The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/2018/page/57/)
Overlooking the Connecticut River in Suffield, the fields and streams of Hilltop Farm are a great place to learn about the outside world. Participants in the summer nature programs at Hilltop will explore the outdoors through science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) based activities and experiments developed by UConn scientists and by our teachers.
The Suffield Public Schools is very proud of the young men and women who participate in the ACES High Robotics team. Most recently they competed in the New England District Championship and qualified for participation in the World Championships in Detroit!
The gymnasts of Suffield Middle School presented their annual exhibition in the school gym on April 4, with applause for notable performances from the proud audience of family and friends. For an hour and a half, the 32 students participating, singly and occasionally in pairs and small squads, demonstrated almost everything from somersaults and cartwheels to graceful floor events on the big mat and impressive feats on the balance beam, the uneven bars, suspended rings and vaulting horses.
Wouldn’t it be great if every dysfunctional family could be harmonized by a magical visitor like Mary Poppins? That’s what Julie Andrews as Mary did for the Banks family in the 1964 film, and this reviewer remembers Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews well in that film and still occasionally sings the music to himself.
The Doyon family and Kyle Englander are hosting a 5K Memorial Road Race in memory of ET2 Dustin L. Doyon of the Unites States Navy, who lost his life while serving on the USS John S. McCain on August 21, 2017. Dustin was known by his shipmates as a world class athlete, and for running the decks every day while deployed.
Congratulations to Marissa Guzzo who was chosen as the Rotary Student of the Month for March. Marissa is a senior at Suffield High School and also attends The Greater Hartford Academy of Math and Science.
Congratulations to Amanda Litvak who was chosen as a 2018 winner of the Connecticut Affiliate of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Award for Aspirations in Computing. The award will be presented to Amanda at a reception on Tuesday May 8 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford in conjunction with the Hartford Technology Forum, jointly sponsored by the Central Connecticut chapter of the Society for Information Management and the Greater Hartford Chapter of Women in Technology International.
At the Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), SHS had the highest participation ever with 17 projects from 24 students reaching the semi-finals. SHS had 6 students earn 2nd Honors (top 2% in the state) while 18 students earned 3rd Honors (top 3% in the state).
Miriam Dugas is a senior at SHS and has been a member of the Suffield Regional Agriscience Program for the past four years. She has grown up on her family’s dairy farm, Smyth’s Trinity Farm in Enfield, Connecticut all of her life where she assists with milking the herd and working in the dairy processing plant and store.
