2008-09 RECOGNITIONS
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ART
Artists of Distinction 2008-2009
The following students have artwork featured in Designs and Dreams,
having been selected by a jury of art teachers to exhibit in this
yearlong show at the Public Education Building. Designs and Dreams
is the largest display of children’s art in the state, and
we are proud of the following students who earned this recognition:
| Adler Emily |
7 |
pencil/paint |
self portrait |
| Ceppaluni Kira |
7 |
colored pencil |
color scheme unity/variety |
| Gustason Kenzi |
7 |
pencil/paint |
self portrait |
| Hostettler Lukas |
7 |
pencil/paint |
self portrait |
| Johnston Austin |
7 |
collage |
self portrait |
| Kreeger Morgan |
7 |
pencil/paint |
self portrait |
| Martin Zahkia |
7 |
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eric carle style collage |
| Masi Philip |
7 |
pencil/paint |
self portrait |
| Nance Roderick |
7 |
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eric carle style collage |
| Nance Roderick |
7 |
pencil/paint |
self portrait |
| Pakrosnis Allie |
7 |
colored pencil |
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| Pandya Aalap |
7 |
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self portrait |
| Patel Damini |
7 |
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eric carle style collage |
| Patel Rhea |
7 |
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| Peck Brittany |
7 |
pencil/paint |
self portrait |
| Russo Amber |
7 |
paint/mixed |
eric carle style collage |
| Silva Ashley |
7 |
pencil/paint |
self portrait |
| Solum Hannah |
8 |
collage abstract |
self portrait |
JINGLE DICKENS
 Several
talented art students stayed after school many evenings to create
a unique reindeer for the Deer Santa project. Our reindeer ,“Jingle
Dickens” was a Christmas tree spirit, shaped like a reindeer.
He was auctioned at Bell Tower on December 5th for 225.00. The
money will benefit Voices for Kids, a children’s advocacy
organization.
Ms. Mills would like to thank and recognize the following students
for participating in this project: Chelsea McClain, Annie
Pritchard, Laciey D’Agostino, Emily Adler, and
especially Brooke Douglas who stayed every evening
and designed Jingle’s special bird friends (who perched
in his antlers). Thanks for giving of your time and talent to
help children!
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 BAND
Auditions for the 2008-09 Lee All-County Honor
Band were held October 21st. Thirteen band students from PLDMS earned
positions in the band. They are:
David Barrow, Ty Christoff, Amy Devries, Kyle Fauerbach,
Emily Fraser, Alex Garcia, Pablo Gomez, Nishani Karunamuni, Alex
Kumar, Jacob Lynch, Bhuvna Mahajan, Caline McCarthy, and
Danial Zuberi.
This is a wonderful achievement. Congatulations to all of them!
Ty Christoff, 7th Grade trumpet, was selected
to perform with the Florida All-State Middle School Honor Band.
The band is part of the Florida Music Educators Clinic and Conference
held at the Tampa Convention Center in January. |
| BAND
February 5, the PLDMS Jazz Band participated in the Florida District
18 music performance assessment concert at Lehigh High School.
The band had an amazing performance and received a straight superior
rating. This is very hard for any band to achieve – it is
the best rating possible.
Congratulations to all the band members – these kids are
the best! |
February 7th, 21 band students from PLDMS participated in the
Florida District 18 Solo & Ensemble Festival at Lehigh High
School. Two of our students, Kevyn Lee and Ryan
Foor, performed very well and received an Excellent
rating for their work.
Nineteen other students had exceptional performances and received
Superior ratings. These students are:
Austin Sabo, Jacob Vaness, NaJa Tarver, Gustavo Ramirez,
Danial Zuberi, Jonathan Rongo, David Rongo, Chayana Burnside,
Logan Flint, Jacob Lynch, David Barrow, Ty Christoff, Petra Allen,
Lexi Fodor, Emily Hawkins, Nishani Karunamuni, Kamryn Lewis, Tyler
Foor, and Emily Summa
Congratulations to all! |
 CHORUS
The following students were selected for the
All-County Honor Chorus . The All-County Chorus performed in November
at Fort Myers High School. Congratulations !
Brody Baumann, Erica Pica, Elizabeth Harmon, Danielle
Jacoby and Ram Khalmuratov
Gaby Pearl made the All-State 7/8 Treble Chorus and will
be traveling to Tampa in January to perform in this honor chorus.
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| Please congratulate the chorus students for their performance February
26th, at the Florida Vocal Association Music Performance Assessment
at Barron Collier High School. They received straight superior ratings
in all categories!!!
Thank you for your support of these students!
Amber B. Blair
Choral Director
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 ORCHESTRA
Nisha Sharma was selected for the All-State
Middle School Honors Orchestra. She will be performing with this
group on January 10th in Tampa, FL.
The following students have been seleced for participation in
the All County Orchestra in January: Gabby Giotti, Noah
Joiner, Delia M’Bark, Nisha Sharma, Rhea Patel
and Ani Shirhatti.
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| Congratulations
to Dunbar Advanced Orchestra students, who received
straight superior ratings at the Florida Orchestra Association’s
Music Performance Assessment. They were the only middle school in
both Lee and Collier counties to achieve this distinction. The ratings
were judged by independent directors from the Tampa Day area. Their
hard work over many months paid off with great student achievement.
Congratulations.
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Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.Celebration of Diversity Poster Contest!
FIRST PLACE
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Ms. Andoscia's class accepted the
Local
Champions of the Movement Prize
Monday, January 19th at Centennial Park
and celebrated Dr. King’s Dream: Inspiring a new generation
through hope, courage & love! |
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Family History Month Essay
contest
Congratulations to the winners !
These students had to research and learn about their ancestors
as well as write a 400 word essay about one of them. They were
honored at the Lee County Genealogical Society meeting on Saturday.
Seth Marino 1st
Place
Chase Zahalka 2nd place
Honorable mentions :
Robert Burker, Jason Burns, Savanah Ceilly, Lauren Cohen,
Karen Downie, Yoanna Gueorguiev, Rachel Maguire, Tyson O’Gilvie,
Maria Ortiz, Vishnu Pate, Cody Prebble, Eden Riffelmacher, Luis
R*, Michael Santucci, Josiah Vega, and Kiara
Zavala
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CONGRATULATIONS
to
MADAME COFIELD
for being a Golden Apple Finalist !
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Even though she didn't actually win a Golden Apple, her students
thought she deserved one ! |
2008-09 Golden Apple Teacher Recognition Banquet |
|  GEOGRAPHY
BEE
Please congratulate the following students:
1st place –
school champion
Alex Kumar
2nd place – Jacob Lynch
3rd place – Bhuvna Mahajan
Alex will take a test to see if he qualifies to compete at the
state level. The state chooses the top 100 students in the state
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MATH
TEAM
On Saturday, February 28, 2009 Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School’s
Math Team participated in the Southwest Florida Regional MathCounts
competition. This event included 145 students from 26 middle schools,
representing Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties. Please join Ms.
Bur and myself in congratulating our award winning Math Team, including:
Nishani Karunamuni, Michael D’Angelo, Rhea
Patel, Ruchi Patel, and Greg Wagner.
PLDMS’ Team tied for Second Place and individual honors were
earned by Michael D’Angelo, who took 5th
place overall. The placement by our team makes us eligible to compete
at the statewide MathCounts competition at the end of March, in
Orlando. The top 3 schools at Saturday’s event were:
First Place- Community School of Naples
Second Place (tied)- Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School
Second Place (tied)- Oakridge Middle School (North Naples)
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Lee
County Middle School Math Competition
 Please
join in congratulating Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School’s
Math Team for its 1st place finish. This event included 10 middle
schools from Lee County. The top 3 schools were:
Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School
Caloosa Middle School
Diplomat Middle
Also, individual honors were earned by PLDMS’ Nishani Karunamuni
and Alex Garcia, who took 1st and 2nd place respectively.
Coaches: Mike Senicola and Meagan Bur |
|  NATIONAL
JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY 2008-09
Gabriella Alicia, Devin Azevedo, David Barrow, Nicholas
Betancourt, Charles Bisbee, Brooke Boers, Chayana Burnside, Leilani
Caban, Kira Ceppaluhi, Shreya Chaudhari, Indrasena Chilakala,
Leah Colucci, Sarah Correnti, Laciey D'Agostino, Michael D'Angelo,
Jenna Elliott, Austin Esposito, Cal Ferrante, Ryan Foor, Emily
Fraser, Alex Garcia, Kenzi Gustason, Brandon Hume, Shantyria Jacob,
Danielle Jacoby, Tracy Johnson-Cantwell, Nishani Karunamui, Brooke
Layport, Christopher Lick, Jacob Lynch, Pooja Majmundar, Uriel
Martinez, Mitchell Mason, Kascey Mayer, Kristen Michie, Isai Morales,
Mikayla Nickell, Victoria Nieves, Allison Pakrosnis, Joseph Palmer,
Aalap Pandya, Damini Patel, Rhea Patel, Melissa Pavone-Franco,
Benjamin Perkins, Somoleyah Roberts, Mya Samuel, Catherine Smith,
Julia Stevens, Gregory Wagner, Nicole Whipple.
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| ODYSSEY
OF THE MIND
On April 4th out Odyssey of the Mind team will be competing in
the state tournament in Orlando, Florida!
This Saturday at the regional competition held at Island Coast
High school they presented their long term “Earth Trek”
problem to rave reviews and received a perfect score on their
short term spontaneous problem. They came in second place-only
missing first place by 4 points!
The team has worked hard on this solution since September putting
in many hours each week before and after school, plus the weekends!
It has been a huge time commitment and we should all the very
proud of them!
Members of the state qualifying team are
Alex Garcia, Tyler Foor, Ryan Foor, Delia M’Bark,
Mathilde Morzaniga, and Megan Pena
We are looking forward to participating in the state tournament
and representing PLDMS and all the great things happening here!
Ms. Sarziniak
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2008-09 SCHOLAR'S
CLUB
Nick Betancourt, Brooke Layport, Andela Elusserre, Chayanna
Burnside, Nicole Whipple, Elijah Adams, Jeremy Ross, Cassidy
Fenske, Leilani Caban, Markisha Grant, Greg Wagner, Danielle
Jacoby, Alex Garcia, Kira Cappaluni, Brianna Butler, Kenzi Gustason,
Sara Correnti, Ryan Foor, Le'ah Colucci, Taylor Chase, Shantyria
Jacob, Joselin Reyes
Arteshia Pedroso, Cortnee Bates, Julious Forbes, Destinee
House, Bhuvria Mahajan, Sara Pinder, Austyn Kessinger, Askley
Williams, Connor Guerin, Jordin Jones, Chris Whipple, Taran
Sayre, Araceli Leon, Kenisha Ferrell, Kassidy Strawicki, Laren
Bielow, Amanda Bagaason, Ashley Perez, Ashley Stone, Serafina
Grottanelli, Delaney Kelly, Kelli Guenther, Alex Kuman, Amber
Richards, Lauryn Lee, Danielle Carwile, Kirsten Harrris, Brianna
DeMello, Amy DeVries, Guadalupe Sanchez, Caline McCarthy, Kayla
Auguste, Natalie Silver, Calvin Lebrun, Shaleyia Davies, Megan
Pena, Nicolas Klare.
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 2008-09
SCIENCE FAIR
Please join me in recognizing the following students for
their award winning science fair projects ANIMAL
SCIENCE
1st -Chandler
Francis
CHEMISTRY
1st-Ani
Shirhatti
2nd- Amber Richards & Erika Pzsota
3rd- Samantha Jean
Honorable Mention-Danielle Carwile
EARTH
SCIENCE
1st- Ram
Khalmuratov & Delia M’Bark
2nd- Tyler Foor
ENGINEERING
1st-Kyle
Palmer
2nd- Jonathan Rongo & David Rongo
3rd- Brody Baumann & Connor Guerin
ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE
1st- Alexa
Goldenhart
2nd- Mathilde Morzaniga
MEDICINE
& HEALTH SCIENCE
1st- Bhuvna
Mahajan
2nd-Erica Ginsburg
3rd- Alex Kumar
Honorable Mention- Danial Zuberi & Matthew
Browning
MICROBIOLOGY
1st- Emily
Helter
2nd- Rebekah Spinelli
2nd- Daniel Sax
3rd- Natalie Silver
Honorable Mention- Liliana Torres
PHYSICS
1st- Ty
Christoff
1st- Eric Salter
2nd- Nicholas Mangold &
Ryan Williams
2nd- Kyle Fauerbach
3rd- Ashley Stone
PLANT
SCIENCE
1st- Laren
Bigelow & Betsy Cox
1st- Amanda
Bagaason
2nd- Kelli Guenther
2nd- Joshua Dunn
3rd- Darrell Davis
Thomas Edison Regional
Science Fair
Congratulations to these students who represented
our school at the
Edison Regional Science Fair in January.
Laren Bigelow, Besty Cox, Amanda
Bagaason, Ty Christoff, Chandler
Francis, Alexa Goldenhart, Emily
Helter, Bhuvna Mahajan, Nick
Mangold, Mathilde Morzaniga, Kyle
Palmer, Eric Salter, Ani Shirhatti and Rebekah
Spinelli.
Out of 311 projects, four Dunbar students received
recognition at the Awards Ceremony
February 4th at FGCU. They are
Ani Shirhatti
Ty Christoff
Kyle Palmer
Mathilde Morzaniga
Their projects were exceptional and their hard
work paid off!
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Edison
Regional Science Fair
Four PLDMS students received awards for their
participation in the Edison Regional Science Fair. They have done
PLDMS proud!
Ani Shirhatti
First Place
Chemistry
Four Year Scholarship to Edison College
Mathilde Morzaniga
First Place
Environmental Sciences
Four Year Scholarship to FGCU
Ty Christoff
Second place
Engineering— Materials and Bioengineering
Kyle Palmer
Honorable Mention for Engineering--
Materials and Bioengineering
Nomination for the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge-
A program that is a national science competition
for students in middle school and
designed to recognize students in the field of science and mathematics.
Mathilde will also be participating in the State
Science Fair......only 14 out of approximately 300 projects received
this honor from the Edison region, a phenomenal accomplishment
for her and our science program here at Dunbar Middle School.
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PLDMS SPELLING BEE
A special congratulations to the 6 students who were competing
today for top speller. I tried and tried and finally had to go
to words not on the list. These kids are fabulous spellers!
The top Speller is……. Nick
Bettancourt 8th
2nd….Allie Pakrosnis 8th
3rd Mitchell Mason 8th
4th Bailey Duryea 6th
5th Noah Joiner 6th
I am very proud of my 6th graders spelling right along with the
8th graders!
Ms. Weis
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CONGRATULATIONS,
NICK !
Nick
Betancourt won the Lee County Spelling Bee in a long
and challenging 21 round contest ! Way to go, Nick ! Nick will
be participating the the Scripts-Howard National Spelling Bee
in Washington, DC.
Allie Pakronsis was the last girl standing and
placed fourth. Good job, Allie ! |
 2009
Social Studies Fair Awards
6th Grade Exhibit Category
1st Place
– Katie Bisbee Lewis Hine “An American
Photographer”
2nd Place – Tarani Chandok Elizabeth Blackwell
3rd Place – Kamryn Lewis Julius Sterling
Morton – Arbor Day
Honorable Mention
Yoanna Gueorguiev, Noah Joiner, Ashlea Al-Bahou, Nishk
Patel, Josiah Vega, Maria Ortiz, Tyson O’Gilvie, Tyra Gaymon,
Ivanna Alexander, Samira Kiwan
7th Grade Exhibit Category
1st Place Mathilde
Morzaniga Coco Chanel – The legend behind the brand
2nd Place Tyler Foor Alphonse Capone
3rd Place Chandler Francis Geroge Jenkins –
“Mr. George and The Boss”
Sarah Hoffman She’s Perfect. She’s
Nadia
Honorable Mention
Kelli Guenther, Ian Coleman, Kyle Palmer, Ty Christoff,
Amy Devries, Brianna Demello, Nick Mangold, Conner Guerrin, Bhuvna
Mahajan, Kaitlyn Brochin, Kyle Peiffer , Cortney Bates and Dillon
Pruskaner
8th Grade Exhibit
1st Place
– Brooke Layport Moses
2nd Place – Emily Helter Gregory “Pappy”
Boyington
3rd Place – Charlie Bisbee Brigham Young
“American Moses”
Honorable Mention
Chad Williamson, Teal Corkhill, Julia Stevens, Allie Pakrosnis,
Nick Bentancourt, Emily Fraser, Kenzie Gustason, Alexzandria Hinton
, Maria Garcia and Juan Chavez
Individual Documentary
1st Place Ryan
Foor Mozart: Musical Magician
Group Documentary
1st Place Nishani Karunamuni,
David Barrow and Elizabeth Harmon
Jim Jones: The Life and Legacy of a Man Who Called Himself God
Group Performance
HM – Leilani Caban and Heather
Crooks Lady Godiva Goes To Town
Historical Paper
1st Place Catherine
Smith Charles Dickens: Actions and Legacies of a man
with Great Expectations
2nd Place Mackenzie Arnold Jane Austin “An
Anonymous Influence”
3rd Place Laciey D’Agostino Joan of Arc
Maid of Orleans
Honorable Mention
Victoria Nieves and Alex Garcia
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Student Council Reps
for 2008-2009
6th Grade
Victoria Vasiloff, Cedric Robinson, Kyle Tan-Kyi, Katelyn
LeFrancious, Andre Thomas-Coob Edger Hernande, Beth Ganim, Mariah
Cotner, Leix Fodor, Tyra Sturgis, and Wendy Munoz
7th Grade
Cameron Turner, Julious Forbes, Ashley Perez, Ya’Quan
Powell, Megan Pena, David Martinez, Amanda Bagaason, Christopher
Ward, Laren Bigelow, Bionca Martinez, Mary Desir, Sidney Scott
and Nick Mangold
8th Grade
Elijah Adams, Mikal Green, Sabrina Bouie, Elizabeth Harmon,
Nicole Whipple, Malik Outten, Devin Thorpe, Markisha Grant, Tazmain
Harris, Anthony Melchiorre, Morgan Kreeger and
Christain Manachio
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5/19/09
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