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Ansonia student congratulated on CT spelling bee participation

Sharing from Ansonia Public Schools' Facebook page:

Congratulations go to Molly O’Brien for representing John G. Prendergast School at the Connecticut Spelling Bee in Hartford! She made it to the second round! 
Great job Molly!

Big thank you goes to those who adopted spot on Ansonia Hilltop

This morning Ralph and I rolled and walked to John G. Prendergast School to vote before the rain started and I had to take a photo of the beautified traffic island.
I had seen the area decked out for Halloween but didn't take a photo.
I want to thank Erin, Nicole, and Stacy for adopting this spot at the corner of Finney and Ford streets. Great job!

5K Road Race to raise funds for Ansonia High School Class of 2019

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Ansonia school employee saves kindergartner from choking

Kindergartner Liam Angeski and Kimberlee Martin. / Contributed photo

ANSONIA – A 20-year employee of Ansonia Public Schools saved the life of a kindergarten student, who was choking on a piece of meat during lunch in the John G. Prendergast School cafeteria in mid-March.

For her heroic act, Kimberlee Martin was presented with a certificate of appreciation and a bouquet of flowers by the Board of Education during its monthly meeting Wednesday night in City Hall.

“Words cannot describe how proud we are of Mrs. Martin and how thankful we are for her quick action,” Dr. Carol Merlone, Superintendent of Schools, said.

Martin, a kindergarten aide assigned to Kathleen Weitzler’s class, was supervising the students during lunch March 16.

“It was just another day in the cafeteria,” she recalled. The lunch menu included popcorn chicken nuggets that day. She saw that one of her students, Liam Angeski, was in distress. “I saw that he was opening his mouth, but he wasn’t able to speak.”

She knelt down next to Liam, put her arms around his waist, and squeezed. “It was dislodged immediately,” she recalled.


A quiet boy, Liam didn’t cry at all and went with Martin to the nurse’s office. Liam’s parents were called, and he was taken to get checked out by a physician. Liam was found to be in very good health.


Prendergast School Principal Liz Nimons emailed her staff about the heroic act: “A shout out to Kim Martin, one of our kindergarten aides, who saw a student choking and gave him the Heimlich, which dislodged the item he was choking on. You are our hero and we are lucky to work with such awesome people.”


This is a press release from Ansonia Public Schools.

Fire prevention poster contest winners named in Ansonia

Mead School Fire Prevention Poster Contest winners are, from left, Fahmida Chowdhury, Lizsandra Muniz, Logan Coon, Alleyanna Figueroa, Jamiah Renee Carrillo, and Karisma Jones. Second row, from left, Superintendent Dr. Carol Merlone, Principal Amy O’Brien, Assistant Principal John Coppola, and Ansonia Fire Marshal Ralph Tingley./ Contributed photo 

The Prendergast School Fire Prevention Poster Contest winners are from left, Karleigh Gatison, Makayla D’Alessio, Samantha Burton, Alana Morell, Maqila Mosley, and Jaden Manning. They are congratulated by, from left, Assistant Principal Sara Crooks, Principal Liz Nimons, Fire Marshal Ralph Tingley, and Superintendent Dr. Carol Merlone./ Contributed photo

ANSONIA – Fire Marshal Ralph Tingley has announced the winners of the annual Fire Prevention Poster Contest for Ansonia Public Schools.

Gift cards were presented to the top three winners in Grades 4 and 5 for Mead and Prendergast Schools.

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Carol Merlone joined the building principals for the Jan. 4 presentation.

Lizsandra Muniz, a fourth grader at Mead, and Karleigh Gatison, a fifth grader at Prendergast, were the first prize winners for their grade levels and were also selected as the grand prize winners for the city. 
Their posters are on display in the State Capitol in Hartford. 

The other winners of the contest at Mead are as follows: Grade 4, second prize, Alleyanna Figueroa, and third prize, Karisma Jones; and Grade 5, first prize, Fahmida Chowdhury, second prize, Logan Coon, and third prize, Jamiah Renee Carrillo.

At Prendergast, fourth grade winners are Makayla D’Alessio (first prize), Alana Morell (second prize) and Jaden Manning (third prize), while the other two fifth grade winners are Samantha Burton (second prize) and Maqila Mosley (third prize).


This is a press release from Ansonia Public Schools.

Congratulations to all the contest winners on jobs well done!

$17K raised in Ansonia for families of Nyah and Leah

ANSONIA – More than $17,000 was raised in two fundraisers to support the families of two six-year old children who lost their lives in car accidents in August. 

Nyah Marcano, a Prendergast student, and Leah Rondon, a Mead student, were about to enter first grade this year. 

In addition to the two fundraisers, the City of Ansonia donated $6,780 from the proceeds of the “Rock the Valley” event on Aug. 22.

The two fundraisers were held last week: A ziti dinner on Aug. 27, and an “Ansonia Goes Blue for Nyah and Leah” balloon fundraiser on Aug. 28 and 29. 

Hundreds of volunteers, including parents, staff from Ansonia Public Schools, the Ansonia Fire Department, the Ansonia Police Department, Ansonia Rescue Medical Services, the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, and other agencies donated their time for one or both events. 

More than 400 people attended the ziti fundraiser, while more than 2,200 balloons were sold and delivered to Ansonia homes and businesses. 

An additional 700 balloons were tied to the fronts of every school and public building in town as well.

“On behalf of Ansonia Public Schools, we are extremely grateful for the outpouring of support during this time of sadness for the Marcano and Rondon families,” said Dr. Carol Merlone, Superintendent of Schools. She gave special thanks to the City of Ansonia, the many companies that donated to the fundraisers, the staff of Ansonia Public Schools, and every volunteer. “Ansonia is a caring community that showed its unity and its strength,” Merlone said.

The Valley United Way is serving as fiduciary for all funds that were raised. A committee has been formed to distribute the funds that were raised.

This is a press release from Ansonia Public Schools.