Grand Island High School News Web Page 2010
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Volunteers Set the Stage for New
Student Orientation at GIHS - Aug. 2010
Student volunteers at new student orientation night
Over 30 students volunteered on Tuesday, August 24th for the New Student Orientation night at Grand Island High School. The incoming class of 2014 enjoyed a hotdog barbeque before being presented with the rules of Grand Island High School by staff and students. The volunteers are current seniors, juniors and sophomores who gave their advice to the incoming students about what life is like each day as high school students. Vice Principal Mr. Jerry Parisi organized the orientation and was impressed by the overwhelming response of volunteers coordinated by Mrs. Cheryl Chamberlain.
GIHS Varsity Football Schedule - August 2010
Coach Santorio and Coach Steck
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September 4, Niagara Wheatfield, 2 p.m.September 11, Williamsville South 2 p.m.
September 17, McKinley played at Riverside, 7 p.m.
September 25, at Starpoint, 2 p.m.
October 2, Williamsville East, 2 p.m.
October 9, Sweet Home, 2 p.m.
October 16, at Kenmore East, 2 p.m.
October 23, Playoffs
GIHS Chalk Walk Champions - August 2010
(left) Jason Chadwick, Alissa Bailey and Sean Burke
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Late in the sweltering, hot afternoon on Saturday, August 14th, the talented artistic team
representing Grand Island High School took First Place honors at the 2010 Chalk Walk competition at the Lewiston Art
Festival. This year's theme was Unity in Diversity and had to be in a graffiti style. Alissa Bailey, Jason Chadwick and Sean
Burke produced a fabulous, brightly colored, clean, graffiti-influenced design while literally hopping from wet towels to mats
to keep their feet from burning on the blistering pavement. Taking frequent refreshment breaks in order to stay hydrated,
the team completed the 9 foot circle drawing in little over 3 1/2 hours. Although exhausted at the end, the team was excited
and extremely pleased with their accomplishment. The judges agreed and the blue ribbon was awarded to the Grand Island
team as the crowd cheered their victory!Summary of drawing submitted to judges written by Sean Burke:
Jimmy Carter once said, "We have become not a melting pot, but a beautiful mosaic" Diversity is vital to society. It enhances the beauty and uniqueness by giving a new breath and breaking the normal societal acceptance. Different people, different ideas, different viewpoints and different dreams create a diverse globe. If we are able to achieve unity in these diverse yearnings, we can make the world a better place. Our chalk drawing emphasizes the world with Jimmy Carter's quote on a banner which gently drapes around the world. Midway in the banner, it morphs from a mosaic pattern of many colors into conjoining hands of different colors as it wraps and hugs more closely around the world. Diversity of the color makes an immediate striking image. The banner also twists around a spray can which is spreading color onto the world representing all our individualities. Indulging in diversity allows our world to enhance itself and allow a kaleidoscope of people's thoughts and ideas to bring upon positive change and results.
Same School Store, New Name! - August 2010
The Grand Island High School Book Store has been renamed Casey's Corner School Store! Casey's Corner, named after the late George Casey beloved school board member, will be open during the last week in August for new students and parents. The store is fully stocked with new spirit wear products and will have a limited quantity of last minute school supplies. The store will be open during the school year from 1-3 p.m. daily and by appointment. Please contact Mrs. Cheryl Chamberlain, store advisor, with product inquires at 716-773-8820.GIHS Football Blitz Night - August 2010
The GIHS JV & Varsity Football teams will be out selling their Viking Discount cards as their team fundraiser, on Wednesday, August 25th. The team members will be going door to door from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The discount cards are good at island and off-island businesses and are $10.00. Proceeds go to new equipment, jerseys and end of year banquet.GIHS Cheerleaders' Car Wash - August 2010
The Grand Island High School Cheerleaders will hold a Car Wash from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, August 21, 2010 at Adrian's Custard & Beef. Presale $4/$5 at car washGIHS Artists In To Compete In Annual Chalk Walk - August 2010
(left) Alissa Bailey and Sean Burke; (right) Jason Chadwick and Sean Burke
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On Saturday, August 14th, Grand Island High School will be sending three talented artists to compete in the 26th Annual WNY High School Chalk Walk Competition being held in conjunction with the Lewiston Art Festival. Proudly representing the team this year are returning members Alissa Bailey and Jason Chadwick and newcomer, Sean Burke. The many practices in the hot, humid heat on top of the asphalt allowed the members to fine-tune details, further develop the composition, perfect individual skills and unite as a strong team. This year's theme is: Unity in Diversity and it has to be completed in graffiti style. The format is a nine-foot diameter circle which is a departure from the 8' x 10' rectangle. The contest begins at noon and ends at 4:00 p.m. with judging immediately following. Please support the arts and come watch this team draw! GIHS Scholarship Winners - 2010
Click on the link to see the Grand Island High School class of 2010 scholarship winners.
Grand Island High School Honor Roll - August 2010
The following Grand Island High School students have been named to the honor roll for the fourth quarter, 2009-2010 school year:Grade 10 - Reem Abdellatif, Sonia Brar, Marshall Cancilla, Alexandra Corrao, Jordan Davis, Katlyn Holt, Ryan Hughes, Casey Jelonek, Samantha Kahn, Megan Karpie, Elizabeth Kowalik, Brendon Lutnick, Nigel Michki, Joshua Miller, Ryan Miller, Dominic Morell, Rachel Ripellino, Kenneth Rogoza, Nicolette Scerra, Zachary Smith, Sarah Stanczyk, Taylor Sweet
Grade 11 - Bethany Cinelli, Sara Diletti, Anna Ferrante, Julie Hasselbeck, Emma Henderson, Ava Jackson, Ariana Mendel, Jessica Osvath, Amy Schooping, Evan Shaw, Stephen Vitello, Danielle Wegrzyn, Alyssa Yaeger, Jessica Yarnes, Melissa Zytariuk
Grade 12 - Jonathon Anderson, Catherine Aughey, Luke Burkhart, Alexandra Buscaglia, Victoria Cacciatore, Kathryn Cobello, James Cooke, Samantha Darby, Sarah Dolan, Hillary Figler, Victoria Fleming, Lauren Fonte, Mary George, Tara Hook, Krystin Hoppel, Ramandeep Kaur, Seth Kline, Joel Klock, Lauren Kucharski, Brian Kulak, Megan McInerney, Michael Mucci, Andrea Nicolia, Erika Osberg, Sarah Palazza, Breanne Rafferty, Courtney Silsby, Vincent Spada
Grade 10 - Gabrielle Ailinger, Sumr Ali, Jeremy Anderson, Nicholas Antonelli, Jessica Bamberg, Makallie Banker, Elora Bascello, Joshua Bastian, Matthew Beauchamp, Korey Bennett, Katelyn Benns, Alexandria Black, Amanda Blanton, James Bobak, Conner Bolles, Shannon Boreali, Diana Boulden, Christopher Brownschidle, Justin Canazzi, Amber Carpenter, Alanna Cedrone, Emma Chambers, Jesse Ciffa, Emily Dauphin, Maggie DeMarco, Shannon Doctor, Allison Donahue, Sydney Dudish, Rebekah Evans, Talia Fabiilli, Donald Failing, Michael FitzGerald, Matthew Foote, Brent Fred, Alyssa Fuoco, Matthew Gannon, Rebecca Gasiorek, Kaitlyn Gilbert, Jonathan Goc, Ashley Gorman, Olivia Graziano, Deanna Green, Jonathan Grenda, Thomas Grenke, Marissa Haley, Marissa Haley, Jessica Hall, Mackenzie Howe, Mary Irving, Andrew Jasek, Dylan Kelly, Robert Kerr, Korey Kostek, Victoria Kustra, Mitchell Lariviere, Jenna Lee, Jodi Lee, Cory Ludwig, Mark Lydle, Michael Malaney, Madelyne Mankowski, Rebecca Masse’, Shannon McDonough, John McGinty, Kallan McMillan, Casey McNamara, Shannon McNaughton, Mia Michael, David Mohr, Lindsay Morano, Hallie Nowak, Samuel Oursler, Alexis Pearce, Kristen Percival, Alyssa Pino, Ryan Proctor, Sarah Ramsperger, Danyelle Redmond, Matthew Robinson, Alexandra Seibert, Stephanie Senn, Gagandeep Singh, Glenn Skelly, Brittney Sonnenberg, Jessica Spencer, Angelina Stromberg, Bridget Thompson, Kathryn Turner, Jessica Ungaro, Jonathan Voyzey, Christina Ward, Sarah Williams, Nathalie Winder, Dominic Zannin, Alicia Zartman
Grade 11 - Danya Abdellatif, Karl Albrecht, Alexandria Bleich, Kathyrn Boutet, Jenna Cardone, Jason Chadwick, Brooke Chamberlain, Nicholas Colao, Kevin Colman, Aden Cook, Andrew Dale, Austin Dee, Brooke DeMarco, Matthew Edwards, Christopher Ernst, Chelsea Fairbairn, Korin Frantz, Rebecca Hammett, Kyle Held, Steven Henderson, Angelina Howe, Emily Jones, Mark Jurga, Allison Kaminski, Alex Killian, Justin Lee, Kelly Lorence, Nicholas Masiello, Ryan McCarthy, Christopher Meyer, Shannon Moody, Kevin Neary, Emily Pease, Jack Pilie, Alexzander Prine, Jenna Raepple, Taelor Reynolds, Jeremy Rockwood, Paige Rockwood, Chelsea Rupert, Kathleen Rustowicz, Rachel Schauger, Michael Sharon, Christopher Shemik, Benjamin Sherman, Tara Sozio, Catherine Sponn, Sarah Stewart, Rebecca Sturniolo, Ashley Swiantek, Megan Tates, Sara Victor, Megan Young
Grade 12 - Alyssa Accardo, Sarah Ali, Stephanie Aronica, Adam Asbach, Elisabeth Asbach, Kimberly Asbach, Alissa Bailey, Benjamin Bakula, Steven Boyle, Eric Breier, Anthony Bruno, Sean Burke, Nathan Busch, David Campuzano, Evan Carey, Kenneth Cerrillo, Kaitlyn Chapin, Krystal Chapin, Britanny Cieri, Kayla Deuble, Renee’ Doermer, Kara Dudley, Maria Edel, Marwa Eltagouri, Kearney Erhard, Nicholas Ernst, Kayla Fermoile, Christopher Franklin, Alexander Fry, Kate Garten, Jonathan Gebhard, Anthony Genova, Krista Glownia, Lena Gormady, Sara Grana, Maria Grant, Jill Greinert, Amy Grenke, Maria Guidotti, Brandon Hagen, Susan Head, Kelly Hooven, Sara Huttenmaier, Courtney Justus, Nicholas Kelly, Zachary Kelly, Kristy Knickerbocker, Savanna Kustra, Jeffrey Lariviere, Joshua Little, Jonathan LoTempio, Daniel Major, Daniel Mathes, Keran Mattu, Thomas McDonnell, Nicole McGuire, Sara McNulty, Jennifer Mellett, Christopher Moody, Kelsey Mulvey, Jared Northrup, Ryan Osvath, Courtney Papaj, Deanna Paternostro, Danielle Perri, Michael Rayhill, Alexander Re, Ian Rogers, Ashley Rutland, Kaitie Samland, Mary Scherrer, Kyle Schutrum, Spencer Seese, Zaeem Shah, Kodie Shamrock, Margaret Shonitsky, Allison Snell, Jamie Sobieski, Thomas Sommer, Benjamin Soos, Amber Spiesz, Jonas Stalyga, Blake Stanwick, Christopher Stessing, Rachel Surdi, Jameela Syed, Caitlin Taylor, Samantha Tilkins, James Toney, Maritina Tsembelis, Patricia VeRost, Kristin Wegrzyn, Eric Weigold, Sara Wilczek, Aria Yanicki
Grand Island High School Merit Roll - August 2010
The following Grand Island High School students have been named to the Merit Roll for the fourth quarter, 2009-2010 school year:Grade 9 - Clara Alcorn, Cyle Alcorn, Jennifer Amato, Nicholas Bonarke, Dakota Bower, Liza Bowman, Eli Brennan, Alexandra Brown, Alyssa Cinelli, Ronald Clark, Samuel Colao, Cody Csendom, Courtney Czajka, Aurora Dee, Jacob Dixon, Jamie Dobson, Timothy Doermer, John Endozo, Sarah Ernst, Christopher Foote, Nicole Hall, Jessica Hiser, Megan Hoople, Anthony Huff, Jordan Jelks, Robert Johnson, Stephanie Knight, Carolyn Kruszona, Jake Lawley, Matthew Lenz, Cassondra LoBrutto, Alexia Malpica, Taylor Marino, Tarndeep Mattu, Courtney Mergel, Taylor Moran, Kimberlee Moss, Gurwinder Nijjar, Grace Olszewski, Matthew Osinski, Michael Palazza, Melanie Perla, Dalton Pitts, Alyssa Pizzuti, Russell Potter, Katrina Rockwood, Alexa Santa Lucia, Taylor Schiffhauer, Cole Smith, Javier Solis, Emily Steinbrenner, Ashley Tillett, Alexander Tollner, Joseph Torregrossa, Gregory VanNorman, Kayleigh Weselak, Tyler Yockey, Joshua Zernickel, Anthony Zogaria
Grade 10 - Amir Abdellatif, Laura Amantia, Megan Ambellan, Brianna Beadles, Sarah Brady, Thomas Butcher, Andrew Chorey, Eric Colon, Natalee Culbert, Germaine Davis, Samantha DeMarco, Christopher Fadel, Connor Frascatore, Sean Garten, Morgan Green, Anmol Grewal, Manraj Grewal, Charles Grunzweig, Lynne Huffnagle, Gabriella Jaramillo, Ashley Johnson, Paige Kippley, Nathan Kulak, Elise Lenzner, Kelsie Loos, Anthony Mallais, Thalia Melendez, Alec Metro, Kyle R. Meyer, Kyle T. Meyer, Michaelle Morgan, Kailah Moss, Gabriela Nizialek, Chelsea Null, Jamison Phillips, Corey Price, Christopher Prymus, Kayla Pyc, Brittanee Ramallo, Jenna Sansalone, Loretta Scherrer, Michael Sendlbeck, Ryan Sharrow, Phyllip Stallard, Adam Stoddard, Erica Surdi, Harrison Thompson, Alexandra Wallinder, Samantha Warden, Rachel Watt, Laurice Wilbert, Jessica Young, Tyler Zoldowski
Grade 11 - Samaria Amin, Matthew Arida, Dale Baran, Shannon Becker, Taylor Bedford, Nathanial Benoit, Christopher Boulden, Kathleen Brady, Brian Brink, Nicholas Bruno, Justine Call, Michael Campanella, Brianna Catanzaro, Amanda Cinelli, Nicolette Corrao, Samuel Cummings, Dominique DeGregorio, Kaleigh Deuser, Robert Dickinson, Liam Dodd, Sara Dzielski, Thomas Dzielski, Carson Filips, Patrick Gallagher, Larissa Gelyon, Carmela Gentile, David Gerfin, Christian Gibson, Alexis Gieselman, Heather Graff, Amanda Heftka, Molly Higgins, Ryan Jackson, Thomas Kalman, Matthew Killian, Taylor Kozlowski, Jaime Magaris, Kelly Maloney, Chelsea Mazurkiewicz, Jennie McCoy, Shelbi Milkas, Jaclyn Nusstein, Cameron Pezzino, Daniel Ryan, Miranda Santa Lucia, Julie Schopp, Michael Seaman, Nicholas Sexton, Lawrence Smith, Rachel Spiker, Allison Stewart, Amanda Sutter, Victoria Sutton, Hayley Szyklinski, Eugenia Taylor, Ambria Tim, Benjamin Tomkins, Nicholas Wallinder, Courtney Weiser, Tyler Wunsch, Richard Yager, Andrew Yockey
Grade 12 - Isam Abdellatif, Kaitlyn Affuso, Richard Amantia, Patrick Antonelli, Conrad Baker, Samantha Banas, Kelsey Bettinger, Jason Bogue, Christina Borden, Patrick Brady, Amber Burdick, Danielle Canazzi, Mary Chiaravelle, Seana Chirico, Courtney Cox, Ryan Darnley, Alexander Fabiilli, Jeremy Figler, Joseph Fischer, Christophner Gibney, Anthony Grande, Samantha Green, Chelsea Hall, Eric Harnden, Michael Higgins, Brandon Imerese, Julia Johnston, Matthew Kasprzycki, Raman Kaur, Timothy Krecisz, Timothy Lang, Kori Loder, Michael Lydle, Meghan Mahiques, Aman Mattu, Hayley Metro, Intisar Mohamed, Michael Montaldi, Christopher Mornelli, Sean O’Donnell, Dhriti Ramesh, Kellsi Rassega, Anthony Russell, Zachary Russell, Keith Skelly, Michael Sperrazza, Kelly Stark, Rachel Starr, Sean Steele, Alexander Strauss, Kasey Sumner, William Sundeen, Scott Suszczynski, Abram Thompson, Brittney Wall, Zakiyyah Wilbert, Nicole Winter, Colton Wright, Molly Wynne, Rebecca Zimmerman
12th MERIT Isam Abdellatif, Kaitlyn Affuso, Richard Amantia, Patrick Antonelli, Conrad Baker, Samantha Banas, Kelsey Bettinger, Jason Bogue, Christina Borden, Patrick Brady, Amber Burdick, Danielle Canazzi, Mary Chiaravelle, Seana Chirico, Courtney Cox, Ryan Darnley, Alexander Fabiilli, Jeremy Figler, Joseph Fischer, Christophner Gibney, Anthony Grande, Samantha Green, Chelsea Hall, Eric Harnden, Michael Higgins, Brandon Imerese, Julia Johnston, Matthew Kasprzycki, Raman Kaur, Timothy Krecisz, Timothy Lang, Kori Loder, Michael Lydle, Meghan Mahiques, Aman Mattu, Hayley Metro, Intisar Mohamed, Michael Montaldi, Christopher Mornelli, Sean O’Donnell, Dhriti Ramesh, Kellsi Rassega, Anthony Russell, Zachary Russell, Keith Skelly, Michael Sperrazza, Kelly Stark, Rachel Starr, Sean Steele, Alexander Strauss, Kasey Sumner, William Sundeen, Scott Suszczynski, Abram Thompson, Brittney Wall, Zakiyyah Wilbert, Nicole Winter, Colton Wright, Molly Wynne, Rebecca Zimmerman
GIHS's Joel Klock - 2010
Click and scroll down for "Buffalo News 6/29/10" story by Mary Jo Monnin.
Alex Brown Star Athlete - June 2010
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Named rookie of the year in 8th grade, Alex Brown has quietly moved up the ladder in sports at Grand Island High School.
Just completing her freshman year, she broke the ninth grade high jump record at 5' 3", tied the 30-year high jump record held by Laura Lewis at 5'3", was first in NFL's and placed second in Section 6 Sectionals. She was named to the 1st Team NFL All Stars both years. In the most recent competition on June 12, 2010, Alex placed second in Section 6 with a jump of 5'3" and tied for sixth place in the New York State PHSAA Championship for Track and Field at 5'2". Alex was the only member of the GIHS Track Team to qualify for the NYS competition.As an 8th grader Alex placed first in the Niagara Frontier Track League and third in Section 6 Sectionals.
Alex has also excelled in volleyball. As a ninth grader she started on varsity as the middle blocker contributing to a second place finish in Section 6 Sectionals. When the school volleyball season finished, Alex tried out for a national volleyball team and made it as a middle hitter/blocker traveling all over the country. Her team made the playoffs and she will finish this year off at the end of June on a trip to Reno, Nevada where the national playoffs are being played.
Alex is 6'1" and 14 years old and more often than not, she is on the honor roll. She is the daughter of Amy Schneider-George and Darren Brown
