The Magic WordVolume 10, Issue 8 May/June 2016

Produced monthly by the students of West Warwick High School

Class of 2016 Says Goodbye

Graduation Details Date: Fri., June 10Place: Veterans Memorial Auditorium, ProvidenceTime: 7:00 PMWho Can Go? Tickets are given to graduates, who then give them to family and friends. You MUST have a ticket to attend.

This Year’s Top Two Have Fond Memories

Photo By Mr. Eric White, Newspaper Adviser

Valedictorian Faye Gauthier, left, and Salutatorian Michael Villanueva.

By Eva White

The class of 2016 is made up of many exceptional students, each contributing something unique to West War-wick High School. Naturally, it takes a lot to be ranked number one among such a group. Valedictorian Faye Gauthier has had her sights set on the top spot since she got here four years ago. She saw that she was at the top of her class during freshman year, and she worked to keep that status all four years. “Seeing that I was at the top … motivated me to keep working,” she said one recent afternoon after one of her exams. The road to success (whilst avoiding the fate of the worm) was

Gauthier Stayed Focused From The Beginning

Villanueva’s Work Ethic Paid Off In The End

not easy. Juggling schoolwork, an active social life, and sports seems at times an impossible feat, but she did it. “Alotofitdefinitelyhastodo with support from my family,” she

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By Nicole Copice

Managing school, extracur-ricular activities and a social life can be a lot of stress for students. Michael Villanueva, this year’s salutatorian, shares his opinion about the struggle of juggling a busy schedule on his way to ending high school as the second ranked student in his class. “Sometimes it’s really

hard. I play tennis, so especially in the spring, that’s when it’s the hardest,” he said. “Matches can last anywhere from 5 p.m. to sometimes 7 or 8. I think the best thing that works for me is to remind myself to stay focused and putmygradesfirstbeforeanythingelse.” Students have to push themselves to be at their best. While family support is vital, suc-cessful students create goals for themselves. As Villanueva says: “I think school’s the best environ-ment to really push yourself and

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Editorial BoardMr. Philip Solomon - WWHS Principal

Mr. Eric White - Newspaper AdviserMrs. Heather Roberti - Math Educator

Mrs. Christine Bonas - Guidance CounselorMr. Mark Beveridge - Guidance Counselor

Ms. Jane O’Leary - Special EducatorNicole Copice - Student Reporter

Our Mission ...The Magic Word is dedicated to delivering news quickly and accurately in printed and online formats to the West War-wick High School community of students, families, staff and volunteers. We are committed to responding to the di-verse needs of our readership while delivering information that enhances the school’s educational mission. The Magic Word staff, advisers and board strive to adhere to the highest ethical and journalistic standards and will address any con-cerns about policy and procedure as they arise.

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Senior Quotes ...... Pgs 4-5

College

Acceptances .... Pgs 6-9,13

Class Day .... Pgs 10-11,13

Senior Events .......... Pg 14

Underclass Final

Exam Schedule ....... Pg 14

In This Issue

Richard, Monacchio Nominated For Grandma Addams, Lurch Roles

By Eryka Daniels

Two seniors here at West Warwick High School have been recognized for their performanc-es in The Addams Family in January. Kyleigh Richard, who starred as Grandma Addams, and Adam Monacchio, who starred as Lurch, have both received nomi-nations in the Connecticut High School Musical Theater awards as Featured Performers. Both of these students, along with the directors, Mr.

Richard Marchetti and Mrs. Rik-ki Spelman, the seniors of the drama club, and the students who played the Beinecke’s went to the awards ceremony on Monday, June 6th. Everyone who attended wore formal wear for the gala. “When we got down the list, my heart stopped when I saw my name. I was instantly ecstatic, realizing that my own perfor-mance, as well as Adam’s, had made an impact in the judges’ eyes!” says Richard.

trying out for the indoor track team this year. A self-professed spelling perfectionist, she loves to read. Her favorite works include the Harry Potter series. Her favorite genres of booksaresuspense,science-fiction,thrillers and fantasy. She enjoys writing about issues that affect to-day’s teens, such as bullying and being accepted by others.

William PelitReporter, Web Content

William, a freshman, helps man-age the content of the newspaper’s Website and he writes for the news-

paper. A member of the Freshman Social Committee, he also likes writing stories about polls and his-tory. He was a mem-ber of the school newspaper at Deer-

ing Middle School and his interests include computers and movies.

Mr. Eric WhiteNewspaper Adviser

A special education and history teacher he came into education after an 11-year career in journalism and

public relations. He won the Journalism Ex-cellence Award when he graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1993 with a

bachelor’s degree in journalism and a history minor. From there he was a newspaper editor and reporter, winning a New England Press As-sociation Award for news reporting. He also had an accomplished career in public relations, during which he won awards for his work on public-ity/marketing campaigns. He enjoys exercising and running road races in his spare time.

by Michael Crichton as well as the Gone series by Michael Grant.

Kelsey Rich, Reporter,

PhotographerKelsey is a senior working for the newspaper for the first time. She isour music report-er, keeping read-

ers up to date on the newest artists. Kelsey is also a staff photographer whose photo galleries have been featured on the newspaper’s Web-site. In addition, she is member of the Best Buddies Social Committee, which pairs students with special needs with mentors. In her spare time she enjoys watching YouTube, perusing social media and listening to old music. A student in the career and technical center’s child devel-opment program, she also enjoys reading about pop culture, horror, and current issues.

Eryka Daniels, Reporter

A sophomore, Eryka started on the staff last year as a freshman covering general

news and arts/entertainment.

Violet Wilkicki, Reporter,

PhotographerViolet is a freshman who loves to listen to music and watch

movies. She also loves the out-doors. She plans on auditioning for The Addams Family Musical and

Kyleigh Richard , Senior Reporter

The veteran of the staff, Kyleigh is an experienced se-nior reporter who is in her third year writ-ing for The Magic Word. An avid Star Trek fan she also serves as editor of the school’s year-

book The Chronicle as well as be-ing a member of the National Honor Society, TriM Music Honor Society and Secretary of the WWHS Play-ers (drama club). Richard is also a student mentor who enjoys sing-ing, reading and writing in her free time.

Nicole Copice, Reporter

Nicole is a sopho-more who is in her first year workingfor the newspaper. Her hobbies in-clude writing and

she loves to read books in the teen fiction, romance, horror, comedyand drama genres. She is currently working on a teen drama story of her own and she enjoys writing

short stories.

Eva White, Reporter

A sophomore, Eva joined the staff last year as a ninth-grader covering gen-

eral news stories and doing book reviews. She is an avid reader and writer whose favorite books include Jurassic Park and The Lost World

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Senior Quotes“Don’t worryaboutit.*fingersnap*” - Cassidy Jencks

“Welp ... Time to start adulting.” - Nathan Kuncio

“We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.” (J.K. Rowling) - Dillon Rezendes

“Don’t tell others your opinions unless you’re willing to stand by them.”- Eric Chapman

“Life is a crazy, mystical thing, and sometimes, you just go out like a buster.” - Liam Laferriere

“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.” - Kayla Carrera

“The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma” - Christian Lucero

“Successisneverfinal,Failureisnever fatal.” - Brian Moretti

“Every accomplishment starts

with the decision to try.” (JFK) - Isabelle Pare

“Hakuna Matata” - Adam Manocchio“Pretending that we live doesn’t make us alive” (Serj Tankian) - Jovan Rocha

“Of course I dress well, I didn’t spend all that time in the closet for nothing.” (unknown)- Brenden Melody “In the wise words of Mrs. Mott “When the volume is increasing the volume is changing.” - Anxhela Gjojdeshi

“It’s Boat Time or No Time” - Amir Spriggs

“Check Thyself Before Thy Wreck Thyself.” - Mary Tellier

“Life is full of many doors Ed-boy.”- Shuying Liu

“For my senior quote, I have written a haiku, are you satis-fied?”- Sean O’Grady

“Buddha once said that, ‘Hold-ing onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throw-

ing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.’ That’s why in high school I learned to let go. But seeing that our time here is coming to an end I want whoever is reading this to take a moment and appreciate/thank the people who’ve made us happy; even if they no longer stand by your side, because they’re the reason we’ve made it this far. I hope that everyone in the Class of 2016 achieves their dreams. Good luck.” - Corey Ray Beauchaine

“Life is not too short if you are having fun in the sun.” - Belle Fortune

“Sometimes I dream of cheese.” - Nicholas Marks

“Even at my worst time, I still smile because I know there is more to come.” (Heidi Chapman) - Deanna Pina

“Is mayonnaise an instrument?” (Patrick Star)- Tyler Coburn

“If wrestling was easy, then ev-eryone would do it, embrace the grind.” - Juan Urena

“Don’t depend on anyone for your happiness because you

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make your own happiness.” - Diana Diab

“My motivation in school is the hope of one day being rich, with a mansion full of dogs and doz-ens of stamps on my passport.” - Erika Gonzalez

“Anything you want, no mat-ter what it is, can be fought for. Whetherornotyouwinthatfightis up to faith. However, in due time, what you truly asked for will come to you. It may look totally different from what you pictured, but it is indeed what you truly wanted.” - Mario Ramos

“Listen to your teachers. Listen to yourself. Don’t do anything that harms you. Give it your all. Give the underclassmen the utmost respect that you would give anyone else. And thank you to our administration. Thank you West Warwick High School.” - Jared Rathbun

“You have broken the celery stalk on the back of a sea ur-chin.” - Nicholas Marks

“I dab with out dabbing, I whip with out the nae nae, I’m at peace with Myself. I am a bus, I am a Trent, I am me and can be anything I want.” - Trent Jameson Smith

“I’m a senior, but I stay fresh man” - Jadiana Trochez

“Shoutout to my boy Mr. Magei-ra, good luck with your chickens and Beagles.” - Billy-Rae Singpracha

“One shift can change someone’s life. So let’s change ours.” (from Chicago Fire)- Joshua Rogers

“You gotta make a statement. You gotta look inside yourself and say: ‘What am I willing to put up with today?’ Not freaking this!” - Eunique Thimas

“You’re over here ...” - Amanda Morris

“... Good one, Duff.” - Hayley Phillips

“I’m Nate and I’m a nice guy.” - Nathan Felix

“... you need to be over there. - Caitlynn Natalia“Rock bottom became the solid foundation which I rebuilt myself and my life on. NEVER GIVE UP, do what you can with what you have even if it isn’t much.” - Makayla Stroh

“Even if things get heavy, we’ll allfloaton”.- Alex Pezzullo

“You can always retake a test, but you can’t relive a party.”- Elizabeth Theroux

“Everything I’m not made me

everything I am.” - Allen Flyntz

“This place has made me mad as a hatter, but I’m leaving and that’s all that truly matters.” - Tayla Renee Dorgan

“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” - Avery Williamson

“There’s no such thing as a painless lesson, they just don’t exist.Sacrificesarenecessary.You can’t gain anything without losingsomethingfirst.Although,if you can endure that pain and walk away from it, you’ll findthatyounowhaveaheartstrong enough to overcome any obstacle. Yeah ... a heart made Fullmetal.” - Jason Randall

“Aim small miss small, this ones for Biggles.” - Matt Reid

“Work hard, be kind and amaz-ing things will happen to you.”- Kenny Naylor

“When the river runs red, take the dirt road instead.”- Cameron Bliss

“You can’t unring a bell”- Joshua Conti

“Anything lost can be found again, except time wasted. A vi-sion without action, is nearly a dream.” - Chris Boudreau

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Class of 2016Anna Maria CollegeBrian Moretti

Bay Path Univ.Mary Tellier

Becker CollegeHaley Tyler Jessica Torres Tommy Doran

Bowling Green State UniversityTaylor Worthington

Bridgewater StateJacob Anderson

Brown University Michael Villanueva

Bryant UniversityChristian Lucero Matthew Grenier

Castleton U.Malik Price

CCRIAmanda Hildebrand Corey Raymond Cristian Ovalles Dathan Nadeau Dennis Callaghan Diana Diab Eunique Thimas Franco Pezoa-Sir

Gianna Lavoie Isabelle Pare Jason Randall Joshua Deburgo Joshua Rogers Journey Hyatt Justin Lucier Kayla Lecuivre Kevin Paygai Mario Ramos Mary Tellier Matthew Frenette Meghan Letendre Michael Tetreault Nathaniel Snow Sharay Jones Shuying Liu Stefani Franco Zachary Pignolet Areona Durrell Brenden Carley Brett Coski Bryana Barron Kelsie Fitta Samantha Bettez

Clemson UniversityKylea Henseler

Curry CollegeDeandra Hernandez Katelyn Reisner Luis Salazar Nickayla Cruz Tyler Coburn

Daemen CollegeHaley Tyler

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AcceptancesEastern Connecticut State UniversityAdam Manocchio

Emmanuel CollegeAbby Petrangelo Alissa Rankin Taylor Cronin

Fisher CollegePacer Carpenter Frankin PierceAbby Petrangelo Matt Reid Tommy Doran

Full Sail UniversityJared Rathbun

Hofstra UniversityAbby Petrangelo

Johnson & Wales UniversityAbby Petrangelo Alexandra Fratus Alissa Rankin Brittany Lucas Christian Lucero Domenic Medina Gianna Simoncelli Hailey Lovelace Jacob Reposa Jessica White Mary Tellier Michaela LeRoy Pacer Carpenter Stefani Franco Teresa Amore Tommy Doran

Johnson State CollegeAlissa Rankin

Keene State CollegeDeandra Hernandez Hailey Lovelace Katelyn Reisner

Lesley UniversityDeandra Hernandez

Manhatten College Abby Petrangelo

Marquette UniversityKylea Henseler

Marymount Manhatten CollegeAbby Petrangelo

MCPHSJessica Torres Nickayla Cruz

Mount Ida CollegeHaley Tyler

New England TechRicky Deus Shelby Lavoie Shuying Liu Michelle Tavares

New Hampshire Institute of ArtBrenden Melody

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Newbury CollegeDomenic Medina Jessica White Pacer Carpenter Tommy Doran Brenden Melody

North Carolina State UniversityFaith Couture

Northeastern UniversityFaye Gauthier

Providence CollegeGianna Simoncelli

Penn State Univ.Faye Gauthier Kylea Henseler

Plymouth State UniversityDillon Rezendes Haley Lovelace Juan Urena

Quinnipiac Univ.Katelyn Reisner

Rhode Island CollegeAlexandra Fratus Amanda Morris Brenden Melody Brittany Lucas Caitlynn Natalia Haley Tyler Hannah Vazquez Juan Urena

Katelyn Reisner Kristen DiSano Kyleigh Richard Matthew Grenier Nickayla Cruz Noah Archambault Stefani Franco Taylor Cronin Adam Manocchio

Roger Williams UniversityBrittany Lucas Domenic Medina

Saint Leo UniversityAbby Petrangelo

Saint Vincent CollegeErika Gonzalez

Saint Michael’s CollegeKyleigh Richard

Salve Regina Univ.Brittany Lucas

Seton Hall Univ. Gianna Simoncelli

Southern New Hampshire Univ.Michaela LeRoy

Stevenson UniversityChristian Lucero Stefani Franco Suffolk

Class of 2016

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UCONNChristian Lucero Joe Paquette

University of HartfordAvery Williamson Deandra Hernandez Pacer Carpenter Taylor Cronin Tommy Doran

University of MaineKatelyn Reisner Taylor Cronin Tommy Doran Meghan Letendre

University of New EnglandMeghan Letendre

University of New HampshireAlissa Rankin Faith Couture Logan Chapman

University of New HavenAmanda Morris Gianna Simoncelli

University of Southern MaineKatelyn Reisner Michaela LeRoy

University of Tampa

Erika Gonzalez Ryan Johnson

University of ToldedoRachel Larmer

URIAlex Pezzullo Alexandra Fratus Alissa Rankin Bethany LeFrancois Brittany Lucas Caitlynn Natalia Christian Lucero Deandra Hernandez Domenic Medina Faith Couture Faye Gauthier Gianna Simoncelli Hailey Lovelace Haley Tyler Hannah Vazquez Hayley Phillips Jessica Torres Joe Paquette Juan Urena Kyleigh Richard Matthew grenier Matthew Pezzullo Maya Suggs Michael Villanueva Skylin Aldana Taylor Cronin Tommy Doran

Acceptances

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Class Day 2016The is a list of the awards given out on Class Day, which was Fri-day June 3,2016.

RHODE ISLAND SCHOLARS Faye Gauthier, Rachel Larmer, Alex Pezzullo

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE MATH & SCIENCE AWARD Maya Turnbull

SENATOR CLABORNE PELL AWARD Alec Charon

RECOGNITION OFGEN. TREASURER, SETH MAGAZINER YOUNG LEADER AWARD Steven Lucier

RECOGNITION OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,DANIEL J. MCKEE LEADERSHIP AWARD Matthew Grenier

RECOGNITION OF SECRE-TARY OF STATE, NELLIE M. GORBEA HIGH SCHOOL CIVIC LEADERSHIP AWARD Chloe Vargas, Ivan Goretoy

GRAND LODGE OF RI ORDER OF THE SONS OF ITALY IN AMERICA Jessica Torres

RI TEACHERS OF ITALIAN LUIGI PETRARCA SENIOR

ITALIAN 4 BOOK AWARD Joseph Paquette

RI TEACHERS OF ITAL-IAN PROF. REMO TRIV-ELLI ITALIAN 1 AWARD Jenna Grossguth

CONSULATE GENERAL OF SPAIN BOOK AWARD Domenic Medina

AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY AWARDKyleigh Richard

RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEDAL Matthew Susi

THE SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS Rose Shayer, Zachary Magiera

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE WRITING CONTEST Zoe Moreau, Jade Silva, Joseph Amaral

RECOGNITION OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SKILLS USA COMPE-TION WINNERS Gold Award winners: Joel Cullen – Automotive Service Technology Ian Cullen – Cabinetmaking Michelle Tavares – Computer Inter-Networking Technology Mario Santos – Promotional Bul-letin Board

Michael Tetreault - Teamworks Mossimo Leone – Technical Drafting Silver Award winners:Matthew Virian – Computer Inter-Networking Technology Isabelle Pare – Medical Termi-nology Bronze Award winners: Sky Whelply – Advertising De-sign & RI Statesmen’s Pin De-sign Jonathan Bates – Cabinetmaking Alexander Elby – Welding Sculp-ture

HORTA-HOUGENTOGLER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Jacob Anderson

RECOGNITION OF BRYANT UNIVERSITY START UP CHAL-LENGE Brittany Lucas, Jacob Reposa

RECOGNITION OF FEDERAL RESERVE FINANCIAL LITERA-CY CHALLENGE Teresa Amore, Ryan Johnson, Logan Chapman

STUDENT COUNCIL “WIZARD PRIDE” AWARD Matthew Grenier, Cheri Skurka, Katelyn Reisner, Christian Luc-ero

STUDENT COUNCIL ACHIEVE-MENT AWARD & STOLES Jadiana Trochez, Alissa Rankin, Erika Gonzalez, Faye Gauthier, Rachel Larmer, Noah Archam-bault

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THE WONDERFUL WIZARD AWARD Class of 2019: Ahlyana Richard-son Class of 2018: Kyra Shindler Class of 2017: Chloe Vargas Class of 2016: KristenDiSano

SCHOOL IMPROVE-MENT TEAM AWARD Dylan Gomes

THE EAGLE AWARD Class of 2019: Joseph Amaral, Kaitlyn Dennison, Erika Dero-cher, Kyle Goodrich, Matthew Jacques, Nicholas Li, Mason Miguel, Zoe Moreau, William Pelit, Davis SousaClass of 2018: Andrew D’Ambrosca, Abigayle Fielder Kyle Langlais, Nathaniel Lenz,Bennett Lou, Austin Machado, Lucas Nicolau, Kaitlyn Parry, Cyrus Richard, Ariyana SouksayClass of 2017: Taylor CarlsonMackenzie Derderian, Rachel Derocher, Caleb Flynn, Kath-erine Sears, Rose Shayer, Maya Turnbull, Anastasia Vourvacha-kis, Dimitri VourvachakisClass of 2016: Rachel LarmerAlex Pezzullo, Kyleigh Richard

WEST WARWICK PLAYERS AWARD Delicia D’Amico, Joseph Pa-quette, Taylor Worthington, Jared Rathbun, Vincent Lancel-lotta, Adam Manocchio, Kyleigh Richard, Megan Caputo, Jas-mine Johnson, Brenden Melody, Brittany Lucas, Jessica White, Taylor Cronin, Christopher Braga, Monineath Davit, Sharay Jones, Stephani Franco, Franco Pezoa-Sir

MAGIC WORD SCHOOL NEWSPAPER AWARD Kyleigh Richard, Kelsey Rich

CHRONICLE YEARBOOK AWARD Kyleigh Richard, Matthew Grenier, Kristen DiSano, Kelsey Rich

RYAN P. NELSON MEMO-RIAL YEARBOOK AWARD Matthew Hopper, Jacob Lean-der, Brooke Morrissey, Katelynn Reisner, EuniqueThimas

RECOGNITION OF THREE SPORT ATHLETES Class of 2016: Tyler Coburn, Faye Gauthier, Matt Grenier, Deandra Hernandez, Rachel Larmer, Jacob Leander, Justin Lucier, Christian Ovalles, Malik PriceMaya Suggs, Haley Tyler, Hermes Villar-Acosta, Avery WilliamsonClass of 2017: Zachary Beaudoin, Jan-Dave Bismonte, Mackenzie Derderian, Lathan Dure, Donald Etheridge, Jonathan Fortin, Ivan Goretoy. Brogan Guilmette, An-drew Kiley, Steven Lucier, Mat-thew Mazzone, Marina Morgera, Zachary Padula, Joseph PontesKatherine Sears, Beatriz Sebas-tiao, Rose Shayer, Matthew SusiAshley Tapia, Charles TashjianMaya Turnbull, Quindel Wilson, Brooke YoungClass of 2018: Hailey Anderson, Katheryn Biliouris, Tyler Car-riero, Denis Chernov, Sydnee Costa-Castaldi, Morgan Cruz, Andrew D’Ambrosca, Mariluz Feliciano

Emely Hidalgo, Calia Marso, William Matteson, Michael Moretti, Kaitlyn Parry, Jalisa Price, Samantha RealiClass of 2019: Elda Alvarez, Kate Alvarez, Joseph Amaral, Mason Brunette, Zachery Casey, Adam DaSilva, Arturo Garrido, Mat-thew Henault, Kevin HeroldDante Lopes, Aidan Lynn, Dan-ielle Maynard, Emily McNeilValentina Ochoa, Mason PachecoJordan Rajotte, Colby RogersShalyne Scott, Robert Sullo

RECOGNITION OF TWELVE SPORT ATHLETES Matthew GrenierFaye GauthierRachel LarmerJustin Lucier

SALLY JANE RAINVILLE DRESS DOWN SCHOLARSHIP Matthew Grenier

DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS/DRESS DOWN SCHOLARSHIP Logan Chapman, Nickayla Cruz, Erika Gonzalez, Stephani Fran-co, Christian Lucero, Nicholas Reca, Amanda Morris, Hannah Vasquez

RECOGNITION OF 2016 WWTA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS Hailey Lovelace (Donna Pal-iotta Memorial Scholarship) Alyssa Rankin, Avery William-son (James A. Williamson Jr. Memorial Scholarship)

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Gauthier From PAGE 1said. “(I) surrounded myself with a lot of people who were doing the same thing.” Gauthier says sports helped her excel and make many friends. In addition, tournaments and other sporting events have provided the op-portunity for Gauthier to meet many people around the state with the same interests. After graduation on June 10, Gauthier plans to major in architectur-al engineering at Worcester Polytech-nic Institute (WPI). She gives special thanks to her parents, and she insists she would not have gotten to where she is without them. Her teachers also had some-thing to do with it. “Every teacher I

had shaped me a little bit more and shaped me into who I am, and I would not be where I am if not for them,” she said. Even with the support, being valedictorian came down to hard work. “I spent many nights up late working,butitwasdefinitelyworthit,” said Gauthier, who focused on what she could control and let the rest take care of itself. After all, she could not control how hard the rest of her class worked or how many students there were. She will bring that focus to WPI, where she will compete on the track team as she did in high school. Said Gauthier: “You can only control how well you do.”

Photo By Chris GauthierGauthier excels in track and field. Above, she throws the hammer at the Mt. Pleasant Invitational last month.

Villanueva From PAGE 1challenge yourself and do your best.” Villanueva did not have a job in high school but he played a lot of tennis and was a member of

last year’s Division III Champion Tennis Team and this year’s team, which lost only once during the regular season. He was also very active in his church. All the activi-tiesmadeputtinggradesfirstdif-ficultattimes,buthefounditwasalways the best way to go. While in his sophomore year, Villanueva found out he was ranked second. “I was really, really excited to see where I stood and I was happy to be at least in the top two,” he said. Being valedictorian had been one of his goals since middle school and he worked really hard throughout his high school career. Once he found out he was Salutato-rian, he was very proud of his great accomplishment and he feels “like our valedictorian really deserved it because she worked just as hard if not harder than I did.”

Once Villanueva graduates he will attend Brown University where he will major in engineer-ing.Hehopestofinishafouryeardegree then hopefully go to a graduate school. He would like to thank his parents for always push-ing him, he shares, because “they were always a big driving force” in his educational career. For any student who hopes to be valedictorian or salutatorian Villanueva believes the biggest piece of advice is to focus on yourself and keep working hard. While he was salutatorian he “kept on worrying who was else was in thetopfiveandwhatclassestheywere taking, especially the AP and honors classes.” However, he learned that focusing on himself and striving to do his best was all he could do. In the end, it turned out to be good enough.

Photo By Kelsey Rich

Villanueva serves to an opponent dur-ing a recent match. He was the No. 3 singles player for the boys’ tennis team, which this year lost only once during the regular season after winning the Division III Championship last year.

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RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE BOOK AWARD Kristen DiSano

RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE BOOK AWARD Juliana Cuomo, Alec Charon

SAINT MICHAEL’S COLLEGE BOOK AWARD Samantha Dick

NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOOK AWARD Nicholas Marks, Michael Tet-reault, Shuying Liu, Richard Deus

DEPARTMENT AWARDS

BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Brittany Lucas, Matthew Gre-nier, Ryan Johnson

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Kyleigh Richard

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: Diana Diab, Wendy Ji, Shuying Liu

INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Jacob Anderson, Matthew Mor-gan

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Faye Gauthier, Alex Pezzullo

MUSIC DEPARTMENT Choral Directors’ Award – Joseph Paquette Rising Star Award – Miranda Silva

Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBrenden Melody

Western New England UniversityBethany LeFrancois

Worcester Polytechnic InstituteFaye Gauthier

Class Day From PAGE 11

Acceptances From PAGE 9

National School Choral Award – Delicia D’AmicoLouis Armstrong Jazz Award - Kristen DiSanoJohn Philip Sousa Band Award – Cameron GarveyRobert Izzo Outstanding First Year Award – Kevin Herold, Dante Lopes Dennis Pratt Outstanding Musicianship Award – Vincent Lancellotta

PHYSICAL EDUCATION/HEALTH DEPARTMENT Deandra Hernandez, Justin Lucier

REMARKABLE STRIDES AWARD Mariah Keeler, Shawna Gifford

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Taylor Worthington, Alex Pez-zullo

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT Faye Gauthier

VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Artists of the Year – Kristen Di-Sano, Steven Copice Rising Star: Brendon Melody Police Memorial Design Winner – Jessica White

WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT Outstanding French Student: Jason Randall Outstanding Italian Student: Matthew Susi Outstanding Spanish Student: Thomas Cornicelli

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SENIOR EVENTSGraduation Rehearsal: June 9, 2016 - 8:00am

MANDATORY - held in auditorium, class video shown afterwards

Senior Breakfast: June 9, 2016 - 11:00 am@ Quidnessett Country Club $5

Graduation Rehearsal @ The Vets: June 10, 2016 - 8:30am MANDATORY

Graduation: June 10, 2016Students arrive at 6:00 pm. Ceremony Starts at 7:00 pm

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Underclassmen Final ExamsMonday, June 13 - Period 7 and Period 6Tuesday, June 14 - Period 5 and Period 4

Wednesday, June 15 - Period 3 and Period 2Thursday, June 16 - Period 1 and Make ups

9:05 - 9:25 (Chromebook Collection) Buses will leave at 9:35 a.m.

Friday, June 17 - Make up Day (by appointment)Lunches will be served from 10:45 - 11:05 on Monday, Tuesday, and

Wednesday. Buses will leave at 11:10 on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday the buses will leave at 9:35 a.m.