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Arends honored
Alyssa Claire Arends of Brooklyn has been named to the Quinnipiac University dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester.
Alyssa is a senior at Quinnipiac University and is double majoring in political science and history. She is the daughter of Jeff and Lisa Arends of Brooklyn.

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Crystal Coat
This bush sported a heavy coat of ice last week --- as did 'most everything else. More photos on page 4. Expanded photo array Wed. night on FB: Putnam Town Crier & Northeast Ledger. Linda Lemmon photo.

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WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Academy’s professional industry-standard TV studio continues to expand, thanks to ESPN’s recent donation of an LED video wall that allows students to apply photos, graphics, and video to the background of their news broadcast set.
In 2022, NBC Connecticut donated a professional industry-standard TV studio, including a news anchor desk, to get this classroom started.
The addition of the video wall further elevates the degree of professionalism in the space.
“This video wall is exactly like you’d see in a professional news production, and in fact, this one was in-use at ESPN’s SportsCenter studio up until about a year ago,” said Director of Sports Information Marc Allard, who teaches sports communication in the TV studio classroom on WA’s South Campus.
“Purchasing a video wall like this would cost several hundred thousand dollars, so we are very fortunate to have it.”
With help from Bradley O’Connor ’04 and Don Brooks from ESPN, The Academy was able to procure the equipment last summer.
A series of substantial grants from the State of Connecticut’s Public, Educational and Governmental Programming and Educational Technology Investment Account (PEGPETIA) Grant Program then allowed The Academy to complete the studio set over the last few years. These grants have also supported other projects and broadcast opportunities on campus.
“It’s been up and running for a few weeks now,” said Macy Rawson ’25, a student in Allard’s class.
“We used it for a winter sports preview project we just completed.”
“It’s pretty cool,” added classmate Sam Clark ’25. “We filmed interviews with coaches and athletes and had it up on the wall while doing our news broadcasts.”
The recent upgrades amplify this classroom’s unique academic offerings, with potential projects including announcements, sports recaps, live broadcasts, and video magazines.
WA students have the opportunity to get hands-on technical experience here that prepares them for future careers in broadcast journalism on both sides of the camera.
“We’re incredibly grateful to ESPN for this generous donation,” said Head of School Chris Sandford. “It’s helping to set our students up for success as they seek out higher education, internships, and careers in communications.”

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Interact Club members, volunteers, advisors. Linda Lemmon photos.

From left: Putnam Rotary Club President Amanda Kelly, Amelia Haynes accepting the top school award for Woodstock Academy, and Interact  Advisor Roberta Rocchetti.

From left: Putnam Rotary President Amanda Kelly, Paige Perry and Gabriell Cerasiello (2 top individual winners) and Interact Advisor Roberta Rocchetti.


Fund-raiser
sets records
all around
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — Putnam Rotary Club President Amanda Kelly praised the Interact Club members’ fund-raising efforts for the Salvation Army Kettle Campaign. They pulled in a record amount of money — and spent a record number of hours in the cold doing it.
In its 26th year, according to Interact Club advisor Roberta Rocchetti, the club members and volunteers raised $15,283.
Kelly said “We appreciate the hours you volunteers spent in the cold, bell ringing.” She added, “Those hours and hours added up.” She also thanked the advisors and volunteers who helped.
The Salvation Army, recipient of the club’s Kettle Campaign efforts, uses all the funds raised in the local area. Debbie White, director of Social Ministries for Connecticut and Rhode Island, told the volunteers in a letter, on behalf of the Salvation Army “you have our heartfelt gratitude for your dedicated service as a volunteer.”
She added, “Thank you for choosing to be a beacon of hope and change.”
The school which spent the highest number of hours on “kettle duty” was Woodstock Academy with 166 hours. In second was Putnam High School with 152 and coming in third was 93 hours for Tourtellotte Memorial High School.
In the individual category there was a tie for first with Paige Perry and Gabriell Cerasiello of Putnam High working together for five weekends and racking up 32 hours. In second was Kaylee Borders with 15 hours and in third was Delta Wagner with 12 hours.
Interact Club members include: Paige Perry, Gabriell Cerasiello, Kasyn Robillard, Delta Wagner, Danny Boriboun, Maggie Kimball, Maddie Jezierski, Kira Greene, Phoebe Griffin, Hunter Larson, Taylor Lamothe, Madie McMahon, Ava Simoes, Greysen Dery, Kiley Elliott, Elizabeth Ladzinski, Amelia Haynes, Logan Casteen, Austin Crim (UConn), Lillian Conway, Caitlin Mercer, Eoin Merce, Vivianna Hill, Jordyn Butler, Eric Levesque, Patricia Peterson, Cade Jones, Jared Nielsen, Emma Kerr, Eden Lusignan, Gianna DiCola-Keddy, Noel Racicot, Ella Carota, Zahara Moore, Ava Hovestadt, Cooper Sweeney, Joshua Tackson, Talia Tremblay, Kaelyn Tremblay, Serena Smith, Livi Gerum, Keivon Robison, Abby Houle, Sofia Thurber, June Ferraro, Kaylee Beck, Jin Blair, Kaylee Borders, Jackie Dearborn, Avery Thienel, Adam Rumrill, Sara Macri, Angelica Oliveira, Evan Shaughnessy, Julius Lang, Leo Rocchetti, Delaney Anderson, Danny Pynn, Jay Patel, Ryan Rivera, Tyler Shead, Mikayla Bessette, Ava Golden, Bella DiGregorio, Julia Coyle, Grace Pokorny, Maya Rodrigues, Mackenzie Lewis, Angel Sherpa, Noah Russell, Ben Cross, Ela Gadoury, Alexis Phav, Gia DisPasquale, Celine Leffingwell, Adrian Rivera, Grace Akana, Ethan Latandrice, Romeo Devil, Hudson Smith, Adric Devil, Cody Keene, Madison Williams, Arthur Soucy, Lillian Beausoleil, Sophia Milardo, Anna Bell, Jadon Dakal, Colby Ormerod.
Also, Patty Gaffney, Marysia Cournoyer, Adam Rumrill, Maryann and Calvin Heath, Woody & Dottie Durst, Garry Brown, Claudia Ursin, Donna Drasch, Leo, Mike and Roberta Rocchetti, Dick Loomis, Kelly Alves, Harper Smith, Hudson Smith, Paul Pikora, Fred Chmura, Jonathan and Keri Tremblay, Doug Porter, Barry Shead, Pam Brown, Amanda Kelly, Shannon Fagan, Matthew Gardiner, Hailey Messier, Tom and Jacob Russel and Richard and Kathy Naumann.

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