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 Upcoming Events and Event Highlights has been created to keep you posted of district happenings during the 2011/2012 school year. This page is updated frequently so please do check back often. To view many of the student achievements at SOCSD, go to Student and Staff Achievements.

Orangetown Substance Abuse Committee has established an anonymous underage drinking hotline and text line 845.826.4026 to report underage drinking parties, kids in crisis, etc.


Upcoming Events

PTA Founders Day Award!

The South Orangetown Central School District will award five honorees with the National PTA's Honorary Lifetime Membership Award at its annual Founders Day Celebration on Wednesday, February 15th from 6:30 until 8:30 pm at the Casa Mia Manor House in Blauvelt, NY.

The Founder's Day Celebration is a National PTA event, this year celebrating the 114th anniversary of the founding of the PTA. The evening's highlight will be the presentation of Lifetime Membership Awards to individuals who have made outstanding contributions which benefit the youth of the South Orangetown Central School District.

Each PTA unit for the South Orangetown CSD PTA selected a recipient deserving of the award. The South Orangetown Community Elementary Schools (SOCES) PTA will recognize Laura DiMaio and Eleanor Pellicci. The South Orangetown Middle School PTA will honor Vicki Shaw. The TZHS PTA will award Trish Bakker, and the PTA Council will award Margaret Umbrino.

All members of the South Orangetown community are invited to attend. Light fare will be served. Tickets are $15. and must be purchased by February 8th. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. If you would like to attend, please contact SOCSDFoundersDay@aol.com or mail to PTA Council at SOCSD, 160 Van Wyck Road, Blauvelt, NY 10913

Event & School Highlights

Never Too Early to Explore 21st Century Skills

WOS Library Media Specialist, Barbara Bandura, has been busy teaching first grade students the features and countless possibilities in the world of Microsoft Word. Students were in the lab working collaboratively and intently with their partners as they learned all about the keyboard. They learned to type their names, highlight text, and change the font, color, size and theme. Next, the children will be learning how to insert clip art, eventually using what they learned to work in PowerPoint.

 

 


Leos Hone Cooking Skills AND Feed the Homeless

Members of the Blauvelt Lions Leos at Tappan Zee High School spent Thursday afternoon and Friday evening cooking and serving dinner to Rockland County homeless through Rockland’s Helping Hands program.
Leos baked cookies and prepared the pasta sauce on Thursday afternoon. On Friday evening, 18 Leos, and Lions Kerry Beckmann, Tricia Castelli and Ron Fritz, along with TZHS Principal Jennifer Amos, gathered at the Piermont Reformed Church which was hosting the group through Helping Hands. There they finished preparation, and then served the dinner of pasta, chicken, mashed potatoes and dessert.
 

 


 WOS and TZE Teachers Partner For Greater Cross Building Collaboration

 Throughout the year 1st grade teachers at WOS have been meeting with 2nd grade teachers at TZE to discuss curriculum and instruction at each grade level. In their most recent meeting, teachers used a text protocol to review two articles from Habits of the Mind with regard to mathematics. The group then broke into two smaller groups with teachers observing two of their TZE partners teaching a mathematics lesson. After observing the lesson, the group critiqued the teaching teachers focusing feedback on a predetermined set of criterion as their focus for the lesson. Principals of both schools are excited about the partnership and consider it to be greatly beneficial to teachers in both schools at all levels.
 

 

A Towering Problem

 TZE students in Ms. Claire Brady’s 3rd grade class joined in a team building activity with the assigned task to build a tower that would stand on its own using 10 pieces of paper ONLY. The students worked in groups, discussing thoughts and strategies to complete the task. They had to work together and determine how best to build a structure that would stand tall without using any other tool besides their own hands.
With the towers completed, students were asked to reflect on what worked and what didn't within their groups so they could improve their collaboration for next week’s undertaking.
 

 

 

WOS Kindergarten Showcases Art and Music

On Thursday, January 19, three kindergarten classes presented an Art and Music Showcase for parents and special guests. The students in Ms. Anna Coughlin, Ms. Paula Ferzola and Ms. Margaret Graham’s classes, prepared music and art work to the story of “My Many Colored Days” by Dr. Seuss. WOS Art teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth Piteo, had students create their own pictures to recreate and tell the story. WOS Music teacher, Mrs. Beth Fox, and her students added sounds from musical instruments: hand and finger drums, maracas, castanets, triangles, finger cymbals, glockenspiels and xylophones. The students then recorded the story, which was added to the instruments and art work and then shown as a PowerPoint presentation. Students sang “The Rainbow Song” using colored scarves to illustrate the colors of the rainbow.

 


 


Senior Pen Pal Remembers and Honors Dr. King for SOMS ELA Classes

Mrs. Naomi Anthony, one of the senior pen-pals in SOMS teacher Ms. Arlene Sorensen's "Bridging the Generations" program visited her ELA classes in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Now 76 years old, Mrs. Anthony shared memories of her early life growing up in the segregated south through music and storytelling. She shared with students the fact that she was not allowed to attend libraries, nor go to a beach because she was black. She attended an all black school which was run down and did not have the beautiful facilities that the schools for white children had. She was forced to drink out of dirty water fountains which were labeled "for colored only". She could not use the clean bathrooms which were labeled "for whites only." Mrs. Anthony recalled attending Dr. King's funeral in Atlanta. Through her music, she sang the message of Dr. King's dream of hope and that all human beings should be treated equally. She spoke of how far we have come since the 1960's considering that a black man was elected President of the United States. Mrs. Anthony's grandson, Leon Thomas III, is a successful television actor. He plays "Andre" on Nickelodeon's hit television series "Victorious".

 

TZE’s Word of the Month in Books and Characters

Each month at Tappan Zee Elementary School there is a read aloud for students that highlights a character education word. Mrs. Tatiana DiPierno, TZE’s art teacher, has constructed characters from the read aloud books, giving them the personalities of the word for that month Mrs. Kristin Cavanagh’s class came to “visit” with the characters from three of this year’s books. They include the Statue of Liberty (Community), the Hawk (Thankful) and Mean Jean the Recess Queen (Fairness). The Statue of Liberty, representing word of the month “Community”, is taken from Betsy Maestro’s book, Coming to America. The Hawk, representing word of the month “Thankful”, is taken from Jonathan London’s book Giving Thanks. Mean Jean the Recess Queen representing the word of the month “Fairness”, is taken from Alexis O’Neil & Laura Huliska-Beith’s book, The Recess Queen.
 

 


Tappan Zee Elementary Students Work to Solve 21st Century Concepts

TZE students in teacher Clair Brady’s 3rd grade classes have been studying problem solving the 21st century way. Every Friday the class studies robotics. The students have been working in groups to build robots from scratch following a manual written only in diagrams. Each group of students have to work together as a group to solve any problems that arise in completing the task. They are monitored by their teacher who does not provide any answers but simply makes sure they are working together in figuring out their task. Each group must develop a schedule and assign roles so that every person is accountable. This, they must determine on their own through effective communication. In the end? Sharpened problem solving skills, effective communication with classmates ………and robots !!

 

 

TZE Welcomes the “Snowflakes”

Jack Frost might not have visited everyone yet this winter, but he has arrived with certainty at Tappan Zee Elementary School. Children in Mrs. Eileen Corry-Griffith's 2nd grade class, along with the assistance of their Foster Grandma Marie, created large paper snowflakes and decorated the halls and windows of the school. The craft/activity provides students with both an excellent fine-motor skill exercise as well as a lovely finished product for all to enjoy.


 

 

 

 

TZHS Seniors Reflect, Remember, and Advance

It might have been Friday the 13th for some, but for seniors at TZHS it was unveiling day for the Senior Portfolio Day Project. The project, which is a culmination of each student’s years at TZHS is their own collection and reflection of their work, thoughts, and experiences through their high school years and their hopes for the future. The portfolios include saved “special” pieces from previous years as well as happenings since September of this, their senior year. As part of this midterm project in their English classes, students culled their work, added some decorations and laminate, and created their own personal montage of their years at TZHS. During Portfolio Day, all portfolios are displayed in the HS lobby and all English classes throughout the day are invited to come down to peruse the albums and glean some insight into the events, experiences and treasured moments of their friends and classmates.
 

 

TZE Staff Comes Together for People to People

This past December, Tappan Zee Elementary School staff members attended and contributed to the 3rd Annual "Project Joy" Get Together. Project Joy, which is sponsored by People to People, provides potential donors with the opportunity to "adopt" a family for the holidays in order to purchase presents from their child's wishlist, or they can also purchase presents for children of all ages to stock the shelves of the Project Joy Store. People to People receives approximately 1,000 requests for assistance around the holidays, and for the third year, they have reached out to the community for help in answering letters and making children’s dreams come true. Over the past two years, the TZE staff has surpassed the previous year's contribution. This year, their success allowed the purchase of $800 worth of toys for the Project Joy Store. “It has proven to be not only a great way to help families in Rockland County, but also a special time of year to spend with colleagues and reflect power of giving,” said Principal Dr. Bill Lee.
 

 

WOS Students Exceed Last Year's Covered Cupboard Project

For the tenth straight year, students attending William O. Schaefer Elementary school have helped the Meals on Wheels Program with their Covered Cupboards initiative. Each year students pack up, wrap, and decorate a shoebox filled with non-perishable food items which is delivered to Rockland's elderly and homebound so that during the winter months, if a hot meal delivery is hampered by weather or any other emergency, recipients will not go hungry. The Meals on Wheels Program relies on many volunteers to cook and deliver meals to the elderly in the community. A bad winter's day or other emergency might not allow safe delivery to some or all recipients. This year was especially important in that Jim Burton, Assistant Executive Director, stated they did not have enough “Cupboards” for all the Meals on Wheels recipients. He was thrilled to hear that WOS had volunteered for the tenth year to help solve this problem in our community.

WOS Principal Nora Polansky explained to the assembly of students that their "participation in the Covered Cupboards project went hand in hand with their word of the month......GENEROSITY."

On the day of the assembly Meals on Wheels staff members Marissa Moscatello, Volunteer Coordinator and Jim Burton, Assistant Executive Director along with Greg Carino, who for the last ten years has counted, loaded and driven the cupboards to Meals on Wheels for distribution, thanked the students for their commitment and "generosity".

On final count 321 cupboards were collected which broke last year's record.

 

 

TZHS Leos Deliver Holiday Wishes on Midnight Run

On December 23rd, in their ongoing effort to help the less fortunate, over 30 TZHS Leos along with Blauvelt Lions Dennis Michaels, Dennis Kiernan, Ron Fritz, Tricia Castelli, Mike Conklin boarded the Blauvelt Fire House Bus (thank you Blauvelt Fire Dept.) and, with parents Irene Dunlay and Roberta Avantifiori driving the crew, joined members of the Immaculate Conception Church in Stony Point on a Midnight Run into the city to bring hot food, sack lunches, clothing and Christmas presents distributed by Santa Claus, to the homeless. The Leos packed holiday gift bags that included warm socks and toiletries for the homeless, prepared hot vegetable soup and a donated lasagna for the city's homeless.
 

 

TZHS Leos Collect and Deliver Food to People to People

The TZHS Leos collected 2600 lbs of food, for a value of $5200.00 which was delivered to People to People on Thursday, Dec. 22. just in time to help make some holiday dinners for the less fortunate. Over 40 Leos participated in collecting the food over a three week period, donated from the TZHS student body through their English classes. The Leos sponsored a competition amongst all English classes, and, at the end of the three weeks, the class with the most items of food was Ms. Duffy's period 9 class with 540 items, followed by Ms Sorrese-Lefkow's period 1 class with 397 items, and Ms. McMane's period 6 class with 334 items. Blauvelt Lions members, Dennis Michaels, Steve Purkis, Tom Swift, Len Feroldi, Ron Fritz, Tricia Castelli, and former student Dan Di Giacomo assisted in getting the food delivery to People to People for the final weigh-in.


 

 

TZHS Skypes the Holidays

On Monday, December 19th and Thursday, December 21st, freshmen and sophomore TZHS students studying Italian, video conferenced using Skype with MS 322 in Washington Heights. The TZ students taught the middle school students, who are also studying Italian, about how Italians typically celebrate the holidays. They discussed traditional Italian sweets and introduced them to singing Italian holiday songs. At the end of the conference, everyone played Tombola, an Italian version of Bingo, traditionally played during the Holidays in Italy. The experience was rewarding for all.

 

 

 

SOMS Pie Sale Tastefully Successful

The Music Department at SOMS held another incredibly successful pie sale this year. Just before Thanksgiving, approximately 1,350 pies were delivered to the middle school for distribution. Student and parent volunteers helped to fill orders and organize this project alongside the SOMS music staff. This was the 23rd pie sale!

The pie sale is held annually to raise money for Department trips and awards. This year our students will be participating in the High Note Festival, where students will receive ratings and comments from professional adjudicators. Following the festival we will celebrate at Lake Compounce in Connecticut.

Thank you to students, teachers, administrators, and all parents and community members for supporting music in our schools!
 

 

TZHS Italian Club Columbus Day Trophy

The Tappan Zee High School Italian Club has been awarded the trophy for Best High School Group marching in the 2011 Rockland County Columbus Day Parade. The trophy was presented to Italian Club President Emily Dries and Italian Club Advisors Tricia Castelli and Maria Stillo at a dinner hosted by the Parade Association which was held on November 17, 2011 at Noel's Irish Pub.
 

 

Leos and Lions Working in Cooperative Spirit

“The early bird word catches the worm” surely holds true for members of the Tappan Zee High School Blauvelt Lions Leos who had two early wakeup calls in the final two weekends of November. The calls, with one common goal, were to serve others. At 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 29, over 30 Leos accompanied by several Blauvelt Lions and parents, joined members of the Immaculate Conception Church of Stony Point on a Breakfast Run to Manhattan, to bring food, clothing, toiletries, etc. to the homeless. Leos helped to serve breakfast to over 60 people who have fallen on hard times. They also distributed snacks, water, and sack lunches, and warm winter clothing and toiletries that the Leo Club has collected over the past year.

The previous Saturday, thirty-three Leos joined members of the Blauvelt Lions on a Road Cleanup, picking up garbage and other discarded items along Erie Street, Van Wyck Road and 5th Ave. in Blauvelt. All three roads have been adopted by the Blauvelt Lions in the Adopt a Road program. TZHS Leo advisor Tricia Castelli summed up the two day experience by saying,” It is heart-warming to see how enthusiastic our students are in getting up early to get out to help others Every time we ask for volunteers for the Breakfast and Midnight Runs, the response is overwhelming. We can only take a limited number and have had to turn many away. These students are an extraordinary credit to our school and our community.”

 

SOMS Takes A Veteran to School
Students in SOMS teacher Arlene Sorensen’s 6th grade ELA classes took part in the Take a Veteran to School program during the week of Veteran’s Day. Take a Veteran to School is a national program designed to help link veterans with students, schools, and communities by allowing them to share their stories and experiences, and to receive thanks and praise for their services. Veterans who attended Ms. Sorensen’s classes were all a part of the pen pal program linking each of them to students in the classes. They each spoke about their experiences as members of the armed services whether during war or times of peace. Their stories help connect the generations while giving students the tools to learn about the past. On the panel during one of the sessions was: Ray Coffee who served during Desert Storm, Thomas Mooney who served during the Korean War, Ray Purlet who served in Germany during the Korean War, Chet Lubeck who was a POW during the Battle of the Bulge as part of WWII, Richard Lehan who served during the Cold War in the Vietnam era, Simon Jeruchim who served with the 5th Regimental Combat Team during the Korean War, and Marvin Feinberg who served in the Navy in Pearl Harbor during WWII.

The students listened intently to the stories shared with them by the Veterans, and asked rapid fire questions that quickly came to mind which the panel readily answered. “The entire experience was rich with learning and I am so happy to have been able to bring the program to my classes”, expressed teacher Arlene Sorensen. “Hopefully we can make this an annual event”, she added.

 

SOCSD Placed on College Board's AP District Honor Roll
The South Orangetown Central School District is one of 367 public school districts across the entire nation being honored by the College Board with a place on the 2nd Annual AP Honor Roll. This distinction is awarded for simultaneously increasing access to Advanced Placement coursework, while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP exams. Achieving both of these goals is the ideal scenario for a district’s Advanced Placement program, because it indicates that the district is successfully identifying motivated, academically-prepared students who are likely to benefit most from AP coursework. Since 2009, SOCSD increased the number of students participating in AP from 426 in 2009 to 536 in 2011 while improving the number of students earning AP exam scores of 3 or higher. The majority of U.S. colleges and universities grant college credit or advanced placement for a score of 3 or above on AP exams.

“This school district has achieved something very remarkable. It managed to open the doors of its AP classrooms to many more students, while also increasing the percentage of students earning high enough AP Exam grades to stand out in the competitive college admission process and qualify for college credit and placement,” said Trevor Packer, the College Board’s senior vice president of Advanced Placement and college readiness.

 

TZHS Italian Students Study World Issues
Students in Italian IV classes at TZHS began the month of October learning about the workings of the Italian Government and comparing and contrasting it with the US government. They then studied the European Community, Italy's role in it, and the government that oversees it. That progressed to a unit on the United Nations, the relationships of countries around the world, and how the world powers deal with many of the issues presently plaguing our world. The students, working in groups, researched several world issues such as world hunger, violence against women, genocide, world economies, and climate changes and prepared reports in Italian to present to their classmates. Students evaluated the impact of the issues on different areas of the world, and discussed the interdependence of one issue on the other. They ended the days of presentation with a reflection sheet on what they had learned. All the students felt they were now aware of world problems they did not even know existed, and appreciated the interdependence of all the nations of the world on each other, and the importance of all countries working together. The unit will end with a field trip to the United Nations.
 

 

 

 

 

Italian Heritage Month at SOMS
The South Orangetown Middle School Italian club was very busy celebrating Italian Heritage Month during the month of October. The club members started the month off by marching in the Columbus Day Parade. The celebration continued with two field trips to Torino's Deli in Blauvelt. The Paris family, once again, extended their friendship and hospitality to the SOMS Italian club by inviting the students to an afternoon of learning about and tasting Italian delicacies. The students learned how to make Mozzarella and Italian sausage. The afternoon ended with a tasty dish of pasta with meatballs.

 

 

 

Kudos to William O. Schaefer's Newest Writers
William O. Schaefer Elementary School's entire first grade has been learning how to write Personal Narrative stories about their lives. The students worked hard in learning basic writing skills and focused on how to make their stories more interesting for their readers as well as learning correct sentence structure and punctuation. In celebration of their hard work and efforts October 27 saw the Third Annual Grade-Wide Writers Celebration which was held in the school cafeteria. The children received the accolades of their first grade teachers, and then had an opportunity to share their writing with their ex-kindergarten teachers and classmates. "That experience offers the students a new and yet familiar audience in which to share their new writing skills," said Jeannine Carr, WOS Assistant Principal. Narratives in hand, the WOS first graders then marched out of the auditorium and re-assembled in different classrooms to proudly read their personal narratives aloud.
 

 

 

SADD Run 2011 Exceeds All Expectations

Under the leadership of Vickie Shaw and Susan Maher a record setting 330 runners and walkers lined up to participate in the Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) annual run held at the South Orangetown Middle School on Saturday, October 22, 2011. SADD helps students make positive decisions about challenges in their everyday lives. Participants at the event were as young as five and went all the way up the line. Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Ken Mitchell, and Assistant Principal of Tappan Zee High School, Sheila Silverman also came out in support of the run..

This year, the proceeds from the event will finance guest speakers addressing issues related to teen emotions. They will also be used to help support programs to prevent cyber-bullying; educate students about the consequences of cyber-bullying and teach respect of others. At the middle and high school level SADD takes a supportive role in helping students make healthy life choices.
 




TZHS Hosts Annual Acoustic Underground

The musical talent of Tappan Zee High School was enjoyed by students, staff, and parents on Friday evening, October 21, 2011, as the school library was converted into a venue for Acoustic Underground, sponsored by the Spanish Honor Society. Over 40 performers sang, played guitar, piano and drums while audience members clapped, cheered, and joined in by singing and swaying to well-known songs as well as original compositions. Acoustic Underground has become a traditional twice yearly event, which performers and community have come to anticipate with enthusiasm.
 

 

 

 

 

TZHS Leos Offer a Full Day of Service to Others

 More than 40 of the Blauvelt Lions Leos from Tappan Zee High School offered over 250 hours to the community in service this past Saturday, Oct 15th. Beginning the day early in the morning, about 20 TZHS Leos joined several members of the Blauvelt Lions club for a workday at Visions Vacation Camp for the Blind, in Spring Valley. Visions VCB is a vision rehabilitation and training center for the blind or visually impaired. The camp is a adapted to meeting the needs of the blind and visually impaired, thereby providing a safe environment so that individuals and their families can enjoy safe vacations. The Leos, along with several Blauvelt Lions Club members, helped to clean and paint at the VCB, to prepare it for the winter.

Later that evening 28 Leos, along with several Blauvelt Lions and parents of Leos, joined members of the Immaculate Conception church from Stony Point for a Midnight Run into the city to bring food, clothing and toiletries to the homeless. The group left TZHS at 9:30pm and proceeded to the four assigned locations in Manhattan. At each stop, the group served warm food to the homeless who were anxiously waiting at the stops. After the meal was served, the group distributed clothing, toiletries, sack lunches and snacks. Following the last stop, at around 2:00 am, the group headed home to Rockland County. "The Leos are an amazing group of young people" said Leo Club advisor Tricia Castelli. " It is an honor and pleasure to work with them. They give enthusiastically and unselfishly of their time and energy. Several of the Leos attended both events today, and many left the Homecoming dance early, so that they could come on the Midnight Run." The Leos have many other service events planned, including a Road Cleanup in Blauvelt, a cleanup at Blauvelt Lions Park, a Breakfast Run in November, and a Food Drive for the Holidays.

 

TZHS LEOS PITCH IN AT PIERMONT APPLEFEST

On a warm, sunny day that was forecast all week to be a washout, over 120 Leos and Lions worked at the Piermont Applefest, sponsored by the Blauvelt Lions for Blauvelt Lions charities for the blind. Games, rides, food, crafts, and vendors provided fairgoers with much to see and do. The TZHS Leos were on hand all day to man the face painting, jewelry, goldfish toss, spin art, bouncy castle, and ticket tables, and they helped all day with the food, cakes, apple pies and apple muffins. Even thought the Applefest took place on the first official weekend of fall, people were hard-pressed to believe summer was gone. A beautiful day, a successful event, and a lot of happy faces. What could be better?


 

SOCSD’s Family Resource Center Welcomes Families Back At Annual Breakfast

On September 28th, Family Resource Center families, under the direction of coordinator Margaret Umbrino, brought in a veritable buffet of prepared and/or purchased breakfast fare and quickly became comfortable at tables set up for their Fall Welcome Back Breakfast. Moms, Dads, siblings and extended family members attended the event, comingled with other families and watched the children as they engaged themselves in arts and crafts and interaction with the other children. Family members had the opportunity to network with other families with similar needs and questions. They were able to sit and chat comfortably in a cultivating and supportive environment. The Family Resource Center acts as an important conduit between families and County sponsored programs and services.

 

 

 

TZHS Leos Exceed Apple Baking Expectations

On September 22nd the TZHS Leos, under the direction of Leo Advisor Tricia Castelli, made a visit to the Blauvelt Fire House to bake with the Blauvelt Lions and the Ladies Auxiliary at the Fire House. The group baked over 100 apple pies, apple muffins, and apple loaves which then went on sale at the Blauvelt Lion’s Applefest that weekend to benefit the Lions charities for the blind. Bushels of apples were brought in to be washed, peeled, cut up and combined with the additional ingredients necessary to create the final apple delights. The Leos watched and assisted in all phases of the prep and baking processes, and everyone shared in an enjoyable experience. Final critique at the Applefest…………………..DELICIOUS !!

 

ZEE NITE V - A ROUSING SUCCESS

It was a great weekend for the Dutchmen as ALL our teams did an outstanding job on the field (see scores below) and the Block Party on Saturday afternoon was a good time for all in attendance.

TZ Athletics appreciates everyone's support of what has become not just a school event, but a community event as well!!

  • Volleyball: TZ 3 - Nyack 0
  • Girls Tennis: TZ 4 - Nyack 3
  • Football: Somers 19 - TZ 18 (TZ took the NYS #15 ranked team down to the wire. Great game!)
  • Girls Swimming: TZ 92 - Pearl River 73
  • Boys Soccer: TZ 1 - Nyack 0
  • Girls Soccer: TZ 1 - Nyack 0 (Girls staged a 'Pink out' raising money for Cancer research)
  • Girls Cross Country: Suffern Invitational Champions
  • Boys Cross Country: Suffern Invitational Runners-Up
  • TZ Cheerleading did a great job at the football game, Block Party & Pep Rally!

If that wasn't enough, TZ Boys Soccer player Chris Kane was selected at the Journal News first Rockland Scholar Athlete of the Week for 2011-2012 (http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011109170322)

School spirit is alive and well in South Orangetown!

 

TZHS and SOMS Italian Students Keep Italian Culture Alive

Over 60 Tappan Zee High School and South Orangetown Middle School students of Italian studies opened the entertainment for the final day of the Italian Feast and Carnival in Tappan on Sunday, September 18th. The group, accompanied by their teachers, Roberta Avantifiori, Tricia Castelli, Christina Crowe and Maria Stillo, performed The Tarantella, a fast paced, upbeat, traditional dance from Southern Italy, as the audience clapped along. At the end of the demonstration, the audience was invited to join in, and over 200 participants of all ages and ethnicities enthusiastically joined the group for a second round, twirling their partner and moving to the left and right, to the beat of the lively music. Sunday was the fourth day of the Feast, organized by the Blauvelt Sons of Italy Rockland Lodge. Organizers Greg DiCola, Rob Cipperino and Nick Sfraga, along with committee members Paul Borghese, Steve Caruso, Alex DiMenna, Kenny Lee, and Anthony Siciliano were extremely proud of the success of the second year of this event, which was attended by over 30,000 people, and have already extended an invitation to the South Orangetown Dancers for two days next year.