Summer 2016 - Mount Sinai School District

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Reflections From Our Schools
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Reflections From Our Schools
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Summer 2016
Volume 58 Issue 4
MOUNT SINAI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Grades K – 4
Dr. John Gentilcore, Principal
Ride for Life Comes to Mount Sinai
O
n May 13th Mr. Chris Pendergast and his
friends from the ALS Ride for Life added a
stop on their journey to visit our school campus. Along with members of the Middle
School Student Council, the elementary school students
lined up along the front sidewalk to cheer on our guests
and present donations in excess of three thousand dollars. We thank our students, teachers and you in your
effort to find a cure for Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Ms. Elizabeth Hine Assistant Principal
FOA Bug Contest
Jump Rope For Heart
Bugs have swarmed into the 3rd grade classrooms for
the FOA’s bug contest. A “Most Realistic Bug” and a
“Most Creative Bug” have been chosen from each class.
Top Row: Dylan Smith, Ryan Anzaldi, Orlando DiDesidero,
Nicholas Cavanaugh, Liam Metzler & Samantha CromerBottom
Row: Jessica Bronleben, Ava Brennan, Sofia Alfenito, Sara
Michaleas, Layla Pennington & Leah DaSilva
A Visit From Harvey
The 2016 Jump Rope for Heart event was a huge success! Over 125 students and 30 volunteers participated
in a morning filled with twelve activity stations and a live
DJ keeping the event energized. Thank you very much to
all the volunteers who helped make this event special for
the students.
E
lementary students were treated to a visit from
Harvey The Guide Dog last month. Mrs. Nicole
Wallace, Middle School teacher and guide dog
trainer, introduced Harvey and discussed the role of the
Guide Dog Foundation
Mount Sinai Mirror 2
Let’s Fly a Kite Contest
Science is exciting and magical! That was the message students at Mt. Sinai Elementary School saw and
heard from the demonstrations of various science experiments by the presenter of an assembly on May 3, 2016
called, "The Magic of Science." Gifted by the Parent
Teacher Organization, students were amazed and some
were called from the audience to assist in experiments of
chemistry, physics, and mathematical phenomena.
Math Olympaid Club
S
pring has sprung at Mount Sinai Elementary
School. Kites are flying in the 2nd grade wind for the
Friends of the Arts kite contest. Two kites from each
class have been chosen as most creative.
Contest winners are: John MacVicar, Sophia Masone (Mrs.
Ginty), Lilah Jurgens, Erica Allen (Mrs. Sullivan), Aidan Doege,
Natalia Pagano (Mrs. Samson), Jonathan Cantillo, Holly Grieve
(Mrs. Walker), Liliana Code, Joseph DeBono (Mrs. Stemmler),
Joseph Hoehl, Antonio Gallo ( Mrs. Innace), Matteo Marano,
Dante Gervino (Mrs. Style).
Magic of Science
T
he fourth grade Math Olympiad Club just completed their final competition. Our team scored
at total of 133 points. This group met every Monday
morning before school to practice problems, work cooperatively and learn higher level math concepts. Congratulations to all Olympiads. Pictured above Front Row: Anna
Fedotov, Anna Rossman, Haley Sanchez Second Row:
Joseph Sirico, Andrew Wang, Nate Castro, Thomas Arrington, David Peregosky Back row: Andrew Chandrika,
Alexander Polyansky, John Jongebloed and Lucas Laforge.
Revolutionary War
Ms. Matz's fourth grade students wrote about different
aspects of the Revolutionary War as part of the Columbia
Writing Program's "Bringing History to Life" unit of information writing. Students wrote about different battles or
events such as Lexington and Concord, the Boston Massacre and the Tea Act. The bulletin board is part of their
celebration of publishing the writing.
PoliceSmart with Officer George
Our thanks to Suffolk County Police Officer George
Lynaugh for discussing the importance of internet safety,
making good decisions, bully prevention and “stranger
danger” with kindergarten through fourth grade students.
Pictured above is Officer George with Mrs. Wilcken and
Miss Rossworn’s kindergarten children.
Practice-A-Thon
Spring is Here!
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O
ur thanks to retired elementary school teachers
Mrs. Pat Williams and Mrs. Schlosser for continuing the
wonderful tradition of spring planting at our schoolAlong
with Mrs. Denise Murphy, third grade teacher, students
were organized into groups throughout the day and planted beautiful flowers at the entrance of our school. Spring
is here!
ourth grade band and orchestra students participated
in the Harry Chapin Practice-A-Thon. Each student kept
a detailed log of every minute they practiced their musical
instrument during the month of March. Friends and family
were to make a donation based on the total minutes
practiced during the entire month. Together, students
raised $794.25 for Long Island Cares, Inc. – the Harry
Chapin Food Bank. These students recorded a combined
total of 8,319 minutes of practice during the month of
March!
Quails
Congratulations to elementary students Anna Fedetov,
O
n May 29th, exactly 23 days after the eggs were
placed in the Elementary school incubator, 92
Bobwhite Quail eggs successfully hatched. The students
were delighted to learn that bobwhite are precocial, possessing the immediate ability to see and walk. With our
live camera feed, students have had the opportunity to
witness them emerge from their eggs, explore the classroom brooder, nap and stretch their growing wings all
from their home computers and portable electronic devices. Log on to http://167.206.142.247:8081 to enjoy their
entertaining antics yourself. Don’t delay because Bobwhite Quails are one of the fastest growing of all bird species.
Isabella Russo, Aidan Perrotta and John Perrotta for their
recent entries to the Brookhaven National Laboratory Science Fair. Along with MST Director Mr. Matthew’s and
ES Mathematics Instructor Miss Conard, students fielded
questions regarding their hypothesis and data interpretation in advance of the BNL Fair. Pictured above the Mr.
Matthews and Miss Conard are Anna F. and Isabella R.
Raffle Winner!
Science Fair
Congratulations go to Thomas Arrington who recently
won an autographed Yankee baseball as part of a fundraiser for ALS and the Ride for Life.
Yoga
Bear Night
First grader students read a lot of books this year for
the annual Be Excited About Reading campaign. In fact,
the total was 5,542 in all! This was a tremendous accomplishment and was recognized at B.E.A.R. Night Celebration of Reading with parents on Thursday, May 5th in the
Middle School Auditorium. Thanks to the PTO for providing the performer, Rick Charette, who entertained all with
songs about reading books.
Science Fair
Z
umba came to Mt. Sinai Elementary School on
May 10, 2016 as a gift from the Friends of the
Arts. The students learned that dance and exercise can be a fun way to stay healthy and fit.
Students in all grades participated in the stretching and
movements while the presenter modelled the moves and
used music as motivation.
Have a
relaxing summer!
March Students of the Month
ARTIST
CATCH A KID
MUSICIAN
Leon Francis Clark
Abigail Ryan
April Students of the Month
ARTIST
CATCH A KID
MUSICIAN
Leah Romero
Milana Fiordalisi
May Students of the Month
ARTIST
MUSICIAN
Holly Grieve
Milana Fiordalisi
MOUNT SINAI MIDDLE SCHOOL
Grades 5 – 8
Mr. Peter Pramataris
Principal
AUTHOR/ACTIVIST KEVIN POWELL ADDRESSES
STUDENTS AT MT. SINAI MIDDLE SCHOOL
O
n Tuesday, May 3, 2016, renowned author and
activist Kevin Powell brought a message of
respect for diversity and inclusiveness to the students at
Mt. Sinai Middle School. Powell spoke to the school’s 7th
and 8th grade students about embracing diversity, celebrating our differences, and overcoming obstacles in our
lives. Additionally, Mr. Powell conducted a small-group
workshop. In order to prepare for his visit, The English
Department provided students with excerpts from Powell's
most recent book, The Education of Kevin Powell: A
Boy’s Journey to Manhood (Simon & Schuster, October
2015). According to Mr. Michael Cohen, long-time advisor to Mr. Powell who also attended the event, “the students of Mt. Sinai were the most interactive, insightful,
and mature group he has seen Kevin work with.”
Mr. Chris Heil
Assistant Principal
The grade that purchased the most stars was the winner
of an ice cream party, held during that grade’s lunch period. Though it was a very close competition, the fifth grade
won with a little over $600 raised! This year’s fundraiser
was the most successful one in years, and all those involved greatly appreciate students’ generous efforts.
ALS All Stars!
In the beginning of May, in just one week, the Mt. Sinai
Middle School raised $1,118 for Ride for Life, a foundation whose goal is to raise money and awareness for
ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. ALS is a very
rare disease that affects and degenerates the nervous
system, eventually making it nearly impossible to perform
daily tasks. In order to raise money for the cause, the
middle school had a friendly competition amongst grades
to see who could raise the most money. Paper star cutouts were sold for a dollar during lunch periods, and then
displayed in the hallway.
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Science Winners
he winners of last year's (2015) 7th grade Mount
Sinai Science Fair presented their projects to a field of
judges at this year's 2016 Long Island Science Congress
held on April 12th at St. Anthony's High School. There
were fifteen 8th grade Mount Sinai students who presented their individual or partner projects at this year’s science congress. The two students pictured above (Jake
Ritchie and Brandon Rode) took home "honors" trophies
for their project on "Whether temperature effects how high
a tennis ball bounces", and were recognized at the
awards ceremony held at the Wheatley School on May
16th, 2016.
Two other students received green
"Achievement" ribbons ( Ashley Cromer and Jackie
Black). Four students received Red “Meritorius” ribbons
(Arielle Mule and Erin Mehl, Sarah Gunasekera and Tara
McCall) and 7 students received white “Honorable Mention" ribbons (Tristan Werner and Justin Rinck, Julia
Desiano and Isabel Cubillo, Taylor Hutchinson and Jennifer Cariola, and Christian Tabacco. Great Job scientists!
We All Scream for Ice Cream!
On Friday, May 6, 2016, the middle
school Student Council hosted their annual
5th and 6th Grade Ice Cream Social. Over
120 students were in attendance, dancing
to the tunes of DJ Mr. Daniel Tappin, after
eating a self-made sundae. The Social was
the perfect “cool-down” to the week following Spring Break, and the perfect kick-off to warmer
weather and refreshing treats!
Looking Back on Kidsday: Views and Reflections
By Daniella Graffeo
I
never thought it would happen. It was just a stroke of pure luck. Ever since I’ve started reading the paper, I was interested in Kidsday. I always
wanted to try it. However, I knew teachers were already making plans and were really busy.
Mr. Karl O’Leary, my English teacher, requested for Kidsday five years ago, in 2010, and in 2015, he finally received a chance. He was really happy
and on one Friday in October, he mentioned that next Monday, for the kids that loved to write, could join the Kidsday club, and I wouldn’t have ever
passed this chance up. I felt so lucky to be a part of this.
Weeks later, the club received sign-up sheets. I remembered to get mine signed, just thinking of it as a simple sign-up into the club. I gave the slip
to Mr. O’Leary during first period, rescheduled my lessons, and came back as Mr. O’Leary called my name. He told me that since I was one of the first
people to hand in my slip, I had a chance to go to New York City. It was exciting, and he called my mom that November morning. I went to lunch with
my friend Rianna, and Mr. O’Leary came into the cafeteria. He sat down next to me and said, “We’re going on a trip tomorrow.” I was like, “We are?”
We were going to the city to watch “Daddy’s Home” at Viacom Studios before it came out. I was ecstatic. I found out later it was Gabriella Acquafredda,
Greenlei Otto, Stephen Wilcken, and I who were going, with our parents, Mr. O’Leary, and his wife and son. Viacom Studios was huge and the journey
was long, but we finally met Mr. Pat Mullooly, the Kidsday director, there. He was really funny and was great at his job. This trip was exciting. After the
movie, we found out we had to go back to New York City next month, in December, to meet Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg to interview them about
their movie parts!
In between the trips, the Kidsday club met in the Mount Sinai Middle School library in afternoons with Pat Mullooly. The reporters included Gabriella
Acquafredda, Jackie Black, Ashley Dua, Ava Erdmann, Jack Frycek, Katie Molloy, Arielle Mule, Greenlei Otto, Grace Plumitallo, Luciano Rienecker,
Jake Ritchie, Emily Sifre, Rachel Smolarsky, Marissa Symington, Connor Wilcken, Stephen Wilcken, Jillian Zezima, and me. We worked really hard,
and I believe that it really was worth it.
Finally, the second trip to New York City came. It was a really nice day in the city. The sky was gray, but the temperature was great. Meeting Mark
Wahlberg and Will Ferrell was really cool and probably one of the best experiences I have ever had. I will never forget it and I am thankful because I
know not many people get the opportunity to personally meet a famous actor, but two of them is really lucky.
Afterwards, the club met several more times, as we submitted article after article, experiencing and interviewing in the process. The articles ranged
from Bubble Ball testing, Peer Support, Midori Japanese Sushi and Steakhouse, Skyzone, advice on Personal Information, Pet Couch Covers, Book
Reviews, Jokes, and so much more. In January, four kids, Jake Ritchie, Ashley Dua, Jack Frycek, and Ava Erdmann had the opportunity to watch the
movie, “Norm of the North” and meet and interview Heather Graham, a voice of a character in the movie, in one day! They had to leave really early, but
I can tell it was so worth it, and they got to sing “Happy Birthday” with Heather Graham like we sang “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” with Will Ferrell
and Mark Wahlberg (since their movie came out on Christmas). Between both interviews, many questions were asked, answered, and recorded (and it
was really funny!) to organize an interview for the Long Island Newspaper.
Overall, the whole experience was amazing. Thanks to Mr. O’Leary, this Kidsday Club has inspired me to become a writer. I love to write and would
be happy to take up this profession. I believe that the reporters in this club worked so hard to achieve their goals, and once we saw our articles in the
paper, we were so proud. We had to miss classes for this, but it was totally worth it! Additionally, Mr. O’Leary had so much patience to receive this
position, waiting for five years, and he definitely deserves it. He is one of the best teachers I’ve ever had and over the past year, I’ve improved my
writing so much, thanks to him.
Over the past few months, I learned that trying new things and taking risks can lead to life-changing experiences to remember forever.
Ashley Dua, Jack Frycek, Ava Erdmann, Jake Ritchie,
Heather Graham
Mark Wahlberg, Daniella Graffeo, Stephen Wilcken, Gabriella
Acquafredda, Greenlei Otto, Will Ferrell
Honors from the Long Island Poet of the Year
O
n Sunday evening, June 5, students from Mr.
O’Leary’s English 7 class were honored by this year’s
Long Island of the Year Poet, Mr. Gayl Teller. Elaina Varriale, “When the Seasons and I Change”; Jackson Maher,
“On the Edge of the Seas”; Connor Wilcken, “School
Days”; Gregory Silano, “ NYC in Winter”; Sevinch Noori,
“Beautiful White Moon”; and Daniella Graffeo, “Rumors:
The Modern School Wildfires” all read their original poems at the Mid-Island Y annual Poetry Contest.
Sevinch Noori, Elaina Varialle, Daniella Graffeo, Connor
Wilcken, Jackson Maher, Greg Silano, Karl O’Leary
Reflecting Back, Looking Forward
On Sunday, April 10, several students from Mr.
O’Leary’s English 7 class were honored for their thematic
projects at the Holocaust and Memorial Tolerance Center
of Nassau County. Amy Huang’s poem “Lost and Found”
earned first place honors, along with $150. Lizette Kelly
(The Voice that was Silenced), Elaina Varriale (Out of
Horror), and Gariella Acquafredda (Two Sides of the
Same Belief), were recognized for the paintings/drawings
in first ($150), second ($100), and third place ($50) respectively. And in the original video category, Sarah Hill’s
“The Never-Ending Conflict of Bullying” left an imprint on
all in the room, as she walked away with first place recognition ($150); Rachel Smolarsky and Greenlei Ott collaborated to create “The Printing Press” for second place
($100), and Nicole Deller’s “Elizabeth Blackwell: Medical
Pioneer” earned third place ($50).
Walt Whitman Birthplace Awards
On Sunday, June 5, Mr. O’Leary’s English 7 students
visited the Walt Whitman Birthplace in West Hills to be
recognized for the poetic efforts.
Lizette Kelly was selected as a Grand Champion winner
for her submission “My Seasons” in the multimedia category. Gabriella Acquafredda – “Memories”; Greenlei Otto
– “The Swampy Marsh”; Caroline Patak – “The NeverEnding Forest”; and Nina Caputo - “The Blizzard Child”;
all received honors for their poetic multimedia creation.
Danielle Graffeo was selected as a winner for her individual anthology entry Our World: A Collection of Poems of
the World Around Us. And for the fourth time in the past
five years, Mr. O’Leary’s class earned Grand Champion
recognition for the class anthology: The Essence of Me.
THE MID-ISLAND Y CONGRATULATES ALL
THE 2016 POETRY WINNERS & HONOREES TEENS
1ST PLACE--DANIELLA GRAFFEO
2ND PLACE--SEVINCH NOORI
3RD PLACE--GREGORY SILANO
HONORABLE MENTIONS
JACKSON MAHER, CONNER WILCKEN
CHILDREN
1ST PLACE--ELAINA VARRIALE
World Hunger Essay
Daniella Graffeo
Third Place
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center
Poetry
1st--Amy Huang, Mount Sinai Middle School
Middle School painting/drawing
1st--Lizette Kelly, Mount Sinai Middle School
2nd--Elaina Varriale, Mount Sinai Middle School
3rd--Gabriella Acquafredda, Mount Sinai Middle School
Video/film
1st--Sarah Hill, Mount Sinai Middle School
2nd--Rachel Smolarsky & Greenlei Otto, Mount Sinai
Middle School
3rd--Nicole Deller, Mount Sinai Middle School
Ms. Pomaro’s Honors 8 English class won the Walt Whitman Poetry Contest for their class anthology, titled
“Through These Eyes We See…”
April “Students and Citizens of the Month”
STUDENTS
Brooke Legaspi
Ava Abazis
Harrison Gudzik
Rianna Balz
Katherine Parnell
Matthew Campo
Kyle Foley
Kayli Kunzler
Gabriella Acquafredda
Carsen Raffaele
Nicole Deller
Raymond Wong
Grade 5
Grade 6
Art
English Language Arts
Family and Consumer Sciences
Health
Math
Music
Science
Social Studies
Spanish
Technology
CITIZENS
Kiera Collier- Grade 5
Jake DeBlasio- Grade 6
Chase Dickson- Grade 6
Molly Laforge- Grade 7
Saramarie Spadaro- Grade 7
Brianna Tom- Grade 7
Michaella Tufariello- Grade 7
Max Cohen- Grade 8
Alan Daab- Grade 8
Christopher Gulli- Grade 8
Lawrence Jaffee- Grade 8
May “Students and Citizens of the Month”
STUDENTS
Ethan Bassis
Shaun Auletta
Chloe Paplin
Jenna Bocker
Amy Huang
Julia Licata
Jordan Girona-Nieto
Kelsey Carr
Ashley Dua
Thomas Zarif
James Davila
Catherine Carillo & Sophia Genao
Grade 5
Grade 6
Art
English Language Arts
Family and Consumer Sciences
Math
Music
Physical Education
Science
Social Studies
LOTE/Spanish
Technology
CITIZENS
Marissa Felician
Jack Brutschy
Isabella Carbone
Jake DeBlasio
Angelina DeLaurenzo
Kara Pearl
Marco Xerri
Gregory Silano
Ashley Cromer
Christopher Curtis
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Sarah Gunasekera
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MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL
Grades 9 – 12
Mr. Matthew J. Dyroff
Assistant Principal
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Mr. Robert Grable
Principal
Mr. Frank LaBianca
Assistant Principal
Junior Prom 2016
Envirothon
th
ive students travelled to the 18 Annual Long Island
Regional Envirothon on April 20. This year the competition was held at the USDAN Center for the Creative &
Performing Arts in Wheatley Heights. The team of Julia
McElheron, Johnathan Yu, Samin Zaman, Shannon
Molloy and Clare Dana tested against twenty-nine other
schools.
The Envirothon consists of multiple choice group tests
in the areas of aquatics, wildlife, soil, forestry, and current
events. Each station also has hands-on activities such as
testing water samples for pH, identifying trees, and completing a soil profile. In addition, the students prepared an
oral presentation that was presented to a panel of judges
for grading. This year the theme was to develop a management plan to control the invasive species, Hydrilla verticillata, in a lake. The team got together after school to
study and develop their presentation.
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his past April 16, the Class of 2017 enjoyed a
fantastic Junior Prom at the Hamlet Country Club
in Mount Sinai. The night was set to the backdrop of a
“rustic” theme, meticulously designed by the Junior Class
officers. The many days of preparation and hard work
were evident with attention to every detail.
After walking the famed Red Carpet through Mount
Sinai High School’s gymnasium in front of family and
friends, the night kicked off at the Hamlet with a grand
entrance into the ballroom. Students wasted no time and
got right into the night with dancing and great food.
The party rocked on until about 11:00 p.m. and when it
was all said and done, the Class of 2017 etched their own
mark into the annals of Mount Sinai Junior Prom history.
This great night could not have been possible without
the extraordinary efforts of our class officers, student volunteers and members of our faculty and administration.
The bar has been set very high for next year’s senior
prom. If this year’s gala affair is any indicator of what is to
be in the future, the Class of 2017 will be in for the most
exciting events of all their high school experiences.
Clare Dana, Julia McElheron, Samin Zaman, Jonathan Yu and
Shannon Molloy
Athletes Helping Athletes
Stuff-A-Bus
his year, Mount Sinai High School’s student/
athletes came and spoke with the elementary
school children about making positive life choices
with tobacco, alcohol, drug use, bullying, sportsmanship and civility. The student athletes delivered clear,
and sometimes, personal messages regarding decisions
that elementary school students will be make during their
middle and high school years.
As a culminating event, on May 11, Athletes Helping
Athletes went to the elementary school to host field day
for the fourth grade students. After a fun afternoon of
sports and activities, the group enjoyed a pizza lunch and
signed commemorative T-shirts.
On Sunday, May 15, members
of the high school’s Student Council and Interact Club organized
and participated in the annual
Stuff-A-Bus fundraiser at the King
Kullen supermarket in Mount Sinai.
Stuff-A-Bus is a charity that
focuses on filling a bus with nonperishable food and toiletries to provide to those who cannot obtain these basic necessities. These contributions
are donated to Long Island Harvest, a food bank that will
redistribute the donations as needed.
Our fundraiser lasted from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Thanks to the efforts of our students and community, we
were able to donate over 1,000 pounds of food to this
worthy organization. Thank you for your support.
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Tri-M Music Honor Society
On April 6, fifty-one music students attended a trip to
New York City. They started their day at an “Upclose
and Personal” workshop, where they received a personal
performance and recount of making it to Broadway from
an actor/performer from the show, “Something Rotten.”
They had lunch at the famous Carmine’s on Broadway, and proceeded to a matinee Broadway production
of “Something Rotten.” This trip has been a tradition for
the past ten years. Music students are able to take advantage of their proximity to one of the world’s greatest
cities and experience professional performances by world
-renowned artists. It was an inspiring day for all!
National Honor Society Induction
O
n Thursday, April 21, fifty-one juniors and thirtynine seniors were inducted into the Mount Sinai High
School Chapter of the National Honor Society. The four
pillars of the National Honor Society are Character, Service, Leadership and Scholarship. To qualify, students
must have earned a 91.5 weighted grade point average,
perform fifty hours of community service and be interviewed by a five member faculty council.
All members of the National Honor Society continue
their service to the community by participating in weekly
Peer-to-Peer Tutoring services offered free of charge to
any student needing help in both the Middle School and
High School.
Congratulations to the following newly inducted members:
Juniors
Catharine Aretakis
Rebecca Bilello
Kayla Branca
Antonia Calamas
Rene Campbell
Lucas Capobianco-Hogan
Michael Carneiro
Merissa Carpenito
James Catterson
Nicholas Conforti
Phaedra Conroy
Alexander Cubillo
Carlie Devlin
James Elgort
William Esposito
Samantha Feeney
Jada Foster
Michael Frank
Casey Fuoco
Cameron Giacalone
Alexander Giannantonio
Nicholas Glendenning
Courtney Graham
Kira Gresser
James Griffin
Cristina Gulli
Jade Hartcorn
Nicole Hurowitz
Sara Jiang
Victoria Johnson
Sara Kaufman
Kevin Kelly
Bryan Koflanovich
Helene Marinello
Benjamin May
Meaghan McNair
Natalie Michaels
Nikita Narsingh
Cara Navaretta
Janna Poretsky
Nicholas Rose
Savanna Russiello-Tous
Megan Shanian
Jason Shlonsky
Jared Sofia
Abigail Solomos
Spencer Spitz
Ashley Spoleti
Victoria Szempruch
Veronica Venezia
Emily Vengilio
Seniors:
Nicholas Jensen
Edward Marrs IV
Peter Mastrorocco III
Ibraheem Qureshi, Samuel Ritter, Patrick Scharf, Benjamin
May, James Catterson and Matthew Sirico.
Model United Nations Conference:
From May 12 through May 14, twenty-seven members
of the high school’s Model United Nations Team competed at the Global Classrooms Model United Nations Conference in New York City along with 1600 other students
from across the country and around the world. Representing the countries of Albania and Bolivia, these student
delegates addressed many diverse and controversial topics including the Syrian refugee crisis, international drug
smuggling, the fiscal distress amongst members of the
European Union and the recent Iran Nuclear Agreement.
Congratulations to all who participated! Special recognition to Benjamin May and Samuel Ritter who represented Bolivia in the Human Rights Council, where they discussed the topic of combatting violence against women
and were awarded with the Secretary General’s Award,
the highest award granted in each committee!
Benjamin May and Samuel Ritter
Future Business Leaders of America
The Mount Sinai Future Business Leaders
of America Chapter (FBLA) was fortunate
this year to send the following ten members
to the Rochester State Leadership Competition from April 13 through April 15: Alex
Cubillo, Brittany Grego, Isaac Kisten, Savanna Russiello-Tous, Patrick Scharf, Jake Ritter, Samuel
Ritter, Spencer Spitz, Ryan Wilson and Su Yang. Each
member competed in a minimum of 2 events that were
either written exams or performance events and as a
group they all competed in the Chapter Display.
Under the leadership of Su Yang and Brittany Grego,
our Chapter placed 5th for the Chapter Display event. The
following members will move on to the National Competitions which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, from June 28
through July 2: Isaac Kisten. Spencer Spitz, Alex Cubillo
and Samuel Ritter. Isaac Kisten came in 1st place for Introduction to Business, Spencer Spitz came in 3rd for
Word Processing, Alex Cubillo and Samuel Ritter came in
2nd for Entrepreneurship.
Special guest, Mr. Izzo, a Mount Sinai High School math
teacher, sang “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” with Tri-M
president, Marissa Caputo.
The café was transformed into a coffee house setting
and Ms. Monteleone made her famous Music Department
punch. All proceeds went to the Gregory Mantone Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Mr. Izzo and Marissa Caputo
Student Council Newsletter
E
ach year the Student Council is involved with the
officer election process for the classes as well as for
the council. Members are in charge of organizing, collecting, and distributing ballots among the classes.
Last week, the Student Council had elections for next
year’s officers and the winners are as follows:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Honors Art Show 2016
The Art Department proudly presented the
2016 High School Honors Art Show on Friday,
May 20. The show took place in the high
school’s auditorium and featured works from sophomores,
juniors, and seniors currently enrolled in advanced level
art courses. Paintings, drawings, collages, photographs,
as well as 3-dimensional works were on display.
Parents, students, and community members were welcomed with refreshments, courtesy of the Fine Arts Department, as they enjoyed the display.
“Unplugged”
O
n May 13, members of the Tri-M National Music
Honor Society hosted the annual “Unplugged”
event. It took place in the high school’s cafeteria from
7:00 until 9:00 p.m. Refreshments were donated courtesy of the Friends of the Arts.
This night was completely run by students, and consisted of live acoustic music.
Kevin Kelly
Christian Sartori
Jared Sofia
James Catterson.
Elections were held the first week in June. Candidates for
the 2016-2017 school year were as follows (bold indicates
winners):
Seniors
President
Vice President
Secretary and Treasurer
Nicholas Glendenning, Benjamin May
and Spencer Spitz
Catharine Aretakis and Phaedra Conroy
Natalie Michaels and Courtney Graham
Juniors
President and Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Jack Pilon and Ebelyn Harriman
James Giambalvo and Phillip Roelofsen
Anthony D’Angio
Sophomores
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Justyn Carreras, Katherine Gudzik,
and Gabriella Sartori
Emily Burrus, Gavin Code,
and Nicholas Rodriguez
Michael Muroff
Margaret Kopcienski, Michael Loguercio,
and Carolyn Milani.
Sweeney Todd
The state of musical theatre in Mount Sinai High School is vibrant and strong. The three, well-attended performances of Sweeney Todd, School Edition, a winner of ten Tony Awards, thirteen Drama Desk Awards, and nine
Lawrence Olivier Awards, gave the actors and audience members the opportunity to explore the dark side of human
nature in a safe setting. When working on a theatre production, all the dynamics of “commitment to a group” come
into play.
Our program creates situations where students make choices and experience the results of those decisions.
These lessons help develop life skills that will impact future “moments” in their lives. The value of every discipline
included in our school’s curriculum is elevated because of the need to integrate subject matter and skills learned to
create a successful production.
College Pride Day 2016
On Friday, May 6, Mount Sinai School District celebrated College Pride Day. The purpose of this day
is two-fold; to highlight the colleges/universities our
high school seniors will be attending in the fall, and to
have the underclassmen start thinking about future
college plans.
Students and staff were encouraged to wear a
shirt/hat of their choice. Seniors wore shirts of the
colleges they would be attending in the fall, while underclassmen wore a shirt of a college they wish to
attend, where their parents may have attended, or maybe their favorite college team. Faculty
and staff were involved as well, wearing apparel from the undergraduate/graduate school they
attended.
The day was a huge success. Pictures of our seniors from this day will be displayed in the
front lobby for the rest of the year.
Students of the Month
March
Subject
Art
Business
Citizenship
Citizenship
Computer Science
English
Family & Consumer Science
Foreign Language
Health
Math
Music
Physical Education
Science
Social Studies
Technology
Student Name
Savannah Hansen
Dawn-Abigail Lucas
Hailey La Giudice
Bryan Koflanovich
Ian Pfeffer
Collin Macavoy
Mariana Pontes
Helene Marinello
Marissa Mckiernan
Chloe Pow
James Yeary
Daniel Molloy
Nicholas Deluca
Brittney Ankelman
Thomas Bokinz
Grade
11
12
10
11
11
11
10
11
11
11
12
12
12
10
10
April
Subject
Art
Business
Citizenship
Citizenship
Computer Science
English
English
Foreign Language
Health
Math
Music
Physical Education
Science
Social Studies
Technology
Student Name
Julia Jones
Anoosai Yaramati
Lorraine Ramirez
Keith Williams
Ryan Hecht
Christian Law
Jackson Law
Angelie Sancho
Alexandra Lindstrom
Veronica Venezia
John Parente
Daniel Molloy
Chloe Franza
Zachary Tulloch
Molly Birnstill
Ethan Angress
Grade
9
12
11
12
12
9
9
9
12
11
11
12
12
9
9
10
Students of the Month
May
Subject
Art
Business
Citizenship
Citizenship
Computer Science
English
Foreign Language
Health
Math
Music
Physical Education
Science
Science
Science
Social Studies
Technology
Student Name
Michelle Samour
Brandon Lozano
Nolan Kelly
Olivia Hiz
Patrick Hanaj
Angela Bukofsky
Abigail Solomos
Ryan Smolarsky
Erica Shea
Nicholas Bosio
Trevor Satchell-Sabalja
Alexandra Cavalier
Bridget Sullivan
Gabriella Sartori
Melanie Kirtman
Brett Petralia
Joseph Lauria
Grade
12
12
12
12
12
11
11
9
12
11
10
12
9
9
9
10
10
Spring Blood Drive
Again, members of the Peer Leaders and Student Council ran a very successful spring blood
drive. With candy donated by Food Town in
Rocky Point, students set up a recruiting table to
encourage students to
donate blood. Altogether the drive collected
sixty-three
units
of
blood. The fall blood
drive will be held on
November 17, 2016.
Students who are 16
years or older are eligible to donate.
MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS
Mr. Scott Reh, Athletic Director
SCHOLAR/ATHLETE SPRING TEAM AWARDS
The New York State High School Athletic Association has recognized Mt. Sinai High School varsity
athletic teams for achieving academic excellence while actively participating in varsity level interscholastic athletics during the 2015-2016 spring season.
Varsity Girls Spring Track—96.637
Varsity Boys Spring Track—95.966
Varsity Girls Golf—94.571
Varsity Boys Lacrosse—93.980
Varsity Girls Lacrosse—94.982
2015—2016 FALL LEAGUE
AWARDS
Varsity Girls Soccer
Brooke Cergol—All Conference
Casey Schmitt – All County
Caiya Schuster – All Conference
Varsity Boys Soccer
Christopher Marrs – All Conference
Shane Walker– All League
Varsity Girls Cross Country
Sarah Conelly—All League, All Division, All County
Phaedra Conroy—All League
Noreen Guilfoyle—All League,
All Division, All County , All State
Ebelyn Harriman—All League
Julia Markey— All League
Kayleigh Robinson—All League
Varsity Boys Cross Country
Nick DeLuca—All League, All Division
Varsity Girls Tennis
Alana Caporale—All League
Sarah Gunasekera – All Division(8th
Grade)
Amanda Loh – All League
Margarita Suvorov– All League
Varsity Boys Golf
Mike Kirby—All League
Kyle Pirone—All League
AJ Abazis—All League ,All Academic
Paul Cavaliere—All Academic
Ross DiBetta—All Academic
Ryan Hecht—All Academic
Peter Mastrorocco—All Academic
Varsity Football
Michael Carneiro – All Division 1st team
Anthony Cesario – All Division 1st team
Robert Christ—All Division 2nd team
Appio Fragoletti—All County
Nick Kluger—All County
Christian Knab—All Division 1st team
Griffin McGrath—All County
J.J. Parente—All Division 1st team
Jason Shlonsky—All Division 1st team
Jermemiah Turpin—All Division 1st team
R. J. Voos—All Division 2nd team
Varsity Volleyball
Erica Shea– All League
Venessa Wellhausen– All League
Veronica Venezia – All League
Cassandra Arnemann—All Academic
Varsity Football
Nick Kluger– MVP
Hunter Tabile – Coaches Award
Jeremiah Turpin– Mustang Award
Varsity Volleyball
Erica Shea– MVP
Veronica Venezia– Coaches Award
Venessa Wellhausen– Mustang Award
Varsity Boys Golf
Angelo Abazis– MVP
Paul Cavaliere—Coaches Award
Ryan Hecht– Mustang Award
Varsity Cross Country Girls
Noreen Guilfoyle—MVP
Francesca Carbonara– Co-Mustang Award
2015-2016 FALL MVP/COACHES AWARD Samantha Croston—Co-Mustang Award
Kaylynn Juhas—Co-Mustang Award
Varsity Boys Soccer
Chris Marrs– MVP
Antonio Franklin– Coaches Award
Varsity Cross Country Boys
Alec Donowitz– Mustang Award
Ryan Wilson– Coaches Award
Sean Higgins – Mustang Award
Nick DeLuca—MVP
Varsity Girls Soccer
Caiya Schuster– MVP
Jordana Corcione– Co-Coaches Award
Caitlin Connor– Co – Coaches Award
Alana Caporale– Co-MVP
Emily Shaljian– Mustang
Margarita Suvorov—Co-MVP
Amanda Loh– Coaches Award
Varsity Cheerleading—Fall
Taylor-Cauchi-Gerace—MVP
Gabriela Custodio—Coaches Award
Bianca Wasser—Mustang Award
2014—2015 WINTER ALL LEAGUE AWARDS
2015—2016 WINTER ALL LEAGUE
AWARDS
Varsity Boys Basketball
Nick Rose– Academic All League, All
League, All Conference
Vincent Margulies– All League
Nolan Kelly – All League , All Conference
Varsity Girls Basketball
Gabby Sartori – All League, All Conference
Veronica Venezia – All League, All Conference
Victoria Johnson – All League, All County
Nicole Ravel—All County Academic
Varsity Boys Winter Track
Jonathan Ma– All League
Andrew Fiore—All League
Jason Balogun—All League
Kevin Kelly—All League
Varsity Girls Winter Track
Heather Caputo – All League
Francesca Carbonara – All League
Sarah Connelly—All League
Amanda DiDonato – All League
Aristea Franks – All League
Noreen Guilfoyle – All League
Ebelyn Harriman – All League
Kayleigh Robinson – All League
Casey Schmitt—All League
Amanda Wilson—All League
2015-2016 WINTER MVP/COACHES AWARD
(Continued)
Varsity Wrestling
Varsity Girls Winter Track
Luke Marino – All League, All County Caitlin Connor– Mustang Award
Keith Williams– All League
Meghan Walker– Mustang Award
Leonel Paul – All League, All County Kaylynn Juhas– Coaches Award
Matthew Campo- All League
Noreen Guilfoyle – MVP
Daniel Henry – All League
Leon Paul – All League
Jake Croston– All League
Varsity Boys Winter Track
Joe O’Brien—All League
Jason Balogun – MVP
Mike Zarif—All League
Nick DeLuca– Coaches Award
Shane Walker—All League
Andrew Fiore—Coaches Award
2015-2016WINTER MVP/
COACHES AWARD
Varsity Boys Basketball
Nick Rose – Coaches Award
Nolan Kelly– MVP
Vin Margulies – Mustang Award
Kevin Kelly – Mustang Award
Varsity Wrestling
Luke Marino – MVP
Shane Walker– Coaches Award
Dan Henry—Coaches Award
Varsity Cheerleading –Winter
Chloe Shields– MVP
William Gorman– Coaches Award
Samantha Kollmer– Mustang Award
Varsity Girls Basketball
Olivia Williams – Coaches Award
Nicole Ravel– Coaches Award
Alyssa Carr– Mustang Award
2014-2015 SPRING ALL LEAGUE AWARDS
2015-2016 SPRING MVP/COACHES
Varsity Boys Spring Track
AWARDS
Jason Balogun – All League 400 Meter Dash Varsity Boys Lacrosse
Ryan Curtis – All League Pole Vault
Shane Walker – MVP
Ross DiBetta– Coaches Award
Matt Boscarino– Mustang Award
Varsity Girls Golf
Griffin McGrath – Mustang Award
Jade Hartcorn – All League, All County
Mariah Dick – All League, All Academic, All
Varsity Girls Lacrosse
County
Varsity Girls Lacrosse
Hannah VanMiddelem– MVP
Marissa McKiernan – All League , All County Erica Shea – Coaches Award
Meghan Tyrell– All County
Caroline Hoeg– All County
Samantha Croston– Coaches Award
Erica Shea—All Division
Jenna Signorile – Mustang Award
Varsity Softball
Hailey Dillon—All Division
Holly McNair—All Conference
Meaghan Scutaro—All Division
Julia Golino – All County –League 6 Pitcher Varsity Girls Spring Track
Jenna Signorile— Unsung Hero
of the year, small school
Emily Vengilio – All County
Noreen Guilfoyle – MVP
Pitcher of the year
Hannah VanMiddelem – All TournaKasidy Smith- Coaches Award
Kelsey Carr– All Conference
ment, All County
Kaylynn Juhas—Coaches Award
Love’ Drumgole – All County-League 6
Camryn Harloff – All Division
Emily Shaljian– Mustang Award
Field Player of the year , All Long IsEmma Tyrrell – Rookie of the Year
Amanda Loh – Mustang Award
land
Team
Leah Nonnenmann—All Tournament Angela Bukofsky—All League
Rayna Sabella—All Tournament
Varsity Boys Spring Track
Jason Balogun – MVP
Varsity Baseball
Nick DeLuca– Coaches Award
Brandon Bonanno– All League
Varsity Girls Spring Track
Ryan Curtis—Coaches Award
Jared Donnelly – All League
Heather Caputo—All League
Kevin Kelly– Mustang Award
DJ Gatz –All League
Noreen Guilfoyle— All League—All
Sam Kessler—All League, All County
Division
James Sarno – All League
Ebelyn Harriman—All League
Varsity Girls Golf
Amanda Loh—All League
Jade Hartcorn – MVP Award
Kayleigh Robinson—All League—All
Samantha Van Sise – Coaches Award
Varsity Boys Tennis
Division
Mariah Dick– Mustang Award
Logan Steffens– All League
Casey Schmitt—All League
Sean
Yu—All
Emily Shaljian—All League
League
Kasidy Smith—All League
Varsity Softball
Amanda Wilson—All League, All
Love Drumgole– MVP
Division
Alyssa Carr– Coaches Award
Sabrina Burrus– Mustang Award
2015-2016 SPRING ALL LEAGUE
AWARDS
Varsity Boys Lacrosse
Ross DiBetta—All County
Matt Boscarino—All Division
Lucas Capobianco-Hogan – All
County
Varsity Baseball
Sam Kessler– MVP
James Sarno– Coaches Award
Brandon Bonanno – Mustang Award
Congratulations to the following teams for their outstanding accomplishment
during the 2016 Sports Spring Season :
2016 Mount Sinai Varsity Baseball
Class A Suffolk County Champions
2016 Mount Sinai Varsity Softball
Class A Suffolk County Champions
2016 Mount Sinai Varsity Girls Lacrosse
Suffolk County Class C Champions
Long Island Class C Champions
NEW YORK STATE CLASS C CHAMPIONS
LEAGUE VI VARSITY BOYS TENNIS CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to Kayleigh Robinson, Noreen Guilfoyle, Isabella DiPalermo and
Heather Caputo. They broke the 21 year old 4x800 meter school record in the girls spring track state
qualifying meet. With a time of 9:59.69.
June 2016
Dear Parents:
For your child to be eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics for the Fall Season 2016 thru the Spring
Season 2017, a sports physical must be performed after June 1st 2016. For this reason there will be a school
physician available to do sports physicals on the following dates at the High School Nurses office:
Wednesday, June 22th
3:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
7th through 12th grade girls (all sports)
7th through 12th grade boys (all sports)
Wednesday, July 13th
9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
Thursday, August 11th
9:00 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
NOTE: Athletes must r epor t ONLY on their assigned day and time as indicated above. They should be
prepared to stay for the entire session.
Students entering 7th grade who received a sports physical in June from the school physician at the Middle School
are not required to have another physical during the 2016-17 school year.
NO STUDENT MAY PARTICIPATE IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN EXAMINED AND CLEARED BY THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN OR THEIR PRIVATE PHYSICIAN.
***STUDENTS USING A PRIVATE PHYSICIAN MUST HAVE THE ENCLOSED GOLDENROD SCHOOL EXAMINATION FORM FULLY COMPLETED, INCLUDING BLOOD PRESSURE, & BMI. FORMS MUST BE
SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL NURSE ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE START OF THE SEASON.
***THE SCHOOL FORM WILL BE THE ONLY ONE ACCEPTED***
ALL PHYSICALS MUST BE TAKEN ON OR AFTER JUNE 1, 2016
TO BE VALID AND WILL ONLY BE RECOGNIZED FOR
THAT SCHOOL YEAR!
Practices and/or try-outs will begin for the following fall sports on the dates and times listed below.
High School ‐ Grades 9‐12
Date
Monday, August 15th
Team
Varsity Football equipment handout
J.V. Football equipment handout
1st Football Practice Varsity & J.V.
Time
3:00 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Monday, August 22nd
Varsity and J.V. Boys Soccer
Varsity and J.V. Girls Soccer
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Varsity Boys & Girls X-Country
8:00 a.m.
Varsity Boys Golf
8:00 a.m.
Varsity and J.V. Girls Volleyball
8:00 a.m.
Varsity & J.V. Cheerleading
8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m.
Middle School ‐ Grades 7 and 8
1st day of school; Tuesday, September 6th meetings immediately after school, announcements will be made regarding
location:
Boys/Girls Soccer
Football
Boys/Girls Cross Country
Girls Tennis
Cheerleading
1st Day of Practice Wednesday, September 7th
2016–2017 ATHLETIC STARTING DATES
High School Varsity & J.V.
Football
August 15
All Fall Sports
August 22nd
Homecoming
October 15th
Winter
November 14h
Spring
March 6th
Middle School
Fall
September 6th
Early Winter
November 2nd, 3rd & 4th (Girls Volleyball tryouts)
November 7th 1st Official Practice
(Boys Basketball & Girls Volleyball)
Late Winter
January 23rd
Spring
March 27th
MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC & ART
Mr. Stephen Mantone, Music & Applied Arts Director
Councilwoman Bonner Thanks the Mount Sinai
High School Art Club for Participating in Town’s
Recycle Bin Art Project
Farmingville, NY – Councilwoman Jane Bonner
(back row, right) recently took the opportunity to personally thank members of Mount Sinai High School Art Club for
their participation in Brookhaven Town’s annual Recycle
Bin Art Project, sponsored by the Town’s Waste Management Department. Participants were asked to paint recycle bins in an effort to encourage recycling throughout
Town, specifically at the parks where they will be placed
adjacent to garbage cans.
“Protecting the environment is everyone’s responsibility
and it’s important that we all do our part to recycle,” said
Councilwoman Bonner. “Thanks to the Art Club students,
Brookhaven can be a cleaner, greener place to live.”
Honors Recital
D
aniel Kirtman, a 7th grader @Mt. Sinai Middle
School, was nominated to perform at the annual
Honors Recital held at the Staller Center Recital Hall at
Stony Brook University on June 2, 2016. Students were
selected from a group of approximately 500 hundred piano students
across Suffolk County and nominated by their private piano teacher. Selected students must have
participated in two of five performing opportunities sponsored by Suffolk Piano Teachers Foundation,
and must be outstanding achievers
in repertoire and practice habits.
Mt. Sinai High School
2016 Senior Music Awards
Awarded at Concerts:
Several
graduating seniors from the Mt. Sinai High
School were honored at the recent Spring Concerts on
May 24-26 for their contributions to the Music Department. Received awards were:
♫ National School Choral: Alyssa Andrews,
Daniel Molloy
♫ National School Orchestra: Emily Mantone
♫ Louis Armstrong Award: Brian McKeown
♫ John Philip Sousa Award: Alec Donowitz
♫ Patrick Gilmore Awards: Danielle Berger
Olivia DeMarco
Hallie Devlin
Ryan Hecht
Nicholas Jensen
Andrew Rodriguez
Su Yang
♫ Woody Herman Awards: Jarrod Randall,
James Yeary
♫ Arion Award: Marissa Caputo
MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC & ART
Mr. Stephen Mantone, Music & Applied Arts Director
LOCAL FILMMAKERS EARN ACCOLADES
AT WORLDFEST
On April 16, local Long Island filmmakers saw some significant recognition for their efforts when independent film
company Feenix Films' latest full-length feature Clandestine received the Gold Remi Award for Crime
Drama presented at the 49th Annual WorldFest Houston,
International Film Festival.
Clandestine was written by Mount Sinai native Kate A.
McGrath and based on the experiences of her father, a
retired police detective captain, to present a tense, challenging look at the real impact of the war on drugs, specifically the continuing invasion of methamphetamine into
middle-class America.
For her performance, McGrath won the Houston Broadcast Film Critics Worldfest 2016 best supporting actress
award.
Another Long Island native, Janine Laino of Hempstead, co-founded Feenix Films and shepherded the project through from concept to completion while also serving
as treasurer and social outreach director.
The film was directed by Ramsey, NJ resident David
LaRosa and co-produced by New Milford Resident Chris
Ryan. Both received best supporting actor nominations at
the famed film fest (LaRosa from WorldFest and Ryan
from the Houston Broadcast Film Critics).
The lead actor of the film (and south Jersey native),
Nick DeMatteo, was nominated for best lead actor, bringing the total accolades for this Indy to a whopping five
from a festival that helped launch the careers of Steven
Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Ang Lee, the Coen Brothers, to name just a few.
"It is always great when your film is noticed in some
capacity. What is great about Worldfest is how particular
they are about really examining a film. It makes the Gold
Remi award for Crime Drama so much more meaningful,"
said LaRosa, who also serves as president of Feenix
Films and was asked to sit on a Director's Panel during
the festival.
Besides honoring Clandestine with the award, this year's
event played host to the world premiere of the film.
Feenix Films is a local film ensemble company modeled after the theatrical resident companies of old, it is
comprised of a talented and diverse stable of artists and
tech persons who do whatever is needed to produce a
successful work of media, including acting, writing, directing, camera work, graphic and web design, music composition and recording, and more.
NYSSMA FESTIVALS
O
ver 300 Mount Sinai students participated in the
Solo/Ensemble Festival sponsored by the New York State
Music Association on Friday, June 3 and Saturday June 4
at the Rocky Point School District. The students selected
a piece of music according to the level of difficulty, and
prepared it along with scales and sight reading. The
scores received will aid in the selection to various AllCounty Festivals in the coming school year.
In addition to these students, seventeen high school
sophomores and juniors competed at the All-State level,
the highest level of difficulty.
Ten performing organizations from the Middle School and
High School participated in the Major Organization Festival held on May 16-19 at West Islip School District. Their
scores were as follows:
Middle School 7 Band, Gold
Middle School 8 Band, Gold
High School Concert Band, Gold
High School Symphonic Band, Gold
Middle School 7/8 Chorus, Silver
High School Chorus, Silver
Middle School 7 Orchestra, Gold
Middle School 8 Orchestra, Gold
High School String Orchestra, Silver
High School Concert Orchestra, Gold w/Distinction
Have a Safe and
Happy Summer!
See you September
6th!

Summer 2016 - Mount Sinai School District

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