Southington Honors Class of 2015 Military service enlistees

A photo segue to the preceding story on Southington Heartbeat, also published in my Appleseed column in the Southington Citizen edition of June 19, 2015  -  erf

BOE Veterans Partnership presents awards to each graduate individually
L to R. Steve McCarty, Commander, American Legion Kiltonic Post 72,
Steve Pintarich, Wayne White and to right of student, Joyce McAloon, Flanders School teacher and committee member and Rachel Wache, past-president and long time member of the American Legion Post 72 Auxiliary

These photos were taken at the Military enlistees luncheon and presentation by the administration and staff of Southington Public Schools with the Board of Education and its Southington Veterans Partnership to honor and recognize fifteen graduate-enlistees in the presence of parents, family, town leaders, Southington veterans and active duty military guests.  See the post prior to this to read more and particularly the unique story of third-generation Navy Submarines enlistee, Eric Minton.

Board of Ed Chair Brian Gorlaski
congratulates and thanks military
enlistee graduates in behalf of Board

Schools Superintendent
Timothy Connellan
welcomes military
 graduates, parents and guests

Military enlistee graduates:  Alphabetically, (not as shown left to right) are:Brandon Christino - Army National Guard; Thomas DelBuono - U.S. Air Force ROTC, Eastern Connecticut State University; Geraint Downey - U.S. Marine Corps Reserve; Matthew Duszac, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis; Michael Fazzino- Army ROTC, UCONN;

Roshane (Shane) Jones - Army National Guard; Collin Litke - Army National Guaard;

Griffin Litke - Army National Guard; Eric Minton - U.S. Navy; Christopher Santoro -

Army National Guard; Connor Sperry - Army National Guard; Preston Testa - U.S. Marine Corps Reserve; and Jake Thayer - U.S. Navy 

Center front, Walter Hushak, Lt Col US Air Force, Ret., WW II veteran, joins Board of Education members: front: l to r. Patricia Johnson and Patricia Queen and back row: Terry Carmody, Colleen Clark, David Derynoski, Brian Goralski, chair,
and Zaya Oshana. Not in photo: Teri Lombardi & Jill Notar-Francesco.

Representing Town of Southington Municipal Government are: l to r: Town Council members; Dr. Stephanie Urillo and Rev. Victoria Triano with Town Manager Garry Brumback (retired US Army Lt. Col.) and Town Attorney and Deputy Town Manager, Mark Sciota, join the recognition and celebration of the fifteen SHS graduates who have enlisted in the service of the armed forces.

Army National Guard enlistees from left:Collin and Griffin Litke, twin brothers who had Army National Guard basic training in the summer of 2014 will now be going to Ft. Leonard, Missouri for more advanced training. At right, Michael Fazzino will be going into the Army ROTC at University of Connecticut.