September-November

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY

More than “honor roll”, National Honor Society recognizes seniors who have demonstrated excellence in the 4 pillars of Scholarship, Character, Service, and Leadership. NHS members embody and uphold these 4 core values throughout their years in high school.

The following students have been accepted to the Class of 2022 EHS Douglas MacDonald Chapter of NHS:

PRESIDENT: Melina Caviris VICE PRESIDENT: Sawyer Swenson

SERVICE OFFICER: Aditi Hegde SECRETARY: Kyle Smith

NHS CO-ADVISORS: Janice Crisci and Brianne Brauer

MEMBERS:

Joseph Allen Margaret Almodovar Alessandra Angiello Ben Bucaj

Tyler Buckley Joseph Caminiti Clare Cashman Melina Caviris

Tino DiMurro Khushbu Dulani Amanda Dunleavy Eva Fava-Rodrigues

Marygrace Froehlich Gabriella Galgano Genna Handel Aditi Hegde

Audrey Hom Riley Keating Jenna LaBarca Nicholas Lanzetta

Rocco Luciano Lindsey Mascia Kunal Mehta Natalia Mottura

Jacob Naclerio Phoebe Ntrivalas Thomas Pequegnot Mary Roche

Aidan Savitt Matthew Sinanis Kyle Smith Rakshith Sreeram

Jake Stevenson Sawyer Swenson Ava Tsapatsaris Nicole Williams

Ana Wirengard Gil

ehs welcomes its newest Inductees to the NYSMHS

The Eastchester Chapter of the New York State Mathematics Honor Society induction held a virtual celebration on Monday, November 15^th at 7:00. In addition to the inductees, members of the math department, Mrs. Moskowitz, Mrs. Glindmyer, Mrs. Osmanaj, Mrs. Barbara (advisor), Dr. Capuano and STEAM Supervisor Irene Ianuzzi were present as well as parents.

Department Chairperson, Erin Glindmyer opened the ceremony and presented each inductee with a certificate which they were able to proudly display on screen. Each inductee gave a short speech, centering around their love of math and love of tutoring. Dr. Capuano highlighted how proud he was of these students because of their perseverance and for their ability to share their knowledge with their peers.

This particular group of inductees were not able to do the traditional in-person tutoring as in past years. Still wanting to reach out to students, inductees created videos to share with their peers. Ava Tsapatsaris created a platform that contained all of the videos by class. Over 100 students accessed these videos.

Additional news from last year included a geometry supply drive, headed by Genna Handel, so that students could have the supplies they needed to be successful in their geometry classes.

Inductees :

Eva Fava-Rodrigues Christopher Forbes Giuliana Forgione

Genna Handel Aditi Hegde Audrey Hom

Avery Hood Aamuktha Kottapalli Nicholas Lanzetta

Rachel Nefesh Henry Pfeffer Matthew Sinanis

Kyle Smith Samantha Tahiraj Ava Tsapatsaris

Nicole Williams Ana Isabel Wirengard

matt robinson and Rachel sydlowski Shine in the art world

Congratulations to Matt Robinson for his exhibition at Empty Set, Confabulation, with Siobhan McBride and Brian Zegeer. The collection of paintings and sculptures are based on the German psychiatrist Karl Bonhoeffer’s term “confabulation”, a disorder where made-up stories fill in memory gaps. The artists collectively explore glitched spaces, memory errors and spatial distortions. The resulting experience presents different ways of understanding physical space manipulated through portals of memory and passing time. Each artist grapples with the inherent futility in describing spaces that are not merely spaces, but experiential, fleeting and oddly more precise in their inchoate dream states and misremembering than in reality. The exhibition was reviewed in Hyperallergic by Peter Malone.

Rachel Sydlowski is included in a large group show at Bravin Lee, If Tomorrow Comes from November 19 - January 22. If Tomorrow Comes is a love letter to the future, unified by common decency. However much our leaders fail us, we, the people are steadfastly aware of the beauty, hope and opportunity that the world offers.

Cross Country's State championship run

Team Captain Aamuktha "A-Train" Kottapalli qualified for and then raced in the Class B State Championship on Saturday, 11/13. The first Lady Eagle to do so in two decades, Aamuktha placed 30th overall, capping a strong senior season that included the individual (yes, she won) and team League Championship as well as individual All-League, All-County, and All-Section honors. Known for her humility, work-ethic, and all-around good nature, Aamuktha has laid the path for all future runners!

Mr. Berbit's Physics Class Weighs their options

Competition breeds excellence, and so it was with soccer teammates and classmates Avery Joyce, Sofia Kolndreu, and their respective airplanes. Add in the ingredients of a science-fiction thriller, and these were no-nonsense operations that required careful planning the likes of a James Bond movie.

Each girl was to separately board their planes. In tow were their assistants, video cameras, a level, digital bathroom scale, and amazing ideas of scientific discovery. Avery and Sofia tested one of Newton's most well-known laws: that of gravitation. First formulated by Newton some 350 years ago, the Law of Gravitation states that as two bodies are separated, the force due to gravity should decrease in a predictable way. Fast forward to today, the two bodies were Avery and the Earth on one plane, Sofia and the Earth on the other. The force due to gravity would be recorded by scale as their weight. By comparing one's weight on the ground to their weight at cruising altitude (some 6 miles up), there should be a slight difference. According to his expert calculations, Mr. Berbit predicted a difference of 0.2 - 0.4 pound, lighter when up in the air. A difference this small required careful calibration: level surface, no eating or drinking, no bathroom visits, no change in clothing; even the addition or removal of Airpods could alter the result! Alas, as both Avery and Sofia independently reported and both experiments concluded, that compared to when the plane was on the ground, the scale read 0.2 pound lighter while it was at cruising altitude. A fantastic confirmation for science, this may be the first such practical demonstration of Newton's Law of Gravitation ever recorded, which makes it a fantastic day for Eastchester High!

Business Law and the Westchester County District Attorney's Office

Mrs. Schlamkowitz's business law class received two amazing visits from assistant district attorneys from Westchester County. The interactive presentations demonstrated video footage from cases that dealt with driving under the influence and also delved into how these cases proceeded in court. Throughout the business law class, students learned about steps in criminal trials and civil lawsuits, and the attorneys provided the real life applications of these theories. In December, students will be able to meet an ADA that deals specifically with white collar crimes (financial and business related). In 2022, students will have a corporate attorney speak to them on the complexities of contract law. The emphasis will shift from the criminal aspects of the law to the preparation of agreements between two parties, the the consideration that goes into executing a contract, as well as the remedies that become available when one or more parties breech said contract. Additionally, these teachable moments will demonstrate how contracts help to maintain incentives for individuals to exchange goods and services efficiently, while serving as a record of commitments for both parties.

Teaching Interns on EHS Campus

Please welcome Michael Castiglia and Matthew Albert to the EHS family when you see them on campus. They have been working diligently in the Social Studies department since arriving here in mid-September from the College of Mount Saint Vincent. They have been a welcome addition to the department. Both are in a five year, dual certification program (Social Studies & Special Education) at CMSV. This is a unique program because they will be working here through June, not just for one semester. This allows the interns to dive deeply into all aspects of teaching, to strengthen and hone their skills and immerse themselves in all the goings-on of a typical school year. Both attend faculty and department meetings and work directly with students as part of their classroom duties and after school. Mike is teaching with Ann Bohringer (USH & Gov/Eco) and Christina Molinari (USH and Spec Ed). Matt is teaching with Michael Schaefer (Gov/Eco & Spec Ed). If they look familiar it’s because they have quickly become part of the culture here. In addition to their teaching intern duties, Mike is subbing and chaperoning. Matt is subbing and doing game supervision. Welcome, Mike & Matt!

New school year... new Yearbook Club adventure

The Yearbook Club (Advised by Ms. Stipo and Ms. Molinari) attempted something new this year: a scavenger hunt in Rye. A dozen members, (some new, some returning) participated in the, "Hooray for Rye! Scavenger Hunt" with Watson Adventures. Ms. Stipo, Ms. Morris and Ms. Molinari supervised. On Saturday, October 2nd, students spent 90 minutes scavenging and searching for answers to clues that revealed secrets of historic town of Rye. Along the way, they learned cooperation, problem solving and had loads of fun getting to know each other. They even enjoyed some ice cream! The club used their time together after the hunt to have lunch and then fanned out to local businesses in Scarsdale and Eastchester to solicit business ads for the 2022 issue of Le Souvenir (the yearbook). Along with book sales and senior tribute ads, the business ads help generate the revenue that pays for the book, which is considered a historical record of the school year. Without these three fundraisers, the book would not be affordable for students. The Yearbook Club welcomes new members in Room 234 after school on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

mrs. lockwood's, "murder in miniature"

Halloween may have been over but the macabre didn't have to be! In early November in room H-225, Mrs. Lockwood's forensic classes explored the “unexpected intersection between art and forensic science” with her students and created a gallery entitled, “Murder in Miniature”. The project was inspired by Frances Glessner Lee’s extraordinary “Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death.”

Frances Glessner Lee (1878-1962) crafted exquisitely detailed miniature crime scenes—to train homicide investigators to “convict the guilty, clear the innocent, and find the truth in a nutshell.” These dollhouse-sized dioramas of true crimes, created in the first half of the 20th century and still used in forensic training today, helped to revolutionize the emerging field of homicide investigation (which was previously regarded as a male-dominated profession).

The level of creativity and scientific detail that went into this project was truly amazing! The students invited teachers to view the miniature scenes and were encouraged to try and solve the crimes.

Art Department, Morgan de Rham's Global Crafts

When was the last time you wondered how the shirt you’re wearing was made or how the pattern on your sofa exists? It’s too often that we take these everyday objects for granted. A variety of different art classes at Eastchester High School are learning about these very origins of fabric through the act of weaving on looms. With the help from a PTA Grant and Eastchester School Fund Grant we purchased 22 looms for the art department. In mid-September, beginning with the Adaptive Art program, students began to weave and construct their fabric on a cricket table loom. Utilizing a sewing machine and their material, students created products such as pillows, scarves or stuffed animals. Not only is creating an object from scratch rewarding but studies show the therapeutic approach of weaving teaches mindfulness, decreases stress, increases concentration, helps develop fine-motor skills and enhances visual/spatial abilities. In addition, Weaving naturally uses the DBT techniques practiced in special education teacher Joe Ginnane’s class, who uses Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in his daily lessons. DBT focuses on four key areas; mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. These 4 concepts are reiterated using the act of weaving and finding solutions when challenges arise during the weaving process. It significantly helps the child with special needs involved in their own learning while naturally setting up situations for socialization with their peers and teachers.

The looms will not be limited to the adaptive program. The art students in Global Crafts have just started to design their scarves and begin the weaving process using color theory and pattern making inspired by traditional and contemporary weaving from around the world. Additionally, students will learn that today’s computer technology involving pixels actually derives from the weft and warp techniques of traditional weaving. The goal is that all our students will benefit from and appreciate the rich history and creative possibilities of weaving. Look for our weaving projects as the Weaving Program grows at Eastchester High School.

The Political Science Club and Princeton Model Congress

The Political Science Club participated in the virtual Princeton Model Congress on Friday 11/5 - Saturday 11/6. The following students represented EHS: Alisa Bera, Nina Curtis, Constance d'Epinay, Joli Flynn, Genna Handel, Vesa Lunji, Mariam Khan, and Gerard Mazzone. They debated a wide variety of bill topics in their small committees as well as in general committees.

Nina Curtis participated in her first conference and because her bill passed in her small committee, she was invited to present it in her full committee! Her strength in debating and presentation created this opportunity.

Genna Handel received an Honorable Mention for her work and participation in her small committee and won Best Delegate for her full committee.

the return of habitat for humanity and lina astarita

Future scheduled events in December:

1. Holiday Dinner: December 15th at EHS for families who were recently awarded homes in the local areas.

2. Build on December 11th!

3. Holiday food drive for the Mamaroneck families who were affected by Hurricane Ida, the week of December 13-17!

chess club's first major tournament

The Chess Club just finished their first in-school tournament. It was a fierce competition! If you are interested in joining the club, please see Mr. Ross with any questions.

Tournament Winners:

1st Place: Ricky Major

2nd Place: Avery Hood

3rd Place: Antonio Ramos

Runner up: Koichiro Saito