Whiz Kid's Name: Ricky Gramstorff Whiz Kid's School: Woonsocket High School Whiz Kid's Accomplishments: National Honor Society, Woonsocket High School Band, one of the founding members for the Woonsocket High School Autism Benefit, volunteer with WMS 21st Century Community Learning Centers after school programs, organizer of WMS Glee Club. Key to Awesomeness: Not the type to sit around waiting for things to happen, Ricky Gramstorff is busy making things happen now. Patch readers may recognize the name Ricky Gramstorff from his most recent contribution to the Woonsocket High School Music …
Whiz Kid's Name: April Cheever, age 13 Whiz Kid's School: Woonsocket Middle School at Villa Nova Whiz Kid's Accomplishments:1st place WMS poetry contest1st place Family Resources transportation essay contest WMS high honors all 4 quartersWinner of penguin naming contest at Roger Williams ZooMount St. Charles award, fifth gradeVoted math genius in eighth grade superlativesSemi-finalist in the letters about literature competitionKey To Awesomeness: Being an average student has never been an option for Whiz Kid April Cheever. Based on her exceptional mathematical abilities, April was recently …
Whiz Kids Name: Brandon Beaudry, age 14. Whiz Kid's School: Woonsocket Middle School at Hamlet. Whiz Kid's Organizations: Boy Scouts Of America, Troop 100 Pascoag, Bernon Heights PTO volunteer, Pascoag RI Community Service Volunteer, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Altar Server, WMS Band, YMCA of Woonsocket Basketball, Bernon Little League. Key To Awesomeness: Brandon Beaudry began his scouting career when he was just six years old. Now at age 14, Beaudry has recently been awarded his Order of the Arrow Sash. The Order of the Arrow is the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America. The …
Name: Bryana Boucher School: Beacon Charter High School / Community College of Rhode Island Accomplishments: Bryana is an academic over achiever and has an extensive list of volunteer work including, Woonsocket's Back to School event, Special Olympics, Locks of Love, Relay for Life, Rhode Island Blood Donor, Dare to Dream Project, Hasbro Childrens Hospital, Altar Server for Saint Agatha's and volunteering in the medically fragile class room at Woonsocket High School. Key to Success: Bryana Boucher is a young lady who likes to keep busy and she does that by making positive contributions to …
Growing up in Woonsocket with Aspergers Syndrome, a form of Autism, Adam Brunetti found that once he was outside the comforts of his home and family, few people understood what he was actually going through. As he advanced through the Woonsocket school system, Brunetti had difficulties with not only with students that didn't understand his situation, but also a majority of his teachers. “When I was in the Middle School I knew that I had my quirks and no one really understood me,” Brunetti said. “Today, Autism Awareness has increased, but it’s still not well known.” Now a senior at the …
Woonsocket High School students work to help school in Rwanda This week,Woonsocket Patch looks at an extraordinary group of city Whiz Kids. Name: Woonsocket Interact ClubSchool:Woonsocket High SchoolAccomplishment: To serve and bring hope to those less fortunate throughout the city and state, and internationally. Key to Awesomeness: A group of 12 students of the Interact Club of Woonsocket High School had no idea how their lives would change after attending a special assembly back in December, sponsored by the Rotary Club. This presentation, led by a service learning teacher and students …
Spondyloepephyseal Dysplasias is one of many forms of dwarfism, a condition that usually doesn’t allow an individual to grow beyond the height of 4 feet 10 inches. Woonsocket’s Paige Houle is one individual that has been afflicted by the medical condition, but she doesn’t let it bother her. At 4’ 8” the Villa Novan sophomore enjoys sports including, ironically enough, basketball. Houle currently holds a roster spot on the junior varsity basketball team. “Growing up I had always wondered why I was so short and when I found out, I didn’t let it get to me,” Houle said. “I liked basketball and …
As a youngster growing up, basketball wasn’t even on the radar of Woonsocket’s Ashley Dubois. Now some six years after finding out about the sport, Dubois has joined two elite groups of young women. On February 9, a minute and a half into a game at North Providence, the senior captain knocked down a free-throw accounting for her 1,000 point of her high school career. Earlier this month, she found out that she was nominated to the McDonald’s All American High School Girls Basketball Team recognizing her as on the top standouts in the nation. To get where she is today Dubois had to not only …
