CSN seniors had barely finished their first week of classes when three of them received word that they had been accepted into college. Two of them were recruited to play soccer for Division 1 colleges, Florida Atlantic University and Marshall University, and one was accepted into Wake Forest University by early decision. Off to a good start, Class of 2016!
CSN defeated Barron Collier 25-20, 23-25, 25-13, 27-25 Gabrielle Moriconi - 16 kills, 10 digs, 2 aces, 3 blocks Janet Guelfi -12 kills, 16 digs Shannon Vroman - 7 kills, 4 digs, 2 aces, 8 blocks Camberly Moriconi - 9 kills, 5 digs, 3 aces, 6 blocks Emily Hanus - 38 assists, 6 digs 1 block.
It was a great win for the Lady Seahawks this week against a respected team in the county. We had a balanced offense with some key defensive plays that contributed to this week's victory.
The National Merit Scholarship Program has announced that three members of Community School of Naples’ senior class have qualified as Semifinalists. They are Russell Hurst Clinton, Ryan M. Jaffe and Frank W. Spinelli. All three have been enrolled in CSN since Lower School.
Each year approximately 16,000 students of the 1.5 million who take the PSAT/NMSQT exam and score the highest are notified of being chosen as Semifinalists. To ensure that academically talented young people from all parts of the United States are included in this talent pool, Semifinalists are designated on a state representational basis.
Middle School Patriot Night at the Varsity Football game on September 11 welcomed our largest audience yet. The team fought hard against Boca Christian to achieve a 26-18 victory. Thanks to the Middle School Patriot Club, the evening included many highlights throughout the game to show support for our veterans. This special night was a great success and one we will never forget.
Varsity Volleyball Wins the Week
Volleyball had a long night in a packed house for their 3-2 win against Barron Collier HS on Tuesday night. It was tight for five games straight down do the last point. The game scores on the night were 22-25, 25-15, 18-25, 25-10, 16-14. Some game stats on the night:
Janet Guelfi- 5 aces, 14 kills, 13 digs, 1 block
Gabrielle Moriconi- 26 kills, 12 digs, 3 blocks
Camberly Moriconi- 3 aces, 4 blocks, 11 kills, 5 digs
Briana Sutherland- 22 digs
Emily Hanus- 45 assists, 3 aces, 12 digs, 1 block
Varsity also beat Marco Island Thursday evening in 3 games with scores of 25-6, 25-9, 25-6 to end with a final score of 3-0. Sophia Nakfoor and Payton Rhodes led at the service line while Sarah Crespo led the Seahawks at the net. Great job girls!
The Naples Daily News has named CSN senior and varsity volleyball co-captain Janet Guelfi their Prep of the Week for being chosen MVP at the Riverdale Invitational this week. Community School didn’t drop a single set at the tournament, defeating three schools in pool play and knocking off Riverdale in straight sets for the title. Janet showed she can get under the ball for digs and set up teammates for kills. Coach Rhodes said “She’s probably one of the best defensive players I’ve coached.”
Rallying her team is also one of her strengths. She is so vocal on the court she strained her voice after the week’s competition. Janet has played volleyball since the fifth grade and joined CSN’s team in seventh grade. She is hoping to lead the Seahawks to the state finals this year. Way to go Seahawks, and especially Janet!!
This past Friday night, CSN senior running back George Schmelzle played an essential role, both on offense and defense, in our football team’s win against Moore Haven. For his outstanding performance, George was named the Naples Daily News’ Boys Prep of the Week! Click here to read the whole article.
At school, Geoge always leads by setting examples, which is evident in his actions on the field, in practice, and in the classroom. Congratulations Seahawks, and special kudos to George Schmelzle!
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The Community School of Naples Sailing team kicked off their season with a strong start this past weekend at the 1st South Point Regatta at Davis Yacht Club. CSN ended the long day in 11th place out of the 24 competing Varsity teams. For further results check out the SAISA (South Atlantic Interscholastic Sailing Association) website. Click on the link: www.saisa.hssailing.org to see overall scores, individual scores and district rankings.
Sailors will be attending District qualifying event in Martin County on October 10.
Congratulations to the following CSN students who have been accepted into the Artis-Naples Youth Programs: 
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Jenia |
Browne |
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John |
Neumann |
Violin |
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Kyle |
Dampier |
Cello |
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Sophia |
Cabellon |
Violin |
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Inna |
Kuznetsova |
Violin |
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Naples Philharmonic Youth Chorus |
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Sarah |
Patel |
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Jasmine |
Bartholomew |
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Shannon |
Bussing |
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Zachary |
Tretter |
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Savannah |
Ouverson |
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Naples Philharmonic Youth Orchestra |
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Abbey |
Fontana |
Violin |
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Benjamin |
Yitzhak |
Violin |
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Bridget |
Denzer |
Cello |
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Kirill |
Kuznetsov |
Violin |
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Victoria |
Gendron |
Violin |
Members of the CSN Middle School Scholar Bowl Team have begun preparing for another exciting year of scholastic competition between sixteen different middle schools across Collier County. After winning the county championships last spring, the team is preparing for another great season. Though a number of new members make up the team, two returning veterans, Alec Liberman and Sebastian Dounchis, feel confident headed into this year's matches. The following students will be representing CSN as part of the scholar bowl team:
Emilie Gesdorf
Sebastian Dounchis
Jasmine Bartholomew
Alice Fowle
Abby Ciabaton
George Richards
Aidan Zimmerman
Nick Diamond
Danny Hughes
Sebastian Askar
Ashley Cruz
Alec Liberman
Carsten Leach
Braden Langeloh
Jenia Browne
Jillian Guerra
Jack Wiley
Mike Binkowski
Ben Coleman
Nik Yadav
On October 5th, the CSN Middle School Golf Team won the 2015 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championship with a score of 192! They defeated Seacrest (224), Village School (207), Marco Charter (244), Canterbury (247), Southwest Florida Christian Academy (253), and Evangelical Christian School (236). Three of CSN’s top five players finished in the top 5 overall. Nick Molloy finished 5th place, Great Laowatdhanasapya finished 3rd, and Blake Otto finished 1st place and was the tournament champion! Coach Dodge and the CSN Middle School are now back to back champions. Well done boys!
CSN played ECS Monday on our home green at Hideout Golf Club. The boys 
played hard to pull together a score of 152 to put them over ECS by 21 shots. The final score was CSN-152 and ECS-173. CSN individual results are shown below:
Will Thomson-36
Harrison Ornstein-37
Josh Braverman-38
James Phelps-40
Tommy Amendola-41
The team record is now 33-12 going into next week's District Championship at Hideout.
Click here to view a Naples News video about our Director of Athletic Operations Col. Bart Weiss, and his quarterback son Cooper. Don't miss the game against FBA (October 9th) and their quarterback Tyler Dean, whose dad Terry is his school's quarterbacks coach! Both fathers also played for Naples area high school teams in their youth, as well as their respective college teams.
Mr. Scott Miles’ Geography classes have been studying the impact that population augmentation, aquifer infusion and harmful pollutants have on our water system worldwide as well as in the state of Florida. Last week CSN parent Dr. Sanjay Shukla of the University of Florida came to speak with eighth grade students on water quality and supply issues. His area of research includes almost all of the south Florida region, including the (Northern) Everglades and Lake Okeechobee. This opportunity allowed the students to connect global water issues with our own SW Florida water challenges.
Community School of Naples Boys and Girls Golf teams both won their District 
Tournaments this week to take home the District Championship trophy! The girls team scored a 400, leaving St. John Neumann behind by over 100 strokes at 505! The boys captured their sixth straight District title shooting a 299, their lowest team score of the year. They beat second place Seacrest by 15 shots. Will Thomson was a medalist with a 69. Josh Braverman was runner-up with a score of 71.
Check out the article from the Naples Daily News with a video of Coach Tommy Donovan jumping in the lake after losing his challenge to the boys to break a score of 300. http://www.naplesnews.com/sports/high-school/golf/prep-golf-community-school-boys-win-district-assistant-jumps-in-a-lake_31412425
Congratulations to Siena Smith (grade 8) for winning the Candy Corn Counting Challenge! Middle School students were challenged to guess how many candy corns filled a glass pumpkin jar. The total amount was 847. Siena was the closest, guessing 842! Special thanks to Mrs. Beagle’s advisory, especially Gabriella On-Cuen!
The first Mu Alpha Theta (MAO) tournament is in a few weeks, and, as with any competition, students throughout Florida have begun training for speed and accuracy. Not an athletic sport, 
MAO is a mathematics honor society for high schools and colleges, serving over 108,000 student members in more than 2200 chapters nationwide.
This year the CSN chapter has over 100 active members, which is approximately one third of the Upper School enrollment. Students attend practice every Thursday during 8th period, and many participate in local and statewide tournaments throughout the year. Students compete both individually and as a team, and top students in the state are recognized for excellence in achievement. The competition is divided into three levels to address the abilities of all students: Theta (Geometry and Algebra 2), Alpha (Pre-Calculus) and Mu (Calculus).
Last year’s CSN team proved to be quite successful, with Jack Ciabaton (currently a sophomore) coming in 2nd nationally in Theta Geometry, and Cory Hixson (now a junior) placing 2nd in Alpha Applications and National Champion in Speed Math. Outstanding individual and team scores resulted in CSN’s recognition as the 3rd place school nationally in the small school division.
This year students will be attending the following tournaments:
November 14 Rickards HS (hosted by Ft Myers HS), Ft Myers
December 14 FCGU, Estero
January 30 Cypress Bay HS, Miami
February 13 Ferguson HS, Miami
February 27 Sickles HS, Tampa
March 12 Cape Coral HS, Cape Coral
March 19 Palmetto Ridge HS, Naples
April 14-17 State Convention, Orlando
July 10-15 National Convention, St Louis (Washington University)
Recent chapter election results for officers for the 2015-16 school year are:
President, Ivan Wang; Vice President, Austin Farrugia; Secretary, Sarah Crespo; and Treasurer, Craig Schwerin. Each division has also has its own officers: Geometry, Annabella Galang; Algebra II, Nick Dounchis; Precalculus, Jack Ciabaton; Calculus, Kristina Cuello; and Statistics, Janet Guelfi.
Twin sisters Camberly and Gabrielle Moriconi are making history as they strive for success on and off the court. The two volleyball all-stars have recently been named AAU Academic All-Americans for the second year in a row. The dynamic duo also won their third Open National Volleyball Championship.
Congratulations girls!
CSN is thrilled to report that we had six divers compete and score big points in yesterday’s District meet. Three the six are first year divers, but that did not stop them from diving to success. Both boys and girls took 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the District diving events. Every diver set a personal best record for the year!
We have two CSN divers advancing to the Regional meet, Katherine Carr and Haley Wilson, for the first time in three years. The meet is October 30 at GT Bray pool in Bradenton.
Mrs. Jane Badger, CSN’s Associate Director of Advancement, was recently selected and voted to the Board of the Everglades Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). An international organization with over 230 chapters, AFP supports development professionals worldwide, promoting education and the importance of high ethical standards in the profession of fundraising. She has been an integral part of CSN’s Advancement Department for 15 years. Congratulations Jane!
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Jane Badger Joins AFP Board