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Reflections From Our Schools

THE NEWSLETTER OF THE MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

MOUNT SINAI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Grades K – 4

Mr. Catlin, Principal Ms. Hine, Assistant Principal

Reflections From Our Schools

THE NEWSLETTER OF THE MOUNT SINAI UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Spring 2018 Volume 64 Issue 3

100 Day of School

T hursday, February 15th was the 100th Day of School. Time has flown this year! Our Kindergarteners dressed up as if they were 100 years old and looked amazing! Other classes had celebrations with parents and stu-

dents to mark the occasion.

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MOUNT SINAI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Brady Rymer Assembly PTO Book Fair

Dental Health Awaremess

T he annual PTO Book Fair took place the week of January 22nd. As always, the fair was a big hit with our students! Teachers brought the students down to browse the Scholastic book racks and choose books that they were interested in. We saw many smiling faces leaving the library on those days!

On March 6th, Brady Rymer and The Little Band that Could visited Mount Sinai Elementary. Each grade chose a song to practice the week prior to his visit, and it showed when they danced and sang along in our cafetori-um! It was a fun day for our students!

Jasmine Stana, Erik Bobrowsky, Matthew Rossman and Kathryn Hoehl. Bryce Pancir, Anna Mueller, Liam Kelly

and Isabella Ranirez.

Dr. Reinecker, a local dentist and Mount Sinai parent, visited us again this year to teach our students about dental health. Each student not only learned about dental health but left with a free bag of dental supplies. Thank you Dr. Reinecker!



Craft for Critters

C rafts for Critters is an educational high school student run, specifically our schools Ocean Bowl team, lesson for elementary age students. In each lesson, stu-dents learn basic information about marine pollution and possible solutions they can take themselves. We focus on the solution of repurposing as we make a marine critter out of a recyclable item. In our first lesson, in Mr. Walsh’s class, we made a can octopus. We demonstrated how helping the worlds ocean environment can be fun and enjoyable when incorporated in everyday life. Additionally, doing a craft usually done around Earth day at another time during the year, emphasizes the idea that “Earth Day is everyday”. They were also asked what pledges they will make to help, and there was a range of answers from re-cycling more to organizing a beach cleanup! The children seemed to entirely enjoy the craft and learning from the “big kids” and will hopefully share the lessons they learned with friends and family.

Happy Spring 2018!!!



Mustang Postal

50’s Themed B-Day Party

Police Smart

FOA Snowman Contest

F irst grade students participated in the Annual FOA Snowman decorating contest in February. The winners received a certificate of recognition and appreciation in school as well as names announced in school over the public address system. The winners for each class are pictured above: Front row: Amanda Novellino, Samantha Hoehl, Evangeline Carmody, Vanessa Teriaco, Chloe Merz, Olivia Albertina, Gabriella Tarduno. Back row: Bryce Pancir, Jacob Marcus, Cole Xerri, Luke Cataldo, Anthony Pignatello and Colton Merz.

Mustang Postal is a way for students to practice the lost art of letter or note card writing between students and staff in the Elementary School. Students can send cards or letters to former teachers or friends and siblings in an-other class or grade level. Second grade volunteers get to learn what is means to be the “postmaster” by stamp-ing and delivering the letters during their recess period which helps them put their community curriculum into practice. Pictured here are postal workers from Mrs. Wilcken’s class.

Colleen Abby, known as Mrs. Abby to the kids, turned 60 this month! To honor her milestone birthday, Mrs. Poe-rio's class dressed in clothes from the 1950's and 1960's. The students brainstormed reasons why Mrs. Abby is special, wrote them on paper, typed them in Pixie and created pictures and backgrounds, and then presented them to her in a PowerPoint presentation. Each student individually read their slide and gave Mrs. Abby a big birthday hug!

Officer Lynaugh finished his Police Smart sessions by talking to our Kindergarten students on Monday, January 22nd. He talked to our Kindergarten students about how to interact with strangers and staying safe in the home.



Alyssa Erdmann

January

Savannah Knoell

February

Antonio Faldetta

Sophia Masone



January February

Elementary School students, selected by their teachers, as Writer’s of the Month for January have worked diligently on their Columbia Writing Program pieces from the idea phase in the beginning to the final published piece in the end. The students whose work and effort are being displayed in showcase include All About Books, Opinion and Persuasive Writing, and Writing Like Scientists such as: Kinder-garten, Asha Sorel – “My Science Book;” First Grade, Jason Michaleas – “Dr. Seuss;” Second Grade, Laila Delaney – “Hermit Crabs;” and two Fourth Graders – Mackenzie Coogan – “Mrs. Lederle is the Best Teacher” and Joseph Viteritti – “Not Enough Time for Lunch.”

The February Writers of the Month have written pieces that span a variety of genres and exemplify hard work in the writing classrooms. The students who were selected for this recognition include: Kinder-garten – Aiden White for his piece on Christmas; First Grade – Cathy Gu for her piece on Shopkins; Second Grade – Kara Barton for her piece on Getting Help on a Project; Third Grade – Bella Mia Falco for her piece on Everything You Need to Know About Basketball; and Grade Four – Lila Callahan for her Cynthia Rylant book review, Doris is Caring. Great job, Writers!


MOUNT SINAI MIDDLE SCHOOL Grades 5 – 8

Mr. Peter Pramataris Mr. Heil Principal Assistant Principal

6th Grade Orchestra visits Lincoln Center Field Trip

O n January 31st, 2018, the 6th grade Orchestra attended a school day concert given by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center in New York City. This is the fifth year that the 6th

grade Orchestra participated in the concert, which in-cludes live performances of classical works, narration, historical connections, compositions by young compos-ers, and even audience participation. In previous years, our students have learned about Benjamin Britten during the time of World War II, Felix Mendelssohn and his mu-sic for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Jean Sibelius and his impact on Finland’s nationalism, and Dvorak’s New World Symphony. This year’s 6th grade learned about Duke Ellington and the other famous people and move-ments associated with the Harlem Renaissance. To pre-pare for the concert, the students have completed read-ings and worksheets, written and performed blues poems, and even learned two famous Duke Ellington pieces: C-Jam Blues, and It Don’t Mean a Thing, which they per-formed at this year’s Strings Festival concert. Many thanks to the Friends of the Arts, for helping with the cost of this amazing experience for our students.

For the third consecutive year, Zekey Huang made it all the way to the Long Island Regional Scripps Spelling Bee Contest held at Hofstra University. It was a battle for first place, as Zekey made it to the finals, finishing as the first runner up. He is already back at it again, preparing for next year’s spelling bee contest. Congratulations, Ze-key!

Spelling Bee

Mr. Pramataris, Zekey Huang


MOUNT SINAI MIDDLE SCHOOL

Suffolk County Police Officer George Lynagh

Awareness Night

George Lynagh is a Suffolk County Police Officer that lives in the Mount Sinai community. Officer Lynagh has volunteered as part of his assignment, to visit schools throughout the county. He is a dynamic speaker that cap-tivates his audience. He interjects stories from his life, enabling students to relate to his message. He is versed on a variety of topics including: Diversity Alcohol Tobacco Heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and crack Synthetic Drugs Internet Safety Officer Lynagh has been presenting to Mount Sinai Schools, grades 3 to 8, for the past seven years. Being able to visit on a consecutive basis, he has established a bond with the children, who get very excited when they find out he is visiting their class. Mount Sinai Middle School is grateful that the Suffolk County Police Depart-ment provides us with such a wonderful resource.

Do you like coming to MakerSpace during lunch? Do you wish you had more time to utilize the MakerSpace tools? Then STEAM club is for you! For those who don’t know what STEAM stands for,

here’s a little break down for you: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. Each meeting will focus on a different STEAM skill. We will learn how to use 3D pens, littleBits robotic kits, coding and more! Starting Wednes-day 3/21 and meeting every other Wednesday after school (4/11, 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/6). All students are wel-come! Any interested students should see Ms. O’Reilly in the library for more information.

Check out the new club at the Middle School

A s part of our ongoing mission to promote kindness, unity, and good decision-making, Peer Support host-

ed our eleventh annual Awareness Night at Mt. Sinai Mid-dle School on January 26, 2018. The intent of Awareness Night is to sensitize our seventh and eighth grade stu-dents to pertinent social issues such as bullying, self-confidence, friendship, self-image and the importance of making good decisions. In addition, Awareness Night is designed to break down walls and build bridges between students of divergent ethnic and social groups. Students were given the opportunity to process presenta-tions and debrief in smaller supervised Family Groups. This year’s guest speakers were Rohan Murphy and Shadrack Boakye. Each speaker delivered inspirational messages that our students could relate to. In addition, a snack and dinner were provided for all of the participants. A special thanks to the P.T.O. for all of their contributions and support to make this night such a success. The even-ing began immediately after school and concluded at 10:30 p.m.

Guest speaker Rohan Murphy



January “Students & Citizens of the Month”

February “Students & Citizens of the Month”

Student Grade Madison Pennington 5 Devin Singh 5 Abigail Ryan 6 Tyler Wells 6 Sofia Alfenito 5 Logan Vogel 8 Ethan Bassis 7 Evan Angress 8 Sophia Clarke 7 Johnny Cuomo 6 Ava DeMarco 5 Gabrielle Gaete 8 Dakota Riggio 7 Matteo Spotorno 7

Citizens Grade Kenneth Allen 5 Madalyn Zaczynski 5 Dominic Ludwig 6 Alden Barton 7 Matthew Wilson 7

Student Grade Sari Schneider 5 Cameron Campo 5 Abby Usher 6 David Peregosky 6 Camryn Chamberlain 6 Dilara Erdem 8 Madison DaSilva 7 Payton Anderson 7 Brooke Hill 7 Avery Nardi 6 Shealyn Nauronis 6 Zachary Pfeffer 7 Ryan Jones 8 Giana Conforti 7

Citizens Grade Lucas Skubliskas 5 Chloe Foley 6 Jake Furrer 6 Brett Oppenheim 6 Ryan Romero 6



March Students and Citizens of the Month

Student Grade Priscilla DeLaurenzo 5 Sofia Pearl 5 Ashley Sankey 6 Jocelyn Schuster 6 Gavin Russiello-Tous 7 Benjamin Valentine 8 Sophia Clarke 7 Ronin Pulipati 7 Victor Albert 8 Matthew Fauvell 8 Hannah Strom 5 Logan Vogel 8 Skylor Wong 8 Emma Valentine 8

Citizens Grade

Blake Kolsch 5 Dylan Maher 5 Hannah Simkus 5 Enzo Barranca 6 Samuel Kopcienski 6 Cassidy Millen 7 Brayden Wilcken 7 Brianna Breyer 8 Devon Kessler 8


MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL Grades 9 – 12

Mr. Dyroff Assistant Principal

Mr. Grable Principal

Mr. LaBianca Assistant Principal

College and Career Workshop

On Tuesday, February 27, the Mount Sinai High School Guidance Department held a College and Career Workshop for eleventh grade students and their parents. The groups met in four classrooms according to their as-signed counselors. This was the first of two evening presentations, the other takes place in September of the students’ senior year. On this night, counselors discussed the following agenda items: starting the college search, trying to find colleges that match what the student is looking for, using Navi-ance, and standardized tests (SAT/SAT II/ACT exams). Counselors used smartboards to “walk” those in attend-ance through Naviance, highlighting several features of the program that will assist our students during this pro-cess.

2018 Math Teams

Congratulations to the Mount Sinai High School Math Team on their 2017-18 season. The team (Grades 10 through 12) finished fourth in their division of twenty teams. Over fifty different students participated for Mount Sinai throughout the season. Special congratulations go out to Johnathan Yu who is a top scorer in the county and will be asked to participate at the NYSML and the ARML as members of the Suffolk Math All-Stars team. Johnathan was also a countywide top scorer and will be honored at a dinner in the spring. Congratulations also go out to the Grade 9 Math Team on their divisional first place finish. Great job all!

2018 American Mathematics Competition

The AMC is a math competition comparing all the best math students in the country. In February, fifty Mount Sinai students (Grades 9 through 12) participated in the competition. Congratulations to the following place winners in this year’s American Mathematics Competition and to all that

Level 12: 1st Place Johnathan Yu 2nd Place Skyler Spitz 3rd Place Damian DiMarco

Level 10: 1st Place Denver Dagostino 2nd Place Arielle Mule 3rd Place Matthew Miller

Special congratulations to Johnathan Yu for qualifying for the AIME, the next round in competition. In order to quali-fy, a student must be in the top 5% of the AMC results. Great job!

MathWorks Math Modeling (M3) Challenge 2018

O n Sunday, March 4, five Mount Sinai High Schools students took on the MathWorks Challenge 2018. Led by senior Matthew Sirico, the team of Matt, Ibraheem Qureshi, Holly McNair, Ryan Smolarsky, and Shree Talluri were presented with a real life math-modeling problem. MathWorks Math Modeling (M3) Challenge is a con-test for high school juniors and seniors. Through partici-pation, students experience what it is like to work as a team to tackle a real-world problem under time and re-source constraints, akin to those faced by professional mathematicians working in industry. In 2018, the Chal-lenge awards $100,000 in scholarships. The team worked diligently for 14 hours to present a solution. Congratulations on a job well done to all those who participated. We wish them well through the judging rounds.

Suffolk County Mathematics Teachers Contest

On Wednesday, March 14, approximately 200 Mount Sinai High School students participated in the annual Suf-folk County Mathematics Teachers Contest. Below are the top three place winners on each level. Congratula-tions to all who participated. Level II (Geometry) 1st place: Vishalpranay Idapalapati and Emily Lamparter 2nd place: Kaitlyn Chandrika, Katherine Parnell, Derek Takacs, and Michaella Tufariello 3rd place: Dillon Balroop, Kasie Clark, Alyssa Cromer, and Megan Rainer Level III (Algebra II) 1st place: Aaron Angress 2nd place: Justin Wei 3rd place: Katherine Fedotov and Jonathan Jacobson Level IV (Pre-Calculus) 1st place: Ibraheem Qureshi 2nd place: Holly McNair 3rd place: Isaac Kisten and Skyler Spitz Level C (AB or BC Calculus) 1st place: Johnathan Yu 2nd place: Joshua Goodman 3rd place: Matthew Sirico Level C+ (2nd year of Calculus plus) 1st place: Damian DiMarco 2nd place: Brooke LiRosi


MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL

INTERACT Club

P rior to the winter recess, Interact Club members, along with our Elementary School students, col-lected items to donate to Save-A-Pet Animal Shelter. Items ranged from cat/dog food, treats,

leashes, collars, cat litter, cat/dog beds, and toys. The students were more than happy with the incredible re-sponse of the community. We were able to fill over ten large boxes with donated items and bring them to the ani-mals at the shelter We are currently beginning to work on our annual “Pennies for Patients” campaign. It is an annual fundrais-er for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to promote research and awareness. Each student will have a dona-tion kit to raise money for this worthy cause. Checks can be made payable to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Socie-ty. The Interact Club will also be accepting used or new backpacks that will be donated to children in Haiti. Every year, students bring in their used or new backpacks. The backpacks are then sent to an orphanage in Haiti and used by the students there. In the past, we have collect-ed more than fifty backpacks. Please donate any back-pack to Ms. Falco in the High School Guidance office by May 18, 2018. The Mount Sinai High School Interact Club meets every other Monday in the high school library after school. The purpose of this club is to provide community support and volunteer efforts to the local and international communi-ties. New members are always welcome. Please contact Ms. Falco for more information.

2018 Farmingdale Trade Show

Ms. Clancy, Mr. Matthews, and thirteen Virtual Enter-prise students from the Business Department participated in the annual SUNY Farmingdale State College Tradeshow in partnership with Virtual Enterprises Interna-tional (VEI) on Tuesday, January 9. The students were Benjamin Aprea, Nicholas Arciello, Samantha Calinski, Christian Cancel, Kaitlin Chen, Jack Dugan, Aleczander Flores, Frank Giuffrida, Justin LaGiudice, Khudija Malik, Connor McNally, Anni Pattapong and James Snider, This event was a great opportunity for our students to set up their trade booth, network and sell to 1,500 VEI stu-dents from across Long Island and compete in various events. The firm presented the InvisaTrack Business Plan in front of a panel of judges and received the follow-ing feedback: “very focused” and the “business concept” is a promising one. We also participated in the E-Commerce and Billboard events and received Gold recognition plaques. InvisaTrack is currently preparing the New York City Youth Summit Tradeshow scheduled Tuesday, April 17.

Frank Giuffrida, Connor McNally, Jack Dugan, Nicholas Arciello, James Snider and Benjamin Aprea



Members of the Mount Sinai Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) continue to provide lessons to the elementary grade levels. On Thursday, January 25, they provid-ed a lesson on community service to students in second grade. Students were reminded that the Elementary

School has a Character Education program that focuses on the importance of Random Acts of Kindness. The children were asked to share how they help at home and at school. Next, our students read the story The Giving Tree, and the elementary students concluded by making their own Giving Tree. On Thursday, March 1, FBLA members provided a lesson to students in the third grade on the importance of following rules at home, school and work. The children then participated in a debate focusing on the conse-quence of not doing homework and having recess taken away. The children then created a bookmark that would remind them to follow the rules.

Students in Mount Sinai High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter worked during the months of December and January preparing for the Spring District Competition which was held on Friday, January 25,,at Hofstra University. The following members participated: (l. to r.) Kyle Smith, Ryan Carro, Christian DiPaola, Skyler Spitz, Isaac Kisten, Jake Ritter, Kevin Beck, Asad Azim, Samantha Calinski, Christopher Fazio, Anna Serro, Lindsay Stancampiano, Michael Muroff, Rianna Balz, Justin Murray, Shree Talluri, Nicholas Ro-drigues, Samantha Zhang and Alice Li. The competition offered twenty-one written exams and six speaking events. We were so proud to have nineteen members compete. The following members competed in written events: Accounting 1 Isaac Kisten placed 1st and Shree Talluri place 3rd

Accounting 2 Asad Azim placed 1st

Advertising Christian DiPaola

Business Calculations Isaac Kisten and Skyler Spitz tied for 1st place

Business Communications Asad Azim and Christian DiPaola

Business Law Samantha Calinski place 2nd and Lindsay Stancampiano

Economics Michael Muroff placed 1st and Alice Li

Entrepreneurship Shree Talluri and Christopher Fazio placed 3rd

Hospitality Management Jake Ritter placed 3rd and Kevin Beck

Marketing Anna Serro and Samantha Zhang

Management Decision Making Anna Serro and Lindsay Stancampiano placed 3rd

Personal Finance Justin Murray and Rianna Balz

Securities and Investments Skyler Spitz placed 1st

Sports and Entertainment Manage- Ryan Carros and Jake Ritter placed 1st

Word Processing Kevin Beck placed 3rd and Shree Talluri placed 3rd

The following members participated in the speaking events:

Introduction to Public Speaking Rianna Balz placed 4th

Public Speaking 2 Nicholas Rodriguez placed 3rd

Basic Decision Making Kyle Smith

Client Service Justin Murray

We are very proud of all of our members who compet-ed. This will be the sixth time that our Chapter will go to the State Leadership competition in April. We want to wish the following members good luck and we look for-ward to hearing how well they perform: Asad Azim, Rian-na Balz, Kevin Beck, Samantha Calinski, Christopher Fazio, Isaac Kisten, Michael Muroff, Jake Ritter, Nicholas Rodriguez, Skyler Spitz, Lindsay Stancampiano and Shree Talluri.



Battle of the Educators

Coding on Valentine’s Day

A group of students from the Computer Club visited Ms. Conard’s elementary class again. They included Aaron Angress, Joshua Guiang, Matthew Miller, Timothy Peck, Nicholas Quan, Zachary Tulloch and Samin Zaman. Students created a “Running Race” code with the fourth grade students. It involved two sprites running a race against each other. Zachary Tulloch taught the les-son. He was well prepared and gave a successful lesson. It involved event driven programming with logical if state-ments and the use of variables and the use of sound and color. The winner of the race exclaimed, “Happy Valen-tine’s Day!” Students were excited to try new commands and they met the challenges, we posed during the lesson!

n Friday, March 2, about thirty faculty members laced up their sneakers once again for the 17th An-nual Battle of the Educators. This night continues

to be a fun time for faculty, students, and parents alike. It also serves as a great fundraising event for the Booster Club, who in turn have generously donated monies to various programs throughout the district. Despite the inclement weather, the high school gym was packed again to capacity as spectators cheered on their favorite teachers and other players. The staff daz-zled the crowd with their basketball skills and nifty play. The team comprised of middle/elementary staff pulled out to a large lead at halftime. Things quickly changed as the high school team fought back to close the gap. A true “Battle of the Educators” ensued as the teams traded baskets. The valiant efforts of the high school team came up short and the middle/elementary team won by one point. Regardless of the score, everyone went home happy!!

“I laughed until my sides hurt.”

On Friday, January 19, Mount Sinai High School’s Drama Club hosted their first ever Improv Night, a chance for actors to come together and perform in front of an au-dience who participates as well. Improve is unscripted; everything happens on the spot so there is no predicting what may happen Each school year, the Drama Club stages a play in November and a musical in March. Junior Katherine Gudzik wanted to give students another opportunity to perform during the school year, and gained faculty and administrative support to get this event going. The theme was Heroes vs. Villains with hosts Noel Calamas and Sa-vannah Maher for their respective teams.

Playing for the Heroes were: Senior: Julia McElheron Juniors: Clare Dana, Alexandria Garrant,

and Katherine Gudzik Sophomores: Emily Foley and Jake Ritchie Freshmen: Nicolas Carbone and Aidan Johnson. Playing for the Villains were: Seniors: Mary Carlson, Jessica Galli,

Skyler Johnson, Delaney Kelly, and Sophie Looney Sophomore Jonathon Jacobson Freshmen: Carolyn Dexter and Logan Scott.

Both teams were energetic and creative, making fools of themselves for their own and the delight of the audi-ence. “I laughed until my sides hurt,” an audience mem-ber was overheard saying. The event was a huge success and we hope it will be the beginning of a wonderful tradition here at Mount Sinai High School.

Business Law Update

Business Law students had the opportunity to receive a detailed tour of the Riverhead Correctional Facility on January 23. Over the course of the year, students were educated on both criminal and civil laws through class-room discussions and activities. We examined repercus-sions that a defendant may be faced with based on court of law rulings. Overall, this was a great firsthand experience for stu-dents pursuing law as a profession and, encouraged stu-dents to always obey and follow the law.



Culinary Institute of America

O n Tuesday, February 6, students in Ms. Soden’s and Ms. Marcello’s culinary classes

visited the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, New York. The visit began with a lecture and video presentation by the admissions department director and admissions counselors. This was followed by a 1 ½ hour tour of the beautiful campus and facilities which was led by current CIA students. The Mount Sinai students were able to view the different culinary classes in session through large glass windows and ask questions about the culinary coursework. In addition, students visited a typical dorm room in one of the student residential buildings and were given infor-mation about student life on campus. The tour was fol-lowed by a luncheon at the student run dining hall used by the students, faculty, and staff. There were many dif-ferent cuisines and eclectic menus to please all palates. The visit to the CIA was enjoyed by all!

Advanced Art Students Visit Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mount Sinai High School’s Advanced Art and Art His-tory students were invited to visit The Metropolitan Muse-um of Art in New York City. The trip took place on Friday, January 19. Ms. Romeo and Ms. Trapani guided stu-dents through several galleries at the museum. Students visited The Sculpture Gardens, Egyptian Art, and the Greek and Roman Art galleries. In the Modern Art Galler-ies, students were able to view and discuss works by Andy Warhol, Chuck Close, Jasper Johns, and Jackson Pollack. Students were given the opportunity to analyze and discuss the works with one another as well as with museum professionals.

Mount Sinai High School’s Advanced Art and Art His-tory students were invited to visit The Metropolitan Muse-um of Art in New York City. The trip took place on Friday, January 19. Ms. Romeo and Ms. Trapani guided stu-dents through several galleries at the museum. Students visited The Sculpture Gardens, Egyptian Art, and the Greek and Roman Art galleries. In the Modern Art Galler-ies, students were able to view and discuss works by Andy Warhol, Chuck Close, Jasper Johns, and Jackson Pollack. Students were given the opportunity to analyze and discuss the works with one another as well as with museum professionals.

Tatianna Spotorno, Brooke LiRosi, Sienna Masullo, Kiera Filosa, and Alyssa Guiang, Justin Balroop, Julianna Mangan, Alyssa. DiMonti, Nina Barcelon, Amanda Mersincavage, Nicole Ha-genberger, Savannah Maher, Olivia Licata, Angelina Almeida, Hayley Peterson, and Rachel Anker, Nicholas Badamo, Shane Bombace, Aleczander Flores, Brittany Becker, Nicole Gill, Julia. Golino, Emily Tucker, Hailey LaGuidice, Machaeyla Kessler, Victoria Samour, Holly McNair, and Julia Jones

Sienna Masullo, Alyssa DiMonti, Julianna Mangan, Nicole Ha-genberger, and Amanda Mersincavage



Students of the Month

December

February January

SUBJECT STUDENT NAME GRADE

Art Julia Golino 11 Business Kevin Beck 11 Citizenship Mary Carlson 12 Citizenship Emily Flamme 11 Citizenship Gabriella Sartori 11 Citizenship Liam Sabo 9 Computer Science Dylan Rinck 12 English Shannon Molloy 12 Family & Consumer Science Mia Thomas 11 Foreign Language Bianca-Anne Lucas 12 Health Margaret Kopcienski 11 Math Samantha Calinski 11 Music Jessica Galli 12 Physical Education Timothy Stanley 10 Science Angela Aprea 10 Social Studies Robert Romano 11 Technology Jake Ritchie 10

SUBJECT STUDENT NAME GRADE Art Brittany Becker 12 Business Lindsay Stancampiano 11 Citizenship Vittoria Legaspi 11 Computer Science Zachary Tulloch 11 English Shiyona Haugh 11 Family & Consumer Science Kaitlin Chen 12 Foreign Language Aidan Romelien 9 Health Hailey Lagiudice 12 Math Julia Licata 9 Music Lindsay Stancampiano 11 Physical Education Jonathan Moore 12 Science Aidan Johnson 9 Social Studies Gabriella Acquafredda 9 Technology Alyssa Flanders 9


MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS Mr. Scott Reh, Athletic Director

SCHOLAR/ATHLETE WINTER TEAM AWARDS

The New York State High School Athletic Association has recognized the following winter athletic teams for achieving academic excellence while actively participating in varsity level interscholastic athletics during the 2017-2018 winter sea-son.

Varsity Girls Winter Track Varsity Boys Winter Track

Varsity Girls Basketball Varsity Boys Basketball

Congratulations to the 2017-18 Varsity Boys Track Team on their Back to Back League Championship title and breaking many school records this season.

CONGRATULATIONS KENNETH WEI NAMED SUFFOLK COUNTY OUTSTANDING ATHLETE BOYS WINTER TRACK



Congratulations to Independent Swimmers ~ Michael Muroff and Brendan Williams on qualifying for the County Cham-pionships and competing in the State Qualifiers.

2018 Large DII Suffolk County Champions

Congratulations to the Varsity Cheerleading Team and Coaches Kara Bochicchio & Megan Wesolowski in placing first in the Suffolk County Championships!

CONGRATULATIONS ISABELLA TAKACS NEWDSAYS CHEERLEADING ALL LONG ISLAND



VARSITY WRESTLING

2018 LEAGUE 7 CHAMPIONS 2018 DIVISION II DUAL MEET CHAMPIONS

2018 SUFFOLK COUNTY DIVISION II COUNTY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS

Congratulations Mike Zarif DII 138lb NYS Wrestling Champion



GIRLS WINTER TRACK

2018 LEAGUE 5 UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS 2018 SUFFOLK COUNTY SMALL SCHOOL CHAMPIONS



VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL

LEAGUE VI UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS 2018

CONGRATULATIONS

Gabby Sartori On her 1,000th Career Point Scored

during the December 12, 2017 Game Mt. Sinai 45- SWR 21

FRIENDS OF KAREN FUNDRAISER

The Mt Sinai Girls & Boys Basketball teams ran a one day youth basketball clinic to ben-efit Friends of Karen, a local children’s chari-ty. The girls led the drills, stations, and games and coordinated all the day’s activi-ties. The players were able to raise $800 for Friends of Karen.

Olivia Williams, Nick Pintabona, John Clark, Thomas Bokinz



CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING SENIOR ATHLETES ON SIGNING WITH THE

COLLEGE OF THEIR CHOICE

OLIVIA WILLIAMS – SUNY OSWEGO – SOCCER

ASHLEY PETRIZZO – LIU POST – SOCCER

HAILEY LAGUIDICE – SUNY POTSDAM - SOFTBALL

GEORGE RAINER – RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE– BASEBALL

RYAN CURTIS – SUNY ONEONTA – TRACK


MOUNT SINAI HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC & ART Mr. Lawrence Roberts, Music & Applied Arts Director

Co ngratu lati

“On March 10, 2018, I played my fifth and final pre-college recital at the Juilliard School. Joining the Juilliard community six years ago has inevitably become one of the most defin-ing moments of my adolescent life. It was only in retrospect, however, that I realized how much this meant for me in terms of the unique experience it had to offer beyond the com-munity at home in Mount Sinai.” “The Juilliard Pre-college is a program for talented middle and high school musicians where they spend each Saturday cultivating their art form through classes such as weekly private lessons, chamber music, orchestra rehearsals, and many more. Enrollment is through com-petitive auditioning and students come from all over the world, offering one of the most di-verse and highly talented student bodies one could imagine. What makes this program so unique is that you have the opportunity to be mentored by the world’s top musicians and professors who serve on the faculty at the Juilliard School, which is one of the best conserva-tories in the world.” “One of the most crucial things I learned during my time spent at Juilliard is to always be humble. No matter how many people compliment you or look up to you, there is always someone else who is more accomplished. Being a part of the precollege community has exposed me to a wide variety of opportunities and people that a lot of others would only encounter once they are in college. From making friends on the west coast to being able to travel to other countries to share what I love, none of it would have been possible without the invaluable influence of the Juilliard Pre-College. It is an experience and a community that I will forever treasure for the rest of my life.”


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