St. Christopher School

Christian Avard '85 reports that he is a staff reporter for the Deerfield Valley News in Dover, VT. Among his "beats" is Twin Valley High School sports in Wilmington, VT. He covers soccer, basketball, snowboarding/skiing, baseball, softball, girls lacrosse and golf. Recently, Christian won the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association media award, an award given to print/tv journalists for excellence in promoting the sport of basketball in Vermont. Congratulations to Christian!

Diana Heath, mother of Elizabeth Heath, reports that Elizabeth is in her fourth year at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. She is an electro-mechanical engineering major with a strong interest in robotics. She interned this past summer at iRobot and was sent to White Sands Missile Range/Fort Bliss to do on-site adjustments/repairs of the iRobot SUGV (small unmanned ground vehicle) that our soldiers are using in Afganistan.

This Spring saw several St. Chris alumni and Bishop Guertin students inducted into the National Art Honor Society. Tapped for the honor were Nola Ennis '03, Stephanie Joerger '04, Victor Puksta '04 and Annie Reilly '04. Congratulations to each of them!

Peter Reilly '02 continues his stellar career, both athletically and academically, at the U.S. Naval Academy. In July, Peter was named to the 2009 Patriot League Golf Academic Honor Roll, along with five of his teammates. The Navy website notes:

Hailing from Merrimack, N.H., Reilly competed in half of Navy's tournament schedule where he finished the year with a 76.5 stroke average. Additionally, he earned a 1-up victory over Army's Adam Renfroe in singles play to help lead the Mids to a win in the Star Match last October. Reilly's best finish was his sixth-place performance at the conference championship where he became the third Navy player to be crowned the Patriot League Rookie of the Year. He made his way onto the league's academic honor roll after recording a 3.31 GPA during the spring semester. Heading into his second year at the Academy, Reilly has selected mechanical engineering as his field of study.

Two 2003 graduates have been awarded Congressional nominations to our nation’s service academies by Congressman Paul Hodes. Thomas Indelicato of Amherst has been nominated to the U.S. Air Force Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy. Amy Polaneczky of Nashua has been nominated to the U.S. Air Force Academy. Congratulations to both of them!