2009-10 RECOGNITIONS

ART

CONGRATULATIONS !

William Barbuto, grade 8, won first place in the district-wide Pride and Patriotism contest. The middle school theme this year was “Support our Troops” and William’s pencil value study drawing captured the judges’ attention. It is an astonishingly sensitive portrayal of a soldier looking into the distance, a tear trickling down his cheek. The drawing is a portrait of compassion and courage, and has great depth not only in its emotional content but also in the play of light and dark contrasts in the composition.

This drawing also won the Permanent Collection award last year, and a print of it is displayed in our school gallery. We are very proud of William and look forward to his future successes.

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The Lee Art Education Association is proud to recognize these PLDMS Art Students who have earned the Artist of Distinction Award for Designs and Dreams 2009-10.

Delaney Kelly, Rebekah Spinelli, Haley Adams, Elise Vertich, Ally Stilian, Samantha Jean, Hannah Platz, Devin Anderson, Alexa Laster, Alex Matasa, Samantha Dellacroce, Indigo McDonald, and Britney Cruz

Their work will be on display at the Lee County Public Education Center and will be featured as
Art of the Day on our own Eagle Eye News.

Congratulations to our Golden Apple Nominees !

Meagan Ausman, Nicole Bizjak, Carolyn Cofield, MaryAnn Carlson, Melissa Dahlberg, Tina Davis, Lynn Elmoudane, Jennifer Garabedian, Janice Hessney, Robin Laudicina, Wilbert Lawrence, Michael Luecke, Karen Merletto, Kellen Mills, Mary Palacios, Laurie Rucks, Jennifer Sarzyniak, John Sawyer, Michael Senicola, Lori Slusser, Michelle Stewart, Linda Vollmer and Evelyn White

BAND

Lee All-County Jazz Band auditions were held February 2, 2010 at Fort Myers HS. Seven students from PLDMS were selected to perform with the 2010 Lee All-County Middle School Jazz Band. Congratulations to:

The all-county jazz festival will be held in March at North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts.
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October 19th, 20 PLDMS student auditioned for a place in the 2009 Lee All-County Middle School Honor Band. Thirteen of our students earned a place in the band. Congratulations to:

Megan Pena, Lindsey Helter, Tyler Foor, Ty Christoff, Kamryn Lewis, Amy Devries, Danial Zuberi, Douglas Whittle, Alex Kumar, Caline McCarthy, Bhuvna Mahajan, Emily Reynolds and Connor Guerin

The All-County Band presented a concert at 1 pm on Saturday December 12 at Cypress Lake High School.

GEOGRAPHY BEE

Please congratulate the following students for their achievement in the Geography Bee:

1st Place Willie Barbuto

2nd Place Neesh Patel

3rd Place Nishk Patel

Finalists: Ashhab Thakur, Nick Klare, Bailey Duryea, Alex Kumar, and Isabella Frankengberger

Willie will take a test to see if he qualifies to compete at the state level.  The state selects the top 100 students from around Florida to compete in April for the state title

Science Fair Results 2009

Regional Competitors
Seth Marino, Ty Christoff, Ani Sherahatti, Alex Kumar, Katie Bisbee, Fallon Layport, Yoanna Gueorguiev, Bhuvna Mahajan, Tarini Chandok, Francesca Witt, Maria Ortiz-Inventors Fair, Noah Joiner, Connor Guerin, and Elise Vertich



THOMAS EDISON REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR

Congratulate the winners and extend best wishes to the Ty and Tarini who were chosen (out of 490 projects at the regional fair) to represent our region at the state science fair this April in Orlando.

STUDENT COUNCIL

6th Grade                            
JaTerica Debose, Tykira Henry, Jameirra McIntosh, Andrew Wheeler, Ashlyn Burdick, Stephanie Doikos, Payal Majmundar, Tobias Padilla, Natalie Pienaar, Tatiana Benel, Troy Sanchez, Shaina Castillo and Stephanie Lee

7th Grade
James Griffin, Jasmine Hughery, Danielle Reid, Sara Bura, Katy Bisbee, Ashlea Al Bahou, Nataly Marquez, Elizabeth Higginbotham, Holly Wilson, Tajh Jones, Javaris Wilson, Jacob Willis, and David Palmer

8th Grade

Christopher Montilla. Evan Starkey, Dalton Williams, Broderick Bauman, Ram Khalmuratov, Johanna Pierre, Megan Pena, Mary Desir, Janelle Newman, Samantha Dellacrore, Mercedes Cortez, Antonio Rios, Stephen Wright, and Chance Chrisman