Mountain Times - Volume 48, Number 24: June 12-18, 2019

12 • NEWS BRIEFS
The Mountain Times • June 12-18, 2019
Bianchi, Thompson, Hoffman receive student of the week recognition
Ryan Bianchi was named Student of the Week at
Wednesday, June 5, at a schoolwide assembly. Bianchi
is an 11th grade Alpine athlete who comes to KMS from
Hingham, Massachusetts.
Bianchi was nominated for this award by World Languages
Department
co-chair Claudia
Revenko-Bowen,
who shared the following:
"Learning a language
and becoming
proficient is
much like riding a
roller coaster. There
are continual ups
and downs with
Ryan Bianchi
Ryan Bianchi
many moments
of awe and other
instances of frustration,
especially when learning happens in the midst of
so many other important life events and commitments.
Throughout my years of teaching and mentoring, I have
found that success comes with persistence, a kind of
staying power which cannot be measured by how fast
we go, but by taking the necessary steps to evolve. This
year, Ryan has progressively taken this path of academic
growth. It has been so awesome to see him moving
outside of his comfort zone, taking responsibility for his
own learning, working independently, taking risks, and
challenging himself linguistically. I have many wishes
for Ryan, among which I hope that he sees the greatness
we all see in him. I also hope that he continues to aim for
the stars because, undoubtedly, they are all within his
reach."
Teleri Thompson was named Student of the Week at
Wednesday, June 5, at a schoolwide assembly. Thompson
is a 9th grade Freeski athlete who comes to KMS from Miyazaki,
Japan. Thompson was nominated for this award by
humanities instructor Ian Groezinger.
Groezinger
shared: “I would love
to nominate Teleri. I
have seen exponential
growth from Te
in the last two years,
both socially and
academically. Given
that she struggles
with the language
barrier, she often falls
behind in her work
and struggles to comprehend
readings.
However, she makes
a consistent effort to
Teleri Thompson
Teleri Thompson
get caught up (working hard with Nate, EK through NHS,
and myself) and hands in quality work. Throughout
the course of the year I have seen a big improvement
in Teleri’s ability to write, particularly in the aspects of
painting a full picture of events/time periods while still
effectively explaining the proverbial “so what?” (e.g. why
does this stuff matter). Yesterday when I was on a field
trip, her class was to complete an in-class essay that was
to count as a test grade. With Courtney covering for me,
Te sat quietly and worked hard on her response. In fact,
it was one of the most well-written, detailed responses
I have seen from her, particularly without outside support.
Teleri has come a long way from the shy girl who
first arrived last year.”
Wyatt Hoffman was named Student of the Week at
Wednesday, June 5, at a schoolwide assembly. Hoffman
is a 10th grade Alpine athlete who comes to KMS
from Old Lyme, Connecticutt. He was nominated for
this award by World Languages teacher Malena Agin.
Agin shared, “My
nomination this
week is goes out to
Wyatt Hoffman.
Just yesterday, I
asked Wyatt to leave
my class because
he was seemingly
uninterested, hood
on, slouching, mad
at the world. But he
wasn’t. He was tired,
he had a headache
and he had a lot on
his mind, like many
of us frequently do.
Wyatt Hoffman
Wyatt Hoffman
Wyatt didn’t leave my classroom, instead he turned it
around and delivered a good class.
“I’ve had the pleasure of teaching Wyatt since the
beginning of this year, sans a four month hiatus.
We’ve had our ups and downs but Wyatt has always
delivered. In his own way, he communicates when
it’s most needed. He always come through, and even
though I know he doesn’t think so, he’s made good
progress this year in French class.
“When he puts effort into his words and his work,
Wyatt is unstoppable, and so I’d like to recognize him
this week for his tenacity; because it is through his
bulldog spirit that you most experience his growth, or
at least I have.”