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  • December 8Congratulations to Mrs. Elizabeth Castro 2023-2024 CMS Governor's Excellence in Education Support Person of the Year
  • December 8Congratulations to Mrs. Henriques 2023-2024 CMS Governor's Excellence in Education Teacher of the Year!!
The Student News Site of Colonia Middle School

The Patriot Post

The Student News Site of Colonia Middle School

The Patriot Post

2023-2024 Staff

Laura Skiba-Velez
Newspaper Advisor & Editor

Laura Skiba-Velez

Ms. Skiba, as one of the most beloved teachers at CMS, has been helping us through this tough year. From teaching us how to write and supporting us through tough times she truly has changed CMS. Ms. Skiba has been teaching Language Arts at...

Ryan Avallone
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Ryan Avallone

   Ryan Avallone is a 12-year-old student at Colonia Middle School. His favorite color is green. He likes the York Rangers, the New York Knicks , and the Dallas Cowboys. His favorite sports are football and baseball. He likes...

Salvatore Bivona
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Salvatore Bivona

Salvatore Bivona is a 13 year old boy in the 8th grade at Colonia Middle School. He is a straight A student and always makes sure he does his best at everything. He is currently in the National Junior Honor Society and has a ...

Vanshi Chinai
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Vanshi Chinai

Vanshi Chinai is a 6th grader who attends CMS ( Colonia Middle School). She loves roller skating and it’s her hobby. Competing in the Nationals for roller skating is one of her goals. Another hobby she has is reading. She a...

Jack Cowen
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Jack Cowen

Jack Cowen is a 12 year old, 7th grade student athlete who is in love with football and is very enthusiastic. His favorite sports teams are the New York Giants, the Texas Longhorns, the New York Yankees, and the New Jersey Dev...

Calleigh Feehan
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Calleigh Feehan

 Calleigh Jade Feehan is an 11 year old, 6th grade student  who loves to write. She takes part in “Gifted and Talented: Creative Writing /Theater Arts.” She enjoys watching old movies and TV shows with her family, with ...

Pavan Ganesh
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Pavan Ganesh

Pavan Ganesh is a 7th grader at Colonia Middle School and a staff member of The Patriot Post. He likes to play soccer, kickball and hangout with his friends. Pavan enjoys playing video games such as Roblox and biking. He thinks...

Nabiha Hanif
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Nabiha Hanif

Nabiha Hanif is an 11-year-old at Colonia Middle School. Her favorite colors are purple and blue. Her hobbies are drawing and coloring. Nabiha is the oldest in her family with one younger sister. She loves building with Legos. ...

Chelsea Kafah
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Chelsea Kafah

Chelsea Kafah is a 7th grader who loves soccer and plays travel soccer. She is really interested in famous soccer players, for example players like, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Neymar. Her favorite one ou...

Shaan Mahajan
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Shaan Mahajan

Shaan Mahajan is in 7th grade. The 12 year old attends CMS (Colonia Middle School). He gets good grades and likes history. What he likes about the subject is learning about the people who made America the way it is today. Shaan like...

Derek Mateo
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Derek Mateo

Derek Mateo is in 8th grade. He is 13 years old. His favorite color is blue and he loves sports. His favorite sports are baseball and American football. His favorite sports teams are the New York Yankees, New York Giants, New Y...

Jaidyn Mickus
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Jaidyn Mickus

Jaidyn Mickus is 12 years old and is in 7th grade. She attends CMS(Colonia Middle School). In her free time she likes to ride her bike and play in the backyard with her dog. She also is a Michael Jackson fanatic. Her favorite subj...

Daanish Qayyum
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Daanish Qayyum

Daanish Qayyum is a 7th Grader at Colonia Middle School who enjoys playing chess, traveling, and trying new things. This twelve year old is enthusiastic about everything and loves to hang out with his friends. For some reason, h...

Rafaella Sarmiento
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Rafaella Sarmiento

Rafaella Sarmiento is an outgoing 6th-grade student. She loves to play sports, play with her dog, and hang out with her friends. Her favorite movie is "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3". Her favorite song is "This is What Autumn Fe...

Ryan Terebetsky
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Ryan Terebetsky

Ryan Terebetsky is a 7th grader at CMS (Colonia Middle School).  His favorite color is green, he loves pizza and he has a pet bunny named Dash.  He loves to play video games and his favorite TV show and movie are "SpongeBob S...

Ryan Tirado
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Ryan Tirado

Ryan Tirado is a 13 year old student at CMS. His favorite subjects are Math and Friday's Friends. His favorite thing to do outside of school is to hang out with friends and play video games. Some clubs that he is a part of othe...

Alek Lesniak
Newspaper Staff Reporter

Alek Lesniak

Alek Lesniak is 12 years old and is in 7th grade at Colonia Middle School. He likes to spend time with his friends and learn about retail business. He also enjoys watching baseball and football, and his favorite teams are the ...