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FALL 2020 A Publication About Region 10 Schools

BACK-TO-SCHOOL ISSUE REGION 10 WELCOMES BACK STUDENTS AND STAFF It certainly looks different in Region 10 this school year. the school where their parent worked, and were assisted by Hallways are clearly marked with directional arrows, all a variety of Region 10 staff, and in some cases high school staff and students wear masks, lunchroom seats are spaced 6 students, during the day. If a child needed to log in and Zoom feet apart, Physical Education classes are being held outside for class, they were able to do so while in childcare. There when possible (pic- were also opportunities for the kids to watch movies, create tured), and mask artwork, complete homework, and work with legos and breaks are part of STEM bins. It was a true team effort to help our staff whose many student’s children were not yet in school full time. daily routine. Region 10 students began the school year on August 31st in To get our a Hybrid model of “Cohort A” and “Cohort B,” broken into students and staff one half of the alphabet attending each cohort. After success- back to school, fully re-introducing K-6 full time on September 14th, 7-12 Region 10 cre- grades started back full time on September 28th. On that day, ated a Reopening staff in the district Steering Commit- wore their “Region tee that was comprised of six working groups: Operations, 10 Strong” t-shirts Health and Safety, Student Services, Teaching and Learning, (pictured) because, Coordination/Communication and Technology. They made as Susan Laone, excellent progress throughout the summer to create a dis- Director of Finance trict plan that assured a safe environment under current and and Operations evolving conditions. Along with the administration and mem- stated, “Together we bers of the Board of Education, there were eight teachers on are strong and can the Steering Committee and more than a dozen teachers who get through any- participated in the various working groups. Superintendent thing!” Howard Thiery stated, “The voice of the teachers in our As Region 10 completes the third month of school, the planning work has been a critical foundation to developing a administration continues to work closely with the Bristol/ plan for both health, safety and effective teaching.” Burlington Health Department and Torrington Area Health Although a majority of our staff and students headed back District to ensure safety procedures and protocols are fol- into the classroom, the Region 10 administration took into lowed, and that contact tracing is completed for anyone account that not all school districts in our geographical area considered in close contact with a Covid case. We are proud were fully open. Thus, Region 10 added childcare during the of our staff and students for handling the many changes that first month of school for employees whose children were not have transpired thus far. We are Region 10 Strong! yet attending school in person. The children were placed in Technology Gets an Upgrade in Region 10 When Joe Sousa was hired in 2019 as the Director of Technology & Innovation, he set several goals for the District in regards to upgrading technology, updating security, and distributing personal learning devices (PLD’s) to all K-12 students. “Security and stability have been two focus areas since I arrived in June of 2019. All of our devices are now protected with anti-virus and anti- malware with ransomware protection built in. We also upgraded our network firewalls, which dramatically improved our secu- rity stance, network stability, and network speeds. We have moved services out to the cloud to reduce our overall infrastructure.” “We also added a cloud-based email monitoring and anti-phishing platform last fall. Phishing is when emails are sent fraudu- lently to induce individuals to reveal personal information or something of monetary value. This platform looks for suspicious email formats that are commonly used in phishing attacks, identifies them, and automatically sends them to Junk Email while notifying the user. As most ransomware starts from phishing emails, this is a critical part of our security strategy.” As of today, grades 5-12 are fully 1:1 with PLD’s, with K-4 being added this fall. Sousa adds, “The landscape for being able ~continued on Page 3 Superintendent’s Corner Howard Thiery The 2020-21 school year continues to be a year like no other. Our schools have been open for three months amidst the continued landscape of the pandemic. Our faculty, staff and administrators have done an incredible job adapting our schools so that they are safe places for students to learn every day. Our students have been amazing as they work hard every day to follow our safety guidelines. What I have found most rewarding and heartwarming is if you could visit our schools, you would see children who are incredibly happy to be in school, to be together and to learn with their school community. I am extremely proud of our profes- sionals and our students! As the Covid numbers continue to increase in this second wave of the pandemic, I want to assure you that we are watching the infection data in our community and schools very closely on an ongoing basis. I attend a meeting with the State Epidemiologists every week and the regional Directors of Public Health minimal- ly once per week to look at our plans and the current data. At this point in time the data still supports students being in school to learn. Our communities are still running lower than many in the state despite the upward trend we are seeing in both towns. In addition, we now know that schools are doing significantly bet- ter than their communities in terms of number of cases. The State Epidemiologist believes this is because the mitigation strategies used in schools, especially masks and distancing, are more consistently maintained in schools than in the general community. In addition, when we do have a case our contact tracing is very accurate because we can account for the location of staff and students throughout the school day. The effectiveness of these processes has kept overall school cases much lower than the general population and has thus far prevented any documented school-based transmission. The takeaways from all of these discussions is that despite the upward trends in the state, schools are still effectively mitigating the infection risks. As of today, our schools have been open for 12 weeks and we have had 11 Covid cases thus far. We will continue to track our mitigation processes and procedures closely, but until such time as the data shows that it is safer for students to learn from home or that we do not have suf- ficient staff due to quarantines, we will remain open. As I pointed out, all of our cases have come into our schools from the community. Please carefully consider all of your actions out in our community. The prevalence of the Covid virus is increasing and what we do each and every day can impact our ability to keep our children in school. Please wear a mask, keep your distance and consider reducing social gatherings. This second wave is anticipated to keep increasing through the holidays before waning after the new year. We need to do this together. Please keep yourself and your loved ones safe!

With Respect, Honor and Gratitude - Thank You, Veterans! Regional School District #10 would like to thank our Veterans for their sacrifice and service to our Nation. Even though our traditional Veterans Day celebrations could not occur in each of our schools, students and staff celebrated in other ways, such as wearing Red, White and Blue and discussing what Veterans Day means to them. Lewis Mills High School opted to livestream a special ceremony to the entire school, complete with inspirational speeches, patriotic singing and the playing of Taps. Thank you, Veterans, for your sacrifice, your bravery, and the example you set for us all!

Junior Savannah Duursema recited Seniors Jessi Nevin, Jilly Atlas and Lauren Sophomore Josh Mazar and Junior Liam Smith a letter originally written by Fitzgerald beautifully harmonized on the song finished the ceremony with Taps to honor President Franklin D. Roosevelt. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.” our Veterans.

2 Region 10 School Bell ~ continued from Page 1, Technology to obtain any student devices from manufacturers is very difficult right now, with supply chains changing daily. We are fortunate to have had the overwhelming support of the Board of Education, Superintendent Thiery, and the Administration in being able to act early this past spring to secure devices amid unprecedented global demand. All student devices either are or will be running GoGuardian, which is a device-based web content filtering platform. This protects both the students and devices from dangerous or damaging content from anywhere, whether they are in school or at home. This is especially important as we prepare to have 1:1 devices at all grade levels K-12. We continue to provide supplemental laptops to families as we have since March, particu- larly grades K-4, for those who may need additional equipment during a potential hybrid scenario. A pilot program was launched this past summer which provided many elementary teachers with new Windows laptops like those the students will receive.” Sousa concludes, “Work continues at the BOE Tech Committee and within the administration to develop a technology stan- dards-based framework for technology integration districtwide. This work centers around identifying technology and digital literacy skills for students as well as faculty and weaving them into the curriculum.” The Region 10 Tech Department has put together a number of resources for parents, which can be found at the following link: http://www.region10ct.org/technology. Region 10 Board Of Education Welcomes Scott Savelle With the departure of member Bruce Guillemette this past Reserves. After leaving active Navy duty I attended Hartford August, Mr. Scott Savelle was elected as the new BOE mem- State Technical College earning a degree in Civil Engineering ber from Burlington. Looking for an opportunity to serve the Technology. I’ve spent most of the last 30 years working as town he has lived in since 2009, Mr. Savelle a construction inspector, land surveyor and saw the open BOE position as his way to resident engineer/construction manager.” give back to the community that “has been When the opening occurred this summer so good to my family.” His family consists on the BOE, “it seemed like a great oppor- of his wife of 15 years, Carol, and two chil- tunity to be able to contribute to Region 10’s dren who attend Har-Bur Middle School- excellence and be a steward of our commu- 8th grader Maya, and 6th grader Jack. “Both nity’s greatest asset. I’m looking forward kids love school, are good students and have to the collaborative effort and energy that’s many great friends. They are also budding a part of the BOE’s work. I actually enjoy athletes, with Maya playing field hockey and meetings and the give and take that leads to lacrosse, and Jack playing BJSA soccer.” good outcomes.” The Savelle family enjoys all waterborne One of Mr Savelle’s goals is to “help the activities from swimming in their pool, to Board anticipate, plan for and adapt to the fishing, snorkeling and paddle sports. “We future demands that will be placed on Re- also enjoy biking and hiking and rediscov- Mr. Scott Savelle gion 10. Whether it’s budgets, changing ered camping during Labor Day at Mt. Blue BOE representative from Burlington school populations, state mandates or other in Maine.” external pressures on Region 10, I want to Mr. Savelle grew up in Cheshire, CT. “Five days after grad- help ensure the primary mission of preparing future gradu- uating from Cheshire High School I shipped off to the US ates, who are ready for the real world, is accomplished. The Navy. I became an aircrewman serving on long-range patrol residents of Region 10 expect nothing less.” aircraft. I served 5 years on active duty and 18 years in the Commended Students Announced for 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program Lewis S. Mills High School is pleased to announce that among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million stu- four seniors have been named Commended Students in the dents across the nation who entered the 2021 competition by 2021 National Merit taking the 2019 Preliminary SAT Scholarship Program (PSAT) / National Merit Scholar- (NMSC). Lauren ship Qualifying Test. Fitzgerald, Amanda “Those being named Com- McCard, Evan mended Students have demon- Reynolds and Hubert strated outstanding potential for Sliwka have received academic success,” commented a this honor. spokesperson for NMSC. Approximately Pictured: Back row~ School 34,000 Commended Counselor Mr. Joseph Trahan, Students throughout School Counselor Mr. Lucio De- the nation are being Marco, School Counselor Mrs. recognized for their Meridith Silver, Principal Mr. exceptional academic Christopher Rau. Front row~ promise. Lauren, Hubert Sliwka, Evan Reynolds, Amanda, Evan and Lauren Fitzgerald and Amanda Hubert placed McCard.

Region 10 School Bell 3 LEWIS S. MILLS CLASS OF 2020 Of the 166 students who graduated from Lewis Mills, 115 are attending 4-year schools; 24 are attending 2-year schools; 4 are attending specialty/technical schools; 5 are entering the military; 13 are entering employment; 5 have alternate plans. Listed below are the institutions of higher learning which accepted one or more of our remarkable Region 10 graduates. The schools in bold indicate those our graduates chose to attend.

Adelphi University Lehigh University Southern New Hampshire University Albertus Magnus College Lesley University ~2 Springfield College ~3 Alfred University ~1 Liberty University St. John’s University ~1 American Musical & Dramatic Academy Long Island University, Post State University of New York, Albany College and Conservatory of the Lynn University ~1 Performing Arts Maine College of Art State University of New York, College of American University ~1 Manhattan College ~1 Technology at Alfred Arizona State University Marist College ~2 State University of New York, Stony Assumption University ~2 Marymount Manhattan College ~1 Brook ~1 Becker College Massachusetts College of Art & Design Stetson University ~1 Bernard M. Baruch College, City Massachusetts College of Pharmacy Stevens Institute of Technology University of New York and Health Sciences Stockton University Bethany College Massachusetts Maritime Academy ~1 Stonehill College ~1 Boston College Merrimack College Suffolk University Brigham Young University, Idaho Michigan State University Syracuse University Brigham Young University, Provo ~1 Molloy College Temple University Bryant University Montclair State University The American Musical and Dramatic University of California, Santa Barbara Mount Saint Mary College Academy Castleton University Naugatuck Valley Community College The New School Central Connecticut State University ~8 New York University ~1 Tunxis Community College ~15 Champlain College Nichols College Union College ~1 Clarkson University North Carolina State University University of Alabama Clemson University ~1 Northeastern University University of Central Florida ~1 Coastal Carolina University ~1 Northwestern Connecticut University of Connecticut ~21 Colby-Sawyer College ~1 Community College ~9 University of Delaware ~1 College of Charleston Nova Southeastern University University of Florida ~1 College of Our Lady of Elms Pace University, New York City ~1 University of Hartford ~5 College of Saint Rose Palm Beach Atlantic University University of Maine ~3 College of The Holy Cross Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts University of Massachusetts, Colorado State University Pennsylvania State University ~1 Amherst ~2 Connecticut College Plymouth State University ~2 University of Massachusetts, Lowell Curry College Post University ~1 University of New England ~1 Dartmouth College Pratt Institute ~1 University of New Hampshire ~4 Denison University ~1 Providence College University of New Haven ~1 De Sales University Queens College, City University of University of North Carolina, Chapel Drexel University New York Hill Duquesne University Quinnipiac University University of North Carolina, Charlotte East Carolina University Regis College University of North Carolina, Eastern Connecticut State University ~1 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Wilmington ~1 Emmanuel College ~2 Rhode Island College University of Notre Dame Endicott College ~1 Rider University University of Rhode Island ~2 Fairfield University ~2 Roger Williams University ~4 University of Rochester Fisher College Rutgers University University of Saint Joseph ~3 Florida Atlantic University Sacred Heart University University of Scranton Florida Gulf Coast University Saint Anselm College ~1 University of South Carolina Fordham University ~1 Saint Joseph’s College of Maine University of South Florida ~1 George Mason University Saint Michael’s College ~2 University of Southern Maine Harvard College ~1 Salem State University University of Tampa High Point University Salve Regina University University of Vermont ~1 Hofstra University School of Visual Arts University of Virginia Husson University Seton Hall University Utica College Iona College Siena College Valencia College ~1 Ithaca College Simmons College ~1 Villanova University James Madison University Skidmore College Virginia Commonwealth University Johnson and Wales University ~1 Southern Connecticut State Keene State College University ~2 ~Continued on page 5

4 Region 10 School Bell ~Continued from page 4 Lewis S. Mills Scholarship Fund William & Mary Worcester Polytechnic University Awards $22,050 to Xavier University ~1 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Class of 2020 State University ~1 The Lewis S. Mills Scholarship Fund is proud to have been assisting Wagner College students with college tuition for the past 57 years! Thanks to your Wentworth Institute of Technology~2 continued generosity, in 2020, 17 LSM graduates received Western Connecticut State $22,050 in scholarships. University ~1 Western New England University ~3 Please consider supporting the Scholarship Fund with a personal, Westfield State University business, or memorial contribution. Estate planning options are available. Contributions over $500 can be awarded as a named scholarship. The annual Fund Drive mailer should have arrived in your mailbox. The committee hopes you will continue to generously support their efforts to aid Lewis S. Mills High School’s soon-to-be graduates. You can also donate to the Fund via the website: https://lsmscholarship.weebly.com. If you have any questions, or are interested in joining the Scholarship Fund committee, please contact President Marie Simard: [email protected]. Thank you for your support! Region 10 Make A Mark, Inc. Awards $6,460 in Grants “The mission of Region 10 Make A Mark, Inc. is to support innovative learning. We are dedicated to sustaining and extending the excellence of the Region 10 School District by providing a source of funding for educational opportunities not normally covered by the Region 10 School budget.” With the support of events such as the Intergenerational Chess Tournament and The Music Fest (formerly Johnnycake Music Fest), Make A Mark was able to award the following six grants for 2020-21: (recipients are pictured as listed, L-R) I Joanne Ellsworth (not pictured) & Angela Pasqualini, Lake Garda Elementary School & Harwinton Consolidated School: You will find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax all you need is a book! (Dr. Seuss) I Robert Pirotta, Harwinton Consolidated School: Tambourines for Counting, Reading Rhythm, and Brain Breaks I Dina Grant, Har-Bur Middle School: Upstanders Book Club I Jim Barone & HBMS’ Scott Morneault (not pictured), Lewis S. Mills High School: Putting and Social Distancing I Laura Faga, Lewis S. Mills High School: NFLHS 5th grade World Language Enrichment Courses I Amanda McCard, Evan Reynolds & Alyse Pasqualini, Lewis S. Mills High School students: PALS Mentorship Program

Each July, the Make A Mark Grant Committee meets to discuss all grant applications that have been received. Recipients of the grants are surprised with their awards at the beginning of the school year. Pictured (right) is MAM Treasurer Paul Honig presenting a check for $6,460 to Superintendent Howard Thiery and Director of Finance and Operations Susan Laone. To learn more about MAM visit www.region10makeamark.org, and follow their Facebook (Make A Mark) and Instagram (region10makeamark) pages.

Region 10 School Bell 5 LEWIS S. MILLS HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI Your Dedication to Education Is Appreciated! D David Fortin ‘73. Director of Facilities in Regional School District #10. Dave will be retiring this fall, after serving our district in this capacity for the past 18 years. D Lowell Wortman ‘74. Lowell has been employed as a custodian in the Region 10 schools for 41 years! Lowell spent his first five years at Har-Bur Middle School before mov- ing to Lewis S. Mills High School 36 years ago. D Deb (Clayton) Bell ‘75. St. Joseph College ‘79- double major in Special Education and Elementary Education. Received her Master’s from Southern Connecticut State University. Deb has been working at Region 10 for 31 years, and is currently a Special Education teacher at Lake Garda Elementary. D Bruce Mullen ‘81. Please read more about Bruce’s move from corporate world to Lewis Mills High School teacher on pg. 8 D Lisa (Weingart) Mashia ‘82. Tunxis Community College- Associates in Business, Post University- Bachelor’s in Manage- ment Information Systems, Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy- LMT. “After starting a family and leaving my career as an Office Manager at an environmental firm, I later became employed by Region 10, first in the cafeteria in 2007, and then as a Para-educator for the past 7 years.” D Patti (Bechard) Smaldone ‘84. Central Connecticut State University & Institute of Spanish Studies ‘88- BS Elementary Education and ‘98- MA, Spanish. Presently, Patti is the Grades 3 & 4 FLES/Spanish teacher ™ for Lake Garda & Harwinton Consolidated. She was named Region 10’s Teacher of the Year in 2017. This is Patti’s 9th year back at Region 10, 15th overall. D Tim Schaffrick ‘85. Tim joined the Bristol Police Department in the winter of 1987, working for the PD until his retirement in 2014. In the spring of 2015, he became the full time security guard at Har-Bur Middle School where he works today. D Pamela (McBrien) Lynch ‘88. Merrimack College ‘92- double major in Psychology and Education; Pamela also played Division 2 Soccer at Merrimack. Subsequently, she obtained her Master’s from Southern Connecticut University in Special Education. Pamela has been employed by The Berlin Public School System (CT) for several years. She is currently a Special Education teacher at Berlin High School. D Laura (Mitchell) Russotto ‘88. Northwestern CT Community College ‘91- Associates in Early Childhood Education, Uni- versity of Hartford ‘96- Bachelor’s in Elementary Education, Central CT State University ‘02- Master’s in Reading Language Arts. Laura is currently a 6th grade Math/Science teacher at Squadron Line School in Simsbury. She has been there for 23 years, having also taught 1st, 2nd, and 4th grade. Prior to that, she taught preschool in Burlington. D Jessica (Cayer) Stifel ‘93. Central Connecticut State University ‘97- Bachelor’s in Graphic Communication Design and ‘04- Master’s in Art Education. Jessica has been an Art teacher at Canton High School for the past 5 years. Over a span of 12 years she taught at Bristol Central High School & several Bristol elementary schools including Ivy Drive, Mountain View and Edgewood. She has held the jobs of Graphic Design instructor at Tunxis Community College & CCSU, and Art Director at various CT advertising agencies. D Carrie Lurix ‘94. BS in English, MA in Reading and Literacy and continued in the Reading Specialist Sixth-Year program. She has spent 12 years as an English Teacher and Reading Interventionist for Explorations Charter School in Winsted. D Jenna Aylsworth ‘96. Colby College ‘00- BA English, New Haven ‘04- MS Education, Trinity College ‘17- MA English. Jenna is an English teacher/department coordinator at Avon High School. This is her 16th year in education. D Bobbi (Munger) Brown ‘96. University of Delaware ‘02- Bachelor’s of Education, Notre Dame of Maryland University ‘12- Master’s of Education. Bobbi worked in the Cecil County Public Schools as a Special Education teacher and General Education teacher. “As a Cecil County Public School employee, students nominated me for the Walmart Teacher of the Year Award. Additionally, the Parent Special Education Advisory team selected me as their Special Education Inclusion Award recipient.” In 2016, she returned to Connecticut and joined the Lewis S. Mills staff as the Realizing Individual Student Excel- lence Special Education case manager. D Jessica (D’Amato) Kennedy ‘96. St. Joseph College ‘02- Bachelor’s of Elementary K-6 and Special Education K-12. Jes- sica is in her 4th year as a Special Education Paraeducator at Lake Garda Elementary. D Jill (Lazaroski) Bourque ‘97. Central Connecticut State University ‘02- Bachelor’s in Elementary Education and ‘10 Mas- ter’s in Educational Leadership. Jill has worked for 17 years in Region 10. She has been a 6th grade Math teacher for 16 years, and worked one year before that as the Math Interventionist. D Karen (Kaczynski) Czerwinski ‘97. Eastern Connecticut State University ‘01- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology / Concen- tration in Early Childhood Education, Connecticut Certificate, Initial Educator (PreK-3);Walden University, Master of Science in Education- Elementary Reading and Literacy. Karen has been employed in Region 10 for her entire career. This is her first year as the Early Learning Center-Preschool Education Teacher. Previously, she taught Partners In Literacy & Numeracy for 11 years, and before that she taught Kindergarten for 7 years at Harwinton Consolidated School. D Cheryl (Stevens) Hedrick ‘97, Central Connecticut State University ‘01- double major in History and Elementary Educa- tion. Cheryl is in her 20th year of teaching 1st grade at Harwinton Consolidated School. “My family is made up of LSM gradu- ates, and we have a few more working their way through. In addition, I am proud to teach with my sister, Catherine (Stevens) McIntire ‘04, at HCS. My mom, Cindy Stevens, taught at HCS for 38 years, and my husband was actually one of her first graders. My grandmother and aunt were also HCS employees. We love our little town!” D Kristen (Vibert) Humiston ‘97. York College of PA ‘02- BS in Music Education and Elementary Education, CCSU ‘07- MS in Educational Leadership. Kristen is currently the Program Coordinator at Franklin Academy in East Haddam. This is her third year in this position but 18th year at the school. Franklin is a boarding school serving students on the Autism spectrum. ~ Alumni Continued on page 7 6 Region 10 School Bell ~ Alumni Continued from page 6 D Jenelle (Cragin) Lepper ‘99. Saint Joseph College ‘03- BA in Child Study and Elementary Education, CCSU ‘09- MS in Early Childhood Education. Jenelle currently teaches Kindergarten at Lake Garda Elementary School, having taught both Kindergarten and 1st grade at LGS since 2005. “Fun Fact: I am teaching Kindergarten in the very classroom I attended Kinder- garten!” Her sister Chelsea (Cragin) Gustafson ‘04 is also a Kindergarten teacher, in Canton. D Leanne (Russell) Maguire ‘99. Marist College ‘03- BA Psychology/Special Education, Central Connecticut State Univer- sity- MA Elementary Education and her 092/Educational Leadership. Leanne has been teaching in Torrington since 2003 and became the Assistant Principal at Torrington Middle School in 2018. D Jill Silano ‘00. Jill has spent 17 years teaching 7th grade Social Studies at Merrimack Middle School in Merrimack, NH. She is also the Social Studies Department Head, as well as a coach for both field hockey and track and field. D Sarah (Orefice) Urso ‘00. Eastern Connecticut State University ‘04- BA in Spanish and BS in Early Childhood Education, minor in Psychology; Central Connecticut State University ‘05- MA in Modern Language; and is currently working on her 092 Certification. Sarah is in her 3rd year teaching Preschool Special Education at Harwinton Consolidated School. “I have teacher certification in K-12 Spanish and PreK-3 Integrated Special Education. I am active in my school and local community, serv- ing on multiple boards, coaching middle-school aged kids, and tutoring. I taught Spanish for many years in Litchfield, Granby and for one year at Lewis Mills.” Her husband, Jason Urso, is from the LSM Class of 1998 and she is the daughter of Mike Orefice, who worked for many years teaching Special Education at Lewis Mills. D Kristin (Moore) Belmonte ‘03. Quinnipiac University ‘07- BS in Nursing. Kristin is the Har-Bur Middle School nurse for grades 5 and 6. This is her first year in Region 10. D Cheryl (Hinman) Capitani ‘03. CCSU ‘07- Secondary Education, Math. Cheryl has been a Math teacher at New Britain High School for the past 13 years. She is married to Joe Capitani ‘04. D Joe Capitani ‘04. Eastern Connecticut State University ‘08- Physical Education. Joe has been a Physical Education teacher at Chippens Hill Middle School in Bristol for 12 years. He is married to Cheryl (Hinman) Capitani ‘03. D Chelsea (Cragin) Gustafson ‘04. Keene State College ‘08- BS in Clinical/Counseling Psychology and Elementary Educa- tion, The University of Saint Joseph ‘13- MA in Reading/Language Arts, and currently taking courses toward her Sixth-Year. Chelsea has been a Kindergarten teacher at Cherry Brook Primary School in Canton for nine years. Her sister Jenelle (Cragin) Lepper ‘99 teaches Kindergarten at LGS. D Catherine (Stevens) McIntire ‘04. Central Connecticut State University ‘11- Bachelor’s in Elementary Education. “I taught first grade at Goshen Center School for a year before coming “home” to HCS in 2012 to teach second grade. It’s been incredible to teach alongside my family (Cindy Stevens and Cheryl Hedrick) as well as my own elementary teachers from when I was a student at HCS. Sharon Haworth was my kindergarten teacher! I’m so proud to be a part of this community!” D Sarah Mauro ‘06. Mount Holyoke College ‘10- BA in Music, ‘12- M.M. in Composition. Sarah is in her first year in Re- gion 10 as the one-year music teacher at Harwinton Consolidated School. She previously taught for 6 years in North Canaan (Region 1). She is married to LSM teacher Brendan Tewksbury ‘06. D Brendan Tewksbury ‘06. Central Connecticut State University ‘11- History Education. Brendan is in his seventh year of teaching Social Studies/History at Lewis Mills. He is currently pursuing his Master’s at CCSU. Brendan and HCS teacher Sarah Mauro ‘06 are married. D Kristin R. Parente ‘07. Saint Joseph College ‘11- BS in Math and an Elementary Education Certificate, University of Saint Joseph ‘15- Master’s Degree and Certificate in Special Education for K-12. Kristin has been the Math Interventionist at Har- Bur Middle School for the past 9 years. D Robert Pirotta ‘07. Central Connecticut State University ‘12- Bachelor’s in Education and English. This is Robert’s eighth year teaching at Harwinton Consolidated School. “I have enjoyed the past 8 years, 7 of which I have spent teaching great stu- dents in third grade. I enjoyed growing up in the Region 10 community and am proud to continue to be a part of it as a teacher.” D Josh Pelletier ‘09. Central Connecticut State University ‘14- BA in English; University of Bridgeport ‘16- MA in Second- ary Education, English. Josh is currently in his third year of teaching 7th grade ELA at Har-Bur Middle School, and has taught four years overall. “I couldn’t be any happier to be a member of the Region 10 community as an educator. I’ve always been proud of my hometown and it’s awesome to be able to teach in a district that I truly believe in.” D Andrew Hudson ‘12, Western Connecticut State University ‘16, teaches Honors and AP Chemistry at South Walton High School in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. He credits his teachers and mentors at Region 10 for his passion for teaching. Andrew demonstrated his ability to get kids excited about Chemistry by doubling the enrollment of students in Honors and AP Chemis- try, and greatly increasing the number of students passing the AP exam. D Katherine Katehis ‘12. University of Connecticut ‘16- Bachelor’s in Mathematics and Education and ‘17- Master’s in Cur- riculum and Instruction. She is currently in her 4th year at Irving A. Robbins MS (Farmington) as a 7th grade Math teacher. D Elisabeth Nicoletti ‘12. Mercy College ‘16- BS in Communication Disorders & Science, Southern CT State University ‘18- Master of Science Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. Elisabeth is in her second year at the New Hartford Elementary Schools as a Speech Pathologist. D Emily Stocker ‘12. University of Connecticut ‘16- Bachelor’s in Elementary Education, and ‘17- Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction. Emily worked in Region 6 at Goshen Center School as a Kindergarten teacher for two years and is now in her second year teaching 2nd grade in Medway, MA. D Siobhan O’Neill ‘13. Tufts University ‘17- Bachelor’s in English and Music. Siobhan is in her third year as an 8th-grade English teacher at Rectory School in Pomfret, CT, where she is also the head swim coach. D Hannah O’Hazo ‘14. Southern Connecticut State University ‘18- Bachelor’s in Collaborative Education, and recently start- ed graduate program studies at University of Saint Joseph for Instructional Technology. This is Hannah’s second year teaching in Region 10. “I am currently at Har-Bur teaching 8th grade special education but last year I was at LSM in the 10th grade.” ~ Alumni Continued on page 8 Region 10 School Bell 7 ~Alumni Continued from page 7 DSage Iacovazzi ‘15. University of Rhode Island ‘19- BA in Psychology. She also competed on URI’s Division 1 Women’s Rowing Team. “We won the Atlantic 10 Conference championship in 2016, 2018, and 2019 and moved on to compete in the NCAA championship all three of these years. During my four years at URI, I competed all around the country and internation- ally. My junior year, I competed in the Henley Women’s Regatta in England.” Sage is in graduate school at the University of Hartford, where she will be receiving her Master’s of Science and Sixth Year Certificate in School Psychology in Spring ‘22. “Currently, I am interning at Granby Memorial High School. In addition, I started an Assistant Coaching job on the Lewis S. Mills Crew team (this fall) and I am so excited!” D Alexa Mattiello ‘15. University of Rhode Island ‘19- dual major, Elementary Education and Psychology. “I am now a third grade teacher at Harwinton Consolidated School (which was my elementary school) and this is my second year teaching. It is so awesome to be back in Region 10 where it all started for me. I absolutely love our community!” D Haley Pilkington ‘15. Fairfield University ‘19- Spanish with minors in Education and Caribbean Studies, graduating Magna Cum Laude; Fairfield University ‘20- Master’s in Education. Haley is in her first year teaching 5th grade at Ann Anto- lini School in New Hartford. D Maddie Case ‘16. Eastern Connecticut State University ‘20- BA in English, is student teaching this semester and will earn her Early Childhood Education degree in December 2020. She has been a substitute at Harwinton Consolidated School. D Bruce Mullen ‘81 is currently a Physics teacher at Lewis Mills. He graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 1985 and was employed by Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford & Southington as a Manufacturing Engineer, making the engines for F-16 fighter jets. Bruce also worked for Associated Spring Barnes Group, Bristol Manufacturing Process development and automation for various automotive spring parts requiring specialty heat-treating processes; and Ensign Bickford Film Fibers Division in Simsbury as a Mechanical Engineer- Head of Maintenance Department and Machine Design for plastics extrusion manufacturing lines. He is also part of a family business in town- Hartigan & Son’s Wood Working. “My father is the 4th generation operating the company which was started by his great grandfather in 1869.” When Bruce was newly married with a young family, he bought an “aging family homestead needing a lot of repairs.” He began moonlighting as a tutor for Avon High School just to earn some extra money. “Avon told Farmington, who told Simsbury, who told Ethel Walker, then NW Catholic, and Region 10... my phone was ringing off the hook!” In January of 2003, Bruce Mullen helps a student launch Granby picked Bruce up as a long-term substitute. “I did it just for kicks and giggles. I a rocket at the Region 10 was quite reluctant. Who would ever want to be a substitute teacher?! But I thought the Stratostar Launch. job was a riot. I stayed. Alan Beitman and Cheri Burke recruited me out of Granby for the 2017-18 school year and here I am!” Bruce relays his personal story to his students as they near graduation each year because “the strenuous engineering training has allowed me to try all different career types. It was very difficult, but you will never go wrong if you apply yourself and give it all you’ve got. The more you put in, the more roads of opportunity will be available to you later on. That is true with every endeavor. It’s not just what college or major you pick from high school. You have choices as you move through your career. It shows that “career” can be very fluid.” LSM Alumni Shares Frontline Experience Jordan LeBel, Class of 2013, graduated from University of Rhode Island with her BS in Nursing in 2017. “Immediately af- ter graduation I took a job in St. Francis’ Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, recovering patients from open heart surgery. I had been there for 3 years until I started anesthesia school to become a Certified Registered NurseAnesthetist at Yale. In addition, I also worked per diem at Bristol Hospital for 2.5 years in their ICU.” “When COVID hit, the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at St. Francis was originally a “clean” unit, meaning no COVID patients were allowed on our unit because post open heart surgery patients are the most unstable and often sickest in the hospital. However, that quickly changed as things started getting worse. All of our open heart “clean” patients had to be transferred to the PACU, which was one, if not the only, clean unit left in the hospital and our entire 20 bed unit was now a “dirty” unit. Every patient on our floor had COVID, and healthy 40 and 50 year olds would code (cardiac arrest) and die out of nowhere be- cause of this terrible virus. Families could not physically be with loved ones when they passed, and sometimes it was often so sudden you could not even prepare for it - and if you could, you would do everything you could to save their life by sacrificing your own - only to hold their hand alone while they passed. No one had seen anything like it before, especially well trained and seasoned provid- ers. Bristol was the same way, the ICU became completely COVID and everything around you was inherently infected. You felt filthy from the moment you arrived at work and for days after you left.” “It was the scariest time of my life. Gowning up just did not seem to feel like enough protection, especially when you would reuse the same equipment for days on end. Every day you were afraid to take it home to your family and infect anyone you could have possibly come in contact with. Tears were shed, sleep was lost, but these nurses, doctors and all healthcare personnel continued to go into work day in and day out. I applaud my colleagues who still face this virus every day. It is beyond relieving to be in school full time now. This experience has taught me how precious life is and how Jordan LeBel (left) and her co- everything you know can truly be flipped upside down and change in the blink of an eye.” worker at St. Francis Hospital while “gowned up.”

8 Region 10 School Bell Alumni Accolades D Ash Bailot ‘18, a Documentary Studies and Production major at Ithaca College, cre- ated a project with LSM’s Senior Class of 2020. Ash wanted to “document the COVID-19 pandemic in a way that is close to home, as well as to represent the distance and separation between subject and photographer. I wanted to convey how high school seniors are feeling at this moment through their own words and the pictures I create of them. How do subject and photographer interact when an invisible barrier must separate them? I navigated uncertain boundaries when photographing high school seniors from Lewis Mills. Distance, windows and reflections represent the separation that we feel from each other and the rest of the world. These are brief moments of connection but also disconnection. I can’t adjust someone’s hair, move objects around or move in certain areas. I navigate all of this while telling the stories of the high school seniors in the midst of the pandemic, missing societal rites of passages that they are supposed to look back on for the rest of their lives. Many of them are more than ready to escape their hometown for the first time, but now they are more stuck than ever. They are unable to see their friends, go to school and work, and experience life as they used to.” Jennifer DiChiara ‘20 (pictured) reflects:“I don’t think people see the danger in the virus unless it’s affected their family or someone they know. I’m trying to see the bigger picture and make the most of it, because it’s a once in a lifetime thing.” You can see more of Ash’s LSM Seniors Project on their Instagram page: bailotphotos. D Hanako Agresta ‘17, D Kudos to First Responder Gage Abraham ‘18, who is Lukas McNaboe ‘11, currently working at and a member of: Cromwell Fire Depart- and Emma Kryzan- ment & EMT, Westside Volunteer Fire Department, and Vintech ski ‘17 (pictured L-R) EMT for Harwinton/Litchfield/Thomaston. participated in the White Coat Ceremony at the University of Connecticut LSM ALUMNI: Please send any announcements/ Medical School. Hanako, / Lukas and Emma are good news information you would like to share to members of UConn Med Stephanie Cowger, [email protected]. School’s Class of 2024. #ShareYourSpartanPride

Region 10 Welcomes Our New Staff for 2020-21... Harwinton Consolidated School- Holly Archer, ABA Assis- Jared Fellows, One Year Building Substitute; Jayme Hebert, tant; Joan Grahamm, Paraeducator; Kristin Grumbling, Daily Special Education Paraeducator; Nora Hawley, School Social Substitute/Long Term Substitute; Alicia Langlais, Paraeduca- Worker; Mary O’Reilly, Spanish Teacher; Raeshelle Percival, tor; Annemarie Mals, Paraeducator; Sarah Mauro, Long Term Long Term Substitute TLC; Emily Wankier, Special Educa- Substitute Music; Lindsey Paganini, One Year Kindergarten tion Teacher Teacher; Kaleigh Paccioretti, ABA Assistant Lewis S. Mills High School- Samantha Baechle, Math Lake Garda Elementary School- Rebecca Evans, Special Teacher; Laura Hutchins, TLC Paraeducator; Jessica Kissh, Education Paraeducator; Sarena Frasco, One Year Building General Food Service Worker; Michelle Kubas, Social Stud- Substitute; Angie Golfin, One Year Kindergarten Teacher; ies Teacher; Kyle Sopelak, Math Teacher; Debbie Stonehill, Dina Melanson, General Food Service Worker; Jenna Mich- Security Guard; Trevor Tuthill, Custodian 2nd Shift; Adam na, One Year School Social Worker; Olivia Palen, 3rd Grade Viviano, PE/Health Teacher Teacher; Gordan Zachs, Special Education Paraeducator Har-Bur/Lewis Mills- Joanne Delgrande, Team Leader Har-Bur Middle School- Lisa Bebey, TLC Paraeducator; Central Office- Kelly Lyder, Executive Assistant to the Su- Kristin Belmonte, School Nurse; Nicole Devoe, Special Edu- perintendent and Director of Teaching and Learning cation Teacher; Kristie Dolgov, Special Education Teacher; District- Ryan Begey, Groundskeeper ...and Thanks Those Who Have Supported Us for Many Years 20 Years 25 Years Stacy Begert, Teacher, LSM Elizabeth Myers, Teacher, LGS Kathleen Flanagan, Teacher, LSM Melinda Shafer, Teacher, HBMS Robert Gauvain, Teacher, HCS 30 Years Jennifer Grant, Paraeducator, LGS Elizabeth Duval, Teacher, HCS Nancy Kutz, Teacher, HBMS Gail Lanfair, Paraeducator, LGS Allyson Mackiewicz, Senior Secretary, CO Elizabeth Niedmann, Nurse, HBMS 40 Years Laurie Shorey, Assistant Cook, LSM John Deeb, Fine Arts Coordinator, LSM Margaret Tylutki, Teacher, HBMS 45 Years David Tribou, Maintenance/Custodian, LGS Region 10 School Bell 9 Lewis Mills Welcomes Back Jay Pelchar as Athletic Director Lewis S. Mills High School is pleased to announce that Jay three children who have gone through Region 10 schools: Pelchar is the new Athletic Director, re- Alexandra (Class of 2018), Aaron (Class placing Dave Francalangia who was AD of 2020) and Brianna (Class of 2021). for the past six years. Jay has worked at When asked why he decided to pursue Lewis Mills for 18 years, “I came here as the Athletic Director position again, Jay the Athletic Director and was in the posi- replied, “I enjoyed my time as the Ath- tion from 2002-06, then I worked in the letic Director in the early 2000’s, but the Mathematics Department from 2006-20 time commitment with three very young teaching Calculus, Geometry and Per- children became too much of a challenge. sonal Finance. I’ve been the varsity Golf The job is more conducive to my current coach since the spring of 1997.” (Mills stage of life and is structured differently won their first ever State Golf Champion- now. Also, I felt it was important that the ship in 2012). Prior to working in Region next person in this position was someone 10, Jay was at RHAM High School from familiar with our community who knew 1992-96 and Farmington High School from 1996-2002. our athletic program, knew our school and had an existing Jay moved to Burlington in 1995 with his wife Melissa and relationship with our athletes, parents and coaches.”

Mills Girls Soccer Club Senior Has NCAA Signing Day The Lewis Mills Athletic Department is proud to announce that senior Abby Mills has signed her letter of intent to play for the William & Mary Tribe Division 1 Wom- en’s Soccer Team in the fall of 2021. Mills, a 4-year Varsity starter and co-Captain of this year’s team, has twice been named All-State and All-Courant, and three times All- Conference (those numbers will most likely increase after this season’s awards are an- nounced.) A member of the 2018 Class M State Championship team, Abby completed her four years at Mills with a team record of 62-7-2, with 49 goals and 44 assists. Abby began playing soccer when she was 3 years old, starting with BJSA, then Har-Bur, before moving on to Lewis Mills and FSA (Farmington Sports Arena). Her favorite memory at Mills was winning the State Championship her sophomore year, “Hands down it is my favorite memory. Both of my parents won state championships in high school and played sports in college, so this felt like the first step to follow- ing in their footsteps. Our team worked so hard that year to be successful and it was a once in a lifetime experience.” Other soccer experiences Abby has had include being selected by Generation Adidas International to participate in the Olympique Lyonnais On November 11th, Senior Abby Mills signed her Select Program, in Lyon, France. She also was chosen to play in Nationals for FSA, in National Letter of Intent to play Women’s Soccer Seattle, Washington. at William & Mary in Virginia. Now that her senior season is behind her, what does Abby think she will miss the most about high school soccer? “I’m going to miss my teammates the most, especially the seniors. I look back at the travel soccer pictures we took together as young kids and how far we have come since then. All my teammates are amazing players and friends, and nothing can take away from the memories we have shared together.”

Decades-Long Tradition of Senior Halloween Continues

“Nightmare Before Christmas” “The Avengers” “Paul Blart: Mall Cop “ Olympic Curling Team

10 Region 10 School Bell The “A” List: Achievements, Accomplishments, Accolades and Awards

 LSM Athletics would like to recognize our Senior athletes  Har-Bur PE teacher Kelly Smith received a grant for for their hard work and dedication in the final season of their Junior Golf from the CT Association for Health, Physical fall sport. Captains are represented in italics: Cheerleading~ Education, Recreation and Dance (CTAHPERD). Megan Brochu, Brooke Fitzgerald, Cheyenne Langlais, Emily Madore, Lindsay McKnight, Lauryn Pacheco,  Since June, Lewis Mills Business teachers Amanda At- Allison Pesino, Sara Piccoli, Giovanna Vicuna-Murillo, wood and Barbara Angelicola-Manzolli have completed six Brianna Votino, Emily White; Crew~ Michala Cavoli, 10-hour classes of Professional Development through Next- Natalia Garbala, Jaclyn Johnston, Amber Laskos, Michael Gen Personal Finance. They are now Certified Educators in: McGough, Jacqualyn Scherbner; Boys Cross Country~ Ty- Banking & Budgeting, Credit, Investing, Paying for College, ler Dougherty, Jack Howard, Ed Jankoski, Ben Marcone, Taxes, and Insurance. Nate Pinette & junior captain Justin Cascio; Girls Cross  Lewis S. Mills High School is proud to announce the Country~ Meghan Cahill, Emily Eichner, Isabella Hard- National Foreign Language Honor Society members for ing, Lindsay Maillet; Field Hockey~ Nicole Gagnon, Nicole 2020: Emma Andros, Molly Barney, Resmije Bylykbashi, Graboski, Ainsley Guerrera, Brianna Kelly, Ellie Martin, Alexa Calabrese, Madeleine Croiger, Noah Dube, Lauren Amanda McCard, Emily Scott, Delaney Willey; Football~ Fitzgerald, Marissa Gnitzcavich, Addison Grobard, Han- Ryan Boyajian, Mark Codinha, Harrison Colossale, Nate na LaBerge, Mason Langlais, Abigail Mills, Emily Misluk, DiChiara, Tyson Hall, Tyler Kolenda, Will Krenicky, Joey Trinity Moulton, Luke Nordstrom, Riley O’Connor, Tim Licata, Josh Martinotti, Bailey Miceli, Nate Pesino, Nate O’Sullivan, Benjamin Austin Parzych, Alyssa Piccoli, Peterson, Danny Plaza, Sean Polinsky, Matt Riordan, Olivia Sawyer, Lauren Searle, Marcella Slason, Hubert Andrew Roben, Brook Sears, Tyler Strull, Mikey Triplett; Sliwka and Joshua Zolla. Boys Soccer~ Andrew Bonini, Gavin Cabral, Samuel DiS- orbo, Scott Groleau, Tyler Hoffman, Jack Joiner, Christo-  Lake Garda first grade teacherBethany Martocci and her pher King, Garrett Sullivan; Girls Soccer~ Grace Annon- husband Mark welcomed their daughter Emmary Ann on July son, Grace Buchanan, Resmije Bylykbashi, Cara Casida, 14, 2020. She was 7 lbs. 10 oz. 19 1/2 inches of perfection! Vickie Fleming, Sydney Fournier, Samantha Groleau,  Barbara Angelicola-Manzolli received a three-year grant Meghan Grzegorzek, Julia Malejczyk, Abigail Mills, Alyse for Nearpod, an instructional platform that she will be using Pasqualini, Madison Rewenko; Unified Sports~ Tim Cook; in her business classes. Nearpod “classroom communities Girl’s Volleyball~ Kristina DeMichiel, Natalie Hamel, stay connected with collaborative activities and formative Makenzie Jones, Josie Lee, Brianna Pelchar, Madisyn assessments like virtual reality, polls, collaborate boards, and Sadecki, Phoebe Smith, Sara Stewart. game-based quizzes delivered through one seamless learning experience.” Barbara was also the ‘Teacher Spotlight’ for the  Congratulations to Lewis S. Mills High School’s newest Jump$tart Coalition this past September. members of the National Honor Society: Grace Annonson, Emily Audet, Ava Balkunas, Andrew Bonini, Grace Bu-  Congratulations to the Burlington Little League District chanan, Resmije Bylykbashi, Gavin Cabral, Taylor Clark, U10 team who won the District 6 Championship! Kristina DeMichiel, Samuel DiSorbo, Tyler Dougherty, Avery Fazio, Brooke Fitzgerald, Lauren Fitzgerald, Victo- ria Fleming, Sydney Fournier, Hailey Gorack, Samantha Groleau, Scott Groleau, Natalie Hamel, Anish Gupta, Isabella Harding, Matthew Hedden, Reinhold Hekeler, Tyler Hoffman, Jack Howard, Edward Jankoski, Linus Johnson, Jaclyn Johnston, Ava Joiner, Makenzie Jones, Campbell Karanian, Brooke Kvedar, Amber Laskos, Jo- seph Licata, Kacper Lojewski, Jacob Magill, Julia Malejc- zyk, Vincent Mascoli, Kristina Maytas, Amanda McCard, Michael McGough, Lindsay McKnight, Jake Michaud, Abigail Mills, Lilah Moley, Alyse Pasqualini, Brianna Pel- Niko Morgan, Matt Williams, Wes Pellegrini, Eric Begert, char, Samantha Plebanek, Sean Polinsky, Evan Reynolds, Bret Hemmingway, Aiden Temple (front), Carson Mat- Nickolas Rouskas, Madisyn Sadecki, Emily Scott, Hubert thews, Luke Prespare, Jackson Yandow, Zach D’Iorio Sliwka, Alexandria Stanislaw, Tyler Strull, Sara Stewart, (front), Ethan Poland, Vinny D’Iorio (front), Levi Mitchell. Brandon Soucy, Garrett Sullivan, Adrian Surian, Maeve Tucker, James Watson. NHS Officers: President: Julia  Help Lake Garda and Harwinton Consolidated: Register Maleczyk, Vice President: Joseph Licata, Secretary: Res- your grocery store rewards cards to earn points & money for mije Bylykbashi, Treasurer: Kristina DeMichiel, Tutoring both schools. Stop & Shop:https://stopandshop.com/pages/a- Coordinator: Samuel DiSorbo. plus-rewards, Shop Rite:http://www.shopriteforeducation. com, Box Tops: https://www.boxtops4education.com.

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