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NewHope‐SoleburySchoolDistrictBoardofSchoolDirectors

NightofPride2013

New Hope-Solebury Board of School Directors Night of Pride - May 20, 2013

Board of School Directors

Mrs. Amanda Elefante, President Mrs. Marlene Panzica, Vice President

Mr. Jonathan Adar Mrs. Susan C. Atkinson

Mr. Joseph G. Harraka, Jr. Ms. Alison Kingsley

Mrs. Valerie Mitchell Mr. John Vaughn Mr. Kurt Zander

Welcome...............................................................................Mrs. Amanda Elefante Pledge of Allegiance, Eagle Scouts Kenneth Fest, Austin Maloney, Bradley Neumann, Jonathan Rodrigues Journalism & Language Arts & Arts ……………….…...Mrs. Marlene Panzica Advisors: Mr. Drew Giorgi, Ms. Melanie Pittner, Mr. Glenn Preiss, Mrs. Karen Rosenburg, Mrs. Phyllis Smith, Mrs. Joann Neufeld Lion’s Tale - 1st Place – American Scholastic Press Association Editors –Lilah Dougherty, Kieran Tebben, Laurine Verwiel, Matt Wenz My High School Journalism – National Recognition “Mayer Thrills Listeners Again” – Kieran Tebben McCarter Theatre - 2013 Youth Ink Winners

Maggie Dougherty, Cady Heath

Philadelphia Writing Project – 2013 Scholastic Art and Writing Award Honorable Mention “Stitches, Graduations, and Scandinavian Chips” - Chloe Stein Columbian Scholastic Press Association, Silver Medal 2012 Yearbook – Madison Carpenter, Megan Gregory Phillips Mill Photographic Exhibition – High School Juried Show “Monkey Business”-Digital Photography – Angelina House Bucks County IU Art Showcase, “Crab” – Laura Reinert

Student Directed Play “The Mouse that Roared” - Jane Behre Recycled Fashion Design Runway – 1st Place/Partial Scholarship Moore College of Arts – Morgan Grabarz Reading Olympics……………………………………………Mr. John Vaughn Advisors: Elementary – Mrs. Nancy Riva, Middle – Mrs. Heather Derby, Senior – Mrs. Mary Schwander Volunteers: Mrs. Amanda Condello, Mrs. Beth Coulton, Mrs. Megan Dingas, Mrs. Rosemary Ferro, Mrs. Leanne Iannacone, Mrs. Suzanne Redfield 1st Place in Bucks County Elementary Competition, “The Dark Readers” Ella Czarnecki, Samantha Elser, Nick Garibaldi, Tatyana Harrison, Sara Hayden, Bryan Houlton, Sydney Ives, Christian Kruse, Shermin Mangat, Madeleine Mau-er, Cameron Parker, Valentina Waschbusch 1st Place in Bucks County Elementary Competition, “The Reading Nerds” Logan Amberson, Isabella Asplundh, Lear Asplundh, Annelise Dahin, Cole Da-vis, Maggie DeVito, Noah Keller, Isabella Kellner, Megan McDermott, Tate Pro-nel, Adam Singer, Maya Vaughn 2nd Place in Bucks County Elementary Competition, “Reading Rebels” Sindhu Billakanti, Tara Cooney, Sarah Deussing, Elsie Jones, Kaylee Lynch, Grady Magill, Mason Malerba, Robert Murphy, Danielle Nixon, Hailey Patel, William Renson, Anna Schmidt 1st Place in Bucks County Middle Competition, “That’s What She Read” Elizabeth Both, Alexandria Garibaldi, Jessica Greenup, Annaliese Keller, Kennedy Luke, Hannah Mailer 1st Place in Bucks County Middle Competition, “The Lions Don’t Care” Connor Campbell, Michael Duffy, Saptarshi Dutta, Emily Madara, Isabella Mailer, Nicholas Marino, Sarah Orwat, Kellyann Reidy, Quinn Reinert, Hannah Reszka, Cecilia Senyk, Krupa Shah, Mina Shokoufandeh 1st Place in Bucks County Senior Competition, “Blue Ribbon Dream Team” Jessica Bouloutian, Mackenzie Cavanagh, Kristina Degiovanni, Larissa DePamphilis, Katie Dick, Jessica Du, Erik Gould, Jaclyn Ignatowitz, Bradley Neumann, Jennifer Nowakowski, Isabella Panzica, Jillian Roberts, Emma Singer, Julia Stein

Odyssey of the Mind……………………………………….Mrs. Valerie Mitchell 1st Place Southeastern Regionals, Artchitecture, Division 2 Michael Duffy, Jessica Mullen, Kellyann Reidy, Gabrielle Roberts, Cecilia Senyk, Jessica Steinberg, Lauren Walinski MS Advisor: Sheila Steinberg 1st Place Southeastern Regionals, Tumblewood Balsa Problem, Division 3 Jasmine Bailey, Kalie Berman, Carrie Hetzel, Bradley Neumann, Jacob Stein-berg, Tiffany Tao, HS Advisors: Sheila Steinberg, Christine Elliott, LeeAnn Neumann MathCounts………………………………………………...Mrs. Valerie Mitchell Regional Competition Participants – Sachin Billianti, Michael Duffy, Claudia Koeppen, Malong Le, Mina Shokoufandeh, Kaylee Tao Coach: Mrs. Phyllis Smith Co-Coach and Peer Mentor: Ondrej Maxian Future City Competition……………………….………….Mrs. Valerie Mitchell Special Awards: “Total Quality Management” and “Sam Herb/Jack McGrath ISA Automation Award Zachary LeVeille, Jeremy Pether, Quinn Reinert, Emma Skuban Advisor: Mrs. Phyllis Smith Engineer Mentor: Mrs. Lynne Cavanagh from Bristol Meyer Squibb Bucks County Envirothon…………………………………Mrs. Susan Atkinson 2nd Place in County, 2nd in Group Competition Katie Kowalchick, Maia VanValkenburgh Advisor: Mr. Jeremy Pfancook Future Business Leaders of America……………………...Mrs. Susan Atkinson Technology Concepts—Alexander Fleschar Business Ethics—Michael Lewis, Jack Natale, Luigi Penza Business Math— Grace Wu, Chloe Verwiel Advisor: Mrs. Betty Ohanian PA School Boards Association Excellence Fair…………..Mrs. Susan Atkinson NHS START (Students Teaching Adults Resources & Technology) Program Angelina House, Savannah Koehne NHS TAKLE (Teenagers And Kids Learning by Example) Program Kieran Tebben, Laurine Verwiel, Matt Wenz, Emily Wenz Advisor: Mrs. Mary Schwander

American Math Competition……………………………...Mr. Joseph Harraka AMC 10—Josh Lee, AMC 12—Dennis Sun Advior: Mr. John O’Hara National Merit Scholarship Students ……………………..Mr. Joseph Harraka Commended Students: Juliana Depp, Katherine Dick, Eric Rong Finalists: Aaron Bockmiller, Chandler Fitzsimmons AP Scholars………………………………………………….Mr. Joseph Harraka Scholar: Jessica Bauer, Aaron Bockmiller, Mckenzie Cloutier, Andrew Connors, Dalton Corr, Noah Gross, Juliana Heffern, Kenneth Locke, Abigail Quinby, Connor Roberts, Catherine Weerts, Emily Wenz, Matthew Wenz, Zachary Wenz Honor: Cole Anderson, Alexandra Azanov, Jane Behre, Jonathan Berne, Caitlyn Cavanagh, Larissa DePamphilis, Katherine Dick, Jessica Du, Jaclyn Ignatowitz, Alexandra McCrorey, Madison O’Brien-Jones Distinction: Juliana Depp, Chandler Fitzsimmons, Ondrej Maxian, Eric Rong, Laurine Verwiel Individual Academic Achievements......................................Mr. Joseph Harraka Andrea Detlefsen Accepted to Vanderbilt University’s Pre-College Program (PAVE) Jessica Du Pennsylvania Society’s Benjamin Franklin Scholar Award Lucia Minniti PA State Health Occupations Students of America – 2nd Place for Medical Research Persuasive Speaking Madelyn Czupich Delaware Valley Regional Science Fair – Honorable Mention Chemistry Staff Recognition…………………………………………Mrs. Amanda Elefante Support Staff Mrs. Sherry Kondrosky, High School Principal’s Secretary Mrs. Linda Krapf, District Staff Secretary – Pupil Services Mr. Larry Randolph, Maintenance Mechanic Mrs. Guenevere Riess, Cafeteria Cook Mrs. Elizabeth Walter, Middle School Principal’s Secretary Professional Staff Mr. Drew Giorgi, High School Language Arts Teacher Mr. Charles Malone, Middle School Principal Mrs. Tammi McGlynn, Lower Elementary Teacher Mrs. Marisol Owtscharuk, Lower/Upper Elementary ESL Teacher

Bucks County Music Educators Association – Bucks County Music Festival……………………….…Dr. Raymond J. Boccuti Middle School Band - Isabella Buck, Alexandra Garibaldi, Shaelyn Parker, Gavin Rees High School Band - Laura Reinert Instructors: Middle School Band - Mr. Kevin Sasala, High School Band - Mr. David Bachart, Orchestra—Mr. Nick Wehr

Individual Musical Performance………………….…...Dr. Raymond J. Boccuti Andrew Connors District 11 Band, All State Jazz Band – Lead Trumpet, Calvalcade of Bands Jazz Soloist Award, University of the Arts All Star Band Lead Trumpet Player Leigh Ferro Pennsylvania Music Educators Awards – District 11 Chorus Matt Wenz Calvalcade of Bands 5 Time Jazz Soloist Award Andrea Detlefsen and Jessica Du Pennsylvania Music Educators Awards – District 11 Orchestra - Violin Pennsylvania Music Educators Awards – Regional VI Orchestra - Violin

Nashville Festival of Music…………………………….Dr. Raymond J. Boccuti NHS Symphony Orchestra Superior Rating - 2nd Place 2nd Overall Orchestra Jess Bauer, Lia Brussock, Alyssa Capel, Brianne Cook, Dalton Corr, Andrea Detlefsen, Katie Dick, John Dick, Jessica Du, Lynn Ferro, Jessica Glassman, Michaela Glover, Colin Hiriak, Michael Iverson, Hannah Jordan, Christin Kim, Jasmin Mangat, Carolyn Mercatanti, Logan Mohr, Bradley Neumann, Nevin Rae, Hannah Singer, Summer Streitfeld, Sarah Summerson, Tiffany Tao, Laura Waters, Emily Wenz, Grace Wu, Catherine Xu NHS Chamber Orchestra Superior Rating-1st Place Best Overall Orchestra Jess Bauer, Lia Brussock, Alyssa Capel, Jessica Du, Lynn Ferro, Michaela Glover, Colin Hiriak, Hannah Jordan, Christin Kim, Logan Mohr, Nevin Rae, Summer Streitfeld, Grace Wu, Catherine Xu NHS Concert Band Good Rating –2nd Place Nikia Beavers, Brenna Brandes, Jackie Cabelus, Teddy Carroll, Mackenzie Cavanagh, Caitlyn Cavanagh, Jordy Cheneval, David Churchill, Cameron Costello, Aysia Grondall, Lissie Heffern, Julianna Holland, Elizabeth Hung, Emma Kirsh, Josh Le, Alex Lotier, Brianna McGarry, Emily Peshek, Glenna Post, Laura Reinert, Suzanne Siranni, Anna Sirianni, Branden Smith, Dennis Sun, Mia VanValkenburg, Paul Vetrano NHS Jazz Band Superior Rating -1st Place Alex Azanov, Alyssa Capel, Andrew Connors, Dalton Corr, Jake Dupont, Max Eberling, Luke Eberling, Andre Garibaldi, Madison Ghiz, Alexandra Kanovsky, Brian Kerr, Con-rad Markwalder, Logan Mohr, Caroline Pauley, Chris Pauley, Connor Roberts, James Russen, Emma Singer, Patrick Toohey, Matt Wenz, Zach Wenz

NHS Chamber Orchestra - Superior Rating 1st Place Upper Dublin HS String Festival

Individual Athletic Performance Bicentennial Athletic League (BAL)………………………Mr. Jonathan Adar ALL BAL (Fall Season – Girls Sports) Cross Country Alexa Botelho, Katie Boyce, Maggie Czupich, Andrea Detlefson, Allison Russo, Hannah Singer, Madison Walsh

Field Hockey Maeve Doolan, Madison Ghiz, Jackie Ignatowitz, Grace Massimino, Marisa Mazza, Lauren Weller

Soccer Meredith Crilley, Ciara Keane, Taylor Mohr, Laura Tocci, Meghan Wilson Volleyball Casey Coughlin, Madison Jaronski, Emma Singer, Madison Tinkel ALL BAL (Fall Season – Boys Sports) Cross Country Greg House, Andrew Kalinovich, Colin McClusick, Dylan Selbst Golf Andrew Bove, Leo Massimino, Roland Massimino

Football Frank Covino, Jason DeVenuto, Joseph Dwight, Cody Foy, Connor Hayden, Taylor Heineman, Kevin Jarrett, Billy Malamis, Tyler Nangle, Danny Sutton

Soccer Jon Berne, Patrick Brennan, Collin Curran, Jack Natale ALL BAL (Winter Season) Boys Basketball Jack Dougherty, Matt Massimino, Spencer Tinkel

Girls Basketball Jessica Glassman, Grace Massimino, Katelyn Suler, Meghan Wilson

Wrestling Dan DiPasquale, Robert Giacobbe, Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Jarrett, Ryan Sumichrast, Jonah Warshawsky

ALL BAL (Spring Season) Baseball David Cherkowsky, Jack Dougherty, Joseph Stadler, Spencer Tinkel, Jake Ves-ling, Anthony Vlahovic

Girls Lacrosse Caitlyn Cavanagh, Maggie Dougherty, Julie Hunter, Bailey Jaronski, Birdie Powell Boys Tennis Yegor Vasilenko, Joshua Wilson Girls Tennis Caitlyn Cavanagh, Kristina Degiovanni, Genevieve Hobson Girls Track and Field Alexa Botelho, McKenzie Cloutier, Aysia Grondahl, Hannah Singer, Madison Walsh  Boys Track and Field Jacob Goodman, Colin McClusick, Greg House, Tobias Mintzmyer Coach Recognition Coach Mike Clarke (Girls Cross Country), BAL Coach of the Year Coach Rick Fedele (Boys Basketball), BAL Coach of the Year Coach Chris Shank (Girls Soccer), BAL Coach of the Year Coach Gwen Smith (Field Hockey), BAL Coach of the Year Individual Athletic Performance – District, Region, & State…...................................................Ms. Alison Kingsley Cross Country - Alexa Botelho District One A Champion, 25th Place PIAA “A” Cross Country Championships Field Hockey – Jackie Ignatowitz, Marisa Mazza, Alexandra McCrorey NFHCA Academic All-State Golf – Roland Massimino District One AA Champion, 9th Place in Regionals, 16th Place in State Championships Swimming – Ondrej Maxian District One AA Champion, 500 Yard Freestyle

Tennis – Genevieve Hobson BAL Champion, District One AA Champion, 4th Place in State Track & Field—Greg House District One AA Champion, 2 mile Wrestling – Robert Giacobbe, Ryan Sumichrast BAL Champions Athletic Letters of Intent Lauren Weller: Field Hockey, Monmouth University Patrick Dignan: Lacrosse, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Tyler Nangle: Lacrosse, Bellarmine University Taylor Mohr: Soccer, Elon University Laura Tocci: Soccer, Washington College Meghan Wilson: Soccer, Mount St. Mary’s University Athletic Team Recognition………………………………Mrs. Amanda Elefante Boys Varsity Basketball – District One AA Champions Coaches: Rick Fedele, Glen Ockenhouse Players: Andrew Bove, Patrick Brennan, Justin Cebrick, Timothy Czupich, Dan-iel Doolan, Jack Dougherty, Cole Fisher, Andre Garibaldi, Patrick Gimpel, Mayes Lane, Leo Massimino, Matthew Massimino, Ryan Shadle, Spen-cer Tinkel, Anthony Vlahovic, Max Wagner, Dalton Waterman Boys Varsity Cross Country – District One A Champions – 13th in State Coaches: Mike Clarke, Martin Suresh, Mark Staudenmeier, John Gorgol Players: Jake Dupont, Gregory House, Andrew Kalinovich, Kenneth Locke, Colin McClusick, Christian Oliveira, Daniel Schlussel, Dylan Selbst, Zach Wenz Girls Varsity Cross Country – BAL Champions, District One A Champions, 5th in State Coaches: Mike Clarke, Martin Suresh, Mark Staudenmeier, John Gorgol Players: Alexa Botelho, Kathleen Boyce, Maggie Czupich, Andrea Detlefsen, Brynn Lally, Allison Russo, Hannah Singer, Madison Walsh Girls Varsity Field Hockey – BAL Champions Coaches: Gwen Smith, Yona Rose, Jim Davis Players: Annie Behre, Kyle Chapin, Cameron Costello, Maeve Doolan, Maggie Dougherty, Mackenzie Garvin, Madison Ghiz, Jaclyn Ignatowitz, Kerry Leonardi, Grace Massimino, Marisa Mazza, Alexandra McCrorey, Kailey McCrorey, Emily Peshek, Jillian Roberts, Chloe Verwiel, Lauren Weller

Boys Varisty Golf – District One AA Champions Coach: Pat Dialto Players: Cabot Asplundh, Andrew Bove, Cameron Cathcart, Jack Dougherty, Kenneth Fest, Colin Hiriak, Max Masino, Leo Massimino, Roland Massimino Boys Varsity Soccer – District One A Champions Coaches: Ollie Hilliker, David Bachart Student Manager: Megan Gregory Players: Neil Baldasari, Matthew Barile, Jon Berne, Patrick Brennan, Collin Curran, Austin Dallago, John Dick, Brian Donahue, Lucas Ebeling, Connor Lemmons, Garrett Lemmons, Michael Lewis, Alex Lotier, Aaron Nagg, Robert Nagg, Jack Natale, Christian Oliveira, Chris Pauley, Luigi Penza, Alan Smith, Connor Smith, Riley Smith, Alexandre Vitart Girls Varsity Tennis – BAL Champions, District One AA Champions Coaches: Diane Roeser, Karen Douglass Student Manager: Connor Roberts Players: Caitlyn Cavanagh, Mackenzie Cavanagh, Brianne Cook, Kristina De-giovanni, Katherine Dick, Lynn Ferro, Jessica Glassman, Genevieve Hobson, Alexandra Kanovsky, Rachel Locke, Carolyn Mercatanti, Sophie Miller, Lucia Minniti, Brielle Morgan, Madison O’Brien-Jones Closing Remarks…….…………………………………Mrs. Amanda Elefante

Congratulations to All!

PROGRAM A very special thank you to Anna Marie Riggi for her attention to

detail and her patience in organizing our program book and printing certificates. Her efforts, along with those of

Vickie Behlert, MaryBeth Brookshaw, Robin Kilroy, and Betty Walter made this evening possible.

SLIDESHOW

Thank you to Mary Guertler for her time and creativity in creating our slideshow.

SOUND AND LIGHTING Thank you to Mike Kephart.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Thank you to Eagle Scouts: Kenneth Fest, Austin Maloney, Bradley Neumann, Jonathan Rodrigues

REFRESHMENTS

Thank you to Mr. John Dixon and our many parent volunteers.

FACILITIES Thank you to the Facilities Staff for preparing the Stephen J. Buck Theater for the evening.

MUSIC

Thank you to Mr. David Bachart and the entire Jazz Band for a night of great music: Alyssa Capel, Thomas Capriotti, Andrew Connors, Brian

Donahue, Jake Dupont, Max Ebeling, Alexandra Kanovsky, Conrad Markwalder, Logan Mohr, Caroline Pauley, Christopher Pauley, James

Russin, Emma Singer, Patrick Toohey, Matthew Wenz, Zach Wenz, Connor Roberts, Alex Azanov, Luke Ebeling, Andre Garibaldi, Connor Mundy,

Madison Ghiz, Brian Kerr, Dalton Corr.

STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHER Mia Kaminoff

Thank you for attending!

The New Hope-Solebury School District Board of School Directors is honored to recognize the outstanding

achievement and effort of our students and staff. Thank you to our community, families, staff, and administrators

for joining in our “Night of Pride” celebration.

Special Guests

Mayor Laurence D. Keller Members of

New Hope Borough Council and

Solebury Township Supervisors

Acknowledgements

Dr. Raymond J. Boccuti, Superintendent Mr. Ted Harrington, Director of Athletics

Mrs. Christina Lang, Principal NHS High School Mr. Charles Malone, Principal NHS Middle School

Ms. Amy Mangano, Principal NHS Upper Elementary School Mr. Kenneth Silver, Principal NHS Lower Elementary School

Mr. Peter Rivera, Director of Custodial Services Mr. John Dixon, Director of Food Services