ARTISTS IN THE NEWS

Congratulations to the following Advanced Art and AP Art students for their achievements in the 2021 Scholastic Art Awards. This year 7 students were recognized for both singular artworks and two students received the prestigious Portfolio Award for a collection of 6 thematic artworks.

Joe Cartolano received the highest regional recognition, a Gold Key Portfolio Award in Jewelry, and will continue to the next round of judging for national recognition.

He also was awarded two Honorable Mentions and two Gold Keys for singular artworks in Jewelry.

Jessica Coghlan received an Honorable Mention Portfolio Award and a Gold Key and Silver Key Award for singular artworks in Mixed Media.

Kate Diamantidis received an Honorable Mention and Gold Key award for singular artworks in Painting.

Lauren Nurzia received a Gold Key award in Painting.

Cindy Pepaj received an Honorable Mention in Painting.

Jessica Siciliano received an Honorable Mention and a Silver Key Award for singular artworks in Mixed Media.

Kanaho Uesada received an Honorable Mention and a Silver Key Award for singular artworks in Expanded Projects.

Be sure to congratulate our winners!

https://www.eastchesterart.org/awards-202021

https://www.artandwriting.org/

POETRY CLUB

Julia Moser won Regional Recognition in the Scholastic Writing Awards: Silver Key for her poem, "intervals"; Silver Key for her Short Story, "Distance"; and Honorable Mention for her poem, "dinosaur dreams."

The EHS SLAM! Poetry Club Writers in Discussion Series ! The first of the series featured EHS Graduate, Jennifer Fliss on January 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM.

Jennifer shared tips for getting work published, along with suggestions about selecting an audience and an editor. She explained how her childhood in Eastchester influenced her writing career.

She read her short story, " The Balloon Animal Artist Goes to a Funeral."

Poetry Club officers interviewed Jennifer about her background, writing style, and preferences for publishing.

EASTCHESTER SPORTS MEDICINE

March is the annual, "National Athletic Training Month", where athletic trainers around the country raise awareness surrounding the profession of athletic training and its importance for the safety of athletes and physically active individuals. This March, EHS Athletic Director, Tom Lehman and Patrick Kilcarr, are raising awareness with helmet decals that are to be worn by EHS football players for their altered season which was shifted to March/April. The decal is an outline of NYS with the athletic training logo embedded in the center. The push is to not only raise awareness for athletic trainers and their roles to keep athletes safe, but also to help push a legislative bill to change NYS to a licensure state for athletic training (NY is only 1 of 4 states not to be licensed which is the strictest form of professional protection). This all out effort is to help ensure safety for all athletes moving forward.

National Honor Society INDUCTION

On December 9th, The Class of 2021 NHS Executive Officers created and implemented a virtual ceremony to induct new members into the EHS Douglas MacDonald Chapter of NHS.

President, Danny Orlando, emceed the event as new inductees solemnly described the four essential pillars of membership: Character (John Ferarra), Service (Nicole DiSanto), Scholarship (Kyoko Saito), Leadership (Brian Kim-Koutsis). Dr. Capuano delivered opening remarks, followed by surprise guest speaker, Mr. D’Amico. Their inspiring words contributed to an inspiring and memorable evening.

Given the high esteem of membership, the inductees dressed their best, which further enhanced the classy ceremony. Each Executive Officer read the names of new members, and many parents, friends, and faculty graciously attended. Congratulations to all!

NHS Executive Officers

President: Daniel Orlando

Vice President: Judith Matteoni

Secretary: Joanna Lumanas

Treasurer: Rico-ian Banting

Class of 2021 NHS Members

Rico-ian Banting, Lianna Boiano, Alexa Cantreva, Joseph Cartolano, Caroline Coughlin,

Sofia Damasco, Caroline Devir, Valeria Diaz, Nicole Disanto, Taylor Erdman, John Fahy, Michael Fang, Kara Fendrich, Luke Ferrara, John Ferrara, Emma Howard, Young Seo Hur,

Anthony Iovino, Emi Jhang, Michelle Kim, Brian Kim-Koutsis, Nicholas Kouloumbis,

Eloic Lacomme, Ella Loizides, Joanna Lumanas, Natasha Macarchuk, Judith Matteoni,

Lauren Mazzella, Charlotte Month, Olivia Moschetti, Julia Moser, Kylie Murray, Miriam Nefesh, Daniel Orlando, Cindy Pepaj, Nicholas Piro, Anna Racioppo, John Reda, Isabella Rizzo,

Kyoko Saito, Kanta Sakabe, Kristina Samushiya, Hoshino Sasaki, Daniella Schneider,

Kieran Schuler, Stratton Stave, Klara Sweeney, Gina Telesco-Fusco, Kyle Tsang,

Jennifer Tsuchiya, Ariana Wahab, Danielle Zorilo

NHS Advisors: Ms. Crisci, Ms. Hickey

EGO

Holiday Decorating 2020

Holiday Decorating is an EGO tradition that centers around the winter holiday season. This year, EGO went all out and made the cafeteria look festive to cheer up the students and faculty. In an effort to make recycling a primary focus of the event, the majority of decorations were from year's past. When decorating a high traffic/popular area in the school, EGO officers wanted to represent and celebrate all December holidays. Co-chairs Ava Palladino and Danny Orlando were well prepared, making the event efficient and successful.

Stockings for Soldiers

December 2020

Every year EGO runs a “Stockings for Soldiers” event, where many stockings are filled with goodies for our soldiers overseas during the holidays. The stockings include toiletries, snacks, games, magazines, etc. Even under the circumstances this year, EGO was still able to put together one of the most successful Stockings for Soldiers events! A total of 71 stockings were filled and sent to our soldiers! Additionally, dog treats, toys and food were collected for our canines overseas! Happy Holidays from EGO!!

PLAYERS CLUB DOES IT AGAIN!

THE PLAYERS CLUB IS BACK! After almost a year of a dark stage, the lights have been turned back on! On February 26th through the 28th, the club will be ready to perform their first streamed event, the Winter Comedy, "SHORTS IN THE WINTER".

Rehearsed entirely online and then put together onstage over a two week period, "SHORTS IN THE WINTER" is a collection of ten short plays performed by ten super talented actors with something for everyone. Subject matter ranges from the Infinite Monkey Theorem in "Words, Words, Words" (The theory that Monkeys typing infinitely will eventually produce Hamlet) to a decidedly odd birthday present in Shel Silversteins's, "Best Daddy".

As a bonus, pre-show, intermission and bow music is from Players Club Musical Director, Todd Beaney's CD, "Come Dance With Me" and performed by members of the Players Club Pit Band including our own Bandmaster, Mark Dodge.

TICKETS ARE FREE!!! To reserve yours, simply go to EASTCHESTER.BOOKTIX.COM .You'll need to register at Booktix (for free) and you'll be sent an email with a stream pass and link for the night you've chosen.

DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED!! We haven't sold a ticket in over a year. We want to make sure the club is in excellent financial shape next year so whoever comes after I've retired can dream BIG. If you can, PLEASE pull out your credit card and hit that donate button.

The shows are ONLY Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:00, so order your stream pass now. On show night, put on your jammies, have a pizza delivered, pour yourself a nice tasty soft drink and enjoy a great Players Club production at home.

There will be no lines at the restroom. . .

-John

"The Old Guy in the Booth

GLOBAL CRAFTS AND WEST AFRICAN CULTURE

Global Crafts is currently learning about Western African culture, specifically the Ashanti people who make Adinkra Cloths. Adinkra Cloths are hand-printed fabrics with various symbols developed by the Ashanti people. This technique was traditionally made for royalty to wear at religious ceremonies. Throughout the years, people have also decorated Adinkra cloths to tell a story or to express their thoughts or feelings. Students were asked to create a symbol based on their identity, carve out the symbols and print it in cloth in a creative pattern.

EHS POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB KICKS OFF THEIR YEAR IN STYLE!

The Political Science Club attended two virtual conferences so far:

Yale Model Congress: December 3 - 6

Genna Handel won an Honorable Mention Award for her committee work on government Oversight.

Eastchester High School Model Congress: February 6

The executive committee organized the conference: Brian Kim-Koutsis, Nick Dragomanov, Caroline Devir, Genna Handel Judith Matteoni, Artun Bilir and Wesley Miller

Overall Awards:

Best Delegate- Kevin Danaj Honorable Mention - Mary Roche

Committee Awards:

Health, Education, Labor & Pensions: Best Delegate - Alisa Bera Honorable Mention: Innocent Kelly Acen

Judiciary: Best Delegate - Mariam Khan Honorable Mention - Ana Wirengard Gil

EHS WELLNESS CLUB

In December, the Wellness Club hosted their second Kahoot Trivia Night. It was a great evening! The officers organized the event and gathered trivia questions that focused on a variety of topics including entertainment, health and wellness, sports, science, and history of EHS. Congratulations to our winner, Milla Reichenberg, who received a $25 Amazon gift card! Great job, Milla!

We would like to thank all who participated and give a special shout out to the officers who helped organize the event as well as Mrs. Moskowitz, Mr. DiMaio, Dr. Bhat, Mr. Gizzo, and Mr. Benveniste for taking the time to send in questions. Please look out for our upcoming events and activities including the Calming Eagle's Nest!

JAZZ CO., A WEEKEND OF DANCE, IS BACK!

After rigorous weeks of hard work, dedication, and of course, dancing, Jazz Co. is finally proud to announce that we will be premiering our yearly showcase on Friday, March 5th at 7:00pm. This year has challenged our dancers, choreographers, and staff, but we have come together as a community to create a show to make the best out of it all. Jazz Co. has learned the difficulties of dancing apart and creating a production through zoom, but we have come out of it all stronger. With only eleven rehearsals, ten virtual and one in-person and outdoors, Jazz Co. has crafted an exciting production that is full of movement and fun, as well as safety.

The staff has worked long and hard not only to put together a performance like never before, but also ensure that we follow COVID-19 guidelines to keep all members healthy. All rehearsals as well as the show recording were either virtual or socially distanced. The safety of our community comes first to Jazz Co., so this year’s show displays not only our passions on the dance floor, but our passions for being responsible dancers and citizens.

Our performance this year, just as any other, showcases various styles of dance, from ballet to belly-dancing to African. With our director Karen Zambelli-Gwardyak and our African dance teacher, Marion Archer retiring this year, Jazz Co.’s display of their genius choreography will be exhibited and praised one last time.

Although this was a very bittersweet year, full of change and unfamiliarity, it has strengthened our bonds as one big dancing family, and we could not have put on a show without our love for dance. Regardless of any curve balls thrown at All Jazz Co., we keep on dancing. Our amazingly creative and socially-distanced show will be broadcasted on March 5th, and we invite you to celebrate our community’s and Jazz Co.'s greatness and resilience, but mostly our devotion to dance.

Jazz Co.

After months of Zoom and outdoor rehearsals,

Jazz Co. proudly presents the 37^th annual Weekend of Dance!

Join us on Friday March 5^th at 7:00 PM

Free tickets are available through Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/142899063947

Cablevision channel 78 and on Verizon Fios channel 24

Please help us to celebrate Karen Zambelli-Gwardyak as she retires after 27 years with Jazz Co, including 11 as the Director. We will miss you Karen! You have inspired a love of dance for generations of Eastchester students.

“A School Who Bakes Together, Stays Together”- Breadmaking Request for Staff and EHS Community

Last spring, a silver lining of the lockdown was time spent at home baking with family. It became so popular that yeast, the active ingredient in fresh bread, was impossible to locate at the supermarkets. As a welcome change to state testing, Mrs. Lockwood offered students an authentic assessment of baking bread with their family to explore the science behind anaerobic fermentation. The responses were phenomenal: pretzel rolls, sandwich bread, rosemary bread, yeast rolls, Hawaiian rolls, challah bread, focaccia, olive bread, French brioche, garlic knots, melon bread, ciabatta, artisan bread, and more! Even Dr. Blair got in on the baking and tried a Sourdough bread (a little extra challenging because it requires a starter). Students attached pictures of themselves baking and their final product, as well as linked their recipes to a Google slides presentation.

Due to the success of the assignment, Mrs. Lockwood would like to continue this class tradition, while extending the invitation to the EHS staff and community. With life not really back to “normal”, this is an opportunity to do something with family members to pass the time. Mrs. Lockwood's requests:

1. Select a bread recipe that involves yeast and send me the link to the recipe and/or a JPEG/PDF of it.

2. Take a picture of you with the finished bread after baking (will be shown to students as they love to see their teachers and community doing non-teaching/parenting activities).

3. Enjoy the carbohydrates and time spent with family!

The bread, along with the pictures are due by Friday, March 12th (around the time where Mrs. Lockwood begins to teach that topic).