Grace Galie, daughter of Louis and Martha Galie, earned honors for the fall semester at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. To earn honors at the college students must earn a grade point average between 3.4 and 3.669.

Amanda Laporta, Michael Cash, and Elizabeth O’Connell, of Newtown and Lauren F. Grimaldi, Peteris G. Griffiths, and Rebecca Huot of Sandy Hook were named on the Dean’s List for the fall 2008 semester at Northeastern University in Boston. To be named on the Dean’s List at the university students must attain a grade point average of 3.25 or more and have no single grade lower than a C during the course of their college career.

Jessica Rose DiVanno was named to the Dean’s List for the University of Connecticut’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for the fall 2008 semester.

Monica Latowicki, daughter of Dr Daniel Albert Latowicki and Kitty Ann Latowicki, was named to the Dean’s List for Emory College in Atlanta. To make the Dean’s List at the college students must be in the top 20 percent of the college’s students or must have approximately a 3.85 grade point average or more.

First Semester Honors for Fairfield College Preparatory School in Fairfield were released recently. Local students who were awarded Summa Cum Laude were Connor E. Byrne, Jack A. Curry, Andrew J. Golankiewicz, Michael P. Gould, Joshua J. Jowdy, and Gabriel J. Sim. Local students who were awarded Magna Cum Laude were Sofian Ahtchi-Ali, Timothy N. Culligan, George L. Trudell and Peter E. Walsh. Students who were awarded Cum Laude were Ryan P. Cahalane, Ryan J. Crowell, Michael P. Giglio, Andrew R. Hyland, Michael T. Kira, Jack W. McManus, Ryan C. O’Keefe, and Daniel B. O’Rourke.

Students who have completed their Newtown High School graduation requirements for a half-year graduation this school year were Manon Aulager, Kate Bamberg, Scott Bierce, Emma Canfield, Taylor Cote, Ian DeWitt, Roy Gless, Cristine Grimaldi, Cynthia Guzman, Marissa Hansen, Thomas James, Jon Kazmercyk, Cody Kellogg, Lindsey Laub, Bonnie Lundblad, Taylor Niwa, Megan Pendagast, Hiram Orama, Ashley Penn, Alexandra Saboe, Monique Samuelson, Lauren Schaniel, Katharine Stanton, and Rebecca Trosan.

Carolyn L. Filler was placed on the Dean’s List at Tufts University, in Medford, Mass., for the fall 2008 semester.

Brittany Pasko, daughter of Lawrence Pasko of Danbury and Ann Lindenmeyer of Newtown, and Kelly A. Tenney, daughter of James and Patricia Tenney of Sandy Hook, were named to the Dean’s List at Endicott College, in Beverly, Mass., for the fall 2008 semester. Students must obtain a grade point average of 3.5 or more, receive no grade below a C and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credits for the semester to be named to the Dean’s List at the college.

Gregory N. Rodden of Sandy Hook was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2008 semester at the University of Scranton, in Scranton, Penn. To be named to the Dean’s List at the university students must maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or more.

Janine Dubois was named to the fall 2008 Dean’s List at the Central Connecticut State University’s School of Education and Professional Studies.

Courtney Rose Gastonguay, a nursing major, was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2008 semester at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. To be eligible for the Dean’s List at the university, students must be enrolled in 12 or more credit hours for the semester and maintain a grade point average of at least 3.5.

Omari Miles attained honors on the honor roll at Notre Dame Catholic High School in Fairfield for the second semester at the school.

Garrett Uhde, a 2008 Newtown High School graduate, was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2008 semester at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. To be named to the Dean’s List at the college students must maintain a grade point average of 3.25 or greater while taking a minimum of 15 credits.