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October 15, 2008

Christopher Davis (’08) will be in the audience tonight for the last presidential debate, being held at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. Christopher is a freshman at Hofstra and was awarded a student admission ticket to the debate. (submitted by proud parent Ellen McKinnon)

August 14, 2008

Elliot Branch (’08) received the D.A.Y. Light Youth of the Year Award from the Department of Aging and Youth. Eliot is involved with the Boys and Girls Club and community projects and works at Best Buy. He hopes to go to OCC and eventually become an architect.

Jan. 15, 2006

The artwork of several Nottingham students is part of the Everson Museum's Student Art Open, running through Feb. 19 at the downtown museum. Pieces were designed to explore the relationship between art and commercial culture, and most are based on themes in John D. Freyer's exhibit "Aftermarket: Art, Object and Commerce" as well as cultural and global issues. Nottingham staff members who worked with students are Lori DiFlorio, Christina Ferlenda, and Lorrie Paratore. Student artists in the show are Sierra DeSalvia (’06), Annie Hargrave(’06), Sarah Jaffe (’06), Andrew McDonough (’08), Leah Rizzo (’06), and Adrienne Winfield (’06).

Jan. 22, 2006

Tesha Elmore (’08), Sarah Jaffe (’06), Andrew McDonough (’08), Bilahi McGriff (’08), Leah Marie Rizzo (’06) all received honorable mention awards at the Scholastic Art Awards.  The exhibit this year is at Onondaga Community College.

Jan. 27, 2006

Fiona Barbour (’07) recently won Nottingham's annual Shakespeare Recitation Competition. Sponsored by the English Speaking Union, the competition requires students to prepare a 15-20 line monologue from Shakespeare's work and recite the monologue in front of an audience and three adjudicators.  Fiona now goes on to the county competition at Syracuse Stage, where she will recite her monologue and a sonnet. The winner of the county competition goes on to nationals in NYC. Sarah Jaffe  (’06) took second and will be Nottingham's alternate for the county competition. Neilab Sinah (’09) took first among freshmen participants (who are not allowed to go further in the competition.) Additional participants:  Ben Burdick(’09), Vanessa Bellini (’09), Nina Lyons (’08), and Henry Flournory (’07), Susie Bartlett (’07), Elizabeth Dean )’07) and Reina Apraez (’07).  Teacher Mark Austin oversees the annual competition.

March 22, 2006

Tyshon Goode (’08) and Nina Lyons (’08) wore 1750s clothing as they danced to music performed by NYS Baroque. The arts ensemble was brought to Nottingham through a grant.

March 27, 2006

Three Nottingham theater students won awards at this past weekend's  Michael Harms Theater Festival held at the Civic Center. Natalie  Bennet (’06) was awarded for her work in scene design; Nick Fields (’06) was awarded for his performance in Ragtime; and Alex Reeder (’08) won an award for best lighting design.

April 26, 2006

Madame Cindy Cronin, Nottingham's French teacher, announced the results of the National French Contest (Le Grand Concours).   This year, 25 students participated at Nottingham High School at three different levels. This was the opportunity for students to challenge themselves in a rigorous nationwide test of their skills in French.  23,099 students took the level 2A exam across the country. Ben Burdick (‘09) placed 2nd in the Central New York region and 3rd in the nation.  Kelley Mooney (‘08) placed 7th regionally and 10th nationally out of 19,965 students overall.

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