By Barbara Gallo Farrell
The chilling tales are all in and accounted for in the Journal’s 19th annual Scary Stories Contest.

The winners and runners-up have all been notified in the annual contest that asked students in the mid-Hudson Valley to write original short stories with a Halloween theme that were no more than 300 words. The four winners are featured reading their scary tales in videos and photo illustrations, and their stories, along with those of the runners-up, will be published the week of Halloween. The names of all the students who submitted entries are listed below, along with a selection of colorful scary artwork that some students submitted.

We received more than 450 stories in the four grade categories and it was no easy task for Journal staffers to narrow them down to four finalists in each of the four grade categories. The finalists were then sent to local “celebrity” authors and illustrators, who determined a winner, runner-up and two honorable mentions in each group. The identities of the students and the schools they attend were not revealed to the judges.

“I enjoyed reading all the entries, but the two scary stories I have chosen have something in common; fear can always find a way to reach us, even in what should be our most safe and secure environment — our home,” said Michael Garland, an award-winning children’s illustrator and author who lives in Patterson, Putnam County, and judged the grades 9-12 category. “Our homes wall off the real terrors that exist in today’s world, but those terrors are no match for the ones we can generate in our own minds.”

A deadly doll, a mysterious touch, goblins and graveyards, and a strange recovery were just some of the frightful themes students chose to write about.

Karen Orloff, the author of eight books for children, including the “I Wanna” series, who also writes a family column for the Journal, judged the grades 1-3 age bracket.

Rhinebeck YA author Alisa Kwitney judged the grades 4-5 group. She has written the werewolf novels “Better to Hold You” and “Moonburn,” so she was in the spirit of Halloween when she made her selections.

Lesa Cline-Ransome, also of Rhinebeck and author of numerous picture books for children, some in collaboration with her husband James Ransome, an award-winning illustrator, selected the winners in the grades 6-8 category.

The winners and runners-up in each grade category receive gift cards as prizes.

Keep clicking to find art and photo galleries, and a list of names of all the students who entered the contest.
Contact Barbara Gallo Farrell at bfarrell@poughkeepsiejournal.com, 845-437-4979, Twitter: @PJBarb




'Terrified' By Maryclare Parker-Stark | Grade 2, Tabernacle Christian Academy

I was riding my bike around the block. My bike was light green, purple and white. I was smiling because my bike was pretty and I was having a really good time. The breeze was blowing and my neighbors were saying hi to me, and I was waving back. Being outside made me feel free and happy. The breeze started to blow really hard. I got cold.

I put my bike back in the shed and my helmet. I went inside my house. My two dogs would have come and said hi to me. They would have barked and been happy. But, they didn’t. I stopped and looked around the kitchen. I stepped a little farther away from the door.

I called, “Mom! Dad! Are you here?”

I listened but I didn’t hear anything.

“Zeno! Fredi!”

My mom’s slippers were by the basement door. She only leaves her slippers there when she goes into the basement. I opened the door and turned on the light. I went down the stairs and didn’t see my mom doing laundry. She wasn’t there at all. Not even at the dryer. Not at the washing machine. I slowly went up the stairs, turned off the light, and closed the door.

My mom and dad were not upstairs. I peered through the rooms.

It was dark. I didn’t like that it was dark. A light went on in the living room but there was no one. Music began playing and it startled me. It was “Another One Bites the Dust.” I liked that song usually, but now I didn’t dance. I put my hands to my neck and scrunched up my shoulders. I held my breath and my eyes were wide.

Someone touched me on the shoulder. I turned around but no one was there.


JUDGE'S COMMENTS
It’s an ordinary day in the neighborhood … until … it’s not. Using subtle, nerve-wracking clues – missing dogs, slippers left by the basement door, music coming on mysteriously – the writer skillfully builds the tension right up until the spine-tingling ending. The last line actually sent shivers through me, a sure sign that this young talent is a Stephen King in the making! A great job of story-telling, deserving of the winning spot in this category.


ABOUT THE JUDGE
Karen Kaufman Orloff is the author of eight books for children, including the “I Wanna” Series — “I Wanna Iguana,” “I Wanna New Room,” and “I Wanna Go Home.” Visit her website: www.karenkaufmanorloff.com
Honorable mentions
“The Gift,” by Hayley Galish, grade three, Holy Trinity School
“Lost on Halloween,” by Daphne Barrett, grade three, Titusville Intermediate School

‘All Around the Cobbler’s Bench’ By April Santos-Valdez | Grade 5, Governor Clinton Elementary School

The sweat dripped from Sarah Jane’s forehead. The thought of two pairs of eyes staring at her made her spine shiver. She heard the door screech and the wind blow. She hugged her teddy bear tight as she heard footsteps in her way. A familiar tune was being sung, “All around the cobbler’s bench, the monkey chased the weasel…” Her heart stopped as she saw that the footsteps were … her doll, Bella.

She whispered her doll’s name. Bella looked at Sarah Jane with evil eyes. Her eyes once a forest green had turned a bloody red. Her beautiful blonde, long, curly hair was now short and black as a Halloween night. What had happened to her? Sarah Jane took a step backward. She was scared. Bella giggled and said, “Remember Sarah Jane? That tune, “All around the cobbler’s bench, the monkey chased the weasel…” She shouted, “GO AWAY!!” She cried as Bella laughed.

“You don’t understand, Sarah!” The doll said as she started to cry.

A doll … had feelings!

She started, “Sarah Jane Andersons! When you were little, you sang me that tune, ‘All around a cobbler’s bench, the monkey chased the weasel …’ ”

Sarah Jane covered her ears with her hands and cried. The doll smiled and pulled Sarah Jane’s hair. Sarah Jane screamed, kicked, she did anything to get away.

Sarah Jane yelled, “STOP!!! BELLA, NOOO!!!!”

Sarah Jane cried and Bella said, “I didn’t cry when you left me there, thrown all around in SHAME!!”

Sarah Jane yelled, “Please! Don’t do anything to me, Bella!”

Sarah Jane took one last gasp of breath and then …

She was no longer a living human in this world. Bella returned to her original position as day approached, and still waits, for a next little girl like Sarah.



JUDGE'S COMMENTS
I love the creepiness of this story about a beautiful blonde doll gone bad. The sensory details (“sweat dripped from Sarah-Jane’s forehead”) plunge the reader right into the story, and suspense is built up by the fact that the sound of footsteps and the sinister nursery rhyme are heard before the doll’s identity is revealed. The fact that the doll has been nursing a grudge for years was a chilling and nuanced plot point. A great short short! The author might enjoy watching the classic Twilight Zone episode,”Living Doll,” about Talking Tina.


About the Judge
Alisa Kwitney is the author of the YA graphic novel “Token,” the werewolf novels “Better to Hold You” and “Moonburn,” and the upcoming novel “Cadaver & Queen.” She lives in Rhinebeck with her family and teaches literature at the Kildonan School. You can check out these and her other titles at www.alisakwitney.com


Honorable mentions
“An Apple a Day,” by Norah Cullers, grade five, Mill Road Intermediate School
Untitled, by Brandan Mauge, grade five, Governor Clinton Elementary School

‘Alone’ By Nachman Kaul-Seidman | Grade 7, Poughkeepsie Day School

I slouched back in bed, turned up the television, and tried not to think about dying. My name’s Leroy, and I have three weeks left to live. As I rattled out another breath, I made an effort and managed to pull my head up, feeling the warm covers gliding across my legs. On TV, a reporter was talking about some recent disappearances — big news, since nothing much happens in Poughkeepsie. I reached for my glass of water — forgetting that my illness had robbed me of the strength to lift it. And my hand inched slowly, bit by bit towards it! I picked it up. For the first time in over a year, I had gripped something.

As the days went by, my miraculous feats continued. I stood, and even managed to walk slowly! When my tutor gave me math problems, I was faster than ever. But each new achievement was overshadowed by something else.

There were people disappearing all over the U.S.


But for me, everything was amazing.

I had been a caged bird on death row, and now I was free! Now I could do anything.

People were disappearing by the hundreds.

Scientists had no clue what was happening.

I went to school, and made friends. One of them was crazily strong. He disappeared. The next day, I played dodge ball, and hit someone. He staggered across the playground from the impact. And the classes — I might as well have been teaching the teachers! I wasn’t average anymore — I was a prodigy.

My world fell apart — just about the same time that America did. My mother disappeared, five minutes before the President.

The disappearances were an all-encompassing maelstrom. In a matter of hours, I was left there, almost perfect.

Alone.


JUDGE'S COMMENTS
A young man grapples physically and mentally with unexpected outcomes in the wake of mysterious disappearances. Masterfully crafted suspense reminiscent of Stephen King, the story unfolds as we witness a macabre twist on the cost and sacrifices of a speedy recovery. Line by line, the author blends mystery and storytelling all the way to the shocking ending.

About the Judge
Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of many picture books for children including “Satchel Paige,” “Young Pele, Soccer’s First Star,” “Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist,” “Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglas,” “Light in the Darkness” and “Before There was Mozart,” an NAACP image award nominee. Her newest book is “Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History.” Many of her books are in collaboration with her husband and award- winning Illustrator, James Ransome (”Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt,” “Uncle Jed’s Barbershop” and “This is the Rope.”) They live in Rhinebeck with their four children and St. Bernard, Nola.Visit her website, www.lesaclineransome.com and her Writerhood blog at lclineransome.wordpress.com


Honorable mentions
“Parents,” by Ibrahim Waheed, age 11, Poughkeepsie Day School
“Pantyhose,” by Evelyn Laferriere, grade eight, LaGrange Middle School

‘My Sweet’ By Sami Brinkley | Grade 12, Roy C. Ketcham High School

The water turns from steaming hot to bitter cold in seconds. I shrink to the corner of my shower, gasping for air.

“Oh, darling. You hate the cold. Please, come sit by the fire with me,” a high pitched, raspy voice says.

I freeze. The voice sounds like it was close, but I know there is no one in here. I live alone. I have always lived alone.

“Yes, I know you live alone. You are a recluse, just like me. Please, come and see.”

I feel a cold trace running down my spine, as if an invisible finger is trying to reach into my bones. I am frozen, I am panicking, I am shaking, I am ...

“Stop fidgeting, my love. Please. I am trying to comfort you.”

No words come out. Instead, I am shrinking, curling into a ball, shaking, praying, panicking. I don’t know what is happening. I don’t

“Oh, precious. Do not fear me. I am fear. I know yours and mine and everyone else’s. But I wish only to help. I want you to feel OK. I will not reject you, as you fear. I will not confine you, as you fear. I will not kill you, as you fear. Please, come see me.”

Somehow my legs are moving, picking me up and moving me closer, closer to this voice of my nightmares.

“There you are. Please, look at me,” I hear whispered in my ear.

I turn towards the voice and see my reflection, only something is different. I am smiling.

“Oh, my sweet,” I say. “I will never reject you.”


JUDGE'S COMMENTS
‘My Sweet’ begins with an unnamed protagonist taking a hot shower. Immediately the water changes from hot to icy cold, then a menacing voice implores the vulnerable narrator to come closer. The teller of the tale is repulsed and panic stricken, but unable to resist the voice’s request to come closer for the questionable purpose of comfort. The reader is surprised to learn that there is no horrid monster, only a reflection in the bathroom mirror giving voice to the speaker’s inner frightened self.

About the Judge
Michael Garland is the best-selling author of 31 children’s picture books and illustrator for more than 40 books by other authors. His “Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook” won the California and Delaware State Reading Awards. He has illustrated for celebrity authors such as James Patterson and Gloria Estefan on best-selling picture books. He lives in Patterson, Putnam County, with his wife and three children. He is frequently asked to speak at schools, literary conferences and festivals across the country. Visit http://www.garlandpicturebooks.com for information.


Honorable mentions
“Monsters Anonymous,” by Stephanie Venuto, grade 11, homeschooled
“Alternative Ending,” by Sarah Walton, grade 12, Roy C. Ketcham High School

'The Pumpkin Zombie' By Ayden Baxter | Grade 3, Marlboro Elementary School

It was a nice day to go pumpkin picking with my family. We went to the local farms to pick our pumpkins. I wanted to pick the perfect one.

My mom told me a story about zombie pumpkins. I didn’t believe her because she tells me that story every year we go pumpkin picking.

When we got there the clouds were turning dark gray and the air was very heavy. The fog filled the aisles of the apple trees. We had to pick our pumpkins fast because the weather was turning bad, a storm was coming.

I saw the perfect pumpkin all the way in the back of the patch. I picked one up and it was perfect. As I turned it around, it was really a pumpkin zombie. The eyes were dark red, seeds were coming out of its mouth, and green ooze dripped from its ears and nose. I screamed and yelled for my parents as I made my way through all of the pumpkin zombies coming up from the ground.

The pumpkins started to grow very scary legs and sharp claws. Then I ran and they ran after me. I ran into the farmhouse, locked all the doors and windows. The pumpkin zombies were scratching so fast. I saw an axe at the back door. I grabbed it and swung the axe at the door. The fangs started to get red and ooze was dripping from its fangs. Its claws started to scratch slowly and then it got faster and faster until I woke up frightened and scared.

I lied down in my bed and heard scratching at my door. I opened it up and it was just my dogs.

It was only a dream or was it?


JUDGE'S COMMENTS
“This action-packed story is filled with fantastic imagery straight out of a horror movie. The writer sets the scene perfectly, complete with fog filling the apple orchard and a threatening storm approaching, before chaos ensues. “The Pumpkin Zombie” is a fast-moving tale that will scare the daylights out of you. Pumpkin-picking has never been so frightening!” --- Karen Kaufman Orloff

‘The Long White Dress’ By Sofie Morton | Grade 5, Eugene Brooks Intermediate School

I am Madeline. I may be 74, but I remember the scariest thing that’s ever happened in this town…

It was the night of the Halloween party. Every sixth-grader in town was there. My sister Kaylee and I were there with our friend Josh. Kaylee was dressed in a white flowing dress made to look like Frankenstein’s bride.

“Hey, Kaylee,” Josh said. “If I give you a dare, will you do it?”

“Sure,” Kaylee answered. Little did she know that this was going to be the worst decision of her life. “So, what’s the dare?” she asked.

“Go poke a sharp stick down into Edward Elle’s grave,” Josh dared.

“What?” I shrieked. “Sis! Don’t do this!” I begged Kaylee.

Town legend said Edward had been buried alive, and anyone that dared go near his grave was in terrible danger, for it was told that he would jump out of the depths and switch places with the person. The victim would then spend eternity buried alive while Edward lived their life.

“It’s just a silly dare,” Kaylee shrugged. Josh handed her a stick.

Josh and I followed as Kaylee approached the grave. I gasped as she stabbed the stick into the ground. Josh and I took off running. Over my shoulder I saw Kaylee turn to run as well. The next thing I knew she was screaming and screaming.

We were terrified, but once the screaming stopped we turned and went back. I saw that Kaylee was dead, although the grave remained undisturbed. There was no sign of Edward, but part of Kaylee’s white dress had been pinned under the stick when she had thrust it into the grave.

… Even though she hadn’t switched places with Edward, the terror of his legend had scared her to death.


JUDGE'S COMMENTS
There is something very sophisticated about the way the narrator relates the story from the distance of many years. There is a lovely sense of foreboding and suspense created by phrases such as “little did she know that this was going to be the worst decision of her life.” The visual details about the long, flowing white dress and the stick in the grave are also very well done, as is the ironic twist at the end. The author might enjoy reading the short novel “The Halloween Tree” by Ray Bradbury . ---Alisa Kwitney

‘What Was I thinking’ By Cosette Veeder-Shave | Grade 8, Saint Mary’s School

On a crisp October day, I answered the phone; a quiet voice came out of the speaker.

“Is this Elizabella Elder?”

“It is! Are you calling about a babysitting job?”

“Yes, for the 13th of October. You’ll be watching twins. Our house is on 14 Hidden Cloud Avenue. Thanks.”

Then she hung up. I figured that even though it was a strange call, I needed the money. My laptop had died and as I was a reporter for my school newspaper, I needed a new one. The road name was unfamiliar so I searched online. I found a historic map. A footnote on the site mentioned that the name was changed to Maple Hill Lane.

The afternoon of the 13th, I headed there on foot. I found myself walking through a terrible fog and arrived 10 minutes late. First, I tried reading them a story, but they were too energetic so I took them outside. I spied a blue wagon near the garden and asked them if they wanted a ride. They calmed down a bit, but suddenly the wagon handle slipped from my grasp and the wagon flew down the high hill and straight into the woods! I ran after it and tripped on a tree root that was sticking up. The wagon disappeared into the fog. I got up and limped into the fog to find the twins. There was a tall pine in the middle of the forest and at its base was a broken wagon. I turned to see if the twins had gone back into the house, but everything had changed and all I saw was the burned shell of an old house that once stood and not a person around.


JUDGE'S COMMENTS
In this intriguing tale, the 13th day of the month is an unlucky one indeed for one young girl, twins, and a babysitting job gone horribly wrong. The author successfully combines all of the makings of a classic horror story by infusing the setting with the scariest of elements — woods, fog and a haunted house. ---Lesa Cline-Ransome

‘Just the Wind’ By Julie Drago | Grade 12, Roy C. Ketcham High School

“Can you tell me the story tonight, Mama?” her daughter whispered as she wrapped her small, frail arms around her neck. Her daughter’s drowsy eyes finally began to rest to the repetitive rhythm of her favorite bedtime story. The house rattled.

“It’s the wind,” she calmly replied to her now wide-eyed child. She stroked her back and continued the story. Moments later, her daughter shook. “Did you hear that?” the child whispered.

“It’s just the wind,” she said to her daughter and herself. “Mama, the wind got in the house then,” the girl said clutching onto her mother.

As her mother opened her mouth to resume the story, footsteps echoed through the hallway. Something sprinted toward them. The child’s grip on her mother’s arm now cut off circulation despite the blood pulsating through her body. She broke free and crept into the dark hallway.

The thin wooden floor panels creaked below her feet. Through the blackness she managed to hit the light switch.

She shifted focus to the noise coming from the playroom. Just before she reached the doorway she felt a tug on her pajama pants, she looked down to find her daughter.

“It was just the wind, Mama. Can we finish my story now?” she said.

Her mother walked back into the room as she followed.

When she returned to the bedroom, she noticed her daughter laying in bed fast asleep. She looked down at what was tugging her pants.


JUDGE'S COMMENTS
Where is there a safer place then the embryonic environment of a mother reading her daughter a bedtime story as the little girl lays snug in her bed? That is the way “Just the Wind” begins. The calm is disturbed by the sound of the wind rattling the house. Next, the sound appears to have entered the house itself. The mother investigates her way through the darken house. The mother is startled when her terrified daughter follows her into the darkness. No explanation for the noise is discovered, but the reader is in for a surprise when the mother returns to her daughter’s bedroom. ---Michael Garland

Grades 1 - 3


Ricky Ainsworth III
Xavier Alverez
Thomas Andrews
Amanda Barrett
Daphne Barrett
Ayden Baxter
Megan Bell
Maya Breckenridge
Sean Burack
Angelina Cadena
Julia Campbell
Ryan Campbell
Samantha Carpenter
Samantha Consorti
Dylan Conte
Luke Davis
Isabella DeSantis
Abby Douglass
Erin Drickel
Hayley Galish
Katelyn Garcia
AJ Gattuso
Jose Gil
Emily Gomez-Mendoza
Maya Greene
Jacob Gulcan
Leah Gunsett
Anjanaye Hunte
Emma Jarvis
Taciana Johnson
Jacob Kannenberg
Emersyn Lazar
Audrey Lee
Gwyn Lee
Samantha Lee Guarno
Molly Mackeenzie
Matthew Mahavick
Sarh Masterson
Keily Medina
Khalia Moore
Khalil Moore
Dominique Mora
Kahlan Moran
Alijah Myers
Emma Mylod
Mitchell Neer
Ava Nicolas
James O'Sullivan
Maryclare Parker-Stark
Martin Pillsbury
Justin Piscopo
Josh Podhaiski
Hannah Polumbo
Amya Roach-Long
Madison Rocco
Susmita Saha
Keilee Salvatore
Alondra Santiago
Afia Sarpong
Yaa Sarpong
Shane Smith
Anthony Sorriento
Jamie Springer
Stephen Sume
Kaitlyn Thorne
Chelsea Venuto
Jacqueline Venuto
Casey Vogel 
Mary Wayne
Sophia Wayne
Holden West
Logan Winders

Grades 4 - 5


Garrett Ackerman
Aidan Alexander
Zion Anderson
Dillon Anthony
Matthew Apenteng
Isabella Archer
Courtney Ashburn
Cole Bahn
Kaeleigh Riane Banda
Aaron Baruch
Heidi Bekkelund
Kallista K. Bell
Ori Bello
Mary-Elizabeth Boatey
Shaun Boyce, Jr.
Cassidy Bradley
Ava Bredthauer
Christopher Brown
Makeda Browne
Ashley Buragas
Gentrit Buquni
Anthony Calhoun
Siena Campbell
Shaylyne Campbell
Emily Carr
Nestor Castellanos
Jayden Chambers
Grace Clark
Hayden Collins
Ashley Consoli
Ny'Asia Cousar
Josephine Cruser
Norah Cullers
Areanna Dancy
Katrina D'Antonio
Emma Debernardi
Gabriella DeQuarto
Anthony DiMeo
Madison Divitto
Andrew Dorfschmidt
Emily Doughty
Nesibe Ekici
Emma Englert
Kathryn Erich
Timmy Feeney
Rachel Ferrell
Matthew Ferreri
Aidan Fitzpatrick
Ethan Gebert
Cody Gibbs
Amaris Gray
Marena Guerriro
Sarah Hanson
Zaryiah Harris
Alex Hatch
Audrey Hawley
Madalyn Henke
Jimy Hernandez
Ella Housen
Medlyn Johnson
Lexi Knowles
Radha Lahiri
Chiara Laus
Matthew Vincent Laverde
Kimberly Lopez
Gianelli Luis-Ruiz
Isabella Macchia
Amanda Machung
Emily Mackin
Lily Mackin
Aubrie Mahoney
Angela Marconi
DuJaun Marshall
Jonathan Martinez
Kara Maston
Brandan Mauge
Zach McCarthy
Austin McGrath
Rennie McGregor
Kimweri Melton
Jasmyne Milkovich
Olivia Molison
Justina Morales
Sofie Morton
Emily Munoz
Samantha Napolitano
Aidan Nelson
Joshua Nerenberg
Rebecca O'Connor
James Osborn
Shreya Parbhoo
Nasir Parker
Julianna Perucci
Krista Picciano
Joey Portanova
Gavin Powell
Brandon Ramkissoon
Chanel Reed
Tyler Sammer
Kevin See
Maya Segal
Micah Sinclair
Zyonia Smith
Mikayla Speckman
Derek Stokrocki
Shinrea Su
Emily Talamo
Emily Thompson
John Tornello
Jonathan Twaddell
John Vacca
April Santos-Valdez
Emily Vanecek
Alexandra Vargas-Rios
Anabelle Vasillo
Ava Velardo
Ruby Vertiz
Marlin Vivar-Albino
Kelsey Wahl
Carrissa Whitehead
Avery Wickwire
Josiah Wright
Eugene Yazzetti
Stephen N. Zacken
Savanna Zaffuto

Grades 6 - 8


Alexandra Adams
Julissa Aguilar
Khalil Ali
Mayra C. Antonio 
Brandon Appleton
Tatiana Aquino
Nasir J. Aristide
Gavin Babb
Jade Baratta
Diego Barron-Maya  
Ryan Belmonte
Memphis Bernstein Collins
Destiny Blake
Alaiysia Bonet-King
Gavin Bottjer
Mary Boyce
Shdiamond Boyd
Jordyn Briehof
Otavia Brown
Ciera Browne
Eden Bruening
Steven Burack
Carly Bussey
Eric Canale  
Jane Canfield
Cameron Cauthers
Melanie Childs
Tanaya Coleman
Sophia Conte
Katherine Cook
Angel Cordova
Nicholas Coughlin
Javion Cox
Brianna Cruz-Cortez   
Bastien Dal-Farra
William Dal-Farra
Donte Davila
Kyzia Davis-Keith
Jamila Dawkins
Eliana Dedrick
Abigail Del Moral Cruz
Daniel Dillon
Bernadette Dingman
Tysean Dixon
Danielle Domini
Tyler Domini
Sage Douglass
Esmeralda Duarte
Bud Fisher
Ami Fofana
Malachi Francis
Edwin Gabriel
Aidan Galish
Brendan Gibbons
Omijha M. Graves
Eden Greene
Jenna Guerriero
Chyna Gullatt
Emma Hall
Dejon Hamilton
Denva Hamilton
Justice Hanley
Maliche Harrell
Adriana Hernandez Gomez 
Audrey L. Hinsdale
Shelby Hinton
Christian Hitt
Maurice Holmes
Shane Horboychuk
Sobia Hosain
Anyia Humphrey
Devon Hurst
Teeghan Jackson
Jaidi Jagaroo
Victoria James
Kimberley Jimenez
Brianna Johnson
Josiah Jones
Julianna Kalb
Alexandra Kaminski
Nachman Kaul-Seidman
Jayla Kelly  
Sarah Kluge
Klevis Kondakclu
Evelyn Laferriere
Antonia Lavariega
Shane Lawlor
Stephanie Lehner
Zarianna Lento
Sarah Lewit 
John Lithco
Matthew Luzzi
Nataly Maldonado
Angelina Mannino
Gillian Margiotta
Georgia Marshall
Josephine Marshall
Ethan Martin
Erubiel Martinez
Kevin Martino
Emily Mason
Nazir Maynard
Giancarlo Mazzarelli  
Emani McIntosh
Kitoko Melton
Anna Metzger
Mia Miller
Rachael Monzalvo
Jah-Sir Morales
Ryan Murphy
Terence Murphy
Anna-Mae Nellis  
Franklin Nesbitt
Alexis (Nasreen) Nasheiwat  
Rebecca Neville
Fiyin Odeniyi
Sebastian Pacheco
Sinthya Pacheco
Jordan Paditsone
Meadow Palmer
Corinna Parrish
Leah Paz
Mira Paz
Victoria Pittore
Michael Poles  
Elijah Policastro
Mikayla Quinn
Allen Quiroz
Danielle Raymundo-Santiago
Jahmir Reeder
Jazzylnn Rhodes
Yisena Rivera
Julia Roberts
Jackie Rosales
Isabelle Rubbo
Serenity Sanchez
Mollie Schmitz
Aydin Schwartz
Marily Serrano
Tynae Shannon-Smith
Pranay Sharma
Quinn Simaitis
Ashley Smith
Ta'zir Smith
Oswaldo Soberanes  
Janae Spooner
Carlo Staniscia
Sierra St. Croix  
Philip Stephens
Donovan Sullivan
Eamonn P. Sullivan
Nicholas Sume
Sam Swartz
Shawn-Jay Thomas  
Arianna Thorne
Isabella Torre
Huy Dat Tu
Abbie Tulloch
Cole Turner
Destinee Vann
Julie Van Vossel
Bessy Vargas
Erick Vasquez Maldonado
Cosette Veeder-Shave
Macey Veeder-Shave
Annabella Vicari
Ibrahim Waheed
Striana Warren
Kevin Webb
Amya West
Maciele Williams
Si'Ara Williams
Sierra Williams
Raejanae Wilson
Ty'Asia Wilson
Julian Wiseman
Emma Witt
Katie Wood
Justin Ying
Dora Young
Trinity Young
Karla H. Zarate
Karla H. Zarato

Grades 9 - 12


Pete Avampato
Celine Bills
Annika Bjornson
Amber Bosco
Samantha Brinkley
Kara Burks
Francesca Chirico
Chris Corletta
Angel Crawley
Maria Cuccia
McKayla DeBonis
Justice Deliz
Julie Drago
Brandon Durr
Alexis Ernano
Annamarie Evans
Isabel Fernandez
Kate Fishman
Madeline Galbriath
Taylor Griffin
Rose Grosskopf
Sydney Grosskopf
Gabriella Guerriero
Hosam Hamed
Alexa Harris
Chezell Holley
Manna Job
Joshua Jordan
Kiera-Ann Kelly
Emma Krasinski
Logan Krzywicki
Brian Liang
Michael Ligari
Nathaly Marte
Jackie McConologue
Nichelae McFarlane
Caitlin McGuinness
Troy Moody
Gabriella Nasi
Jayme Neider
Ahmed Nijem
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