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First-grader Aubrey Funfgeld and her parents, James and Krista Funfgeld, made a Winterfest bookmark to use for future reading during the Tuttle Avenue School's recent Winterfest, a morning of fun to which parents and caregivers are invited to work on a project with the students. COURTESY EASTPORT-SOUTH MANOR SCHOOL DISTRICT
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month, Southampton High School College Level Drawing and Advanced Painting students worked collaboratively for over a month to create a mural of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson as part of the annual East End Arts MLK Portrait Project Auction. The 4-foot portrait is being auctioned to support the EEA’s Art Scholarship Fund. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Southampton High School student-musicians recently participated in the Hampton Music Educators Association’s annual music festival. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Our Lady of the Hamptons School third graders Emely Lucero, Jacob Cruz, Johan Garcia and Valentina Loja display their pleas for medical supplies for Ukraine. COURTESY OUR LADY OF THE HAMPTONS SCHOOL
In observance of Groundhog Day, Hampton Bays Elementary School first grade students in Krista Savino’s class, including Matias Chimbo, left, and Giancarlos Gomez. watched Punxsutawney Phil make his 2023 weather prediction and then made their own paper groundhogs with shadows. They also made predictions the day before Groundhog Day and designed a bar graph to chart them. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Hampton Bays Middle School students, including Santiago Cortez Molina, recently participated in an antibullying assembly with School Resource Officer Tony Vecchio of the Southampton Town Police Department. Officer Vecchio spoke to students about in-person and online bullying, internet safety and the importance of treating each other with kindness. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Southampton High School music students recently participated in the Hampton Music Educators Association’s annual music festival. Rehearsals and performances took place at Eastport-South Manor Junior-Senior High School, with Southampton students Casey Cartagena serving as concertmaster of the orchestra and Charlotte Arnzen as the principal cellist.
The student-musicians were: Band - Lilly Conklin, Sam Conklin, Burke Dunne, Liam Lavinio, Erion Ruhani and Evan Simioni; chorus - Brooke Bockhaus, Ronan Brady, Bella Duque, Beatriz Fino Morfogen, Isabel Fino Morfogen, Joe Lucas, Wyatt Race, Andres Raynor and Dhivya Sampath; and Orchestra - Charlotte Arnzen, Casey Cartagena, Julie Chiliquinga Nava, Jasmine Head and Mariely Isalde Gonzalez.
Beth Distefano and her fifth-graders presented a unique original assembly program based upon popular game shows. The entire production was written and prepared by the class, complete with original scenery and costumes.
Catholic Schools Week opened at the school with a pancake breakfast that served almost 300 people. It was prepared and hosted by the OLH 7 dads, and served by the Prep 7 students.
The annual senior Math Bee took a whole new format with students from grades five through eight wracking their brains to solve complex math problems. The final round produced a new champion, Prep 8’s Maxwell Notley of Shelter Island. He narrowly beat his classmate, James Paccasassi of Southampton, while Jan Gredysa captured third place.
Community outreach continues with separate drives to refresh Blessing Boxes of food and supplies in Hampton Bays, as well as a third grade effort to provide personal medical supplies for Ukraine.
Hampton Bays Elementary School and Hampton Bays Middle School students created vibrant, informative fire prevention posters as part of an art contest. The contest carried a theme of “Fire Won’t Wait. Plan Your Escape!” The winning students were recognized during a recent board of education meeting and presented with certificates of achievement. The winners were, first through third respectively: in kindergarten - Gem Goleski, Gael Valdespino and Madison Fallo; first grade - Shaila Fajardo Pacheco, Anghie Soliz Vizhnay, and Kathy Sanchez; second grade - Maite Gonzalez Reyes, Juliette Berisha, and Aylin Guillen Santos; third grade - Emma Kirst, Ismael Bonilla Urbano, and Debbie Cabrera; fourth grade - Keylin Avalos Rodriguez, Mateo Albrecht-Argote, and Vanessa Soroka-Sanchez; fifth grade - Leo Ferrufino, Genesis DeRosas, and Katherine Pozdniakov; sixth grade - Carissa Raynor, Filip Poplawski, and Lizzy Andara; seventh grade - Lorelei Palmieri, Stella Bruno, and Eleanor Ramsay; eighth grade - Kendra Reeves, Britney Morales, and Tony Haddock.
The Sag Harbor Elementary prekindergarten will hold an orientation program on Wednesday, March 1, at 6:30 p.m. in the Sage Hall Gymnasium at the Sag Harbor Learning Center. Parents are invited to learn about the program, tour the school and meet its faulty.
For details, got to sagharborschools.org.
Kwame Yirenkyi of Bridgehampton was named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at Georgia State University.
SUNY Morrisville announced that Katy Koehne of Sag Harbor was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester, as were Isabella Moschetta and Aidan Loungueville of Hampton Bays.
Kate Quimby of Bridgehampton was named to the dean’s list at the University of Rhode Island for the fall 2022 semester.
Hannah Mall and Michael Surozenski, both of Hampton Bays, were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester at Quinnipiac University, as was Grace Horan of Sagaponack.
Staff Writer on Feb 9, 2023