The six contestants for Miss Villa Novan are: Heather Chenot, Asley Corrales, Allyson McKenna, Kristina Pralaya, Kayla Rego, and Kalasia Richer!
There are 12 contestants for Mr. Villa Novan are: Isaiah Thomas, Ismael Arias, Miguel Baez, Alex Batista, Keith Jilette, Alieu Njai, Matt Omosemi, Michal Pisarek, John Sorenson, Darren Souvannavongsa, Noah Upshur, and Hunter Oppenheim.
MRS. LOCKE'S STUDENTS TEACH SAVOIE'S 5TH-GRADERS ABOUT ENERGY
The following students from Ms. Locke's Physics class taught 5th graders from Savoie Elementary School about energy: Olivia Akinsunmoye, Alexzandro Batista, Kyle Beaulieu, Michelle Bessette, Abigail Blais, Maxwell Charpentier, Zachary Damon, Elizabeth DiTomasso, Devon Fague, Cody Gonzalez,
Romello Hill, Michael Kukulski, Lucas Lacoste, Pawel Linek, Skyla Lizotte, Madison Marcotte, and Bethany Pimental-Bowman.
Romello Hill, Michael Kukulski, Lucas Lacoste, Pawel Linek, Skyla Lizotte, Madison Marcotte, and Bethany Pimental-Bowman.
SKYLAR SUFFOLETTO AND BRYNLEIGH DEGRE FROM CLASS OF 2016 AT JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY'S NEW BOWEN TECHNOLOGY BUILDING
Alumni Elijah Vazquez, Class of 2015, a member of the CCRI Men's Basketball team scored a game-high 20 points on six 3-pointers on their win vs ASA College-Miami on Saturday, December 31
BRETT CODERRE, CLASS OF 2008, IS TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES
IN 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR AT WHS!
MARISSA SILVA, CLASS OF 2009, IS TEACHING MUSIC AT LEO SAVOIE 2016-2017!
CLASS OF 2016's KYLE BEAULIEU WINS
SPORTSMANSHIP AND TEAM LEADERSHIP SKILLS AWARD
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OUR SENIOR FAMILY
CLASS OF 2016 TO YOU AND YOURS!
FOOD DRIVE SENIOR PROJECT BY WACTC HOSPITALITY'S
ALEXANDRA GONZALEZ
Alexandra Gonzalez, a hospitality/travel senior, Class of 2016, at the Woonsocket Area Career and Technical Center, organized a food drive for the month of December as her senior project. Students and faculty collected over 1000 food items to benefit the Connecting Children and Families food bank here in Woonsocket.
Right to left in the photo below with Alexandra is John Sorenson and Alexander Khounmixay. John and Alex helped Alexandra fill the van with all the collected food. We are proud of you and your accomplishment Alexandra!
CONGRATULATIONS RONNY GENAO, CLASS OF 2006 WINNER GEORGE NASUTI NOVANS PRIDE 5K WITH A TIME OF 18:13
ALUMNI AT NASUTI 5K
CONNOR FUGERE,CLASS OF 2014, FORMER THROWER ON THE TRACK & FIELD TEAM RETURNS TO HELP THIS YEAR'S TEAM!
Connor with Jared Briere, Jacob Greenless, and Coach Piette
ALUMNI AT "A NIGHT IN NEW YORK" BENEFIT CABARET-JACOB CHIPPO, EMILY LUTHER, THE BOURBONNIERES COREY AND COURTNEY
WACTC HEALTH CAREERS ALUMNI CORA HUNT, CLASS OF 2011
REGISTERED NURSE WITH A BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN NURSING
RETURNS TO SHARE HER EXPERIENCES WITH MRS. BACON'S CLASS
WOONSOCKET HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI TO PLAY PART IN
ASSUMPTION COLLEGE'S TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
APRIL 22-24
Samantha Smith, Class of 2013 has been cast as a daughter in the production. Samantha is a Human Service and Rehabilitation studies major with a concentration in Occupational Therapy. At WHS she was cast as Serena Katz in the musical "Fame". See Samantha at the Hanover Theatre for the Preforming Arts.
JACOB CHIPPO, CLASS OF 2013, A JR AT RIC, MAKING HIS PROFESSIONAL DEBUT AS SOLOIST WITH RI CIVIC CHORALE & ORCESTRA MARCH 12! NOVAN PROUD!
Jacob's 1st professional performance was a huge success! He received excellent reviews from the conductor, his personal voice coach, the president of RIC, Nancy Cariuolo, the governor, Gina Raimondo, his peers, audience members, , and of course, his family.
RIC junior Jacob Chippo had seen his share of concert stages as a member of five different RIC choral ensembles, but when the tenor entered the Music Mansion for the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra’s 8th annual Collegiate Vocal Competition, he knew he was up against the big guns.
Among his competitors were graduate and undergraduate students from Boston’s four most prestigious music schools – the New England Conservatory, Boston University, the Boston Conservatory and the Longy School of Music.
Only four singers from each of the voice ranges – soprano, alto, tenor and bass – would come away with cash prizes and the opportunity to sing as soloists with the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Edward Markward. It was the latter prize that was most coveted by the aspiring singers.
Chippo selected for his audition an aria from Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation.” His voice is “beautiful,” said Chippo’s voice teacher, Adjunct Professor of Music Don St. Jean. “His voice is clear and strong, with a passion and depth of understanding that is more characteristic of artists with more experience and training. These qualities are unusual for a singer at the undergraduate level, which is a time of considerable development and vocal transition. Jacob performs at a level one would expect from a graduate student or young professional.”
And it was those qualities that won Jacob Chippo the competition. His reaction, he said, was both humility and euphoria.
On March 12 Chippo made his first venture into the professional world as a soloist. Conductor Markward, professor emeritus of music at RIC, presented two masses: Michael Haydn’s “Missa Sancti Gabrielis” and Schubert’s “Magnificat in C Major.”
INFORMATION FROM THE RIC WEBSITE
RIC junior Jacob Chippo had seen his share of concert stages as a member of five different RIC choral ensembles, but when the tenor entered the Music Mansion for the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra’s 8th annual Collegiate Vocal Competition, he knew he was up against the big guns.
Among his competitors were graduate and undergraduate students from Boston’s four most prestigious music schools – the New England Conservatory, Boston University, the Boston Conservatory and the Longy School of Music.
Only four singers from each of the voice ranges – soprano, alto, tenor and bass – would come away with cash prizes and the opportunity to sing as soloists with the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Edward Markward. It was the latter prize that was most coveted by the aspiring singers.
Chippo selected for his audition an aria from Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation.” His voice is “beautiful,” said Chippo’s voice teacher, Adjunct Professor of Music Don St. Jean. “His voice is clear and strong, with a passion and depth of understanding that is more characteristic of artists with more experience and training. These qualities are unusual for a singer at the undergraduate level, which is a time of considerable development and vocal transition. Jacob performs at a level one would expect from a graduate student or young professional.”
And it was those qualities that won Jacob Chippo the competition. His reaction, he said, was both humility and euphoria.
On March 12 Chippo made his first venture into the professional world as a soloist. Conductor Markward, professor emeritus of music at RIC, presented two masses: Michael Haydn’s “Missa Sancti Gabrielis” and Schubert’s “Magnificat in C Major.”
INFORMATION FROM THE RIC WEBSITE
RIC JUNIOR JACOB CHIPPO HAS A VOICE CLASS
WITH ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC DON ST. JEAN
Chippo inwardly bowed to his mentor St. Jean for training him so well. The young tenor hopes to become a music educator himself and perform professionally; he cited St. Jean as his model.
Double majoring in music performance and music education, Chippo said he wants to inspire a passion for music in young people the way his early teachers inspired him.
He attributed his elementary and high school choral programs for building within him confidence in his talent, leadership and friendships.
With a smile, he explained what an “awkward kid” he was: “I was incredibly shy. I didn’t hang out with a lot of people or get involved in a ton of after-school clubs like a lot of my friends.” In fact, Chippo’s first after-school program in fourth grade was a choral club. “I’ve been in choruses ever since,” he said. “I wasn’t excited about school, but if it was chorus day, I was excited to go.”
At RIC, Chippo is vice president of Tonally Awesome, an a cappella student club; he is vice president of the RIC Chorus; treasurer of the RIC chapter of the National Association for Music Education; after-school music teacher at Coelho Middle School; a member of the RIC Chorus, Chamber Singers and Opera Workshop; and employed as a choir member at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church.
In the spring, he will perform with fellow RIC Chorus members in Italy, with stops at the Vatican and the Colosseum in Rome.
INFORMATION FROM THE RIC WEBSITE
Double majoring in music performance and music education, Chippo said he wants to inspire a passion for music in young people the way his early teachers inspired him.
He attributed his elementary and high school choral programs for building within him confidence in his talent, leadership and friendships.
With a smile, he explained what an “awkward kid” he was: “I was incredibly shy. I didn’t hang out with a lot of people or get involved in a ton of after-school clubs like a lot of my friends.” In fact, Chippo’s first after-school program in fourth grade was a choral club. “I’ve been in choruses ever since,” he said. “I wasn’t excited about school, but if it was chorus day, I was excited to go.”
At RIC, Chippo is vice president of Tonally Awesome, an a cappella student club; he is vice president of the RIC Chorus; treasurer of the RIC chapter of the National Association for Music Education; after-school music teacher at Coelho Middle School; a member of the RIC Chorus, Chamber Singers and Opera Workshop; and employed as a choir member at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church.
In the spring, he will perform with fellow RIC Chorus members in Italy, with stops at the Vatican and the Colosseum in Rome.
INFORMATION FROM THE RIC WEBSITE