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Scholar Athletes

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Congratulations to Nora Shanks and Charles Brydges for being named the male and female scholar athletes for the Class of 2020. They were nominated to receive the Connecticut High School Coaches Association scholarship. In order to be nominated, students must have earned at least one varsity athletic letter, have achieved a minimum academic average of 3.0 and have demonstrated exemplary citizenship and leadership. Out of all the students nominated throughout Connecticut, four $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to the top two boys and top two girls selected by a committee. Coach Casolari commented, “I have worked with Charles both in the classroom and on the athletic field, and he is an exceptional leader in both areas.

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ShopRite Kindness Award

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Each month Suffield High School chooses a student to receive the ShopRite Kindness Award, given to a student who has shown kindness in one way or another. The student chosen has demonstrated one or more of the following characteristics: exemplary citizenship, civic awareness, responsibility, leadership, commitment to others and helping others. In addition to the honorary recognition, ShopRite will donate $50 to the charity of the student’s choice. Congratulations o Gretchen Gustafson, who was chosen to receive the ShopRite Kindness Award for October. Gretchen was nominated by Ms. Lisa Goodwin who said, “Gretchen was a student of mine in Honors Algebra II last year.

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CAPSS Award Winners

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It is with great pleasure that I announce the recipients of the 2019-2020 Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents (CAPSS) Student Award recipients for the Suffield Public Schools. This year’s honorees are Kati Davis (Grade 12) and Anna Washburn (Grade 8). Adding to her collection of awards and recognitions, Kati Davis was nominated by the faculty and staff of Suffield High School to receive this year’s recognition. Kati currently serves on Class Council, as treasurer for the class of 2020, and courageously completed back-to-back shifts in the dunk tank during Suffield on the Green. In addition to her efforts in organizing the Dustin Doyon Road Race, she participated in several community cleanups, Readers for Leaders, the Chick-Fil-A Leadership Academy, and was a recipient of the Rochester Young Leaders Award.

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Rotary Student of the Month

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Congratulations to Kati Davis, who was chosen as the Rotary Student of the Month for September. Kati is an honor student and currently a senior at Suffield High School. Kati has received various awards over the years, such as the Rotary Youth Leadership Award, awards in Social Studies, World Language and Life Education, as well as the University of Rochester’s Young Leaders Award. She has been recognized for Academic Excellence, and has received several Scholar/Athlete awards for achieving academic excellence while participating in athletics. Kati has been a member of the Varsity Girls Soccer team for four years and is currently one of the co-captains.

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Hearing the Autistic Voice

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The Suffield community is invited to attend a series of educational events that will inform and inspire on the subject of autism. A national speaker on the subject, Jeanne Beard of National Autism Academy, will be coming to Suffield on December 3. This event is sponsored by Partnering to Reach Aspirations as part of its mission to help transition recent graduates with high functioning ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) from student life to independent living in our community. Funding has been provided by the Amiel P. Zak Public Service Fund. By better understanding this profile and the neurodiverse mind, we as a community will be of better support, will provide more opportunities and will mutually benefit from working together.

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Aces High has a Great Season

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The Suffield High/Windsor Locks High Robotics Team, known as Aces High 176, made a trip to Detroit, Mich., near the end of the last school year to compete in the World Championship of the FIRST Robotics Competition.

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Suffield High School Alumni News

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Nolan McCoy is a 2014 graduate of Suffield High School. He was captain of the basketball team in 2013 and 2014. 

To make a long story short, this kid is doing some outstandingly inspirational work. He graduated from Northeastern last year, and after that he did some community work in South Africa for eight months. He is now about to head to Rwanda for a year. This trip to Rwanda is a fellowship for an organization called Shooting Touch.