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Student Achievements & KudosRocky Hill School students find success inside and outside the classroom. We applaud our students for their hard work and dedication to bettering themselves and their community. JANUARY 2008 Student artwork will be displayed at the Hera Gallery in Wakefield during their Annual Children's and Young Adults' Art Exhibition. Featured RHS artists: Lilly Esposito '09, Sarah Knowles '08, Max Hall '09, Hannah Knowles '08 and Sarah Wineberg '09. The exhibit runs from February 2nd - March 1st with an opening on Saturday, February 2nd from 6:00-8:00 PM. Ana Bartlett '09 is going to be modeling in NYC during February Fashion Week, which takes place the first week of February (1st-8th). Jordan Ashton '11 has been accepted to participate in the 2008 US Scholar Athlete Games for baseball. Jordan is a lefty pitcher and received a full scholarship to the program, which will take place June 28-July 5 at the University of Rhode Island. Athletes Honored: Congratulations to Rudy Lapin Normann '09 who was selected to play flute in the URI Honors Band. We are pleased to report that our third contingent of RHS students and faculty will travel to Hattiesburg, MS to help with the rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina. The team will work with Habitat for Humanity and spend one week of their March break lending a hand. 8th graders Jamie Antignano and Laura DeBlois participated in the National Young Leaders State Conference in Boston over the holiday break. They took part in experiential activities designed to enhance and nourish their existing leadership skills while challenging themselves to acquire new ones. Congratulations to Shail Patel '09 who recently earned the honor of Eagle Scout, The Boy Scouts of America's highest achievement. Junior Walmen Dumaliang has an incredible journey planned for February. He will travel to London with other members of Youth United for Global Action and Awareness (YUGA) for a workshop focused on global poverty. YUGA is a nationwide organization whose goal is to "promote global unity, understanding and change through awareness, action, and connection with other young people from around the world."
DECEMBER 2007 Hannah Knowles `08 (Field Hockey), Sarah Knowles `08 (Field Hockey), and Ted Broderick `08 (Soccer), have been selected as finalists for the Rhode Island Sports Award, sponsored by Cox Communications. This award is based on athletic and academic achievement as well as service to the community. Winners will be announced in June. The Mock Trial Team won their first trial against Smithfield High School. The team of legal eagles are off to a great start! Congratulations to Johanna Lynch `11 who was selected for the SENE Girls' All-League Cross Country Team for 2007. The RHS Math Team won their second meet in the West Bay Division of the RI Math League. The team defeated both East Greenwich and Toll Gate High Schools. Dennis Wu `10 was the high scorer with 13 points. Steve Tilley `08, Walter Filkins `08, Shail Patel `09, Sam LeBlanc `10, Maki Tazawa `10, Hannah Gardner `09, and JungA Jang `08 also scored for the team. Jordan Ashton `11 auditioned on guitar for the Junior All-State Jazz Ensemble and not only was accepted to the ensemble, but also was ranked an impressive 2nd in the state. Bravo! Dennis Wu '10 has been selected to represent RHS at the Rhode Island Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Program seminar this May. Students participate in unique leadership training, service-learning and motivation-building experiences with other sophomores from throughout the state. Kudos to Barrett Cavanagh `08 who was nominated for the National Association of Secondary School Principals, 2007 Principal's Leadership Award. Barrett will compete with seniors from across the nation for state, regional, and national scholarship awards. The nomination was based on Barrett's exemplary academic performance, leadership and community involvement. Good luck Barrett! On December 2nd, Rocky Hill School competed in the first Certamen of the year. Over 80 students participated, and Rocky Hill School placed 2nd in all 3 divisions.
NOVEMBER 2007 Kudos to the entire cast and crew of THE KATRINA PROJECT: Hell and High Water . Many thanks to the students and art teachers who created the amazing artwork, including ceramic bowls that were auctioned the night of the play and dinner. We also thank The Fish Market who provided the meal at a very generous discount. In total, the school raised over $1,700 for The Katrina Project. A big applause goes out to the Boys' Soccer team who represented our school so well in the semifinals of the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council tournament. The team lost a tough game to Watkinson School with a score of 4-1. Patrick Mellor `08 scored the goal for RHS, and Steven Sparhawk `08 recorded 12 saves. Congratulations to Jamie Antignano `12, who was selected again this year to perform in New York City at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Jamie was selected from performers all over the world to dance and sing in the parade. Her performance was titled, Making Magic. Great job Jamie! The Providence Journal named the following RHS students as All-State Athletes for the fall season.
Students in the Upper School staged a "Dress-Up Day" for a good cause. For "permission" to dress-up for the day (vs. dressing down), participants made a donation to support the victims of the California wildfires. They raised over $350, which was matched by Mr. Young and another donor as well. In all, over $1,000 was contributed and the students never looked better! Karissa Kist `13 made the RI Olympic Soccer Development Team. This is her 2nd year making the team. Kassandra Kist `07 made the Women's Soccer Team at Muhlenberg College and scored her first goal in her first game! Hannah & Sarah Knowles `08 were each selected for RIIL's All-Tournament Team for Field Hockey. OCTOBER 2007 Congratulations to the Lady Mariners on the field hockey team. They defeated a tough Warwick Vets team to claim the first victory in the RIIL Division II quarterfinals. The RHS Math Team won its meet yesterday, scoring 49 points to East Greenwich 's 29 and Toll Gates' 18. All of the team members (Steve Tilley `08, Walter Filkins `08, Shail Patel `09, Sam LeBlanc `10, and Dennis Wu `10) scored points, and Dennis Wu scored a perfect 18 points. Taylor Publishing has selected The Crest 2007 as a Yearbook semi-finalist. Only 15% of the more than 7,500 yearbooks they publish receive this recognition. While Taylor Publishing has been our yearbook publisher for almost two decades, this is the first time that we have been honored in this way. Hayley Greene '11 and Emily Klochkoff '11 will be performing in Island Moving Company and Newport Academy of Ballet's production of the Newport Nutcracker, November 23-30 at Rosecliffe. Ticket information is available at ArtTixRI.com and the box office at (401) 621-6123. Iona Ross `10 won her division in the Kayleigh Raposa Memorial 5K at Colt State Park this past weekend. She was 19th overall of all runners, men & women, with a time of 20.43 minutes over the 3.1 mile course. There were 198 competitors in the race. The Rocky Hill Physics Team, Captain Dennis Wu `10, Steve Tilley `08, Sam Leblanc `10 and Walter Filkins `08, placed first in the balance competition at the 10th Annual Physics Olympiad. The Institute for International Sport, administrators of National Sportsmanship Day, has named Rocky Hill a 2007-08 All-American Sportsmanship School . RHS is one of 12 schools (3 high schools) in the nation to receive this honor. The Institute noted, "The 2007-08 honorees are made up of a group of schools ranging from elementary schools to universities that have all clearly demonstrated a well thought out sportsmanship program in their respective schools, which has resulted in an admirable commitment to and practice of sportsmanship." MORE DETAILS The Yearbook, The Crest , and the school newspaper, View From the Hill received honors for their work in 2006-07.
Jesse Chase-Lubitz `12 will be in the Festival Ballet's performance of Cinderella on October 19-21 and in the Festival Ballet performance of The Nutcracker on December 14-16. SEPTEMBER 2007 Brava to Lily Hanlon '13, who was selected as a flutist for the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensemble. She will perform in several concerts this school year and she will be traveling to Washington, DC next summer to perform at several locales, including the WWII Memorial, Alexandria Market Square, and The Armed Forces Retirement Home. Congratulations to Anna Yamada '13, whose U-12 Girls' soccer team completed an undefeated season in the RI Youth Super Liga Anchor Division and won the 2007 Soccer RI Cup State Championship. Chelsey Frost '10 attended a 10-day conference in Washington, DC with The National Young Leaders Conference during the summer. She attended model congress meetings, toured all of the Capitol Hill sites, met with our senators, and studied all of the different branches of government. Alana Corwin '08 was recently accepted to Trinity Rep's GTECH Theatre Ambassador program. As an ambassador, Alana will work around the theatre, attend rehearsals, performances, and post-performance discussions, and participate in workshops led by Trinity Rep actors and directors. Natalie Cotta `11 was accepted into the Johns Hopkins University CTY Talent Search for gifted and talented students.
JUNE 2007 On June 3rd, Daniel Ratigan '10 and Dennis Wu '10, members of the RHS Robotics Team, competed at Boston University in a Robotics/Engineering design competition. There were 53 total teams participating in the event. After four preliminary rounds of competition, the RHS team was in 12th place and qualified for the semi-final competition. During the semi-final round, the RHS team was defeated by a mere two points. Sarah Knowles '08 was recently honored as a Girls' Lacrosse Academic All American for Rhode Island by US Lacrosse. She is one of fifteen girls in the state to receive this high honor. Amelia '14, Daniel '18, and Michael '12 Caramadre received a proclamation from Providence Mayor David Cicillini at a Big Brothers event last week. They are the youngest recipients of a citation in the history of Cicillini's "mayorship" and were given the honor in recognition of their concern for others and philanthropic spirit. Together, they purchased 1,000 copies of a CD by singer/positive rapper James McBride that will be distributed to Providence school children. Daniel Sack '10 represented Rocky Hill last weekend at the START Youth Leadership Conference held at Nichols College in Dudley, MA. Kudos go out to Hannah Knowles '08 who won the Cox RI Sports Award for Girls' Lacrosse. She was the only junior nominated in her sport and one of only three girls selected statewide. This award is based on athletic and academic achievement and community service.
MAY 2007 Senior Michael Marchak
is performing in the role of Mark with the Academy Players in A
Chorus Line this weekend. For information, go to www.academy
players.org. The Puddles and Narragansett Sound choral groups sang the National Anthem at the PawSox game on Mother's Day. Tim Jeon ‘11 traveled to Texas last week to participate in a National Math Counts Competition, after winning the top Math Counts award for all 8th grade students in Rhode Island. He placed in the top twenty out of 200 participants. Xiaotian Wu (Dennis) ‘10 and Jovanne Jean-Francois ‘08 won medals of excellence at a recent adjudicated music festival. The festival is sponsored by the RI Music Educators Association, and attended by many talented students throughout the state. Jovanne performed a cello solo and Dennis performed a piano solo for which he received a perfect score. Seniors made their Senior Project presentations to their classmates and faculty. This year's class had an impressive list of internships and truly made a month that is typically wrought with senioritis and true learning and growing experience. Caroline Perry worked on the set of CNN in New York . Elise Flanagan also traveled to the Big Apple where she interned at Donna Karan NY. Rocky Hill hosted the RI Women's State Sailing Championship this week. Fourteen area high school teams competed in the regatta. Congratulations to the teams of Courtney Lada '07, Sarah Wineberg ‘09, Karolyn Jackson ‘09, and Emily McNeil '08, who represented RHS well. The Girls' Lacrosse team won the semifinal match-up against Hyde to earn a spot in the finals against PCD. The girls lost a close one (5 - 8), but played a great game. Congratulations on a fine season!
April 2007 Rocky Hill School has been given top honors by the Providence Chamber of Commerce. The School was selected as a recipient of the Exemplary Worksite Health Award for our outstanding wellness programs for our employees and school community. Lily Hanlon '13 has been recommended to try out for the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensemble as a flautist. She will be playing "Serenade of the Blessed Spirits" from Orpheus for her solo try out. If she is chosen, Lily will perform in venues including VMA Arts & Cultural Center , Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet and Providence College . The Robotics Team competed at the Trinity College Firefighting Robot Competition. Rocky Hill was the only RI school at any level to compete at this international event, and the only all-freshmen team. In our division, we ended up placing 14th out of the 22 teams. Troy Dumas '07 won first place, and received a six-foot trophy in sparring this weekend. He competed against other 16-17 year olds from all over North America at the Ocean State Grand National Karate tournament held in Warwick. At the recent Certamen competition, the Rocky Hill team of Daniel Sack '10, Jessica Waterman '09, Chris LaMantia '09, and Yiwan Zhou '07 earned an impressive second place finish. Lincoln, Barrington, Classical, Wheeler, and Rocky Hill comprised a field, which showed off their knowledge of Latin and Greek in the ultimate quiz bowl for young classicists! The Rocky Hill Math Team placed 8th in the New England Small School Division. Tim Jeon '11 led the way with a score of 15 points (missing one problem); Shail Patel '09, Dennis Wu '10, Sam LeBlanc '10 and Dan Sack '10 also scored points. The Rocky Hill Upper School Mock Trial Team lost a tough trial in their quarter final round against Wheeler's B team. Of the three Wheeler teams, the "B" team was the only one to make it to the quarterfinals. It was a very close trial. Rocky Hill Latin students from the 7th-12th grade took the National Latin Exam. The efforts of our young classicists have, once again, yielded highly impressive results. Students who earned top honors this year are as follows:
Nicole Morin '15 took first place at the Rhode Island State Gymnastics Meet for Level 4. There were 132 girls in the competition. Nicole's All-Around score was 38.00 and she won the award for having the highest event score, a 9.60 on beam.
March 2007 Amee Amin `07, Jaclyn Pellegrini `07, Sara Leonard `07, Jacqueline Weixel `08, Tim Papa `08, Bakh Baidaralin `08, and Chris Cardano '07 spent one week of Spring Break in Hattiesburg , MS helping build homes with Habitat for Humanity as part of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. This was the second school-sponsored trip to work with Habitat for Humanity. The students were featured on the local news in Hattiesburg and here at home on NBC. The Mock Trial Team and RHS Math Team are both ranked number five in the state heading into April's playoffs. The Middle School MathCounts Team placed 4th in the state for the second year in a row, out of more than 30 teams. Tim Jeon '11 was the top student in the state for the second year and will compete at the national competition in Ft. Worth, TX. Tim received the highest score in the state on the 2006 AMC 8 (American Mathematics Competitions) Contest, qualified for the American Invitational Mathematics Examination given by the AMC and was selected to be a contestant for the competition, “Who Wants to Be a Mathematician,” hosted by the American Mathematical Society, the worldwide professional organization of research mathematicians. Tim Jeon ‘11 placed second at the "Who Wants to Be a Mathematician" contest at Providence College. He was the only eighth grader who participated. JZ Perrotta '07 won the State Scholastic Chess Championship held at RIC this past Saturday. He will be the state representative at the Denker National High School Chess Championship in July (only one rep per state). Bak Baidaralin '08 won a gold medal for the interview portion of the Academic Decathlon held in March. Last weekend, Anna Yamada ‘13 raced at Sunday River in the final World Cup series of the downhill race. She finished first and ended the season in first place. The RHS Math Team won the division meet against East Greenwich, Toll Gate and West Warwick . They have won the division for the year, and will be in the state playoffs on April 4th at Cranston West High School. Tim Jeon ‘11 was again our high scorer with 15 points. His 69 points for the year (out of a possible 72) set a new school record. Steven Tilley ‘08 had 14 points, and Dennis Wu ‘10 had 12. Congratulations to Jesse Davis-Allison ‘07, who was named to the Second Team SENE All-League Basketball Team. Steven Sparhawk ‘08 and Sarah Pontarelli '08 both received an Honorable Mention. The Girls' JV Basketball Team took 3rd place in the PCD Invitational last week, and Sam Angell was named to the All Tournament Team. Kathryn Barrall '12 will play "Lovey" in the All Children's Theatre production of Charlotte 's Web. Performances are March 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th at the Vartan Gregorian School in Providence. Another Brava! to Ella Myette '14 and the Jump! Dance Company for three sold out performances this past weekend at the Carriage House Theater in Providence. Anna Yamada ‘13 completed her age group Alpine ski racing competition for 2006-2007 season. Out of 42 racers in her age group, she finished 15th in the MARA (Maine Alpine Racing Association) standing. Congratulations to TJ Carley ‘15, Cora Geunes '16 and Holly Hood ‘16 and Matthew Hood ‘19 who all swam in the South Eastern New England Cluster of Y's (SENECY) Championships this past weekend. The Kent County Sea Otters were recognized as the overall champions for 2007. This is a wonderful end to a successful season for the team. Rudy Lapin Normann '09 will be among the USA competitors in an international speed skating event, the Trophée des Tres Pistes in April. Eleven countries will be represented and the championship will take place in several venues throughout France. February 2007 The Mock Trial Team competed against Tiverton High School (undefeated for 5 years) this week and took command of the courtroom. Our lawyers were Yiwan Zhou '07, Barrett Cavanagh '08, and Hyerim Shin '07. Our witnesses were played by Dan Sack '10, Whitman Littlefield '07, and Kevin Stevick '09. Congratulations to the team on their second consecutive win! Anna and Brenner Yamada each had a busy weekend racing on the slopes. Brenner `09 raced in a Junior 1 & 2 (age 15 – 18) race at Shawnee Peak and finished 32nd out of 56 racers. Anna `13 raced both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, at the Sunday River World Cup race, she came in 1st in her age group; on Sunday, she raced at Mt. Abram for MARA (Maine Alpine Racing Association) and came in 9th out of 44 competitors. January 2007 On Sunday, January 21st, Chelsey Frost '10 represented Rocky Hill in the Bayview Invitational swim meet. She placed 5th in the 50 Free (out of 105 swimmers), and 10th in the 100 Free (out of 91 swimmers). She also placed Rocky Hill 19th out of 26 by herself. Swimmers represented high schools from throughout Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts. Both Chelsey and Katie McGinnis ‘09 have qualified for the state meet on February 17 and 18 and will represent Rocky Hill. The Math Team won their division at the meet this past Wednesday. They far outscored competitive teams like East Greenwich and Toll Gate with a score of 61. The next closest team score was 51, and Tim Jeon '11, the 8th Grade student in the competition, has maintained his perfect score 27/27. Congratulations to Joey DiBiase '12 who played in the Christmas Holiday Hockey Tournament in Cranston. His team won the Tournament and Joey was awarded the MVP for the Tournament after posting three shutouts and two games allowing only one goal. December 2006 Read Frost '16 was selected to the New England Top Ten Swimmer's list for 2006. He swam one of the ten fastest times of the year in 8 and under boys division. Congratulations! Congratulations to Jenna Filippelli `16 whose cheerleading squad came in first place at a recent competition. The Rocky Hill Certamen Team, comprised of both Middle and Upper School Latin students (and one French student), competed in their first Certamen competition. Quaestores (Intermediate) team of Sam LeBlanc '10, Jessica Waterman '09, and Dan Sack '10 finished 2nd in their division. The RHS Math Team defeated East Greenwich High School, Toll Gate, and West Warwick in the West Bay Division of the RI Math League. Hyerim Shin '07 and Tim Jeon '11 had perfect scores, and Patricia Capuano '07 and Steve Tilley '08 had near-perfect scores. Several other RHS students did well. We had a perfect score on the Geometry round. Congratulations to Kathryn Barrall `12, who will play the role of Julianne in the All Children's Theatre production of Madeline's Christmas, which will be held on December 2nd, 3rd, 9th and 16th at the Vartan Gregorian School Theatre in Providence. Hannah Gardner `09 will represent Rocky Hill at the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) conference in June. HOBY provides lifelong leadership development opportunities that empower individuals to achieve their highest potential. This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to network and build important leadership skills. Congratulations to Jamie Antignano `12, who was selected to perform in New York City in last week's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Jamie was one of 600 children, ages 10 – 16, who were selected from all over the world to dance and sing in the opening number for the parade on Thanksgiving Day. She had to rehearse for six days in NYC with her fellow performers. Ben LeBlanc `07 auditioned and was accepted to the RI Senior All-State Band, and Alec Petros `09 auditioned and was accepted to the RI Junior All-State Band. This is an honor and these are very selective groups – great job! November 2006 Dennis Wu `10, Dan Sack `10, Dan Ratigan `10 and Walter Filkins `08 participated in the Yale University Physics Olympics in New Haven, CT. This was Rocky Hill's first appearance at the competition and our team placed 22nd out of 55 teams. We were the only team that brought freshmen students. The Rocky Hill Math Team went to West Warwick High School on October 25, 2006 to compete in Rhode Island Math League. Our team tied for first place with East Greenwich High School, and every member scored. October 2006 The Rhode Island Field
Hockey Coaches Association announced the All Division, Honorable
Mention and All Rookie Teams for the 2006 season. Congratulations
to the following Rocky Hill students: Tim Harsch ‘07 was honored as a National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist. The program recognizes students who because of very high scores on their PSAT exam are deemed eligible to move on to the next stage of the National Merit Scholarship Competition. Good luck Tim! Congratulations to Steven Tilley `08 who was inducted into the National Honor Society this week. September 2006 Sam LeBlanc `10 received top honors in the John Hopkins Creative and Talented Youth Search. He had the highest SAT score in math, and was second in combined math and verbal scores. Sam was awarded a scholarship to Salve Regina and invited to an award ceremony at Johns Hopkins University next week.
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