RCK STUDENT SPOTLIGHT FEATURES GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY OUR KETCHAM STUDENTS!

SCHOLARSHIP HONORS

Congratulations to these Class of 2023 seniors who were awarded scholarships by the Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls.

Mandy Zhang, Sabrina Vilato, Neah Cooke, Amanda Arvelo, Madison Kaminski, Jennie Po, Nick Taylor, Robert Primrose, Devansh Gor and Ryan O'Connor.

We are very proud of all your accomplishments!

Congratulations to Aarysa Moore and Abby Kowalczyk for qualifying for the New York State Track and Field Championships next week. During Aarysa finished second in the 100m high hurdles and broke her own school record. Aarysa also finished second in the high jump. Abby won the 3,000 meter run with a decisive margin of victory of nearly 40 seconds. And although Amanda Arvelo did not qualify for the State Meet, she placed 4th in the long jump, and eclipsed a 30 year old school record in the process. 

Congatulazioni to the students that will be inducted into the Società Onoraria Italica Giovanni Da Verrazzano on 

Wednesday May 31st:

Kristy Belesaca Duque

Aubree Bishop

Madison DeFrancesco

Isabella DiGirolamo

Nadia DiMasi

Shannon Fitzsimmons

Sophia Kapogiannis

Brianna Lombardo-Merritt

Josette Pardonner

Jocelyn Pope

Juliana Praino

Nikki Scotto

Autumn Sneed

Noah Wasilko

Congratulations to all the students inducted this year to the

National Art Honor Society 

Congratulations to Sam Aldarondo ('23) and Isabella Williams ('23) for representing RCK and WCSD at the 2023 National Association for Music Education All Eastern Conference in Rochester! 

Congratulations to Sabrina Vilato ('23) for earning the Girl Scout Gold Award. Her project was called Level the Playing Field and Sabrina worked to promote female athletes at RCK and in WCSD. She created the Wappingers CSD Sports Hall of Fame website, installed a bulletin board in the locker room highlighting our RCK athletes and worked with the school and district administration to increase publicity for our female athletes. The Gold Award is the highest award in Girl Scouts and only 6% of girls achieve it annually. Way to go Sabrina!

Congratulations to the 51 students inducted on March 30, 2023 into the Ellen Ochoa Chapter of Sociedad Hispanica Honoraria.

Felicidades!

RCK Société Honoraire de Francais presented Café des Artistes on March 17th. Senior Abigail led the event, which included step-by-step instructions on painting a beautiful field of lavender.

 Congratulations to Senior Alma Gabriel for being recognized as the March 2023 Student of the Month by The Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls. Winners receive a certificate of recognition and a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble from the Rotary Club, a gift certificate from Longobardi's and a certificate from Town of Wappinger Supervisor Richard Thurston and Village of Wappingers Falls Mayor Rick Cerino. Congratulations and keep up the good work!  

RCK Interact did a wonderful job representing their club and our school in the Annual Dutchess St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Congratulations to Connor Hitt and Abby Kowalczyk who are competing in the NYS Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex. Abby is competing in the 3000m and Connor in the 1600m event. All of Ketcham Nation is cheering for you!

The Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls is proud of our Roy C. Ketcham High School Interact Club for participating in Interact week in November 2022. They were officially recognized with a certificate of participation by Rotary’s Programs for Young Leaders Team for submitting a video of what Interact means to them. Great job RCK Interact Club for putting some thought into the video and being in it! Click the following link to watch the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVGgH-q8GBk

Congratulations to Senior Madison Kaminski for being recognized as the February 2023 Student of the Month by The Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls. Winners receive a certificate of recognition and a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble from the Rotary Club, a gift certificate from Longobardi's and a certificate from Town of Wappinger Supervisor Richard Thurston and Village of Wappingers Falls Mayor Rick Cerino. Congratulations and keep up the good work!

Congratulations to Matt Masch for winning the 145lb section 1 championship title. He is the 15th Section 1 Wrestling champion in school history. He will compete at the New York State tournament.

Congratulations to senior Eddy Corporan who took fifth place and earned all-section at 152 lbs at the Section 1 wrestling championships.

Congratulations to the RCK Science Olympiad team for placing 9th out of 34 teams at the New York State Science Olympiad Mid-Hudson Regional tournament held at John Jay High School on Feb. 4 & 5.

We earned medals in 12 events. 

Our A Team placed 9th overall out of 34 teams competing.

1st Place - Environmental Chemistry (Jonny Lichwick and Hilary McRae)

2nd Place - It's About Time (Shiven Dabhi)

3rd Place - WiFi Lab (Shiven Dabhi and Khushaal Swaminarayan)

 

 

 

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Congratulations from Mid-Hudson Chinese Community Association  

We recognize the school’s initiative for cultural diversity & harmony in the school, and the importance of fine art & music education in promoting cultural awareness. It is our pleasure to invite you and your school community to come join us in our annual celebration as well as to support your students in their community service and heritage engagement.   

This year, we are happy to announce that the following students will be recognized for their Leadership, Community Service and their many contributions as MHCCA cultural ambassadors. 

Jennie Po   “Outstanding Youth Leader Award” 12th 

Brian Ng      “Community Volunteer Award”    12th 

                           

Best wishes for the Year of the Rabbit and Wishing you a prosperous and thriving Rabbit Year and a Rabbit Year that leaps high with energy in all your endeavors! 

SENIOR JOE ARCURE HEADED TO SECTIONALS!!

Congratulations to Joseph Arcure '23 on the successful bowling season for 2022-23. Joe bowled a 288, which is the highest in the league. He is headed to sectionals on Feb. 14. 

Congratulations to the RCK students who earned Silver Key and Gold Key honors for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards 

Congratulations to Eddy Corporan ‘23. PoJo Athlete of the Week Jan. 14-22. A multi-sport athlete and all-around incredible student!

Congratulations to the wrestling team for winning the Beacon Wrestling Tournament Jan. 21-22.. Eddy Corporan and Matt Masch were both individual champions. The highlight was Eddy pinning the #1 ranked undefeated wrestler in Section 9 from Washingtonville High School in the championship match. Jonah Usher placed 3rd, Steven Suter placed 2nd, Angelo Battista placed 3rd, Mike Ricci placed 2nd, Asher Slaughter placed 3rd. Matt Masch was also voted the Most Outstanding Wrestling of the entire tournament. This is his 4th MOW award this year.

Congratulations to Amanda Arvelo ('23) Youth Honoree for the Catharine Street Legacy and Family Support Program and Roosevelt Institute 2023 College Scholarship. The Annual Martin Luther King, Jr Breakfast sponsored by the Catharine Street Legacy Committee is held in January. The event honors community leaders in partnership with the Roosevelt Institute and provides scholarships to local youth who plan to pursue higher education. Winners must show academic achievement as well as community involvement.

Members and advisors from Masque & Mime attended the High School Theatre Conference at the Villa Roma in Callicoon, NY hosted by the New York State Theater Education Association. The weekend is filled with educational theatre workshops, performances, and special events. Seniors Katelyn Hansom and Colin Nappi had their scripts chosen and performed for the Playwright Showcase. Thank you to advisors Mr. & Mrs. Evaul and Mr. Tornatore.

Students (l-r) Colin Nappi, Dylan Sharrock, Sophia Gasperini, Samuel Aldarondo, Rachel Prongay, Brianna Vivace, Lea Diaz, Katelyn Hansom.

Matt Masch placed 5th at the Eastern States Classic Tournament on Jan. 14. Many consider this tournament even harder than states and Matt faced strong opponents. He had a huge victory over the #1 ranked wrestler in New York State (D2). In the quarterfinals, his match was tied 6-6 with :13 left when Matt got a takedown to win. He was defeated in the semi-finals by the two-time Rhode Island state finalist and 2020 Rhode Island state champion.  Matt had the highest finish of any Section 1 Wrestler.

Congratulations to Senior Erin McConologue for being recognized as the January 2023 Student of the Month by The Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls. Winners receive a certificate of recognition and a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble from the Rotary Club, a gift certificate from Longobardi's and a certificate from Town of Wappinger Supervisor Richard Thurston and Village of Wappingers Falls Mayor Rick Cerino. Congratulations to all!

Congratulations to Jinx Hill & Mikayla Brown, winners of the Poetry Out Loud competition.

Congratulations to Jonny Lichwick and Jessica Murphy for placing 3rd in Chemistry Lab at the Columbia Invitational on Saturday. Jonny also earned a 6th place medal in Experimental Design along with Jacob Duchi and Andrew Fabrizio. Great job Olympians!

Congratulations to Matt Masch for winning the Mid-Hudson Wrestling Tournament in December. Matt was the only Dutchess County champion to win the tournament. He had an 8-0 record over the two-day event that included 24 teams from Section 1, Section 9, Catholic/Private schools, NYC, CT and Long Island.

Congratulations to Senior Neah Cooke for being recognized as the December 2022 Student of the Month by The Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls. Winners receive a certificate of recognition and a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble from the Rotary Club, a gift certificate from Longobardi's and a certificate from Town of Wappinger Supervisor Richard Thurston and Village of Wappingers Falls Mayor Rick Cerino. Congratulations to all!  

Congratulations to Olivia Brennan '23 for earning her Girl Scouts Gold Award! Olivia built and installed a Little Library at Sheafe Road Elementary School and Vassar Road Elementary School. Only about 5 percent of Girl Scouts earn the Gold Award and her achievement is a great one!

So very proud of Tyler Adams ('17) for his amazing job as captain of the US Men's National Team at the 2022 World Cup.

FALL SCHOLAR ATHLETES

Congratulations to the Fall 2022-2023 Roy C. Ketcham Athletic Teams on receiving the following NYS Scholar Athlete recognition:

 

Cheerleading - 3 individual award recipients (Team average 89.33)

Boys Cross Country - Team Award and 12 individual award recipients (Team average 94.39)

Girls Cross Country - Team Award and 6 individual award recipients (Team average 95.2)

Field Hockey - Team Award and 14 individual award recipients (Team average 94.73)

Football - 8 individual award recipients (Team average 88.49)

Boys Soccer - Team Award and 15 individual award recipients (Team average 92.63)

Girls Soccer - Team Award and 19 individual award recipients (Team average 95.22)

Girls Swim - Team Award and 6 individual award recipients (Team average 94.49)

Girls Tennis - Team Award and 15 individual award recipients (Team average 96.14)

Girls Volleyball - Team Award and 9 individual award recipients (Team average 93.97)

WCSD Boys Volleyball - Team Award and 8 individual recipients (Team average (93.06)

 

Criteria for receiving the team award - The team's average for 75% of the roster must be greater than or equal to 90.00.

Criteria for receiving the individual award - 90.00 or greater GPA

Congratulations 1st Quarter Honor Roll

Congratulations to Angelina Buonato ('23) for being named All-League for Section 1!

Congratulations to RCK girls varsity swim team for taking 4th in their conference championships on October 29. Shout out to Abigail Mathews for a personal best swim in the 500 free and to Olivia Nguyen for a personal best swim in the  100 free.   The 200 Medley Relay of Kaelynn Odums, Olivia Nguyen, Abigail Mathew and Nella Morgan took 2nd place and the same girls swam the 200 free relay and took first place. 

Congratulations to our seniors on Wappingers Volleyball. This was the first year for a boys volleyball team in our school district and their hard work and determination was proven on the court!

Seniors: (top row, L-R) Jason Muesser, Jared Terzian, Danny Barros, Joey Cservak, Jerry Guerrero (front row, L-R) Devansh Gor, Christopher Maurer, Brian Ng, Mason Liang, William Dickson.

Congratulations to Ryan Zindler who was named Athlete of the Week by the Poughkeepsie Journal for the week of Oct. 3 to Oct. 9  The junior did all the scoring against Spring Valley on October 7. He scored a career-high SIX goals to lead Ketcham in a 6-1 win. 

Congratulations to Junior Jamie O'Neill for being named October 2022 Student of the Month by the Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls

Congratulations to our Ketcham students who were named NYSSMA CONFERENCE ALLSTATE MUSICIANS - Samuel Aldarondo, Thomas Ostrander, Jennie Po (alt) and Isabella Williams.

The Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls recognizes World Interact Week. World Interact Week is celebrated every year during the week of 5 November to commemorate the founding of the first Interact club in 1962. On behalf of all the Wappingers Falls Rotarians, President Elect Todd Bowen gave a certificate of appreciation to Roy C. Ketcham High School Interact Club Advisor Mr. Remick, Interact President Hilary, Interact President Moriah and Vice-President Amir (not pictured) for their dedication and service to Interact and their community. We would also like to thank all of the RCK Interact members!

Congratulations to our Field Hockey team Seniors! Senior Night was held October 3rd in honor of Class of '23 Seniors Alyssa Butler, Ava Gambichler, Hailey Hrouda and Sabrina Vilato. We are so proud of you!

Congratulations to Connor Hitt for being recognized as the September Student of the Month by the Rotary Club of Wappingers Falls. 

Congratulations to 

Abigail Mathews, Ketcham swimming

The senior won the 200-yard individual medley (2:46.13) and the 500 freestyle (6:38.35) and was part of the winning 200 medley relay as Ketcham defeated Port Chester on September 30,

Ketcham athletes shine at Cross Country event

Congratulations to Abby Kowalczyk (c) and Connor Hitt (r) for placing first and second in their respective races at the Wave-Mania Cross Country Invitational in Warwick on Sept 10. Also medalling was Eddy Corporan (l). In addition to their success, every athlete showed substantial improvement over last year's times.Great job by all!