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4/22/2020 - Olivia Zhang Earns Town of Islip Leadership Award
High school junior and Student Council President Olivia Zhang was recently selected as the winner of the Town of Islip Student Achievement Award for Leadership.
Zhang is also a member of her school’s Math Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Interact Club, Academic Team and tennis and track teams. She was recently chosen to be a facilitator for the Rotary Club’s Youth Leadership program, to teach team-building activities and leadership skills to high school sophomores from across Long Island.
In addition, Zhang holds the rank of petty officer second class in the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps. Last summer, she was part of the first all-female sailing crew in Sea Cadet history and authored a full-page article about her experiences sailing the New England Coast for “Sea Cadet Quarterly” magazine. She was chosen to conduct research with the Arctic Buoy STEM Program and will travel to USNSCC National Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, where she will help build research buoys to be deployed in the Arctic Circle.
“All the wonderful opportunities offered at East Islip High School have helped to build my self-confidence and leadership qualities,” Zhang said.
“Olivia is a natural leader who uses her leadership role to help boost morale and increase student pride in her school and the East Islip community,” said her teacher and club adviser Lisa Rapiejko, who nominated Zhang for the Student Achievement Award. We are proud of her accomplishments and her demonstration of EI pride.”
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4/22/2020 - EI Music Teacher Ron Fox Performs in Special Music Video
East Islip music teacher Ron Fox recently performed in a video with more than 70 other Long Island musicians, playing “We Are the World 2020 - The Quarantine Mix, Long Island” to bring hope and healing and help people during this difficult time. The video has been viewed more than 400,000 times on YouTube and was featured in local news broadcasts.
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4/17/2020 - Class of 2020 Senior Photos and Videos Wanted!
Together with the PTA, senior moms are working on putting together a video of the seniors to send out that will lift their spirits. We are asking all seniors to send in pictures (or videos) of themselves either in a group, at an activity at school, of themselves in their new college gear etc. If you can, please reach out to friends and classmates and post this on your social media pages to help represent all seniors in the building.
Here is the information:
Facebook Page: EIHS Class of 2020 Virtual End of Year Info
** You do not need to be a member of Facebook to view this page **Send Pictures to: Eihspta@eischools.org
Deadline for pics or videos: Friday, April 24.
Any format for the pics will work.
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4/17/2020 - HS Artists Create Powerful Pandemic Self-Portraits
While at home due to the school closings, high school student-artists recently created powerful pandemic self-portraits wearing medical masks as part of a special assignment on social issues in art from teachers Daniel Figliozzi, Elizabeth Gibbons and Heather Toomey.
“This was Mr. Figliozzi’s original idea, and at the time, we weren’t even sure that it would be an assignment, but if it was, the intention was to have an exhibition with all of the pieces,” Toomey said. “This is our virtual gallery and the students’ visual interpretation of self-portraits during this pandemic. They have a range of emotions from sad or lonely to hopeful and they are all wonderful. I am proud of all of the students that are continuing to make art and express themselves.”
“I believe this assignment created powerful imagery and is a clear reflection of what is happening right now in the world,” Figliozzi said. “I am proud of my students for taking the time to really think about this assignment and tackle it with everything they had. They really followed through and generated technically strong self-portraits that have an impact.”
“Jenna Scandale and Sophia Stryjewski are two students that have gone above and beyond with all of their artwork in my studio art and fashion illustration classes,” said Gibbons. “Both continue to create excellent art with what they have at home.”
Caroline Meehan, a student in Figliozzi’s drawing and painting class, painted a self-portrait on stretched canvas.
“With this painting, I tried to convey the helplessness that I think we all feel during this pandemic, especially the Class of 2020,” Meehan said. “I wanted this art to act as a message to my fellow seniors, saying that it may feel like we’ve lost a lot. Memories have been taken from us that we cannot get back. But we can still keep our heads above the water, succeed despite everything that’s trying to stop us and look to the future with hope.”
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4/14/2020 - Senior Iamunno Honored with Town Achievement Award
High school senior Jolie Iamunno was recently recognized with a Student Achievement Award by the Town of Islip Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs. This award is presented to selected Town of Islip students in grades 9 through 12 who have made significant contributions to the community or who have excelled in a specific academic area. Iamunno was nominated for this honor by teacher Heather Toomey in the area of fine art.
“It was such a great honor to be nominated by Mrs. Toomey and to be chosen by the Town of Islip for this award,” said Iamunno, who has been accepted into the photography program at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, where she will attend this fall.
“I nominated Jolie for so many reasons,” Toomey said. “She has been my student the past two years, she is a member of the National Art Honor Society and also serves as the eiMAPS liaison. Jolie is vice president of the Photography Club, always volunteers at events and also serves as my student helper. She is someone that I can count on for anything. I am so proud of Jolie's progress and that the town recognizes it. Even though we can’t have the official ceremony this year, Jolie deserves this recognition.”
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4/13/2020 - Celebrating the Study of Languages at EIHS
The annual Foreign Language Week brought exciting activities and celebrations of French, Italian and Spanish language and culture as well as American Sign Language to the high school during the first week of March, confirming the importance of studying world languages.
For the day devoted to American Sign Language, advanced ASL students interpreted popular songs, taught basic signs and played fun games in the library to spread deaf awareness to their fellow peers who are enrolled in a foreign language.
As part of the week’s initiative, students were asked to participate in a poster contest to encourage learning new languages, with this year’s theme being “Explore a Language, The World Needs You!” The winners, selected by art teacher Daniel Figliozzi, were awarded with Barnes & Noble gift certificates provided by the high school’s former language director, Dr. Janet Hiller. Genesis Madera-Blondet earned first place for her poster, while Ella Centauro came in second, Olivia Zhang took third and Madison Sturtz earned honorable mention.
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4/13/2020 - Digital Eco-Carnival
The Seatuck Environmental Association's annual Eco-Carnival was canceled, but the organization is instead offering a stay-at-home, celebrate-in-place, social-distancing-friendly Digital Eco-Carnival.
The event will include all the things that have made the Eco-Carnival Long Island's premier Earth Day celebration: hands-on nature explorations, nature-based games, live music, a live animal show and fun, outdoor activities for children of all ages
The Carnival will run digitally as a live feed on Seatuck's Facebook Page on April 25 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Seatuck-Environmental-Association/33653519590
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4/88/2020 - Nine Fantastic Fifth-Grade Musicians Chosen for SCMEA
Nine fantastic fifth-grade musicians from East Islip were selected by the Suffolk County Music Educators Association for All-County Festival honors.
Chosen from Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ were Lucas Brelsford (band), Ava DeMaria (orchestra), Erin Kolensky (orchestra), Paige Mathers (chorus) and Crystal Reustle (chorus).
Chosen from RCK were Cora Cappellino (chorus), Charlotte Galli (band), Peter Gernard (chorus) and Oliver Rivadeneyra (orchestra).
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4/6/2020 - Middle School Honors Student Champions of Character
The middle school held its 13th annual Breakfast of Champions ceremony on March 12, honoring several dozen sixth and seventh graders for demonstrating the school’s “six pillars of character” – citizenship, dedication, integrity, positive attitude, respect and responsibility – during this school year. Each honoree was selected by a team, department and subject area. After greetings from Principal William Brennen, Assistant Principals James Nolan and Michael Thorley presented the students with certificates and lanyards to their achievement.
Student champions for 2019-2020 were: Adrianna Belsito, Emerson Black, Daniel Carroll, Joshua Castro, Sophia Chillemi, Julianna D’Addario, Liam Eichler, Vincent Fantauzzi, Ryan Flad, Jack Gravano, Samuel Henderson, Georgia Hodge, Ava Iannuzzi, Ethan Jensen, Jessica Leek, Robert Lerro, Viki Li, Sharon Lin, Jamison Maher, Jordan Maloney, Anthony Mariani, Erin McCarthy, Grace Micali, Ryan Moore, Hanna Nilsen, Reilly Nolan, Aine O’Boyle, Ben Orellana, Olivia Primiano, Ryan Ragusa, Mason Razza, Anderson Ross, Tyler Seelig, Danielle Simonetti, Ella Tantillo, Julia Thall, Nicholas Walsh, Collin Weber and Casey With.
