions to the arts.
Those students with artwork on display are: Gabrielle Ailinger, Katelyn Benns, Alexandria Black, Diana Boulden, Christopher Brownschidle, Marshall Cancilla, Shane Carroll, Alex Corrao, Emily Dauphin, Jordan Davis, Maggie DeMarco, Shannon Doctor, Timothy Dyet, Matthew Foote, Alyssa Fuocco, Anmol Grewal, Laura Kondziela, Elizabeth Kowalik, Jodi Lee, Shannon McDonough, Lindsay Morrano, Michelle Morgan, Kayla Pyc, Sarah Ramsperger, Rachel Ripellino, Brittanee Romallo, Mike Sendlbeck, Sarah Stanczyk, Keith Starke, John Turner, Natalie Winder, Elizabeth Yensan and Anthony Ziurinskas.
Connor Middle School Honor Roll - February 2008
The following Veronica E. Connor Middle School students have been named to the honor roll for the second quarter, 2007-2008 school year:
Grade 6: Brian Ailinger, Natalie Argy, Jacob Athoe, Michael Battaglia, Emily Certo, Magdalyn Chauby, David Cich III, Quinton Corrao, Nicholas DeMita, Brian DeRubes, Frank DeRubes, Sarah Dollendorf, Erika Ewert, Elizabeth Figler, Tyler Ford, Kevin Freedman, Emily Glose, Ciara Howley, Zachary Jones, Addison Joslyn, Kristina Kasprzycki, Emily Kernin, Justin Lavis, Emma MacIntyre, Justin McCarthy, Brentyn Mendel, Benjamin Morrish, Anna Nicolia, Gregory Nicolia, Jenna Paternostro, Michael Paternostro, James Pufpaff, Kyle Schoener, Vincent Shores, Lucas Siebert, Tara Stewart, Christopher Swagler, Brock Tetreault, Timothy Utz, Stephanie Voyzey, Jackeline Wilson, Matthew Zabaldo
Grade 7: Corey Adamshick, Jessica Amsdill, Conor Atkins, Alexandra Bahgat, Rachel Bailey, Kassandra Bennett, Lydia Bernatovicz, Casey Bolles, Jessica Brownschidle, Allysa Bush, Sara Carlson, Megan Carroll, Sarah Chamberlain, Alyssa Cino, Sam Clarke, Courtney Collignon, Christopher Connors, Jane Cooke, Annaliese Corrao, Keelan Erhard, Brittany Faulise, Brianna Gibney, Melissa Gibson, Madeleine Goc, Alexandra Griffin, Kourtney Hoppel, Mark Hughes, Sage Kashmanian, Manjinder Kaur, Bridget Kennedy, Zaineb Khawar, Shannon Kieffer, Mary Kneer, Christopher Komin, Christian Lamarco, Evan Leffler, Mandy Liesenfeld, Alexandria London, Stephanie LoTempio, Ellen Lutnick, Brianna McGuire, Orendael Miller, Maggie Nobumoto, Michelina Pariso, Marisa Phillips, Benjamin Purrington, Christina Richard, Dominica Roberts, James Rustowicz, Katelyn Ruszkowski, Kelsey Ruszkowski, Rachael Ruszkowski, Kevin Salonek, Marina Scerra, Lauren Shepard, Nicholas Soos, Adam Stanczyk, Joshua Tixier, Elena Watt, Margaret Weiser, Kimberly Yaeger
Grade 8: Gabrielle Ailinger, Eric Bellanca, Amanda Blanton, Shannon Boreali, Diana Boulden, Sonia Brar, Alexandra Corrao, Maggie DeMarco, Matthew Gannon, Jonathan Goc, Anmol Grewal, Katlyn Holt, Samantha Kahn, Megan Karpie, Brendon Lutnick, Joshua Miller, Dominic Morell, Samuel Railey, Sarah Ramsperger, Rachel Ripellino, Nicolette Scerra, Alexandra Seibert, Sarah Williams, Nathalie Winder, Jenny Xiang
Grade 6: Carla Aponte, Kali Aronica, Marisa Atkinson, Robert Augugliaro, Natalie Baldassarre, Keegan Belstadt, Sierra Besl, Grace Bolton, Kevin Borowicz, Jack Boyko, Jacob Burford, Liana Buscaglia, Amanda Cancilla, June Chadima, Aaron Cook, Brian Cooper, Sean DeRubes, Jaskiran Dhaliwall, Matthew DiMura, Thomas Doctor, Heavyn Dreher, Jenell Duxbury, Alexandra Dzielski, Hannah Edwards, Yousuf Eltagouri, Emma Garten, Joseph Gioeli, Benjamin Goc, Justin Graesser, Anthony Grana, Andrew Grinchishin, Kara Hazelet, Alyssa Heitman, Ryan Held, Christine Herman, April Hippert, David Holler, Steven Howard, Amanda Jelonek, Jessica Keller, Julia Kelly, Nicholle Kitkowski, Michael Kleinschmidt, Mary Frances Koch, Kyle Krueger, Kathryn Lamarco, Julianne Lavallee, Gabriella Liberatore, John Lillian, Nathan Link, Elizabeth LoBrutto, M. Matthew Madigan, Johnna Marinello, Andrew Masiello, Jacob McMahon, Elliott Michki, James Osborn, Nicholas Pino, Zoann Pittman, Alessandra Price, Dominic Prine, Zachary Remers, Shannon Robillard, Marissa Ruffolo, Grace Scherrer, Derrick Schutrum, Jillian Sheehan, Jeremy Smith, Lindsey Spiker, Jenna Stufkosky, Brianna Turello, Emily Valint, Mia Villani, Lillian von Reyn, Jadon Wegrzyn, Brigid Wilton, Brandon York, Nicholas Young
Grade 7: Jennifer Amato, Kevin Aronica, Nicholas Bonarek, Johnathan Boorady, Alexander Brink, Alexandra Brown, Nathan Bundscho, Zachary Burns, Mitchell Cancilla, Alexis Cino, Ronald Clark, Samuel Colao, Samantha Conner, Jenna DelSignore, Jamie Dobson, Timothy Doermer, Laura Dolan, Mark Dryfhout, Nicholas Egloff, Katarina Eichel, Sarah Ernst, Alexandra Filips, Michael Giambra, Kristen Greinert, Nicole Hall, Emily Harnden, Adam Heftka, Matthew Higgins, Anthony Huff, Stephanie Knight, Grace Kulikowski, Jake Lawley, Jessica LoBrutto, Vincent LoPresti, Alexia Malpica, Zachary Manuszewski, Taylor Marino, Michaela McDonald, Collin McMahon, Gurwinder Nijjar, Samantha Oriani, Cassandra Oursler, Michael Palazza, Samantha Pangborn, Kelly Ruminski, Alexa SantaLucia, Aaron Schauger, Taylor Scheuing, Taylor Schiffhauer, Ashley Serianni, Christopher Serra, Javier Solis, Emily Steinbrenner, Matthew Sutton, Codie Thomas, Lillian Thompson, Alexander Tollner, Joshua Ungaro, Megan Wendt, Kayleigh Weselak, Andrew Yarnes, Joshua Zernickel
Grade 8: Reem Abdellatif, Sumr Ali, Laura Amantia, Jessica Bamberg, Makallie Banker, Elora Bascello, Matthew Beauchamp, Alexandria Black, Sarah Brady, Christopher Brownschidle, Amber Carpenter, Alanna Cedrone, Jesse Ciffa, Jordan Davis, Shannon Doctor, Allison Donahue, Sydney Dudish, Rebekah Evans, Talia Fabiilli, Matthew Foote, Alyssa Fuoco, Rebecca Gasiorek, Kaitlyn Gilbert, Ashley Gorman, Olivia Graziano, Marissa Haley, Jessica Hall, Ryan Hughes, Mary Irving, Casey Jelonek, Jonathan Kneer, Elizabeth Kowalik, Jenna Lee, Jodi Lee, Kelsie Loos, Michael Malaney, Rebecca Masse', John McGinty, Kallan McMillan, Mia Michael, Nigel Michki, Ryan Miller, Kailah Moss, Hallie Nowak, Kristen Percival, Corey Price, Ryan Proctor, Danyelle Redmond, Zackary Reese, Kenneth Rogoza, Glenn Skelly, Cassidy Smith, Zachary Smith, Jessica Spencer, Sarah Stanczyk, Katherine Studley, Bridget Thompson, Jessica Ungaro, Jonathan Voyzey, Rachel Watt
Connor Middle School Merit Roll - February 2008
The following Veronica E. Connor Middle School students have been named to the merit roll for the second quarter, 2007-2008 school year:
Grade 6: Griffin Atkinson, Alexander Baker, Alicia Bianco, Kirsten Burtch, Ashley Butler, David Byrne, Bryce Callen, Joseph Chiaravalle, Jason Cichon, Hannah Corrao, Thomas Corrao, Michael Diletti, Jensen Dorey, Ashley Dragonette, Michael Dzielski, Brianna Farmer, Shawn Fermoile, Bianca Gowanny, Ashley Gugino, Patrick Hall, Joseph Halpin, Madeline Jackson, Katlyn Jennings, Kurtis Johnson, Alexa Kalinowski, Alyssa Karb, Stephanie Kowalak, Ashley Kroetsch, Jacob Ladouceur, Kyle Lindquist, Brittany Little, David Madigan, William Madigan, Vincent Malpica, Jesse Miller, Adam Missert, Catherine Navagh, Anna Niland, Aaron Noyes, Sydney Quarantillo, Alex Rallo, Daniel Ray, Maren Russell, Natalie Schultz, Chelsea Sinicki, Brandon Stevenson, Jacob Stromberg, Raymond Tafelski, Sarah Valvo, Ashley Weiser, Amanda Weselak, Zoe Wilson, Timo Worbs, Madalyn Wright
Grade 7: Ciara Alcorn, Cyle Alcorn, Brittney Banks, Eli Brennan, Danaegrace Busch, Cody Csendom, Aubrie DiTullio, Jacob Dixon, Joseph Fanara, Shannon Gallagher, Megan Hoople, Tyler Jackman, Jordan Jelks, Robert Johnson, Hayley Keane, Daniel Konopski, Carolyn Kruszona, Cassondra LoBrutto, Joseph Martin, Sean Mattrey, Tarandeep Mattu, Nicholas McKenna, Taylor Moran, Rachel Orton, Matthew Osinski II, Catherine Otto, Russell Potter, Zachary Re, Katrina Rockwood, Matthew Seaman, Cole Smith, Nicole Swiantek, Dallas Taft, Alexa Territo, Ashley Tillett, Dominic Tripi, Tyler Yockey, Anthony Zogaria
Grade 8: DaKota Abt, Alexander Ahne, Brian Argy, Joshua Bastian, Brianna Beadles, Korey Bennett, Katelyn Benns, Conner Bolles, Elliot Busch, Marshall Cancilla, Emma Chambers, Andrew Chorey, Eric Colon, Emily Dauphin, Bridget Doyle, Timothy Dyet, Michael FitzGerald, Sean Garten, Deanna Green, Morgan Green, Jonathan Grenda, Brianna Guagliano, Joshua Gunn, Andrew Jasek, Morgan Kaczmarowski, Dylan Kelly, Paige Kippley, Laura Kondziela, Victoria Kostenbauder, Mitchell Lariviere, Elise Lenzner, Mark Lydle, Anthony Mallais, Madelyne Mankowski, Marisa Marino, Marissa Matthews, Shannon McNaughton, Thalia Melendez, Kyle Meyer, Lindsay Morano, Connor Murray, Chassity Nemeth, Gabriela Nizialek, Samuel Oursler, Alexis Pearce, Jamison Phillips, Alyssa Pino, Brittanee Ramallo, Matthew Robinson, Michael Sendlbeck III, Stephanie Senn, Emily Sommer, Brittney Sonnenberg, Jessica Spiesz, Adam Stoddard, Angelina Stromberg, Erica Surdi, Taylor Sweet, Harrison Thompson, Laurice Wilbert, Jessica Young, Alicia Zartman
Connor Girls Modified Basketball Team Has Perfect Season - February 2008
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The Grand Island Lady Vikings Modified Basketball Team finalized their perfect League Schedule with a 26 - 12 win on Thursday, February, 14, 2008 over North Park. The girls were undefeated in the Niagara Frontier League this season with a perfect 11 and 0. Their game schedule also included non league games, with an overall result of 14 and 1. This is another championship for Connor Middle School, led by 8th graders Emily Nitkowski, Amber Carpenter, Kayla Pyc, Lexi Black, Alexis Gilbert, Mikaela Connors, Maggie DeMarco, Sydney Dudish, Megan Karpie and Stephanie Senn. Special congratulations to Stephanie Senn, who cleared a milestone, surpassing 100 points on the season.
"Connor Teacher and Coach Art Meaney, a HUGE thank you, your sarcastic humor and great coaching brought these girls to a wonderful season! "
Self-Esteem and Body Image Program For 8th Graders - January 2008
So many difficult issues face today’s teens, even ones who reside on Grand Island. On Friday, January 18th, the eighth graders of Veronica E. Connor Middle School will get the answers to some of their concerns through a presentation on Self-Esteem and Body Image. Following an informational DVD on Eating Disorders, the Buffalo based company, Theatre for Change, starring our own Morgan Pulliam, will perform a live interactive production designed for and performed by middle school students. Included within the performance are three question and answer periods that will allow the eighth graders to interact with the actors/actresses as the performers remain in character. This special morning was arranged by the VCMS Health and Wellness Committee and was funded by the VCMS PTA and the Town Youth Board in conjunction with the “One Island, One Team, One Dream, To Be Drug Free” committee.
Connor Character Connection Recognizes 'Respectful' Students - January 2008
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The recipients of December's Veronica E. Connor Middle School Character Connection (C3) have been been announced. This month, the character trait chosen was "Respectful" and student posters have been displayed in the front hall for the duration of the month of November. Those nominated were selected for their civil, courteous, gracious and polite actions. Teachers also selected students who were tolerant of differences, used good manners and did not use bad language. The Connor Character Connection Program was implemented by the Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports Committee (PBIS) at Veronica E. Connor Middle School as a supplement to the district goals of providing opportunities for character education. These award recipients should by proud of their efforts!
Award recipents pictured (not in order) are Amin Amin, Jacob Athoe, Philip Boudrow, Tom Butcher, Joseph Chiaravalle, Adam Cummings, Maggie DeMarco, Donald Failing, Brianna Gibney, Madeline Goc, Kristen Greinert, April Hippert, David Holler, Bridget Kennedy, Ryan Kubik, Ellen Lutnick, Justin McCarthy, CK Niijar, Michael Palazza, Jacquelyn Phillips, Benjamin Purrington, Marissa Ruffalo, Taylor Schiffauer, Jacob Strombert, Jessica Sutter, Josh Ungaro, Nathalie Winder and Jenny Xiang. Recipients not pictured are Vincent, Malpica, Lindsey Morano, Ryan Hughes and Zachary Reese.
