Seymour-Oxford Rotary Club seeks applicants for 2 scholarships

The Seymour/Oxford Rotary Club is proud to announce this year’s scholarships to two graduating high school seniors and/or continuing education college

students residing in Seymour and/or Oxford.

High school graduating seniors and/or continuing education college students attending a four-year college or university full time in August/September 2018 is eligible.

Rotary International’s theme is “SERVICE ABOVE SELF.”

To submit an essay, it must address the theme of SERVICE ABOVE SELF: your personal experience, the importance of service in your community, the state and throughout the world.

Essays are limited to no more than 500 words.

Scholarship is $500 to two individual students.  Checks will be made payable directly to the college/university upon verification of student’s attendance, i.e, presenting an invoice from college/university indicating student’s name, address and ID number.

Deadline for essay submission is April 6 to be submitted via email to nvbv@hotmail.com.  Essay must include your name, address, telephone, email address, college/university name, address and year of attendance.

Scholarship recipients will be notified by end of April and recipients will be requested to attend a club meeting to share their essay and college goals.

This is a press release from the club.

St. Mary-St. Michael School in Derby posts honor roll

DERBY- Congratulations to all the St. Mary-St. Michael School students earning Honors and High Honors during the second trimester.

Honors are awarded at the end of each trimester to students attaining all As and Bs in all subjects. 

High Honors are awarded at the end of each trimester to students attaining all As in all subjects. 

GRADE 4 - High Honors: Lucy Adams, Keira Hovhannissian, Adrianna Naranj, Samarth Rao, Gemma Tomei

Honors: Luca Alvarez, Madison McGuire, Sarayu Rao, Katelyn Re, Kyle Re, Julianna Rosado

GRADE 5 - Honors: Josh Benedek, Amelia Blicharz, Lucianna Bottone, Gianna Brancato, Evan DeLucia, Roman Hescock, Alexis Padilla, Alex Rusu, Reese Shuart

GRADE 6 - Honors: Annabel Adams, Carmel Diur, Vuong Nguyen, Danika Shandrowski, Alejandro Soriano

GRADE 7 - High Honors: Selena Hescock, Thien Nguyen

Honors: Matthew Capiral, Rhianen Dzvileski, Steve Nguyen, Ariana Rodriquez, Anton Rusu

GRADE 8 - High Honors: Helen Kowarik, Brooke Sobolisky, Emilia Wypasek

Honors: Tennyson DeLos, Ligia Miketta, Jacqueline Muncy, Max Shuart, Joseph Wasfi 

This is a press release from Principal Grace Torres.

Recuperation journey: A special night with friends

Donna Hayes, oncology social worker at the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital in Derby, left, and moi, having fun even before Friday's event had started. 'Nuf said.


Last night I felt like I was looking at the world through rose-colored glasses.
The Seymour Pink fund-raising event I attended, A Pink Night to Remember, was uplifting and inspiring. 
A feeling of love and support for the mission of Seymour Pink, A Community's Fight Against Breast Cancer, filled a huge dining room at The Waterview in Monroe. 
And almost everyone was wearing a shade of pink.
Board members, volunteers, and breast cancer survivors including my "survivor sisters" from Griffin Hospital's Circle of Friends support group were there, as were their friends and family members.

It was my first time attending this wonderful event. I'm already looking forward to next year. 

Stay tuned for more coverage in our next issue of The Valley Voice newsletter.

Newsletter: Seymour surveyor retires, upcoming Ansonia events

Dear readers,

Our latest Valley Voice newsletter published Friday features a longtime surveyor in Seymour who has retired, and upcoming events in Ansonia.

Thanks for reading!

Patti and Ralph

Community invited to free breakfast at Assumption Church hall in Ansonia

Ansonia Youth Cheer opens registration for 2018

* Information shared from Facebook.

Recuperation journey: Another pic through the window

I finally got a photo of my cardinal friend with snow.