Advocate Vol 2-3.pub - Mahopac Central School District

Mahopac High School
421 Baldwin Place Road
Mahopac, NY 10541
Phone: (845) 628-3256
Fax: (845) 628-3350 or
(845) 628-4380
Calendar of Events
12/13 Band Parents
12/18 Meeting Holiday at Concert 7:30 pm at
12/14
7:00 pm in
HS Financial Aid Night
at auditorium 7:00 pm
12/19 Snow Date for
12/15 2 nd Interim Period Ends
Holiday Concert
12/21 Rube Goldberg
12/15 Recording Competition Concert in at
7:30 pm
Physics
12/20 12/22 - SAT Holiday Registration Recess:
1/1 No School
12/20 Holiday Concert at
1/2 7:30 School pm Reopens
12/21 1/8 PTO Board Meeting of Education
10:00 Meeting am at 8:00 pm
at Austin Road
12/23- No School-
1/17 Holiday HS PTO Recess Meeting at
7:00 pm
1/2 School Reopens
1/18 Roaring Guitar
Concert
1/21 School Closed:
Martin Luther King
Day
1/22 -
1/25
HS Regents/Midterm
Week
1/26 SAT Test Date
1/29 SAT Registration
1/30 Staff Development
Early Dismissal at
12:45pm
The
Advocate
V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 3
Story by Ofri Felder
D E C E M B E R 1 7 , 2 0 0 7
Former Graduates meet with Seniors
Fall is college application time for our seniors. Once again this year, the Counseling
Department invited Mahopac High School Alumni on the day before Thanksgiving to talk to
seniors about their college choice. Seniors were invited by House to meet with a panel of 6-8
students who graduated from Mahopac High School last June. The alumni shared their
experiences, and talked about everything from missing home the first few weeks to enjoying
their new independence. For the most part, alumni were happy with their college choice but
stressed the importance of visiting the college, interviewing at the college, planning an
overnight stay if possible, and putting time and effort into making a decision that is a good fit
for the STUDENT. Time management was mentioned as one of the biggest challenges in
college, and making responsible decisions as another.
Following the panel discussions, the alumni represented their college in a College Mini-Fair on
the West Terrace. Seniors with lunch, study hall, or a pass from their teacher were invited to
meet with the alumni and ask specific questions about their college.
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The Mahopac Counseling Department thanks Mahopac alumni students for their continued
support of the high school!
Participating College
Adelphi University
Bentley College
Boston University
Brown University
Bucknell University
Coastal Carolina University (SC)
University of Connecticut
Fordham University
University of Hartford
Hofstra University
Greensboro College (NC)
Iona College
Manhattan College
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of New Haven
Northeastern University
Pace University
Pennsylvania State University
Sacred Heart University
SUNY Albany
SUNY Binghamton
SUNY Cobleskill
SUNY Oneonta
Alumni/Student Ambassador
Greg Cantone
Chris Grippo
Alyssa Castelli and Alex Jones
Monique Morales
Gina Malara
Evan DeMarco
Anthony Grosso and Chris Mattera
Kathleen Brunetti and David Cefaloni
Rianna Lagrassa
James Karner and Samantha O’Keefe
Michelle Reger
Stephanie Griffin
Becky Manfredi
Rebecca Caldarella
Jacqueline Gouveia
Alexandra Demercurio
Nicole Hair and Samantha Sullivan
Martin Feehan
Liz Palusevic
Kaitlyn Stauffer
Zach Logozio
Kelly McDermott
Liza Astrachan

MHS High Honor Roll
Grade 9
Marykate Acquisto, Louis Albano, Jasmine Alfonso, Brendon Anderson, Michael Angiuli, Samantha Apicella, Jennifer Armistead, Abigail
Armstrong, Maggie Bacon, Stephen Baranowski, Laura Barbalato, Adam Basuljevic, Neslihan Batirbek, Kaylyn Bell, Madeline Belloff,
Kimberly Benson, Erica Block, Nicole Blyskal, Vincent Bocchino, Jenna Braban, Terence Brady, Alexander Brechner, Stefanie Bunyea,
Caroline Burchell, Gordon Burrows, Christina Capraro, Paul Carey, Robert Catalino, James Chapeton, Josh Chavis, Dinesh Cherupalla,
Matthew Ciruzzi, Daniel Correia, Brittany Craig, Nicole Cuomo, Connor Daniel, Sarah Dean, Samantha DeBellis, Kristin DeChiaro, Richard
DePolo, Kristen DeSantis, Elizabeth Dorovitsine, Kristyn Duffy, Jacklyn Esernio, Matthew Fanous, Robert Farrell, Jessica Fischer, Lauren
Fischetti, Thomas Foley, Frank Fusca, Anthony Fusco, Molly Gardineer, Alexander Gavares, Michael Gazzola, Christine Geraghty, Giulia
Giammo, Kristen Gonfiantini, Amanda Gross, Angela Gumina, Rick Gutierrez, Tyler Gyscek, Laurel Haitoff, Tess Hamberg, Dylan
Hastings, Ann Hesler, Kate Hesler, Ryan Hill, Sean Horan, Caitlin Hynes, Lauren Icken, Ashley Idone, Gina Impellizeri, Nicholas Jacklett,
Valentina Kalaj, Sumeet Kapur, Allison Knudsen, Grace Kolba, Adam Kopec, Stefani Kraker, Jayanth Krishnan, Alexander Kwechin,
Francesco Langella, Catherine Lee, Taylor Lema, Stephanie Leone, Adam Lind, Christina Lopez, Kevin Mallon, Nicole Marinucci, James
Martinez, Alyssa Mattera, Kaitlin McCormack, Oorja Mehra, Isabel Mendoza, Kevin Molfetta, Douglas Montazella, Lucas Montgomery,
Samantha Nardo, Rachel Nichols, Aida Nikocevic, Shane O’Brien, Shay O’Leary, Stephanie Olivieri, Stephen Pagliuca, Vincent Parrillo,
Peter Pastuszka, Donna Perruzza, Alec Petrone, Alexander Pietroccola, Kaylee Pina, Selina Policar, Christina Rodriguez, Andrew Ronald,
Laura Rossano, Rebecca Russo, Briana Sabot, Dominic Sadarangani, Pablo Sanchez, Anthony Santos, Chit Saraswat, Hannah Sheehy,
Christine Sheridan, Melena Smith, Benjamin Sparks, Brianna Steinitz, Arthur Strzepka, John Swayne, Christopher Tacca, Caleb Teicher,
Jessica Tilzer, Emily Timson, Susanna Vaupen, Mariah Vellek, Liana Viaggio, Thomas Viento, Amanda Weiss, Shannon Wellington, Kati
Wettje, Tyler York, Christina Zappavigna, Erin Zucca, Christine Zupan
Grade 10
Daniela Abate, Abigail Adgate, Mel Alberto, Joshua Alexander, Julianna Alonge, Chelsea Alterman, John Amodeo, Ryan Anderson, Emily
Aquina, Caitlin Baranowski, Francesca Bastone, Melissa Bellenchia, Clara Boesch, Anamaria Bolanos, Breana Brehm, Veronica Burnham,
Christian Carmody, Brian Carson, Michelle Castore, Nicole Castro, Spencer Chin, Adriana Chiulli, Philip Collins, Kelly Creary, Kristen
Curran, Gianna D’Ambrosio, Melissa Defiore, Anna Francesca Del Rosario, Emily DelDuco, Prisco DeMercurio, Ankita Deosthali, Lauren
DiDonato, Alexandra DiFusco, Monica Dippolito, Robert Dwyer, Justin Ehrenpreis, Heather Erickson, Melanie Fabiano, Luke Fariselli,
Robert Fatone, Timothy Faulkner, Roy Fields, Christine Fletcher, Frank Fonseca, Michelle Furgiuele, Demaris Giha, Steven Glinias, Jennifer
Grosso, Jeffrey Hall, Emily Hatch, Christine Hogan, Lia Iacuone, Ashley John, Joshua Jonsson, Kayla Jorde, Corinne Keegan, Karn
Khunger, Carley Knapp, Molly Kornfeld, Andrew Korovich, Jennifer Kufa, Kristen Lalik, Lisa Lawrence, Jacqueline Leo, Michael Levy,
Noelle Little, Anthony Lopez, Matthew Macias, Alexa Madden, Terrence Maloney, Lexys Martinez, Angelo Massagli, Nicole Matos,
Cristina McGuire, Alexander Miller, Jake Mitchell, Kristina Mondello, Felicia Morandi, Allison Muller, Ilana Nathanson, Karen Neary,
Michael Neidhart, Kristen Nicolais, Kayla O’Brien, Erica Palumbo, Roseanne Pensabene, Lucas Petersen, Kaylin Pound, Nicole Quarto,
Amanda Quashie, Emily Reichbach, Melissa Retta, Robert Ricci, Chantelle Roach, Christopher Roberto, Francesca Sandoval, Jacqueline
Sanita, Andrea Scala, Nicholas Schreiber, Caitlin Schweigler, Danielle Scofield, Niklas Sjoberg, Courtney Stein, William Stein, Michelle
Swift, Jesse Tarantino, Kelsey Tiffany, Nicole Toso, Nicole Trombetta, Gina Trovato, Gianna Vaccarino, Marteen Vallely, Samantha
Venditti, Anouk Vinesse, Devin Wright, Clarissa Zamora, Julia Zullo
Grade 11
Joseph Abed-El-Latif, Clarke Bennett, Tess Bettman, Christian Bezama, Jennifer Brent, Caitlin Browne, Andrew Bunyea, Max Burchell,
Meghan Burke, Samantha Burrows, Kristen Butironi, Jillian Celestino, Nicholas Cerullo, Michael Cirocco, Justin Clark, Stephanie Coffman,
Derek Cooper, Kendra Dawsey, Sarah DeMarzo, Kylie Derby, Deanna DiCaprio, Michael DiMaio, John DiNapoli, Lori Discala, Robert
Doati, Lauren Doherty, Megan Douma, Heather Eliseo, Robert Esernio, Alexis Farrell, Luke Feehan, Ryan Finch, Alisa Frankfurter, Victoria
Furgiuele, Nicholas Gadino, Kristen Garfinkel, Samantha Gennusa, Alexandra Genovese, Anna Gialaboukis, Stephen Giannetta, Cara Gilroy,
David Girardi, Montana Goldstein, Alexandra Guzman, Jessica Helf, Brian Hickey, Scott Honigsberg, Caitlin Humphries, Katie Johnson,
Dymon Johnston, Marisa Kamelgarn, Jestine Kavana, David Kellog, Kevin Knudsen, Victoria Lomenzo, John Longhitano, Crystal Lorenzini,
Michelle Macchi, Jessica Mason, Kellie McCormack, Meaghan McCormack, Ashley McGarvey, Robert McNamara, Mrig Mehra, Christine
Miller, Lisa Miller, Sophia Miotto, Antoinette Mirdita, Dorota Mojek, Marcelina Mojek, Regina Molfetta, Ariana Morais, Roman Paz, Emily
Pfaffenbach, Michael Polito, Nicolas Prandi, Shaun Reda, Melissa Reilly, Melanie Rigaglia, Nicole Rocco, Stphanie Ronca, Mark Rudovic,
Ryan Mackenzy, Anthony Sadarangani, Alessandra Sager, Daniel Salamone, Zachary Sementz, Nicholas Semenza, Jillian Sheridan, Amy
Sidoti, Megan Sieber, Timmothy Taps, William Tock, Ahmet Ulutas, Ryan Van Tassell, Carly Villanova, David Wagner, Barbara Weisman,
Michael Zaneri, Philip Zeiss
Grade 12
Kyle Ahlers, Adam Albert, Lindsay Amoroso, Kristi Barker, Audrey Belloff, Elizabeth Blaum, Daniel Blyskal, George Brereton, Agnes
Califano, Christina Calisi, Lauren Camanzo, Ashley Carey, Kristina Carp, Michael Carson, Anne Casey, Kimberly Castelli, Tara Cates,
Dominick Ciruzzi, Gina Coughlan, Stephen Crecco, Daniel Cresci, Carey Daley, Patricia Daley, Jillian Dalton, Ryan Damon, Jessica
Delahanty, Angela Delatorre, Emily DeSantis, Jessica Dillon, Christopher Dimicco, Peter Diresta, Thomas Donovan, Andrea Dorio, Andrily
Dotsensko, Emilia Dzienszewski, Cynthia Earle, Nicholas Esposito, Erica Evard, Ashley Ferreira, Matthew Figueiredo, Katlyn Flaherty,
Briana Fleming, Christopher Formisano, Jessica Frederickson, Angela Furfaro, John Gavares, Fatima Goncalves, Evan Gottschalk, Victoria
Gresia, Gabrielle Gutenplan, Robert Hansen, Meredith Heiser, Kevin Hennelly, Alexandra Herbst, Austin Hill, Timothy Hines, Audrey Hiney,
Kathleen Honigsberg, Rande Iaboni, Marissa Jumper, Vera Kalaj, Nina Kallmeyer, Katelyn Kawalchuk, Rebecca Keefe, Adam Khalid,
Beatrice Kissi Frimpong, Christina Kraker, Matthew LaFredo, Valerie Lakestream, Tinamarie Langella, Richard Leo, Matthew Levy, Rachel
Lind, Michael MacAllister, Amanda Maccarone, John Mallon, Kerry Mallon, Kelly Mangerino, Gary Marzotto, Brittany Mayer,
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(High Honor Roll Grade 12 continued)
Craig Mazullo, Caitlin McGowan, Michael McSherry, Bridget Menasche, Brittany Merola, John Mongelli, Sean Muir, Ryan Murphy,
Katherine Norelli, Kristin Novotny, Antoinette Nrekaj, Anne O Connor, Ashley Oprysko, Brittany Pease, Kimberly Perillo, Kate Perlberg,
Sylwestre Pokora, Archana Rajan, Jake Ramella, Anthony Rasulo, Danielle Reda, Daniel Redmond-White, Charles Riefenhauser, Lindsay
Rini, Idelsa Rodriguez, Emily Rogers, Alexa Russell, Lindsey Rutcofsky, Kevin Sami, Kylie Shields, Kristen Sottile, Richard Sparozic, Steven
Stasiak, Catherine Stein, Edwin Swanson, Jordan Teicher, Amy Titcomb, Reid Tobias, Cody Toscano, Charles Trovato, Alexander Turqman,
Tarrah Vallely, Julia Varona, Luisa Verdick, Christopher Viento, Caitlin Walsh, Amanda Wiltse, Gloria Zhingri, Lauren Zottoli, Nikki-Anne
Zupan, Emily Zurhellen, Stephen Bogucki, Symon Jornov, Katarzyna Kosinski
MHS Honor Roll
Grade 9
Briana Adams, Dillon Addonizio, Jordan Adelman, Rachel Baran, Angelica Barbosa, Francine Bassani, Lavente Bene, Krista Bentivegn a,
Sabrina Blefgen, Connor Bronner, Sara Broslaw, Alexa Capelletti, Daniella Caputo, Stephanie Carvalho, Leon Chun, Samantha Cichocki,
Kaitlyn Clark, Nicole Concilio, Kaileen Creamer, Sandy Crecco, Kimberly Cunningham, Nicholas D’Amico, Dominick Depole, Edward
Dipasquale, Maxwell Doyle, James Egan, David Ferreira, Jessica Forehand, Cody Frenzel, Erica Georgeo, Nicholas Gerges, Sarah Gionta,
Tamara Goodwin, Andrew Gorodess, Christopher Gray, Nicholas Grippo, Maria Grispin, Jenna Haggerty, John Hansen, Cassandra Hehl,
Nicole Hill, Allison Hillis, Kasey Horan, Joan Janik, Aaron Kass, Troy Kavana, Rory Kenny, John Kernan, Akram Lahlouh, Jennifer Laine,
Allison Lalik, Alexa LaMarca, Christopher Lombardo, Jeremy Love, Michael Ludovico, Madeline Manfredi, Angela Mante, Alyssa
McMahon, Matthew Michaels, Lauren Miranda, Kelly Molloy, Ashley Mondello, Janet Morrison, Jillian Muller, Caoilfhionn Mulvey,
Shannon Muscara, Daniel Nespolini, Thomas Nolan, Christine O’Gara, Jennifer Paolicelli, Tianna Penn, Danielle Perillo, Emily Perrelle,
Adriana Puccio, Nicholas Puoplo, Daniel Quarto, Matthew Rank, Christian Reiman, Max Reiser, Elisabeth Ritter, David Rosenberg, Jesse
Rosenthal, Melissa Santana, Daniel Schreiber, Alexandria Schwartz, Andrew Scopino, Nicole Shannon, Brian Smith, Austin Snisky, Nicholas
Sochan, Christine Soifer, Marino Spinelli, Sean Spofford, Robert Strobel, Emeline Swanson, Steven Tantalos, Angelica Tedesco, Nicole
Trotta, John Ulutas, Nicole Ungaro, Leonard Valvano, Frankie Verde, Matthew Villani, Sarah Welte, Jessica Werkhoven, Frederick Wright,
Leila Zambrano, James Zottoli
Grade 10
Rachel Agostino, Rana Ali, Nicole Angelo, Alexander Ankier, Michael Aquilato, Rachael Aquilino, Louis Aurisicchio, Lynne Barcenas,
Lauren Barry, Joseph Bassi, Christopher Becker, Michelle Bennett, Octavio Bernabo, Julianna Besharat, Erin Boynes, Michael Brereton,
Charles Brower, Patryk Buraczyk, Adrew Caccioppoli, Charles Capozza, Amanda Cavaciuti, Ximena Chaux, Carly Ciardullo, Richard
Ciccone, Danielle Crecco, Justin Cunitz, Paige Cunningham, Nicole Daley, Brittany Daniel, Amanda Delgado-Polo, Jennifer DeMattio,
William Demersky, Nicholas Depinho, Mark DiCarlo, Tanner Diebold, David Doyle, Victoria Dubon, Danielle Elia, Veronica Estabaya,
Christina Favale, Michele Fazio, John Fischer, Johanna Gaine, Mathew Gojcevic, Jacky Guo, Robert Harker, Paul Harnish, Christopher
Harrison, Jason Hecker, Matthew Holland, Lauren Horan, Veronica Hudak, Lisa Jennings, Guthrie Johnson, Kaitlin Jones, Lemont Joseph,
Danielle Kaufman, Scott Kenna, Michelle Klimm, Angela Kortlang, Nikolas Kunca, Ryan Lakestream, Rebecca Larkin, Erica Logozio, Eric
Lopata, Brianda Lopez, Nicholas Lopilato, Sage McAllister, Rocco Magaletto, Tomas Makaj, John Maloney, Maura Maloney, Shaylyn
Maloney, Anthony Malvagno, Christopher Manahan, James McGowan, Jonathan McGuigan, Charles Mimran, Paulina Mirdita, Joseph
Montalto, Myles Moore, Alison Mundy, Andrew Nrekaj, Kevin O’Connell, Kelly O’Connor, Louis Oliva, Leanne O’Reilly, Daniel Ornstein,
Marie Palladino, Warren Pandiscia, Raymond Perlman, Victoria Perrotta, John Philpin, John Price, Jaclyn Reger, Michael Reynolds, Steven
Reynolds, Cami Riviezzo, Ashley Roberto, Matthew Rodriguez, Samuel Rose, Adam Rynik, Jessica Salomon, Patrick Salwierz, Katherine
Schaeffler, Robert Schiera, Lindsey Schupp, Gregory Shannon, Keith Smith, David Sparozic, Nicholas Spinelli, Amanda Spinosa, Courtney
Stewart, Jillian Surridge, Taylor Syska, Brianna Testa, Chase Thompson, Kaylee Utko, Zoey Utko, Mario Viscovich, Ronnie Vitiello, Rachel
Wagner, Kelly Walsh, Kelsey Watson, Allyn Weissleder, Robert Zaragoza
Grade 11
Andre Aivazians, Scott Anderson, Michael Armistead, Christina Ascani, Ilan Astrachan, Jillian Augello, Justin Autera, Dominick Baeriswil,
David Barile, Zachary Bauvi, Dylan Bennett, Annalise Berardis, Bryan Beresford, Marisa Bohlmann, Carmela Bonito, Matthew Bortugno,
Gregory Botschagow, Stephen Brunetti, Michael Burke, Joseph Caldarella, Tiffany Cardenas, Angelina Carroll, Andres Castillo, Nicholas
Cavaliere, Cynthia Cerbone, William Chenet, Alexander Chester, Lauren Cihanek, Michael Cihanek, Elizabeth Colabattista, Ian Connie,
Devin Costa, Robert Costa, Joseph D’Angelo, Tara Dalton, John DeBellis, Amber Rose Deegan, Steven DelDuco, Alessandra DellaVecchia,
Giovanna Diamente, Amanda Diaz, Kaitlyn DiBello, Thomas Dillon, John Dipasquale, Victoria Dolan, Joy Donaghey, Natalie Donohue,
Megan Doyle, Nicholas Dudyshyn, Stephanie Farewell, Patrick Farina, Brandon Favicchia, Gillian Felix, Renata Finger, Emma Finkelstein,
Paige Florie, Dennis Frazer, Alessandra Fusco, Robert Genna, Dara Giardino, Michael Gonfiantini, Keri Halstead, James Hartwell, Devin
Heck, Paul Henderson, Peter Hernandez, Mario Iacuone, Jennifer Iamicelli, Kevin Icken, Jennifer Jamieson, Michael Jorgensen, Jonathan
Karpf, Katrina Keegan, Alanna Kohler, Abraham Koswener, Darah Lindley, Danielle Long, Jason Lopez, Jaimie Lorenzut, Candice Mack,
Steven Maddock, Nicole Marchioli, Vincent Marino, Jamie Markowitz, Marina Mazzella, Stephanie McCann, Zachary McGill, Deborah
McGuigan, Jesse Melito, Daniel Meury, Jessica Morfea, Kelly Murphy, Nicholas Natale, Andrew O’Connor, Matthew Pagano, Italia
Palmiotto, Tyler Perrelle, Matthew Petrone, Robert Pietrolungo, Adrian Pina, Nicole Posimatao, Christopher Puoplo, Brendan Rafferty,
Kailyn Riefenhauser, Steven Ritter, Alex Rossomando, Koryn Russell, Jeff Russo, Lauren Rutledge, Ana Sanchez, Kaitlynn Sanders, Brianna
Santaniello, Jessica Santiago, Manuel Santiago, Arnold Schuff, Anthony Sessa, Emilie Sheridan, Rebecca Shwab, Natalie Silva, Nicholas
Simeone, Velislava Spassova, Christopher Spontak, David Stahl, Dennis Stanton, Alexa Sullivan, Brendan Synan, Chelsea Taylor, Crystal
Terhune, Liridon Ulaj, Jenny Varian, Nikki Vassallo, Vanessa Verde, Juliana Vetere, Brian Walsh, Spencer Weigold, Lauren Whitney,
Stephanie Wiltse, Kathryn Zingaro, Victoria Ljutic
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(Honor Roll Grade 12 continued)
Grade 12
Andrew Akker, Michael Angelo, Daniel Bennett, Kimberly Bennett, Emma Boehm, Coleen Boynes, Jill Bunyea, Robert Caizzo, Peter
Caruso, Anthony Castellitto, Michael Cicoria, Brendan Clarke, Douglas Conran, Caitlyn Corace, Nicholas Croce, Amber Cummaro, Jessica
D’Egidio, Kristina DeGeorge, Michael DellaValle, Salvatore DeMatteo, David DeMinno, Nicole Di Fusco, Andrew DiDonato, Emily Diehl,
Sean Donnelly, Corrie Dorazio, Kevin Duffy, Alexandra Eisig, Pricilla Elezaj, Ruth Enamordo, Lisa Falcone, Jaclyn Fitzpatrick, M ichelle
Franco, Michael Frigeri, Mellisa Gallagher, Alexandra Gelardi, Chelsea Geyer, Luke Giumarro, Joseph Gomes, Ashley Gosnell, Martina
Halaga, Deirdre Hickey, Ilo Holliday, Jodan Hunt, Vito Iacobellis, Nicole Idone, Anthony Inzirillo, Nicholas Iraola, Racheel Kass, Stanislava
Kertys, Richard King, Justina Krasniqi, Theodore Krowl, Christopher Kuhlmann, Christopher Langley, Gabriel Levine, Thomas Locmajian,
Michelle Magaletto. Manna Thomas, Christopher Marques, Jaclyn Massi, Michelle Mattera, Marissa Mayo, Danielle Mende, Bryan
Mendoza, Jason Milde, Michael Miniotis, Dawn Monopoli, Michael Morelli, Matthew Murphy, Lindsay O’Brien, Anthony Oddo, Dominick
Oddo, Antonio Olivero, Gary Padovani, Nicholas Perna, Christopher Petersen, James Pfister, Joseph Pietrocola, Kristofer Pistillo, Jillian
Poallo, Karol Przelazloski, Nicole Quaglietta, Anthony Rasulo, Kristyn Reczek, Nicole Rendina, Patrick Rogler, Adam Rossi, Kimberly
Ruggiero, Elizabeth Scheh, Gina Schmansky, Thomas Schupp, Heli Shild, Serena Shkreli, Karolyn Sigurjonsson, Crysta Smith, Jessica
Stevenson, Cynthia Stewart, Meghan Swayne, Andrew Tocci, Patrick Tully, Paula Ullman, Christine Varley, Victoria Viscovich, Daniel
Wilson, Nicole Zaragoza, Helena Ferreira, Dante Frazer, Kelly Galvin, Evan Kossin, Fabio Labiianca, Matthew Olsen, Anne Stuckart,
Frank Tompkins
~The Mahopac Counseling Department
Mahopac University
On November 1, 2007, the Mahopac High School Counseling Department hosted a college planning program entitled,
“Mahopac University.” The overall purpose of the program was to familiarize parents on various aspects of the college
process through a brief presentation and workshops on the following topics: Competitive Colleges, SUNY Schools, Students
with Disabilities and College Choice, Athletic Recruiting, and Naviance (college planning software). The first three
workshops were led by professionals who are experts in their field, while the latter two workshops were led by our counselors
and Athletic Director. The program was attended by over 250 junior and senior parents as well as students. Based on a
survey that was distributed after the program, parents reported positive feedback on the information presented and also offered
helpful suggestions for future workshops and college planning programs. The program was a huge success, was well-received
by the community, and is one of many endeavors we hope will support our students and parents on today’s increasingly
complex college process.
National Make A Difference Day was October 27, 2007. Sheila Diasparra, High School Athletic Secretary and Nancy
Eleftherion, Blue House Secretary, coordinated a local effort, along with Mahopac High School students Jimmy McGowan,
John Amodeo, Abigail Adgate, Gina Trovato, Nick Grippo, Peter Gallagher, Rick Gutierrez, Lia Iacuone, Nicole Quarto, Kelly
Molloy and Alexis Farrell. Twenty eight students from Green Chimneys were invited to play basketball, have lunch, and get to
know the MHS students. Mr. Diasparra invited Coach DeMello to give a basketball clinic which emphasized skills and
techniques. Everyone involved had a rewarding day and are looking forward to next year!
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VOLUME 2 ISSUE 3
Signature Students
“Signature Students” is a faculty nominated student recognition award. Faculty members have the opportunity to nominate
students that they feel have exhibited or demonstrated one or more of the following qualities throughout the quarter:
• Academic: Achievement, Effort, Progress, and Improvement.
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have • Initiative made a positive and Integrity. picture or
difference orientation leaders were trained
in • your Impact: own life Demonstrated or in the world qualities by graphic. of the a Good school Samaritan counselors that of impacted Mahopac
munity. their school A question community. many You are “caught someone in the
High. The goal was to around act you? of doing Will something you reach good.”
asking themselves is “How will
your • Ability goals? to Would Overcome you have Obstacles: help Student the freshmen faced obstacles make a or challenges I make and overcame a positive them impact along in my the way.
made • Citizenship: a change in Contributed your life? Do positively smooth to our transition school from community. middle own life and at Mahopac High
you The think “Signature you would Student” be different
recognition to award high school. will not Trina only spotlight dynamic School MHS in students the next throughout four years?” the school year, but will
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2006? integrity, and will highlight their school Anna community Cristofaro efforts. planned an 2010. We are glad you are here.
orientation that was fun, interactive
and informative for both
As the freshmen class of 2010
entered the Mahopac High Quarter students and parents. 1 Signature A presentation
Students
School doors this August during
was held for parents of
Freshmen It is with great Orientation, pride that they Mahopac may High what School. they could recognizes expect while the achievements of the following “Signature Students” for the
have first quarter. been asking All students their own attended the their recognition children learned celebration about on the Thursday, November 29 th . During this celebration, Signature
questions Students had such the as opportunity “What will to celebrate high school. with other Orientation nominated leaders Signature Students and the faculty members that submitted
their high nominations. school be like?” Students “Will also had led the small opportunity group activities to personalize with their “Footprint of Success” for display. Many thanks to
there our faculty be people members to help for me?” taking the time, freshmen, effort helped and care with to schedules recognize the achievements of these dynamic “Signature Students
and for the “Will first I quarter!” find my way around
the first day?”
Elizabeth Blaum
and served as tour guides.
Some orientation leaders served
on a panel so freshmen Annie could Stuckart
Lucas Petersen
Trained orientation Samantha leaders Burrows ask questions openly Reid about Tobias high
Rob Reda
waited to greet 460 Ashley freshmen Carey in school life. Ryan Van Tassell
Melinda Zicca
the gymnasium. The air filled
Stephen Crecco
Carly Villanova
Justin Ehrenpreis
with a sense of excitement, During orientation, the leaders
Charles Davenport
Caitlin Lavelle
dreams and hope for the future. took a “We were freshmen once
Rovie Estabaya
Orientation leaders Dennis showed Frazer approach” and served Anthony as mentors
to the freshmen. Steven In talking Marchetti
Joseph Grieco
Lopez
Matt Figueiredo
groups of freshmen Nicole the Rendina various
activities and Matthew sports Mahopac Rodriguez to many freshmen, Christopher they said Mastrocola it
Devin Heck
Andrea Scala
Ryan Murphy
Austin Hill
Karolyn Sigurjonsson
Karen Neary
Dymon Johnston
Courtney Stein
Marisa Kamelgarn
Thursday, January 15
7-8 pm
Mahopac Public Library
A free seminar presented by Kaplan Test Prep
THE PSAT : What do the Scores Mean?
Find out: how you might qualify for the more than $50 million in scholarship opportunities: the differences between raw
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SAT.
Registration is required.
Register online at www.mahopaclibrary.org
or call 845.628.2009, ext 100.
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MOST (Mahopac Student Government) has been very busy
this year. A great pep rally was enjoyed by the student body
and was organized by MOST and SAC. Some said that it was
the best pep rally that they can remember in the history of the
school. The homecoming floats were well received at the
homecoming game.
On November 1 st , MOST cleaned the roadside litter on Stillwater
Road. The students put on their orange vests, took their
litter grabbers and orange bags and went to work collecting
over 25 bags of litter. MOST has adopted the street for over 20
years and cleans it twice a year.
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The latest project was “adopting a family” for Thanksgiving.
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This is where the MOST students will supply the
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Thanksgiving dinner and breakfast for a family in our school
district in need.
MHS on the Web
MOST also helped out at the elections on November 6 th .
Please visit our award winning website at www.mahopac.k12.ny.us/mhs to find the following:
Finally, we are planning our annual trip to Blythedale
Children’s Hospital on December 13 th where we will have a
craft for the children to do and will bring many needed toys
and supplies.
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Troy Bilyeu, Green House Principal, at 845-628-3256 ext. 567 or you can email him at bilyeut@mahopac.k12.ny.us
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