Friday News
4-15-22
Provide a learning environment which fosters critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication to prepare all students for the challenges of the 21st century.
No School Friday April 15th Good Friday
No School April 18-22 Spring Recess
GRADUATION
Friday, June 17, 2022 5:15pm!
Lion Pride!
Class of 2022
Valedictorian Megan McTigue (on the right)
Salutatorian Arezoo Ghazagh (on the left)
Foran High School Teacher of The Year
Mr. Alan Stern!
Congratulations Mr. Stern, Foran Teacher of the Year! A dedicated and enthusiastic teacher who makes sure that students feel engaged and connected to their school community! Physics, Sci-Lions, Game Club, Tennis Coach, he does it all!
Foran High School Paraprofessional of the Year
Mr. Paul Grillo
Thank you, Mr. Grillo, for your dedication and commitment to helping our students meet with success. We appreciate your hard work, collaboration, and teamwork!
Foran High School Parent of the Year
Mrs. Lucila Massey
Thank you, Mrs. Massey for your many years of dedication and support for our students and entire school community. You have been such an enthusiastic and energetic supporter of all things Foran! We appreciate you so much!
Congratulations Foran Key Club!
This past weekend Key Club Officers went to the Key Club Conference in Springfield Massachusetts. They attended workshops about their officer positions and Tuana Gonul taught the President Workshop. Officers also found time to work on district projects like making blankets and donated $2,500 during the “Parade of Checks.” This donation won Key Club a recognition of 3rd place in the New England District. They also won 1st place for Membership Development and are currently ranked in the Platinum tier. It was a wonderful and meaningful weekend to learn about the importance of giving back and helping those in need.
Senior Class Trip Information Coming Soon!
Attention Senior Parents!!
The time has come to begin saying goodbye to all of our incredible seniors in the Senior Edition of the Mane Street Mirror, and we need your help to do so. Please send a short farewell that is no more than 50-75 words to twittermsm@gmail.com by MONDAY, April 25th. Participation is entirely optional and we will try to include as many responses as possible. Thanks so much!
8th Grade Open House for Athletics
On Monday, May 9 th at 6:00 p.m., the Foran High School Athletic Department will be sponsoring an informational meeting for all incoming freshmen and their parents. The meeting will take place in the Edna Fraser Gymnasium at Foran High School......Athletic Procedures, Try-out dates and other important information will be discussed. If you have any questions, please contact avitelli@milforded.org.
College & Career
Attention juniors: Ms. Dion will be offering two common application essay workshops in the literacy center. They will be held during common time on May 3rd and May 11th. Please email Mrs. Wunder if you have any questions and sign up.
Attention juniors and seniors: the ASVAB will be administered on Thursday, April 28th in room 709. All interested students please see Mrs. Wunder in school counseling to register and pick up a permission slip.
Spirit Week!
Egg Hunt!
Pep Rally!
This week in Mr. Hair’s PE class, we started our official badminton tournament with PE-1 classes as well as competitive PE. I am seeing a lot of competitiveness come out in everybody!
Super proud of our AP Research students for putting forth their best efforts in producing stellar presentations for College Board and completing this stage in the research process! Their assiduous work and preparation rendered amazing results. Best of luck to our students in the completion and submission of their academic papers on May 2nd!
Students in Interior Design created "edible" color wheels using primary colors made of frosting and Nilla Wafers. Students worked together to mix colors to replicate the color wheel.
The Foran High School Athletic Department and The Foran Sports Booster Club have teamed up to honor a deserving varsity athlete each week of the season throughout the 2021-2022 school year. Each recipient will be recognized for their performance in the “Friday News” and they will also receive a tee shirt.
The Foran Sports Booster Club Athlete of the Week
Junior Sara Money has been named Foran High School’s “Athlete of the Week” for her outstanding performance in Tennis. Sara played a marathon of a match at number one singles against Mercy High School. She lost the first set 6-7 in a tie break, but refused to give up. The second set also went to a tie break and Sara won 7-6. In lieu of a third set, the girls played a “Super Tie Break” and after 2.5 hours on the court, Sara walked away with the victory. Congratulations!
Ava Steigbigel Breaks School Record!
Ava Steigbigel pole vaults 10 feet to break the school record. Congratulations!!
All State Banquet Girls Soccer
Congratulations Colleen Ardolino!
Congratulation David Gaetano
New Haven County Chapter Scholar Athlete
Girls Lacrosse
The girls lacrosse team just notched their third win of the season beating Danbury 13-6. The team is coming together behind strong Senior and Junior leadership. The team will facing New London this Thursday (4/14) and Rockville on Saturday (4/16).
Boys Lacrosse
Boys Tennis
FORAN 4, WILBUR CROSS 3
(At Foran)
Singles: (in order).
Ryan Purviance (F) def. Hashaun Agarro (WC) 6-2, 0-6, 7-5;
Arush Puri (F) def. Young In Kim (WC) 6-2, 6-3;
Adam Shargawe (WC) def. Danny Ruano (F) 7-6 (8-6), 6-1;
Tristan Adorno (F) def. Lily Goren (WC) 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles: (in order).
Keith Pokornowski and Kyle Pokornowski (F) def. Antonio Mandania and Mario Berrios (WC) 6-2, 6-0;
Sofia Beyoda Rose and Jayden Rivera(WC) def. Steven Mingrone and Josh Cummings (F) 6-3, 6-2;
Cassius Morgan Coe and Sam Heenan (WC) def. Oscar Lin and Devin Dai (F) 6-2, 6-3.
Records: Foran 4-0; Wilbur Cross 1-2
Girls Tennis
4/5/2022
FORAN 7, PLATT TECH 0
(At Platt)
Singles: Sara Money (F) def Shurily Gonzalez 8-0,
Veda Lakkamraju (F) def Arianna Jackson 8-0, Aggie Dalton (F) def Kaliaha Brown 8-0, Liv Connelly (F) def Angelee Borges 8-0.
Doubles: Bridget Kiernan/ Sienna Mannino (F) def Dayana C Vasco/ Jelene Lainer 8-0, Teagan Glass/ Apneet Bhangoo (F) def Ashley Folloni/ Khlowie Visconti 8-2, Rumeysa Bayram/ Joselyne Cruz (F) def Lilly Ferron/ Xochilt Ramirez 8-5.
4/8/2022
FORAN 0, SHEEHAN 7
(at Foran)
Singles: Dylan Smith (S) def Sara Money 6-2, 6-2; Sydney Cuticelli (S) def Veda Lakkamraju 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3); Alondra Lopez (S) def Aggie Dalton 6-3, 7-5; Becky Falcone (S) def Rumeysa Bayram 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Emily Jasinski/Halle DiGioia (S) def Bridget Kiernan/ Sienna Mannino 6-4, 6-2; Akshitha Gaddamidi/ Arianna Amodio (S) def Teagan Glass/ Apneet Bhangoo 6-1, 6-1; Nele Koepfer/ Zoey Carim (S) def Joselyne Cruz/ Katelyn Vitaletti 6-1, 6-2.
4/11/2022
FORAN 1, SHA 6
(at Foran)
Singles: Madison Rossetti (SHA) def Sara Money 6-0, 6-0; Jessica Cofrancesco (SHA) def Veda Lakkamraju 6-3, 6-1; Aggie Dalton (F) def Leah Jacques 6-2, 6-1; Tess Borowski (SHA) def Rumeysa Bayram 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles: Shelbe Vidal/Morgan Kovacs (SHA) def Bridget Kiernan/Sienna Mannino 6-2, 6-1; Julia DiAngelo/Mya Ajanaku (SHA) def Teagan Glass/Apneet Bhangoo 6-1, 6-1; Faith Hammond/Annika Burr (SHA) def Katelyn Vitaletti/Alexa Malerba 6-1, 6-0.
4/12/2022
FORAN 3, Mercy 4
(at Mercy)
Singles:Sara Money (F) def Harper Carlson 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-3), (10-3); Veda Lakkamraju (F) def Maggie McCormack 6-4, 6-2; Aggie Dalton (F) def Sarah Seymour 6-4, 6-1; Emily Murphy (M) def Liv Connelly 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).
Doubles: Cristianna DeVivo/ Katie Miller (M) def Bridget Kiernan/ Sienna Mannino 6-2, 6-4; Kathryn Marocchino/ Maeve Martin (M) def Teagan Glass/ Apneet Bhangoo 6-3, 6-1; Emily Pulvirenti/ Natalie Pulvirenti (M) def Rumeysa Bayram/ Alexa Malerba 6-0, 6-0.
4/13/2022
FORAN 0, Shelton 7
(at Shelton)
Singles: Emily Carlin (S) def Sara Money 7-6 (7-4), 6-1; Sam McCook (S) def Bridget Kiernan 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, (10-5); Emily Cacchillo (S) def Sienna Mannino 6-1, 6-0; Katie Nam (S) def Rumeysa Bayram 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles: Sophia Fede/ Rachel Morrow (S) def Apneet Bhangoo/ Teagan Glass 6-0, 6-2; Gizel Moonrose/ Jamie Abate (S) def Alexa Malerba/ Joselyne Cruz 6-0, 6-0; Kate Bergey/ Sophia Fabiar (S) def Katelyn Vitaletti/ Meredith Hayes 6-0, 6-0.
Record 1-4
Girls Track
This week the Girls track and Field team beat West Haven and Career! Some notable finishes were Amanda Graziani who came in 2nd in the 100 meter hurdles and qualified for SCC's with a time of 18.6, Arezoo Ghazagh who came in 2nd in the 400 meter event with a PR and time of 1:06, Nora Hayes who came in 1st place in the mile with a time of 6:18, Kelly Aspras who came in 1st in the shot put with a distance of 28 feet 4 inches, 1st in the high jump with a height of 4 feet 2 inches, and 2nd in the discus throw with a distance of 80 feet 1 inch, and finally Ava Steigbigel who came in 2nd in the 100 meter with a PR time of 13.5, 1st in the javelin throw with a distance of 66 feet 11 inches, and 1st in the pole vault with a PR and NEW SCHOOL RECORD of 10 feet!!!
Softball
Last Friday, we played our first home game vs. Sheehan. After getting off to a slow start, the Lions scraped back 2 runs, but fell short 8-2.
The Lions battled back on Monday against North Haven and won 3-1. Kendall LaMorte hit a home run to lead off for the Lions. Chloe Nittoly was 2-3 with an RBI. Alex Hart also added an RBI. Kaitlyn Beaupre, Chloe Nittoly and Mary Rodrigues all had doubles.
Foran Softball is teaming up with Law Softball to fundraise for the Danni Kemp Cancer Support Fund! We will be selling t-shirts and having a fundraiser game on May 16th when we play on the Danielle Kemp Memorial Field! Help us help the cause!
MILFORD PLAYS LIKE DANNI!
Natural Helper Applications
Freshmen, Sophomore & Juniors
Natural Helpers are looking for 15 motivated students to be part of Natural Helpers next year. If you would like to apply, please click on the link below.
Both forms MUST be filled out to be considered by April 22, 2022.
After your application is submitted, Mr. Raucci and Mrs. Farrell will be in touch to schedule your interview.
Unified Sports
Unified Sports traveled to Bunnell High School this week!
National Honor Society
There will be a mandatory National Honor Society practice on Monday, April 25th at 1:30pm in the auditorium. All inductees and Senior Officers along with acting Senior Officers for this event need to attend. Any questions, please see Mrs. DeLoma in the Media Center
