Student Spotlight
Consumer Bowl Team
Congratulations to seniors Kiernan Ensor and Maria Moresco, juniors Alyssa Hollingsworth and Martin Rufo and sophomore
Catherine Moresco members of the Consumer Bowl team who just won the Ocean
County Championship. They head to
Freehold on April 13 to compete for the
Central Regional title.
Alicia Dishon (Senior)
Alicia was named the Southern
Ocean Idol on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at the conclusion of a three-round
competition sponsored by the Rotary Club of Forked River. She was one of over 15 singers that entered
the vocal contest for high school students from five southern ocean school
districts. As the Southern Ocean Idol, Alicia was awarded scholarship money and
received numerous offers, including one to sing at the Garden State
Philharmonic’s Fourth of July Concert.
Girls Indoor Track Team
The team captured their 3rd
straight B-South indoor championship and 2nd straight indoor relay State
Championship. They became only the
second team in MDHS history to win back-to-back state championships. In the meet, the 4x400 relay team won gold
and broke the meet record. This group
also won the 4x400 at the Hispanic Games in the New York Armory and has
qualified for Nike Indoor Nationals in
Sean Grennan (Junior)
Congratulations to Sean who
scored his 1,000th point during the February 6 boys varsity
basketball game against
Kyki Bardis (Senior)
Congratulations to Kyki
Bardis for being named the WOBM Student of the Week for the week of February 8,
2010.
Academic Decathlon Team
On Saturday,
January 30, the Academic Decathlon team qualified for the State Finals of the
NJ Academic Decathlon which will be held on February 27. The following students were award winners at
the first round of competition: Sarah
McGowan: bronze pin in Economics,
bronze pin in Super Quiz, Catherine
Quigley: silver pin in Language & Literature, gold pin in Art, bronze
pin in Super Quiz, Maria Moresco:
silver medal in Essay, honorable mention in Music, honorable mention in
Economics, silver medal in speech, high scorer in Honors Division, Logan Jones: gold pin in Mathematics,
gold pin in Language & Literature, Matt
Hayes: bronze pin in Mathematics, gold pin in Economics, Catherine Moresco: silver medal in
Essay, honorable mention in Economics, silver medal in Speech, Alyssa Hollingsworth: gold medal in
Language & Literature, gold medal in Interview, gold medal in Economics,
bronze medal in Music, gold medal in Art, gold medal in Speech, high scorer in
Varsity Division. Alyssa also won the overall silver medal for her division. Martin Rufo: silver pin in Economics,
silver pin in Mathematics and Most Valuable Player for the team, Kiernan Ensor: honorable mention in
Economics, bronze medal in Art, silver medal in Speech, Frankie Thelmo: honorable mention in Speech, silver medal in
Interview, high scorer in Scholastic Division, and Colleen Ensor: silver medal in Speech.
Ashley Conroy (Senior)
Ashley will
receive an Outstanding Athlete Award from the National Association for Girls
and Women in Sports at
Kimberly Julien (Senior)
Kimberly has been
named a Finalist in the 2010 Competition for National Achievement®
Scholarships. Kimberly is one of
approximately 1200 students in the
Mary Kate Shalhoub (Senior)
Mary Kate was
named Ms. Ocean County 2010 at the Ocean County Cheering Championships held on
January 30. She won the title over all senior cheerleaders in
Girls Swim Team
Congratulations
to the Girls Swim Team who are B South Champions!
Law Team
For the 3rd
year in a row, the Law Team has emerged victorious in the Ocean County Mock
Trial Competition earning the title of Ocean County Champions. Congratulations to Tyler Krenek, Kiernan Ensor, Chelsea Scalzo and Maria Moresco who went undefeated in
the first three rounds. The varsity team includes Kimberly Julien, Anne Kreutz, Jordan Koziol, Nick Paggi, Shannon
Imperiale and Megan Alzona. The undefeated team continued their
success in regional competition and now head to State Finals on March 16 and
18.
Boys and Girls Bowling Teams
Congratulations to the boys and
girls bowling teams. Both are B-South Champions. Special congratulations to the girls team
because they are
the first girls bowling team in school history
to win B-South!
Boys and Girls Swim Teams
At the Ocean County Championships
held at the OCYMCA on January 9-10, both the boys and girls swim teams did a
great job! The boys 200 Free Relay Team
of Chris Capone, Eric Voigtlander, Tom
Scerbo and William Kasper broke
the old school record with a time of 1:35.67. William Kasper placed 1st in the 50 free with a time of 22.38 and
qualified for the Meet of Champions in March.
On the girl’s side, the 200 Medley Relay consisting of Ashley Conroy, Alexa Caravella, Michelle
Corpus, and Joyce Talamayan placed
first with a time of 1:56.67. They also qualify
for Meet of Champions along with the girl’s 400 free relay of Corpus,
Katie DeTuro (Senior)
Congratulations
to Katie who will receive an Outstanding Athlete Award from the National
Association for Girls and Women in Sports (NAGWS)
She will receive
the award at a State-wide awards program on February 7, the same day that the
Governor will issue a proclamation identifying the same as Girls and Women in
Sports Day in
Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars
Congratulations
to the following Seniors who have
been named Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars:
Zachary Belanger, Kirby Costello, Erica
Fitzpatrick, Tyler Krenek, Matthew Mance, Jacob Martin, Maria Moresco and
Russell Simms.
Niranjan Ramanand (Freshman)
Niranjan is the recipient of
the SET (Study of Exceptional Talent) award presented by the
Niranjan is one of only 300
students from across the
Congratulations, Niranjan!
Girls Varsity Soccer Team
Congratulations to these Girls
Varsity Soccer Team Members on the following awards: Katie DeTuro (Senior) 1st Team All County, 1st Team All
B-South, 2nd Team All Shore, 2nd Team Non-Public; Amanda Gulli (Sophomore) 1st Team All B-South, 2nd Team
All County, 3rd Team All Shore; Callie Brown (Sophomore) 1st Team All B-South, 3rd Team
All County. Samantha DeNoville (Senior) received the Senior Excellence Award, awarded to one
female senior soccer player in
Maria Moresco (Senior)
Maria was accepted into the
Regional All South Jersey Symphonic Band and will perform as a clarinetist in
concert in January, 2010.
Sailing Team
Congratulations to Coach Brian
Hull and the MDHS Sailing Team who competed on the weekend of November 6-8 in
the Mid-Atlantic Scholastic Sailing Association’s Atlantic Coast Championship
held at the Norfolk (VA) Yacht and Country Club. The MDHS team placed 7th out of 16
teams in the A Fleet, B Fleet and the A and B Fleet Combined competitions.
Fall Sports B-South Champions
Congratulations to the Girl’s
and Boy’s XC teams and the Girl’s Tennis team who all won the B-South
Championships.
Samantha DeNoville (Senior)
Congratulations to Samantha
who has been selected for the 2009 Rusty Rizzitello Female Senior Excellence
Award for
Emyliane Christodoulou and Joseph
Honeker (Seniors)
Emyliane and Joseph are two
finalists in the Diocese of Trenton Loving Life 2009 logo contest. Their logos, along with that of the other finalists,
are featured on http://www.respectlifetoday.com/youth_contestvoting.php
where voting is ongoing. The grand prize
winner will be determined by December 1.
The winning logo will be placed on apparel, media, correspondence, and
other promotional tools for use by the Respect Life Ministries of the Diocese
of Trenton.
Jared Babuschak, Ryan Dillon, Danielle Goldstein, Rory
Mitchell (Seniors)
Nicole Brown, Megan Hanna (Juniors)
These students have been
named to the New Jersey State Honors Jazz Choir. After an audition process a total of only
sixteen students from across the State of
Kimberly Julien (Senior)
Congratulations to Kimberly
who has been named a semi-finalist in the 2010 National Achievement ®
Scholarship Program.
Erica Fitzpatrick, Kimberly Julien and Maria Moresco
(Seniors)
Congratulations to Erica,
Kimberly and Maria who have been recognized as National Merit Commended
Scholars.
Adisola Adesanya (Senior)
Congratulations to Adisola
who, this summer, attended NJ Governor’s School for Public Policy.
Kirby Costello (Senior)
Congratulations to Kirby
Costello, Student Council President, for being named the WOBM Student of the
Week for the week of September 21, 2009.
Kimberly Julien, Maria Moresco, Nicholas Shirley
and Russell Simms (Seniors)
Congratulations to these
students who were recently awarded the designation of AP Scholar by the College
Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level
Advanced Placement Program ® (AP®) Exams.
Thirteen MDHS
students (along with 15 alumni) accompanied Mrs. Donna Milana, Mrs. JoAnn
D’Anton and Mrs. Sue Gill to the
Alexis Sinor (Senior)
Congratulations
to Alexis, who, this summer ran
Ashley Conroy (Senior)
Congratulations
to Ashley who competed in the Long Course Nationals (swimming competition) at
Briana Gillin and Anthony
Mastrandrea (Freshmen)
Congratulations to Briana and
Anthony who, along with two team members from All Saints Regional Catholic
School, were the eCybermission
2008-2009 9th
Grade