A.D. Oliver Middle School

4th Annual Night of Excellence

Awards Ceremony

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Jim & John Vlogianitis Gymnasium

SUNY Brockport 6:30 pm

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A special thank you to our students who played so beautifully as we arrived this evening. Those participants are:

Violins: Laura Bishop, Arjun Dwivedi, Pallas Hoffmann, Emily Lawrence,

Mackenzie Monnier, Jenna Rivera, Kha’Ny Sangasy

Violas: Camden Heavelyn, Joshua Sidebotham, Hannah E. Williams

Cellos: Oriel Hodge, Abigail Moore, Cormac Sullivan

Baritone: Isaac Strong; Clarient: Xia Hoffmann

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Welcome Mrs. Melody Martinez-Davis

Principal

Introduction of Distinguished Guests

Department Academic Awards

ELA Mrs. Elaine Farrand

Highest Achievement

6th Grade: Hadeel Amireh, Eileena Frey, Emma Hopsicker, Raegan Hughes, Paul

Johnston; 7th Grade: Laura Bishop, Maeve Grady, Madison Isenberg; 8th Grade: Vic-

toria Allen, Madison Degenfelder, Maggie Schultz

Exceptional Effort

6th Grade: Olivia Caleb, William Ross, Jeffrey Xue, Jerry Zhang; 7th Grade: Natalie

Cuzzupoli, Jake Daly, Hannah E. Williams; 8th Grade: Joseph Ames, Dakota

Ruhlman, Devyn Scheidt

Most Improved

6th Grade: Jerome Brock III, Joshua O’May, Hanna Sands, Brooklynn Stone; 7th Grade: Dylan Cramer, Daniel Liucci, James O’May; 8th Grade: Cole Beardsley, Jor-dan Dick, Lael Weiss

Mathematics Mr. Jerrod Roberts

Highest Achievement

6th Grade: Hadeel Amireh, Julia Frederick, Paul Johnston, Megan Smith; 7th Grade: Olivia Bombay, Lauren Dailey, Cooper Hassall, Samantha Mazzarella; 8th Grade: Chey-enne Chapman, Emily Overmyer, Olivia Petronio

Exceptional Effort

6th Grade: Cameron Burbano, Ian James, Sarah Kiesow, Mia Miranda ; 7th Grade:

Alyssa Kiener, Emily Kiracov, Ava Schalge, Merin Squillante; 8th Grade: Antony Gilbert,

Krista LaManna, Anna Wojtas

Most Improved

6th Grade: Dallis Adams, Marissa Ciufo, Ruby Hoyt, Elijah Perry; 7th Grade: Joseph Glynn, Tyler May, Nicholas Natale; 8th Grade: Yaimaris Amores-Aguiar, Riley Beadling, Jordan Dick

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Enriched Mathematics Mr. Jerrod Roberts

Highest Achievement

6th Grade: Emma Hopsicker, Savanna Isenberg; 7th Grade: Jasmyn Miller

Exceptional Effort

6th Grade: Brenna Munn, Indigo Pardun; 7th Grade: Greta Hall

Most Improved

6th Grade: Josh Sidebotham, Nathan Spurr; 7th Grade: Oriel Hodge

Algebra Mr. Jerrod Roberts

Highest Achievement: Nicholas Johnson

Exceptional Effort: Cora Rose

Most Improved: Hayden Cook

Science Mrs. Amy Phillips

Highest Achievement

6th Grade: Maggice Chen, Berit Dauenhauer, Emma Hopsicker; 7th Grade: Greta Hall, Jasmyn Miller, Zarek Owen, Jacob Rightmyer; 8th Grade: Abby Foley, Sarah Overmyer, Zachary Williams

Exceptional Effort

6th Grade: Aiden Onofreychuk, James Ramsay, Megan Smith; 7th Grade: McKen-na Nicholls, Abbigail Stepanek, Caitlyn Vergari; 8th Grade: Christo Abraham, Sharon-Marie Bartz, Ethan Molyneux

Most Improved

6th Grade: Stephanie Maar, Nicole Waldecker, Timofey Zinurov; 7th Grade: Anto-nio De Ingeniis, Jacob Sutton, Alejandro Torres; 8th Grade: Jordan Dick, Emma Hull, Lael Weiss

Earth Science Mrs. Amy Phillips

Highest Achievement: Madison Degenfelder, Nicholas Johnson

Exceptional Effort: Molly Smock, Nathanael Strong

Most Improved: Tyler Holland, Mallory Robinson

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Social Studies Ms. Kathy Salecki

Highest Achievement

6th Grade: Hadeel Amireh, Emma Hopsicker, Dylan Kleehammer; 7th Grade: Kaylee Blum, Jacob Miller, Joseph Stempien; 8th Grade: Nicholas Johnson, Jacob True, Zachary Williams

Exceptional Effort

6th Grade: Jenna Cring, Abigail Moore, Josh Sidebotham; 7th Grade: Paige Elliott, Alexis Potter, Alek White; 8th Grade: Madison Degenfelder, Allison Hoke, Rebecca Milks

Most Improved

6th Grade: Brody Bonczyk, Alisabeth Indelicato, Timothy Reed Jr.; 7th Grade: Na-than Grego, Emma Manners, Emma VanWuyckhuyse; 8th Grade: Yaimaris Amores-Aguiar, Jordan Dick, Kevin Lawrenz Jr.

Team Zeta Mr. Eric Vaillancourt

Excellent Effort in ELA: Danielle Nottingham Most Improved in Mathematics: Madison Tubbs Most Improved in Science: Morgan Prey Most Improved in Social Studies: Darius Chatman

Team Nu Mr. Eric Vaillancourt

Most Improved in ELA: Alexander Paul

Exceptional Effort in Math: John Rounseville

World Languages Department Awards Mrs. Julie Dioguardi

Highest Achievement

French 7th Grade: Caitlyn Archibald, Merin Squillante 8th Grade: Joseph Ames, Jeremy Hopsicker

Spanish 7th Grade: Jake Daly, Madison Isenberg, Jacob Miller, Joseph Stempien, Mason Stuhler, Luke Wilcox 8th Grade: Allison Blum, Bobbi Cheves, Nathanael Strong

Exceptional Effort

French 7th Grade: Katherine Bieler 8th Grade: Cheyenne Chapman, Dakota Chapman

Spanish 7th Grade: Dylan Cramer, Riley Gardner, Layla Myers, Brianna Wheeler 8th Grade: Madison Degenfelder, Sarah Overmyer, Molly Rich

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World Languages Department continued Mrs. Julie Dioguardi Most Improved

French 7th Grade: Brianna Anselmo

8th Grade: Allison Hoke, Pearl Salonen-Roperti

Spanish 7th Grade: Joseph Bartolone, Onalya Gillispie, Noah Taylor, Hayden Watt 8th Grade: Jaimie Albro, Brock Gossling, Journee Mastowski

Physical Education Department Awards Mr. Todd Hagreen

3 Sport Athlete Awards

7th Grade: Baylee Bechtold, Christopher Benedict, Samuel Crocetta, Natalie Cuz-

zupoli, Jake Daly, Antonio De Ingeniis, Ella Fadale, Jacob Falvey, Liam Fitzpatrick, Na-

than Grego, Brianna Hursh, Spencer Ireland, Gavin Leverenz, Evan Miller, Layla Myers,

Jacob Rightmyer, Hannah Schwan, Emma Sodoma, Kiera Wilson

8th Grade: Joseph Ames, Cole Beardsley, Allison Blum, Antonio Collazo, Nina Dan-

no, Madison Degenfelder, Ryan Duell, Owen Gardner, Edward Guerrero, Joseph Herman,

Gavin Hugelmaier, Shaellan Hurley, Cody Huss, Ryan Judd, Henry Kemblowski, Patrick

Kiesow, Luke Lloyd, Sonny Mangini, James McArdle, Andrew McKee, Charles McKee,

Desmond McMillian, Quinton Meney, Bannon Moore, Alexander Reddick, Mallory Rob-

inson, Devyn Scheidt, Shawnee Staats, Kaleb Stephens, Nathanael Strong, Sydney Taylor,

Emily Vergari, Christian Weitz, Zachary Williams, Anna Wojtas

Presidential Award for Educational Excellence

Silver Medal Recipient: Gabriella Henick

Gold Medal Recipient: Amiya Plaskett

Student Council Awards Mr. Eric Vaillancourt

President: Olivia Petronio

Vice President: James McArdle

Secretary: Henry Kemblowski

Treasurer: Mallory Robinson

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Oliver Award for Academic Excellence Mr. Jerrod Roberts and Mr. Eric Vaillancourt

6th Grade: Hadeel Amireh, Allison Amoroso, Braedon Apple, Xavier Bauer, Anthony Brodner, Olivia Caleb, Maggice Chen, Connor Cook, Jillian Cordeiro, Muriel Coyle, Jenna Cring, Owen Cummings, Berit Dauenhauer, Heather Duell, Julia Frederick, Eileena Frey, Ma-kayla Haibach, Camden Heavelyn, Colin Hoage, Xia Hoffmann, Emma Hopsicker, Ian Hoyt, Raegan Hughes, Savanna Isenberg, Danielle Jewell-Wolf, Sarah Kiesow, Bradley Kleehammer, Dylan Kleehammer, Lillian LaShomb, Aidan Mayes Poduslo, Annabelle McGinnity, Cole Me-siti, Mackenzie Monnier, Abigail Moore, Brenna Munn, Nadia Nealon, Francis Nwokonko, Aiden Onofreychuk, Indigo Pardun, James Ramsay, Zachary Richards, Jenna Rivera, Kha'Ny Sangasy, Megan Smith, Nathan Spurr, Alexander Stoker, Ashley Stroup, Delaney Szabo, Paige Taylor, Paul True, Ava Velletri, Lucia Bella Viola, Shaelyn White, Philiasophia Wood, Jeffrey Xue, Jerry Zhang 7th Grade: Caitlyn Archibald, Audrey Bartholomay, Christopher Benedict, Katherine Bieler, Laura Bishop, Kaylee Blum, Olivia Bombay, Leigha Brugger-Fields, Quinn Carletta, Natalie Cuzzupoli, Lauren Dailey, Jake Daly, Jessica DiFilippo, Kathleen Dulus, Paige Elliott, Ella Fadale, Farrah Foehner, Maeve Grady, Moriah Greenman, Greta Hall, Oriel Hodge, Spen-cer Ireland, Madison Isenberg, Emma Jarman, Madison Juzwick, Alyssa Kiener, Emily Kiracov, Meaghan Leibert, Emma Manners, Julia Martin, Olivia Maxwell, Samantha Maz-zarella, Ethan Miller, Jacob Miller, Jasmyn Miller, Caitlin Minardo, Ivan Mofardin, McKenna Nicholls, Liam Northrup, Zarek Owen, Lily Panning, Alexis Potter, David Proctor, Jacob Rightmyer, Thomas Sidore, Merin Squillante, Joseph Stempien, Mason Stuhler, Cormac Sulli-van, Gianna Tribotte, Natalie Utz, Caitlyn Vergari, Hayden Watt, Leah Weinbeck, Alek White, Luke Wilcox, Hannah E. Williams, Kiera Wilson, Xavier Zayas

8th Grade: Gisela Allen, Victoria Allen, Joseph Ames, Olivia Amoroso, Kellen Apple, SharonMarie Bartz, Francesca Belde, Anna Bishop, Christina Bishop, Rebecca Blackburn, Alli-son Blum, Breiann Brinkley, Paige Carletta, Caspar Carson, Teagan Carter, Cheyenne Chap-man, Bobbi Cheves, Logan Christy, Alexander Cone, Ryan Danielak, Madison Degenfelder, Jenna Dewey, Rebecca Dresnack, Ryan Felice, Liliya Grego, Olivia Grome, Edward Guerrero, Emily Helfer, Margaret Hintz, Pallas Hoffmann, Tyler Holland, Jeremy Hopsicker, Cody Huss, Jennai Jackson, Nicholas Johnson, Marisa Johnston, Henry Kemblowski, Chelsea Larkin, Elaina Luce, Jamie Marchetti, Quinton Meney, Rebecca Milks, Sarah Overmyer, Brandon Palmerini, Olivia Petronio, Molly Rich, Mallory Robinson, Cora Rose, Elizabeth Sagan, Devyn Scheidt, Maggie Schultz, Derek Scott, Heather Smith, Molly Smock, Kaleb Stephens, Nathan-ael Strong, Sydney Taylor, Jacob True, Kaitlyn VanValkenburg, Emily Vergari, Dominic Viola, Zachary Williams, Anna Wojtas

Oliver Essentials Award Mr. Jerrod Roberts

Team Alpha: Rylee Pierce; Team Beta: Allison Amoroso; Team Gamma: Jenna Rivera Team Kappa: Luke Wilcox; Team Theta: Alyssa Kiener; Team Delta: Kiera Wilson

Team Lambda: Madison Degenfelder; Team Omega: Luke Lloyd; Team Sigma: Mallory Robinson

Team Nu: Alexander Paul; Team Zeta: Ryan Kurz

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Induction of Excelsior Society Members Mr. Jerrod Roberts and Mr. Eric Vaillancourt

Students in seventh grade who have averaged 90% or above for the first three marking periods are eligible for induction into the Excelsior Society. Students in eighth grade who did not meet the qualifications while in seventh grade, and have averaged 90% or above

for the first three marking periods in eighth grade are also eligible for induction.

7th Grade: Angel Arbelaez, Caitlyn Archibald, Princesa Arellano Jasso, Audrey Bar-tholomay, Christopher Benedict, Maya Benzan, Katherine Bieler, Laura Bishop, Kaylee Blum, Olivia Bombay, Evan Bovee, Leigha Brugger-Fields, Tevin Byfield, Quinn Carletta, Jacob Cole, Natalie Cuzzupoli, Lauren Dailey, Jake Daly, Austin Davis, Judson DeLany III, Jessica DiFilippo, Kathleen Dulus, Zachary Durney, Paige Elliott, Ella Fadale, Farrah Foehner, Ai-yana Galanti, Maeve Grady, Moriah Greenman, Greta Hall, Autumn Hartman, Cooper Has-sall, Nicholas Hinkley, Oriel Hodge, Lucas Im, Spencer Ireland, Madison Isenberg, Emma Jarman, Madison Juzwick, Solomiya Karabyn, Alyssa Kiener, Emily Kiracov, Meaghan Leibert, Gavin Leverenz, Jonathan LoMonaco, Emma Manley, Emma Manners, Julia Martin, Olivia Maxwell, Samantha Mazzarella, Gemma Meyering, Jasmyn Miller, Jacob Miller, Ethan Miller, Caitlin Minardo, Ivan Mofardin, Ethan Moyer, Layla Myers, Nicholas Natale, McKen-na Nicholls, Liam Northrup, Zarek Owen, Lily Panning, Alexander Paul, Tyler Phillips, Alexis Potter, Tionna Powell, David Proctor, Jacob Rightmyer, John Rounseville, Landen Schwab, Hannah Schwan, Thomas Sidore, Katlynn Sobolewski, Emma Sodoma, Merin Squillante, Jo-seph Stempien, Justin Stiles, D Isaac Stroup, Mason Stuhler, Cormac Sullivan, Angelina Svyrydyuk, Zachary Thomas, Alison Tintera, Gianna Tribotte, Natalie Utz, Emma VanWuyckhuyse, Caitlyn Vergari, Hayden Watt, Leah Weinbeck, Alek White, Luke Wilcox, Hannah E. Williams, Kiera Wilson, Maija Young, Xavier Zayas

8th Grade: Hayden Cook, Angelina Cooper, William Dittman, Makenna Dusett, Isiah Francisco, Jared Gossling, Brock Gossling, Adebola Olufemi, Michael Riotto, Pearl Salonen-Roperti

Pietrzak Award Mrs. Amy Phillips

Recipients: Paige Elliott, David Proctor, Hannah E. Williams

For Enthusiasm and Excellence in Science

In Fond Remembrance of Joseph Pietrzak

7th Grade Teacher & Friend to All

1985 - 2002

Diehl Award Mrs. Amy Phillips

Recipients: Princesa Arellano Jasso, Lucas Fox, Katlynn Sobolewski, Joseph Stempien

For Exceptional Effort and Steady Improvement in Mathematics

In Memory of Joanne Diehl

7th Grade Teacher, Loved & Respected by All

1974 - 1992

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Monroe County Youth Awards Sponsored by Legislator Mike Rockow

Previously awarded on June 6, 2017

“For Exemplifying Exceptional Character”

Christo Abraham, Teagan Carter, Logan Christy

Mallory Robinson, Colton Slattery

New York State Comptroller Mr. Jerrod Roberts 2017 Student Achievement Award

Recipient: Elizabeth Sagan

New York State Office of the Attorney General Mrs. Melody Martinez-Davis 2017 Triple ‘C’ Awards Program for ‘Character, Courage and Commitment’

Recipients: Olivia Grome & Devyn Scheidt

8th Grade Awards Bell Award Miss Joanne Zimmerman Mrs. Jessica Barton

Recipients: Henry Kemblowski, Mallory Robinson

In Memory of Jeffrey Bell “The epitome of the well-rounded student”

“An exceptional young man...deeply concerned about others as well as being an ambitious student”

April 26, 1962—August 14, 1976

Donsky Award Ms. Kathleen Salecki Mr. Joseph Goehle

Recipients: Molly Rich, Virginia Max-Dixon

In Memory of Marilyn Donsky 6th Grade Teacher & Instructional Specialist

She epitomized excitement, kindness and compassion in all of her relationships even through illness

1975 - 2006

Principal’s Choice Presidential Award for Educational Excellence

Recipient Chosen by Mrs. Martinez-Davis: Heidi Marcano

Recipient Chosen by Mr. Vaillancourt: Madison Isenberg

Recipient Chosen by Mr. Roberts: Christo Abraham

Closing Remarks Mrs. Melody Martinez-Davis

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Award Descriptions

Department Level:

Highest Achievement:

This award is given to the 6th, 7th and 8th grade student from each team who has earned the highest GPA in each given subject area.

Exceptional Effort:

This award is given to the 6th, 7th and 8th grade student from each team in recognition of exceptional effort demonstrated throughout the school year in each given subject area.

Most Improved:

This award is given to a 6th, 7th and 8th grade student from each team who has exhibited academic improvement from the beginning to the end of the school year in each given subject area.

Presidential Award for Educational Excellence:

World Language Department: This award recognizes a student who has shown academic success, whose outstanding efforts have enabled him/her to meet the chal-lenging standards of excellence.

Principal’s Choice: This award recognizes students who demonstrate high moti-vation, initiative, integrity, intellectual depth, leadership qualities and/or exceptional judgment.

Oliver Award for Academic Excellence:

This award recognizes our students who have excelled academically for the first three marking periods. These students maintained an average of 93.0 or higher.

3 Sport Athletes:

Any 7th and 8th grader who participated in three athletic sports during the school year.

Student Council Award

This award recognizes our Student Council leadership for the 2016-2017 school year. These individuals have demonstrated outstanding service and unwavering commitment to our school community.

Oliver Essentials Award

This award will honor and recognize a student from each 6th, 7th, and 8th grade team who exemplifies the Oliver Essentials of: Being Respectful, Responsible and Ready to Learn.

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