by Kaitlin Bradshawkbradshaw@thereddingpilot.com

Members of the Fairfield Gaelic Pipe Band lead the Joel Barlow High School Class of 2012 into the William A. O’Neill Center at Western Connecticut State University on Sunday afternoon for the 52nd annual commencement ceremony.

Gayle Powell, class vice president, gave the salutation speech highlighting the bit-tersweet aspect of graduating from high school.

“This is a milestone that cannot be defined as the begin-

ning or the end, because it is both,” she said.

Head of School Dr. Thomas McMorran encouraged his students to do the best they can and to not let the economy and lack of jobs get in the way of their future.

“I know it is fashionable today to complain about our economy and our education-al system. I agree, a jobless recovery is a lousy thing for those folks who are out of work and I agree that it isn’t fair that a quarter of all stu-dents who begin high school don’t graduate,” he said. “You will be joining the one-third of

the one-twentieth of the world that creates, innovates, dares, faces setbacks with grit, and generates most of the world’s income.”

“Our education system needs to expand the franchise of a high school diploma to every American child. Those children should not have to go hungry, fear for their safety, worry about illness, or face a dead-end future. It’s up to you and me and others who have enjoyed the empowering education of Joel Barlow High School to keep this world spin-ning,” said Dr. McMorran.

Breaking from the program,

Taylor Owen, a member of the graduating class, presented Les Friedman with a $2,500 donation to the Mikey’s Way Foundation on behalf of the graduating class. The founda-tion was created by Michael Friedman of Easton, a Barlow student who died of cancer just after his 15th birthday. Its goal is to connect children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses with their friends, family and school with technology such as laptops.

“We want to donate $2,500 to show our support and

POMP&CIRCUMSTANCEJOEL BARLOW HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2012 GRADUATION

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Class of 2012 graduation:

A bittersweet affair

See Affair on page 9A

Austin Alterio wears sunglasses to keep the sun out of his eyes while waiting to walk into the O’Neill Center at Western Connecticut State University on Sunday for Barlow’s graduation ceremonies. During the ceremonies, Douglas Streat, class president, clapped for a speaker. Gayle Powell provided the salutation to the crowd of families and friends.

photos by Scott Mullin

The Joel Barlow High School Class of 2012 waits patiently for graduation ceremonies to begin at the O’Neill Center.

June 28, 2012 Pilot, Redding, Conn. 9A

by Anne DolanCommencement Speaker

Grilled cheese and tomato soup. It is by far my favorite school lunch. In elementary and middle school, I was always prepared with a few extra dollars in my backpack just in case the cafeteria unex-pectedly served my favorite meal. This, of course, was way back in the day before all you had to do was punch in your student ID, but there was no way I was ever going to miss out on grilled cheese day.

My middle school self did have one complaint about this practically perfect combination: One grilled cheese sandwich was just not enough! The ratio of soup to sandwich wasn’t balanced. After taking three bites of your sandwich, it was practi-cally gone. And then there would be too much tomato soup left over and nothing to dip into it! But, as distress-ing as this situation was, one grilled cheese is better than no grilled cheese, right?

So then here I was, September of freshman year, overwhelmed by the number of options in the cafeteria. We were no longer limited to just a chicken patty and a handful of tater tots. There were salads, pizza, paninis, and a create your own sand-wich station, too! On any other day, I might have strug-gled with the choices, but on this particular day, my eyes scanned across the servery and focused in at the station in the far right corner. There sat a gigantic container of tomato soup and a large tray full of grilled cheese sand-wiches. The choice was obvi-ous.

I waited in line, impatient and excited. And when I finally stepped up, I watched with amazement as the caf-eteria worker put not one, but TWO grilled cheese sand-wiches on my tray.

It was pretty much the greatest day of my life.

I finally felt like a big kid, like a real high schooler,

and all it took was an extra two slices of bread and a piece of American cheese. Joel Barlow recognized that a 9th grader needed a bit more sustenance than a middle schooler. The best part was I didn’t even have to ask, they just handed me what I so desired. It was such a small thing, but four years later, I still look back and smile when I think about that moment.

It’s cheesy, I know. But high school is cheesy. And when we reflect on our time at Barlow, there are so many small, happy, cheesy moments that we don’t nec-essarily appreciate. While not everyone here shares the same love for grilled cheese and soup that I do, I believe there is at least one thing about Barlow that you can look back and smile at.

We can collectively remember the relief and accomplishment we felt as we handed in our Senior Synthesis papers to our

respective English IV teach-ers. We can remember pass-ing time at a rest stop on I-84 because Mr. Huminski left the Six Flags tickets at school. And we can remem-ber standing under the tent during our Senior Banquet watching torrential down-pour around us.

The cast of the Senior Show can recall the dance parties that took place as soon as the curtains closed. We can remember the camaraderie and pride that Gayle Powell exemplified as she infamous-ly sobbed tears of joy at a late night dress rehearsal. And we can remember leaving those dress rehearsals at 11 o’clock at night, ignoring all of our homework, and finally going to sleep.

The crowd at the Whiteout basketball game jumped [up] and down in the stands and experienced genuine school spirit. The Powderpuff team cheered every time someone made a catch at practice.

Katherine Rose AcocellaEmily Elizabeth AgostiBrian John AllanAustin Dennis AlterioErica M. AndersonWilliam Sidney AshtonTaylor Lee AuerMaria Fernanda Avila

VazquezKristine Victoria AzarianRachael Alexis BalinskiLogan Richard BarerJames Philip BarickmanShea Lane BarickmanLibby Louise BarlowJesse Walter BeattyAlexandra Sabina BenderChristopher David

BiedermannMatthew John BillyAaron Connor BlackwellJohn I. BoardCaroline Elizabeth BoffaChristopher P. BohsungChristopher Michael BootonJulie Lauren BrownChristian Edward BruzinskiJennie Rose BunceJames Russell BurgerPatrick Coyle CallahanDana Amelia CanfieldMichael Fulton Carpenter"John Blaise Cartafalsa, III"Brianna Elizabeth CelliniMegan Marie CevaAlexander Yuan CheuHarrison Grant ChristyMica Alexandra CoccoJeffrey Thomas CohenCaleb Ragnar ConnorZachary Michael CordelliEmma Esther CornellLily Georgia CreightonGina Louise CrocePaige Demetria Verna

DamascusChristopher Andrew DarrowJocelyn Blair DaveyRussell Joseph DaveyTeuntje DeenAmelia Anne DeLiseMark Lucian DelVecchioCarol Kathleen DeSalvaMatthew Walter DiPalmaAnne Kathleen DolanLiam Carrington DotsonSiobhan Geraghty DotsonJack Warren DrakeBrittney Ayres DumasJeremy Sherwood EdwardsCaitlyn Elizabeth ElliottAllyson Drury EnglishThomas James EspositoAlexandra Leone EternoRose Florence FenwickAlexis Moderno Fernandes

James Michael FlynnKristen Paige FrierCaroline Grace GayAlex Michael GeorgeClaire Michaela GeyerLucy Lee GibaldiSamantha Rose GoldburgKristopher Thomas GontzesAlejandro GordilloNeal Sanjay GosainCaitlin GraafJannike Xenia GrayGabriella Noel Greco

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Charles JohnsonMorgan Donahue JordanDavid Dongmin KangAmy Elizabeth KaplanVeronica Quinn KarpHenry Ace KnightJacqueline Marler KocumMadison Sloane KominskiJonathan Patrick KonkelNicholas Richard KotAlexander Donald Kowalski

Robert Joseph KozloffRonald Paul KwiatkowskiRiver Rose KynochGabrielle LebowitzDominic Piers Kawe LeeElliot Goodman LeeRuth Ya-yuen LeeMarian Elizabeth LeLashCaroline Beatrice LelloucheEve Victoria LemmaIsaac Martin LernerNina LevisonJake Bryan LightmanMelissa Ann LiikMichael Warren LoderBrittany Anne LofgrenKatherine Marie LombardiAva Leigh LorenzPeter James LozyniakSamantha MacchioJustin Connor MacDougallAdriana MaconochieDevin Patrick MahoneyMichelle Sarah MaireHannah Corinne MakowskeKathryn Patricia MarshallTyler Robert MarxDanielle Suzanne MathewsMichael Jeffrey MattsonAlexandra Amanda MaxwellParis Pomeroy McAdamCavan S. McCaffreyAlexis Lee McCarthyKailley Meagan McGannonPeter F. MeehanSteven Christopher MichosHarris Benjamin MillerJeffrey Douglas MintzSamuel Smith MitchellMegan Alexandra MontanaroAlyssa Katherine MontanoJackson Paul MorrisBrianna Frances MurphySophia Sjaivo NaserJeremy Paul NelleMorgan Lee NetherwoodJohn Robert NeumannAlexandrea Marie NevilleOlivia Mae NickelElizabeth Maura O'BrienMarisa Lynn O'ConnorVictoria Allyn O'HalloranAlexandra F. O'HaraLaura Carolyn OlsavskyNicolas Quentin OrnafTaylor Graysen OwenZachary Thomas OzyckAnthony Edward PantalenaEthan Marcus PearlstoneJonathan Andrew PelzarGrace Elizabeth PendletonCavan Niall PerrottRachel Elizabeth PeyserDominique Melissa PignoneMichael PilyuginPatryk John Plonski

Gayle Caroline PowellAnne Hayes PreisJose Luis QuispeDanielle Alexa RaposoMickinzie Paige ReedSamuel Dylan ReedDavid Philip RejeskiMatthew Coates RiccioSteven Michael RiccioAmy Jean RilingZachary James RizzoAshley Nicole RobertsonKyle Patrick RobeyMargaret Hope RonkAlissa Jean RosaKimberly Clara RyngThomas Shay SamaritanoNoah Martin Armster

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THE JOEL BARLOW CLASS OF 2012 GRADUATES

by Henry KnightCommencement Speaker

Graduates, classmates, friends. Welcome. As many of you know, I initially intended to assemble a collage of fun facts to represent the class of 2012. Unfortunately, the brev-ity of this speech precludes me from doing so. The sheer volume of our accolades abbreviated in the summa-tion of a laundry list would surely bore you, for each of you is distinctly aware of how special our class is, and how awesome all of you are. Instead, I decided to focus on a few things I find equally as important: ducks vs. rabbits,

playgrounds, and sombreros. So, to begin, let us delve

into the disparity between rabbits, which, as we know, have ears, and ducks, which, conversely, have beaks. A week ago, a package addressed from JBudd, my senior English teacher, sur-faced amidst the clutter of my kitchen table. Via express mail, he shipped each of the students in my class a chil-dren’s book entitled, “Duck! Rabbit!” The New York Times bestseller explores the visually ambiguous depiction of a neck jutting from the bot-tom of each page, atop which a puzzling head is perched. A black eye adorns the ovu-

lar head, with two distinct extremities emerging from the face such that the image may be perceived as a rab-bit furling its ears or a duck snapping the bills of its beak. The debate stems from the paradoxical realization that a rabbit does not quack with its ears, nor does a duck sniff with the back of its head. The authors of this madden-ing work of literature surely intended to confuse or puz-zle the smallest of children. So did JBudd. To this text, which arrived out of the blue uninvited, he ascribed delib-erate value: “Enjoy Duck!

‘Great “un”expectations’

‘A cheesy graduation speech’

Anne Dolan was one of the two commencement speaker.

Performing at the graduation ceremonies were Class of 2012 members of Barlow’s Select Choir.

See Cheesyon page 10A See Great on page 10A

Henry Knight was a commencement speaker at the graduation ceremonies.

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DiPalma MatthewRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Samantha GoldburgBarnard College

Vance HancockCornell University

David KangAmherst College

Henry KnightBrown University

Jake LightmanColgate University

Hannah MakowskeUniversity of Michigan

Paris McAdamBoston College

Laura OlsavskyNortheastern University

Kyle RobeyMiddlebury College

Douglas StreatYale University

Peter ‘Thacher’ WastromMiddlebury College

thanks,” Taylor said.Chris Darrow and Justin

MacDougall also made announcements to the friends, family, and fac-ulty members present. The first was that a memorial will be put in the court-yard at Joel Barlow High School in memory of Rob Smuniewski, a member of the Class of 2011 who lost his life in an accident last year. Class funds will pay for the memorial to carry on his legacy, they said.

Liam Baker was also on the mind of the two boys. Liam passed away in the eighth grade and

would have been part of the Class of 2012. “He is present in our hearts and thoughts today.” A moment of silence was held in memory of the two boys.

Continuing on with the ceremony, commencement speakers Henry Knight and Anne Dolan addressed their fellow classmates and the 2012-13 Select Choir performed.

Dr. Bernard Josefsberg, superintendent of Easton, Redding and Region 9, completed his first year as superintendent as the Class of 2012 completed their last year at Barlow.

“On behalf of our teach-ers and parents, I hope that we have equipped you to fly high and land well. Most importantly, I hope that we have equipped you to walk straight and upon

solid ground,” said Dr. Josefsberg. “I wish you a good walk — unspoiled by any thin soles, strait laces or loose heels you may experience along the way.”

Dressed in white caps and gowns, the 229 Joel Barlow High School seniors accepted their diplomas from Cathy Gombos, Region 9 Board of Education chair. Maurizio Viselli and Nicole Sherwood, members of the Class of 2013, called out the names of the seniors as they walked across the stage.

Senior class president Douglas Streat closed the ceremony with part-ing remarks to his class and the Joel Barlow High School Orchestra lead the recessional with Pomp and Circumstance.

AffairContinued from page 8A

BARLOW’S TOP 12 STUDENTS

The Angell-Breault-Staley Advisory left the last meet-ing with balloons, dough-nuts, and Ramen Noodles supposed to represent our past, present, and future. And the field hockey team sang “Don’t Stop Believin” at the top of our lungs on every single bus ride home. Let’s be honest, it doesn’t [get] any cheesier than that.

I could stand up here and reminisce forever, but my memories are not yours. While as a class we have a number of common

experiences, I can’t pos-sibly identify your individ-ual cheesy moment. It may have occurred on a playing field or in a classroom. It may have involved a teach-er, a friend, or a stranger. But there is for certain at least one thing over the past four years that has made your face light up.

And if middle school was one grilled cheese and high school was two grilled cheeses, now we have the chance to find a third grilled cheese.

Since freshman year, Barlow sustained us with lunches and knowledge and experiences. But by now, two grilled cheeses are just not enough! We are ready for more options and greater autonomy. We

are ready to explore new things and to find new rea-sons to smile.

Just... don’t expect them to appear out of nowhere. Take charge. Pinpoint the things that make you hap-piest, and incorporate them into your life. Go to the gro-cery store, buy some bread and cheese, and make your-self as many grilled cheese sandwiches as you want. If you’re feeling adventur-ous, add tomatoes or bacon or mustard or something else entirely. Enjoy your sandwich, and enjoy the life you have ahead of you. Move forward. But occa-sionally, look back on high school and embrace the cheesiness of it all.

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Rabbit!,” he admonished, “and keep it close whenever the tendency strikes you to form judgments too quickly.” Vintage JBudd, keeping us on our toes, keeping us guessing, keeping us cognizant. He is by no means the exception to the rule, though he does exemplify it: Our school hoard’s creative teachers who constantly sur-prise us.

This is the gift Joel Barlow High School has bestowed upon us, and the gift for which we must thank you: The freedom to be unexpect-ed. To be bold. To be brazen. To be audacious. Our teach-ers allowed us to be who we are, to explore who we may become, and to discern how exactly we may grow into the men and women we want to be. The gift to which I refer is not merely the information we’ve learned, but rather, the

way in which we’ve learned it. It is not mandated by our curriculum, nor does it mani-fest in the facts we’ve mem-orized, the equations we’ve manipulated, or the literature we’ve analyzed. Instead, this present, of which we are the recipients, arose in Mr. Huot’s tangents, which were rarely, if ever, mathematically tangen-tial and in Mr. Eller’s, “Hey look! A squirrel!” moments, which never failed to impart wisdom pertinent to life as it should be lived.

So how may we use the gift of the unexpected, embodied by our teachers, to impact the world we now inhabit? Believe it or not, it’s possible that the wisdom we derive from the duck-rabbit conundrum is integral to our success.

Sooner than we anticipate, jobs applications will displace college applications, and life’s blunt edge will strike us with the hefty force of reality. A degree is now merely a piece of paper scribed in fancy cal-ligraphy. Fifty-three percent of bachelor’s degree recipi-ents under the age of twenty-five languished without a job this year. The world is satu-

rated with thousands of gradu-ates exposed to the plight of unemployment, waving their degrees in despair and ask-ing the world, “Why me?” But the question any employer or admissions officer will ask is, “Why you?” And what a defining question that is! Yes! Why you? Why me? Why us? What can we do to differenti-ate ourselves?

“Unexpectation.” Success is increasingly predicated upon risk, creativity, and inno-vation. If you don’t believe me, consider Google’s hir-ing practices. Management poses quirky questions to its interviewees to elicit inven-tive responses. Past applicants solved the logistics of fitting an elephant inside of a refrig-erator while others devised a zombie apocalypse evacua-tion plan for the city of San Francisco. So, Class of 2012, if you were shrunk to the size of a nickel and thrown into a glass blender, how would you get out before the blades started to move? You have sixty seconds. GO. And if you manage to answer in the next sixty seconds, Google expects you to derive six additional

solutions to the same problem. The point is, we can’t afford to be generic if we hope to have a meaningful future. Instead, we must risk being unexpected. Original. Imaginative.

Anne Dolan once imag-ined, “What if the government built massive playgrounds for adults to play on? Wouldn’t that be awesome?” Isn’t that what life should be? A jungle gym! The exchange of ideas among playmates! Remember that we build the playground itself, and the playful interac-tion which its existence neces-sitates, upon the scaffolding of unadulterated imagination. Steve Jobs adopted this mind-set when he advised, “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” YES! What if we all loved what we did? There must be more to chase in this world than comfort. Maybe, just maybe, if we inform our work with insatiable passion and an open mind, our imagi-nations will sneak up on us in mysterious and unexpected

ways. And perhaps, if we are unexpected in our pursuit of passion, our passion will be unexpected in its pursuit of us.

Calvin and Hobbes epito-mizes “unexpectation.” The comic strip’s profound insights explore the wisdom of Calvin, a cunning six-year old boy, and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes. One strip I find particularly applicable to today. In the first panel, Calvin props himself against a tree, his eyes glazed by indifference and his arms crossed with apathy. Hobbes asks, “What are you doing?” to which Calvin responds, “Being cool.” Hobbes observes, as only an animate stuffed ani-mal can, “You look more like you’re being bored.” Calvin extrapolates, “The world bores you when you’re cool.” Hobbes adopts a pensive stare. He takes a leave of momentary absence and returns wearing a sombrero. He sidles up to Calvin, points to his sombrero, and exclaims, “Now we can both be cool!” Calvin rolls his eyes and replies in indignation, “A sombrero? Are you crazy? Cool people don’t wear som-breros.” Hobbes traipses off in dismay, but leaves us with

this nugget of wisdom: “What fun is it being cool if you can’t wear a sombrero?” And really, isn’t he right? If we cannot meld work and play into a fun and challenging hybrid of the two, then why must we attain an education, a degree, and a job?

So in closing, I leave you with one charge: Find your sombrero, Class of 2012. Stay hungry. Stay bold. Stay unpre-dictable. Do not settle for sta-bility: Take risks, even the ones that may be foolish or embarrassing.

A world devoid of som-breros is a world that casu-ally accepts boredom and inevitably adopts indifference. Many years ago, in elementary school, I was bored, and I said so. My mom replied, “No, you’re not! Boredom doesn’t exist in this world. Stop whin-ing.” Do not let the parasite of stagnation infect your life: Stoke your imagination and prod the innovation that slum-bers amidst us all. Be uncon-ventional. Be unexpected. Be you. The fiesta of our first reunion awaits us, Class of 2012. Don’t forget your som-brero.

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Barlow seniors march into the O’Neill Center. Once inside, Alexandra Bender reacts to a speaker’s words while Veronia Karp shakes hands with Cathy Gombos, Region 9 board chair.

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Katherine Acocella• Jesse P. Sanford Boys' and Girls' Club

Katherine Acocella • The National Honor Society Award

Brian Allan • US Marine Corps Semper Fidelis

Award For Music Excellence • Weller Foundation - Eleanor F.

Moore Business AwardWilliam Ashton

• The James Morros Memorial Award

• The Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award

• The National Honor Society AwardMaria Fernanda Avila-Vazquez

• The National Honor Society AwardRachael Balinski

• The Easton Redding Community Coalition Scholarship

Logan Barer • The Joel Barlow High School

English Oratorical AwardJames Barickman

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Student Award in Overall Music Instrumental

Jesse Beatty • The Greater Bridgeport Retired

Teacher’s AwardAlexandra Bender

• The Joel Barlow Alumni Association Scholarship

Alexandra Bender • The National Honor Society Award

Christopher Biedermann • The National Honor Society Award

Matthew Billy • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in Health

Julie Brown • The National Honor Society Award

Julie Brown • The Outstanding Service to

Student Council Award - President • The Russell Lloyd Equi Memorial

AwardJennie Bunce

• Jesse P. Sanford Boys' and Girls' Club

• The John Hichawa Award for Outdoor Adventure

Jack Cartafalsa • The Madman As Hero Award

Megan Ceva • The National Honor Society Award

Alexander Cheu • The National Honor Society Award

Zachary Cordelli • Al and Rose Wittemen Annual

AwardZachary Cordelli

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Student Award in the Study of Emergency Pre-hospital Care

Emma Cornell • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student

Award in Health • The National School Choral Award

Lily Creighton • The Lynn Bielawa Memorial

Athletic AwardCormac Cummiskey

• The Joel Barlow High School English Oratorical Award

Paige Damascus • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in Physical Education

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Student Award in Technology

• Joel Barlow Arts Foundation Award for Visual Art

• Joel Barlow Arts Foundation Award for Fine Arts - Visual Arts

Christopher Darrow • The Harrison T. Doyle Award • The Joel Barlow Memorial

ScholarshipTeuntje Deen

• Scholastic Art AwardAmelia DeLise

• The Joan Parker Memorial Scholarship

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Education Award

Carol DeSalva • Joel Barlow Arts Foundation Award

for Fine Arts - Performing • The Spanish Community Outreach

Award • The Joel Barlow High School

English Oratorical Award • The National Honor Society Award • The Unico Scholarship Award -

Bridgeport ChapterMatthew DiPalma

• American Mathematics Competition - 12th Grade School Top Scorer

Anne Dolan • The Barlow Spotlight Award • The National Honor Society Award • The National School Orchestra

AwardSiobhan Dotson

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Student Award Overall Music - Choral Program

Caitlyn Elliott • The Georgetown Veterinary

Hospital AwardAllyson English

• The Greater Bridgeport Board of Realtor's Award

Kristen Frier • Regional Internship Program

Samantha Goldburg • Joel Barlow Principal's Leadership

AwardSamantha Goldburg

• Science Research Awards • The National Honor Society Award

Jannike Gray • The Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund

AwardGabriella Greco

• Regional Internship Program

Atika Gupta • The National Honor Society Award

Vance Hancock • Randy Potter Memorial Award • The Joel Barlow High School

English Oratorical Award • Weller Foundation - Senior

Science AwardPeter Heitsmith

• The Joel Barlow High School English Oratorical Award

Isabella Hermantin • The National Honor Society Award

Carly Hohorst • Scholastic Art Award • The National Honor Society Award

Mia Jacobson • The National Honor Society Award

Charles Johnson • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in Business

• The Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award

Morgan Jordan • Science Research Awards • The National Honor Society Award • The Parent-Teacher Student

Association Reflections Contest Award - Literature - 1st Place

David Kang • Fairfield County Math League -

Team Top Scorer • Michael J. Friedman Memorial

Award • The National Honor Society Award

Amy Kaplan • The National Honor Society Award

Veronica Karp • The Barlow Spotlight Award • The Joel Barlow High School

English Oratorical AwardHenry Knight

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Student Award in Social Studies

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Student Award in English

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Student Award in Science

• The National Honor Society AwardJacqueline Kocum

• The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants Award

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Senior Award

Madison Kominski • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in French

• The National Honor Society AwardNicholas Kot

• The National Federation of State High School Association Award of Excellence

• The National Honor Society AwardAlexander Kowalski

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Student Award in Math

• The Myron L. and Claire B. Gordon Foundation Award

• The National Honor Society AwardRiver Kynoch

• US Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award

Ruth Lee • Science Research Awards

Marian LeLash • Scholastic Art Award

Caroline Lellouche • The Joel Barlow High School

English Oratorical AwardEve Lemma

• The National Honor Society AwardJake Lightman

• Michaels Jewelers Award • The National Honor Society Award

Zachary Loery • The Dwight Eisenhower Award

- Sponsored by the Redding Republican Town Committee

Katherine Lombardi • Ken. W. Harman Memorial

ScholarshipPeter Lozyniak

• The Randy Potter Barlow Spirit Award

Samantha Macchio • The National Federation of State

High School Association Award of Excellence

• The National Honor Society AwardJustin MacDougall

• The John Hichawa Award for Outdoor Adventure

• The Robert Smuniewski Memorial Scholarship

Hannah Makowske • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in Science

• The National Honor Society AwardKathryn Marshall

• Joel Barlow High School Art Award for Graphics and Computer

• The Easton Lions Club - Bob Monk Memorial Award

• The Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund Award

Tyler Marx • The Alvin Ruml Environmental

Studies Prize - Sponsored by the Redding/Georgetown Democratic Town Committee

Jaime Mastroni • The Barlow Spotlight Award

Paris McAdam • The Cathy Shoults Munro

Memorial Scholarship • The Pamela Goodpaster Service

Award • The David Sanford Memorial

Scholarship • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in Math

• The National Honor Society AwardAlexis McCarthy

• Regional Internship Program • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Senior Award

Steven Michos • US Marine Corps Distinguished

Athlete AwardJackson Morris

• Joel Barlow Arts Foundation Award for Fine Arts - Music

Jackson Morris • The Joel Barlow Alumni

Association ScholarshipJackson Morris

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Student Award in Drama

• The Joel Barlow High School English Oratorical Award

• Weller Foundation - Paul w. Broggi Communications Award

Elizabeth O'Brien • Mikey's Way Foundation Award • The National Honor Society Award

Laura Olsavsky • Michaels Jewelers Award • The National Honor Society Award

Taylor Owen • The Joel Barlow High School

English Oratorical AwardZachary Ozyck

• Ken. W. Harman Memorial Scholarship

• The Dean Brush Memorial Award • The Joel Barlow Scholarship Fund

AwardAnthony Pantalena

• US Marine Corps Semper Fidelis Award For Music Excellence

Grace Pendleton • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in Art

• Scholastic Art AwardDominique Pignone

• Regional Internship Program Gayle Powell

• The Daughters of the American Revolution - Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter

• The National Honor Society AwardJose Quispe

• The Barlow Spotlight Award • The Parent-Teacher Student

Association Reflections Contest Award - Visual Arts - 2nd Place

Danielle Raposo • The National Honor Society Award • The Outstanding Service to

Student Council Award - TreasurerDavid Rejeski

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Student Award in Business

Matthew Riccio • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in English

Kyle Robey • Andrew E. Lange Memorial Award • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in French

• The National Honor Society AwardKimberly Ryng

• The National Honor Society Award • The Outstanding Service to

Student Council Award - Vice President

Noah Sanderson • The Louis Armstrong Jazz Award • The Peter Burton Hanson

Memorial Award for Humanity Fund

Jakob Schloss • The Redding Garden Club

Maxwell Schwear • Scholastic Art Award • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in Art

• The Joel Barlow High School English Oratorical Award

• The National Honor Society Award • The Rhode Island School of

Design Annual Art AwardJackson Sennett

• The John Philip Sousa Band Award • The National Honor Society Award

Jane Skalkos-Baldyga • Scholastic Art Award

Nolan Stauffer • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in Physical Education

Savannah Stone • The Easton Garden Club

Douglas Streat • The Administrator's Service Award • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in Spanish

• The National Honor Society AwardOlivia Tompkins

• The National Honor Society AwardSamuel Torchio

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Student Award in Social Studies

• The National Honor Society AwardEmma Tower

• The National Honor Society AwardFrank Traggianese

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Outstanding Student Award in Technology

Charlotte Ullman • The National Honor Society Award • The Ridgefield Symphony

Orchestra ScholarshipOlivia Ventricelli

• The Joel Barlow Education Association Education Award

Kylie Wallin • The Chartwells Scholarship

Thacher Wastrom • The Joel Barlow Education

Association Outstanding Student Award in Latin

• The National Council of Teachers of English Award

• The National Honor Society AwardEmily Winter

• 2012 Integrity Scholarship Award • The Fairfield Rotary Foundation

Scholarship - "Service Above Self" • The Joan Hollinghurst Memorial

Award • The National Honor Society Award

JOEL BRLOW HIGH SCHOOL RECOGNIZES STUDENTS WITH AWARDS

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