Friday News 4/29/2022
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Provide a learning environment which fosters critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication to prepare all students for the challenges of the 21st century.
National Honor Society Induction Ceremony
Congratulations to the 49 students who were inducted into the National Honor Society! Dedicated leaders who achieve at a high level and always help others! Great job to advisor Mrs. DeLoma for organizing this special event!
Tri-M & Art Honor Society Induction Ceremony
Congratulations to all of the students who were inducted into the Tri-M and Art Honor Society! Special Thank you to the Advisors Ms. Turner & Mrs. Plude for this amazing event!
The Tennis Courts at Foran HS will now be known as the Richard A. Herman Memorial Tennis Courts - in recognition of this trailblazing educator. Mr. Herman was a dedicated leader of the Milford Public Schools.
Congratulations to Jeremy Queiroz, JAF Class of 2022, for an Honorable Mention distinction in DLC’s 32nd Annual Erica Grossman High School Visual Arts Contest.
Since 1990, tens of thousands of high school students have participated in Donate Life Connecticut’s Annual Visual Arts Contest. This year DLC received entries from 28 Connecticut high schools with a record breaking number of entries that included drawings, paintings, photographs and videos.
Congrats, Jeremy!
Donate Life Connecticut (DLC) is a volunteer-run coalition dedicated to educating the public about the life-saving benefits of organ and tissue donation. There are over 100,000 patients in the United States waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. Donated tissue prevents infection in burn victims, replaces bone devastated by cancer or injury, and restores sight to the blind. One registered donor can save and improve the lives of more than 75 people!
Chris from Choices Matter gave a great presentation to our Junior class about making positive decisions.
SENIOR PROM TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Senior Prom is Friday, May 20th 6pm-10pm
Trumbull Marriott
Parents have been emailed the link to purchase tickets!
Ticket sales will be from April 25 - May 5. The cost is $80 per person.
Guests from outside of Foran High School will need permission from his/her school to attend.
Permission slips for guests are located within the online link and printed copies will be available in TLC, Room 341 Blue Hall or Yellow Hall 263
Early dismissal will be allowed at 10:30 a.m. with parent permission.
Table sign ups will be during lunches on May 6 - there are 10 seats per table.
Please contact Melissa Cacioppo mcacioppo@milforded.org or Shauna Newall snewall@milforded.org with any questions.
Post Prom Tickets on Sale Now!
Tickets are $22 per person
Parents have been emailed the link to purchase tickets online
Connecticut Sports Center of Shelton
784 River Road (Rte. 110) Shelton CT
Friday, May 20, 2022 11:00 PM – 3:00 AM
Senior students who are not attending the Prom are still eligible to attend the Post Prom.
Reminder to all Senior Parents
DUES FOR GRADUATION EXPENSES:
Graduation is set for Friday, June 17th at 5:15pm. As in past years, students will be required to pay $40 to cover the costs of graduation expenses, which includes cap, gown, and diploma cover.
Please pay online at https://form.jotform.com/22076.... If you would prefer, you may pay by check made payable to Foran High School, or pay with cash. Checks or cash can be dropped off to a secretary in the main office.
If you have any questions please contact Senior Class Advisors, Shauna Newall snewall@milforded.org or Melissa Cacioppo mcacioppo@milforded.org
Thank you for your support! We are looking forward to celebrating our seniors!
Attention Juniors
All Junior on May 16th will be taking the NGSS Science Assessment
Information will be emailed to all Juniors
Please use the link below for a practice test.
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.
So honored and thankful that our #journalism guest speaker came from the Humans of New York spotlight - thank you, Anthony Donahue for sharing your story with us!!!
WATCH FORAN ON FOX61
This week’s Student News story,
“Celebrating diversity at Milford school”
from Joseph A Foran High School in Milford.
Is on FOX61 website on the
Mr. Czajkowski's Painting classes are creating Acrylic Landscape paintings inspired by the work of Bob Ross. Enjoy the work of Aleena Seyal, Amy Lahav, Sinese Sanchez, Jileiny Gonzales, and Agatha Dalton.
Students in Ms. Plude’s Ceramics & Pottery classes have just finished their unit on creating fully functional cups with handles. Their work deals with space, proportion and functionality.
Below are examples by Victoria Koenig and George Lin
Students in Forensics had fun today practicing micro-pipetting to eventually run a DNA analysis called Gel Electrophoresis. Left to right: Owen Bell, Jonna Lord, Charles Sampson
Pasta & Jazz Tickets on Sale Now-May4th!
Foran High School : Pasta & Jazz
https://form.jotform.com/221144106291040
Lion Pride!
Certified Nursing Assistant Students Madison Sheppard and Cecilia Felix
Started their Clinical Hours this week! Thursday was their first day caring for patients at West River Rehab Center.
Students in Mrs. Cacioppo’s Principles of Financial Accounting attended workshops at Housatonic Community College. Students toured the campus and attended workshops on Accounting and Entrepreneurship. Students earn college credit for completion of the Principles of Financial Accounting course.
Katie Geddes of Katie Geddes Interiors, and a Milford resident, was a guest speaker in Interior Design this week. Katie shared her career journey in Interior Design as well as the process from start to finish on specific design projects.
In Mr. Hair’s PE class we finished up our badminton tournament and started our introduction to speedball. Congrats to our freshman teams who won!
Huge shout out and congratulations to our AP Research students on submitting their academic research papers to the College Board today!! This elite group has been working so hard all year on this momentous task and this is a magnificent achievement for each of them! Way to go, superstars!!
LION PRIDE!
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 Athletes of the Week
Senior Captain Basit Iddriss has been named Foran High School’s “Athlete of the Week” for his outstanding performance in Track. Basit placed first in the 200 Meters, 400 Meters and the 4 x 400 Relay (ran the Anchor Leg). Basit has also qualified to run in the CIAC Class “M” State Championships. Congratulations Basit!
Junior, Joe Gaetano (Baseball) and Senior, Captain Kendall LaMorte (Softball) have been named Foran High School’s “Athlete of Week” for their outstanding performances. Joe and Kendall both led their teams to victory. Joe hit his second home run of the game in the top of the ninth to provide the eventual 3-2 win for the Lions over East Haven. Kendall hit a 2 run homer to break a 3-3 tie to lift Foran to a 5-3 win over West Haven. Congratulations Joe and Kendall!
Congratulations Luca Ubaldi
Signing to play Lacrosse at Western Connecticut State University
Congratulations Lauren Ardolino
Signing to play Soccer at Colby-Sawyer College
Congratulations Max Howland
All State Ice Hockey
Division 3 Second Team
Congratulations David Gaetano
National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete
Girls Lacrosse
The 9-1 Foran girls lacrosse team took on Jonathan Law on Monday night beating the 14-4 for the first ever program win against their cross town rivals. Midfielders Mia Williams and Mackenzie Posey each had four goals, while Rylie Bryant excelled in goal for the Lions. The lions will look to increase their record to 10-1 when they travel to Wolcott for a game this Saturday.
Baseball
Baseball played East Haven. Joe Gaetano threw out a runner at home plate on a flyball, creating a 9-2 double play to keep the score tied at 0. He later hit a solo homerun to give the Lions a 1-0 lead. In the top of the ninth inning, with the score tired at 1-1, Joe hit his second home run of the day. A two run monster that would provide the eventual 3-2 win for the Lions.
The Lions dropped a tough decision to ND-WH this Wednesday. Offensively the Lions had hits by Dean Ross, Brian Massey, Jack D'Avignon, and Brandon Payne. We return to action this Saturday at Jonathan Law. 3:00 start.
Golf
Golf Match 4/20
Foran - 225 / Sheehan - 212
Golf Match 4/27
Foran - 207 / Career Magnet - 236
Medalist - Luke Thomas (49)
Boys Tennis
Over the past two weeks, the team has faced a number of fierce competitors. The team had a solid win over East Haven on Thursday, 4/14 (7-0; away game). Another away game at West Haven (Wednesday, 4/20) found the Lions victorious (6-1) with narrow wins by Ryan Purviance (singles 1: 6-4, 6-4) and the Pokornowski brothers, Keith and Kyle (doubles 1: 7-5, 6-1). On Saturday, 4/23, after the dedication of the Richard A. Herman Memorial Tennis Courts, the team had a narrow loss to Jonathan Law (3-4) even though the singles players had a strong showing (wins by Arush Puri, Danny Ruano, and Tristan Adorno). The Boys Tennis team hosted Lyman Hall on Monday, 4/25, with another narrow loss. Three of the matches went 3 sets! To cap it off, a cold, windy away game at Wilbur Cross (Wednesday, 4/27) saw the Lions victorious (4-3). The team's overall record stands at 7-3.
Boys Lacrosse
The Foran Lacrosse team improved to 6 - 1 with recent wins over West Haven, Morgan, North Branford, and Law.
Foran 13, West Haven 1
Shots: Foran 47, West Haven 22
Goals: Eli Gomes 3, Andrew Kupson, Jack Cushman 3, Joey Honcz 3, Chris Adkins 3. Assists: Eli Gomes, Chris Adkins 2, Matt Miller, Luca Ubaldi 2, Liam Young, Max Howland. Saves: Simon Collette 4, Charlie Sampson 6.
Foran 10 Morgan 4
Shots: Foran 43, Morgan 27
Foran (4-1-0)
Goals: Eli Gomes, Andrew Kupson, Jack Cushman 4, Joey Honcz 2, Chris Adkins 2. Assists: Jack Cushman, Joey Honcz, Chris Adkins 2, Liam Young 2. Saves: Simon Collette 12, Charlie Samspon 1
Foran 11, North Branford
7Shots: Foran 35, North Branford 29
Goals: Eli Gomes 2, Andrew Kupson 4, Joey Honcz, Chris Adkins 2, Luca Ubaldi, Max Howland. Assists: Joey Honcz, Chris Adkins, Max Howland. Saves: Simon Collette 10.
Foran 12, Jonathan Law 4Shots: Foran 53, Jonathan Law 26
Goals: Eli Gomes 4, Andrew Kupson, Jack Cushman 3, Chris Adkins 2, Matt Miller, Max Howland. Assists: Jack Cushman, Luca Ubaldi 2, Jack Pietrosanti, Liam Young. Saves: Simon Collette 9.
Boys Track
The Boys Track Team captured 2 more wins in their second track meet of the season, which was held on April 21st at West Haven High School. They defeated Career by a score of 118 - 22, and also beat West Haven High School 88-58. The following athletes took 1st place in their respective events:
Ian Eisenman.....Discus
Dan Thanas....Shot Put
A.J. Edmond......High Jump,
Nate Huebner.....110 High Hurdles, , 4x400 relay
Xavier Douglas....Triple Jump
Max Newton......Pole Vault, 4x400 relay
Joe Defreitas...... 400, 4x400 relay
Basit Iddriss.........3200, 4x400 relay
Girls Track
This week the Girls Track and Field Team went up against Hamden and Lyman Hall and lost a very close match, but had some notable finishes. Freshman Devon Hines came in 2nd for the Long Jump with a PR of 13 feet and 3rd in the Triple Jump with a PR of 26 feet 11 inches. Freshman Adrianna Gonzalez came in 3rd in the 400 meter run. Freshman Allie Regan came in 2nd in the 2 mile run with a PR of 14:16 and 3rd in the 1 mile run with a PR of 6:23. Sophomore Kelly Aspras came in 1st in High Jump with a PR of 4 feet 4 inches and 1st in Shot Put throw with a PR and STATES QUALIFYING throw of 30 feet 4 inches. Senior Emma Fiorillo came in 3rd in Discus throw with a PR of 74 feet 3 inches. Senior Captain Arezoo Ghazagh came in 1st in the 400 meter run with a PR time and STATES QUALIFYING time of 1:05. Senior Ava Steigbigel finished 1st in Pole Vault, 2nd in Javelin throw, and 3rd in the 100 meter run.
Softball
On April 16th we hosted East Haven. In the loss, Kaitlyn Beaupre was 2-3, Chloe Nittoly and Kendall LaMorte were 1-3.
We rebounded on Monday, April 18th at harding. We won 16-3. Mary Rodrigues was 3-3 and Haley Stroffolino was 2-3. Morgan Viesselman was the winning pitcher.
On April 20th, we traveled to Branford and won 15-0. Mary Rodrigues and Kendall LaMorte were 3-4. Morgan Viesselman struck out 11 in the win.
On April 22nd, we went to Madison and beat Hand 11-0. Lauren Stroffolino was 3-4 with 2 RBIs. Morgan Viesselman was 2-4 and had 10ks. Chloe Nittoly was 2-4 with a triple.
We hosted hamden on April 25th. The game came down to the bottom of the 7th, where Mary Rodrigues beat out an infield grounder to score the winning run. Morgan Viesselman was the winning pitcher with 7ks in the 1-0 win. Kaitlyn Beaupre was 2-3 with a double. Chloe Nittoly was 2-3.
On Wednesday, we played cross town rival Law. It was 0-0 going into the 4th. Law broke out with 1 run in the 4th and 9 runs in the 5th, ending the game with a 10-0 win.
Girls Tennis
Current record: 2-8
4/20/2022
FORAN 0, GUILFORD 7
(at Foran)
Singles: Riley Mullet (G) def Sara Money 6-0, 6-0; Caroline Hergan (G) def Bridget Kiernan 6-0, 6-1; Sophie Gochman (G) def Liv Connelly 6-1, 6-0; Irene Esplugues (G) def Rumeysa Bayram 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles: Alexi Gipson/ Kendall Mulligar (G) def Sienna Mannino/ Teagan Glass 8-2; Jayden Violette/ Kate Deangelo (G) def Joselyne Cruz/ Alexa Malerba 8-0; Clara Arpie/ Jenna Marva (G) def Lorelai Christy/ Katelyn Vitalleti 8-1.
4/23/2022
FORAN 1, LAW 6
(at Foran)
Singles: Lucia Pino (L) def Sara Money 6-1, 6-0; Samantha Burns (L) def Bridget Kiernan 6-2, 6-1; Liv Connelly (F) def Isabella Gecaj 1-0 forfeit due to injury; Sabrina Lawless (L) def Rumeysa Bayram 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles: Caroline Doyle/ Olivia Hudak (L) def Teagan Glass/ Sienna Mannino 6-0, 6-0; Sophie Maselli/ Nihitha Kothapalli (L) def Katelyn Vitalleti/ Meredith Hayes 6-0, 6-0; Chloe Haasch/ Kaitlyn Goldberg (L) def Alexa Malerba/ Lorelai Christy 6-0, 6-0.
4/25/2022
FORAN 0, AMITY 7
(at Amity)
Singles: Kiley Pickens (A) def Sara Money 6-0, 6-0; Adithi Wijisekera (A) def Veda Lakkamraju 6-0, 6-0; Soumya Wijisekera (A) def Bridget Kiernan 6-0, 6-0; Maddie Key (A) def Liv Connelly 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles: Aadya Wijisekera/ Scarlett Zhai (A) def Sienna Mannino/ Teagan Glass 6-0, 6-0; Anushka Acharya/ Kyah Harding (A) def Rumeysa Bayram/ Joselyne Cruz 6-0, 6-0; Jaden Barretta/ Karishma Bulsara (A) def Alexa Malerba/ Katelyn Vitalleti 6-0, 6-0.
4/27/2022
FORAN 0, CHESHIRE 7
(at Foran)
Singles: Alex Orlins (C) def Sara Money 8-0, Ania Josee (C)def Veda Lakkamraju 8-3, Asya Tarabar (C) def Bridget Kiernan 8-0, Eva Curran (C) def Liv Connelly 8-0.
Doubles: Lila Watkinson/ Riley Baldoni (C) def Sienna Mannino/ Teagan Glass 8-0, Julia Hummel/
Rachel Goldstein (C) def Rumeysa Bayram/ Alexa Malerba 8-0, Arya Desai/ Lizzy Klem (C) def Joselyne Cruz/ Lorelai Christy 8-0.
Milford robotics team earns berth in world championships
Debate Club
Congratulations to TEAM 2 on your 4th WIN at the Foran Debate Club! There is no debate, this team gets it done!! Looking forward to a few more lively debates before June’s finale.
