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D ISTRICT N EWSLETTER V OLUME 21.7 DEVELOPING THE SCHOOL BUDGET http://www.sayville.k12.ny.us ORK IN ROGRESS EWSWORTHY A W P N Welcome to the beginning 7.60% budgetary increase and Sharon Donnelly of the 2006-2007 School a 9.40% projected increase on Social Studies Teacher of the Year Budget development process. the tax rate. This is expected Over the next several weeks, to change before the budget is Mrs. Sharon Donnelly of Sunrise Drive has been chosen STATE the Board will have the finalized. OUTSTANDING ELEMENTARY SOCIAL opportunity to review, Posted on the web for STUDIES TEACHER OF THE YEAR. modify, and finalize the review is a PowerPoint Mrs. Donnelly was nominated for this honor by the Council of 2006-2007 budget that will be presented presentation of the General Support Social Studies Teachers and will be for community vote on May 16, 2006. and Instructional sections of the receiving this recognition at a Rye Brook As we proceed through the budget Budget. In subsequent weeks, the other conference in early March. Congratulations, Mrs. Donnelly! development process, we will review sections that will be presented at the each function area within the budget Board Meetings will also be posted on THE SAYVILLE PTA COUNCIL and the associated changes to each. the web. Keep in mind that this initial is currently seeking new members Once again, our collective goal will be budget will be reviewed, discussed, and for positions on its 2006-2007 Board. to develop a budget that is modified as part of the budgetary Anyone interested should attend the March 20th Meeting at the Administration educationally sound, fiscally process during the Board of Education Building, 7:30 pm. responsible, and supported by the meetings. If you are unable to attend the meeting community. The District encourages everyone to and you are interested in a position, please The administrative staff has spent observe, get involoved, ask questions, contact Ken Kranz, PTA Council President at [email protected] or call 563-3478. many hours analyzing, assessing, and and become informed in the evaluating current programs and the development of the Proposed School Remembering anticipated needs for the future. The Budget. The “finalized” or Proposed Jim Lawlor draft of the Proposed budget presented Budget will be presented to the public HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA TEACHER to the Board is a comprehensive plan on May 9th during the Budget Hearing. im Lawlor was one of those that includes various enhancements that You may also contact the Business J special teachers who truly had a are the result of District needs, new Office at 244-6530 if you have further gift for connecting with his students, State mandates, and increased student questions. fellow teachers, and the community. growth at the High School. He brought an enthusiasm to his This initial draft carries a EBSITE FOR AN HECK THE W work that inspired in his students a C BUDGET DISCUSSIONS PRELIMINARY desire to excel and a love of music. UPDATED SCHEDULE OF If what we do in our lives today will nd echo for eternity, then Jim Lawlor’s March 2 Instructional Report th work will echo in the sweet music March 9 Transportation, Community, & “Undistributed” (i.e. benefits/debt service) sections of the Budget Report that he taught our children. Jim was th Further Budget development one of our finest, and he will be April 6 th Finalizing the Proposed Budget missed by all whose lives he touched. April 20 May 9th Presenting the Proposed Budget to the public at the DR.ROSEMARY JONES Budget Hearing, 7:30 pm at the High School SUPERINTENDENT OF SAYVILLE SCHOOLS th May 16 Proposed Budget presented for community vote BOARD OF EDUCATION BOE Citations Awarded to Retiring Staff: MARY ANSELMO, ANN DUNCAN, DENNIS FAGAN, DONNA GIST, KEVIN L. SPELMAN,PRESIDENT RICHARD LEWIN, DENA ROCKWELL, SANDRA SCHMIDT, KENNETH TULLY, DEBORAH VAN ESSENDELFT,VICE PRESIDENT ELAINE VANCURA, AND ELLEN WELS. (Photo) Representing the Board of Education, ALLISON J. CRUZ President Kevin Spelman (right) congratulated retiring staff (l-r) Ellen Wels, Ann Duncan, and NORMAN DEVENAU Dennis Fagan who were present for the photo at the meeting. MAUREEN DOLAN RAYMOND J. NELSON JOHN VERDONE BOARD NOTES AT THE FEBRUARY 10TH BOE MEETING Board of Education Citations were given to: • Retiring Sayville staff for their years of service (See right). • Cherry Avenue students (See details below right.) DR.ROSEMARY F. J ONES, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, REPORTED ON THE FOLLOWING: 1. Department Chairpersons Report • Math: Kathy Bernstein • Science: Brian Vorwald 2. 2006-2007 Preliminary Budget (Dr. Jones/Mr. Belmonte) • Continuing Budget Development Process (General Support) BOE AWARDS STUDENT CITATIONS • Upcoming Budget Discussions Cherry Avenue Awards presented by Mr. Stimmel, BOE President Kevin Spelman, BOE Vice President Deborah * Workshop Meeting: March 2, 7 pm Van Essendelft, BOE Trustees Maureen Dolan, Raymond Nelson, and Norm deVenau. * Regular Meeting: March 9, 8 pm 3. BOCES Election • Annual Meeting: Wednesday, April 5 • Vote on Budget: Thursday, April 20 (right) 4. Statistical Report:Parent-Teacher LOCKS OF LOVE Conferences (Dr. Sullivan Keck) Student donated 5. Report on New York State Education 12 inches of Department: Review of the Child Nutrition hair to make Programs wigs for financially BOARD OF EDUCATION DISCUSSION disadvantaged •Board Reports children with long-term CALENDAR OF EVENTS medical hair March 2 Board of Education Workshop loss. Meeting, 7 pm, Admin. Bldg. March 5 SMBA “Music in Our Schools (above) BASKETBALL SHARPSHOOTERS Winners Celebration,” Sunday–2 pm March 9 Board of Education Meeting, 8 pm, Admin. Bldg. March 15-18 High School Musical “Grease!” (right) THANKSGIVING March 22 HS Winter Concert 7:30pm ESSAY CONTEST (1st Place) TRANSPORTATION OFFICE and (3rd Place) Requests for transportation to private and parochial schools must be filed by April 1st and forwarded to: Sayville Public Schools Transportation Office (above) WINNERS IN THE LONG ISLAND 99 Greeley Avenue CHESS NUTS SCHOLASTIC TOURNAMENT (1st Place), (8th Place), (Medal Sayville, New York 11782 winner) Transportation is provided to in- district and out-of-district schools to a maximum of 15 miles. State (left) QUIZ BOWL WINNERS statutes and a referendum of Sayville voters have set this limitation. This request must be filed for each school year. PAGE TWO S a y v i l l e P l a y e r s T h e a t r e L a b o r a t o r y P r e s e n t s

A Funny Pair of ProductionsThe Sayville Players as (left) a Shakespearean troupe and (right, below) The Odd Couple. cards, empty bottles, strewn laundry, and noises included, with a sense of timing and smoke-filled haze. devotion to detail—sans the annoying obsessions. Witnessing the From that to Shakespeare in a period of a classic clash between week, and yet, the SPOTLITE ON COMEDY was Felix Unger (John an enjoyable sampling of Shakespeare’s most Barrett) and Oscar famous comic passages. Delivered in a Madison (James chamber theatre style, the student actors O’Connor) were recited the dialogues from such works as the stalwart card-playing Comedy of Errors, As You Like it, For two weekends in a row, the Sayville buddies Speed (Kieran Midsummer Night’s Dream Twelfth Night, The Players Theatre Laboratory experimented with Siao), Murray (Joe Hailey), and Vinnie (Jared Taming of the Shrew and The Tempest. In the entertainment that touched different parts of Linehan), while the giggling Pigeon sisters background, a movie screen captured stills the funny bone. In fact, it was an odd coupling (Lauren Bilich and Meredith O’Connor) boosted from professional productions of famous of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple(s) on one the clever dialogue with sight gags and levity actors portraying the characters speaking. weekend with the comic wit in the Words of that made this production of the original play Coordinating the screen to match the speaker William Shakespeare the following weekend a rewarding reenactment. helped the audience better visualize the that demonstrated the elastic quality of Originally rewritten by Neil Simon in the characters. comedy as a genre. 1980s for Rita Morena and Sally Struthers, the Both delightful productions provided the Minimalism was the setting for The Odd female Odd Couple offered the basic story with small but appreciative audiences with theatrical Couple(s), played by one male and two female a few appropriate twists. Olive Madison (Jill experiences usually found in university or Off casts. A bare table, chairs, and a sofa asked McManus/Alexandra Van Horne) and Florence Broadway venues. Congratulations to everyone audiences to imagine the pigsty apartment of Unger (Lorelei Schreiber/Emily Hepding) regularly involved on stage and/or backstage for Oscar Madison with its clutter of playing hold a Friday night Trivial Pursuit game with another successful “experiment” in the girls Sylvie (Lorraine Rilling/Christine Carniaux), Theatre Laboratory. Mickie (Christina Hesse/Julia Jasuta), Vera (Lara Schmitt/Jenna Hanshe), and Renee (Elizabeth Green/Sarah Bartlett).The attractive Costazuela brothers Manolo (Brian Ellison/Edward McLoughlin) and Jesus (Drew Sellitti/Andrew Vall) were comical foils to the love-starved Olive and the lovelorn Flo. Like one of Flo’s famous prepared meals, the Sayville Players Theatre Laboratory delivered the female version, honking sinus

NATIONAL RECOGNITION This year, seventeen Sayville Senior Drama students who had been nominated Awarded to Seventeen for the United States Achievement Academy* awards in various categories SAYVILLE SENIOR DRAMA STUDENTS (see parentheses) have been recognized. Congratulations to: • John Barrett, Gillian Bialer, Lauren • Cathleen Cook, Jennifer Hoek, • Jill McManus and Lorelei Bilich, Michael Ellison, Jeff Manno, Mianna Molinari, Stephanie Schreiber (both Theatrical James O’Connor, Meredith Morgan, Heather Rickard, and Kurt Performance and Theatrical O’Connor, Carolyn Ruggiero, and Stoeber (Theatrical Production) Production) Elizabeth Schonig (Theatrical *The USAA Official Standards for Selection of Academic Performance are based upon the characteristics of Dependability, Citizenship, Leadership, Performance) Enthusiasm, Dedication to Self-Improvement,Attitude and Cooperative Spirit, and Responsibility. PAGE THREE WHAT IS A SITE-BASED TEAM? WHAT IS A SITE-BASED TEAM? WHAT IS A SITE-BASED TEAM? Each of the five Sayville schools has a Site-BBased Team. The SBT holds its monthly meetings to further the interests of academic excellence. The Site-Based Team is a group of individuals which SITE-BASED TEAM APPLICATION consists of school Site-Based Team Parent Members Needed: administrators, faculty (Employees of Sayville Public Schools are not members, and parents who our Site-Based Team has parent- Y eligible to serve as parent representatives.) meet “on site” at the school representative openings for the 2006-2007 Names will be picked at the PTA Council building to: school year. To be a team member, you must Meeting, 7:30 pm Monday, March 20th, at the • Develop goals for improving have: Administration Building. All are welcome to student achievement • A child who will be attending the school to which you are applying; attend the meeting. You will be called when your • Set goals for the building that • Be able to make a two-year commitment; name is received by the District Steering are consistent with District • Attend the monthly meetings. Committee Parent Representatives. goals and Regents goals • Build goals that should focus Cut and return to: District Steering Committee Parent Representatives, on student achievement 99 Greeley Avenue, Sayville, NY 11782. and/or enhancing the school All replies must be received by March 16th, 2006. environment. • The teams are also involved in the interview process for I wish to become a SBT parent representative. teaching positions. Please call me with information about the SBT. To be a parent team member, you must have a I am interested in future subcommittees. child in the school to which Name: you are applying, be able to Phone - Daytime: Evening: make a two-year commitment, and attend Child(ren)’s Name(s): the monthly meetings. Address: Not only are all parents invited to attend the monthly meetings, they are encouraged to get involved. School to which you are applying:

addition, the Science Fair Expo will Cherry Site-Based Team Report Lincoln Site-Based Team Report also showcase students’ works in other curricular areas, as space allows. Cherry Avenue Site-Based Team got off to a The Lincoln Avenue SBT Members • The idea of a Parent Resource Center great start for the 2005-2006 school year. Site-Based Team reports PRINCIPAL is being explored. A parent survey has • New parent and teacher members were that its current goals and Michele Gunther recently been developed to determine welcomed to the team. initiatives have been met TEACHER MEMBERS the needs and interests of the Lincoln • Parent and staff members attended by subcommittees in the Christine Longobardi Avenue community. training provided by the District. following ways: Cathy Burtless The Site-Based Team is continuing • The school’s Kateri Volpe • its work to bring “Career Day” to • The SBT has recently finished a project to kindergarten and Nicole Baryk Lincoln Avenue. A letter has been completely revise Cherry Avenue’s Student new entrants Erin Duffy sent home inviting volunteers to Handbook.This new edition is a positive brochure has been Heather Gonzalez share their career with students at document that embraces the principles of revised. PARENT MEMBERS our expo on April 5th. character education and is entitled “The • A Reader’s Response Franny Bavaro • to discuss ways in which they may School Citizenship Handbook.” Laurie Barry Journal for Third, provide assistance in addressing Our next initiative is to identify and provide Fourth, and Fifth- Kathy Acierno issues surrounding bullying. Kristen Thayer resources to promote poetry instruction.The grade students is • to facilitate the student government, school results from State Assessments have being developed, Sharon O’Halloran Patricia Stockert which meets monthly. indicated that our students can benefit from using commercial • to organize the display of a monthly products as models. Teachers are bulletin board, which is designed to more instruction in this area.The Cherry Avenue collaborating to make the product highlight and celebrate cultural SBT looks forward to working with the faculty to specific to the needs of our students. diversity. The bulletin board often support this initiative. • Our Annual Science Fair is being “spills” over into the library, where SBT Members: PRINCIPAL: John E. Stimmel planned as an Evening Expo where, students can find related readings, TEACHER MEMBERS: Christine Duggan, Richard Mari, for the first time, all the students’ and additional three-dimensional Dena Rockwell,Valeria Hester, and Amy Lobacz projects will be set up for display. In PARENT MEMBERS: Kim Sparacio, Kathy Pelletier, displays. Therese Ebarb,Tracey Maddy, and Kathy Ryder PAGE FOUR Sunrise Drive Site-Based Team Report Sunrise Drive’s Site-Based In January, the second parent workshop on the New Team arranged two York State Mathematics Assessment was conducted by SBT Members workshops for parents on the New York State Mrs. Debbie Abrams, the District’s Math Facilitator. Mrs. PRINCIPAL Assessments. Parents of Third through Fifth-grade Abrams explained how teachers prepare students for this Rose Castello students, who wanted to know more about the New assessment and presented ways parents can support TEACHER MEMBERS York State ELA and Math Assessments, attended the mathematical growth and understanding at home. Joanne Hamilton evening workshop held in October. Mrs. Dieterle, After each of the workshops, parents completed MaryBeth Dieterle Claudia Carpenter Sunrise Drive’s Remedial Reading Teacher for Grades surveys as feedback on the effectiveness of the Diana Heidenreich Two through Five, presented information on the English workshops. Survey says: Parents who came to the Toni Fabian Language Arts Assessment, classroom instruction that workshops were pleased, finding them informative and PARENT MEMBERS supports lifelong ELA skills, and what parents can do at helpful in preparing their children. The SBT hopes that Elizabeth Read home with their children to help them become better more parents would avail themselves of this information Emily Geiger readers and writers. at future workshops. Marian Farese Laurie O’Donoghue Vincent Novak Middle School Site-Based Team Report The Middle School Site- LOTE department has invited parents to come in and Based Team had on its talk to foreign language classes regarding different SBT Members agenda The New York State “Schools to Watch” program. ethnic traditions and culture during National Foreign COCHAIRS The self-evaluation requirement was reviewed in Language Week, March 6-10th. Dr.Walter Schartner September by a task force of the Site-Based Team. The Receiving Input from Students: Dr. Schartner Dawn Lloyd application for national recognition as a “School to Lori Muscara has established a Principal’s Advisory Board for each Watch” was submitted in October. We were selected grade level. The five or six students meet every other TEACHER MEMBERS for a visitation by three representatives of the NYS Lynn Alessi month during lunch to discuss with Dr. Schartner how Education Department. The visitation will take place the school can be improved. Annamarie Martin March 1 and March 2, 2006. After the visitation, the Kate Redmond-Eubanks NYS “Schools to Watch” Committee will make their Other SBT Agenda Items: Marie Amella-Pesko decisions regarding selection. • The SBT has discussed supporting the Rachel’s PARENT MEMBERS Challenge program at the MS for fall of next year. Samantha Rodriquez From the self-evaluation, two of the weakest areas were: • The SBT has planned the second Parent Evening Kate Taylor with the continuing theme of parents being involved in Joanne DiNovis • preparing students for a diverse society and Terry Czachor • receiving input from students. planning their child’s future. Teachers will give workshops on the curriculum that students will have Preparing Students for a Diverse Society: The RECORDER the following year. Dr. Schartner will talk to parents Mr.Amato Site-Based Team has worked on an exchange program about monitoring student computer use with an with Weldon E. Howitt Middle School in Farmingdale. emphasis on knowing what is on the MY SPACE Middle School Approximately forty Seventh graders will travel to website. He will instruct parents on how to sign onto Site-Based Team Howitt MS and spend time with the students there. the website and check if their child or any of his or her “Excellence is They will then report to their advisory on the friends has a page. similarities and differences in the school. The Howitt the Goal” students will then come to Sayville MS for the day. Ms. SBT Meetings are listed on the school Martin has coordinated this program. The entire calendar and open to all parents of MS students.

High School Site-Based Team Report SBT Members The 2005-2006 GOALS for the High School Site- • The Team has discussed the initiation of a ADMINISTRATION MEMBERS Based Team are as follows: districtwide educational foundation. A Ronald Hoffer • Identify ways to enhance student involvement in subcommittee was formed and goals and Thomas Murray extracurricular activities while striving for academic protocols are in the process of being TEACHER MEMBERS excellence. developed. A teacher from each • Encourage, enhance, and support our academic • The Team analyzed Regents and AP results. department attends on a rotating basis. program to achieve academic excellence. The Accreditation for Growth goals were also PARENT MEMBERS • Address health and safety issues, (i.e., promote reviewed to ensure a correlation between the Tara Patin awareness to enhance the educational environment proposed action plans/goals and our students’ Nancy Dasaro regarding Internet safety). achievements. Bob Quarte • Our Team engaged in an extensive discussion Rhonda Saltzmann The ACCOMPLISHMENTS are as follows: regarding the need for remedial and/or Karen Murphy • The Site-Based Team has reviewed and Kathleen Keeney enrichment opportunities for students who are Laura Hanshe discussed the benefits and detriments of in danger of, or have failed a course(s). The STUDENT MEMBERS fundraising protocols. initiation of Saturday course offerings was Emma Levy • The Team has worked collaboratively with our discussed to provide additional opportunities Kieran Siao districtwide Wellness Committee to develop and for our students. Roxy York distribute a newsletter regarding Internet safety Lauren Bilich Stefi Dier and cyberbullying. PAGE FIVE Original Aboriginal Art at Lincoln Are you familiar with a duck-billed platypus, a wallaby, or a dingo? If you are a Third-grade student at Lincoln Avenue, you know that these names belong to animals from Australia.After studying the history and culture of the Native Australians or Aborigines, the Third-grade students in Miss Closs’ class created their own Aboriginal artwork. Art Teacher Mrs.Podlas taught the students how to model their designs after traditional bark and rock paintings. This type of tribal art uses numerous dots and lines to create a pattern around a figure from nature. The results were fantastic originals! (Photo) Lincoln Avenue Third-grade Teacher Miss Closs admires the aboriginal artwork her students created in Art Teacher Mrs. Podlas’ class.

Giving Art the Boot at Sunrise Sunrise Drive students in Ms. Denise Philp’s First Grade studied Jan Brett, author and illustrator made famous by the book The Mitten. The students learned that not only does Jan Brett love to write about animals and nature, she also is distinguished by her amazing detailed illustrations. Inspired by her latest work, Armadillo Rodeo, Ms. Philp let the class wear their own cowboy boots and hats to school. “We propped those boots on our desks,” Ms. Philp explained, “to study the details closely, just like Jan Brett does when she researches for a new book. The results were tremendous pieces of boot-art!” Bee-iing a Spelling Taking their Act on the Road Champion The Sayville Middle The competition lasted School String three days, but the winner Ensemble has of the LI Jewish Spelling Bee volunteered was Eighth-grader Nicole to play for Micelli, and Runner-up was the elderly on Sixth-grader John Farese. weekends. Nicole will now take the written spelling bee on It was the brainchild of Middle School Sixth- such favorites as “Beauty and the Beast” and “My March 7th to compete grader Kyle Tieman-Strauss, a devoted music Favorite Things” perfect. Occasionally, select against other Long Island student who found a way to combine his love for students performed solos to loud applause. As the school champions. playing music and his desire to perform community enormous community room swelled with their Congratulations and service. When Kyle approached Ms. Karen Savage, music, the faces of the musicians and the audience good luck! the Sixth/Seventh-grade orchestra teacher at the reflected joyful appreciation for the mutually Middle School, she loved the idea and said it was a rewarding opportunity. dream of hers to have her students play for the “You may come back at anytime, you were elderly. Choosing the appropriate music, Ms. fabulous!” boomed Jerry Bornschein, the Savage organized four afterschool rehearsals, but Recreation Director at the facility. One resident the dedicated students also practiced at home. remarked to her friend, “This brings back On a Saturday in February, the Sayville Middle memories,” while another said, “These kids are School String Ensemble held their first gig at the terrific!” Island Manor Assisted Living Facility. Led by Ms. The students left with a big thank-you for Ms. Savage, twelve Sixth and Seventh graders played for Savage and all her help. Even better, they booked fifty residents on the afternoon of the oncoming another performance for March 25 at Sunrise Blizzard of 2006. Their hours of practice made Assisted Living in Medford. PAGE SIX D.A.R.E. A to Make byHealthy Sayville StudentsChoices There is a sense of renewal every topics discussed in the classroom Cherry Avenue year during the D.A.R.E. during the D.A.R.E. program, which Essay Winners Graduation. Sayville’s Fifth-graders included: “Rights, consequences, Peter Hayes (Mr. McLaughlin), make a genuine commitment to the peer pressure, choosing the right Claire Luceri Drug Abuse Resistance Education friends, what’s really cool, being (Mrs. Denton), Dylan Murphy (D.A.R.E.) program and their assertive about saying no, self- (Mrs. Duggan), instructor, Officer Ralph Clinton. esteem, stress and violence, positive Denise Natoli Although each of the three alternatives, and the D.A.R.E. (Mrs. Hitner) elementary schools celebrates its Decision-Making Model: Define Lincoln Avenue D.A.R.E. graduations in different Assess, Respond, Evaluate.” As usual, Essay Winners ways, the message is the same. the required class assignment, the John Burns (Mrs. Baryk), Resisting abuses in drugs, alcohol, D.A.R.E. essay, helped the students Nicole Sala and violence is a lifelong lesson that focus on what they had learned and (Mrs.Wels), doesn’t stop with the graduation how it might shape their lives. From Amy Dean ceremony. each class, one student’s essay was (Mrs. Guinaw), Harrison Cassetta “You are the most precious selected to be read at the graduation. (Mr. Bombara) things to us in the whole world,” Yet, the topics themselves would Cherry Avenue Principal John not have been so engaging if the Stimmel told his Fifth-grade D.A.R.E. messenger—Officer students, so as to underscore why Ralph—hadn’t developed a special the students had spent twelve weeks bond of commitment with all his working with Officer Ralph and why students. This bond, that could help their parents and the guest them when life’s challenges tested dignitaries had assembled for their their resolve, was most obvious in D.A.R.E. graduation. Sayville the students’ D.A.R.E. essays, District Administrators, Board of posters, skits, and graduation Education Trustees, Senator Caesar ceremonies. At Sunrise, the students Trunzo, Assemblywoman Ginny sang a popular song to Officer Fields, and Legislator Bill Lindsay, Ralph written years ago by a former Sunrise Drive Essay Winners Caroline DeLuca (Mrs.Van Cura); Olivia Coley-Bishop (Mrs. Burton); or their representatives, as well as D.A.R.E. student, and at Lincoln an Jacqueline Christensen (Mrs. Carpenter);Travis Villez (Mr. Frank); Police officials were among those Apprentice Skit (with a moustached Curran Boyce (Mrs. Donnelly) who bore witness to the ceremony. student-actor as Officer Ralph, Similarly, Sunrise Drive Principal presiding like Donald Trump over Rose Castello and Lincoln Avenue the choice of the most capable Principal Michele Gunther remarked candidate from some D.A.R.E. on the valuable tool of the D.A.R.E. officer wannabes) were testimonials program at their graduations and to Officer Ralph’s influence. encouraged their healthy-minded Once again, congratulations to students to continue resisting the the current graduates and all past lure of drug and alcohol abuse. D.A.R.E. students who continue to Officer Ralph listed for the abide by their commitment to be parents and guests some of the drug and alcohol free.

PAGE SEVEN SAYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWSLETTER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION Linda A. Mittiga, U.S. POSTAGE Producer,Writer, Editor, Designer PAID Past Winner of NYSPRA Awards SAYVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT 99 Greeley Avenue School Tax Code 566 ****ECRWSS**** Sayville, New York 11782 Dr. Rosemary F. Jones, Superintendent of Schools POSTAL CUSTOMER Accolades for Ongoing Athletic Accomplishments • Girls Track and Field Suffolk County has increased to dramatic proportions and • Ten Wrestlers make it to County Champions Again! The Varsity Girls something needed to be done to Championships Sayville had four Track and Field team won the Suffolk accommodate the kids. We all believe that champions: Maier, Hass, Grimm, and Gallo, County Small School Championship for the kids need sports in their lives because of in the League V Wrestling Championships. third straight year with a score of 103 the valuable lessons they teach, so the more Three other wrestlers, Pitre, Rodriguez, and points. Kate Dulmovits won the 55 meter kids we can reach out to the better,” says Bachy finished 2nd in their weight classes and 300-meter dashes. Kristy Longman won Jim McLoughlin, Girls and Boys Volleyball and Pelligrini, Mazzarone, and Zimbardo the 1000- and 1500-meter runs. Lauren coach. To follow the successes of these with 3rd place finishes, also competed in the Paciorek, Michelle Quirk, and Katie Yusko teams, go to the Middle School’s site and counties. Ten student-athletes in the County finished first, second, and third, respectively click on the school sports link in the Championships is one of the largest in the 55-meter hurdles. Also, the 4x200 navigation bar. numbers of representatives in this school’s relay team of Yusko, Dulmovits, Paciorek, • Boys Swimming and Diving has history. The team finished second in League and Dranoff, and the 4x800 relay team of three members going to the states. V behind Islip, the #1 ranked team in New Clark, Kaste, Llobell, and Longman Three members of the swim and dive team York State. captured gold. Bayport/Blue Point finished qualified for the States on Saturday, second with a team score of 56, and February 11th at the County Shoreham-Wading river finished third with championships. Michael Murphy placed Grease is the Musical! 42 points. The 103 points marks the highest third in the diving while Paul LaPorta and PRESENTED BY THE HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC number of points scored in this three-year Christian Cremer qualified based on AND DRAMA DEPARTMENTS qualifying times. The State meet will be held county championship run. Great job, ladies! WHERE? High School Auditorium on March 3rd and 4th at Erie Community • Middle School Basketball and College in Buffalo. The combined WHEN? March 15-118 Volleyball Boasts Two Teams The team of Sayville and Bayport-Blue A D M I S S I O N Middle School Basketball and Volleyball Point placed Fifth in the team • Wednesday/Thursday programs this year for the first time have scoring. Good luck at the States! $6-All Admission two teams. In an attempt to get more boys and girls involved in these sports Sayville’s • Pole Vaulters take 2nd and 3rd in • Friday and Saturday athletic director, Charlie DeLargy, enlisted State Qualifier Michelle Quirk and Ally $8-students; $10-adults the help of Dawn Lloyd, Kevin Kelsey, Jim Rofrano placed 2nd and 3rd in the pole (over 18); FREE-Senior McLoughlin, and Brian Decker, all Middle vaulting State qualifiers at Longwood, Citizens with Gold Card School teachers at Sayville, to jump-start the and they both will be competing at the State All seats are reserved. program. “For the past few years the Championships at on For additional information, number of kids trying out for these sports March 3rd and 4th. Good luck, girls! call 244-66600. Mark your Calendars for these Music Events Wed. April 19 JAZZ NIGHT 7:30pm The Third Annual High School Alumni Recital @ HS Auditorium. “Don’t Miss the is scheduled for To reserve your Night Everyone Talks About!” th Tickets either: With guests Hilary Kole & Richard Wednesday, May 24 , 2006 1. Call 244-6634 DeRosa performing with Sayville High 7:30pm - High School Auditorium School Jazz Choir and Jazz Ensemble. 2. Pick up at HS Main If you are interested in performing, please return the tear-off below before May 5th, Office between Tickets: 11am-1:15pm OR FREE for Seniors with District Gold Card 2006 and send to Mr. Bernstein, Sayville High School, Music Department, 3.Ask members of $10 Donation (Adults) West Sayville, NY 11796, or email [email protected] or Jazz Choir/Ensemble $4 Students Advance Sales/$5 Students at the door Mr. Hoffman at [email protected]. HIGH SCHOOL SPRING CONCERTS RETURN THIS SECTION BEFORE MAY 5TH, 2006

April 5 Spring Concert I Symphonic PERFORMER______CLASS OF______Concert Band, Jazz Band, Sayvillettes PHONE # ______EMAIL______May 10 Spring Concert II Wind Ensemble, SELECTION______COMPOSER______Orchestra Period 4, Chorus May 25 Spring Concert III Chorale, Jazz Will Mr. Hoffman accompany you? Yes______No______Choir, Orchestra Period 5, Finale in memory of Mr. James Lawlor Name of other accompanist: