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 Boston the weekend of March 13 & 14.  Also qualifying for nationals are the 4x200 and the Sprint Medley, as well as Pauline Dabrowski (Junior) in the 800. 

 

Sean Grennan (Junior)

Congratulations to Sean who scored his 1,000th point during the February 6 boys varsity basketball game against Neptune High School! 

 

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 Monmouth University on February 13, 2010.

 

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 United States to be so honored.

 

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 Ocean County entered in the competition.

 

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, Bethany Loffredo, Talamayan, and Conroy.   Also qualifying for the meet is Ashley Conroy, who placed first in the 100 Freestyle (55.12) & 100 back (100.33). Ashley was awarded "Swimmer of the Meet".  This award is voted on by the 14 high school coaches attending the meet.  At the end of the day, out of 14 teams, the girls team placed 2nd and the boys placed 7th.

 

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 New Jersey. 

 

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 Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.  The SET award is presented to students who score higher than 700 in SAT Math and/or Critical Reading before 13 years of age.  In June 2009, Niranjan scored greater than 700 in Math as a 7th grader in Holy Family School, Lakewood.  He joined the student body of MDHS in September 2009.

Niranjan is one of only 300 students from across the United States to receive the SET award.  Of those 300 students, only 16 are from New Jersey.

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 Ocean County.

 

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 Ocean County by The Shore Soccer Officials Association (SSOA).

 

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 New Jersey make the choir.

 

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.

 

Jersey Goes

Thirteen MDHS students (along with 15 alumni) accompanied Mrs. Donna Milana, Mrs. JoAnn D’Anton and Mrs. Sue Gill to the Dominican Republic this summer as part of Jersey Goes (Group of Extraordinary Students.)  They spent ten days building three houses for the Village Mountain Mission group.  In addition to the three houses they built, they planned and hosted a carnival for local children.  They put their faith into action by working extremely hard and long in an unbelievably hot and buggy climate for people who so desperately needed their help. The students were: Ryan and Sean Milana, Katrina Kwiatek, Kyki Bardis, Nicole Bryant, Corey Crowe, Jacob Martin and Zak Belanger (Seniors), Bethanie Loffredo, Morgan DeLorenzo and Ashley Regan (Juniors), Sophomore Sean Gill and Freshman Kelly Milana.

 

Alexis Sinor (Senior)

Congratulations to Alexis, who, this summer ran Operation Jersey Shore vacation.  The program found families who donated a week at their shore home to soldiers who either have just returned from overseas or were soon to be deployed overseas. 

 

Ashley Conroy (Senior)

Congratulations to Ashley who competed in the Long Course Nationals (swimming competition) at University of Maryland in late July.  She had a great meet dropping time in all her events.  She finished 14th overall out of 173 swimmers in the 50 back at finals.  YMCA swimmers nationwide competed. 

 

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  1st Place National Winners.  Their project was called Catch a Breath.  eCybermission is a web-based science, math and  technology competition for 6th – 9th grade teams.  Teams propose a solution to a real problem in the community and compete for regional and national awards.