Trustees Recognize Spectacular Students
April 20, 2023
Dozens of spectacular students who have won a variety of awards and other honors were recognized by the Huntington School Board and central office administrators during a public meeting this past Monday night.
Superintendent James W. Polansky and Huntington School Board President Christine Biernacki presented each of the students were special Certificates of Achievement to commemorate their accomplishments. Principal Brenden Cusack, Chairman of Humanities Joseph Leavy and Director of Fine and Performing Arts Brian Stellato were among the speakers.
Mock trial team stars Nina Fascilla and Angie Hernandez-Ramos also addressed the school board, offering articulate testimony regarding how valuable the legal program has been to the pair and their teammates.
The honorees included:
National History Day Regional Competition Honorees
Jessica Bree, Ruby Hoffman, Hillel Linker, Shaina Linker, Andrea Mani-Munoz, Damaris Mani-Munoz, Jannel Marroquin and Heileen Torres
Suffolk County Mock Trial Team Champions
Isabella Careccia-Johnson, Lindsay Depeine, David Dje Bi Baleborzan Simrell, Nina Fascilla, William Fallon, Andrew Ganley, Vincenza Garofalo, Erin Hanlon, Angie Hernandez-Ramos, Elizabeth James, Hillel Linker, Natalie Parrott and Dawin Preval
Long Island's Best at the Heckscher Museum Exhibitors
Dyana Augustin, Aislyn Franciscovich, Annika Galvin, Sebastian Ramirez and Sophia Tine
High Arts Showcase XIX at Huntington Arts Council Exhibitors
Victoria Befumo, Katerina Damiano, Annika Galvin, Molly Heffernan, Gianni Portillo-Moreira, Nikolai Seferian and Anna Bell Young
Student Art Invitational Exhibitors - Atelier at Flowerfield
Angeline Arreaga Vega, Anya Goleski, Kate Gordon, Jordyn Gross, Veda Gross, Talia Hayden, Leah MacManus and Nataly Posada
Suffolk County Holocaust Remembrance Day "Building Bridges" Award Winners
Andrea Mani-Munoz and Damaris Mani-Munoz
Board of Education Recognition Night
Building Bridges Award winners Damaris and Andrea Mani-Munoz with district officials. (Darin Reed photo.)
County champion mock trial team members with district officials. (Darin Reed photo.)
District officials with Huntington's five LI Best Young Artists exhibitors. (Darin Reed photo.)
High Arts Showcase artists Annika Galvin and Anna Bell Young with district officials. (Darin Reed photo.)
National History Day honorees with Christine Biernacki, Joseph Leavy and James W. Polansky. (Darin Reed photo.)
Top Finley artists Nataly Posada and Leah MacManus with district officials. (Darin Reed photo.)