People in the News
Honor Roll Students
• Sacred Heart Academy, 1st Quarter 2012-'13: Abigale Agresta (Madison, junior, honors), Mary Disbrow (Killingworth, junior, high honors), Willa Disbrow (Killingworth, sophomore, high honors), Cassandra Moore (Killingworth, junior, high honors), Elizabeth Smith (Madison, freshman, high honors), Laura Smith (Madison, senior, high honors), and Bryn Webster (Killingworth, senior, high honors).
• Vinal Technical High School, 1st Quarter 2012-'13: Avram Burg (Killingworth, high honors), Cody Connell (Killingworth, honors), and Salvatore Esposito (Killingworth, honors).
• Xavier High School, 1st Term 2012-'13: John Burkinshaw (Madison, junior, honors), Jack Dobson (Madison, freshman, honors), Daniel Drabinski (Madison, senior, high honors), Peter Drabinski (Madison, sophomore, high honors), Troy Earley (Killignworth, freshman, high honors), Michael Epright (Killingworth, junior, high honors), Kyle Ericson (Madison, freshman, high honors), Jesse Esposito (Madison, junior, honors), Jesse Ferrara (Killingworth, junior, high honors), Matthew Gagliano (Madison, junior, honors), Zachary Herrmann (Killingworth, freshman, high honors), John Kessler (Killingworth, freshman, high honors), Luke Kessler (Killingworth, freshman, high honors), Matthew Lee (Madison, junior, honors), Christopher Leffingwell (Killingworth, junior, high honors), Jakob Lindner (Killingworth, freshman, high honors), Robert Little (Madison, freshman, honors), John McConville (Madison, freshman, honors), Matthew Marrotti (Killingworth, junior, high honors), Miles Michaud (Madison, freshman, honors), Ryan Offner (Killingworth, freshman, high honors), N. Connor Payne (Madison, senior, honors), Austin Richard (Madison, freshman, honors), Michael Simoniello (Killingworth, sophomore, high honors), Connor Sullivan (Killingworth, sophomore, high honors), James Thurston (Killingworth, junior, high honors), Luke Velez (Killingworth, junior, high honors), and James Yakimoff (Killingworth, junior, high honors).
Academic and Extracurricular Achievements
• William Rogge of Madison was named a Wilkinson Scholar for academic excellence in first-year legal studies by Fordham University School of Law. He was selected to be a staff member of both the Fordham Law Review and the Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law. He is also a teaching assistant in the Fordham Legal Writing Program. Rogge is a 2014 candidate for a juris doctorate.
Career Achievements
Attorney Katy Armenia of Madison is now the secretary of the Board of Directors of VNA Healthcare of Guilford and Hamden.Service Awards and Recognitions
Acts of Community Service and Charitable Contributions
Literacy Volunteers-Valley Shore CT Trains 21 New Tutors
Literacy Volunteers-Valley Shore CT announces that 21 area residents recently completed a seven-session fall workshop, which provided them with intensive training that will enable them to tutor foreign adults in Basic Reading and English as a Second Language. These workshops are held in the spring and fall of each year.
Among this year's fall graduates are Pamela Binkley, Susan Donoghue, Susan Duques, Lisa Lapera, Diane Metzler, and Kristine Thorson of Madison. Each of these volunteers is presently tutoring students in English. For further information contact the Literacy Volunteers office by calling (860) 399-0280, email info@vsliteracy.org or visit our website at www.vsliteracy.org.