Edmund’s Equinox Earns Top ASPA Award

The Equinox Editor-in-chief Angelo Landriscina and Assistant Editor Vito Pinto display two of St. Edmund’s ASPA awards.

St. Edmund Prep High School’s literary magazine, The Equinox, received a first place award in the American Scholastic Press Association’s annual magazine competition this year. According to the association, the magazine shows the efforts of talented and creative editors, artists, photographers, layout designers, staff members and advisor. 

Susan Moquin, magazine advisor and English teacher at the Sheepshead Bay school, expressed her gratitude “for the students who worked hard to create a great literary magazine.” 

“The pieces of work show snapshots of life, representations of the good times and the bad and a journey through the shades of life,” said Angelo Landriscina, editor-in-chief, Prep senior.

Assistant editor and Prep senior, Vito Pinto, believes that his involvement in The Equinox has been crucial to his growth as a person and love for literature.

“To place poetry from other students in the magazine is to listen to the heartbeat and soul of the student body, and it is such a beautiful thing,” Pinto said.

Advanced Research Honors for CK Juniors and Seniors

Science Scholars at CK: from left, Darcy Crimi, award winner; Patricia Terepka, semifinalist; Brandon Alfred, Michelle Donegan and Allison Meyers, all semifinalists and award winners.

Several students participating in the Advanced Research Program at Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, participated in the New York Academy of Sciences’ New York City Science and Engineering Competition in March. Four CK students were recognized for their outstanding science research and achieved semifinalist status. These students are seniors Michelle Donegan and Patricia Terepka, and juniors Brandon Alfred and Allison Meyers.

Four students were also honored with the following awards:

• junior Brandon Alfred, recipient of a four-year scholarship to Polytechnic University for his project “The Effectiveness of Suspension Sites and the Role of the Labeling Theory”;

• junior Darcy Crimi, Humane Education Committee Second Place for her project “Reasons for the Mass Stranding of Cetaceans”;

• senior Michelle Donegan, Humane Education Committee Second Place for her project “The Variables of Separation Anxiety in Canines”; and

• junior Allison Meyers, Humane Education Committee Third Place for her project “How the Social and Behavioral Relations of Primates are Similar to those of Humans.”

CK science teacher, Stephanie Struass, coordinates the Advanced Research Program at the school.

Youth Views

If you could visit another country for two weeks,

where would you go and why?

Ashley Sims St. Joseph H.S. Freshman If I could visit another country, I would go to Barbados because it’s a great place to relax. This is the land where my grandparents were born and I’d like to go with family and friends. I would like to see the beautiful beaches and go shopping.	Ronald Armstrong Xaverian H.S. Junior I would visit Brazil because I’ve heard from other people it is beautiful there. I would bring my family members and it would just be a fun destination. One of the sites I would like to see is the rain forest.

Jeffrey Khabbaz Xaverian H.S. Junior I would visit Mexico just for fun with my friend Deana and cousin Elio. I have never been there before but I would like to go to a Latin American country.	Andrew Pynn Xaverian H.S. Junior I would visit Ireland because my sister has been there and she said great things about the country.

Irvin Camarillo Xaverian H.S. Junior I would go to Spain, particularly Spain and Barcelona, for two weeks. I would bring my whole family. This is the land of my ancestors and I like to see new places.	Peter Homsey Xaverian H.S. Senior I’ve always wanted to go to Egypt to explore the land. I would bring my best friend or anyone else interested in going there. I’d like to see the Pyramids and tombs.

Neil Howard Xaverian H.S. Sophomore I would visit Ireland because I’m Irish and I have family there. I have never been there before. I would take my grandmother because she really wants to visit and I’d like to see Dublin.	Maidul Safa Xaverian H.S. Junior I would like to go to Switzerland with friends. It is a beautiful place and I feel nice and calm there.

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