Students name plow after long-time Strafford resident

SOUTH STRAFFORD — Newton School students have named a plow after a long-time Strafford resident and beloved elementary school volunteer.

The school named a bright orange plow “Roz” after Rosalind “Roz” Finn as part of the Vermont Department of Transportation’s Name a Plow Program, according to a news release from the Newton School. School officials held a ceremony earlier this month and students made cards for Finn, who recently moved from Strafford to be closer to her family.

“Roz Finn is no stranger to the community in or outside of the classroom,” according to the release. Finn volunteered for decades at the school in the library and with students in all grades.

She spent time with kindergarteners “reading to children and then as they became readers, listening to them as they read to her,” according to the release. “She shared in their joy and helped them practice their newfound skills.”

The Newton School was one of 118 schools that participated in the state’s Name a Plow Program, according to the DOT. Among the other Upper Valley schools that contributed names are Marion Cross School (Chubby Muffin); Newbury Elementary School (Snowbuster); Open Fields School (Enchilllada); Randolph Elementary School (Wizard’s Blizzard); The Wilder School (Frosten Powers); Thetford Elementary School (Snoah Gahan); Weathersfield School (Big Johnny); Westshire Elementary (Snow Buster); White River Elementary - Bethel (The Snow Day Eliminator); White River Elementary - Royalton (The Orange Wildcat); Windsor School (Ice-E Rudolph); and Woodstock Elementary School (Snow Lemur).

Secondary accomplishments

Audrey Bowen, a student at River Bend Career & Technical Center in Bradford, Vt., won first place in the Vermont division of the New York State Restaurant Association’s pumpkin carving competition, according to a news release from the nonprofit organization. Bowen’s classmate, Danny Gelsleichter, won second place in the Vermont division of the competition.

The following Lebanon High School 9th graders were named to the highest honors list for the first quarter: Eowyn Chan; Nicoli DuFault; Anna Ford; Samyra Graber; Jacob Grace; Tucker Green; Liana Kasami; Lydia Kennelly; Hamza Labib; Kaitlin Maloney; and John Rendahl.

The following Lebanon High School 9th graders were named to the high honors list for the first quarter: Alinah Apigo; William Balch; James Barkley; Acxel Benavidez; Ayden Billingham; Grace Billings; Caelan Boynton; Acadia Buck; Mara Castell; Lucas Council; Giana-Lynn Coutermarsh; Lilly Denson; Sophie DiDomenico; Axel Ericson; Paige Falcone; Aurora Foley; Kennedy Fowler; Hazel Gould; Quinn Graham; Sawyer Hall; Pipper Hamilton; Hannah Henderson; Nolan Hewett; Mason Jordan; Daviney Lane; Rowan Laundry; Theresa LaHaye; Addison Lucero; Jaxson Marsh; Bo Melendy; Theodore Mlodzik; Ava Moseley; Rhys Natusch; Irene Nichols; Jennifer Ou; Brent Paige; Georgia Pichette; Caleb Polk; Calvin Ramos-Glew; Emmett Reichert; Nicholas Renaud; Nolan Schachtner; Anjali Sharma; Ellis Sprague; Stella Swan; Isak Tell; Matthew Thompson; Owen Tuohy; and Olin Walker.

The following Lebanon High School 9th graders were named to the honors list for the first quarter: Jonathan Adams; Jayden Allard; Alexzander Averine; Laila Benson; Judah Billings; Lauren Brock; Andrew Campbell; Maddison Carter; Jozilyn Cross; Tucker Curtis; Brook-Lynn Daniels; Chloe Davis; Maggie Del Frari; Joaquin Dela Cruz; Michael Demidov; Fallon Dicks; Carter Dube; Olivia Edmund; William Fillingame; Cameron Freeman; Jasper Frye-Matte; Dahlia Gaffney; Liam Gallagher; Brooklyn Gramling; Phoenix Griffiths; Aiden Harlow; Dylan Hoffman; Ella Kerin-Herrick; Ian Kiefer; Samuel Lacasse; Marina Lane; Bently Lang; Derik Lapan; Colby Lindquist; Talon Lord; Chase Lucero; Uliana Lymar; Claire MacMartin; Alexander Marcoux; Eli Maughan; Edward Mitchell; Cadence Morrison; Andrew Newton; Adam Parker; Dhruv Patel; Andrew Pearse; Asher Perry; Evening Pilchik; Mason Plante; Elizabeth Porter; Liam Rich; Sadie Sartwell; Emma Scharn; Ryan Schibuola; Kendra Slarve; Rhys Spaulding; Kelty Stone; Addison Trussell; and Megan Vallee.