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Hello “Celebrate New London Day” Visitors,

I want to thank you for attending this great event and supporting the continued partnership between the City of New London and the United StatesCoast Guard.

New London and the Coast Guard have enjoyed a close relation for over a century and it continues to get stronger. The City of New London isproud to be the home birth of the United States Coast Guard Barque Eagle, America’s tall ship. New London has also enjoyed great communitysupport from the Coast Guard Academy through their work with Habitat for Humanity.

These efforts are just some examples of the partnership between the Coast Guard and New London and it is only going to continue to get stronger. New London is proud that theNational Coast Guard Museum is coming to downtown New London, and the City is working with the Coast Guard to make New London a national “Coast Guard City.”

Thank you for attending this event and enjoy the day at this great New London institution.

Sincerely,

Daryl Justin FinizioMayor, City of New London

City of New LondonO F F I C E O F T H E M A Y O R

Dear Fellow Members of the New London Community,

Welcome to Cadet Memorial Field at the United States Coast Guard Academy! We are excited to have you join us in celebrating New London, andexperiencing Bears Football as we face the Seahawks of Salve Regina.

As a federal service academy we emphasize leadership, professional development and physical fitness. On our playing fields cadets learn firsthandthe value of teamwork and dedication, and they carry those lessons with them in service throughout the nation and the world. Upon graduation, ourcadets go directly into positions of leadership in service to others. That spirit of service is something that starts right here in New London with local community service.

The Coast Guard Academy community is part of the New London Community, and we have been for over 100 years. Our relationship with the people of New London andour partnership with the City is very important to us. So please join us in cheering on the home team of cadet-athletes as they resolve to be worthy of the traditions we havecelebrated right here for so many years. GO BEARS!

Sincerely,

Sandra L. StoszRear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard

SUPERINTENDENT

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY15 MOHEGAN AVENUE

NEW LONDON, CT 06320 - 8100

Dear Celebrate New London Communities,

The over one hundred year connection between the City of New London and the USCGA is a partnership to celebrate. We all do that today in aspecial way. Special in that we celebrate through the students of the New London Public Schools.

The Academy is an inspiration as an institution. This inspiration shows through its cadets and graduates.

Today, through the USCGA's Partnership in Education Program (PIE) and other educational initiatives, the Academy also inspires our young NewLondon students. It inspires them to think of, "what may be". To think if I work hard in school, I will also achieve in the area I choose.

Through family, especially my uncle CAPT Paul Foye USCG (Ret), I, as a young New London student was fortunate to experience the CGA inspiration. We are happy toprovide this to our NLPS students today.

The New London Public Schools is, indeed, proud and honored to celebrate our partnership with the USCGA and the inextricable link that exists between the Academy andthe City of New London.

Richard FoyeInterim Superintendent of Schools

New London Public SchoolsOFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT

Connecting New London& the Coast GuardTHROUGH OUR STUDENTSFor more than 100 years theU.S. Coast Guard Academyhas been central to life inNew London. It isn’t just anaddress for the men andwomen studying to serveour country, but a homeaway from home.Nobody benefits from this more than the children in theNew London Public School System. At any one time therecan be up to 100 Cadets enriching the lives of thestudents. Activities they participate in include:

• Academic Support• Mentoring• Role Models• Team Building Programs• Tutored High School Students• Helped with math and

science activities• Hosted students to audit classes• Invited students to the Academy

campus for field day eventsand activities

As the community is warmly welcomed into CadetMemorial Field, we will see how the Cadets of the CoastGuard Academy and the families of New London cometogether to cheer on the Bears. This is a fantasticopportunity for our student, their families and thecommunity to see what can happen when an institutionof higher education believes in their students beinginvolved in the community they serve.

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FREE Transportation toCelebrate New London

Two buses from New London High School and Bennie Dover JacksonMiddle School will loop from the schools to the United States Coast GuardAcademy beginning on game day at 11:30 a.m., Noon and 12:30 p.m.

The buses will begin their return runs 10 minutes after the completionof the game, and will loop until all families are returned to theschool they departed from.

Students in grades Pre-K through Eighth will need a parent or guardianaccompanying them to be able to ride the bus. In addition, there is nothere is nothere is nothere is nothere is noalcohol permittedalcohol permittedalcohol permittedalcohol permittedalcohol permitted on the buses or on the grounds of the United StatesCoast Guard Academy.

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Coast Guard Bears Vs.Salve Regina Seahawks

HEAD COACH:Bill George (16th season)

ASSISTANT COACHES:Dana Fleischmann, C.C. Grant, Ray LaForte,Jay Driscoll, Pat Knowles, Don Miller,Jordan Berrian, Darell Singleterry

No. N a m e Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown1 Mark Behne Jr. DB 5-10 150 Clifton, Va.2 James Rizzo Jr. DB 5-9 185 Glens Falls, N.Y.3 Tony Buzzini Sr. DB 6-1 190 Boise, Idaho5 Gordy Holloway Sr. QB 6-3 225 Plymouth, Ind.6 Brendan McNeil So. LB 6-1 225 Pawcatuck, Conn.7 Joel Wyman Sr. DL 6-3 225 Springfield, Mo.8 Patrick Hennessey Jr. WR 6-0 180 Painter, Va.9 Derek Victory So. QB 5-9 165 Weston, Fla.10 Cory Sonnega Jr. LB 6-1 215 Shoreline, Wash.11 Matt Monteilh Sr. WR 5-6 175 Tampa, Fla.12 Mitch Holloway Jr. TE 6-2 195 Plymouth, Ind.13 Adam Davis Fr. QB 6-0 175 Griswold, Conn.14 Justin Rebholz So. DB 5-10 160 Crestview, Fla.15 Blake Thompson Sr. WR 5-10 180 Liberty Hill, Texas16 Oliver Kremer Fr. QB 6-2 200 Crystal Lake, Ill.18 Jordan Groff Jr. WR 5-11 185 Willow Street, Pa.19 Collis Brown Sr. WR 6-1 215 Kingwood, Texas20 Jake Wawrzyniak Sr. RB 5-7 195 Sylvania, Ohio21 Camden Cecchini Fr. RB 5-10 170 Tulsa, Ok.23 Eli Maurer Jr. DB 5-11 175 Carrollton, Ohio24 Jacob Brown Fr. LB 5-9 185 Virginia Beach, Va.25 Banning Lobmeyer Jr. RB 5-10 185 Windsor, Col.26 Charlie Chavtur Jr. LB 6-0 190 Reedsport, Ore.27 Eric Harris Jr. So. DB 6-1 185 Norfolk, Va.28 Victor Rizzardi Sr. LB 5-7 190 Ashburn, Va.29 Kevin Dufauchard Fr. WR 5-9 150 New Orleans, La.30 James Walsh So. DL 6-2 215 Aberdeen, Wash.31 Tyler Templeton Fr. RB 6-0 195 Canon City, Col.33 Ed Lazowski Jr. LB 6-0 205 Mount Joy, Pa.34 Scott Wawrzyniak Jr. LB 6-0 215 Sylvania, Ohio35 Ryan Robertson Fr. DB 5-10 195 Emmitsburg, Md.36 Panashe Mutumbo Fr. RB 5-7 190 Bel Air, Md.37 C.J. Smith Fr. LB 6-1 175 Horn Lake, Miss.38 Mike Clancy Jr. RB 5-10 190 Havertown, Pa.39 Brian Deely So. DL 5-11 195 Centreville, Va.41 Will Daniels Fr. DB 5-6 150 Chicago, Ill.42 Matthew O'Donnell Fr. DB 5-9 185 Vienna, Va.43 Kyle Wood Jr. LB 6-1 220 Mt. Juliet, Tenn.44 Anthony Livingstone Jr. TE 6-2 220 Plainfield, N.J.45 Cody Bain Fr. WR 5-11 175 Pittsburgh, Pa.46 Ed Pond Fr. LB 5-9 185 Topsham, Maine47 Joe Rizzardi Jr. DB 6-0 185 Ashburn, Va.48 Paul Puddington Jr. LB 6-0 215 Castorland, N.Y.

OPPONENT INFOfor Salve ReginaUniversityLLLLLocation: ocation: ocation: ocation: ocation: Newport, Rhode IslandEnrollment:Enrollment:Enrollment:Enrollment:Enrollment: 2,500Nickname:Nickname:Nickname:Nickname:Nickname: SeahawksColors:Colors:Colors:Colors:Colors: Blue, White & GreenHome FHome FHome FHome FHome Field: ield: ield: ield: ield: Gaudet Field (1,500 capacity)PPPPPresident:resident:resident:resident:resident: Jane Gerety, RSMAthletic Director: Athletic Director: Athletic Director: Athletic Director: Athletic Director: Colin SullivanHead Coach:Head Coach:Head Coach:Head Coach:Head Coach: Kevin GilmartinSID:SID:SID:SID:SID: Andrew Pezzelli

No. N a m e Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown49 Christian Breviario Fr. LB 5-10 190 Tampa, Fla.50 Fred McClimans So. LB 6-1 220 Flower Mound, Texas54 Ross Markham Jr. OL 6-0 180 Stillwater, Minn.55 Lukas Groves So. OL 6-0 215 Arlington, Texas56 Logan Mars So. DL 6-2 250 Scarborough, Maine61 J.D. Dunaway So. OL 6-1 260 Virginia Beach, Va.64 Jordan Hart So. OL 6-3 260 Massena, N.Y.65 Kevin Painten Jr. OL 6-1 235 Walpole, Mass.66 Gabe Zogby Fr. OL 6-1 200 Manlius, N.Y.68 Kyle Levy So. OL 6-0 225 Lebanon Township, N.J.69 Kevin Postiglione Sr. OL 6-1 230 Washingtonville, N.Y.74 Tom Condon Jr. OL 6-2 230 Whitman, Mass.75 Raymond Zhang Fr. OL 6-2 190 San Diego, Ca.77 Cory Tomasetti Fr. OL 6-4 250 Kennett Square, Pa.78 Logan Sullivan Fr. OL 6-0 205 Valley Springs, Ca.80 Kyle Jackson So. WR 6-1 195 Lincoln, R.I.81 Bryan Popp So. WR 5-8 165 Flower Mound, Texas83 Jake David Fr. WR 6-1 180 Los Angeles, Ca.85 Trey Moore Fr. WR 6-3 185 Portsmouth, Va.86 Nick Couture Sr. WR 5-7 180 Delran, N.J.87 Carter Provost Jr. WR 6-2 200 Swansboro, N.C.88 Matthew Statkus Fr. TE 6-5 190 Albuquerque, N.M.89 Aaron Black Sr. DL 6-3 235 Edmond, Ok.91 Tyler Henning Jr. P/K 6-0 180 Cypress, Texas93 Chris Bell So. P/K 5-11 150 Raleigh, N.C.95 Nick Lodovici So. DL 6-2 235 Dillsburg, Pa.99 Blake Bonifas Jr. DL 6-2 235 Sterling Heights, Mich.

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New London High School

Salve Regina SeahawksNo. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown1 Matthew Traynor WR 6-1 205 Sr. Secaucus, N.J.2 Troy Smith DB 5-8 165 Sr. Madison, Conn.3 Derrick Sarfo-Darko WR 5-10 185 Jr. East Hartford, Conn.4 Jiyon Ruffin DL 6-0 230 Sr. Morristown, N.J.5 Steven Wilken QB 6-0 195 Sr. Ringwood, N.J.6 Sam Pascale RB 5-9 190 So. Cheshire, Conn.7 Hayden Stanton DL 6-2 240 Jr. Wallingford, Conn.8 Phil Terio DB 5-8 170 Sr. Trumbull, Conn.9 Matt Conroy LB 6-0 195 Sr. Philadelphia, Pa.10 Erik Klein LB 6-1 215 Sr. Springfield, Pa.11 Joshua Morales DB 5-10 200 So. Mt. Sinai, N.Y.12 Joey Farrar DB 6-0 175 So. Watertown, Mass.13 Dan McDermott QB 5-9 175 Fr. Franklin, Mass.14 Mitch Graziano QB 6-0 195 Jr. Kingston, Mass.15 James Dawson RB 5-11 185 Fr. Oradell, N.J.16 Ethan Gambale LB 6-1 230 So. Mays Landing, N.J.17 Michael Mahoney WR 5-11 175 Sr. Mahwah, N.J.18 Alex Hulme WR 5-9 165 Jr. Hopkinton, Mass.19 Connor Russo DB 5-10 175 Fr. Franklin Lakes, N.J.20 Dan Buonocore RB 5-10 195 Sr. Mahwah, N.J.21 Garfield Douglas DB 5-8 161 Sr. Attleboro, Mass.22 Paul Ciaravino DB 5-7 165 Sr. Wyckoff, N.J.23 Francisco Hardacker DB 5-10 190 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn.24 Frank Musco DB 5-9 185 Sr. Montvale, N.J.25 Jared Barros DB 5-9 175 So. Reading, Mass.26 Cory Betz DB 5-11 175 So. Mine Hill, N.J.27 Khari Halliburton RB 5-7 180 Sr. Manchester, N.H.28 Connor Sullivan WR 5-8 160 Fr. Lowell, Mass.29 Alex Hennessy WR 5-11 170 Sr. West Babylon, N.Y.30 Jackie Hurley WR 5-8 165 Jr. Kingston, Mass.31 Frank Murano DB 5-10 175 Sr. Carlstadt, N.J.32 Kyle Hein LB 5-11 225 Jr. East Sandwich, Mass.33 Massimo Aronson WR 6-0 200 Fr. Wayne, N.J.34 Mat Lena LB 5-10 190 Sr. Trumbull, Conn.35 Chris Caron DB 5-9 185 So. Northford, Conn.36 Danny Ives LB 5-11 210 Jr. Madison, Conn.37 Juan Usuga DB 5-8 155 So. New Britain, Conn.38 Robert Dellorco RB 5-8 155 Fr. Franklin, Mass.39 Danny Kelly DB 5-10 190 So. Lynbrook, N.Y.40 Ben Agostini LB 6-0 225 Fr. Wakefield, R.I.41 Elias McDonnell LB 5-11 190 Fr. Middletown, R.I.42 Andrew Harmon RB 6-0 185 Fr. Cedar Grove, N.J.43 Jared Ombati RB 5-8 165 Fr. Manchester, N.H.44 Zach Alexander LB 5-10 185 Sr. Falmouth, Maine45 Robert Askew RB 5-7 190 Fr. Ramsey, N.J.46 Jake Gelb DB 5-9 170 Fr. Charlton, Mass.47 Luke Gambale DL 6-2 265 Sr. Mays Landing, N.J.48 Patrick Daly LB 5-11 215 So. Cheshire, Conn.49 Nathan Gonzalez DB 6-0 200 Fr. Durham, Conn.50 Jimmy Dee OL 6-2 250 Sr. Bethel, Conn.51 Matthew Keyzer OL 6-1 275 Sr. Wanaque, N.J.52 John Gaffney OL 6-0 250 Sr. Mahwah, N.J.53 Damian Dell’Anno LB 5-9 190 Fr. Reading, Mass.54 Dante Vasi LB 6-0 205 Fr. Berlin, Conn.55 Colin Burke OL 5-11 210 So. West Hartford, Conn.56 Matt Escoto DL 5-11 245 So. Cheshire, Conn.57 Joe Cuccia DL 6-2 230 Jr. Brookfield, Conn.58 Michael McNamara DL 6-0 202 Jr. Goshen, Ind.59 CJ Dipollino DL 6-5 205 Fr. Stonington, Conn.60 John Rondi LB 5-7 170 Fr. Wayne, N.J.61 Robert Volle OL 6-2 230 Jr. Glastonbury, Conn.62 Sean Nagy OL 6-0 280 So. Franklin Square, N.Y.63 Nico Aronson OL 5-11 250 Fr. Wayne, N.J.64 Matt Hargrove DL 6-1 210 Fr. Norwalk, Conn.65 Ian Bomely OL 5-11 295 Fr. Delray Beach, Fla.66 Francis Spencer OL 6-0 257 Sr. Montclair, N.J.67 Charlie Driscoll LB 6-1 195 Fr. Worcester, Mass.69 Dane Lawrence DL 6-0 235 Fr. Guilford, Conn.70 Noah Drake OL 6-3 280 So. Needham, Mass.71 Devyn Sevean K 6-2 190 Fr. Wantage, N.J.72 Matthew DeGiacomo OL 6-3 260 Sr. Hamden, Conn.

Cheerleaders

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Marching Band

Vekema AguirreKeyosha Bell

Stephany CodnerAlyse CornishMegan CrespoDahyir Croft

Diamond EnglishKayla Frontal

Milagros FrontalJoeanna Gomez

Teija Goode

Atiya GreenAmalyah HarknessAnandah Harkness

Kelsey JohnsonAlyssa Manso

Pheonix MitchellKareemah Oumar

Myasia OutlawTayah Perry-Smith

Cyndell PickettMaeve Pierce

Tajanay PiontkowskiJasonia Ramsuer

Aimee RiddickJhannah Rivers

Ashanti RobinsonCarly Sakowicz

Chloe Sherman-WatsonIsis Torres

Mazani WilburAniyah Williams

Maylis Yepez

Leslie AbreuRiley Barnes

Paige BlauserLeon Boelle

Liz BoweNathaniel BoweJohn Burnett IIIKenya Capers

Stephany CodnerDylan DavilaNigeria DavisMia Delgado

Brynn DoughtyMax Edouard

Maia EdwardsAndrew EmilytaBreonna Graves

Atiya GreenColin Hanson

Alexander HartNichelly Mary Hernandez

Logan HoranLillian James

Mykell JeffersonJazzriel Lara

Trevor LenkiewiczMoli Michel

Phoenix MitchellAyzel MoralesAmari MorganCarla MorochoCameron MorseLola Omotosho

Prince OmotoshoLanitza Padilla

Dennaya Parker-MundenNishante PearsonTayah Pery Smith

Melissa PetioteBobby Pilj

Derek PolancoJ’Lise Potter

Jhannah Rivers

Jordan Dean RogersYhoel Rosario Burgos

Alisha RoseAna Ruiz

Matrix SantiagoAries Santiago

Lilyana SantoreYan Santos

Alex Shaw SmallChloe Sherman-Watson

Kristen SinagraBella SzafranskiAlaysia ThomasVictoria TritchSteven Turner

Marco VelazquezCameron Walls

Audrey WatermanSharnice White

Aniyah WilliamsMaylis Yepez

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown74 Paul Hurley OL 6-0 270 Sr. Park Ridge, N.J.75 Joe McDonald OL 6-3 315 Fr. Braintree, Mass.76 Greg Dittmar OL 6-0 230 So. Ronkonkoma, N.Y.77 Cullen Doyle OL 6-4 310 So. Oreland, Pa.78 Michael Matarredona DL 6-2 205 Fr. Mountainside, N.J.79 Tom Wagner OL 6-4 275 Fr. Marcellus, N.Y.80 Michael Pagliarini WR 5-8 140 So. Wyoming, R.I.81 David Mavilia TE 6-4 190 So. Scituate, Mass.82 Zakary Rodriguez WR 6-2 180 Jr. Cameron, N.C.83 Chris Davis TE 6-1 220 So. Southampton, N.Y.84 Andrew Wisialko WR 6-0 175 Fr. Middletown, N.J.85 Garrett Rupe WR 5-11 170 So. Peckville, Pa.86 Tommy Seaver TE 6-2 210 Fr. Rocky Hill, Conn.87 Alex Leddy TE 6-3 210 Jr. Warwick, R.I.88 Kevin Johnston TE 6-0 225 So. Raynham, Mass.89 Brad Kelly TE 6-3 200 Jr. Portsmouth, R.I.90 Emmett Kiernan TE 6-6 225 Fr. Keene, N.H.91 Dillon Kuehne TE 6-4 200 Fr. Acushnet, Mass.92 Nick Mulcahy TE 6-2 240 Fr. Wakefield, Mass.93 Pierce Dierker WR 6-0 210 Fr. Westwood, Mass.94 David Gelormini K 6-2 220 Fr. New Providence, N.J.95 Andrew Leddy DE 6-2 205 Jr. Warwick, R.I.96 Benjamin Barrett P 6-0 205 Sr. West Greenwich, R.I.97 Julian Barcelo K 5-8 175 Jr. Santo Domingo, D.R.98 John Burke DL 6-3 235 Fr. North Branford, Conn.99 Rory McEntee DL 6-2 225 Sr. Wakefield, R.I.

8. Celebrate New London!

Five days & four nights aboardCoast Guard Barque EagleFor the past two years, studentsparticipating in New London HighSchool’s Navy Junior Reserve OfficerTraining Corps (JROTC) have beeninvited aboard the 1936 tall ship – theirexperience while aboard the ship hasset the course for a lifetime of memories.

At a steady 14 knots, Bronson Carter - then a juniorat New London High School - climbed the rigging ofEagle and looked out. The sheer vastness of the openocean is something he says he will never forget.

“Being out there on the open ocean was life changing.I knew right then and there that that was my calling,”Carter wrote recently in a college essay.

The triple-masted 295-foot Eagle is used to trainCoast Guard cadets in team work. It has 23 sailswhen at full sail. Built at the Blohm + Voss Shipyardin Hamburg, Germany, in 1936, and commissioneda s Horst Wessel. At the close of the war, the shipwas taken as a war reparation by the U.S., and re-commissioned as the U.S. Coast GuardCutter Eagle and sailed to New London, which hasbeen its homeport ever since.

“(On Eagle) I learned that I love the ocean,” Carter,a high school senior, said. “Just being out there withno land in sight, depending on our ship alone wasreally rewarding.”

During the mid-August voyage, Carter and theapproximately eight JROTC students were assignedto day and nighttime watches. As part of the midnightto 4 a.m. watch, Carter would haul the sails to keepthe ship going at optimum speed and conduct basicmaintenance, although he said that during thedaytime watch was “where things got moreinteresting.”

“We would have to do look out using binoculars and aradio, and radio in if we saw ships or animals ahead inthe water. On one four-hour watch we would see easilysix or seven ships and pods of pilot whales about 100yards out,” he said. “When I got on the ship I was notsure what to expect, the racks where we slept were puny...We were assigned a mast and that mast would beassigned watches. We worked 12 hour days and it washard work.”

For Kate Ashbey, a junior enrolled in the Science andTechnology Magnet High School, the experienceaboard Eagle served as the catalyst to set her sightson applying to the US Coast Guard Academy.

“After I went on Eagle it changed my whole (college)focus,” the junior from Waterford said. “It was the

excitement aboard Eagle, staying close to home, thestructure of the program that made me want to apply.”

Assigned to the 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. watch, Ashbey wasable to take in the brightness of the stars and therising sun.

“The stars at sea are nothing like you see inConnecticut,” she said. “The stars were the first thingI told my parents about. Being able to see the starsand the sunrise in the same watch, it was just amazing.I could see millions of stars in the sky. It was reallyincredible,” she said.

Completing “out of the ordinary” tasks like patchingpipes and firefighting training were made possiblebecause of the teamwork exemplified on board by thecadets. Their spirit and encouragement made itpossible for Ashbey to step of out the box and outsideof her comfort zone.

“I went from thinking I was never going to be able tostep aboard Eagle to sleeping on it. I was able to dothings I had never done before and we had to worktogether as a team to do it,” she said.

for New London JROTC students

From left to right: Kate Ashbey, Rebecca Weigel,Jason Hicks and Bronson Carter.

Rebecca Weigel (L) and Kate Ashbey (R).

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11/7Varsity • 6:30pm@ Ledyard (Ledyard, CT)

11/8Jr. Varsity • 10:00amLedyard (Ledyard, CT)

11/13Freshman • 3:45pm@ Ledyard (Ledyard, CT)

11/14Varsity • 6:30pmKillingly (Killingly, CT)

11/20Freshman • 6:30pm@ Killingly (Killingly, CT)

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Admiral Olsen, a New London native, is a 1962 Graduate of New London High School. He laterattended Mitchell College and eventually the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. After graduating he did6 tours afloat and has held numerous positions in Operations, Personnel and Training throughout

the country including Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The Admiral is now retiredand enjoying life in Florida playing golf, spending time with his wife and sailing when he can.

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10. Celebrate New London!

New London is proud of our local cadets!Congratulations

CaptainAndrea MarcilleNewly appointedPresident of theAlumni Association!Brendan McNeil Patrick Hanrahan Hayley Smith

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Celebrate New London! 11.

Notice to Parents about ourCelebrate New London eventNew London Public School students and their families areinvited to the second annual Celebrate New London footballgame on Saturday, November 8th at Cadet Memorial Fieldat the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

All NLPS students and their families will receive free ticketsto the 1:00 game as the Coast Guard Bears take on theSalve Regina Seahawks. Tickets were made available bysponsors and advertisers.

How do I get my free tickets?Students and families from Elementary, Middle and HighSchools can pick up their free tickets at the New LondonPublic Schools tent near Leemy Hall on the day of the game.

For more information about tickets and theCelebrate New London football game, please visitwww.newlondon.org or facebook.com/NLPS.CT.

This month, three seniors attending the Science and Technology Magnet High School ofSoutheastern Connecticut were each awarded $20,000 scholarships from the Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. Scholarship Fund.

Craig Parker, Lillian James and Prince Omotosho were surrounded at the celebrationdinner on Oct. 16 by their families and friends as they each took turns at the podium toformally accept the scholarship and address the audience. Each scholarship winner thankedtheir family members for supporting them on theirjourney through the New London Public Schoolsand in their efforts to improve each day. Also in theaudience were a group of eighth-grade studentswho were selected by their teachers and principalsto attend the dinner because of their academicperformance.

The scholarship has been awarded to students inthe southeastern Connecticut region since 1968when, following King’s death, Eunice McLeanWaller and her husband, William DeHomer Waller,donated the first $100 to establish the scholarshipfund for a student who best demonstrated thecommunity and civic leader’s ideals.

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Over the next five years, New London Public Schools will receive approximately $3million in Project Prevent federal grant funds, which will assist in providing students withschool-based counseling services, assistance in coping with trauma or anxiety, and conflictresolution.

New London Public Schools is the only school district in New England to receive thefederal grant.

The Project Prevent grant -which was also awarded to 22 school districts in 14 states-will allow the district to meet the needs of students directly or indirectly exposed toviolence. Grant funds will also be used to create a safer and improved school environment,which may include activities to decrease incidents of harassment, bullying, violence,gang involvement and substance abuse.

Currently, the district is in the initial stages of planning and researching the best ways toimplement the grant so that it will provide services for all of our students.

Kristina Jordan, the Project Prevent project director and the Supervisor of Special Servicesfor New London Public Schools, said that following the culmination of the five-yeargrant, she expects closer partnerships between students, parents, families and the NewLondon Public Schools community.

“I know that it (the result of the full implementation of Project Prevent) would be acommunity where there is a decrease in the types of incidents targeted by this grant …but to do this, and do it effectively, we have to partner with our district parents and thecommunity,” she said.In the next several months, Jordan expects to begin working closely with communityorganizations, parent groups and civic leaders.

This year’s award amounts to $613,131 and will allow the district to fund a schoolresource officer, three additional psychologists, a board certified behavior analyst, apart-time psychiatrist and to organize adventure programming.

These additional positions and programming options will benefit the entire school districtas it works to address the academic, social and emotional needs of our students.

12. Celebrate New London!