The Connecticut Association Of Schools 33rdAnnual .

The Connecticut Association of Schools33rdAnnualConnecticut Middle LevelScholar Leader Awards BanquetAqua Turf ClubPlantsville, ConnecticutSunday, June 4, 20174:30 p.m.

ProgramWelcomeMrs. Donna SchilkeAssistant Executive DirectorConnecticut Association of SchoolsWelcomeMr. Deane RendaPrincipal, Whisconier Middle School, BrookfieldChair, CAS Middle Level BoardGreetingsMr. Mark SommarugaPullman & Comley, LLCDINNERIntroduction ofKeynote SpeakerMr. Carey EdwardsMiddle School PrincipalWaterbury Arts Magnet School, WaterburyKeynote SpeakerMr. Chris WilliamsPositive Energy CoachFounder – Hear Chris SpeakConcluding RemarksMrs. Donna Schilke

Chris B. WilliamsAs a positive energy coach, motivational speaker, entrepreneur, andmentor, Chris B. Williams captivates with an optimistic outlook onlife. Whether working with teenagers, college students, athletes, andorganizations, or anyone seeking inspiration, he engages and elevateseveryone he encounters.For Chris, positivity starts at home. Born and raised in Philadelphia,Chris was an All-City and All-State basketball player beforereceiving a full scholarship to Manhattan College where he led theteam to an NCAA tournament, winning the MAAC Championships in 1993. Upongraduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, he became a sales representativewith Jostens, working with students to recognize and celebrate their achievements.Today, Chris draws on these enriching experiences in his personal development programsthrough his company Williams Unlimited, Inc. Signature offerings include Hear ChrisSpeak keynotes; the highly interactive and most requested How to Use Positive Energy toChange your Mindset, Be More Productive, and Achieve Ultimate Success; How to Build aStronger Culture in Schools seminars; a comprehensive Journey to Manhood eight-weekprogram; and one-on-one positive energy coaching sessions.Charismatic, charming, energetic, and always smiling, Chris is an in-demand speakerknown for tackling a wide range of topics from Living with Positivity, Leadership,Relationships, Dreaming Big, and Ethics and Professionalism.Among the many organizations that have already benefited from his words orencouragement, are the Disney Dreamers Academy with Steve Harvey; Rutgers University;the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT); the City University of New York (CUNY);Amida Care; the Miami Heat; the New York City Department of Education; and varioushigh schools, colleges, and churches throughout the country. Over the years, Chris hasworked with Cuttino Mobley, Steve Lappas, and Fran Fraschilla and has been featured onESPN.Along with teaching others about positivity, working with young people is one of hispassions. Community involvement is certainly a priority for Chris; and in 2013, hecofounded the Williams & Bullock Basketball Academy, an organization that helpsaspiring athletes become better players and better people. In addition, Chris oversees agroup called Keeping it Real which helps teenagers connect spiritual ideals with currentevents.A life-long basketball lover, Chris is also the voice of the Manhattan Jaspers broadcastingall of the men and women’s televised and radio games.Chris resides in Queens, New York, with his wife and business manager, Leah.

2017 Connecticut Middle Level Scholar-LeadersCity/TownSchool NameFemale Scholar LeaderMale Scholar LeaderAvonAvon Middle SchoolMacy GillLuke ChoiBerlinCatherine M. McGee Middle SchoolGabrielle FosterNathan CapodiceBethanyAmity Middle School - Bethany Campus Claire YuanKabir KhwajaBethelBethel Middle SchoolLaura CantadoriCaleb FunkBloomfieldCarmen Arace Middle SchoolJahmiha LindoMatthew McLaughlinBoltonBolton Center SchoolBrooke BeginMarshall FlowersBranfordFrancis Walsh Intermediate SchoolMia KatzAlec Aceves-AcostaBristolChippens Hill Middle SchoolKathryn BardeckDouglas SatoBristolGreene-Hills SchoolGwenyth TorresoJoshua LetourneauBristolNortheast Middle SchoolAbigail GardinerJeffrey TaillonBristolWest Bristol SchoolSadye KowalczykSpencer RoucouletBroad BrookEast Windsor Middle SchoolAllison BancroftOwen DuffyBrookfieldWhisconier Middle SchoolMaathangi NellicherryChristopher EsneaultBurlingtonHar-Bur Middle SchoolAbigail MillsBenjamin FlowerCantonCanton Middle SchoolEmilee ChristopherAndrew CavanaughChaplinParish Hill Middle/Sr High SchoolRachael TrowbridgeBrent FreedCheshireDodd Middle SchoolIsabella DelRossoConner DeLaubellClintonJared Eliot Middle SchoolAbigail EydmanRyan NguyenColumbiaHorace Porter SchoolBrenna CrooksThomas BoardmanCoventryCaptain Nathan Hale Middle SchoolKendall SchenckJaxon ArnCromwellCromwell Middle SchoolLily DworakMatthew RiveraDanburyBroadview Middle SchoolJennifer RoosEthan BergerDanburyRogers Park Middle SchoolEmily Nicole ReadAntonio AbrantesDeep RiverJohn Winthrop Middle SchoolVictoria RiderJackson BissonDurhamStrong Middle SchoolRhea PatelRyan DoyleEast GranbyEast Granby Middle SchoolEmma GriffinSean GriffinEast HartfordEast Hartford Middle SchoolMadisyn VeraJacob TiptonEast HartfordTwo Rivers Magnet Middle SchoolZoe VazJustin NguyenEast HavenJoseph Melillo Middle SchoolAshley LynchAsa MyersEastonHelen Keller Middle SchoolEmily LarkinTrevor WilkesEllingtonEllington Middle SchoolHolly WarnerAyushman ChoudhuryEnfieldJohn F. Kennedy Middle SchoolElaina VandalAbdullah Atif

2017 Connecticut Middle Level Scholar-LeadersCity/TownSchool NameFemale Scholar LeaderMale Scholar LeaderFairfieldFairfield Woods Middle SchoolMeghai ChoudhuryVarun ShettyFairfieldRoger Ludlowe Middle SchoolCaroline CirilliJake FratarcangeliFairfieldTomlinson Middle SchoolAnne SchellerSamuel ThomasFarmingtonIrving Robbins Middle SchoolAngela SadlowskiAkhil KokkulaGlastonburySmith Middle SchoolAbigail FureyJohn HowleyGranbyGranby Memorial Middle SchoolKylie WilliamsAidan GoodrowGreenwichCentral Middle SchoolAlexandra WilkowskiSamuel FlorinGreenwichWestern Middle SchoolWyatt RadzinAndrew FinkelsteinGriswoldGriswold Middle SchoolAyla Taylor-RobichaudLogan RichardsGrotonWest Side Middle SchoolShiddhi PatelJake McCartyHamdenHamden Middle SchoolVictoria St. PeterEzekiel DayeHartfordHartford Magnet Trinity College Academy Xiandy ReyeroChristopher PierceHebronRHAM Middle SchoolTaryn SimonJacob BoehlerKillingworthHaddam-Killingworth Middle SchoolKaitlyn ParriMatthew JenningsLedyardLedyard Middle SchoolLaura PellowskiRyan HollenbachLitchfieldLitchfield Middle SchoolAnnabelle ShanksZajans CrapoLitchfieldWamogo Regional Middle SchoolCourtney KornerJason MetoMadisonWalter C. Polson Middle SchoolSophie GlassmanSean BurkeManchesterIlling Middle SchoolPaige GagnonNoah LindstromMeridenLincoln Middle SchoolSamantha BergeronClayton BruennMeridenThomas Edison Middle SchoolAlexandrea BeardsleyBadr FaresMeridenWashington Middle SchoolJocelyne HoranWilliam BartonMiddleburyMemorial Middle SchoolAmanda Grace GrazianoDarren McNerneyMiddlefieldMemorial Middle SchoolKiyah KulpikAidan DriscollMiddletownKeigwin Middle SchoolKeziah Gyimah-PadmoreMiles WrannMiddletownWoodrow Wilson Middle SchoolNora SmithNathan RobillardMilfordEast Shore Middle SchoolPaige CarlsonEric HaigMilfordWest Shore Middle SchoolAlaina McCarvillBenjamin UkehaxhajMoodusNathan Hale Ray Middle SchoolSarah TozierMatthew ConroyMysticCutler Middle SchoolEmily TarinelliMichael StottlemyerMysticMystic Middle SchoolLily HaghpassandJoseph SassoNaugatuckCity Hill Middle SchoolMumthanu EmilahJonathan Chatfield

2017 Connecticut Middle Level Scholar-LeadersCity/TownSchool NameFemale Scholar LeaderMale Scholar LeaderNew HavenSt. Aedan-St. BrendanAmari MimsKofi EdjahNew MilfordSchaghticoke Middle SchoolElena StephensCole AllenNewingtonJohn Wallace Middle SchoolMia VendettiJordan StergakisNewingtonMartin Kellogg Middle SchoolLindsay ForauerEvan AccatinoNewtownNewtown Middle SchoolAnna MattioliEric BurbankNianticEast Lyme Middle SchoolGrace BarnhartTucker MazzulliNorth BranfordNorth Branford IntermediateCaroline ShadmanSachin ArcherNorth Grosvenordale Thompson Middle SchoolAlexis ElkinsonCole CoderreNorth HavenNorth Haven Middle SchoolSarah PuzoneLuke BarrettNorth StoningtonWheeler Middle SchoolMolly ButremovicLukas JonesNorwalkNathan Hale Middle SchoolAlexandra KoletsosAllen CountsNorwalkRoton Middle SchoolMegan StefanowiczRyan FlynnNorwichKelly Middle SchoolAlexia Ramos-LaBonteEthan McFaddenOakdaleLeonard Tyl Middle SchoolTenzin DadonDavid BaukusOakvilleGordon C. Swift Middle SchoolNatalie LindstromWilliam TuckerOld LymeLyme-Old Lyme Middle SchoolKate CheneyJesper SilberbergOld SaybrookOld Saybrook Middle SchoolEmily StrattonAnthony GloriosoOrangeAmity Middle SchoolCaroline ChenChristian ChenPawcatuckPawcatuck Middle SchoolTori LoPrestoKyle MarinoPlainvilleMiddle School of PlainvilleAnne RouxTanner CallahanPomfret CenterPomfret Community SchoolSybaljan TahirovaLogan BrockPortlandPortland Middle SchoolGrace DarbyJustin RenkProspectLong River Middle SchoolAbby ColtNoah ScottReddingJohn Read Middle SchoolIsabelle BardCharles CondostaRiversideEastern Middle SchoolGrace CollierGeorge GilfondRocky HillAlbert D. Griswold Middle SchoolMaitri GandhiDhanush KalangiSalemSalem SchoolChelsea WeimerBenjamin SartoriSeymourSeymour Middle SchoolKayla Ann PollmanAnthony DadioSheltonShelton Intermediate SchoolCatherine Grace SantaEthan StutheitSimsburyHenry James Memorial SchoolUmikka ChopraLuke Lammey

2017 Connecticut Middle Level Scholar-LeadersCity/TownSchool NameFemale Scholar LeaderMale Scholar LeaderSomersMabelle B. Avery Middle SchoolKeeley JoyalJack GeboSouth WindsorTimothy Edwards Middle SchoolLindsey TortoraNolan GoodaleSouthburyRochambeau Middle SchoolWinnie ChenTriloshan ThillaikumaranStamfordScofield Magnet Middle SchoolAmbika HoojaTimothy SilkowitzStorrsMansfield Middle SchoolStratfordFlood Middle SchoolBianca PlachiAditya GowdStratfordWooster Middle SchoolMary Grace ConroyJake SimonTrumbullHillcrest Middle SchoolRachel LevinsonAlexander ColeyTrumbullMadison Middle SchoolAna CarlosAnthony D'AgostoVoluntownVoluntown Elementary SchoolDestiny MaldonadoCal BarberWallingfordDag Hammarskjold SchoolTrista LeBlanc-SerbynPeter DiNataleWallingfordJames H. Moran Middle SchoolNami BolatMichael WomelsdorfWaterburyWaterbury Arts Magnet SchoolSangeeta KasinathMarcus GesnerWaterburyWest Side Middle SchoolAlexis NoujaimMichael ChaconWaterfordClark Lane Middle SchoolSabrina TolppiJack LangeWest HartfordBristow Middle SchoolAnanya RadhakrishnanJoseph HutchinsonWest HartfordKing Philip Middle SchoolPaige OrtCayden GoldbergWest HartfordSedgwick Middle SchoolChloe StarrRyan LaffertyWest HavenHarry M. Bailey Middle SchoolLaci LewisHunter AxelrodWestbrookWestbrook Middle SchoolDevin MulvihillJesse McGannonWestonWeston Middle SchoolColleen MooreJanek SekaranWethersfieldSilas Deane Middle SchoolNazanin ZaerTiago HuynhWillimanticWindham Middle SchoolAlexandra CroninOwen SheaWillingtonHall Memorial SchoolShelby GlennRyan ToomeyWiltonMiddlebrook SchoolElizabeth ConnollySean SullivanWindsorSage Park Middle SchoolRachel ClevelandIsaac RosarioWindsor LocksWindsor Locks Middle SchoolJenna DalyRyan KittredgeWinstedNorthwestern Regional Middle SchoolKelly OberheimMatthew MaltbyWinstedThe Gilbert SchoolMadison PerrySiddharth KumarWolcottTyrrell Middle SchoolElla VaughnChristian Rodriguez-MarinWoodstockWoodstock Middle SchoolBrynn KusnarowisRiley ChapuisMatthew Chandy