(5/21) Congratulations to the Ward Melville Music Department who had a fantastic experience at Music in the Parks this past Friday. We are so proud of our students and the wonderful music they made!
String Orchestra, 1st Place, Superior Rating
Symphony Orchestra, 1st Place, Excellent Rating
Jazz Band, 1st Place, Excellent Rating
Symphonic Band, 1st Place, Superior Rating
Women's Choral Ensemble, 1st Place, Superior Rating
Concert Choir, First Place, Superior Rating
Accompanist Award, Jessica Lombardi
Overall Orchestra Award- WMHS String Orchestra
Overall Choir Award- WMHS Women's Choral Ensemble
(5/9) Congratulations to Rachel Gutman, Bisma Kamal, and Melvin Li for receiving the 2012 NCTE Achievement Award in Writing by The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)! Rachel, Bisma, and Melvin are three of only 274 high school juniors from across the United States and Canada that are being recognized as outstanding writers by the NCTE. The Achievement Awards in Writing program was established in 1957 to encourage high school students in their writing and to recognize publicly some of the best student writers in the nation. Papers were judged on content, purpose, audience, tone, word choice, organization, development, and style and Rachel, Bisma, and Melvin really shined!
(5/7 Revised) Congratulations to both Christopher DeTroia and Jacquelyn Moller for being chosen as the recipients of an Honorable Mention Award in the 2012 DuPont Challenge Science Essay Competition. With more than 9,000 entries, Chris and Jacquelyn’s essays were selected as for the Honorable Mention awards. Congratulations Chris and Jacquelyn!
(5/3) Congratulations to Trevor Munch! Trevor’s film, Continuity of Parks was chosen by the Suffolk County Film Commission for the seventh annual First Exposure high school best of show screening at the Huntington Cinema Art Center! Trevor’s film was one of only 14 films selected for this honor and chosen from submissions from students throughout Suffolk County. Come see Trevor being recognized by Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone and watch Trevor’s film at the showing on May 20th at the Huntington Cinema Arts Center. Congratulations Trevor!
(5/3) Congratulations to Dana Rubin for winning 2nd Place in the Small Animal Careers competition at the SkillsUSA State Competition in Syracuse! Dana’s hard work in preparation for this event was clearly evident during the competition and in her achievement. Her technical expertise with small animals propelled her to her 2nd place finish. Congratulations Dana!
Jostens Photo Contest
(5/2) Congratulations to Design and Publication students Trevor Munch, Brett Pollina, & Alan Wei for placing in the 2012 Jostens Photo Contest. These students were the only students from the northeast to place in this prestigious photo contest out of more than 8,000 entries. Their work will be published in Josten's annual Look Book and Trevor (who received two placements) will receive a "photo related" prize for his 5th place honor.
Trevor Munch 5th place: Student Life/Activities
Brett Pollina HM: Student Life/Activities
Alan Wei HM: Sports, Athletes in Action
Trevor Munch HM: Portraits
You can also see all of the winning photos at: http://issuu.com/jostens/docs/2012photos?mode=window&backgroundColor#222222
We also found out that Trevor Munch had one of 12 best photos on Long Island in the Astoria Federal Savings Teen Photo Contest. Trevor will receive a cash prize and the WMHS Art Department will receive a grant for use in Art.
Congratulations to all of these students!
Gambone Writing Contest
(5/2) Congratulations to Alex Shanghold, Shaelea Carrol, and Dan Yu for taking 1st and 3rd Places in The Kenneth F. Gambone Writing Contest sponsored by the Long Island Language Arts Council. English students from all over the Island participated in this writing contest responding to the prompt “Living Long Island is….” The winners are honored at a luncheon sponsored by Norman Cohen and Everbind Publishers and Raymond Bean, an Amazon best-selling author. Ms. Etheridge’s students Alec Shanghold won 1st Place and Shaelea Carroll and Dan Yu won 3rd Place. Thank you Ms. Thomas for advising the contest.
(4/30) Congratulations to the following students for their achievements on the National Latin Exam.
Gold medal, Summa cum laude
Stephen Boukas
Preston Seader
Ariel Yang
Jack Zhou
Silver medal, Maxima cum laude
Nick O’Brien
Grace Molino
Peter Chiang
James Napoli
Magna cum laude
Christopher Lin
Samantha Aquilina
William Chan
Cum Laude
Ryan Patton
Isabel Sobalvarro
Gloria Zheng
Lauren Dennis
Lucy He
Frank Li
(4/26) Congratulations to the following students for being recognized for their achievement on the National Spanish Exam:
Lee Lopez for earning the Silver Award
Rachel Sclafani for earning the Bronze Award
Freja Del Guercio for earning the Bronze Award
Jennifer Bohlman for earning an Honorable Mention Award
Gabiella Cossens for earning an Honorable Mention Award
Daldeze Jung for earning an Honorable Mention Award
Aretha Walls for earning an Honorable Mention Award
These students competed against over 140,000 students in the country for this recognition. Congratulations!
(4/23) Congratulations to Ms. Littman and her FBLA members. They participated in the 2012 FBLA State Competitions in Rochester this past weekend. Nine of these students, due to their high rankings, are eligible to compete nationally in their events in San Antonio, TX at the end of June. This is the ninth consecutive year that the WM FBLA chapter has achieved the national level!
1st Place Banking and Financial Systems (team) Jenny Li, Michelle Liao and Alexa Rohan
1st Place Computer Problem Solving Eric Li
1st Place Cyber Security Carolina Zheng
1st Place Global Business (team) Joanna Jin and Ian O’Brien
1st Place Intro to Technology Concepts Eric Li
1st Place Networking Concepts Carolina Zheng
2nd Place Business Communications Joanna Jin
2nd Place Business Math Harrison Li
2nd Place Public Speaking II Joanna Jin
3rd Place Emerging Business Issues (team) Sandy Yin and Amy Zhu
4th Place Business Calculations Michelle Liao
4th Place Hospitality Management Michelle Liao
4th Place Intro to Business Communications Sandy Yin
4th Place Intro to Parliamentary Procedure Eric Li
4th Place Marketing Sandy Yin
4th Place Networking Concepts Jenny Li
5th Place Cyber Security Harrison Li
5th Place Intro to Business Communications Megan Wang
5th Place Intro to Parliamentary Procedure Ray Chen
5th Place Technology Concepts Jenny Li
(4/17) Congratulations to the following students who took the 2011 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and met the requirements to enter the 2013 National Merit Scholarship. These students scored in the top 3% in the nation on this exam!!
Michael Arato Nicholas Meyer
Kathryn Barnitt David Miller
Olivia Beals-Reid Christina Moore
Lauren Capelluto James Napoli
Hannah Carlino Daniel Nemirov
Rachel Gutman Carlos Pena-Lobel
Emma Holland Graham Preston
Justin Iaquinta Srilakshmi Rao
Joanna Jin Madison Schmitt
Ciara Kernan Samuel Stanley
Kirpal Kochar John Strub
Kimberly Lee Meaghan Sugrue
Melvin Li Joseph Suk
Michelle Liao Michael Truhlar
Christopher Lin Cathy Wang
Daniil Lukin Christina Wang
Gina Ma Cui Wang
Cristina Mata Gloria Zheng
Phoebe McAuliffe Eugena Zhukovsky
(4/16) Congratulations to Kelsey Weymouth-Little who has won another great honor. Her writing has received Honorable Mention for the 7th Annual Japan Center Essay Competition at Stony Brook University, sponsored by Canon USA.
She was recognized at an award ceremony on April 14th at the University. Congratulations again to Kelsey!
(4/3) Congratulations to Anna Sato who placed 3rd in the Long Island Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Anna won a scholarship and an invitation to attend the National JSHS Symposium in Bethesda, MD. Anna was one of 70 students from Long Island selected to present her research at the Wang Center at Stony Brook University during the all-day Symposium. Anna developed a novel method to filter radioactive cesium and iodine from drinking water using nanotechnology.
Congratulations again!
(3/28) Congratulations to the WMHS Model Congress. Sixteen members of the club participated at Columbia University Model Congress. Delegations came from Long Island, New York City, and elsewhere in the state.
Each student was required to draft a bill in formal congressional format and introduce their own bill to the committee on which they served.
This was only the beginning because each student had to field questions, consider comprises, participate under the rules of parliamentary procedure, and above all observe civility.
They indeed, learned that politics is "the art of the possible."
At the end of the session, four members had the distinction of shepherding their bills through committee:
Michael Arato, Jillian Fitzpatrick, Erin Fitzpatrick & Stephen Karp.
Lauren Hunter, the club's co-president was named "Most Outstanding Delegate"
This was the club’s first foray in the political arena...they represented Ward Melville proudly. Congratulations to all!
(3/28/12) Congratulations to Kerrilyn McDonald! She just received a 2nd Place Award and a $400 prize for her submitted piece to the Heckscher Museum. Over 300 pieces were submitted from all over Long Island, 80 pieces were accepted into the show, 2 are from Ward Melville. The show’s opening reception and award ceremony is this Saturday March 31st at 5:30.
Congratulations once again to Kerrilyn and her dedicated art teachers!
(3/28) Congratulations to Leanna O’Brien who has earned national recognition in The Scholastic Art & Writing Award 2012 competition, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. Leanna has been identified by panels of professional writers as one of the most talented young writers in the nation. This year 200,000 works of art and writing were submitted. Only the top 1500 were recognized at the national level. Congratulations again to Leanna.
(3/23/12) We have some more great news! Trevor Munch's film is now going to the Suffolk County Film Commission where a dozen pieces will be selected for the Film Festival First Exposure. Keep your fingers crossed for Trevor! This is quite an honor!
(3/22/12) We have more great news from the art department;
Trevor Munch a 10th grader in the Video Production class received a best in show for his film, Continuity of Parks at the Long Island Media Arts Competition.
The following students received an honorable mention in Photography at the Long Island Media Arts show; Gabrielle Urso ,Ryan Dorfman, Brittany Newman, Shannon Small, Nicole Anderson, Lauren Pazienza, Alan Wei and Andrea DiBernardo
Brittany Newman also received a best in show for her photograph.
(3/20) Congratulations to our Model UN Team!! They began this year's three day conference in Manhattan by having a personal meeting with Hamid al-Bayadi, the Ambassador to the U.N. from Iraq. The students were the beneficiaries of an extraordinary presentation on the history and future of Iraq and enjoyed a very educational Q & A session with the Ambassador. The students then spent the next three days and nights representing the nation of Iraq at the NHSMUN Conference in amazing detail and with striking authenticity. The conference culminates in the General Assembly of the United Nations where our delegation voted on the many resolutions written by the conference. In an unrelated aspect to our representing Iraq, one of our delegations on a special committee received the Delegation Merit Award for their outstanding representation of the nation of India on the Historic Security Council!
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(3/20) Congratulations to Jonathan Yin and the boy’s swim team on their accomplishments! Jonathan was 1st in Suffolk County in the 100 butterfly and 6th in the state for the 100 butterfly! Congratulations again on this huge achievement!
(3/19) Congratulations to Cinnabar and the Ward Melville Players on their third successful “Plays-in-a-Day” event on February 17th. The event raised $870 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS!
(3/6) Sprachfest 2012
Congratulations to the German Honor Society Club and German classes who competed in the annual Sprachfest competition.
The following students were recognized for their fine achievements in several of the competitions:
Baking Competition:
1st place –
Frankfurter Kranz
Constanza Arevalo
Folk dancing
1st place -
Ben Conard Jess Blicksilver
Allie Baruch Kristen Fiorenti
Jonathan Finke Robert Lauto
Constanza Arevalo Daniel Santangelo
Music – Instrumental (11/12 group)
3rd place –
Ben Conard Robert Lauto
Allie Baruch Thomas Hobbs
Sean Kreitzer Jonathan Finke
Matt Baruch
Music – Vocal (11/12 group)
1st place -
Thomas Hobbs
Kyle Johnson
Daniel Santangelo
Poetry Contest – 11/12 Group
2nd place-
Constanza Arevalo
Jonathan Finke
Branden Lynn
Kyle Johnson
Chris Brand
Program Design Contest
2nd place
Constanza Arevalo
Scrabble competition 12th grade division
1st place
Ben Conard Daniel Santangelo
Liz Serdock-Porto Branden Lynn
Caitlin Cahalan
Super Deutsch
1st place –
Dan Santangelo
Constanza Arevalo
Allie Baruch
To all the students participating in this year’sSprachfest:
Congratulations on a job well done!
(2/27) Way to go Nick Piccininni! Nick won the New York State Wrestling Championship for his weight class this past weekend! Congratulations Nick!
(2/21) Congratulations to Alexa Antipas. At the Junior Olympics, Alexa won the national championship in sabre!!!! Way to go Alexa! We are so very proud of you!
Congratulatins to Ms. Weisman & her yearbook staff for several reasons!!
First, the National Scholastic Press Association published their 17th volume of Best of the High School Press which is a collection of work from around the country with more than 6,000 submissions. They are showcased in this book FOUR times-best of opening spreads, best of division pages, best of clubs pages, and for digital yearbook pacemaker.
They were the ONLY publication from NY showcased in this book!
Next, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced their Gold Circle Awards. There were more than 4,900 entries and they were the only publication from NY and they received FOUR gold circles! The gold circles honor individual achievement by student writers, editors, designers and photographers.
1st Place Yearbook Cover Design (Gabi Cossens & Brett Pollina) BEST YEARBOOK COVER DESIGN IN THE COUNTRY! 1st Place Video Documentary (Alexis Fallon & Kevin Kiriluk) 3rd Place Sidebar Writing (Leigha Jarett) HM Academics Writing (Kristina Greguski)
This could never would have been possible without the collaboration between the yearbook, advanced advertising and ap studio programs!
They also found out that they will be featured in Herff Jones' Ideas that Fly-- a publication that showcases their best printed work. Three different elements from our yearbook will be featured.
Congratulations again on these great achievements!
(2/14) Congratulations to our FBLA Members who attended the recent Nassau/Suffolk County competition at Molloy College in Rockville Centre and placed in their events!
Student achievements are as follows:
Rosalie Messina 1st Place Public Speaking I
Joanna Jin 1st Place Public Speaking II
Michael Saypoff 1st Place Business Math
Amy Zhu 1st Place Marketing
Lauren Dennis 2nd Place Client Service
Eric Li 2nd Place Intro to Parliamentary Procedures
Adity Sampath 2nd Place Intro to Business
Sanjula Singhal 3rd Place Business Communications
Megan Wang 3rd Place Intro to Bus. Comm.
Ignacio Aravelo 3rd Place Personal Finance
Tuba Sheikh 5th Place Basic Decision Making
Due to the excellence of their results, they will be competing in Rochester, NY this April. Congratulations again, for a job well done and good luck to all!!!!
(2/13) Congratulations to Ryan Doffman, Marissa Miller and Emily Adams for winning awards at the Parrish Art Museum’s High School Exhibit. They were selected for sculpture/3D and painting. Also, Congratulations to Taylor Mussenden. Her Advanced Advertising designs were selected to be used as the logo and branding campaign for the New York City based company, One Day.
19 high school art students will have their work on display at the Smithtown Township Art Council's High School Art Exhibit. Work can be viewed from
Feb. 18 - March 16th at the Mill's Pond House.
(2/7)Congratulations to the following students for being named a Finalist in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. We are very proud of these 12 seniors. These academically talented seniors will have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $34 million.
Andrew Aicher
Daniel Hsu
Julia Huang
Stephen Karp
Allison La Rocco
Rocco Morra
Murali Varadaraj
Kelsey Weymouth-Little
Anna Whitney
Jesse Xing
Ariel Yang
Jack Zhou
We wish them the very best!
(2/3) Congratulations to the following students on their achievements in the Scholastic Writing Awards. Please join me in celebrating the achievements of our students in this prestigious writing contest.
Ward Melville had eight students that placed in the regionals. The students listed below have been recognized as follows:
Kathryn Barnitt (11)
Persuasive Essay, Silver Key
Personal Essay/Memoir, Honorable Mention
Persuasive Essay, Honorable Mention
Sarah Cheesewright (10)
Personal Essay Gold Key
Bisma Kamal (11)
Flash Fiction, Gold Key
Poetry, Silver Key
Melvin Li (12)
Flash Fiction, Poetry, Silver Key
Poetry, Honorable Mention
Phoebe McAuliffe (11)
Flash Fiction, Humor Honorable Mention
Leanna O'Brien (12)
Senior Portfolio, Gold Key
Anna Turzullo (11)
Personal Essay, Honorable Mention
Gloria Zheng (12)
Short Story, Silver Key
Gold Key recipients move on to the national competition which will be judged in mid-February.
Regional Award Levels:
- The Gold Key is the highest level of achievement on the regional level and places students in the top 10% of their region.
- The Silver Key is high honors on the regional level and places students in the top 15% of their region.
- Honorable Mention distinction shows tremendous creative promise and places students in the top 20% of their region.
The achievements of these students would not have been possible without the dedication of their English teachers in encouraging and helping to develop each student's unique talent.
(1/30)Congratulations to Mr. Spira and his Science Bowl Team. They attended the Regional Science Bowl at Brookhaven National Laboratory and won!! They will be attending the National Science Bowl in Washington DC in April to represent Long Island and NYC.
Jack Zhou
Ariel Yang
Eidan Jacob
Harrison Li
Daniil Lukin
Congratulations again and best of luck in Washington DC!
Click below to visit the website and see more
http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1381
(1/30) Congratulations to Ward Melville High School art students
The following student’s artwork will be on exhibit in the Smithtown Township Art Council Youth Art Showcase at the Mills Pond House from
February 18th - March 16th.
An opening reception will be held on February 18th
Jessica Clemens Christmas Decorations -Pencil
Daniel Corona Untitled Graphite
Bella Gurevich Wedding Charcoal
Jacyln Padich Untitled -Conte Crayon, Oil Pastel
Monica Rahman Untitled -Color Pencil
Kerrilyn McDonald Hagred Cardboard and Hot Glue
Elizabeth Serdock Porto Wire Foot -Wire
Emily Adams Self Portrait Pencil
Holly Manz Self Portrait Oil Paint
Xavier Petromelis Ravenous -Digital Photography
Brett Polina Untitled -Digital Illustration
Caroline Zimmerli Self Portrait Oil Painting
Charlotte Christie untitled -Digital Photograph
Nevena Marinkovic untitled -Digital Photograph
Erika Peters untitled- Digital Photograph
Abbey Siskidis untitled -Digital Photograph
Alan Wei untitled -Digital Photograph
Niyati Desai My Twine is Your Twine -Pencil Drawing
Caroline Berrios Office supply dress
(1/25) Congratulations to Ward Melville High School art students.
The following students artwork will be on exhibit at the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton
from January 28th - February 26th.
The opening is Saturday the 28th beginning at 5:00pm
Anna Whitney Gabi Cossens
Ryan Dorfman Stephanie Shay
Alexandra Mos Shelbi Rielly
Marissa Miller Leanne O'Brien
Lindsay Kaplan Holly Manz
Jessica Blicksilver Leigha Jarett
Emily Adams
(1/25) Congratulations to Anna Sato for being named one of 5 Intel Finalists on Long Island and one of 40 total selected! She was chosen for her research using nanotechnology to develop a passive filter capable of removing radioactive iodine and cesium from water. This project was inspired by the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan.
She will present her research in Washington DC at the Intel Science Talent Institute in March, and win up to $100,000 in scholarship money.
Congratulations again and best of luck!
(1/12) A big congratulations is in order to
Dr. Baldo and his InSTAR students!
On January 11th, Intel announced the 300 semifinalists selected from 1839 research submissions.
Ward Melville had 5 semifinalists, placing us 3rd on
Long Island, and 4th in New York State!
Our outstanding young scientists include:Rocco Morra,Anna Sato, ShubhaSekar, Jesse Xing and Jack Zhou
They are highly deserving of your accolade, as are all of the InSTAR seniors who submitted their research to this prestigious science fair.
Congratulations to the mentors and teachers of these students as well. Intel will announce the 40 Finalists, selected from the 300 semis, on January 25.
We wish our students the best of luck on this next phase
(1/10) Congratulations to our Math Team for its outstanding participation in the Suffolk County Math Tournament that was held at Suffolk County Community College. The students participated in rounds that contributed their individual and overal team scores.
A special congratulation to Harrison Li for scoring a perfect score on his individual questions.
Individual Placements
Harrison Li, 1st place 10th grade
Akilesh Tangella, 2nd place 10th grade
Luran He, 3rd place 10th grade
Tracy Wang, 5th place 11th grade
Team Placements
1st place, Lower Division: Harrison Li, Akilesh Tangella, Luran He, Carolina Zheng, and Olivia Hu
4th place, Upper Division: Tracy Wang, Cathy Wang, Cristina Mata, Anna Whitney, and Joseph Suk
(1/6) Congratulations to the following students for placing in the Journalism Educators Association Write Offs competition. We had the only students from New York State to place in this national contest!! Out of 1,678 participants--this is a huge honor!