High school report

Appoquinimink

Appoquinimink

Dominic Zamara, Brianna Abate, Adam Bonar, Kate Joynt, Dennis Mirza and Sydia Campbell were named AHS students of the month for January. They were nominated by the science department for their hard work in the classroom and commitment to our values of achievement, honor and service and were recognized Friday by Principal Keisha Brinkley.

Also Friday, a pep rally honored our winter sports teams, who are doing well. Check out www.jaguars-sports.com to see their results and the current game schedule.

The Music Program will hold their annual mattress fundraiser Saturday in the school commons from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The program offers top-quality mattresses at a deep discount and sales benefit our music programs.

– Amanda Conley

Middletown

The AFJROTC Drill and Colors Competitions Teams competed in the Blue Hen Classic Drill Competition at William Penn High School Jan. 14 against six other schools. The Middletown teams earned 7 awards: First in Unarmed Inspection, led by Cadet 2nd Lt. Stanley Ward; first in Color Guard, commanded by Cadet Col. Alex Arellano; second in Unarmed Regulation Drill, commanded by Cadet Lt. Col. Stephen Todd; second in Armed Regulation Drill, commanded by Cadet Maj. Hunter Whitney; first place Knockout Drill winner was Cadet Chief MSgt. Justin West,; second place Knockout Drill winner was Cadet Maj. Maxwell Gick; and third place Knockout Drill was Cadet 1st Lt. Drew Grier.

Students in the musical theatre dance class performed their annual musical revue, “Perspectives” Jan. 13. The performance included selections from “Anything Goes,” “Gypsy,” “Hairspray,” “West Side Story” and “Les Mis.” Featured soloists included Alexis Anabel on “Broadway Baby” from Follies, Taylor Wright on “Home” from “The Wiz,” Kylie Boggs on “I’ll Be Here” from “Ordinary Days,” Leigh Willis on “Shy” from “Once Upon a Mattress” and Ted Doyle on “Those Were the Good Old Days” form “Damn Yankees.” Course instructors Amanda Chas and Rocky Tejada directed the revue.

Brandywine

Brandywine

The wrestling team finished in the top 10 of the Green Knight Tournament and these wrestlers placed in their weight classes: John Kranz, first; Samir Roane second; Frank Majewski and Dean Rodgers, third.

Mount Pleasant

Engineering students learned how to weld aluminum from Brian Wroten and OscarTorres from the BSD Facilities Department. The students designed, built and tested a tennis ball air cannon, complete with adjustable pressure, elevation and Z-axis rotation.

– Emily Gripp

Colonial

The Wallin School

Wallin, Colonial’s alternative, held its first SAT administration Jan. 21 with students from Wallin and other schools taking the test there. It was part of the school’s plan to develop and implement activities that prepare students for life after high school.

William Penn

William Penn’s National Honors Society inducted its new members Jan. 26. Students who are chosen to apply for this program must demonstrate character, citizenship, leadership, scholarship and service in addition to having 3.35 GPA or higher. Once inducted, the participate in community service activities, school and community awareness programs and fundraising.

— Josie Taraskus

Red Clay

Alexis I. du Pont

The Community School Connection Talent Show, held Jan. 20, helped more food and clothes than last year and also raised more than $500. All donations will be given to community organizations to help families and children.

A Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control talked to the Honors Earth Science and Environmental Science Honors classes Jan. 23 about climate change and its effects on Delaware,and how Delaware is preparing for these effects.

The First Year Experience class and some members of the Early College Academy class will go Wilmington University for the Black History Month event “Harriet Tubman: The Chosen One” Wednesday.

The Junior/Senior Prom will be May 19 from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Deerfield Country Club. Tickets will be sold March 20-30 for $85 each.

— Vicki Kohl

Cab Calloway

Junior Megan Allen is the 2017 winner of the Lincoln Club of Delaware Essay Contest. Megan will be honored in February at a black tie dinner where she will receive a $1000 scholarship.

Senior Beatrice Black’s Youth in Art Month flag design was selected by the Delaware Art Education Association to be made into a flag and represent the State of Delaware at the National Art Education Association Annual Convention in New York City this March.

Sophomore Sheyenne Allen has been selected to travel to Costa Rica on Feb.13 - 20 to represent the U.S. Girls’ Olympic Development team in Soccer. They will play against the Costa Rican National team, as well as other club teams. Sheyenne will be considered for the U.S. National and Olympic teams during this trip.

Freshman Madison Washington was awarded third prize at Christ Church Christiana Hundred and the YWCA Delaware’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Communication Contest on Jan. 15 held at The Baby Grand in Wilmington.

--Colleen Flickinger

Conrad

The Chinese program held its 2016 Chinese New Year’s Celebration Thursday. Students put on Chinese performances and enjoyed all types of Chinese cuisine.

On Feb. 4, the Swim Team will hold its first “Swim-A-Thon” for charity. The team will be swimming for Special Olympics Delaware. Their goal is to raise at least $5,000.

Rickey Howell and Shaun Dukes were selected to 2017 All-State Band. They will gather with other high school musicians for an April 1 concert at Salesianum High School.

The Jan. 26 Dress Down Day supported Justin’s Beach House. It maintains a home in the Bethany Beach area where families with cancer can have a place of respite and enjoy some fun family time.

Tickets are on sale now for the annual Conrad “Winter Ball,” which will take place on Feb. 10 from 7 to 10 p.m.

The Blue-Gold Club is currently taking orders for “Spread the Word to End the Word” T-shirts to support Special Olympics Delaware.

This past week, students voted for a new mascot: the Clippers, the Phoenix,or the Red Wolves. The winner will be announced Feb. 8 and celebrated Feb 9 with a Dress Down Day and with the boys’ basketball game vs. DMA.

-- Cole McLaughlin

Delaware Military

DMA will be providing a color guard Feb. 17 at dedication ceremony of a “POW –MIA Chair of Honor” in Cabela’s at the Christiana Mall. The ceremony will begin at 8 a.m..

— Brittany Carson

Vo-Tech

Delcastle

National Honor Society and Student Council students who will be traveling to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Leadership Experience And Development Conference include juniors George Grimes, Jackie Gutierrez and Breahna Riess from business tech; Malik Hardin, Katie Hernandez and Heidi Hernandez from graphic arts; Tamara Chalmers from culinary arts; and Emountey White and Micah Williams from dental assisting.

Delcastle has 246 students registered in 42 SkillsUSA events from Feb. 6 to Mar. 3.

Hodgson

Hodgson will join other technical and skilled programs statewide to compete in the 2017 Skills USA competitions throughout the month of February.

The students of the month were honored Jan. 25 with a special breakfast with principal Jerry Lamey. They were math, Nathan Caldwell; ELA, Anthony Massey and Lily Turner; science: Jordon Waller; social studies, Avery Womack; Spanish: Ashley Palko; cosmetology: Margarita Isbell; technical drafting, BriyaMiller; and health information technology, Ronyae Chapman.

Nurse Technology juniors and seniors are partnering with the Blood Bank of Delaware to host the annual schoolblood drive in the gym Monday. All donors will be given a free T-shirt.

St. Georges

Fourteen seniors in the Health Information program are working with community facilities, completing training in receptionist and basic clinical skills, and medical billing and coding. Partners include Dedicated to Women OB/GYN, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware Sleep Center, Glasgow Spine, Dsouza and Associates, and Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens.

The Culinary Arts Department was one of three schools selected to create and serve hors d’oeuvres for the party after the inauguration of Gov. John Carney Jr. Jan 17. The departmentprepared and served shrimp bruschetta, smoked brisket sliders, kale salad and a blueberry basil sorbet for 1,500 people.

Charter

Delaware Design-Lab

On Jan. 14, 26 students attended Hope University at Drexel University where they participated in workshops to advance their leadership skills and build empathy for families with cancer. One of the service projects was creating T-shirt blankets for children with cancer. Students from the event shared their experience with their classmates and brainstormed service projects to help members of our local community.

The school spent Jan. 20 learning more about the presidential inauguration and tolerance. Some teachers engaged students in activities from the No Place for Hate Anti-Defamation League to support acceptance of differences and building community respect. Math teacher Joseph Pytel led a mock election of Coke vs. Pepsi, demonstrating how one choice may win the popular vote, but the other option could win the electoral college. In the afternoon, all of the teachers and students watched the presidential inauguration.

Private

Archmere

The Darley House, home of famed illustrator Felix O.C. Darley, will display work by Archmere students and art Teacher Terry Newitt. The opening reception is Feb. 24 at 5 pm. with violin music by Conor McAvinue ‘17.

Bella Abbrescia ‘18 has been selected for the 2017 National High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall in New York as well as the 2017 International High School Honors Performance Series at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. She will perform Soprano 1 in February and July with the Honors Choirs.

— Zoe Akoto

Padua

TV students Amelia Giordano ‘17 and Rachel Baker ‘18 covered the “Joe and Jill Biden Welcome Home” ceremony Jan. 20. They interviewed several people and recorded the ceremony from the press area.

Also Jan. 20, the world language department hosted 2014 alumna Jacki D’Amico. She talked about the importance of studying language and developing an appreciation for other cultures by sharing her experiences abroad as a student at Immaculata University.

Lydia Olivere ‘18 on Jan. 23 received her third consecutive Delaware Gatorade Girls Cross-Country Runner of the Year award.

Brooke Emmi ‘20 and Katie Buek ‘20, who have been part of the Girl Scouts for just under 10 years, were presented with the Girl Scout Silver Award Dec. 4. The Silver Award is the highest award a Girl Scout Cadette can earn.

Salesianum

Salesianum celebrated the feast week in honor of its patron, Saint Francis de Sales. Festivities included a Mass during which The Rev. Sandy Pocetto was welcomed home as the homilist. He a 1945 graduate who recently celebrated his 90th birthday. A new bronze statue of St. Francis by sculptor Brad Vanneman was unveiled and blessed in the lobby during a celebratory dinner Tuesday evening. It incorporates subtle symbols representing St. Francis de Sales and Salesian spirituality. Other feast week festivities include a house competition, dress down day, and pep rally.

— Kim Chiomento

Sanford

Some of our winter track Warriors welcomed former Vice-President Joe Biden home at last week’s track meet at Tower Hill.

The Upper School literary magazine, Inscape, earned an “Excellent” designation by the National Council of Teachers of English for last year’s edition. Inscape has been designated “excellent” or better for each of the last nine years.

Sanford’s 2017 Scholastic Art Award winners earned 33 total awards, including 6 gold keys and 11 silver keys, including Junior Paige Bobka with gold and silver keys in photography; junior Luke Oh with a gold key, four silver keys and three honorable mentions in photography; and senior Caroline Cook with gold and silver keys in Editorial Cartoons. Eighteen were recognized with Scholastic Writing Awards. The Gold Key winners were seniors Caroline Cook in Novels and Catherine Ao in personal essays. Silver Key awardees were seniors Olivia Civiletti, Caroline Cook, and Jack Warren in humor and junior Ananya Singh in journalism.

The annual Spaghetti Dinner’s theme of Pasta on the Prairie drew diners Friday in support of Sanford’s Service Club.

– Martin Hunt

St. Elizabeth

Senior Madison Schulz recently received her Gold Award, the highest honor in Girl Scouts, and freshman Paige Laning received her Silver Award, the second highest. Madison was also honored for being a graduating senior. Maddie’s service project involved placing pavers at the Canal Little League site. Paige’s project, a Knit-a-Thon, was held at Elkton United Methodist Church to benefit the Elkton Domestic Violence Shelter.

In the second WordWright Challenge meet of the year, seniors Jake Barks, Jonathan Hendricks, and Declan Kennard all earned near-perfect scores, placing among the 250 highest-scoring twelfth graders in the country.

Twelve St. E students received in the 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Seniors Gina Bowen, Elijah Dockery, and Maddie Norris were named Gold Key winners in the photography category and freshman Anita Yuan was named a Gold Key winner in the fashion design category. They will now compete at the national level. Norris was also a Silver Key winner in photography and Yuan received Silver Keys in two fashion design categories and in comics. Honorable Mention nods went to seniors Alexa Cruz, Kailee Gautier, Julianna Owens, Avrey Toper and Angelo Tuono (who received two) in photography; senior Alexis Martin Del Campo in mixed media; senior Alyson Detterline in design; and junior Grace Rizzo in drawing. Anita Yuan received six honorable mentions – three in drawing, two in fashion design, and one in mixed media.

Catholic Schools Week kicks off today with a variety of activities planned. “A Mindwinter’s Dream” takes place in the St. E Center Lobby on Sunday from noon to 2. The free winter wonderland party hosted by the Art Department for children will include characters from “Frozen, crafts,” snacks and more. Donations to the St. E High School Art Department will be accepted. Other Schools Week events include the Great Penny Race to benefit St. E’s St. Vincent DePaul Society and Catholic Relief Services, a Monday morning assembly with a prayer service and Yearbook Dedication, “Donuts at the Car Door” for parents as they drop off their students, a Mini-Variety show for 7th grade students, an all-school service project, Academic Bowl for grades 7 – 12 and an all-school Mass with Bishop Malooly at 8:30 Feb. 2.

— Declan Kennard

St. Mark’s

At Ursinus, the girls track & field relay team of Lauren Augustynowicz, Caroline Puhl, Kacey Tramont and Sarah Donaldsontime of 13:54 broke the school record for the distance medley relay by nine seconds.

St. Thomas More

Four students have been selected to participate in the 2017 Delaware All State Senior Choirs. The sophomore Sarah Aleman was chosen as soprano I, Mixed Choir; senior Anastasia Bole as alto II, Mixed Choir; junior Marissa Garzarella as alto I, Treble Choir and senior Molly Thompson as alto II, Treble Choir. Bole and Thompson qualified for All State Choir for six consecutive years, beginning in seventh grade. The All State Senior Choirs will perform Feb. 25 at Cab Calloway School of the Arts.

Tall Oaks

Freshman Sarah Zhu won a Gold Key in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Painting category. Freshman Mariko Turley and junior Naomi Mengel earned Silver Keys and senior Rebekah Orlando won an Honorable Mention in the photography category. Sophomore Christal Fan received an Honorable Mention in the drawing & illustration category. Mengel also received a Gold Key for a critical essay, two Silver Keys for another Critical essay and poetry, and an Honorable Mention in the flash fiction category. Senior Kana Turley earned an Honorable Mention for poetry.

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Tatnall

Senior Anji Dai ‘17 and junior Jack Tigani ‘18, both Gold Key winners in the 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, have been recognized as two of five statewide American Visions nominees. American Visions nominees are selected from all Gold Key winners across the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards as the “Best in Show” for each region. Dai was nominated for her drawing, “The Fish Ate the Girl,” and Tigani was nominated for his digital art piece “Eternal City.” Both are now eligible to win the prestigious American Visions Award for the state of Delaware.

Devon May ‘17, one of Tatnall’s Independent Scholars, will exhibit his scholarly work, which includes graphic design and visual art that reinforces the importance of African Americans to our history and culture, at The Delaware Contemporary from March 10 to March 13.

Freshman Napoleon Hernandez ‘20 broke the Delaware Freshman State record with a time of 51.45 during the recent Yale Indoor Track and Field Classic

Sarah Carroll ‘20, Annika Delport ‘20, Skyler Knox ‘20 and Zac Narimanian ‘20 have been selected to participate in the Global Youth Leadership Institute’s (GYLI) three-year high school sequence. It fosters global pluralism, collaborative leadership and environmental sustainability. This summer, they will travel to Mystic, Connecticut, and spend four days on a tall ship as part of the program entitled “Sailing in the Wake of Our Ancestors.”

— Nicole Fullerton

Tome

This week, Tome’s Promise in Sight Brigade left to set up an eye clinic in Nicaragua. Seniors Carissa Brubaker, Nick Hughes and Nancy Zhang, as well as juniors Jared Moxley, Lindsay Lane and Julia Swoboda transported 500 pounds of donated prescription and non prescription glasses to distribute to patients in Nicaragua during the week-long trip. Led by Dr. Lisa Stottlemyer (mother of freshmen Hannah and Jake Stottlemyer), college counselor Shelley Pierce, Tome parent Patrick Swoboda, and former Tome Spanish teacher Beth Gerrish and her husband Mike Gerrish, the students will assist doctors by translating and giving eye exams. Alumni Gabrielle Szymanski and Frank Donley also returned to assist Promise in Sight.

— Gabriela Rivero

Tower Hill

Twenty-three Scholastic Art Awards were recently given to Tower Hill art students. Sophomore James Li was awarded five Gold Keys and three Honorable Mentions in photography, junior Will Borda received a Gold Key and an Honorable Mention in photography, senior Allen Wu was awarded a Gold Key and two Honorable Mentions in photography, junior Adam Fisher was awarded Honorable Mention in photography, junior Lauren Formanski was awarded Honorable Mention in photography, sophomore Skye Wu was awarded both a Silver Key and an Honorable Mention in photography and a Silver Key in Drawing and Illustration, freshman Lina Zhu was awarded Honorable Mention in painting, junior Caroline Elson was awarded a Silver Key in Drawing and Illustration, junior Samantha Silvers was awarded one Silver Key each for both painting and sculpture, and junior Julia Smith was awarded a Silver Key for photography.

On Friday, Upper School students watched “The Mask You Live In,” the third installment of the Movies That Matter Film Series. The movie focuses on how boys and young men navigate their individual identities while grappling with American standards of masculinity.

On Jan. 21, the athletes and the spectators were thrilled to see former Vice President Joe Biden walk into the Tower Hill track meet one day after leaving Washington, D.C. Biden gratified the crowd by posing for photos and taking selfies of himself with students and spectators.

— Jade Olurin

Tri-State Christian Academy

On Jan. 19, the Mock Trial Team defeated Perry Hall High School 50 to 25 out of a total possible score of 60. Senior Alex Meganhardt had the highest witness score possible, and junior Luke Silva had a perfect attorney score.

The PTF was to host a family skating event Saturday at the Fred Rust Ice Arena. After the skating, families were to watch UD play Liberty University in an ice hockey game.

The drama class’s “Les Miserables” last week featured a sold out opening night show directed by Susan Criddle.

— Mariela Rivero

Ursuline

Jacqueline Lockwood ’13 returned for the Alumnae Speaker Series Jan. 20. The founder of Lockbriar Ice Cream Co. as well as a full-time college student, she talked about her passion for flavors, food and agriculture and encouraged them to pursue their passions even if it means making sacrifices. Jacqueline lives on her family’s farm while attending college, does catering jobs, updates product labels and creates new ice cream flavors.

— Nina Kegelman

Wilmington Christian

Junior Andrew Dingwall will compete in the Poetry Out Loud semifinals Feb. 7 at Delaware State University. He also tied for first place on bassoon in the Delaware All-State Orchestra auditions. That concert will be March 4 at 9 p.m. at The Tatnall School.

— Francesca Fioravanti

Wilmington Friends

All State Choir singers senior Emily Rossi and junior Jack Hanson performed a duet at the inauguration of Gov. John Carney and Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long Jan. 17.

Friends hosted a History Bowl Tournament Jan. 7 for 29 regional teams. WFS had a record number of students competing, 44 students on 11 teams. Two JV teams qualified for the playoffs, and one qualified for the JV National Championship. Students on the JV playoff teams included: freshmen Harry Anderson, Sean Brady, Weldin Dunn, Mary Koenig and Ariel Shweiki; and sophomores Maggie Coons, Lucy Knudsen, Connor Miller, Daniel Nakamura and Bella Stuccio. One Varsity WFS team qualified for the tournament playoffs and for the Varsity National Championships: juniors Cecilia Ergueta and Jake Morris and seniors Katy Shannon and Gustavo Silveira.

The Random Acts of Kindness club, led by sophomore Ali Miller, will be selling carnations starting Tuesday. Proceeds will help the Club to promote Random Acts of Kindness Week, coming in February.

Senior Kalyn Nix, along with the upper school B+ Club, is leading a fundraising campaign for the B+ Foundation.

Last week, Charity Water & Ecology, led by senior Sarah Gooderham and junior Hareena Houston, hosted its annual hot chocolate fundraiser to raise money for the organization Charity Water. The GSA committee hosted a bake sale, in partnership with the hot chocolate fundraiser, to support LGBTQ+ all-inclusive dance, coming in the spring.

— Sadie Proud