GOOD NEWS MARCH 2017 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Congratulations to

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1 GOOD NEWS AT GARDEN CITY HIGH SCHOOL MARCH 2017 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kayla Bozkurtian Catherine Schick for being selected to participate in the Girls State Program this summer and Lauren Nelson and Isabel Cara, as alternates Daniel O Connor for being selected to participate in the Boys State Program this summer and Steven Iovino, as alternate

2 Layne Meyer as he was selected to serve as a volunteer guardian to a WWII veteran on a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the WWII Memorial Margaret McElroy Kylie McNeill Alexander Menoudakos Zachary Ortiz for being selected as 2017 Honorable Mention Winners in the Toshiba Exploravision Competition for their team s invention called the G.E.T., a genetic engineering tool and Kelly McDonald Lisa Murphy Julia Remick for being selected as 2017 Honorable Mention Winners in the Toshiba Exploravision Competition for their team s invention of DSSAP, which proposes methods to mend genetic errors in Down Syndrome

3 PTA Reflection Winners: Caroline Hegarty Award of Merit for Photography Casidy Lauren Go Award of Merit for Music Composition Margaux Calemmo The winner of the New York Library Association s Pied Piper Award for her innovative work with the Stress Reduction Station in the GCHS Library

4 World Language News Dr. Cerar s German language students who took the National German Exam on January 29, 2017 at Garden City High School. 5 golds: Jake Deutsch Ernst Harrison Alexandra Kucich Brandon Noll James Zheng 7 Silver: Caroline Feryo John Karcher Anjel Kayazade Jack Mckernan Aidan Padala Olivia Pappas Andrew Tang 8 Bronze: Audra Fitzgerald Caroline Flanagan Spencer Gorman Matthew Granville Marybeth Kane Aidan Mckernan Chloe Rogers Elsie Schaubeck

5 On March 21, Garden City High School s Latin students participated in the annual Certamen competition hosted by Suffolk Classical Society at SUNY Stony Brook. Four students from one of the Latin 3 teams (Philip Acinapuro, Michael Liberopoulos, and Andrew Tang, led by captain Matthew Granville) competed in the finals, placing third overall and meriting an award cum laude. all the Latin Certamen students from GCHS on their excellent work! On March 24, 2017, nine students from Mrs. Brunetti's Italian classes participated in the AATI (Association of Teachers of Italian) Poetry Contest. The poems ranged from those written during the Renaissance to those from contemporary poets. Alex Stefanik won a silver medal for level three, and Christina Bennett earned Honorable Mention for the same level. Nicholas Bambino also placed second for contestants in level four. For the same level, Alexis Spera was awarded an Honorable Mention. For level five, Gabrielle Frandina earned an Honorable Mention by reciting a very challenging poem. From 03/01/2017 to 03/10/2017, Garden City High School's Spanish Club & World Languages Department sold hand-woven bracelets, or pulseras in Spanish, to empower the artists who make them in Nicaragua and Guatemala. The sale was organized through the Pulsera Project, a nonprofit organization that empowers and educates young people in the U.S. and Central America through pulsera sales. Student and teacher volunteers raised funds that benefit fair trade jobs, worker rights, sustainability, and education, while learning about the culture, lives, and struggles of Central

6 Americans. The Pulsera Project s goal is to create a more just and colorful world by encouraging conscious consumerism and social enterprise. Students and teachers throughout Garden City High School s World Languages Department sold more than 500 pulseras during World Languages Week and raised a total of $2,630 for the Pulsera Project. For more information about the Pulsera Project, please visit: The Pulsera Project is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers and connects Central American artists with students in more than 1,600 U.S. schools.