Kristen A. Deschermeier, of Black Walnut Drive in Newtown, was named to American University’s Dean’s List for the fall 1999 semester.  She was a 1999 graduate of Newtown High School.

Kate Johnstone, a 1998 graduate of Lauralton Hall, was named to the Tufts University dean’s list for the fall semester.

Conor Lee Evans, son of Mr and Mrs Cliff Evans of Newtown, is a peer academic advisor in the 1999-2000 Meiklejohn program at Brown University. He is a second semester sophomore at Brown. The Meiklejohn program, named after Alexander Meiklejohn, serves to aid first year students in their academic planning. They are chosen from a pool of applicants based on their knowledge of the Brown curriculum and their ability to relate to beginning students.

Elizabeth Bishop, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Bishop of Newtown, was named to the principal’s honor roll at St Joseph High School. Anthony Bombaci, son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Bombaci of Newtown, was named to the honor roll at St Joseph High School. 

Craig Schoenbaum

 

Craig Schoenbaum, a 1998 graduate of Newtown High School, graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City on February 6. He left on Sunday, February 19, for a three-month stint on the Royal Caribbean’s Monarch of the Seas cruise ship, where he will perform in four shows a week. Craig’s permanent home is in New York City. The Schoenbaum family lived in Newtown for 26 years, before relocating in July 1998 to the Seattle area.

Daniel Francis O’Connor and Charles Philip Sandifer of Newtown were named to the first semester dean’s list at the College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio.

Kelly Tschantz, daughter of Mitchell and Jeanne Tschantz of Sandy Hook, is a recipient of the dean’s award for academic excellence during the fall 1999 semester at Colgate University, where she is a member of the class of 2001. To be eligible for the Dean’s Award, a Colgate student must achieve a 3.30 or higher average while carrying a full course load of four courses per semester. A 1997 graduate of Newtown High School, she is concentrating in neuroscience at Colgate. She is presently on a spring study program in London and will be doing an internship at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City this summer.