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High School Honor Roll - Feb. 2012
The following Grand Island High School students have been named to the honor roll for the second quarter, 2011-2012 school year:Grade 10 - Alicia Bianco, Magdalyn Chauby, Sarah Dollendorf, Heavyn Dreher, Kai Ellsworth, Benjamin Goc, Andrew Grinchishin, Ashley Gugino, Henry Huang, Kristina Kasprzycki, Justin Lavis, Emma MacIntyre, Anna Nicolia, Jenna Paternostro, Maygan Payan, Jillian Sheehan, Timothy Utz, Stephanie Voyzey, Jackeline Wilson
Grade 11 - Lydia Bernatovicz, Selina Bichler, Jessica Brownschidle, Sarah Chamberlain, Alyssa Cino, Laura Dolan, Brianna Gibney, Kourtney Hoppel, Mark Hughes, Manjinder Kaur, Bridget Kennedy, Stephanie LoTempio, Ellen Lutnick, Orendael Miller, Rachel Ruszkowski, Nicholas Soos, Joshua Tixier, Kimberly Yaeger, Christina Zytariuk
Grade 12 - Laura Amantia, Jessica Bamberg, Christopher Brownschidle, Thomas Butcher, Marshall Cancilla, Emily Dauphin, Donald Failing, Marissa Haley, Megan Karpie, Nathan Kulak, Mia Michael, Ryan Proctor, Kenneth Rogoza, Alexandra Seibert
Grade 10 - Natalie Argy, Jacob Athoe, Marisa Atkinson, Sukhdeep Bajwa, Natalie Baldassarre, Sierra Besl, Grace Bolton, Kevin Borowicz, Jack Boyko, Liana Buscaglia, Bryce Callen, Amanda Cancilla, June Chadima, Qian Chen, David Cich, Aaron Cook, Quinton Corrao, Thomas Corrao, Sierra D’Ettorre, Nicholas DeMita, Brian DeRubes, Frank DeRubes, Sean DeRubes, Jaskiran Dhaliwall, Thomas Doctor, Jenell Duxbury, Alexandra Dzielski, Hannah Edwards, Kevin Freedman, Emma Garten, Emily Glose, Anthony Grana, Vanessa Haynie, Alyssa Heitman, Ryan Held, April Hippert, Ciara Howley, Amanda Jelonek, Zachary Jones, Addison Joslyn, Julia Kelly, Emily Kernin, Mary Frances Koch, Stephanie Kowalak, Ashley Kroetsch, Lauren Kullerkupp, Julianna Lavallee, John Lillian, Brittany Little, Elizabeth LoBrutto, William Madigan, Johnna Marinello, Justin McCarthy, Austin McCoy, Brentlyn Mendel, Elliott Michki, Wyatt Mock, Catherine Navagh, James Osborn, Michael Paternostro, Kamra Phillips, Nicholas Pino, Zoann Pittman, Angela Pozantides, Alessandra Price, Dominic Prine, James Pufpaff, Zoe Reda, Emilie Rengler, Shannon Robillard, Kaitlyn Rose, Kyle Schoener, Natalie Schultz, Derrick Schutrum, Vincent Shores, Lucas Siebert, Pamelia Slattery, Tanner Speer, Lindsey Spiker, Tara Stewart, Jacob Stromberg, Jenna Stufkosky, Christopher Swager, Brock Tetreault, Lillian Von Reyn, Jadon Wegrzyn, Mitchell Weis, Zoe Wilson, Brigid Wilton, Brandon York, Matthew Zabaldo
Grade 11 - Ammany Abdellatif, Corey Adamshick, Ciara Alcorn, Jennifer Amato, Jessica Amsdill, Kevin Aronica, Conor Atkins, Alexandra Bahgat, Rachel Bailey, Brittney Banks, Eli Brennan, Allysa Bush, Sara Carlson, Megan Carroll, Alexis Cino, Sam Clarke, Ashley Colan, Christopher Connors, Jane Cooke, Annaliese Corrao, Jenna DelSignore, William Diefenbach, Jacob Dixon, Zoe Dodd, Mark Dryfhout, Katarina Eichel, Keelan Erhard, Brittany Faulise, Meghan Federico, Alexandra Filips, Ian Freudenheim, Shannon Gallagher, Melissa Gibson, Alexandra Griffin, Rebecca Hale, Leah Harris, Adam Heftka, Tyler Jackman, Robert Johnson, Jacqueline Johnston, Zaineb Khawar, Shannon Kieffer, Mary Kneer, Stephanie Knight, Christopher Komin, Carolyn Kruszona, Grace Kulikowski, Jake Lawley, Evan Leffler, Mandy Liesenfeld, Alexandria London, Alexia Malpica, Collin McMahon, Gurwinder Nijjar, Maggie Nobumoto, Matthew Osinski, Cassandra Oursler, Samantha Pangborn, Marisa Phillips, Kyle Pletcher, Benjamin Purrington, Alyssa Quarantello, Christinia Richard, Dominica Roberts, Katrina Rockwood, Kelly Ruminski, James Rustowicz, Katelyn Ruszkowski, Kelsey Ruszkowski, Kevin Salonek, Marina Scerra, Aaron Schauger, Taylor Schiffhauer , Lauren Shepard, Cody Smith, Javier Solis, Adam Stanczyk, Alexa Territo, Lillian Thompson, Ashley Tillett, Joshua Ungaro, AmyJo VeRost, Elena Watt, Margaret Weiser, Nicholas Winger, Emily Ziurinskas
Grade 12 - Amir Abdellatif, Reem Abdellatif, Makallie Banker, Joshua Bastian, Amanda Blanton, James Bobak, Shannon Boreali, Diana Boulden, Sarah Brady, Sonia Brar, Justin Canazzi, Seth Carey, Amber Carpenter, Joseph Carrato, Mario Cataffo, Emma Chambers, Jesse Ciffa, Eric Colon, Alexandra Corrao, Silvana D’Ettorre, Jordan Davis, Maggie DeMarco, Smanatha DeMarco, Shannon Doctor, Allison Donahue, Sydney Dudish, Rebekah Evans, Talia Fabiilli, Kodie Fahrer, Lenny Fike, Michael FitzGerald, Matthew Foote, Alyssa Fuoco, Matthew Gannon, Kaitlyn Gilbert, Jonathan Goc, Ashley Gorman, Deanna Green, Thomas Grenke, Jessica Hall, Katlyn Holt, Ryan Hughes, Mary Irving, Gabriella Jaramillo, Andrew Jasek, Casey Jelonek, Samantha Kahn, Paige Kippley, Elizabeth Kowalik, Prin Laowtrakul, Mitchell Lariviere, Jenna Lee, Kelsie Loos, Kaitlyn Lozo, Brendon Lutnick, Mark Lydle, Michael Malaney, Robin Mangat, Rebecca Masse’, John McGinty, Kallan McMillan, Casey McNamara, Shannon McNaughton, Kyle Meyer, Nigel Michki, Joshua Miller, Ryan Miller, Lindsay Morano, Dominic Morell, Michelle Morgan, Kristen Percival, Olga Popova, Brittanee Ramallo, Sarah Ramsperger, Danyelle Redmond, Rachel Ripellino, Matthew Robinson, Eric Sander, Nicolette Scerra, Michael Sendlbeck, Stephanie Senn, Gagandeep Singh, Glenn Skelly, Zachary Smith, Brittney Sonnenberg, Jessica Spencer, Jessica Spiesz, Sarah Stanczyk, Angelina Stromberg, Erica Surdi, Taylor Sweet, Kathryn Turner, Jessica Ungaro, Rachel Watt, Benjamin Whitford, Laurice Wilbert, Sarah Williams, Nathalie Winger, Jessica Young, Alicia Zartman
High School Merit Roll - Feb. 2012
The following Grand Island High School students have been named to the merit roll for the second quarter, 2011-2012 school year:Grade 10 - Rana Abdelal, Brian Ailinger, Robert Augugliaro, Alexander Baker, Samantha Bartolotta, Kirsten Burtch, Christina Butcher, Aaron Certo, Darnell Cleveland, Hannah Corrao, Jensen Dorey, Ashley Dragonette, Michael Dzielski, Elizabeth Figler, Ashley Fischer, Joseph Gioeli, Alexa Gormady, Jack Gorman, Bianca Gowanny, Abhiraj Grewal, Patrick Hall, Joseph Halpin, Andrew Hannah, Jake Hawley, Kara Hazelet, David Holler, Steven Howard, Emira Islami, Madeline Jackson, Katlyn Jennings, Kurtis Johnson, Shamus Johnson, Alexa Kalinowski, Kristin Kalman, Alyssa Karb, Alexander Kelly, Amanda Kinmartin, Michael Kleinschmidt, Jacob Ladouceur, Alexander Lenz, Nathan Link, Austin Loveric, David Madigan, Matthew Madigan, Vincent Malpica, Andrew Masiello, Jacob McMahon, Adam Missert, Benjamin Morrish, Brooklyn Morton, Gregory Nicolia, Yiannis Papavramidis, Shawn Passero, Dominique Perri, Dominic Petrilli, Alex Rallo, Daniel Ray, Ryan Ross, Maren Russell, Chelsea Sinicki, Kristen Stark, Brandon Stevenson, Paul Sukmanowski, Rebecca Symon, Raymond Tafelski, Joaquin Vazquez, Mia Villani, Christian Wallinder, Ashley Weiser, Amanda Weselak, Madalyn Wright
Grade 11 - Paul Arida, Tanner Atkinson, Kassandra Bennett, Daniel Blocho, Nicholas Bonarek, Dakota Bower, Liza Bowman, Alexander Brink, Tiffany Carlson, Courtney Collignon, Daniel Conrad, Lauren Cook, Cody Csendom, Aurora Dee, Michael Dennis, Timothy Doermer, Nicholas Egloff, Sarah Ernst, Joseph Fanara, Ty Gallagher, Bradley Gibson, Andrew Gilbert, Madeleine Goc, Rebecca Green, Emily Harnden, John Holody, Megan Hoople, Anthony Huff, Alexander Kellner, Julie Kilmer, Daniel Konopski, Leanna Lang, Jessica LoBrutto, Kiransumit Mann, Taylor Marino, Christina McGuire, Taylor Moran, Grace Olszewski, Michael Palazza, Amanda Passarelli, Dalton Pitts, Zachary Re, Rosalie Russell, Alexa Santa Lucia, Taylor Scheuing, Matthew Seaman, Ashley Serianni, Christopher Serra, Cole Smith, Emily Steinbrenner, Jacob Sweeney, Nicole Swiantek, Dallas Taft, Codie Thomas, Alexander Tollner, Dominic Tripi, Gregory VanNorman, Megan Wendt, Andrew Yarnes, Joshua Zernickel
Grade 12 - Gabrielle Ailinger, Amin Amin, Jeremy Anderson, Michael Avery, Matthew Beauchamp, Katelyn Benns, Alexandria Black, Conner Bolles, Donald Brant, Elliot Busch, Mikaela Connors, Caitlynn Cooke, Natalee Culbert, Jake DeLong, Brittney Ducette, Connor Frascatore, Sean Garten, Rebecca Gasiorek, Jonathan Grenda, Anmol Grewal, Charles Grunzweig, Kyle Hager, Lynne Huffnagle, Dylan Kelly, Victoria Kostenbauder, Jodi Lee, Cory Ludwig, Madelyne Mankowski, Shannon McDonough, Thalia Melendez, Brendan Mergel, Alec Metro, Kyle Meyer, Kailah Moss, Heather Muranyi, Emily Nitkowski, Gabriela Nizialek, Hallie Nowak, Christopher Osetkowski, Samuel Oursler, Alexis Pearce, Jamison Phillips, Alyssa Pino, Marina Pozantides, Corey Price, Christopher Ray-Castaldo, Jenna Sansalone, Ryan Sharrow, Emily Sommer, Phyllip Stallard, Katherine Studley, Harrison Thompson, Chandan Tiwana, Jonathan Voyzey, Alexandra Wallinder, Samantha Warden, Elizabeth Yensan, Dominic Zannin
Bus Driver Recognition - Feb 2012
(left) Kourtney Hoppel, Karli Deuser, Bus Driver/Amy VeRost and Kelsey Percival
(right photo) Bus driver/Jackie Steckelberg and student Zaineb Khawar
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The F.O.R.C.C. (Friends of Rachael/Character Council), on Friday, February 17, 2012, sponsored the bus driver recognition program, 'Love the Bus.' This is a nationwide campaign to raise awareness and appreciation for the hundreds of thousands of school bus drivers who safely transport children to and from school. The Student Councils of both Connor Middle School and Grand Island High School combined their efforts and recognized the drivers by presenting each of them with a certificate, $5.00 Dunkin Donuts gift card, handwritten letters of appreciation, and doughnut holes when they arrived for the afternoon pickup. To say that the drivers were amazed, touched, impressed and truly thankful would be an understatement.
"We believe that these dedicated men and women are truly, hometown heroes, who deserve this recognition," a student said this week.
See the website American School Bus Council for additional information.
GIHS Commended Students
In 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program - Feb. 2012
Grand Island High School is proud to announce that Diana Boulden, Christopher Brownschidle and Samantha Kahn have been named Commended Students in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2012 competition by taking the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). GIHS - Preparing for Future - Job Search Seminar - Feb. 2012
James Rustowicz and Matt Seaman
Andrew Gilbert and Alexa Territo
Mrs. Cheryl Cardone shaking Alyssa Cino's hand
Dressed for success with resumes in hand, Grand Island students traveled to the Holiday Inn on Thursday, February 16th for the annual Job Search Seminar coordinated by the business department at the high school. Business Teacher
Cheryl Chamberlain explains Job Search as an opportunity for students to hone their career readiness skills in an authentic setting. The students were very well prepared to answer tough interview questions posed by local business, education, and community members. Many of the businesses attending this year were looking to hire students for part-time work and this afforded them the opportunity to ask questions and look at resumes. Breakout sessions were provided by Niagara University, Buffalo State College, Men's Wearhouse and Town Supervisor Mary Cooke. "This year, we really wanted students to see what employers are looking for in job candidates," Mrs. Chamberlain said. Breakout sessions dealt with transitioning from high school to college, networking, and business attire. A special note of thanks goes out to the Grand Island School Business Alliance and Mrs. Carolyn Konopski for their help with volunteers for this year's event. For more information on business programs at Grand Island High School please contact Chamberlain at 773-8820.Girls Basketball- NFL Champions - Feb. 2012
Click Champions" for Girls Basketball- NFL ChampionsGIHS Sports Briefs - Week Ending Feb. 16, 2012
Click "Sports Briefs 2/16/12" for this week's Grand Island High School sports scores. See Girls Basketball- NFL ChampionsGIHS Winter Ball - Feb. 2012
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(left) Mike McMahon, Frank DeRubes, Keelan Erhard, King Brent Fred, Queen Sarah Williams, Stephanie Lo Tempio, Mads Wright and Brianna Brandon
The Grand Island High School Winter Ball was held Saturday, February 11, 2012 in the high school gym. Chosen king and queen were Brent Fred and Sarah Williams. They are shown above with their court.GIHS Freshman Quinn Carey - Feb. 2012
Grand Island High School freshman Quinn Carey, a varsity basketball team standout, is featured in a February 14, 2012 Niagara Gazette Story by Ryan Nagelhout.7th Grader Nick Rallo Bowls 298 - Feb. 2012
Nick Rallo, a 7th grader at Connor Middle School, was put in to sub in the 10th frame of the second game for Grand Island High against Niagara Wheatfield this past Tuesday (Feb. 7) at a home match at Island Lanes. He followed with the first 11 strikes of the 3rd game to finish with a 298. Nick is 13 and this is his first year on the high school team. He has only been put in to sub a few times. He bowls every Saturday morning on the junior league at Island Lanes where he currently averages 165.
GIHS Sports Briefs - Week Ending Feb. 9, 2012
Click "Sports Briefs 2/9/12" for this week's Grand Island High School sports scores.GIHS Sports Briefs - Week Ending Feb. 2, 2012
Click "Sports Briefs 2/2/12" for this week's Grand Island High School sports scores.Stephanie Senn Headed To Kent State - Feb. 2012
Pictured left to right are Mom Sandy Cunningham, Stephanie, and step-father Mike Sexton.
GIHS soccer goalie Stephanie Senn signed a letter of intent on Thursday, February 2nd to attend Kent State University Stephanie has been a three-year starter on the GIHS varsity soccer team, the last two years in goal. Her career record with Grand Island is 44-8-7 , 192 goals for, 47 goals against and 13 shutouts. Her high school sports honors include two-year First Team All NFL, two-year First Team All Western New York, 2010 Third Team All State and 2011 Second Team All State. Stephanie plans on studying criminal justice at Kent State.Hockey Standout Mike Malaney - Feb. 2012
See Niagara Gazette Story by Ryan Nagelhout.Corrao/Colao Sweep High Honors at NFL's - Feb. 2012
Pictured left to right are Quinn Corrao, Coach Craig Davis, and Sam Colao.
The Niagara Frontier League Bowling championships were held at Manor Lanes in Tonawanda on January 27th. Grand Island was well represented sweeping both the High Game and High Set awards. Quinn Corrao and Sam Colao, currently the top two averages on the team at 201 and 199 respectively, brought home the hardware for the Vikings. Quinn Corrao outshot the top 47 bowlers from the 8 NFL schools averaging 218.67 to take top honors on the day. Colao figured out the lanes in the 2nd game of his three-game set shooting a 279.Basket Raffle At Musical - Jan. 2012
The Grand Island High School Class of 2014 (now Sophomores), will be holding a basket raffle during the musical, "Les Miserables" (School Edition) at the Grand Island High School. The performances are scheduled for February 2nd, 3rd and 4th. The raffle will be availbale at the evening only performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.GIHS Sports Briefs - Week Ending Jan. 26, 2012
Click "Sports Briefs 1/26/12" for this week's Grand Island High School sports scores.Kallie Banker Attains All-Time Leading Scorer Status - Jan. 2012
Kallie Banker has taken the record all-time leading scorer record from Carlin Hartman who took the honor more than 20 years ago. See Niagara Gazette Story by Brandon Koch.GIHS Musical Scheduled For February 2 - 4, 2012
Les Mis Dress Rehearsal at GIHS
Production Thursday - Saturday, Feb. 2-4th.
Bob Kopf Photos
This year the Grand Island High School musical is "Les Miserables" (School Edition). The performances are scheduled for February 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door.GIHS Sports Briefs - Week Ending Jan. 19, 2012
Click "Sports Briefs 1/19/12" for this week's Grand Island High School sports scores.GIHS wins Tech Wars - Jan. 2012
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See Vikings WinSee 2012 Results
Carl Koppmann, Engineering Technology teacher at the high school, is the coach for the Tech Wars team.
Vikings Win Tech Wars - Jan. 2012
NIAGARA GAZETTE 1/12/12 - by Joe Olenick...And that makes it three.
Grand Island students extended their technology reign for a third consecutive year by taking home the Niagara County Community College Tech Wars title at the 15th annual competition held Wednesday, Jan. 11. Behind the Vikings' 47 points, Cleveland Hill finished second with 17 points, followed by Newfane which notched 12 points.
And that was just the high schools. This year for the first time, the Tech Wars overall scoring was split into high school and middle school programs. Lockport City Schools, a three-time Tech Wars winner, won the middle school portion of the competition by a slim margin with 12 points. Medina followed in second place with 11, then Tonawanda City Schools with nine.
But at the end of the day, it was Grand Island students celebrating again in the NCCC gym as they surrounded the grand prize, the Western New York Technology Education Association Tech Wars Cup.
"It's a great experience for the students," said Carl Koppmann, a Grand Island technology teacher. "We had a lot of great projects."
Grand Island brought 45 high schoolers and took a number of categories, including sweeping the top three in the hockey robots event.
More than 900 middle and high school students from 29 Western New York school districts packed NCCC. Some came from as far as Pulaski, which is just north of Syracuse.
Tech Wars is an academically based technology competition that pits middle and high school students in multiple project-based events of skill, chance and ability. Students in local schools design and build robots, cars and other technology-based projects that they enter into a variety of competitions against other local schools and students.
Niagara-Wheatfield students Dave Dobmeier and Josh Drummer finished in second place in the sumo robot event. Placed in a center ring, two robots try and knock each other out of the ring.
Both Dobmeier and Drummer have done other Tech Wars events but this was their first crack at sumo robots. The strategy was to get under the opposing robot.
"We're pretty pleased, since this is our first time doing this," Dobmeier said. "It seemed fun, you have to go head to head."
GIHS Sports Briefs - Week Ending Jan. 12, 2012
Click "Sports Briefs 1/12/12" for this week's Grand Island High School sports scores.GIHS DECA Dominates Regionals! - Jan. 2012
