ABSENTEE BALLOT INFORMATION
2015-2016 BUDGET VOTE
Walt Whitman High School South Gymnasium,Tuesday, May 19, 2015,3:00-10:00 PM
If you are planning to be out of the district during the scheduled voting hours you may apply for an absentee ballot. The first step required is the filling out of the Application for Absentee Ballot form. The Application for Absentee Ballot form is available in the District Clerk's Office (Room 109), Administration Building, 60 Weston Street, Huntington Station (Phone: 631-812-3077) or it can be downloaded from the attachment below.
The Application for Absentee Ballot form must be received by Tuesday, May 12, if the ballot is to be mailed in or by Monday, May 18, if the ballot is to be personally delivered and returned. Completed absentee ballots must be received by 5 p.m. on May 19.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 631-812-3077.
Judith A. Hammond
District Clerk
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Absentee Ballot Information
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Well Earned Wins Highlight Bowling Season
The Walt Whitman Boys Varsity Bowling team showed steady improvement this year that included many highlights. “We had a good balance of bowlers this year,” said the 13-year veteran coach serving his last season at Whitman. “The guys all improved steadily, both individually and as a team. We had a decent average of 185.”
The Wildcats top scoring bowlers were: Russell Kielawa, who led with a 208 average, winning 26 match points placing him first in League III play. Russell posted some pretty impressive high scores at: 255, 258, 264, and 276. Russell will be attending Rice University next fall where he plans on studying Biochemistry.
Runner-up as high scorer was Nicholas Pasquini. Nick is a junior with a 203 average and 24 match points. He ended the season tied for third-place in League III play and posted season high games of 253, 258, and 277. Another junior scoring well was Jack Karmen with a season average of 185. Sam Moreno a senior this year posted an average of 184. Theodore Fisher, another fast improving junior bowled a season high of 254.
The Whitman team ended in 4th place in League III play. “We saw positive improvement from the guys this year,” said Coach Fast. “It will be tough loosing seniors Russell Kielawa, Matthew Goodman, and Sam Moreno. It’s been fun coaching these guys, we had a good season with some well-earned highlights. We beat several really good teams that we have hardly ever beaten, like Northport twice, Smithtown, Middle Country, Hauppauge, and we even took a game from Commack.”
Congratulations Wildcat Bowlers!
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Boys Basketball Season Ends One Game Short of Playoffs
The boy’s varsity basketball team worked hard and never quit. But eventually the numbers in the win-loss column would catch them a game short of making the playoffs. “Our goal is always to make the playoffs and go from there,” said Varsity Head Coach Tom “Fitz” Fitzpatrick in a recent article in the Long-Islander News.
Experience-wise this was a young group with none of the players having any starting varsity experience from last season. But the Wildcats made believers in their fans purely through hard work and a never quit attitude that surprised their competition many times. “Except for our first and last league games of the season we were in close games all year,” said Coach Fitz.
The Wildcats season came to a close after a loss to Northport, who is now in the semifinals after a record setting six-overtime win against Huntington this past Saturday afternoon. The Whitman-Northport game concluded an annual tradition, as this was the final game of the season in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic. The Coaches vs. Cancer program is a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Donations are made during the month of January, and this year contributions continue at a record pace at high schools across the nation.
This was also the last home game for the Wildcat seniors who were honored at mid-court with their families. Senior captains Jordan Aiken, Gary Harris and Julian Kleberg were joined by their senior teammates Claude Cajuste, Mohammad Faiz, and Andre Harris. Four Wildcats received post-season honors recently. Jordan Aiken was named an All-Conference player and Andre Harris was named an All-League player. Whitman junior Matt Kleet was named Academic All-League player and teammate Willie Petro was named All-League Honorable mention. Both juniors, who saw considerable playing time this season, are expected to anchor next season’s team along with Korey Lee, Avery McKenzie, Dylan McNally and Matt Stockfeder.“I’m proud of the kids,” said Coach Fitz. “I also want to say thank you to third-year Assistant Coach Ray Eatmon. He’s one of the better assistant coaches in Suffolk County and the kids love being around him.”
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Sixth-Grade Finalists
Congratulations to four students from Silas Wood who were our sixth-grade finalists in the Middle School New York State National Geography Bee. Each year thousands of schools in the United States participate in the National Geographic Bee using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. We also congratulate their social studies teachers on a great job preparing their students for this annual Geography Bee. As previously reported, Stimson Middle School seventh-grader Meghan Brady-Fuchsman was the overall Middle School winner who will represent South Huntington in the 2015 New York State National Geographic Bee on March 27.
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Basketball Leaders Highlight January Athletes
Our January Athletes of the Month happen to both play Basketball and each brings a different perspective as to why they were chosen for this award.
Jordan Aiken, one of the senior captains, listened intently to his coaches and then worked hard to maximize the talents of this year’s players. “I have to give credit to my teammates for this award,” said the highly-regarded senior. “They really pushed me hard and as we got more familiar with the new style of defense from coaches Fitzpatrick and Eatmon, we had a successful month.” Jordan was named to the Gugliotta All-Tournament team this past December, and was just voted as an All-Conference player for the 2015 basketball season. This past fall, Jordan ran cross-country and in the spring will again be running track in the 800meter, 1mile, and 2mile events.
Jordan will be attending John Jay College for Criminal Justice in the fall and hopes to play basketball for the Bloodhounds.“Everything came together for us in January,” said Whitman sophomore and our January Female Athlete of the Month, Rosa Portaro. “Our offense is improving, we have a really strong defense, and we’ve been winning.” That strong defense Rosa talked about was crucial in handing Northport their first loss of the season. “When you can hold Northport to a season low of only 34 points, you know our girls are delivering a great defensive effort,” said Coach Dan Trebour after the game. Rosa had 10 points in the big win over their rival. The girl’s regular season ended with a 10-4 record and came to a close after a first-round loss in the playoffs when they came up short to Brentwood who is now in the division semifinals. Rosa was voted All-League for the 2015 season.
We will see Rosa on the lacrosse field this spring and look forward to next year’s basketball season as the Lady Wildcats return most of their starters and look to be a strong contender in League II.
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Kids Reading To Kids Takes Off
The Walt Whitman School Based Management (SBM) Team is a group of dedicated staff, parents, and students who strive to better the learning experience for the students of Whitman. They meet regularly and discuss the pulse of their particular building; there is an SBM team for each of South Huntington’s school buildings. The SBM team holds events throughout the year that work to accomplish definite goals based on their core mission.“Last year we noticed a need to get books in the hands of our students’ younger siblings,” said SBM member and Whitman librarian Rosemarie Pray. “We wanted to tell parents to say to their high school students, ‘go get a book and bring it home to read to your brother or sister.'”‘“Kids Reading To Kids’ is a program that encourages our high school students to read to their younger siblings or relatives,” said SMB member and Whitman senior Alexis Darrow. “Our book program is a library on-a-cart that is placed in various locations, including the north and south cafeteria, library, and student services area,” said Whitman senior and SBM member Cheryl Rodriguez. “We accept donated books at our main office and then offer them to students to borrow and take home to read to their siblings.”
The ‘Kids Reading To Kids’ program offers a large selection of books for every age group. “When we recognized a need we looked at the situation and immediately worked on making it something positive for our students and community,” said SBM member and Whitman Assistant Principal Dr. Scott Muller. “The ‘Kids Reading To Kids’ book program answers that need.”
The SBM team at Whitman is actively involved in other projects as well. “Last year the team held a Cyber Bullying program that educated students via a poster series about what appropriate online behavior is and how to treat others,” said Alexis Darrow. “Just this past year we were helping a mentoring program.”
The Whitman SBM team encourages district families to take advantage of their ‘Kids Reading To Kids’ program. Whether you want to donate books or encourage your students to read more, we invite you to contact Dr. Scott Muller at Walt Whitman High School at: scmuller@shufsd.org.
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Sports Awards Honor Whitman’s Winter Scholar Athletes
The winter 2015 Sports Awards Ceremony for Walt Whitman athletes was held on Monday evening amid a packed Performing Arts Center. Perhaps it’s all those miles running, clearing your mind to make room for a full-slate of academics, but whatever the reason, it’s not surprising that Walt Whitman’s Winter Scholar Athletes are members of the track team. Congratulations to seniors Katelyn Neuman and Connor Galvin.
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Winter Scholarcats Celebrated
We are thrilled to commend the numerous students who earned Scholarcat Awards. This special honor signifies that the athlete demonstrates equal dedication in the classroom, maintaining a 90% plus grade-point average through their season.
Congratulations Scholarcat recipients!Jack Anest, Christopher Babinski, Waris Barakzai, Alivia Barton, Christopher Bias, Thomas Blackall, Chloe Blumberg, John Boyle, Jonathan Brigati, Emanuel Campo, Steven Ciravolo, Kristen Coletti, Christian Corbett, Kyle Davis, Joshua Devaraj, Nicholas Di Stasi, Dylan Diamond, Tristan Dougherty, Christopher Dybus, Tyler Elmore, Paul Follo, Joshua Friedman, Sarah Glaser, David Grey, Elizabeth Hardwick, Matthew Harrigan, Richard Hauser, Elias Hernandez, Mark Hustedt, Thomas Isernia, Jonathan Juliano, Sarah Kim, Katie Latko, Robert Leonick, Casey Leonick, Timothy Mahadeo, Brett Maier, James Mattutat, Matthew Mc Auley, Luke Mc Evoy, Griffin McNally, Payal Multani, Benjamin Nace, Thomas Nicolino, Emma Palka, Ella Podhurst, Olivia Poplawski, Charles Ruotolo, Jason Saslaw, Cecelia Shedlow, Sean Smyth, Aiden Smyth, Tania Sood, Hannah Stasko, Craig Stockfeder, Mariela Suarez, Aryan Tabibzada, Matthew Torres, and Isaiah Wilkerson.
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Feola Earns Entry to Century Club
As he makes final preparations for the New York State Wrestling Championships this weekend, Vincent Feola, wrestling at 220-pounds, was ushered into a special club at Monday night’s Winter Sports Awards Celebration. “The Century Club has always been reserved for those wrestlers whose dedication and discipline earned them entry into this prestigious 100-win group,” said Varsity Wrestling Coach Vincent Altebrando. “Vincent Feola is a four-time All-League, three-time All-County, and two-time County Champion and State Runner Up and we are proud to honor him this evening.”
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‘Iron Man’ Thankful for Stimson's Generosity
He swims three-times faster than humans, will weigh close to 300 pounds, grow up to 6 feet long, and may have to fend off orcas, large sharks and polar bears. But for now, and with the help of a group of Stimson 8th graders, ‘Iron Man’ will have to be thankful as he regains his health in the comfy and safe confines at The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation.
In yet another example of the ‘Gift that Keeps on Giving’ the Stimson’s Penny Wars winning team, Ms. Jaimi Goldberg’s Homeroom 213, chose to donate $833.33, the remaining one-third of their total winnings to the local group.
The Riverhead Foundation for Marine Research and Preservation is a 501 (c) (3) not for profit organization that operates the New York State Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program. The primary mission of the Riverhead Foundation is to preserve and protect our marine environment through education, rehabilitation, and research.
This past Tuesday, Riverhead Foundation volunteer Steve Abbondondelo and co-worker Chuck Russell made a presentation to Ms. Goldberg’s homeroom class and graciously thanked them for the monetary gift. Adopting a rescued harbor seal named 'Iron Man,’ the students were intrigued but the presentation and asked many questions.“We roughly estimate that the rescue, rehabilitation, and tagging costs can be upwards of $6,000 for a harbor seal or sea turtle,” said Mr. Abbondondelo. “Iron Man weighed only 43 pounds we he was found on January 19th suffering from dehydration, pneumonia and seal pox. He will be in our care for a while and this money will actually go to help care for him.”
We are happy to report that ‘Iron Man’ is responding well and currently eating 10lbs of fish per-day. Thank you Stimson and thank you Stimson community. Your hard work and generosity is paying off in countless ways.
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Celebrating African-American History Month
February is African-American History Month and on Tuesday night the Walt Whitman Performing Arts Center was alive with music, dance, poetry, and readings, all paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.
Congratulations to our Walt Whitman African-American Heritage Club, under the able direction of Ms. Cynthia Quinlan, on the success of Tuesday night’s outstanding Black History celebration—A Tribute to Dr. Maya Angelou and Remembrance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March from Selma.
These special events provided an entertaining and informative evening that promoted unity and brought an exciting display of culture to our district. Thank you to club members—Elizabeth Plaisir, Stacey Auguste, Danerah Pierre, Zannia Ojibe and Amani Howard—for lending their talents and hard work to this dynamic celebration.
Special thanks to our high school dancers, under the direction of Ms. Susan Radin, for adding to the meaningful evening: Krystal Krystal Lloyd, Diliana Moreira, Peridot Coppin, Victoria Rosa, Sabrina O’Dette, Jessica Barahona, Karizma Ingram, Jenna Kilkenny, Rachel Kilkenny, Elizabeth Mercurio, Gary Cisneros, Will Roman, Sarah Haller, Sabrina Philippe, and Corina Lambraia.
Special thanks to our STEP team members, as well, for the display of their talent, adding to the profound expression of the night: Aheesha Watkis, Karzima Ingram, Jessica Barahona, Kassandra Hernandez, Antoine Butts Miller, Unique Butts, Antoinette Butts, Lauren Beaubrun, Andrienne Cantave, Danielle Harris, Rachel Williams, Destinee James, Jaylene Hubbard, Jordan Chen, Jalynn Cooke, Yajayra Romero, Arielle Bagley.
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Winter Sports Awards
Congratulations to all of the winter athletes and coaches who were honored at Monday night’s awards presentation. This talented group braved the cold winter months, giving 100% through a challenging 20-week season. We are proud of each and every athlete and coach and offer special congratulations to those who earned the following post-season honors:
Wrestling
All-County Honors: Vincent Feola, 1st place; Terron Robinson, 4th place
All-League Honors: Patrick Brady; Elvin Campos; Thomas DeGaetano; Vincent Feola; Devin Marion; Terron Robinson and Joshua Roiland
Girls Winter Track
All-County Honors: Alexandra Greaves
All-County Academic Honors: Elisabeth Auguste; Allysia Jones
All-League Honors: Antoinette Butts-Miller; Gabrielle Ramirez; and Shelbi Wuss
Girls Basketball
All-County Academic Honors: Abigail Daniels
All-League Honors: Brittney Coleman; Sarah Olsen; Rose Pedretti; and Rosa Portaro
Boys Basketball
All-Conference Honors: Jordan Aiken
All-League Honors: Andre Harris
Academic All-League: Matthew Kleet
Boys Winter Track
All-County Honors: Wayne Koziatek; Chad Maier; and Shamar Powell
All-County Academic Honors: Jacob Kahrs
All-League Honors: Jacob Kahrs; Wayne Koziatek; Chad Maier; Shamar Powell
Bowling
All-League High Average, High Series, High Game & Match Points: Russell Kielawa
All-League High Series, High Game & Match Points: Nick Pasquini
Fencing
All-Island Honors: Thomas Ferrante
All-County Men’s Epee: Thomas Ferrante, 1st Team
All-County Men’s Sabre: Benjamin Sakarin, 1st Team; Zachary Pietsch, 2nd Team
All-County Men’s Foil: Adam Meskill, 2nd Team
All-County Men’s Sabre Honorable Mention: Mark Dammer
All-County Women’s Sabre: Isabel Sakarin, 1st Team
All-County Women’s Foil: Kayla Soulias, 2nd Team
All-County Women’s Epee: Alexandria Alpy, 2nd Team
Cheerleading
L.I.C.C.A. All-Star: Natalie Dunn
During the Summer Camp:
UCA All American: Kiara Brown, Gabriella Cipriano, Natalie Dunn, Sarena McManus, and Rebecca Nardelli.
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VFW Essay Winner Takes 2nd in State
This past Veteran's Day, many of our Stimson students wrote an essay based on the theme “Why I Appreciate America’s Veterans.” The top essays were selected by the teachers of the Stimson social studies department to be entered into the contest ‘VFW Patriot’s Pen,’ sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).
Eighth-grader Jennifer Duclay was invited to an awards dinner at the VFW last week where she was presented with many accolades for her winning essay. Jenny took 1st place at our local VFW Post 1469, 1st place at the district level, and 2nd place at the state level. Congratulations Jenny! Also, congratulations to eighth-grader Grace D'Souza for achieving third place at the district level. Job well done!
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Minds in Motion Awards Honor Whitman’s Brightest Winter Athletes
At the annual Winter Sports Awards, South Huntington Athletic Director Dr. James Wright and honored guests congratulated student athletes for a variety of accomplishments during this past season.
Congratulations to the 134 Varsity Minds in Motion Award recipients who maintained a 90+ average during their sports season. Computations are based on weighted averages.
Winter 2015 Varsity Minds in Motion Athletes:Jordan Aiken, Erika Algierie, Alexandria Alpy, Anastasia Alpy, Elisabeth Auguste, Kelly Baumann, Joseph Blackall, Julianna Botta, Michael Bronson, Zachary Bruno, Joseph Buckshaw, Antoinette Butts Miller, Claude Albert Cajuste, Serah Carbon, Tiffany Chuen, Gabriella Cipriano, Brittney Coleman, Lauren Connolly, John Creeron, Danielle D’Amico, Mark Dammer, Abigail Daniels, Christopher Davila, Thomas DeGaetano, Shannon Decker, Alexa Delcolle, Gianna Della Vedova, Joseph DiPiero, Allison DiStasi, Kilian Duclay, Kathleen Dugan, Emma Dunn, Natalie Dunn, Jon Eichner, Jasmine Erfan, Joseph Esposito, Vincent Feola, Thomas Ferrante, Emily Ferrante, Julia Fisch, Theodore Fisher, Gabriella Fuentes, Rodrigo Gallegos, Connor Galvin, Diamond Garcia, Camilee Getchell, Antonella Giammichele, Michael Giarrizzo, Haley Gladitsch, Paige Gladstone, Alec Gonzalez, Juan Gonzalez Contreras, Alexandra Greaves, Alex Greenberg, Justin Grose, Douglas Guida, Maegan Guzman, Gary Harris, Jefferson Hector Jr, Allysia Jones, Patrec Alexander Brown Jones, Jacob Kahrs, Jack Karmen, Russell Kielawa, Lauren King, Julian Kleberg, Wayne Koziatek, Jameson Latko, Zachary Lella, Graham Lunt, Hamza Mahmood, Chad Maier, Tyler Malone, Cara Mangels, Emily Manheim, Douglas Marr, Scott McEntee, Edward McGuigan, Avery McKenzie, Sarena McManus, Dylan McNally, Joseph Mendoza, Mark Theodore Meneses, Adam Meskill, Michael Morck, Jesse Morra, Rebecca Nardelli, Gabrielle Nardelli, Michelle Nardelli, Katelyn Neuman, Jonathan O'Toole, Zannia Ojibe, Zenab Ojibe, Erick Pacheco, Rose Pedretti, Sabrina Philippe, Rosa Portaro, Shamar Powell, Cassidy Pugatch, Dylan Racaniello, Epiphany Ramirez, Gabrielle Ramirez, Danielle Raynor, James Reilly, Isaac Renderos, Anna Rizzo, Shanece Robinson, Cheryl Rodriguez, Joshua Roiland, Jordan Roiland, Nicole Rowe, Samantha Ruotolo, Benjamin Sakarin, Isabel Sakarin, Elycia Salcedo, Brett Schankin, Jenna Scheiner, Jordan Schneider, Michael Seitz, Melissa Shaiman, Kayla Soulias, Jonathan Sparling, Matthew Stockfeder, Maryrose Stone, Paige Tortorice, Perry Tripi Jr, Jonathan Vital, Lauren Wesch, Grace Williams, Fiona Witt, Jack Wrobel, Sean Wuestman, Shelbi Wuss, and Shannon Yodice.
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Maplewood Doesn’t Skip a Beat!
Maplewood students are awesome Heart Heroes! In honor of the 36th Anniversary of the American Heart Association, Maplewood Intermediate School set a goal of $7,000.01 to raise in their Jump Rope for Heart Program. Last year, in just 2 weeks, the Maplewood school community doubled their goal by raising $7,000. This year they surpassed their goal again and raised over $9,000!
Students were invited to participate in a special event before school on 2 various mornings. Maplewood’s Physical Education Teachers, Mr. Slovak, Mr. Lauria and Ms. Gross conducted this exciting program. Over 150 students attended and jumped in various activities.
Congratulations to all Maplewood students who participated in their annual Jump Rope for Heart Program and thank you Maplewood school community for your generosity!
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Countrywood Jump Rope for Heart
Once again Jump Rope for Heart was held at Countrywood! All of Mrs. Carron’s and Mrs. Reichert-Emprimo’s P.E. classes have been getting prepared and excited to participate in this year’s celebration of healthy hearts, healthy choices, and healthy lives!
The students enjoyed watching a super fun video that discussed how Jump Rope for Heart helps children with special hearts, by raising money needed to fund research and find ways to “fix” their hearts. We also learned about the importance of getting lots of exercise and eating healthy foods to keep our hearts healthy and strong.
All of our students were eager to participate and show they cared about the children with special hearts! Last year, Countrywood students and their families raised over $12,000 for The American Heart Association. We are hopeful to top last year’s donations.
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65th Annual Girls' Sports Night
The Walt WhitmanGirls Leaders Organization (GLO) held their 65th Annual Girls' Sports Night on Thursday, February 26th, and the north gymnasium was electric. The competition was heated as Maroon battled White with everyone winning in the end. Don't miss the slide show at the end.
A welcome message from GLO President and Vice President Kathryn Marchesiello and Maureen Leiva:
For the past 65 years, the Girls Leaders Organization has worked vigorously to put together Girls Sports Night. Originally, GSN gave young women the opportunity to participate in athletics that were only available to males. However, as the years progressed and girl’s teams were established, we still keep the tradition alive.
The officiating organization has always been the Girls Leaders Organization. The criteria to being inducted includes; high academic achievement, participation in varsity athletics, hours of community service, as well as dedication to the club and its activities and events. Some of our community service includes; Breast Cancer Awareness, Pumpkins Patch for Disabled Children, Thanksgiving food drive, Toys for Tots for the Dolan Center, and St. Baldrick’s.
After three long months of hard work and dedication, we have seen our girls leaders truly grow into becoming young women and role models. All of our captains have put in numerous hours to make this night possible. Their work has truly paid off and has not gone unnoticed. To the girls participating, we hope you had fun, and continue to participate in the following years. We would also like to extend a big thank you to our parents for your endless support and love. We thank you for shuffling us around to our practices.
We would also like to thank Mrs. Mahoney, our advisor, for all the work she puts into GLO and GSN. Anything we have done and will do in the future would not be possible without you!
We hope you enjoy the night,
Love Always, Kathryn Marchesiello and Maureen Leiva
Girls Leaders Organization
President Vice Presidents Advisor
Kathryn Marchesiello Maureen Leiva Mrs. Mahoney
Treasurer Secretary Historian
Erin Diana Linda Powell Lauren King
Girls Sports Nights Captains
Maroon White
Calisthenics Catherine Aiello Kerry Conlon
Kimberly Belissimo Erin Diana
Cassie Eaches Amanda Glasser
Lauren Grosser Sarine Kabarijian
Ariel Khatchatourian Rosalie Libardi
Courtney Mayer Kayla Neiland
Natalie Migliore Shayna Pehel
Nicole Naughton Francine Sauer
Diana Ortega Ashley Weisser
Colleen Sweezey
Cheerleading Brittany Aikhuele Colleen Harrington
Ashley Seebach Hannah Axmacher
Volleyball Abigail Daniels Lauren King
Dodge ball Abigail Daniels Laura Galligan
Ariel Khatchatourian Juliana Pasquarello
Sr. Musical Chairs Katelyn Neuman Alexis Darrow
Underclassmen
Relay Nicole Rowe Linda Powell
Tug-of-war Mahum Siddiqui Christine McFelia
Gracious thanks to…•All of the custodial staff who made this night possible!•Mr. Rogers and the Robotics Club for generously constructing our cheer boxes!•All of the amazing proctors•Our Secret Judges Panel•All of our hardworking, and dedicated captains•Chelsea Saccente for singing the national anthem•The Board of Education•Ms. Acker, Mrs. Grady, Mr. Varlamos, Dr. Muller, Ms. Murrell and Mr. Patronaggio for their continued support for Girls Sports Night as well as Girls Leaders!•A special thanks to our Superintendent Dr. Bennardo and our Board of Directors! •Lastly our handsome and appreciated boys helpers:
Robby Senecal, Russell Kielawa, Jonathan Sparling, Sean Delle, Sean McEntee, Jameson Latko, Ben Castillo, Joe DiPiero, Ryan McAllister, Jon O’Toole, Julian Kleberg, Chad Maier, Joe Blackall, Blaise Davi, Collin Donovan, Michael Fiordalisi, and Jordan Aiken.
Thank you all so much for your help!
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New York State Scholar Athlete Teams for the 2014-2015 Winter Season
Scholar Athlete teams are selected by using un-weighted averages based on New York State criteria. Congratulations to the following teams:
Boys/Girls Fencing – 97.343
Boys Winter Track – 94.867
Girls Basketball – 93.884
Girls Winter Track – 93.392
Boys Bowling – 92.240
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Lunar New Year Celebrated at Countrywood
On Tuesday February 24, 2015 parents and children participating in Countrywood’s after school P.A.C.T program were learning about Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year. Parents and students made their own Chinese lantern and researched which animal pertained to the year they were born.
Kindergarten Dual Language teachers, Mrs. Rodriguez and Mrs. Sanchez were excited to invite guest speaker, second grade Dual Language teacher Mrs. DiNorcia to speak to the parents and students about her experience and appreciation of her adopted Asian culture. “Chinese New Year follows the lunar calendar, and since many Asian countries observe this holiday, it is also known as the 'Lunar New Year,'" said Mrs. DiNorcia. She also shared pictures of her experience walking in the Chinese New Year parade with OCA (Asian Pacific American Organization) of New York and Long Island. “People can hear thunderous drums and fireworks, see bright colorful dragon dances, and feel joyous spirits, as they gather together at the parade to bring in the New Year,” said Mrs. DiNorcia. Our P.A.C.T. parents were happy to learn more about the Chinese culture and agreed that it is important to teach our children about the diverse cultures that make up our communities.
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Oakwood giving from the HEART Updated!
This past February, Oakwood Primary Center’s kindergarten, first- and second-grade students participated in Jump Rope for the Heart. This was a voluntary fundraising program for heart disease research, which is affiliated with the American Heart Association.
During their Physical Education classes the students traveled through an obstacle course that resembles the human body. They moved from station to station participating in a variety of exercises and jumping activities such as jump rope, sit-ups, push-ups and scooters. For participating in these activities, each student received a certificate and sticker from the American Heart Association. Oakwood has participated in this event for the past 10 years and has raised an average of $3500 per year. We are very happy to report that this year, after a lateinfluxof donations, the Oakwood school community has surpassed $10,000 and they are still counting. Way to Go Oakwood!
The main goal of this activity is to raise money for The American Heart Association. However research shows that the habits and choices developed in childhood influence whether or not a person develops heart disease later in life. More importantly the students have FUN while participating in a worthy cause. We thank the Oakwood school community who graciously donated from their heart for the American Heart Association.
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