Kenston School News
Kenston Center Stage presents a socially distanced version of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on Nov. 19, 20 and 21, with performances at 7 p.m. and a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee on Nov. 19...
Center Stage Presents…
Kenston Center Stage presents a socially distanced version of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on Nov. 19, 20 and 21, with performances at 7 p.m. and a 2 p.m. Saturday matinee on Nov. 19. The production will feature two alternating casts and crew comprised of the following students: Joey Bing, Dom Blogna, Valerie Brown, Skylar Cinch, Molly Cohen, Victor Como, Audrey Cowan, Leah Denno, Micah Greenberg, Sam Gulas, Lynae Hairston, Ashley Handwerk, Patrick Keane, Nya Ku, Mia Lioudis, Ben Millard, Matthew Pierce, Rebecca Preneta, Becca Rengers, Carley Riggins, Cailey Rogers, Emily Rolf, Jackson Rosneck, Claire Rottman, Nathan Snyder, Owen Stice, Jon Tatara, Lily Tatara, Adler Weber and Phillip Witmer-Rich.
An eclectic group of six area champion spellers vie for the coveted trophy that is to be awarded to the winner of the Putnam County Spelling Bee. The spellers make their way through a series of potentially made-up words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, un-life affirming “ding” of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller will emerge victorious. At least the losers receive a juice box.
Seating will be very limited for this production. Contact Julie Green via email at Julia.green@kenstonapps.org for tickets.
Speech and Debate
Kenston Middle School’s Speech and Debate team competed virtually at its first tournament of the season, sponsored by John F. Kennedy High School in Warren. Congrats to Porter Fontana, Charlie McBride, Charlotte Syslo, Joey Triscaro and Grace Voudris for getting their first tournament of the season under their belt. The Public Forum Debate teams each had three wins and one loss, with McBride/Syslo taking first place and Triscaro/Voudris taking second place. Fontana competed in Congressional Debate in his first-ever speech and debate tournament.
KMS students Marin Carlson, Demi Marshall, Charlie McBride, Kherington Swader, Charlotte Syslo and Grace Voudris competed in Speech and Debate at Ursuline in Youngstown on Halloween. Grace Voudris took first place in Extemporaneous Debate with an undefeated 3-0 record. Charlie McBride and Grace Voudris took second place in Public Forum Debate. Kherington took fifth place in Congressional Debate, and Demi Marshall took fifth place in Oratory.
Timmons Lunch Bunch
Congratulations to Timmons Elementary School Students selected for Lunch Bunch honors in October. Kindergartners honored with “Respect” awards were Karlis Apelis, Emmett Danzi, Amelia Davis, Abigail Fender, Lily Leffler, Fiona McIvor, London Stanley, Carlina Szabo and Lucas Touzalin. First-graders honored were Giordanna “Danna” Somich, Ruth Armstrong, Corinne Saccardi, Savannah Susman, Norah Ackroyd, Aubrianna Falletta, Bella Liotta and Jonathan Wright.
Second-graders were Kyla Kucharson, Levi McArdle, Lily Oliver, Ethan Sommers, Ireland Szarka, Nico Thornton and Lincoln VanFossen. Third-graders were Georgia Burke, Owen Danzi, Fiona DiFiore, Lillian Hoffman-Konst, Marlena Kawash, Harper Milroy, Violet Myers, Mason Puma and Ryan Zawitz.
