HVRHS honors and awards for 2021 graduates

Housatonic Valley Regional High School announces their academic, athletic and extracurricular awards for the 2020-21 school year. 

Dedication of White Oak

Amy Bennett, Elizabeth Foulds

Norma Lake Award 

Charlotte Clulow

Frank N. Ruotolo Award 

Michelle Tittmann

Eleanor Roosevelt Award

Keaton Terrall

Daughters of the American Revolution Mary Floyd Tallmadge Chapter Good Citizenship Award 

Michelle Tittmann

Taconic Learning Center Adina Simonson Scholarship 

Keaton Terrall

Academic Bowl Award

 Charlotte Clulow, Keaton Terrall

Gordon P. Heyworth Award

Jacob Ellington

John Philip Sousa
Band Award

Charlotte Clulow

Louis Armstrong Jazz
Band Award

Elias Abbott

Director’s Award for Band

Micah Matsudaira

Eric Whitacre
Student Composition Award

Tabitha Maffucci, Natalie Nestler

National Choral Award

 Sarah Upson, Michelle Tittmann

Connecticut Association of Schools Arts Award

Cassidy Knutson, Sarita Oyanadel

Viafore-Sammartini artsAlive @ KCS Award

Melissa Mauri

David Armstrong Art Award

Aliza Luminati

Jack Sparling Award

Cassidy Knutson

Holly Adams Memorial
Art Award

Serena Kim

Patricia Chamberlain
Arts Award

Valentina Arango, Aidan McCarthy

CAS CIAC Student
Athlete Award

Charlotte Clulow, John Purdy

Pinnacle Athletic Award 

Charlotte Clulow, John Purdy

Athlete of the Year Award  

Neve O’Connell, Keaton Terrall

Housatonic Musical
Theatre Society Award

Charlotte Clulow, Tabitha Maffucci

Citation Award

Charlotte Clulow (Valedictorian), Michelle Tittmann (Salutatorian)

Kent Center School
Scholarship Fund:

The Moira Dolan Award

 Elle Raftery

The James Gadiel Award

 Brandon Santiago

The Kay Cracas Award

Nicholas Sheltra

Kent and Fulton Scholarships

Charlotte Clulow, Patrick Merrill, Emerson Rinehart, Michelle Tittmann

21st Century Fund for HVRHS Phoenix Awards

Isabella Anderson, Sirena Gualan, Spencer Lucas, Tristan Ralph

Kent Lions
Club Scholarship

Ryan Dorn, Elle Raftery, Brandon Santiago

Litchfield Hills Audubon Society Scholarship

Emerson Rinehart

Mad Gardeners Scholarship 

Justine Allyn

Ben Guy
Memorial Scholarship

Ryan Dorn, John Purdy

Kara Zinke Memorial Scholarship

Aidan McCarthy

Burkhart, Lindsay, Brockway Robotics Scholarship

Jacob Ellington, John Purdy

Sharon Woman’s Club Scholarship

Kaylie Anderson, Aliza Luminati, John Purdy

Claudia and Stephen J. Segalla Memorial Scholarship 

 Aidan McCarthy, John Purdy

Ann and Stan Segalla
Family Scholar-Athlete Scholarship

Marguerite Bickford, John Purdy

North Canaan Elementary School PTO Community Service Scholarship

Aidan McCarthy, Patrick Merrill, Justine Allyn, Paige MacNeil, Alexis Galgano

HVR Faculty Association Scholarship

Kaylie Anderson, Charlotte Clulow, Jacob Ellington, Alexis Galgano, Paige MacNeil, Tabitha Maffucci, Micah Matsudaira, Patrick Merrill, Emerson Rinehart

HVR Faculty Association Val Bernardoni Scholarship

Sirena Gualan, Aidan McCarthy

Couch Pipa Post #6851 VFW Scholarship

Sirena Gualan, Aidan McCarthy, Brandon Sorrell

Teddy Lee Drumm
Memorial Scholarship

Kaylie Anderson, Aliza Luminati, John Purdy

HVRHS Student
Government Association

Serena Kim, Michelle Tittmann

Falls Village Scholarship Association

Elaine Dekker, Nicholas Sheltra

FFA Alumni Scholarship

Justine Allyn, Sirena Gualan, Kirstyn Hoage, Brandon Sorrell

FFA Alumni
Edward Kirby Award

Sirena Gualan

John Rice Scholarship

Justine Allyn, Sirena Gualan

Clarke B. Wood Scholarship

Brandon Sorrell

FFA Scholarship

Justine Allyn, Brandon Sorrell

Contemporary Visual Arts Scholarship

Melissa Mauri

The Greenwoods
Community Church
Scholarship

Ashlee Minacci

Litchfield Bancorp
Scholarship

 Alexis Galgano

Berkshire Council 1520 Knights of Columbus
Scholarship 

Patrick Merrill

Daughters of Isabella

Patrick Merrill

Canaan Northwest Lions

Ashlee Minacc

Salisbury Bank & Trust Co.

Time to Shine Scholarship 

Kaylie Anderson

R. Frederick Perkins
Scholarship

 Ryan Dorn

Jean Perotti Scholarship 

Kirstyn Hoage

William Ash Scholarship 

Paige MacNeil, Emma Walsh, Aidan McCarthy, Ashlee Minacci

Harry Hyatt Memorial Scholarship

 Justine Allyn, Patrick Merrill, Brandon Santiago, Sarah Upson

Rhoades-Robinson Fund Scholarship

John Purdy, Aliza Luminati

Berkshire Bank
Eleanor S. Sellew
Scholarship

Aidan McCarthy, Justine Allyn, Alexis Galgano

Magda M. Johnson
Scholarship

Aidan McCarthy, Justine Allyn, Alexis Galgano

Mary S. Trant Scholarship

Paige MacNeil

Anthony Dichello
Scholarship

William Murphy, Marguerite Bickford

Frances H. Ducci
Scholarship

Marguerite Bickford, Natalie Nestler

Healthcare Auxiliary
Scholarship

Marguerite Bickford, Aidan McCarthy

Helen and Mario Garbin Scholarship

Marguerite Bickford, Aidan McCarthy

Margaret Derwin
Scholarship

Marguerite Bickford, Henry Lopez-Gonzalez

Apolonia Stanulis
Scholarship

Aidan McCarthy, Natalie Nestler

Thomas and Antoinette McBennett
Memorial Scholarship

Paige MacNeil

Charles and Antoinette Picken Memorial Scholarship

Patrick Merrill

Diane Knox Cable TV Advisory Council Scholarship

Natalie Nestler

Pat Pallone Chamber of
Commerce Scholarship

Elias Abbott, Justine Allyn, Marguerite Bickford, Jacob Ellington, Ashlee Minacci, Brandon Sorrell

Canaan Exchange
Club Scholarship

Elias Abbott, Justine Allyn, Marguerite Bickford, Sirena Gualan, Aidan McCarthy, Ashlee Minacci, Nicholas Sheltra, Brandon Sorrell

Canaan Fire Company

 Justine Allyn, Aliza Luminati, Ashlee Minacci

Keri Perotti Memorial
Scholarship for Athletics

Marguerite Bickford, John Purdy

Keri Perotti Memorial Scholarship for Community College

Kirstyn Hoage

HVRHS Alumni Scholarship

Aidan McCarthy

Salisbury Rotary Club
Foundation Scholarship

Natalie Nestler, Emerson Rinehart, Patrick Merrill, Charlotte Clulow, Brandon Santiago

Sharon Center
School Scholarship

John Purdy

Sharon Fire Department Ladies’ Auxiliary Scholarship

Kaylie Anderson, John Purdy

Lakeville Hose Co. Scholarship

Kirstyn Hoage, Sarah Upson

UPMA CT Chapter Scholarship 

 Kirstyn Hoage, Aliza Luminati

Edward M. Kirby Scholarship

Kaylie Anderson, Charlotte Clulow, Jacob Ellington, John Purdy, Emerson Rinehart, Brandon Sorrell

Isaiah Lamb Scholarship

Justin Roux

Henry P. Becton Scholarship

Justine Allyn

Housatonic Valley
Institute Scholarship

Micah Matsudaira, Serena Kim

Clyde G. Skelly Scholarship

Aidan McCarthy

Trailheads HVRHS Scholarship

Patrick Merrill

Dr. Paul W. Stoddard Scholarship

Sarah Upson, Jacob Ellington, Tabitha Maffucci, Brandon Sorrell

The Henry W. and Lou V. Burgess Award

Jacob Gladding

Senior Class Council 

Aidan McCarthy, Brooke Stampfle, Charlotte Clulow, Marguerite Bickford, Elaine Dekker, Micah Matsudaira, Kirstyn Hoage, Natalie Nestler

President

Sarah Upson

Senior Class Advisors

Lori Bucco and Caitlin Messina