HVRHS Senior Awards

FALLS VILLAGE — Graduating seniors at Housatonic Valley Regional High School were presented with awards on Monday, June 13.

Awards

League of Women Voters: Abigail LaFontan

Norma Lake: Jonathan Miller

Theodore Roosevelt: Benjamin Wilson

World Affairs Council of CT Service Leadership: Marina Matsudaira 

United Nations Assocation of Connecticut: Ashlee Baldwin

Academic Bowl: Jonathan Miller

Debate Team Leadership: Karl Grannan, Jonathan Miller, Riley Simmons 

Mathematics: Ashley Coon

John Philip Sousa: Ashley Coon

Louis Armstong: Abigail LaFontan

Eric Whitacre: Ashlee Baldwin

Director’s Band Award: Liam Grimaldi

National Choral: Alyssa Labbadia, Abbigale Karrick-Kovacs

Housatonic Musical Theatre:  Liam Grimaldi, Theodore Perotti, Malcolm Scott

Citation Awards: Marina Matsudaira , Jonathan Miller

CAS Student Leadership: Kevin Massey, Jamie Long

KCSSF/Moira Dolan: Abigail LaFontan

KCSSF/James Gadiel: James Bentley

KCSSF/Kent Grange: Grace Herde

KCSSF Alumni Award: Sierra Agard 

CAS Art Awards: Megan Ackerman, Grace Herde

Ron Viafore Arts Alive:  Grace Herde

David Armstrong: Gina Rocha

Jack Sparling: Johanna Whittlesey

Holly Adams: Johanna Whittlesey

HVRHS Fine Art Society:  Grace Herde

Presidential Academic Excellence: Marina Matsudaira, Jonathan Miller, Ashlee Baldwin, Ashley Coon, Chelsea Kearns, Abigail LaFontan, Hannah McGuire, Theodore Perotti, Karem Sakr, Clelia Tufts

Scholarships

Contemporary Visual Arts: Amanda Sears

Taconic Learning Center: Mairead Hodgkins

I.Kent Fulton Hausman: Jonathan Miller, Olivia Geiger, Emily O’Connor, Liam Grimaldi

Annemarie K. Peck: Sierra Agard

Matthew L. Peck: Amanda Sears, Lauren Gilderdale

Kara Zinke: Sierra Agard

Sharon Woman’s Club: Ashley Coon, Clelia Tufts

Sharon Land Trust: Clelia Tufts

Kent Lions Club: Abigail LaFontan 

Claudia and Stephen Segalla: Chelsea Kearns

NCES PTO: Lauren Gilderdale, Morgyn Gasperini, Alex Callinan, Shelby Jacquier, Hannah McGuire, Kirk Sprague

Suzanne Dunn:  Amber Ovitt

Daniel Parsons: Ashlee Baldwin

HVRHS Faculty Assocation: Chelsea Kearns, Clelia Tufts, Hannah McGuire, Alex Callinan, Shelby Jacquier, Amber Ovitt, Mairead Hodgkins, Emily O’Connor, Morgyn Gasperini, Olivia Geiger, Ashlee Baldwin, Sierra Agard

Burkhart, Lindsay, Brockway Robotics: Kianjai Huggan

Teddy Lee Drumm: Jacob Eckstein, Clelia Tufts

Student Government Assocation: Jamie Long, Theodore Perotti

Falls Village Scholarship Assocation: Justin Dean, Emily Hennessey, Mairead Hodgkins, Amber Ovitt

Cable Advisory of Northwest Connecticut/Tara-Marie Farrell: Justin Dean

FFA Alumni:  Shelby Jacquier, Eric Lallier

John Rice: Shelby Jacquier

FFA Scholarship: Shelby Jacquier, Chelsea Kearns, Rory Taylor

Daniel Bottass: Chelsea Kearns

Berkshire Litchfield Environmental Council: Jamie Long, Marina Matsudaira

Mad Gardener:  Grace Herde, Chelsea Kearns

Cornwall Woman’s Society: Jacob Hurlburt, Chelsea Kearns, Marina Matsudaira, Brittany Pinette

Greenwoods Community Church: Morgyn Gasperini

Litchfield Bancorp: Ashley Coon

Adam S. Michalek Knights of Columbus: Theodore Perotti

Rev. Joseph Forte Knights of Columbus: Mairead Hodgkins

St. Joseph’s Church, Daughters of Isabella: Theodore Perotti

Canaan Northwest Lions: Morgyn Gasperini

Delta Kappa Gamma Upsilon Chapter: Jamie Long

Salisbury Bank and Trust:

• R. Frederick Perkins: Emily O’Connor

• Jean R. Perotti: Marina Matsudaira

• William Ash: Lauren Gilderdale, Liam Grimaldi, Hannah McGuire

• Evelyn Hamlin: Amanda Sears, Clelia Tufts, Ashley Coon

• Harry Hyatt: Sierra Agard, Alex Callinan, Olivia Geiger

• Rhoades-Robinson:  Hunter Lyle, Ashley Coon, Abbigale Karrick-Kovacs

Berkshire Bank:

• Eleanor Sellew: Ashlee Baldwin, Alex Callinan

• Magda Johnson: Ashlee Baldwin, Alex Callinan

Anthony Dichello: Justin Dean, Chelsea Kearns, Hannah McGuire

Ben Guy: Theodore Perotti, Garett MacLaren

Carl Williams Civic Activities: Liam Grimaldi

Frances Ducci: Clelia Tufts

George and Lucille Buterbaugh: Liam Grimaldi

Margaret Derwin: Shelby Jacquier

Thomas and Antoinette McBennett: Abigail LaFontan

Charles and Antoinette Picken: Ashlee Baldwin

Litchfield County Tax Collectors’ Association: James Bentley

TV Cable Advisory Council: Brittany Pinette

Pat Pallone Canaan Chamber of Commerce: Ashlee Baldwin, Alex Callinan, Sofia Christinat, Justin Dean, Morgyn Gasperini, Lauren Gilderdale, Shelby Jacquier, Hannah McGuire, Amber Ovitt, Theodore Perotti

Canaan Exchange Club: Ashlee Baldwin, Alex Callinan, Sofia Christinat, Justin Dean, Morgyn Gasperini, Hannah McGuire, Theodore Perotti

Canaan Fire Co.: Ashlee Baldwin, Hannah McGuire, Rory Taylor, Theodore Perotti, Alex Callinan

Keri Perotti:  Marina Matsudaira , Rory Taylor 

HVRHS Alumni: Theodore Perotti

Salisbury Rotary Club: Sierra Agard, Ashlee Baldwin, James Bentley, Ashley Coon, Liam Grimaldi, Chelsea Kearns, Amanda Sears

John Hoffman: Grace Herde

Salisbury Pythian: Olivia Geiger

Sharon Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary: Amanda Sears

Sharon Lions Club: Ashley Coon

J. Kenneth Athoe-Montgomery Lodge:  Marina Matsudaira, Chelsea Kearns, Liam Grimaldi, Olivia Geiger

Edward M. Kirby:  Alex Callinan, Ashley Coon, Justin Dean, Liam Grimaldi, Theodore Perotti

Couch Pipa Post #6851 VFW: Sofia Christinat, Morgyn Gasperini, Lauren Gilderdale, Rory Taylor

Henry Becton (B-D):  Abigail LaFontan

Housatonic Valley Institute:  Marina Matsudaira 

Clyde G. Skelly: Alex Callinan

Mary S. Trant: Lauren Gilderdale

Dr. John Hughes Staples: Marina Matsudaira 

Dr. Paul W. Stoddard: Marina Matsudaira , Amber Ovitt, Theodore Perotti, Clelia Tufts, Sierra Agard, Morgyn Gasperini, Olivia Geiger, Mairead Hodgkins, Amanda Sears

Henry and Lou Burgess:  Lauren Gilderdale

Certificate to Valedictorian and Salutatorian: Marina Matsudaira, Jonathan Miller