HKMS: Cougar Celebrations March 2019

By Jennifer Olsen, HKMS Principal.

We recognize students and their achievements at our monthly Town Meetings and want to share these celebrations with you too.

Cougar Spotlight for March

The Cougar Spotlight is a recognition for students who are showing excellence in the classroom. Each month teachers will nominate students and each student will be visited by Dr. Olsen to talk about his/her work. In our main office, our Cougar Spotlight bulletin board is filled with examples of students’ excellence. The following students were recognized for March by academic teachers and AAFA teachers:
Fifth Grade:  Collin Green, Maggie Miller, Josh Frith, Reagan Aronson, Dan McCourt, Anthony Quattlebaum, Avery Maxwell, Rowan Baucom, Grace Natanzon
Sixth Grade: Jeff Thebeau
Eighth Grade: Kristen Thebeau
In April, the Cougar Spotlight will feature additional sixth grade students and students in Applied Academics and Fine Arts.

Cougar Core Value Award Winners for March

Our Cougar Core Value Awards are given to students who exemplify one or more of our Cougar Core Values: Respect, Responsibility, Acceptance, Kindness, and Perseverance. These Core Values were developed and accepted by HKMS students, parents, faculty, and staff in 2016, and we recognize students each month. We appreciate these students’ commitment to upholding our core values and being role models at HKMS.

Team 5-1
Julia Downing: Kindness, Perseverance, Respect & Responsibility
Emma Giaccone: Acceptance, Kindness, Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility
Payton Rich: Kindness, Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility

Team 5-2
Jacob Gordon: Kindness, Perseverance and Respect
Juliana Pienkos: Kindness, Perseverance and Respect
Sydney Wrinn: Kindness, Perseverance and Respect

Team 6-1
Clare Link: Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility
Catherine Lomuntad: Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility
Cody Robinson: Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility

Team 6/7
Joseph Jacobs, Gr. 6: Acceptance, Kindness and Respect
Grace LaConte, Gr. 6: Perseverance
Julia Mitchell, Gr. 7: Respect and Responsibility
Brian Nguyen, Gr. 7: Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility

Team 7-1
Tessa Izzo: Acceptance, Kindness and Perseverance
James Marchetti: Kindness and Respect
Christopher Palmieri: Acceptance, Perseverance and Respect

Team 8-1
Isabel Berardino: Kindness and Responsibility
Juliana Gagliardi: Kindness and Responsibility
Mason Gorham: Respect and Responsibility

Team 8-2
Kaleigh Bodak: Kindness and Respect
Tyler Perry: Kindness, Perseverance and Respect
Vincent Salamone: Perseverance and Responsibility

Applied Academic and Fine Arts, Grade 5
Gabriel Blair (Physical Education):  Kindness and Respect
Randal Hale (Physical Education): Perseverance
Alexander Karber (Spanish): Kindness, Respect and Responsibility
Nicholas Salamone (Band): Respect and Responsibility

Applied Academic and Fine Arts, Grade 6
Matthew Lara (Art): Perseverance, Respect and Responsibility
Cody Robinson (Technical Education): Kindness

Applied Academic and Fine Arts, Grade 7
Claire Eighmy (Spanish): Perseverance and Responsibility
Alejandra Morales (Art): Kindness, Respect and Responsibility
Leeha Reddy (French): Perseverance and Responsibility
David Sargent (Health): Kindness, Respect and Responsibility

Applied Academic and Fine Arts, Grade 8
Pooja Badami (French): Perseverance and Responsibility
Anadalay Garcia (Chorus): Perseverance and Responsibility
Tyler Parker (Health): Perseverance and Responsibility
Audrey Wrinn (Foods):  Kindness, Respect and Responsibility

Student Honors for Supporting Connecticut Veterans
During the 7th and 8th grade Town Meeting, we recognized eighth grade students for the work they have done to honor, support, and teach about veterans. We are so proud of them!
Students recognized for their Patriot’s Pen essays for the VFW:  Anna Bolduc, Madeline Gordon, Amanda Ketchedjian, Tyler Perry, Vincent Salamone, Abigail Jones, Alexander Lara, Brenna Lonergan, Julia Favalora, and Catherine Haas.
Students who donated to and/or participated in the annual Veteran’s Day Road Race:  Joseph Giaccone, Brooke Lloyd, Gillian Miller, Max Selmer, and Colton Merola.
Students who raised funds for the Rocky Hill Veterans’ Home:  Kaleigh Bodak, Lorin Danaher, Sarah Henderson, Ashlen Ruocco, Audra Yazmer, and Payton Yazmer.
Students who taught younger peers about veterans:  Georgia Cancroft, Lola Chagnon, Paige Corcoran, Allie Rafferty, and Ella Geissler.