Accomplishments and Extracurriculars
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Daniel Pecoraro Accomplishments and Extracurriculars: 6/14/2005: Won WaMu Junior PA Announcer for the Brooklyn Cyclones at the Coney Island branch of Washington Mutual, in announcing competition based on enthusiasm, clarity, &c. Æ6/26/2005: Was Guest Public Address Announcer for 3rd inning for the Brooklyn Cyclones against the Aberdeen IronBirds 6/24/2005-9/30/2005: Mets Kids Correspondent, Radio Disney-WQEW (1560 AM): Won post in broadcasting contest 6/05 based on enthusiasm, clarity, &c, at Green Acres Mall, Valley Stream, NY; wrote my own New York Mets game summaries and scripts and gave weekly Friday 30-second correspondences to the station (15 instances). References: Jennifer “Jazzy Jen” Zeppola, (former?) station manager, WQEW 1560 AM; Barbara McHugh, Manager, Marketing, New York Mets Æ9/18/2005: As part of Mets Kids Correspondent position, performed New York Mets starting lineups (and recorded starting lineups for Atlanta Braves, not displayed due to last-minute lineup change) at Shea Stadium. 9/2005, 7/2006: Was Guest Public Address Announcer at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium, Troy, NY, for Tri-City ValleyCats against the Brooklyn Cyclones, at the behest of Assistant General Manager Vic Christopher (who heard me as a Junior PA announcer in 2003). Reference: Vic Christopher, Assistant General Manager, Tri-City ValleyCats. 4/30/2006: All-Around Third Place and Hitting Champion, Local Competition, MLB Pitch, Hit, and Run sponsored by Pepsi, KeySpan Park. 7/5/2006-8/24/2006: Volunteered at Rosedale Branch, Queens Borough Public Library (50 hrs). References: Benedicia Ebba, Assistant Librarian; Ms. Hawthorne, Children’s Librarian 7/23/2006: Finalist, Junior Metscaster Competition: Made Top 10 in Regional competition, a play-by-play of a previous Mets game judged on enthusiasm, clarity, &c, judged by Mets employees, dignitaries from the Mets and The Sports Authority, &c, at Westbury, NY Sports Authority store; participated in Finals competition at Shea Stadium, but did not win. Was accredited member of the press for that day’s game against the Houston Astros. Fall 2006-Spring 2006: Editorial Board Member, The Phoenix (school literary magazine); left of my own volition, yet remained an important part, selling tickets to poetry readings References: Robert Babstock, former Phoenix advisor. Fall 2006-Spring 2008: Member, Debate Team; left of my own volition References: Susan Getting, Debate Team coach Fall 2006, Fall 2007-Fall 2008: Member, Junior Statesmen of America/Junior Statesmen Association Daniel Pecoraro ÆFall 2007: Member of Board to Resurrect Junior Statesmen of America ÆFall 2008: President, Junior Statesmen Association References: Linda Steinmann, former JSA advisor Fall 2006-Present: Member, Students for the Preservation of the Earth (SPE) ÆSpring 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Spring 2009: Participated in semiannual It’s My Park! Day with members of SPE at Cunningham Park, Bayside, NY ÆSpring 2006-Spring 2009: Vice President, Students for the Preservation of the Earth References: Maureen Lonergan, SPE Advisor 2/27/2007-Present: Granted Honor Student Membership at New York Hall of Science, Queens, NY, due to exemplary grades in reading and math. Spring 2007: Participant, Patriot Group 5K Remembrance Walk: Walked in honor of firefighters lost on 9/11/01 and in support of their families. Spring 2007: Poem published in Creative Communication’s Celebrate! Poets Speak Out- A Celebration of Young Poets-Spring 2007. 4/10/2007-Present: Volunteer, Louis Armstrong House Museum: Perform tours, house upkeep and business work at Corona (House) location; perform archival work, including cataloguing and cleaning of archival materials, and business work at Queens College (Archives) location (Over 500 hours). References: Michael Cogswell, Director; Deslyn Downes Dyer, Assistant Director, Baltsar Beckeld, Museum Manager 4/20/2007: Officially honored as a Queens Library volunteer (could not attend ceremony) 5/11/2007-4/2009: Founder, Head Writer, Editor-in-Chief, and Otherwise Grand Poobah of the political blog, Notepad (http://www.thenotepadshow.blogspot.com): I launched this blog in order to vent about the Bush administration and discuss how the government ought to fix the problems facing the nation, with a neo-Populist slant, and it turned into a minor source of news for a few dozen members of my school. Wrote 55 posts, along with 8 Notepad-related “Notes” on Facebook. 6/23/2007-7/14/2008: Co-correspondent, SportsPhan.com (http://www.sportsphan.com): Wrote 11 articles with my father, David S. Pecoraro, on the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League, chronicling the final game of the 2007 season, the eight home games of the 2008 season, the Dragons’ Divisional Round game against the Philadelphia Soul in Philadelphia, and the follow-up to the aforementioned playoff game regarding the investigation on the ending of the game. Was an accredited member of the media for those occasions, save for the final instance. References: Mike Basak, Vice President, Operations, Sportsphan.com; Steve Buscemi, Philadelphia Soul correspondent, SportsPhan.com; Stacy Troiano, former Director, Media Relations, New York Dragons and current Director, Media Relations, New York Islanders; Greg Wiley, former Director, Communications, Philadelphia Soul. Daniel Pecoraro 11/2007: Inducted into National Honor Society (Arista). 1/2008: Inducted into the Service Honor Society (Archon). Spring 2008: Member, Student Senate: elected by majority of AP World History class as senator with the goal of informing students on matters of the Student Union. Spring 2008: Ran for election for Public Relations post, Student Union, lost primary election. Spring 2008: Poem published in Creative Communication’s A Celebration of Poets- Spring 2008. 4/2008: I earned a Green Ribbon for the Beginning Attic Greek level of the ACL/NJCL National Greek Exam. 4/19/2008: Notepad reaches the second round of credential applications for the General DemConvention Blogger Pool for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Denver, CO. Didn’t make it. 7/2008: Received result of a 5 out of 5 on the AP World History exam; I also received a 740 on the SAT Subject Test in World History, and a 690 on the SAT Subject Test in Chemistry. Fall 2008-Present: Founder and President, Trivia and Knowledge Club. References: Marianthe Colakis, Trivia and Knowledge Club advisor 10/2008-11/2008: Member, Barack Obama’s Campaign for Change: Made two appearances for phone banking at the Queens headquarters of the United Federation of Teachers in Rego Park NY, on behalf of the UFT, calling Belle Harbor, NY, and the state of Florida; also called the states of Colorado, Virginia, and North Carolina via canvasses on BarackObama.com. 10/2008, 1/2009-Present: Member, writing staff, The Classic (school newspaper): Was part of reporting on two articles in October 2008 issue due to exemplary performance in writing articles in Journalism class, was accepted onto the Classic in January. To date, have written 13 articles (7 for the News staff and 5 for the Sports staff, including one sports op-ed and a co-authored piece). References: Ilsa Cowen and Caroline Cross, Classic co-advisors 11/18/2008: Re-inducted into National Honor Society (Arista). 11/26/2008: Participant, THHS Turkey Trot (1.5 mile race to celebrate the impending Thanksgiving holiday-finished with a time of 13:06). Daniel Pecoraro 1/21/2009: Blog for the mental_floss magazine publishes my quiz “Name the Saturday Night Live ‘Five-Timers’ in 3 minutes” as part of their daily “Lunchtime Quizzes.” Won the prize of a free T-Shirt. 3/13/2009: Inducted into the Math Honor Society (Mu Alpha Theta). 3/17/2009: Re-inducted into the Service Honor Society (Archon). 4/2009: I earned a Green Ribbon for the Intermediate Attic Greek level of the ACL/NJCL National Greek Exam. 4/28/2009: Inducted into the New York State Science Honor Society. 5/2009-Present: Contributor, UFLAccess.com (http://www.uflaccess.com): Wrote, at present, three articles for the website chronicling the New York Sentinels of the United Football League. References: Billy Kirk, writer, UFLAccess.com; Nation Hahn, Head Writer, UFLAccess.com 5/20/09: Earned the Queens College Presidential Award for Excellence, in recognition for outstanding achievement by a high school junior; one award given to a junior in each school in Queens County. 6/21/2009: Ran in the Brooklyn Cyclones’ Take Your Base 5K Run to Strike Out Cancer. After raising $50 from family members for the American Cancer Society, I ran with a time of 23:46 (19th in a field of 54 runners). 6/25/2009: Tried out for a position as a Ballperson at the US Tennis Open. 6/2009-7/2009: Received my score of 2140 (Reading 720, Math 740, Writing 680) on the SAT Reasoning Test; I also received a 5 out of 5 on the AP United States History Exam. 9/2009: Named a 2009-10 National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar. Fall 2009-Present: Member, The MALContents (Music, Art, and Literature Club). References: Rafal Olechowski, MALContents advisor. Vol. 25, Issue 1: October 2008 Campaigns hold press conferences in journalism electives by Pearl Bhatnagar, Sarah Mahmood, Daniel Pecoraro, Tracey Wang, and Esther Whang After donning her “Sarah Palin glasses,” as she called them, senior Barbara Cvenic became Republican vice presidential candidate and namesake of the glasses, Sarah Palin, at her first press conference of the election simulation. Barbara, along with other seniors playing candidates, their spouses, and campaign managers, held several press conferences with Ilsa Cowen’s two journalism classes, on September 22-26, and answered questions both as themselves and in the roles they were playing. During the first half of the press conference, in which students spoke as themselves, many Republican Party members said that their own views do not match those of the candidates they are representing. “There are actually about three Republicans in the Republican campaign,” said Raoul Valencia, who plays Todd Palin.