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Murdock Middle School Honor Roll, 2024-25 Q2

Grade 6

High Honors

Mason Anderson
Aenea Batista-Lin
Sadie Beauregard
Rocco Bevacqua
Jolee Brown
Carly Burnell
Karter Chapman
Travis Dack
Maria Clara Decol
Seraphina Files-Minnie
Tyler Gaudet
Nevayah Gelpi-Balthazar
Kaitlyn Gosselin
Cole Landry
Alexander LaPointe
Dylan Lavoie
Emily Leary
Bizoza Mbikije
Bryce Metallic
Makenna Moriarity
Jackson Morin
Sophia Mucci
Laura Peixoto
Elana Quist
Eden Solomon

Honors

Abel Atwood
Aubrey Bahr
Emma Barnjum
Cadeau Beauregard
Connor Brady
Elianna Bruso
Aurelia Chagnon
Jeffrey Chagnon
Aria Dasher
Rielle Diamond
Ayana Duguay
Trevor Fernandes
Samuel Findley
Cody Fischett
Nora Guitare
Fred Harris
Kyler Harris
Reese Kacian-Shumsky
Caleb Kapp

Eily Keney
Brennan Laprise
Kagen Maillet
Wyatt Main
Xian Jayden Marcial
Lexington McGinnis
Gianna Muniz
Ava Murray
Hunter Nelson
Jillian Ostergard
Isaac Phelps
Michael Pucci
Alexis Putvain
Bentley Ringuette
Jack Ringuette
Aliyah Scott
Ethan Slowinski
Lexi Stewart
Damian Torres-Perez
Gavin Warren
Drake Whitaker

Grade 7

High Honors

Lucienne Batchelder
Vince Chermak
Payton Davis
Parker Landry
Emma Lavoie
Aubrey MacAllister
Carter Mayer
Owen Moury
Jackson Oinonen
Jaxson Smith
Ryan Woolfrey
Angelina Yang

Honors

Leila Badger
Justin Bosworth
Laney Burgess
Blake Drinkwater
Kenneth Frye
Julian Gonzalez
Miles Harris
Matthew Hollenbeck
Bradley Iwanik-Harmon
Charlie Iwanik-Harmon
Ariana Lahood
Nina Langford
Emilee Laraba
Sophia LeBlanc
Dustin LeRay
Jackson Lindberg
Benjamin Lynch
Lucas Plante
Ray Richard
Macy Rose
Gavin Simoneau
Hailey Stewart
Treton Stuart
Liliana Vento
Owen Wante
Angelica Yang

Grade 8

High Honors

Devin Bisson
Mila Bourassa
Sophia Gauthier
Dalaias Lao
Austin Lessard
Carleigh Moriarity
Annaleigh Quist
Aubri Rawlins
Julian Torres

Honors

Josslyn Benda
Jack Dale
Maria Eduarda Decol
Jonathan Deleon
Beckett Gaspar
Charles Hawkins
Sydney Houle
Ariana James
Emma Keney
Julie Lafrennie
Khaos Laraba
Bryson Lessard
Jacoby Metallic
Nolan Murphy
Holly O'Dea
Jake Pervier
Isaiah Pimentel
Macks Race
Khloe Ringuette
Khristian Rodriguez
Trenton Solomon
Brendon Stevens

Murdock High School Honor Roll, 2024-25 Q2

Grade 9

Highest Honors

Aurora Chermak
Makayla Chermak
Tristan Fuller
Samuel Skawinski

High Honors

Breelynn Anderson
Brooke Arsenault
Brady Brunt
Morgan Nelson

Honors

Rebekah Boisvert
Yansiel Martinez
Matthew Peters
Romina Rosso
Mackenzie Simoneau
Joshua Wester
Stehen Wood

Grade 10

Highest Honors

Emily Croteau
Ana Delanski
Michael Quinn
Brodie Whitaker

High Honors

Makenna Figueroa
Vivian Fitzmaurice
Addison Mistler
Jordan Peterson

Honors

Olivia Blais
Luisette Figueroa
Hiroto Higgins
Amaya Mercado
Ricard Pierre Louis
Seth Robinson
Joeliany Saez-Perez
Bryce Teixeira

Grade 11

Highest Honors

Holly Harris

Honors

Kyle Brown
Kylieann Brown
James Dye
Logan Gammel
Bailee McKinnon
Madilyn Stewart
Clayton Tenney
Grade 12

Highest Honors

Cody Beauvais Michaud
Emily Bradley
Gavin Boucher
Erin McCarthy

High Honors

Kaylynn Bigness
Janelle Dansin
Elizabeth Merrill
Avery Murphy
Milo-Vaughn Nicholson
Cohen Veilleux

Honors

Emma Blake
Tanner Brimhall
Lillyanna Cyganiewicz
Matthew Dellmuth
Benjamin Digman
Brayden Donahue
Avery Gomez
Caden Keeney
Wiley MacKay
Nathan Metallic
Noah Oliveira
Jackson Skawinski
Megan St. Pierre
Owen Trickett
Gavin Zabik

Domenic Iannacone of Winchendon Earns Dean's List Honors at University of Tampa

TAMPA, FL (02/12/2025)-- Domenic Iannacone, of Winchendon, earned dean's list honors at University of Tampa for the Fall 2024 semester. Iannacone is a Senior majoring in Film and Media Arts BFA. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.75 or higher to be eligible for the dean's list.

The University of Tampa is a private, comprehensive university located on 110 acres on the riverfront in downtown Tampa. Known for academic excellence, personal attention and real-world experience in its undergraduate and graduate programs, the University has about 200 programs of study and serves more than 11,000 students from 50 states and most of the world's countries.


Kikelomo Tetteh of Winchendon Named to Elms College Dean's List for Fall 2024

CHICOPEE, MA (02/05/2025)-- The College of Our Lady of the Elms has named Kikelomo Tetteh of Winchendon to the dean's list for the fall 2024 semester.

Elms College is a co-educational Catholic college offering a liberal arts curriculum that prepares students holistically for a purposeful life in a diverse and interconnected world. Founded in 1928 by the Sisters of St. Joseph, Elms College has a tradition of educating reflective, principled and creative learners, who are rooted in faith, educated in mind, compassionate in heart, responsive to civic and social obligations, and capable of adjusting to change without compromising principle.


Saint Anselm College names Rachel Romero to Dean's List

MANCHESTER, NH (February 18, 2025) - Saint Anselm College has released the Dean's List of high academic achievers for the first semester of the 2024-2025 school year. To be eligible for this honor, a student must have achieved a grade point average of 3.4 or better in the semester with at least 12 credits of study which award a letter grade.

Mark W. Cronin, Dean of the College, announced that Rachel Romero, a Politics Major from Winchendon, MA was named to the Dean's List for the fall 2024 semester at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.

A total of 622 students representing 23 states and four countries were named.

Jeff Alisauskas of Winchendon named to the Fall 2024 President's List at Hudson Valley Community College

TROY, NY (02/03/2025)-- Jeff Alisauskas of Winchendon was named to the Fall 2024 President's List at Hudson Valley Community College.

Alisauskas is studying in the Individual Studies academic program at the Troy, NY college.

Each fall and spring term, the college's President's List names those full-time students and part-time students registered for at least six college credits who have a term average of between 3.5 and 4.0 and who received no grade of "D," "F," "I," "Z," or "W" on their record for that term. Students must have completed at least 12 college credits successfully.

Founded in 1953, Hudson Valley Community College is the largest community college in upstate New York and offers more than 85 degree and certificate programs in three schools: Business and Liberal Arts; Health Sciences; and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM); and also administers the Educational Opportunity Center for academic and career training at no cost to those who qualify. One of 30 community colleges in the SUNY system, Hudson Valley enrolls more than 20,000 students in credit and non-credit courses and is a recognized leader in distance learning and workforce development. The college has more than 90,000 alumni. To learn more, please visit www.hvcc.edu.


Rickelle Divoll-Tieu named to the dean's list at Tufts University

MEDFORD, MA (02/17/2025)-- Rickelle Divoll-Tieu, Class of 2027 of Winchendon, was named to the dean's list at Tufts University for the fall 2024 semester. Dean's list honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater.

Tufts University, located on campuses in Boston, Medford/Somerville and Grafton, Massachusetts, and in Talloires, France, is recognized among the premier research universities in the United States. Tufts enjoys a global reputation for academic excellence and for the preparation of students as leaders in a wide range of professions. A growing number of innovative teaching and research initiatives span all Tufts campuses, and collaboration among the faculty and students in the undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs across the university's schools is widely encouraged.