Winners of the 2005 COLT Poetry Recitation Contest
ASL-HEARING—ONE YEAR (Room 229A) 1st—Elizabeth Denison 2nd—Jessica Kinney 3rd—Annie Untied Darien High School Francis T. Walsh Intermediate School East Ridge Middle School
ASL-HEARING—TWO YEARS (Room 229A) No Show ASL-Hearing—THREE+ YEARS—(Room 229A) 1st—Karina Benjamin 2nd—Stephen Brathwaite Simsbury High School Metropolitan Learning Center
ASL-HEARING IMPAIRED—ONE YEAR (Room 229A) 3rd—Samantha Dill Mercy High School
CHINESE—NON-NATIVE-MS (Room 212) 1st—Enchyi Wang 2nd—Sarah Kwok 3rd—Kevin Li Scotts Ridge Middle School Smith Middle School Mansfield Middle School
CHINESE—NATIVE-MS (Room 212) 1st—Andy Zhang 2nd—Linjia Jia 3rd—Christine Huang Smith Middle School Worthington Hooker Middle School Rembrook Middle School
CHINESE—NON-NATIVE-HS (Room 211) 1st—Shriya Paliwal 2nd—Noah Bate 3rd—Kristin Carlson Choate Rosemary Hall Wilbur Cross High School Hopkins School
CHINESE—NATIVE-HS (Room 211) 1st—Ran Tao 2nd—Yanxi Du 3rd—Miao Zeng East Lyme High School E. O. Smith High School Wilbur Cross High School
ESOL—HIGH-BEGIN-MS (Room 230) 1st—Jiaji Ying 2nd—Saki Hozumi 3rd—James Lee Worthington Hooker Middle School Middlesex Middle School East Ridge Middle School
ESOL—INTERMEDIATE-MS (Room 230) 1st—Edgar Pliaskis 2nd—Arzoo Rohbar 3rd—Kiichi Teranishi Worthington Hooker Middle School East Rock Magnet School Western Middle School
ESOL—ADVANCED-MS (Room 231) 1st—Janet Yi 2nd—Young Sang Son 3rd—Jessica Ramirez Worthington Hooker Middle School Nathan Hale Middle School Western Middle School
ESOL—HIGH-BEGIN—HS (Room 230) 1st—Bertozzi Mposo-Nganwe 2nd—Alexander Pagan Wilbur Cross High School James Hillhouse High School
ESOL—INTERMEDIATE-HS (Room 231) 1st—Kelly Coronado 2nd—Gunay Kangal 3rd—Laura Cai Wilbur Cross High School James Hillhouse High School Masuk High School
ESOL—ADVANCED-HS (Room 231) 3rd—Christina Herrera FRENCH—MS1 (Room 100) 1st—Joniva Aguirre 2nd—Taliya Lantsman 3rd—Juliette Bouissou FRENCH—MS1 (Room 101) 1st—Kerry Takahashi 2nd—William Plunkett 3rd—Yannick Van Dijk FRENCH—MS2 (Room 113) 1st—Annabella Hicks 2nd—Marian Firke 3rd—Henry Green FRENCH—MS2 (Room 114) 1st—Chelsea Ross 2nd—Daniel Paltiel 3rd—Elsa Pratt The Foote School (MS) Hopkins School (MS) Renbrook School (MS) The Ethel Walker School (MS) The Country School Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School The Foote School (MS) Middlesex Middle School Smith Middle School Vernon Center Middle School Hopkins School (MS) East Ridge Middle School Darien High School
FRENCH—NATIVE-MS (Room 112) 1st—Alexi Bello 2nd—Manon Lefèvre 3rd—Jules Lefèvre FRENCH—HS1 (Room 135) 1st—Aisha Kibwana 2nd—Hannah Bogardus 3rd—Adriana Isaza FRENCH—HS1 (Room 136) 1st—Huiam Mubarak 2nd—Jordan Reed 3rd—Dewayne Simpson FRENCH—HS2 (Room 119) 1st—Ronan Carr 2nd—Vanessa Courchene-Roy 3rd—Ashley Ford FRENCH—HS2 (Room 123) 1st—Genevieve Irwin 2nd—Michael McClellan 3rd—Sophie House FRENCH—HS2 (Room 124) 1st—Sindhu Suresh 2nd—Shira Winter 3rd—Jesse Reisner FRENCH—HS3 (Room 109) 1st—Zachary Frater-King 2nd—Victoria Farrell 3rd—Amy Benedict FRENCH—HS3 (Room 110) 1st— Dai-Yan (Fred)Leng 2nd—Hope Kronman 3rd—Farida Mama Branford High School Hopkins School E. O. Smith High School Ridgefield High School Woodland Regional High School Litchfield High School Waterford High School Wilbur Cross High School Choate Rosemary Hall Convent of the Sacred Heart Middletown High School Simsbury High School Hopkins School Wooster School Bulkeley High School New Britain High School Newtown High School The Sound School Choate Rosemary Hall The Foote School The Loomis Chaffee School Middlesex Middle School Cromwell Middle School Cromwell Middle School
FRENCH—HS3 (Room 111) 1st—Tansy Peplau 2nd—Stephen Swett 3rd—Angela Yue FRENCH—HS4 (Room 107) 1st—Kathleen Flaherty 2nd—David Brown 3rd—Lisa Evans FRENCH—HS4 (Room 108) 1st— Shreya Joseph 2nd—Marion Glickson 3rd—Geoffrey Giller FRENCH—HS4 (Room 125) 1st—Caroline McGeough 2nd—Alyssa Ruggiero 3rd—Daniel Wakefield FRENCH—HS5-6 (Room 106) 1st—Elizabeth Gibbons 2nd—Benjamin Kramer 3rd—Jaclyn Ambriscoe FRENCH—HS5-6 (Room 118) 1st—Daniel Sobol 2nd—David Wheelock 3rd—Laura Marris Choate Rosemary Hall Darien High School Hopkins School Ridgefield High School Wooster School Middletown High School Darien High School Convent of the Sacred Heart Manchester High School Glastonbury High School Norwalk High School The Hopkins School Ridgefield High School Southington High School Canton High School Coginchaug Regional High School Darien High School Waterford High School
FRENCH—NATIVE-HS (Room 102) 1st—Jack Carruthers 2nd—Chloe Bolton 3rd—Laura Aberle Darien High School Wilbur Cross High School Glastonbury High School
FRENCH—NATIVE-HS (Room 103) 1st—Claudine Jean-Baptiste 2nd—Vanessa Mange 3rd—Sebastian Graf Central High School Choate Rosemary Hall Wilton High School
GERMAN—MS1 (Room 131) 1st—Nina Killie 2nd—Andrew Ricardo 3rd—Kate Harold GERMAN—MS2 (Room 131) 1st—Daniel Pin 2nd—Christine Butler 3rd—Garret Graham Scotts Ridge Middle School Mansfield Middle School East Ridge Middle School Scotts Ridge Middle School Dodd Middle School East Ridge Middle School
GERMAN—NATIVE-MS (Room 131) 1st—Hannah Kloeckner 2nd—Vanessa Buso 3rd—Jacob Gorski Scotts Ridge Middle School East Ridge Middle School Worthington Hooker Middle School
GERMAN—HS1 (Room 128) 1st—Jake Taylor 2nd—David Tuttle 3rd—Michelle Winkler Norwalk High School Choate Rosemary Hall The Loomis Chaffee School
GERMAN—HS2 (Room 128) 1st—Louisa Sonstroem 2nd—Elizabeth Harvey 3rd—Meghan Dowling GERMAN—HS3 (Room 129) 1st—Christopher Carne 2nd—Samantha Miko 3rd—Heidi Lelle GERMAN—HS4 (Room 129) 1st—Hillary Haber 2nd—Piku Ghosh 3rd—Jeffrey Reilly GERMAN—HS5-6 (Room 130) 1st—Catherine Schier 3rd—Amanda Ploch Ridgefield High School Cheshire High School. Ridgefield High School E. O. Smith High School Ledyard High School The Loomis Chaffee School Masuk High School Norwalk High School E. O. Smith High School The Loomis Chaffee School Ridgefield High School
GERMAN—NATIVE-HS (Room 130) 1st—Nils Schuette 2nd—Ann-Cecile Thiesen 3rd—Melain Muller Litchfield High School Lyman Memorial High School Middletown High School No show No show
GREEK—NON-NATIVE-MS (Room 229) GREEK—NATIVE-MS (Room 229) GREEK—NON-NATIVE-HS (Room 120) 1st—Theo Papageorge 2nd—Samuel Uberti 3rd—Joanna Calos
Wilbur Cross High School New Haven-Yale Saturday Seminar Mercy High School
GREEK—NATIVE-HS (Room 120) 1st—Athena Fokaidis 2nd—Maria Zoulis 3rd—Eleni Tsaparakis ITALIAN—MS1 (Room 238) 1st—Paola Rossetti 2nd—Nora Bahgat ITALIAN—MS2 (Room 238) 1st—Henry Ross 3rd—Christopher Aranci Renbrook School Hamden Middle School Middlesex Middle School Dodd Middle School East Lyme High School Convent of the Sacred Heart Norwalk High School
ITALIAN—NATIVE-MS (Room 238) 1st—Anthony Granata 2nd—Oreste Giacche 3rd—Sofia Gearty ITALIAN—HS1 (Room 237) 1st—Monique Peternella 2nd—Shanti Mathew 3rd—Christina Shin ITALIAN—HS2 (Room 236) 1st—Liana Torres 2nd—Eric Rodríguez 3rd—Ashley Eastman The Sound School Choate Rosemary Hall New Britain High School Central High School Choate Rosemary Hall Kennedy High School Nathan Hale Middle School East Ridge Middle School The Foote School
ITALIAN—HS3 (Room 234) 1st—Begaeta Nukic 2nd—Jacqueline Rocco 3rd—Catalina Silva ITALIAN—HS4 (Room 225) 1st—Roxana Blandon 2nd—Ajana Xama 3rd—Marilyn Rodriguez ITALIAN—HS5-6 (Room 225) 1st—Josué Rosado 2nd—Brian Beardsley The Sound School Cooperative High School Wilbur Cross High School Kennedy High School Wilby High School Bulkeley High School Wilbur Cross High School The Sound School
ITALIAN—NATIVE-HS (Room 225) 1st—Daniel A. Aloi 2nd—Elisabetta DeLongis 3rd—Daniela Iagrossi Norwalk High School Ridgefield High School Hamden High School
JAPANESE—NON-NATIVE-MS (Room 229) 1st—Marissa Spina 2nd—Nora Holland 3rd—Michelle Poirier Henry James Memorial School Smith Middle School John Read Middle School
JAPANESE—NATIVE-MS (Room 229) 1st—Fumihiko Ota 2nd—Takumi Hirayama 3rd—Saki Hozumi Worthington Middle School Smith Middle School Middlesex Middle School
JAPANESE—NON-NATIVE-HS (Room 228) 1st—Schawanda Plummer 2nd—Jennifer Lee 3rd—Emma Mustich Central High School Choate Rosemary Hall Wooster School
JAPANESE—NATIVE-HS (Room 229) 1st—Albert Saito 2nd—Anna Sarnek 3rd—Sayuri Soejima Glastonbury High School E. O. Smith High School Darien High School
LATIN—MS1 (Room 132) 1st—Cynthia Deng 2nd—Jeremy Wagner 3rd—Angel Plass LATIN—MS2 (Room 132) 1st—Elise Hebel 2nd—Sarah Hopkins 3rd—Matthew Maley LATIN—HS1 (Room 127) 1st—Julia Foley 2nd—Maddie Broder 3rd—Nicholaas Dalton LATIN—HS2 (Room 122) 1st—Swati Pullela 2nd—Carmela Vitale 3rd—Teake LATIN—HS3 (Room 121) 1st—Andrew Dow 2nd—Alex Butensky 3rd—Casey Brennan LATIN—HS4 (Room 133) 1st—Ashley Langer 2nd—Luke Coryea 3rd—Steven Jaworski LATIN—HS5-6 (Room 133) 1st—Marc Perkins 2nd—William Matthews 3rd—Corey Mirman Hamden Hall Country Day School E. O. Smith High School Choate Rosemary Hall Litchfield High School Joseph A. Foran High School E. O. Smith High School Masuk High School Renbrook School Simsbury High School Simsbury High School Joseph A. Foran High School Hamden Hall Country Day School Mercy High School The Foote School Choate Rosemary Hall The Foote School (MS) Renbrook School (MS) Hamden Hall Country Day School (MS) The Foote School (MS) Henry James Memorial School Hamden Hall Country Day School (MS)
POLISH—NON-NATIVE-MS (Room 134) 2nd—Michael Augustak Walsh Intermediate School
POLISH—NATIVE-MS (Room 134) 1st—Michael Matysek 2nd—Karolina Sielewicz 3rd—Angelika Skwarek Scotts Ridge Middle School Middlesex Middle School Western Middle School
POLISH—NON-NATIVE-HS (Room 134) 1st—Magdalena Widomski New Britain High School 2nd—Alicja Dabrowski Manchester High School rd 3 —Aleksandra Mroczkowska Mercy High School POLISH—NATIVE-HS (Room 134) 1st—Magdalena Krzyk 2nd—Mariusz Andrukiewicz 3rd—Caroline Kamal New Britain High School New Britain High School Middletown High School
PORTUGUESE—BEGINNING-MS (Room 234) 1st—Claudele Pierre Multicultural Magnet School
PORTUGUESE—INTERMEDIATE-MS (Room 234) 1st—Brittney Jackson Multicultural Magnet School
PORTUGUESE—ADVANCED-MS (Room 234) 1st—Spencer Szabo 2nd—Beatriz Pereira Multicultural Magnet School East Ridge Middle School
PORTUGUESE—NATIVE-MS (Room 234) 1st—Amon-Ra Gama 2nd—Lauren Lipner Smith Middle School Scotts Ridge Middle School
PORTUGUESE—BEGINNING-HS (Room 234) 1st—Naara Huaringa 2nd—Chris Pierce Central High School Wilbur Cross High School
PORTUGUESE—INTERMEDIATE-HS (Room 233) 1st—Daniel Prieto 2nd—Michelle Goncalves Central High School Kennedy High School
PORTUGUESE—ADVANCED-HS (Room 233) 1st—Joy Soares 2nd—Lucineida Fonseca Central High School Wilby High School
PORTUGUESE—NATIVE-HS (Room 233) 1st—Caliandra Figueiredo 2nd—Mayara Chagas 3rd—Brudie DeOliveira Manchester High School Hill Regional Career High School Wethersfield High School
RUSSIAN—MS1 (Room 235) 1st—Monica Ague 2nd—Elizabeth Wiley RUSSIAN—MS2 (Room 235) 1st—Lusine Badalian Middlesex Middle School Walsh Intermediate School Smith Middle School
RUSSIAN—NATIVE-MS (Room 235) 1st—Yulia Antontseva 2nd—Lukiana Pilyugin 3rd— Kristina Staklo RUSSIAN—HS1 (Room 235) 1st—Michael McClellan 2nd—Spencer Haught 3rd—Allison Cole RUSSIAN—HS2 (Room 227) 2nd—Amanda Sullivan RUSSIAN—HS3 (Room 227) 1st—Isabella Mensz 2nd—Jennifer Ghergurovich 3rd—Jack Wickham RUSSIAN—HS4 (Room 227) 1st—Michael Glukhovsky 2nd—Meghan Buckles 3rd—Allison Arotsky RUSSIAN—HS5-6 (Room 227) 2nd—Ben Bordoley 3rd—Brian Gwodz Wilton High School Glastonbury High School Wooster School Glastonbury High School Wilton High School Wilbur Cross High School Glastonbury High School Wooster School Wilton High School Middletown High School Choate Rosemary Hall Wilton High School Smith Middle School John Read Middle School Worthington Hooker Middle School
RUSSIAN—NATIVE-HS (Room 227) 1st—Karlen Shahinyan 2nd—Stasey Vishnevetsky 3rd—Adrienne Kowcz Wilbur Cross High School Hopkins School Masuk High School
SPANISH—MS1 (Room 207) 1st—Casey Harrigan Long River Middle School nd 2 —Madhushree Gnanasambandan Mansfield Middle School 3rd—Lakshmi Miller-Vedan Thomas Edison Middle School SPANISH—MS1 (Room 208) 1st—Caroline Vilter 2nd—Christopher Muller 3rd—Briana Pellegrino SPANISH—MS2 (Room 206) 1st—Caily Cron 2nd—Brittney Anderson 3rd—Samantha Choos SPANISH—MS2 (Room 213) 1st—Francesca Quettant 2nd—Cristina Turiano 3rd—Johanna Penry Multicultural Magnet School Western Middle School Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School Convent of the Sacred Heart (MS) East Rock Magnet School Middlesex Middle School Middlesex Middle School Smith Middle School Nathan Hale School
SPANISH—NATIVE-MS (Room 214) 1st—Julianette Cunningham-Malave Nathan Hale School 2nd—Miguel González Dodd Middle School rd 3 —Tayra Marcano-de Jesús Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School SPANISH—NATIVE-MS (Room 216) 1st—Talia Sánchez 2nd—Andres Salazar 3rd—Beatrix Serrano Bennitt SPANISH—HS1 (Room 204) 1st—Anthony Ascenzia, Jr. 2nd—Sharon Fortgang 3rd—Alexander Aponte SPANISH—HS1 (Room 205) 1st—Nancy Elizabeth Monaco 2nd—Elizabeth Sibley 3rd—Amy Tran Hopkins School The Loomis Chaffee School Central High School Notre Dame HS – West Haven The Foote School Renbrook School Bennet Middle School Western Middle School Walsh Intermediate School
SPANISH—HS2 (Room 203) 1st—Robert Eshou 2nd—Mohammed Ahsan 3rd—Enudi Ekere SPANISH—HS2 (Room 217) 1st—Elizabeth Kiggins 2nd—Mary Hinojosa 3rd—Doug Murphy SPANISH—HS2 (Room 218) 1st—Amrita Sanker 2nd—Gabriella Rhodeen 3rd—Fludiona Naka SPANISH—HS3 (Room 201) 1st—Sagar Faldu 2nd—Peter Caporal 3rd—Judah Cohen SPANISH—HS3 (Room 202) 1st—Kendall Morawski 2nd—Cassie McGurk 3rd—Arielle Martins SPANISH—HS3 (Room 219) 1st—Andrea Stanford 2nd—Stephanie Stock 3rd—Meghan Silva SPANISH—HS4 (Room 200) 1st—Tom Chapman 2nd—Andrew Alcorta 3rd—Kenneth Berry SPANISH—HS4 (Room 220) 1st—Luke Monteagudo 2nd—Robert McDonald 3rd—Katie Mack Notre Dame High School – West Haven Parish Hill High School Hamden Hall Country Day School Ledyard High School Glastonbury High School Masuk High School Convent of the Sacred Heart Choate Rosemary Hall Waterford High School Simsbury High School Central High School Glastonbury High School Metropolitan Learning Center Darien High School The Sound School Ridgefield High School The Foote School Bulkeley High School Darien High School Choate Rosemary Hall E. O. Smith High School New Britain High School Manchester High School Wilbur Cross High School
SPANISH—HS4 (Room 221) 1st—Pooja Phull 2nd—Anna Varkonda 3rd—Rose Tran SPANISH—HS5-6 (Room 240) 1st—Kristin Gates 2nd—Casey Klippel 3rd—Jonathan Kearney SPANISH—HS5-6 (Room 241) 1st—Melanie Wade 2nd—Alexandra Schoolman 3rd—Francesca Schenker Ledyard High School Wooster School Hamden Hall Country Day School Convent of the Sacred Heart The Loomis Chaffee School Notre Dame High School – West Haven Choate Rosemary Hall Middletown High School Central High School
SPANISH—NATIVE-HS (Room 222) 1st—Roxana Blandon 2nd—Cristina Ceballos 3rd—Maciel Filpo Wilbur Cross High School Convent of the Sacred Heart Wilbur Cross High School
SPANISH—NATIVE-HS (Room 223) 1st—Ivellise Morales 2nd—Meryolimpia Melendez 3rd—Ricardo Gómez SPANISH—NATIVE (Room 239) 1st—Joel Teron 2nd—Shantee Rosado 3rd—Nestor Rubiano Cross CT State Scholars Academy Wilbur Cross High School Notre Dame High School – West Haven Hill Regional Career High School Kennedy High School James Hill House High School