Honor Roll

pine plains — The following students earned a place on the Stissing Mountain Junior/Senior High School honor rolls.

Junior High School

A honor roll

Sixth grade 

Michell Barron, Brianna Blackburn, Melissa Clancy, Robert Clark, Leandra Costa, Noah Curtis, Joshua Dolansky, Francis Francavilla, Sarah Griffin, Benjamin Hambleton, Jared Heggenstal, Maxwell Heggenstal, Jason Henry, Elizabeth Hieter, Gabriel Hieter, Sarah Leach, Marisa Markou, Nicholas McPherson, Charlotte Phillips, Estrella Ruano Montenegro, Rhylee Shaffer, Catarina Stoner, Elizabeth VanKleeck, Dominick Wisniewski.

Seventh grade 

Paige Arent, McKenna Ault Nolan, Chloe Baden, Alyssa Bathrick, John Bopp, Hannah Coon, Shelby Cornelius, Cameron Decker, Amanda Dillinger, Jonathan Falco, Carter Foley, Nola Gnewuch, Garrett Hanaburgh, Samantha King, GinaMarie Kirk, Richard Lamping, Morgan Leary, Matthew Magnarella, Antonio Mercado, Janine Mizgier, Autumn Prezzano, Jason Robinson, Nicholas Scaffidi, Vincent Scaffidi, Anna Schmid, Raegan Smith, Gregory Starzyk, Sidney Stracher, Isabella Watz, Tania Wells, Thomas Westpfal, Gionna Wrobel.

Eighth grade 

Matthew Arent, Hunter Atkinson, Alex Bass, Joshua Bay, Lourdes Belanger, Alyssia Beliveau, Grace Benziger, Lilyanna Brenner, Megan Brown, Connor Cavey, Brooke Chapman, Skylee Eiffert, Landon Fitzgerald, William Gnewuch, Lilianah Hague, Joshua Hieter, Jenna House, Emily Lindquist, Diego Lopez, Jacob Lyman, Abigail Marino, Autumn Matthews, Haley McCord, Emily Miguel Jimenez, Barbara Moody, Sadie Norman, Annette Prezzano, Chase Quinn, Maggie Reilly, Zachary Strang, Trinity Tietje, Emily Torre, Benjamin VanKleeck. 

B honor roll

Sixth grade

Kelsey Atkinson, Tessa Blackburn, Liam Canevari, Kaleb Chapman, Logan Disher, Miranda Ettari, Katherine Funk, Elliana Hay, Irene Lopez-Cruz, Christina Maisonet, Kaeden Mergendahl, Aoife Moloney, Angelina Otero, Alejandro Perez, Caden Plass, Hunter Rivers, Maxmillian Slominski, Richard Starzyk, Brandon Wurster.

Seventh grade 

Aidan Damon, Evan Dietter, Lily Fanea, Lindsay Farinaccio, George Hauptman, Krystal Hegarty, Tyler James, Miranda Koch, Raven Lattrell, Christopher Miller, Zoe Osofsky, Jacob Patterson, Breonna Plass, Shannon Reilly, Daniel Roach, Maylea Rothvoss, Katie Russell, Derek Shott, Arely Soria, Richard Spann, Nevaeh Stein, Lilliana Tagg, Jose Vazquez, Jake Wolfman. 

Eighth grade 

Barron Ara Cesar, Bryan Chavez Sanchez, Ashlee Conley, Jasmine Coon, Isabella Ducillo, Ashton Grom, Cailin Halladay, Olivia Hay, Brian Johnson, Yahir Lavariego Romero, Benjamin Prentice, Gavyn Queen, Ayden Slominski, Andrew Speedling, Anna Wyant.

Senior High School

 A honor roll

Ninth grade

Kaylynn Bahorik, Matthew Damon, Michael Dillinger, Sage Douglass, Victoria Douglass, Maddie Drago, Alejandro Farias, Brandon Fusco, John Hambleton, Emma Hostetter, Julianna Kalb, Brandon Kapple, Michael Kelly, Nolan Kozlowski, Katherine Lutz, Ryan Lynn, Dillon Maisonet, Britney Mercado, Meredith Michetti, Ava Schneeberger, Sasha Secor, Autumn Smith, Aaminah Zain Syed, Elliot Wilser, Zachary Zampko.

10th grade 

Jaylen Beliveau, Jordyn Briehof, Carly Bussey, Alexandria Coons, Anthony Deyoe, Paxton Dinsmore, Maggie Egan, Jordan Ettari, Adam Funk, Tyler Funk, Zachery Funk, Emma Hall, Adam Hess, Shelby Hinton, Damien Hurn, Matthew Leach, John Magnarella, Angelina Mannino, Ryan Marino, Jennifer Martin, Keara Nielsen, Yesenia Osorio,  Meadow Palmer, Dylan Parks, Mikayla Quinn, Kieran Reilly, Timothy Roach, Leah Schmid, Morgan Schuyler, Colleen Spizuoco, Samantha Spizuoco, Kathryn Starzyk, Ahmad Bin Syed, Paige Tegtmeier, Isabella Torre, Olivia Trevena, Roy Watson.

11th grade  

Abigail Audenino, Shane Benziger, Madyson Black, Melanie Boyles, Sarah Carver, Lauren Cerul, Alejandra Cruz, Samantha Haines, Jacob Henderson, Hannah Holmes, Liberty Kischuk, Katherine Lopez, Alejandro Lopez-Reyes, Juliana Losee, Alexandra McKenzie, Keyana McKenzie, Madison Michetti, Meghan Murray, Jeniffer Otero, Evan Proper, Emma Schaeffer, Johanna Scmidt, Trevor Slater, Angelina Spada, Isabella Starzyk, Tanner Storz, Bryce Stracher, Haley Strang, Alexa Sweeney, Nolan Talbot, Emily Tietje, Dariann Watson, August Westpfal, Alice Wilser, Wyatt Zadro, Cassandra Zeno.

12th grade 

Rosa Ambrocio, Holly Bay, Matthew Beam, Hannah Benham, Kelsey Bowen, Bradley Butts, Jansen Vater Ciampaglione, Vincent Vater Campaglione, Cortney Conley, Sideny Dagnino, Jeremy Dolansky, Jamie Dykeman, Christian Edmonds, Matthew Funk, Ethan Generelli, Kylie Gent, John Hafner, Devin Hay, Tessa Kilmer, William Kluge, Emma Krasinski, Molly Lacourse, Joshua Lawless, Melissa Leach, Samantha Losee, Megan Marshall, Aaron McGhee, Gavin McKenzie, Megan Merritt, Matthew Michetti, Alyssa Murphy, Cameron Near, Claire Norman, Brendan Poepplein, Masika Rivera, Rossina Ruano, Kara Schmid, Cathryn Simmons, Emily Smalley, Maya Tirone Goehring.

B honor roll

Ninth grade 

George Bruce, Kimberly Constantine, Bridget Donnelly, Emily Henry, Claudia Hill, Kaylie Jackson, Rebekah Lamont, Adolfo Lopez Cruz, Evan Matthews, Dustin Perry, Jayden Silvia, Alexandra Teetor, Kristiana Wilson, Miguel Zamora Santos.

10th grade 

Leah Brody, Peyton Gardner, Daniel Hegarty, Sarah Kluge, Kane Kozlowski, Emily Mason, Calab McCaul, Jacqueline Povall.

11th grade  

Christian Aldana, Heather Bay, Justin Briehof, Makayla Burns, Riley Ean, Wayne Lattrell, Angela LaValley, Mattison Leary, Cody McCarthy, Maegan Mitchell, Leovardo Osorio, Lizbeth Osorio Mancilla, Tyler Parrotte, David Prentice, Nicholas Saunders, Alexys Szymanski, Travis Walker.

12th grade 

Rachel Canevari, Devin DeSantis, Ethan Dinsmore, Peter Ducillo, Logan George, Brittany Hauptman, Jacob Lydon, Jake Menze, Brent Orlandi, Emily Sherman, Jordan Simmons, Samuel Sprauer, Lion Vega Ayala, Juan Zamora Santos.

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