Each semester, Addison Trail departments establish criteria that guides the nomination of a student who displays Blazer Pride to receive Student of the Semester recognition.
Criteria typically includes:
On Dec. 17, 14 students were recognized as Students of First Semester for the 2013-14 school year and were presented by a staff member. Those students are (in the order in which they are pictured above, starting from the top left):
Art: Junior Daniella Gonzalez (Presented by teacher Maria Ramon)
CTE business: Senior Kacper Mierzejewski (Presented by teacher Michael Maaske)
CTE family and consumer science: Sophomore Alexus Ward (Presented by teacher Amy Murphy)
CTE industry and technology: Senior Brandon Sheehan (Presented by teacher Keith Santini)
English: Senior Cecilia Alvarado (Presented by teacher Katie Prast)
ESL: Sophomore Alondra Flores (Presented by teacher Patricia Vendegna)
Math: Senior Ellis Catic (Presented by Math Department Chair Jason Bugajsky and teacher Stacey Puccini)
Music: Senior Emily Rosenquist (Presented by Band Director Mark Corey)
Physical education: Freshman Manuel Hernandez (Presented by teacher Kallie Haney)
Reading: Sophomore Andrea Ocana (Presented by teacher Karen Madej)
Science: Senior Mireya Rodriguez (Presented by teacher Nicholas Pingel)
Social studies: Sophomore Nicole Pudlo (Presented by teacher Laura Magnavite)
Special education: Junior Angelo Stewart (Presented by teacher Jessica Jensen)
World languages: Junior Brianna Sitkowski (Presented by teacher Enza Spilotro)