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Free pasta dinner slated Thursday at Ansonia Middle School

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Patronize Italian Pavilion Thursday, support Ansonia Middle School PTSO

 

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"A Child Called It' author virtually addresses Ansonia Middle School students

Author Dave Pelzer

By Patricia Villers

ANSONIA - Be good; you will succeed in life. That’s one of the pieces of advice bestselling author David Pelzer recently gave seventh graders at Ansonia Middle School.

Pelzer’s live appearance on a big screen set up in the auditorium was coordinated by health teacher Lisa Nicolari. 

Pelzer, who is also an inspirational speaker, lives in California. He was able to see the students and they were able to pose their questions for him through Nicolari. 

Her students have been reading Pelzer’s 1995 memoir, A Child Called It, that details the years of beatings and starvation he endured from his alcoholic mother. 

Pelzer, 61, said suffering psychological pain “is worse than physical pain.”

He was one of five brothers yet he was the one their mother targeted for her horrific abuse from about age 3 until he was 12.  

At that age several of his teachers helped him get out of the house. “I owe my teachers my life,” Pelzer said.

He subsequently lived in foster homes, where he also suffered abuse until he was 18 when he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force.

Pelzer’s mother had been abused by her mother, he said, referring to the abuse as a psychological cancer. “I broke the cycle with my son,” he said.

One of the questions posed by students was why he was the only sibling who was abused. 

Pelzer replied he was “selected at random” by their mother. 

Another student asked where his brothers went when he was taken out of the house. Pelzer said they stayed with their mother.

He urged students to ask for help if they need it and to work on taking care of themselves.

"I challenge you for greatness," Pelzer said.

Pelzer is the author of eight books, two of which are part of a trilogy that starts with A Child Called It. They are The Lost Boy, and A Man Named Dave.

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Ansonia Middle School holds virtual graduation

ANSONIA – A total of 171 eighth graders from Ansonia High School were honored in a virtual graduation program this year, Principal Peter Colaccino has announced. 

The program, which features speeches from the building principals, Superintendent of Schools, and Valedictorian, can be viewed at https://youtu.be/3OqDQMsK3Gw

Colaccino spoke about Valedictorian Fahmida Chowdhury and her accomplishments. 

“Fahmida’s diligent work ethic and endearing personality were on display each and every day at the middle school,” he said. “She was the female recipient of this year’s CAPSS Award (CT Association of Public Schools Superintendents) as well. No doubt, she has a very promising future ahead of her and the AMS community can’t wait to hear about all of the wonderful things she will soon accomplish.”

Achievement Awards were also announced as part of the virtual program:

• Superintendent’s Award: Fahmida Chowdhury and Jonathan Kish. 
• Excellence in Social Studies: Preston Dziubina and Faith Walker.
• Excellence in Science: Zoe Frager and Anthony Kezer.
• Excellence in ELA: Symone Finney and Maqila Mosley-Williams.
• Excellence in Math: Atyana Delvalle and Megan Koslowski.

The students who successfully completed their 8^th grade year are as follows (those with an asterisk are members of the National Junior Honor Society): 

Jair Albaladejo Rivera, Adrian Albelo, Dezryel Allick, Timothy Angeski, Michael Arias, Alijah Arnold, Juanita Ayala, Ray Badillo, Forrest Banks, Thomas Barfi, Jhani Barge, Kevin Barrios, Moises Beltran, Alexandra Bevan, Rickayla Blagrove, Jamar Booker, Trevon Booker, Geno Borrero, Blaine Bostic, Arielle Bracey, Alivia Brown, *Hailey Burton, *Samantha Burton, David Cabrera, Jamiah Carrillo, *Shellymar Casillas, Caden Chapman, *Fahmida Chowdhury, Isaac Colon, Logan Coon, Ryan Cornish, Noelle Corwell, Ellsie Cotto, *Kailey Cruz, Kenneth Curet.

Alessandro DaGraca, James Daniels, *Nevaeh Davenport, Jaiden Davis, Nina Delgado, *Atyana Delvalle, Isaiah Delvalle, Christian Deutscher-Cordova, Julianna Diaz, Kyle Disley, Dynastee Dixon, *Jake Dodge, Amari Dos Santos, *Preston Dziubina, Benjamin Eads, *Gwyneth Fasciano, *Symone Finney, *Zoe Frager, Emily Frey, Jacob Gaffney, *Angela Garcia, Gabriela Garcia, Jerry Garcia, Jacquelyn Gibson, *Terrell Givens, Casper Gola, *Ariana Gomez, Emily Gonzalez, Jayvante Gonzalez, *Shaddai Gonzalez, Valentina Guarna, Adriatik Haliti, Alexa Hauck, *Puma Haug, Deanna Hebert, Chloe Hernandez, *Shawn Hernandez, Isaiah Holmes, *Kelly Horjatschun.

Jeremy Infante, Machi Ingram, *Davius Irizarry, Davonte Jackson, Kayli Jacobs, Julia Jarmoszko, Ashley Jenner, Diana Kachaliy, *Landon Kerr, *Victoria Kettles, *Anthony Kezer, *Jonathan Kish, Megan Koslowski, *Shayla Kovacs, *Erald Kukaj, *Joseph Kuskowski, *John Kwalek, Cameron LeFrancois, Jovan Lilly, Saiivion Littlejohn-Belcher, *Alexander Lopez, Christopher Lopez, Natalia Maine, Alexandra Makowski, Ryan Marrero, Steven Martinez-Santos, Jacari Mcfadden, Arriana Meekins, Janeli Mercado, Mark Meredith, James Mikita, *Maqila Mosley-Williams, *Kassidy Musnicki, Thy-rene Mweze.

*Jennipher Najeeb, *Emilyanna Negron, Tavaris Nembhard, *Anna Nguyen, Michael Oates, Elizabeth Ortiz, Juliexza Ortiz, *Naomi Ortiz, Samantha Palmieri, Domenic Pardy, Breonna Parrino, *Zoe Pastor, Ashmer Pedraza, Marc Peet, Keyilah Perez, Jamirah Pickering, Angel Pinto, Jayden Pires, Kacper Podsiadlo, *Janelli Pratts, Faith Quinones, Justin Quinones, Alexander Ramos, Jeremiah Ramsey, Samuel Reese, Jovon Reyes, Rylie Rhodes, Izaiah Ribeiro, Shawn Richards, *Eliana Rico, Jazzelle Riley, Mathayus Rivera, Nathaniel Rivera, Sahara Rivera, Alle’jah Robertson, Justin Rodriguez, *Mariah Roque, Caroline Ruiz-Robinson.

*Paula Salazar, Cassandra Santiago, Jayden Saunders, Jayla Saunders, *Amya Smith, Andrew Smith, Vivea Smith, Patrick Solsbury, Ta’Shiria Sparks, Damian Spears, *Emalie Terifay, *Jaquan Thomas, Kaden Thomas, Tyler Thompson, Eliana Torres, Madison Torsiello, Shawn Vance, *Amy Vann, Jensen Vazquez, Alecia Vega, Jalen Velez, Julianna Viselli, April Walfall, Faith Walker, Donny Wilder. 

This is a press release from Ansonia Public Schools.

*Congratulations to all the students on their achievements.

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Ansonia Middle School announces honor roll students

ANSONIA - Here are the honor rolls from Ansonia Middle School.

Grade 7 First Honors – All 90s and above

Ezel Arslan, Callisto Banks, Ethan Delvalle, Jenna Fasciano, Yuriana Herrera, Hailey Muzzi, Anthony Pagano, Kyle Speck, Jack Waterbury

Grade 8 First Honors – All 90s and above

Samantha Burton, Fahmida Chowdhury, Atyana Delvalle, Kayli Jacobs, Anthony Kezer, Erald Kukaj, Maquila Mosely-Williams, Anna Nguyen, Mariah Roque

Grade 7 Second Honors - All 80s and above

Jocelyn Aguilar, Delvin Allen, Reynaldo Alvarez, Isaiah Andujar, Jett Cariolo, Eva Cilbulsky, Skarleth Conde, Makayla D’Alessio, Maria Dominguez, Kilie Douglas, Andrew Endres, Gabriel Evans, Alonna Ewell, Katherine Friere, Olivia Galbraith, Giovanna Gardner, Trinity Garland, Anthony Geloso, Chloe Geoghan,Lyona Hainsworth, Ibrahim Hanaif, Martin Jaramillo, Brooke Johnson, Scott Makowski, Sydney Marcinko, Sanaa Middleton, Alana Morell, Jade Mweze, Elmer Perez, Reniyah Reid, Jasmine Richards, Valeria Rivera, Diego Rodriguez, Giovanna Sardo, Olivia Scarlata, Savannah Smith, Bryan Soto, Anthony Spigarolo, Cloe Tomasella, Jorden Torres, Jaden Tucker, Talan Uhlig, Lilly Ullrich, Icis Whitehurst-Parks, Juliana Xayasone, Dante Yakabowskas

Grade 8 Second Honors - All 80s and above

Kevin Barrios, Moises Beltran, Hailey Burton, David Cabrera, Shellymar Casillas, Isaac Colon, Noelle Corwell, Ellsie Cotto, James Daniels, Christian Deutcher-Cordova, Kyle Disley, Preston Dziubina, Gwyneth Fasciano, Symone Finney, Zoe Frager, Angela Garcia, Ariana Gomez, Shaddai Gonzalez, Adriatik Hailti, Puma Haug, Shawn Hernandez, Davius Irizarry, Davonte Jackson, Julia Jarmoszko, Landon Kerr, Victoria Kettles, Jonathan Kish, Megan Koslowski, Joseph Kuskowski, John Kwalek, Alexander Lopez, Natalia Maine, Alexandra Makowski, Arriana Meekins, Thy-rene Mweze, Najeeb Jennipher, Emilyanna Negron, Naomi Ortiz, Marc Peet, Jamirah Pickering, Janelli Pratts, Faith Quinones, Izaiah Ribeiro, Eliana Rico, Angel Salce, Cassandra Santiago, Amya Smith, Patrick Solsbury, Jalen Velez, Faith Walker

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Congratulations to all the students on their achievement!

Ansonia Middle School event to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Ansonia Middle School students awarded prizes

Congratulations to all!

Ansonia Middle School event to celebrate world cultures

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Save the date: Family Fun Fair slated at Ansonia Middle School

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