Student News

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy was among the speakers at the award ceremony for the 63rd Annual Connecticut Science Fair. Nearly 500 students participated in this year’s event. This year, a record 70 energy-related projects were entered in the fair.

In the physical sciences, eighth grader Sean Oleasz of West Simsbury, a student at St. Timothy Middle School in West Hartford, received First Place for his project: Aerodynamics: A Study in the Improvement of Auto Body Aerodynamic Efficiency

Carolyn House of Simsbury, a senior at the Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science, along with Mary Kuchenbrod, a junior from Granby, was a finalist for the Pfizer Life Sciences Awards as part of the Life Science Senior High Team receiving the Connecticut Science Fair Medallion & Acrylic Award for their project Prototype Design of an Electricity Generating Shoe Utilizing a Pumped Air Turbine.

Seventeen students from Simsbury performed in the national children’s choirs for the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE), which held its National Music Education Conference in Minneapolis, MN, March 16-19. Three national choirs are an integral part of this conference. A nationally recognized conductor will conduct each choir. The children’s choir is made up of students in grades 4 and 5; the youth choir has students with unchanged voices in grades 6, 7, and 8; and the concert choir is composed of students in grades 9–12 and boys in 8th grade with changed voices.

Through submission of an audition CD, the strongest singers and musicians were selected to perform in the choirs. Simsbury music teachers have sponsored students for the OAKE National Choir since 1997. Vocal teachers for students listed below are Sue Mollica, Kiera Brown, Kathryn Zahara, and Dr. Stuart Younse.

Sponsored by Sue Mollica at Latimer Lane:

Children’s Choir: Timothy Amarell (grade 5)

Youth Choir: Katherine Doran (grade 6), Adriana Farrell (grade 6), Gabriele Ger (grade 6), Pritika Seshadri (grade 6)

Concert Choir: Dylan Gibbs (SHS, grade 9), Katie Amarell (SHS, grade 9), Emily Amarell (SHS, Grade 11), Callie Towles (SHS, grade 11)

Sponsored by Kiera Brown at Tariffville School:

Children’s Choir: Madeline Gamer (grade 5), Natalie Wilson (grade 5), Luke Gilmore (grade 5)

Youth Choir: Jacob Lill (grade 6), Hannah Bricker (grade 6), Idabelle Paterson (grade 6)

Concert Choir: Justin Farrell (SHS, grade 9), Nils Hallen (SHS, grade 9)

Delia Brimmer from West Simsbury, has joined a group of 13 students from Fisher College participating in Habitat for Humanity. The students are working on construction projects in Macon, Georgia as part of an alternative spring break trip to support local communities.

The following area students recently achieved high honors or honors for the winter term at the Loomis Chaffee School: Christian Bermel, Scott Casher, Jamil Hashmi, Dakota Hunter, Sara Kase, Francesca Salvatore, Samuel Verney, Daniel Wade, Katherine Yannopoulos, Nicholas Yannopoulos, Maura Zaldonis, and Samantha Zambuto all achieved high honor roll.

Edward Black, Ellen Cui, Owen Dumais, Morgan Kille, Maria Pylypiv, Mae Stover, and Joshua Sussman all achieved honor roll.

Fairfield University has announced that the following local residents have been named to the dean's list for the fall 2010 semester: Stephen Bodell, David Cunningham, Courtney Dumais, and John O'Hara.