2004 Poetry Recitation Contest

Contest Chairperson
Marilyn Horn
Coginchaug Regional High School

On Monday, April 1, 2004 approximately 1090 students from 114 schools competed in the CT COLT 23^rd Annual Poetry Recitation Contest at New Britain High School.

The recitations were held in ELEVEN languages: American Sign Language, Chinese,  English to Speakers of Other Languages, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

And the winners of the 2004 Poetry Recitation Contest are. . .

ASL-HEARING—ONE YEAR (Room 236)

1^st—Annie Untied East Ridge Middle School

2^nd—Jessica Kinney - Francis T. Walsh Intermediate School

ASL-HEARING—TWO YEARS (Room 236)

1^st—Stephen Brathwaite - Metropolitan Learning Center

CHINESE—NON-NATIVE-MS (Room 239)

3^rd—Sarah Kwok - Smith Middle School

CHINESE—NATIVE-MS (Room 239)

1^st—Tian Wang - Sedgwick Middle School

2^nd—Jiang-Tong Wei - Scotts Ridge Middle School

3^rd—Yanxi Du Mansfield Middle School

CHINESE—NON-NATIVE-HS (Room 239)

1^st—Jordan Abram - Choate Rosemary Hall

2^nd—Hwan Lim - Loomis Chaffee School

3^rd—Jane Wilson Baldwin - Hopkins School

CHINESE—NATIVE-HS (Room 240)

1^st—Yan Zhou - E.O. Smith High School

2^nd—Yehan Liu - Loomis Chaffee School

3^rd—Lisa Li - Branford High School

ESOL—HIGH-BEGIN-MS (Room 230)

1^st—Mert Tokel - Western Middle School

2^nd—Yun Zhoug Chen - East Rock Global Magnet School

3^rd—Estefani Sosa - East Ridge Middle School

ESOL—INTERMEDIATE-MS (Room 230)

1^st—Estaban Peralta - Western Middle School

2^nd—Harjot Kaur Bhandal - Francis T. Walsh Intermediate School

3^rd—Hudna de Souza - East Ridge Middle School

ESOL—ADVANCED-MS (Room 230)

1^st—Jhan Del Rosario - Western Middle School

2^nd—Abelardo Martinez - Fair Haven Middle School

3^rd—Carlos Lobato - East Ridge Middle School

ESOL—HIGH-BEGIN—HS (Room 231)

1^st—Jean Mirlande - James Hillhouse High School

2^nd—Ricardo Alvaro Carrillo - Hall High School

3^rd—Anna Marianska - Southington High School

ESOL—INTERMEDIATE-HS (Room 231)

1^st—Massita Fadiza - James Hillhouse High School

2^nd—Fauzia Bakht - Conard High School

3^rd—Agnieska Krynska - Hall High School

ESOL—ADVANCED-HS (Room 231)

1^st—Juemei Yang - E.O. Smith High School

2^nd—Sadia Shabbir - Wilbur Cross High School

3^rd—Christina Herrera - Darien High School

FRENCH—MS1 (Room 135)

1^st—Heather Mayer - The Foote School

2^nd—Edward Jones - Woodrow Wilson Middle School

3^rd—Rosa Amaya - Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School

FRENCH—MS1 (Room 136)

1^st—Daniel Paltiel - Hopkins School

2^nd—David Zhang - Mansfield Middle School

3^rd—Catherine Winslow - Irving A Robbins Middle School

FRENCH—MS2 (Room 114)

1^st—Genevieve Irwin - Convent of the Sacred Heart

2^nd—Emily Leitner - Middlesex Middle School

3^rd—Breah Clay-Bey - Metropolitan Learning Center

FRENCH—MS2 (Room 119)

1^st—Cal Pershan - Hamden Hall Country Day School

2^nd—Dina Nathanson - Hamden Middle School

3^rd—Jesse Newbold - The Country School

FRENCH—NATIVE-MS (Room 113)

1^st—Ekaterina Morozova - East Rock Global Magnet School

2^nd—Sylvia Khoury - Convent of the Sacred Heart

3^rd—Pierre Griffith - Hopkins School

FRENCH—HS1 (Room 110)

1^st—Daniel Montana - Choate Rosemary Hall

2^nd—Marian Homans-Turnbull - The Foote School

3^rd—Jacqueline Malecki - Darien High School

FRENCH—HS1 (Room 101)

1^st—Janday Wilson - Hopkins School

2^nd—Corey Schmitt - Manchester High School

3^rd—Aubrey Sanders - Renbrook School

FRENCH—HS2 (Room 103)

1^st—Camille de Valdivia - Lauralton Hall

2^nd—Victoria Farrell - Woodland Regional High School

3^rd—Erik Djokic - Loomis Chaffee School

FRENCH—HS2 (Room 110)

1^st—Jeremy Monell - Kennedy High School

2^nd—Miureann Magerus - Darien High School

3^rd—Fred Leng - Branford High School

FRENCH—HS2 (Room 111)

1^st—Cynthia Tolosa - Metropolitan Learning Center

2^nd—Emma Mustich - Wooster School

3^rd—Michele Reznik - Hamden Hall Country Day School

FRENCH—HS3 (Room 106)

1^st—Jacqueline Chomic - Sound School

2^nd—Corey Briskin - Hopkins School

3^rd—Sophie Bradburn - The Foote School

FRENCH—HS3 (Room 107)

1^st—Kathleen Flaherty - Ridgefield High School

2^nd—Alexandra Katz - Wilbur Cross High School

3^rd—Sarah Kinne - East Hampton High School

FRENCH—HS3 (Room 118)

1^st—Anjali Lai - Darien High School

2^nd—Claire Zukowski - Newtown High School

3^rd—Alyssa Ruggiero - Convent of the Sacred Heart

FRENCH—HS4 (Room 123)

1^st—Molly Douglas - Canton High School

2^nd—Elizabeth Gibbons - Ridgefield High School

3^rd—Ginger Cline - Hamden High School

FRENCH—HS4 (Room 124)

1^st—Jessica Kauffman - Hopkins School

2^nd—Theresa Lamontagne - Woodland Regional High School

3^rd—Benjamin Kramer - Wooster school

FRENCH—HS4 (Room 125)

1^st—Jacqueline Rosokoff - Loomis Chaffee School

2^nd—Ariana Straznicky - Southington High School

3^rd—David Wheelock - Darien High School

FRENCH—HS5-6 (Room 108)

1^st—Amineta Gueye - Wilbur Cross High School

2^nd—Samantha Gelfand - Choate Rosemary Hall

3^rd—Emma Kronman - Hopkins School

FRENCH—HS5-6 (Room 109)

1^st—Patrick Reitschel - Brookfield High School

2^nd—Jeanette Tenthorey - Coginchaug Regional High School

3^rd—Pilar Paris - Convent of the Sacred Heart

FRENCH—NATIVE-HS (Room 102)

1^st—Rachel Jones - E.O. Smith High School

2^nd—Thomas Brewer - Cheshire High School

3^rd—Matthew Jones - Darien High School

FRENCH—NATIVE-HS (Room 112)

1^st—Brice Stephano Victor - Central High School

2^nd—Kelly Slonaker - Wooster School

3^rd—Charlotte Metulescu - Hopkins School

GERMAN—MS1 (Room 129)

2^nd—Gwendolyn Schulz - Saxe Middle School

3^rd—Daniel Pin - Scotts Ridge Middle School

GERMAN—MS2 (Room 129)

1^st—Stephen Selnick - Dodd Middle School

2^nd—Louisa Sonstroem - Mansfield Middle School

3^rd—Meghan Dowling - East Ridge Middle School

GERMAN—NATIVE-MS (Room 129)

1^st—Julia DeRosa - Saxe Middle School

2^nd—Vanessa Buso - East Ridge Middle School

3^rd—Liu Guanghao - Worthington Hooker Middle School

GERMAN—HS1 (Room 130)

1^st—Claire Cook - Choate Rosemary Hall

2^nd—Lynn Tylec - Francis T. Maloney High School

3^rd—Emily Finn - New Canaan High School

GERMAN—HS2 (Room 131)

1^st—Samantha Miko - Masuk High School

2^nd—Isaac Chaput - E.O. Smith High School

3^rd—Christopher Carne - Loomis Chaffee School

GERMAN—HS3 (Room 131)

1^st—Garrett Schumann - Ridgefield High School

2^nd—Piku Ghosh - E.O. Smith High School

3^rd—Timothy Andruszkiewicz - Loomis Chaffee School

GERMAN—HS4 (Room 128)

1^st—Stephen Morton - Ledyard High School

2^nd—Catharine Schier - Ridgefield High School

3^rd—Robin Merritt - E.O. Smith High School

GERMAN—HS5-6 (Room 128)

1^st—Kristen Gross - Ridgefield High School

2^nd—Kate Christison-Lagay - E.O. Smith High School.

GERMAN—NATIVE-HS (Room 128)

1^st—Luise Hampl - New Canaan High School

2^nd—Ronja Mumm - Bloomfield High School

3^rd—Katrin Merz - Lyman Memorial High School

GREEK—NON-NATIVE-MS (Room 229)

1^st—Julia Hajedemos - Dodd Middle School

GREEK—NATIVE-MS (Room 229)

1^st—Costas Hadjipateras - Saxe Middle School

GREEK—NON-NATIVE-HS (Room 229)

1^st—Ian Pomerantz - New Haven-Yale Saturday Seminar

2^nd—Selahattin Turan - Wilbur Cross High School

3^rd—Emily Boynton - New Haven-Yale Saturday Seminar

GREEK—NATIVE-HS (Room 229)

1^st—Eleni Koutroumanis - St. Barbara Greek School

2^nd—Kostas Milas - St. Barbara Greek School

3^rd—Rhoda Emmanouil - St. Barbara Greek School

ITALIAN—MS1 (Room 227)

1^st—Kenneth Huelsman - Nathan Hale Middle School

2^nd—Caresha Lyles - Metropolitan Learning Center

3^rd—Ryan Malonis - Francis T. Walsh Intermediate School

ITALIAN—MS2 (Room 227)

1^st—Jesse McDevitt - Nathan Hale Middle School

2^nd—Andrew Cudgma - Francis T. Walsh Intermediate School

ITALIAN—NATIVE-MS (Room 227)

1^st—Alice Sicconi - Scotts Ridge Middle School

ITALIAN—HS1 (Room 228)

1^st—Jenna Masotta - Kennedy High School

2^nd—Sarah Hassan - Central High School

3^rd—Melissa Mulvey - Newington High School

ITALIAN—HS2 (Room 233)

1^st—Hannah Fuerst - Southington High School

2^nd—Marc Montini - Hopkins School

3^rd—Katherine Ortner - Choate Rosemary Hall

ITALIAN—HS3 (Room 234)

1^st—Roxana Blandon - Wilbur Cross High School

2^nd—Nicholas Grandori - Sound School

3^rd—Ajana Xama - Kennedy High School

ITALIAN—HS4 (Room 235)

1^st—Josué Rosado - Sound School

2^nd—Nessrin Chawiche - Central High School

3^rd—Maria Sutera - Newington High School

ITALIAN—HS5-6 (Room 235)

1^st—Nicoletta Bartolomeo - Brookfield High School

2^nd—Christine Esposito - Hamden High School

3^rd—Anne Marie Gallager - Sound School

ITALIAN—NATIVE-HS (Room 227)

1^st—Sara Carminati - Litchfield High School

2^nd—Arta Imeri - Crosby High School

3^rd—Nathalie Chiavaroli - Darien High School

JAPANESE—NON-NATIVE-MS (Room 223)

2^nd—Katy Noake - Henry James Memorial School

JAPANESE—NATIVE-MS (Room 223)

1^st—Yui Tanaka - Middlesex Middle School

2^nd—Michael Saito - Smith Middle School

3^rd—Anna Sarnek - Mansfield Middle School

JAPANESE—NON-NATIVE-HS (Room 223)

1^st—Hoyune Cho - Choate Rosemary Hall

2^nd—Dena Bahgat - Cheshire High School

3^rd—Jay Um - Simsbury High School

JAPANESE—NATIVE-HS (Room 223)

1^st—Hisano Muraki - Brookfield High School

2^nd—Albert Saito - Glastonbury High School

3^rd—Natsumi Oba - Darien High School

LATIN—MS1 (Room 127)

1^st—Sarah Hopkins - The Ethel Walker School

2^nd—Brendan Seaver - Saxe Middle School

3^rd—Sofia Gearty - The Foote School

LATIN—MS2 (Room 127)

1^st—Christopher Chu - Saxe Middle School

2^nd—Zack Newick - Hamden Hall Country Day School

3^rd—Julianne Fowler - The Foote School

LATIN—HS1 (Room 132)

1^st—Sarah Rosen - The Foote School

2^nd—Meredythe Goethe - The Ethel Walker School

3^rd—Ryan Shannon - Ridgefield High School

LATIN—HS2 (Room 122)

1^st—Acacia Wagner - Simsbury High School

2^nd—Noah McCreight - Hamden Hall Country Day School

3^rd—Sarah Bashaw - Loomis Chaffee School

LATIN—HS3 (Room 121)

1^st—Luke Coryea - Joseph A Foran High School

2^nd—Mike Schmitt - Hamden Hall Country Day School

3^rd—Steven Jaworsky - E.O. Smith High School

LATIN—HS4 (Room 133)

1^st—Jeannette Tenthorey - Coginchaug Regional High School

2^nd—William Mathews - E.O. Smith High School

3^rd—Henry Sire - Simsbury High School

LATIN—HS5-6 (Room 133)

1^st—Matthew Martin - Simsbury High School

2^nd—Larson DiFiori - New Canaan High School

3^rd—Tyrone Harris - Hamden Hall Country Day School

POLISH—NON-NATIVE-MS (Room 120)

1^st—Barlomiej Kodrzyeki - Saxe Middle School

POLISH—NATIVE-MS (Room 120)

1^st—Teresa Miroslaw - Smith Middle School

2^nd—Damian Grzybko - Worthington Hooker Middle School

3^rd—Karolina Sielewicz - Middlesex Middle School

POLISH—NON-NATIVE-HS (Room 120)

1^st—Alexandrz Mensz - Wilbur Cross High School

2^nd—Gregory Jurczyk - New Britain High School

3^rd—Michael Grzywacz - New Britain High School

POLISH—NATIVE-HS (Room 134)

1^st—Marlena Popielarz - New Britain High School

2^nd—Isabella Mensz - Wilbur Cross High School

3^rd—Teresa Chlus - Mercy High School

PORTUGUESE—BEGINNING-MS (Room 237)

2^nd—Amanda Barnes - Multicultural Magnet School

PORTUGUESE—INTERMEDIATE-MS (Room 237)

1^st—Nicole Vilanova - Multicultural Magnet School

PORTUGUESE—ADVANCED-MS (Room 237)

1^st—Melanie Taverner - Multicultural Magnet School

PORTUGUESE—NATIVE-MS (Room 237)

1^st—Diego Palmieri - Western Middle School

2^nd—Tiffany Teixeira - Multicultural Magnet School

3^rd—Alexia Sousa - Long River Middle School

PORTUGUESE—BEGINNING-HS (Room 238)

1^st—Patricia Carreiro - Brookfield High School

2^nd—Daniel Prieto - Central High School

PORTUGUESE—INTERMEDIATE-HS (Room 238)

1^st—Joy Soares - Central High School

PORTUGUESE—NATIVE-HS (Room 238)

1^st—Caliandra Figueiredo - Manchester High School

2^nd—Filipe Couto - Darien High School

3^rd—Elisabeth Borba - Kennedy High School

RUSSIAN—MS1 (Room 224)

3^rd—Avalee Miller - Smith Middle School

RUSSIAN—MS2 (Room 224)

1^st—Arielle Martins - Smith Middle School

2^nd—Alexander Kotov - Saxe Middle School

RUSSIAN—NATIVE-MS (Room 224)

1^st—Kristina Staklo - Worthington Hooker Middle School

2^nd—Ludmila Marceau - Lebanon Middle School

3^rd—Lukiana Pilyugin - John Read Middle School

RUSSIAN—HS1 (Room 224)

1^st—Mercedes Koehler - Wooster School

2^nd—Lily Dickinson - Wilton High School

3^rd—Kayla Zagieboylo - Choate Rosemary Hall

RUSSIAN—HS2 (Room 225)

1^st—Isabella Mensz - Wilbur Cross High School

2^nd—Anthony Esponda - Wilton High School

3^rd—Jack Wickham - Wooster School

RUSSIAN—HS3 (Room 225)

1^st—Karlen Shahinyan - Wilbur Cross High School

3^rd—Sarah Schaffer - Glastonbury High School

RUSSIAN—HS4 (Room 225)

1^st—Stephanie Merwin - Glastonbury High School

RUSSIAN—HS5-6 (Room 225)

3^rd—James Liska - Glastonbury High School

RUSSIAN—NATIVE-HS (Room 225)

1^st—Natasha Nussberg - Hopkins School

2^nd—Igor Fridman - Manchester High School

3^rd—Julia Kononenko - New Canaan High School

SPANISH—MS1 (Room 210)

1^st—Narasha Davis - Multicultural Magnet School

2^nd—Raijona Crear - John Winthrop School

3^rd—Chelsea Cannon - Fair Haven Middle School

SPANISH—MS1 (Room 211)

1^st—Aaron Isenstadt - Worthington Hooker Middle School

2^nd—Elizabeth Masters - East Ridge Middle School

3^rd—Stephanie Ross - Hopkins School

SPANISH—MS2 (Room 212)

1^st—Andrew Fessler - Saxe Middle School

2^nd—Katie Brunetto - Litchfield Middle School

3^rd—Whitney Bartell - Henry James Memorial School

SPANISH—MS2 (Room 213)

1^st—Arjun Potter - Hopkins School

2^nd—Julianne Ongoco - Western Middle School

3^rd—Christine Uzdejczyk - Vernon Center Middle School

SPANISH—NATIVE-MS (Room 207)

1^st—Cristina Ceballos - Convent of the Sacred Heart

2^nd—Hugo Cruz - Multicultural Magnet School

3^rd—Juliannette Cunningham-Malave - Nathan Hale School

SPANISH—NATIVE-MS (Room 208)

1^st—Lynnette Repollet - John Winthrop School

2^nd—Rafael Perez Segura - Mansfield Middle School

3^rd—Cristina Rios - Dodd Middle School

SPANISH—HS1 (Room 205)

1^st—Rachel Kauder-Nalebuff - The Foote School

2^nd—Tameshia Henry - Metropolitan Learning Center

3^rd—Janelle Fouche - Choate Rosemary Hall

SPANISH—HS1 (Room 206)

1^st—Helen Lee - Loomis Chaffee School

2^nd—Britnay Marra - Sound School

3^rd—Farrah Mawji - Woodland Regional High School

SPANISH—HS2 (Room 214)

1^st—Arianne Cacciatore - Amity High School

2^nd—Sagar Faldu - Metropolitan Learning Center

3^rd—Rigels Bejleri - Kennedy High School

SPANISH—HS2 (Room 216)

1^st—Shayma Jannat - Naugatuck High School

2^nd—Ledina Gojac - Simsbury High School

3^rd—Anna Katten - Middletown High School

SPANISH—HS2 (Room 217)

1^st—Andrea Stanford - Convent of the Sacred Heart

2^nd—Adelle Samaha - Lyman Memorial High School

3^rd—Stephanie Stock - Choate Rosemary Hall

SPANISH—HS3 (Room 200)

1^st—Thomas Chapman - Ledyard High School

2^nd—Ellen Cupo - Wilbur Cross High School

3^rd—Magdalene Carter - Choate Rosemary Hall

SPANISH—HS3 (Room 201)

1^st—Lisa Kim - Simsbury High School

2^nd—Mark Lacson - Woodland Regional High School

3^rd—Robert McDonald - Parish Hill Jr/Sr High School

SPANISH—HS3 (Room 202)

1^st—Karla Wurzel - Loomis Chaffee School

2^nd—Marissa Pisarick - Brookfield High School

3^rd—Lydia White - Hamden Hall Country Day School

SPANISH—HS4 (Room 218)

1^st—Catherine Elliott - Darien High School

2^nd—Krishna Delahunty-Nirmel - Choate Rosemary Hall

3^rd—Meghan Cassidy - Convent of the Sacred Heart

SPANISH—HS4 (Room 219)

1^st—Anne Lunnie - Masuk High School

2^nd—Brianna Jones - Middletown High School

3^rd—Stephanie Lane - Jonathan Law High School

SPANISH—HS4 (Room 220)

1^st—Melanie Wade - Ledyard High School

2^nd—Jonathan Raye - Canton High School

3^rd—Scott Wasserman - East Hampton High School

SPANISH—HS5-6 (Room 203)

1^st—Sanja Benak - High School in the Community

2^nd—Maria Bender - Lyman Memorial High School

3^rd—Mimi Guynn - New Canaan High School

SPANISH—HS5-6 (Room 204)

1^st—Aparna Muralidharan - Masuk High School

2^nd—Abbey Kent - Branford High School

3^rd—Iris Insogna - Hamden Hall Country Day School

SPANISH—NATIVE-HS (Room 221)

1^st—Liliana Carrasquillo - East Lyme High School

2^nd—Alejandra Castro - Middletown High School

3^rd—Roxana Blandon - Wilbur Cross High School

SPANISH—NATIVE-HS (Room 222)

1^st—Andrés Madariaga - Wilbur Cross High School

2^nd—David Josten - Darien High School

3^rd—Brenda Jain - Hill Regional Career High School

SPANISH—NATIVE (Room 241)

1^st—Raymond Taylor - James Hillhouse High School

2^nd—Marion Spencer - Loomis Chaffee School

3^rd—Neslybeth Vasquez - Bulkeley High School

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