SPOTLIGHT
Accolades 2012 Congratulations to members of the Foote School student body who have received awards and recognitions. GRADUATION AND EIGHTH GRADE RECOGNITION The Foote School Prize Juliette Kenn de Balinthazy Ninth Grade Academic Award Meera Dhodapkar Eighth Grade Academic Award Ariel Feinstein, Olivia Podos Honorable Mention: Helena Butler, Ethan Della Rocca, Lilli Gibson Jean B. Shepler Fine Arts Prize Juliette Kenn de Balinthazy, Bryan Zhou Ninth Grade Athletic Awards Juliette Kenn de Balinthazy, Conor Marlatt
AMERICAN MATHEMATICS CONTEST Sponsored by the Mathematics Association of America (grades 6, 7, 8) The Foote School received a certificate of achievement for scoring a total of 50 points or more. Daniel Zanuttini-Frank was the overall school winner for the contest. Honor Roll (represents the top 5 percent of more than 2,300 competing U.S. schools and schools abroad) Daniel Zanuttini-Frank – sixth grade Alyssa Zhou – seventh grade Dominique Williams – eighth grade Certificates of Achievement (awarded to students in sixth grade or below for a score greater than 15) Daniel Zanuttini-Frank, Jonah Berman, William Rosenbluth
Eighth Grade Athletic Awards Helena Butler, Isabelle Lent, Jared Milazzo
Sixth Grade Daniel Zanuttini-Frank, first place Jonah Berman, second place William Rosenbluth, third place
CONTINENTAL MATHEMATICS LEAGUE (Ninth Grade level mathematics)
Seventh Grade Alyssa Zhou, first place Holden Turner, second place Claudia Horvath-Diano, third place
The Foote School Team placed first regionally. Team members: Caleb Bishop, Meera Dhodapkar, Max Hauser, Harrison Lapides, Conor Marlatt, Olivia Matthes Theriault, Nicolas McCabe, Ian Shaw, Peyton Swift, Aléc Zemborain, Mikel Zemborain, Bryan Zhou
Eighth Grade Dominique Williams, first place Olivia Podos, second place Ian Ono-Gerow, Anika Zetterberg, third place
Meera Dhodopkar placed first individually in the region. Max Hauser and Bryan Zhou were recognized for achievement.
Eighth Grade Team The Foote team placed third regionally. Olivia Podos placed fourth regionally. Team members: Lilli Gibson, Ian Ono-Gerow, Olivia Podos, Preston Stump, Dominique Williams
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NEW ENGLAND MATHEMATICS LEAGUE
Seventh Grade Team The team placed third in the region and 27th in a field of 128 schools. Alyssa Zhou placed fourth regionally. Team members: Nathaniel Bogardus, Daniel Kuriakose, Virginia Stanley, Annika Swift, Holden Turner, Alyssa Zhou Sixth Grade Team The team placed second in the New Haven region and 25th overall in a field of 131 schools. Sarah Zhao placed second regionally; Daniel Zanuttini-Frank placed third regionally. Team members: Jonah Berman, Jackson Haile, Julianna Hellerman, William Rosenbluth, Daniel Zanuttini-Frank, Sarah Zhao MODEL CONGRESS AWARDS Held at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y., the Model Congress included 200 middle school students from 13 independent schools. Fourteen of 18 legislative bills presented by Foote students passed in their respective committees. One Foote School bill was selected for debate in full committee session in the afternoon. The bill, “An Act to Legalize Euthanasia in All Fifty States,” presented by seventh graders Nico Kenn de Balinthazy and Rody Conway, was selected for full session and subsequently passed. Honorable Mentions for Best Legislator: Eighth Grade: Katie Martin, Jared Milazzo, Dominique Williams Ninth Grade: Meera Dhodapkar, Max Sbriglio, Mikel Zemborain Golden Gavel Award for Best Legislator: Anna Diffley
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