Senior Issue 2009

Massapequa High [email protected]

JUNE, 2009Vol. LVI - ISSUE 6

THE SENIOR ISSUE THE YEAR IN REVIEW PAGE 2

MHS MY LIFE PAGE 11SENIOR DIRECTORY PAGE 3-7

Fee: Coach K, Gianotti, Merges, Mass-apequa Life, Broadcasting, Franklin Delano Roosevelt…Jessica Feerick: The tennis team and seeing my friends everyday…Mi-chele Feldman: My teachers and my friends. (The security)…Dave Ficara: Mr. Garone’s 2nd period class, and seeing friends…Nich-olas Fitzgerald: All my friends talking and

chatting away with friends. Get-ting to make new friends, teachers, school staff, helping people, extra curricular activities, lunch with Andrew Brannigan, signing with all of my friends…Ronnie Flood: Cart lady cookies…Dylan Floody: Seeing my closest friends every-day, cart lady cookies, my locker that never opens…Shane Flynt: Teachers and the classes I took….Joseph Fox: All of the people that I’ve known will be gone…Jona-than Frascati: Senior year…Christina Fregosi: Chillen with my friends on my out periods and the random kids in school…Katie Fuccillo: My friends, teachers and chorus…Chris Fusco: Hav-ing to wake up 20 minutes earlier just to get a good parking space. I hate juniors!... Michelle Gan-non: All the senior cut days, the fights, the morning songs, and Spirit Week…Samantha Gast-man: Seeing all my friends ev-eryday and Coach K…Danielle Gatings: My teammates that I’ve played sports with for all of high school…Erin Geiselman: I’ll miss seeing Kevin Dougherty and Chris Cochrane everyday…Michael Gelfand: Cutting gym…Alexandria Gentry: My friends and my team…Cara Goldfarb: Mr. Delman and his cone head dance…Kevin Gold-stein: Seeing friends I never get a chance to see outside of school…Ashley Goldstein: See-ing the same people everyday like I have since seventh grade…Ian Goodman: Massapequa boys swim team, awesome times!...Dominique Graci: Some of the teachers, spirit week, and the cops always be-ing at our school…Steven Gril-lo: Mathletes, King Kullen, doing homework with Nicole during class…John Guarascio: Seeing my friends everyday…Michael Guardiola : My friends…Anthony Guiliano: Water balloon fights on the last day of school…Alyssa Gus-sack: Nothing…Phil Haire: The soopy liquid cookies that feel like raw mud in a bag for breakfast…William Harley: Delman…Nicole Hedgis: My friends, open campus, the

teachers, field trips to the city with Theatre Arts class, being a part of the school plays and chorus concerts…Katie Heillburn: The people I met here…Matthew Herbe: Seeing friends I never get a chance to see outside of school…Sara Hirsch: Knowing that I get to spend 7 hours everyday with some of my best friends. And Cart Lady cookies!...Sabrina Holzknecht: The Cart Lady!...Stephen Houseman: Spirit week battles, I always win… Anthony Imbriano: The people. (especially Rob Seckler)…Scott Irwin: Tailgating the hockey games…

WHAT THE CLASS OF ‘09Jaclyn Aberbach: Cart lady cookies… Carissa Allen: I will miss seeing my friends everyday… Brendan Allwright: All the great teachers I’ve had…Anthony Alvarez: The ethnic diversity, the individuality, and the drug-free environment. (Realistically, a handful of good people and the Social Stud-ies department.)…Jon Amen: Nothing…Brian Anderson: Mr. Del-man…Jessica Ander-son: I will miss seeing ev-eryone going away to school everyday…Casey Bach: The diversity…Alys-sa Balzano: My friends and some of my teach-ers…Andrew Barbarello: Seeing my friends every-day, MHS Unplugged and other music performanc-es…Grady Battaglia: The peop le…Leah Bayer : Teachers, going to Bistro for lunch everyday…Louis Belmote: I will miss my teachers and friends. Special shoutout to Mr. Thieke, Mr. Malone, and my friends...Jessica L. Bennett: The con-stant phone calls from at-tendance every first period in Mr. O’Reilly’s class…Jen Bentz: Dressing up and look-ing completely ridiculous during Spirit Week…Charlie Bergmann: The Diversity…Daniel Betz: Having fun…Jeff Biondo: I will miss all my friends that I screw up with and all the good times we shared…Danielle Bow-ers: I will miss the people the most. MHS is really a place where I feel safe. The stu-dents and faculty have really made the experience enjoy-able…Joe Brandt: Noth-ing…Andrea Bujacich: Mass-apequa Chiefs Girls Varsity Soccer 2008, number one in the nation. Doesn’t get much better or memorable than that…James Burrows: Gym...Jordan Cafarella: Swim team, my good friends, Mr. McCaw, and SCALE Comp…Dan Caifa: High school in gener-al…Dana Canale: Seeing all of my friends after school, the Chess Team, Astronomy Club, and Mr. Zanco…Eddie Capur-ro: My friends…Michael Car-iello: My friends, teachers, and the cart lady’s cookies…Mike Carillo: Nothing…Antonio Carratelli: Being surrounded by friends for eight hours a d a y … D y l a n C a s t o r i a : Friends…Oliver Celaru: Too many to list…Marissa Cetin: Newspaper (a.k.a. Nosepapa/Allahpapa), Mamma C/Coylemonster, liv-ing in room 131, Mr. Schmitt’s first period AP Lit, and the basics: friends, teachers, square dancing and Pio!…Jimmy Chieco: The people I know…Christopher Chin-Sang: My friends and how we all met…Sta-cie Ciani: Nothing. Maybe old friends…Eu-gene Coizza: The friends and the fun we had…Patricia Colon: Random physics class discussions…Nick Colucci: Cart Lady, Fifield, “galorgage,” hack circle after school… Thomas Considine: My friends…

Sarah Corrigan: Chiefettes, tailgaiting, Mr. Massapequa…Joe Costa: Tailgates, friends…Ryan T. Coyle: My mommy…Ryan Coyle: Friends, Teachers, Classes…Vincent Crociata: Teachers, faculty, and friends…Kristen Dacunto: Seeing my friends in the hallway, being close to home, having time

Square dancing!...Lia DiGiovanna: Every-thing, the Cart Lady, Intramural European Team Handball…Victoria DiMartino: My friends…Amanda Dion: I will miss my friends and my favorite teachers the most…Christina Diovanni: The art wing….James Dougherty: Challin’ on out periods with

to just hang out, MERGES! My wonderful music teachers and my best friend Laura…Aly D’Angelo: Doing nothing senior year…Angela Davi: I’m going to miss see-ing my best friends everyday…Constance Deaner: Everything; friends, teachers, and the crazy school events…Kimberly DeCe-sare: Chiefs varsity soccer, badminton, European team handball, all of my friends!...Jamie DeFilippis: The general vibe and feeling of being locked in a vacancy…Peter Deignan: The fights…James Diana: Var-sity soccer season…Cristina DiCocco:

friends, Mr. Hahn, 8th period gym, not being able to walk in any door except the front doors, teachers, ID tags, clubhouse, pool house, breakdown, challin’…Gabrielle Duggan: Seeing the people that I only see in school, and spirit week…Danielle Etrasco: Lacrosse…Anthony Evangelista: There have been too many things that I couldn’t mention them all…Nicole Fal-cone: Seeing all of my friends everyday, goofing off in cheerleading and most of all 8th period gym (CSC!)…Brittany Fassari: Fighting people for parking spots…Kyle

In true Chief (and senior) fashion, we left this “farewell” letter to the last minute. We’ve put off studying, essays, this letter—but now there is no time left to procrastinate. You can’t exactly put off the last day of high school. And who would want to? We’ve been waiting for the clock to hit 2:25 for the last time since we were, what? Freshmen?

But if you think about it, that doesn’t really feel that long ago. Four years have gone by more like four months, everything on fast-forward because that’s the speed we wanted it to be—everything accelerated so that we could get to the fin-ish line, the end; we’d be that much closer to the golden parent-free Mecca that is “college.”

Even though some of us have tried to block out the lovely and awkward ninth-grade phase, we can still recall it with perfect clarity. We were alone, scared, and plunked down in the middle of 500 strangers (albeit a little isolated from the menacing upperclassmen—yay Ames!).

In just two or three months, we’re going to be there all over again. Multiplied by ten.

This time, though, will be different—we’ll have the wisdom that came from our years here at MHS. We’ll have already known that there are always going to be some people that will go overboard with holiday costumes; the best place to be is on the bleachers with half the school, fired up with school spirit and taunting the other team; and no one ever really uses imaginary numbers after Math B.

We’ll be able to tell the difference between fighting for a good cause and boycotting Bistro. We’ll have gotten used to walking miles to class from our prime parking spots on Arlyn Drive. We’ll have gotten used to splitting diner bills 20 ways, and we’ll know that a nice tip prevents being kicked unceremoniously out of Friendly’s after every orchestra, band, and chorus concert.

We’ll have learned all the patience we’ll ever need because of the daily traffic mobs that are composed of the ever-increasing throngs of sophomores. Massapequa men will always know how to dress for any occasion because of Mr. Massapequa’s scrutinizing judges. We’ll know that it’s not the end of the world if your class doesn’t get bagels during a blackout. Most importantly, we’ll never forget to try to make our day productive.

Everything we learned here will resonate in our lives beyond high school, whether your foray into the real world starts now or in four years (or six years, or maybe even eight).

We’re not talking about remembering the second fundamental theorem of calculus, or the questionable madness of Hamlet, or the correct way to conjugate a French verb. We are going to remember the people we encountered and the common experiences we all shared here at MHS in the past three years. Okay, so now we’re getting a teensy bit sentimental. But it’s true—we at The Chief know that when we all come back for our ten-year reunion, we’re not going to be reminiscing about anything except those little details that made our time at MHS exciting and unique.

In the end, life is a lot like high school—you come in timid and fearful and clogging up the hallways, and, if you play your cards right, you’ll go out on top of the world.

The lessons are the same; we’re the ones that are going to be different. Love Always,

WILL MISS MOST ABOUT MHS

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THE YEAR IN REVIEW2008-2009

Entertainment / Music:Sarah Fey? Or Tina Palin?Clay Aiken and Daniel Radcliffe make it to BroadwayVampires take over the world...or at least the world of teenage girlsDisney machine strikes gold (again) with Jonas BrothersR.I.P. Natasha Richardson—we still love you from The Parent Trap!Miss California vs. Perez HiltonBig families are in! “Octomom” and Jon & Kate Plus 8 and 18 Kids and Counting = Television goldHarry Potter & the Half Blood Prince (finally) released this summer!Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Picture of the year!

World / National News:Obama is elected 44th PresidentNo one is safe from the recession: Starbucks downgrades to one shop every two city blocksGrowing unemployment: Good luck finding a summer job!American-made Automobiles: Still the way to go?BAILOUTS FOR EVERYONE!Low gas prices... At least for a little while?Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday!Legalization of gay marriage in Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and for a short time, CaliforniaMiracle on the HudsonSwine Flu “Pandemic”

School News:Teacher ID Tags...Next victims: students“Bag and Tag it” cell phone policy: yes, they can see the phone in your purse!(The Chief’s own) TJ Kelly is crowned Mr. Massapequa!The halls are alive with The Sound of MusicWhatever happened to solar panels? And the “Cool Cafe”?Classrooms upgrade to new computers...finally...and in the last week of school, no less

Shows On Our DVR: Gossip Girl Grey’s Anatomy 90210 24 One Tree Hill LOST Glee House Criminal Minds So You Think You Can Dance Dancing with the Stars The Games Wii Play:

Wii FitGuitar Hero: Beatles (Coming soon!)Snowboard with Shaun “The Flying Tomato” White!GrandTheft Auto 4And everyone still loves Mario Kart!

Sports:A-RoidBrett Favre: To retire, or not to retire?Ooooh! Look at the pretty new NY baseball stadiums!Steelers win Superbowl!Michael Phelps parties hard

Katie Surico Jacques: I will probably miss all the familiar faces I see daily…Laura Jakubowski: Seeing my friends everyday…Alyssa Jaramillo: My friends…Rochelle Jean-Baptiste: The nice teachers I had…Joseph Jones: All the friendships and bonds that were created, cart lady cookies…Jordan Jorisch: My sports team, my clubs, and the people I met here…Alexandra Juliano: Cart Lady cookies, senior year, only having two class-es!...Michael Kahoud: All the people I see I would see every day in school…Mariel Kass-chau: I will miss my best friends, best teachers and best times with all my cool classmates…Eric Kaufman: Friends…Sean Keegan: All of my out periods…John Kelly: Athletics / Mass-apequa… TJ Kelly: my guidance counselor, Ms. Fernandez (shoutout to Ms. Moran), Nosepapa/Allahpapa, and student govern-ment...Nick Kerrigan: My friends since sev-enth grade…Josh Klinger: Seeing my friends everyday and torturing my teachers (Mr. Guidi)…Nicole Koenigsmann: Squaredanc-ing, Mr. Keenan…Heather Koetzner: Just being in high school…Kenny Korenstein: My friends and teachers and the journey…Robert LaBosco: Seeing my friends everyday, playing Varsity Lacrosse, hanging out during out pe-riods, overall just chilling in high school…Nick Labriola: The whole high school vibe…Irene Lainiotis: The Cheerleaders! And my friends…Ryan Lamm: The cookies, teachers, and all the clubs I was in…Jerry Lane: The few friends I made along the way. But other-wise nothing…Cristina Lanzillotta: All of it =)…Dominique LaRosa: Seeing my friends everyday…Stephanie Lattanzio: All my

friends I made here and teachers I had…Jenna Lazzaro: The socializing and memo-ries…Kevin Lee : Being across the street…Thomas Lee: All the friends that I made and the great teachers I had. Also, the cart lady’s cookies!...Anthony Letterel: Everything! WEEKENDS with my classmates…Me-lissa Liegmann: Being able to see my friends everyday…Nicole Ligotti: Extra things such as Mr. Massapequa and Unplugged…Tom Livingston: Music in the morning, going out for lunch, Cabaret Night, Shindig in the barn, Square dancing…Peter Lukashevich: The people…Laura Lupoli: Hallway music, Spirit Week, The Hack Circle, Mergypoo, 6 periods a day with Thomas Kelly…Melanie Lynott: House that Grant built and Tailgate team…Paul MacConnie: All my teach-ers…Josh Maddock: 8th period gym class- CSC and spirit week…Edwin Maldonado: Seeing friends, the musicals, Cabaret Night, squaredancing & the dumb things about MHS…Keri Marks: Seeing my friends throughout the day…Matt Masiello: What I will miss most about MHS is all my friends that I met over the years and the great teach-ers…Emily Masiello: My friends…Mike Mauri: My friends and the sports we played together. The kids by the bagel shop, the kids you only take in class, the girls, annoy-ing teachers, and the life of a teenager…Kristen McArdle: I will miss seeing my closest friend everyday and cheerlead-ing…Morgann McCarthy: Seeing my best friends every day…Kevin McCarthy: The music department, the clubs, the world’s greatest newspaper and some good friends…Taylor McCavanagh: Cart lady cookies…David McDouough: Friends and teach-

WHAT WE’LL MISS MOST(continued)

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THE SENIOR ISSUE 2009 THE CHIEF �

The F U T U R ESENIOR DIRECTORY

Jaclyn Aberbach SUNY Stony Brook

Pre-Med

Carissa Allen University of Hartford

Music Education

Brendan Allwright United States Coast Guard

Anthony Alvarez SUNY Stony Brook

Psychology

Jenna Amatulli Fashion Institute of Technology

Advertising & MarketingCommunications

Katherine Amatrudo University of Maryland

Undecided

Jon Amen C.W. Post

Business Administration

Brian Anderson SUNY Farmingdale

Undecided

Jessica Anderson SUNY Farmingdale

Phychology

Mike Annarumma Hofstra University

Business

Casey Bach American University

Undecided

Cara Baldino SUNY Albany

Buisness

Mike Balducci C.W. Post Business

Alyssa Balzano University of Rhode Island

Nursing

Andrew Barbarello Boston University

Undecided

Chris Barle Nassau Community College

Undecided

Grady Battaglia Nassau Community College

Undecided

Leah Bayer Quinnipiac University Elementary Education

Louis Belmote Nassau Community College

Undecided

Coral Benedict Fairfield University

Business

Jessica L Bennett Nassau Community College

Photography

Jen Bentz Molloy College

Nursing

Charlie Bergmann Penn State University

Computer Engineering

Daniel Betz Nassau Community College

Criminal Justice

Julie BiesManhattan College Physical Education

Jeff Biondo Nassau Community College

History/Social Studies Education

Danielle BowersLoyola College - Maryland

Undecided

Jessica BowersNassau Community College

Michelle BowersNew York University

Undecided

Joe BrandtSiena College

English

Robin Buchanan Marywood University

Nursing

Andrea Bujacich Mount Saint Mary College

Undecided

Charlotte Burger Tufts University

Pre-Med

James BurrowsUniversity of DelawareInternational Business

Sean Byrne University North Carolina-Wilmington

Wood Carving

Jordan Cafarella Quinnipiac University

Biology / Physical Therapy

Dan Caifa Nassau Community College

Undecided

Dana Canale Nassau Community College

Liberal Arts

Michael Canning Salve Regina University

Undecided

Eddie Capurro SUNY Brockport

Undecided

Michael Cariello Siena College Engineering

Mike Carillo Adelphi University

Criminal Justice

Katie Carpenter SUNY Buffalo

Nursing

Antonio Carratelli Pursuing Comedian Dreams

Dylan Castoria Nassau Community College

Undecided

Oliver Celaru SUNY Plattsburgh

History

Marissa Cetin American University

Journalism / Political Science

Jimmy Chieco CUNY John Jay

Forensic Science

Christopher Chin-Sang Dowling College

Aviation

Stacie Ciani Mercy College-Dobbs Ferry

Veterinary Science

Tracy Cohen Nassau Community College

Liberal Arts

Eugene Coizza Adelphi University

Biology

Patricia Colon CUNY Hunter

Communications

Nick Colucci Hofstra University Civil Engineering

Thomas Considine East Carolinia University

History

Mike Cooke SUNY Geneseo

Undecided

Emilia Corrado St. Joseph’s College

Undecided

Sarah Corrigan Marist College

Undecided

Joe CostaHofstra University

Business

Ryan T. Coyle Queens College

English

Ryan Coyle Nassau Community College

Undecided

Vincent CrociataJohnson and Wales University

Computer Programming

Kristen Dacunto Rider University Musical Theater

Aly D’Angelo SUNY Farmingdale

Nursing

Angela Davi CUNY Queens

Communications & Media Studies

Constance Deaner Undecided Teaching

Kimberly DeCesare Duke University Sports Medicine

Jamie DeFilippis

City College Audio Engineering Technology

Peter Deignan Molloy College Straight Chillin’

Monica DeMairo Duke University

Undecided

James Diana Adelphi University

Biology

Cristina DiCocco CUNY Baruch

Communications

Lia DiGiovanna Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Management Science/Chemical Engineering

Victoria DiMartino Boston College

Undecided

Elizabeth Dippold SUNY Albany

Music

Amanda Dion Penn State University

Psychology

Christina Diovanni SUNY New Paltz Graphic Design

Dana Disimile Muhlenberg College

Biology

Nicole DiTrani SUNY Oneonta

Communications

James Dougherty Penn State University

Liberal Arts

Caitlyn Dowell SUNY Geneseo

Elementary / Special Education

Kelly Drummond SUNY New Paltz

Adolescent Education-Earth Science

Gabrielle Duggan University of Scranton International Studies

Addison Elko SUNY Oswego

Undecided

Danielle Etrasco Boston University

Hospitality Administration

Anthony Evangelista New York University

Finance

Nicole Falcone Fashion Institute of Technology

Fashion Merchandising

Brittany Fassari Canisius College

Special Education

Kyle Fee New York University

English

Jessica Feerick Adelphi University

Undecided

Michele Feldman Florida International University

Spanish

Dana Ferraro Fashion Institute of Technology

Merchandising Management

Kristen FetzerQuinnipiac University

Undecided

Dave Ficara Nassau Community College

Criminal Justice

Nicholas Fitzgerald Nassau Community College

Psychology / Teaching

Ronnie Flood St. Joseph’s College

Criminal Justice

Dylan Floody Douglas Education Center

Special Effects

Shane Flynt SUNY Farmingdale

Architecture / Construction

Katey Foran United States Naval Academy

Joseph Fox Nassau Community College

American History

Jonathan Frascati SUNY Stony Brook

Psychology

Christina Fregosi SUNY Oswego

Undecided

Katie Fuccillo Boston College

English

Chris Fusco SUNY Cortland

Education

Michelle Gannon SUNY Farmingdale

Undecided

Samantha Gastman Suffolk Community College

Special Education / Teaching

Danielle Gatings York College of Pennsylvania

Elementary Education /Special Education

Athena Gatto St. Joseph’s College

Childhood Education

Erin Geiselman CUNY John Jay

Forensic Psychology

Michael Gelfand Nassau Community College

Liberal Arts

THE CHIEF �THE SENIOR ISSUE 2009 SENIOR DIRECTORY

WHAT WE’LL MISS MOST(continued)

ers…Ryan McGrath: Friends…Michele McGrath: Seeing my friends everyday…Ni-cole Meola: The Cart Lady, friends locker…Tori Meyer: Mr. Massapequa…Tara Mo-gavero: My friends…Mike Monaghan: Pep Rally, homecoming, Mr. Massapequa…Mi-chele Montana: Having out periods, my friends…Michael Moore: Electronic Gam-ing Club…James Moran: The entire high school, the shady kids by the bagel shop, Coach K, chilling harder than anybody, be-ing the best gym athlete I could, the kids you only talk to in class, and sketchy shades…Ray Moran: Always being able to see my friends and teachers in the hall-ways…Amanda Morse: My friends and some of the teachers… Ashleigh Mulcahy:

Seeing everybody…Greg Muller: European Team Handball Intramurals…Sean Mulli-gan: The people…Ryan Musalo: Seeing all of my friends that I had grown up with and become so close with…Lauren Muscarella: Coach K, seeing familiar faces…Joseph Mussorfiti: Hanging out with Zanco…James Nealis: Spirit week…Jackie Nelson: I will definitely miss my best friends, and the CSC in eighth period gym…Ramy Noaman: That great feeling at the end of the day when 9th period is over and you get to walk out the door… Megan Noone: My lacrosse team, open-campus priviledges…Alex Novet: The people I’ve met, and the cart lady cook-ies…Brian Nudelman: Nothing…Casey Olsen: The lovely no parking signs that are everywhere…Brianna Ortmann: Seeing friends and all the memories…Stephanie

Pacella: All of the seniors and the 2009 varsity girls lacrosse team…Jennifer Pao-lino: Seeing everybody everyday, and some of the teachers that I have had…Ryan Pat-erson: Just hanging out after school and playing hackey at lunch…Monica Perrino: The faces you see everyday but don’t think about until now…Joseph Persico: The stu-dents, teachers, and the tennis team… James Peterson: High School Football…Danielle Pipitone: Playing on the tennis team and being in the same school as my friends…Alessia Piraino: My friends and some teach-ers, making everyday as much fun as you can…Maria Pisciotta: Going to school with my best friends…Michael Pitocchi: Friends…Allie Pollera: Pep rally… Michael Polly: My friends…Lindsay Quinn: I’m going to miss Ms. Citrano making me pea-

nut butter sandwiches during class and seeing all my classmates laugh at my stupid-ity…Ashish Rana: Nothing at all…Rachel Randazzo: I’m going to miss the time I get to spend with my friends and the funniest jokes and tricks the cast pulled on each other in the musicals…Nicole Rindos: Meet-ing my friends at the locker spot… Angela Roamer: Noosepapa! Allahpapa! Room 131! Mom! Pit! Pio! Spagatulli!...Renee Rogers: Room 300 Lovin’!...Jaclyn Ro-mano: I will miss the Massapequa “bubble” persona. Everything here is so reliable and cliché…Jessica Romano: Playing basketball and lacrosse, and my teachers…Amanda Romeo: Seeing my friends everday and cart lady cookies…Brian Roth: Seeing my friends & teachers…Gracemarie Rozea: I will miss my friends and teachers…Caitlin

Alexandria Gentry United States Naval Academy

Arabic Language

Peter Glykos C.W. Post History

Cara Goldfarb University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Undecided

Kevin Goldstein Dowling College

Business

Ashley Goldstein Monmouth University

Criminal Justice / Forensics

Ian Goodman SUNY Maritime

Naval Architecture

Dominique Graci Nassau Community College

Undecided

Tatiana Grigorakos St. John’s University

Criminal Justice

Steven Grillo Lehigh University

Bioengineering / Pre-med

John Guarascio New York Institute of Technology

Architecture

Michael Guardiola SUNY Purchase

Undecided

Anthony Guiliano SUNY New Paltz

Finance

Klaudia Gurga Northeastern University

Music Industry

Alyssa Gussack Fashion Institute of Technology

Advertising/Marketing Communications

James Haffner Nassau Community College

Undecided

Jen Hand Rochester Institute of Technology

ASL - English Interpreter

William Harley Colby College

Undecided

Nicole Hedgis Suffolk Community College Early Childhood Education

Katie Heilbrn SUNY Delhi

Hotel & Resturant Management

Brian Heisinger Paul Smiths College

Environmental Science

Matthew Herbe SUNY Oneonta

Biology

Sara Hirsch SUNY Geneseo

Psychology

Chloe Holland Northeastern University

Biology

Sabrina Holzknecht Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Biochemistry

Stephen Houseman Boston University

Hospitality Administration

Mike Horowitz Hofstra University Music Education

Alexa Ienna

University of Connecticut Pharmacy

Anthony Imbriano SUNY Stony Brook

Undecided

Scott Irwin University of Delaware

Chemistry

Katie Surico Jacques LaGuardia College

Deaf Studies

Laura Jakubowski SUNY Farmingdale

Liberal Arts

Alyssa Jaramillo University of Scranton Occupational Therapy

Rochelle Jean-Baptiste

Palm Beach Community College Pediatric RN

Joseph Jones SUNY Plattsburgh

Criminal Justice

Jordan Jorisch Nassau Community College

Communication Arts

Alexandra Juliano New York College of Health Professions

Massage Therapy

Mariel Kasschau Adelphi University

Nursing

Eric Kaufman SUNY Cortland Health Science

Sean Keegan Nassau Community College

Undecided

TJ Kelly Loyola College - Maryland

Business

John Kelly Sacred Heart University

Business

Nick Kerrigan Marist College

Chemistry / Pre-Med

Josh Klinger Clemson University

Business

Kristen Knoph University of Rhode Island

Pharmacy

Nicole Koenigsmann Marist College

Psychology

Heather Koetzner Nassau Community College

Undecided

Kenny Korenstein Nassau Community College

Art Education

Robert Kryger Stevenson University

Business

Robert LaBosco Nassau Community College

Graphic Design

Nick Labriola Nassau Community College

Business

Irene Lainiotis James Madison University

Biology

Keith Lamberg SUNY Geneseo

Undecided

Ryan Lamm Boston University

Biology

Jerry Lane Nassau Community College

Undecided

Cristina Lanzillotta Loyola College- Maryland

Biology / Pre-med

Dominique LaRosa SUNY New Paltz

Undecided

Stephanie Lattanzio Nassau Community College

Teaching

Michael Laventure University of Richmond

International Affairs

Jenna Lazzaro M.U.D.

Make-Up Designory School

Kevin LeeSUNY Oswego

Accounting

Thomas Lee SUNY Stony Brook

Asian American Studies/ Business

Anthony Letterel Nassau Community College

Undecided

Melissa Liegmann SUNY Albany

Pre-Health

Nicole Ligotti Mount Saint Mary College

Nursing

Tom Livingston SUNY Stony Brook

Earth & Space Science Education

Emily Lucrezia University of Scranton

Nursing

Peter Lukashevich Marist College

Marketing

Laura Lupoli Hofstra University Communications

Melanie Lynott

Siena College Education

Paul MacConnie Long Island Drafting

Tech School

Josh Maddock University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Computer Science

Edwin Maldonado Adelphi University

Political Science

Michael Mararie SUNY Stony Brook

Buisness

Keri Marks SUNY Cortland

Secondary Math Education

Tommy Marzec Adelphi University

Engineering

Matt Masiello Quinnipiac University Physician Assisstent

Emily Masiello

Adelphi University Undecided

Mike Mauri

Fordham University Business

Kristen McArdle SUNY Plattsburgh

Adolescent Education & Airforce

Morgann McCarthy Siena College

Undecided

Kevin McCarthy SUNY Purchase

Undecided / Liberal Arts

Taylor McCavanagh SUNY Binghamton

Mathematics

David McDouough SUNY Buffalo

Buisness Administration

Ryan McGrath New York Institute of Technology

Architecture

Michele McGrath SUNY New Paltz

Undecided

Nicolo Meola New York Institute of Technology

Architecture

Jennifer Mescia SUNY Albany

Communications

Tori Meyer University of Scranton

Nursing

Rebecca Mino-Altherr Quinnipiac University

Communications

Anthony Minuto Nassau Community College

Criminal Justice


The ChiefSenior Editorial Staff

What Yo’ Need To Know...about life in college after MHS

BY CHIRS RYANEDITOR-IN-CHIEF, 2007-2008

“Learn how to do laundry before

you leave.”

It seems like just yesterday I was writing my “Message to the Class

of 2008” for the Senior Edition of The Chief, and yet here I am a year later, writ-ing again for my beloved news-paper. While I could easily take this opportunity to try to inspire you as you head

out into the real world, I’m going to leave that to the editors and instead offer some practical advice and knowledge that I’ve picked up in my experiences since graduating from Massapequa High School—essentially, “what I know now that I wish I knew then.” Let me start by assuaging your fears. If there was anyone who was terrified of the word ‘college’ one year ago, it was Chris Ryan. I had never had a sleepover in my entire life, and yet here I was preparing to travel 1,300 miles south to the University of Miami. As you real-ize, leaving home is a huge adjustment, but trust me—everything will be okay. Massapequa isn’t going anywhere; your

friends will be here when you get back. Now that that’s out of the way…

First off, pick a major that in-terests you. After you finish your core classes, your entire schedule is going to be devoted to your major, so make sure it’s something that you’re passionate about. In other words: don’t major in business just because your dad wants you to! If you’re unsure of what you want to do, start by taking as wide an array of courses as possible, then hone in on what you’re interested in. And don’t sweat it if you don’t get it right the first time; most people end up changing their majors anyway!

Secondly, join clubs freshman year. I didn’t, and I regret it. Much like in high school, clubs are singlehand-edly the best way to meet new people and explore interests that your academics don’t cover. A good lead-ership position can teach you more about the real world than a textbook ever will. Plus, they certainly help when it comes to internship and job opportunities.

Furthermore, one thing which may be a relief to some of you is that in college you are responsible for yourself. Most professors aren’t going

to waste time giving you pop quizzes to see if you did the reading. College is about personal accountability—if you don’t do the work, then it is your money and time being wasted. Also, be wary, procrastinators: assignments are rarely due the day after they are given! As much as it pains me to say, you will learn to love CollegeBoard—especially if you receive college credit for your AP courses. After taking just three of the torturous tests during my high school career, I am already a semester ahead of the game. What can this mean for you? More flexibility, and a significant load off your wallet. However, I must admit that my suspicions have finally been proven true: your AP courses have overprepared you for college.

Overall, the difference between high school work and college work is hard to describe; none-theless, the assignments I’ve had thus far have

been, for the most part, eye-opening. I recently had to write an eight page paper answering the question, “What is the good?” Needless to say, be prepared for some abstract thinking.

Oh, and guys: learn how to do laundry before you leave. I was openly mocked by a girl for not knowing that

you’re supposed to separate whites and colors. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, save yourself the embar-rassment and ask Mom.

Alright, here comes the sen-timentality. To quote myself from last year: don’t forget your roots. When your high school teachers tell you to visit them next year, they mean it! It might seem like a pain waking up before two in the afternoon (yes, college will do that to you), but the smile you’ll put on your teachers’ faces will make it worth your while. Also, go to the Alumni Holiday Concert in December. Even if you weren’t involved with the music department, it’s one of the greatest ways to keep in touch with all of the friends that you otherwise wouldn’t see.

There comes a time when we all must move on; quite fittingly, this will be my last time ever writing for The Chief. In the immortal words of Ferris Bueller: “Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Remember this: high school goes by quickly…college goes by quicker. Enjoy these last few days of your senior year, and dream big. Here’s to the memories—

PS… don’t worry about getting your yearbook dirty; it’s what’s on the inside that counts.

Roy: My locker never locked, despite having a functioning lock. It became the open com-munal locker. Soon, when I would find other friends’ stuff in it for a period, I wouldn’t even think twice. Plus, it made rushing to class so convenient! 217A<3…Will Russell: Cookies…Nick Russo: The people I most likely won’t see again, and a few teachers. Oh, and of course Pio…Dan-ielle Sabia: My friends…Jessica Scarpa: Nothing…Ryan Scarsbrick: Massapequa Baseball…Mike Schiano: The amusing

things I see in the hallway and the friendly teachers. The commentary on the announce-ments…Robert Seckler: All of the students and teachers I had, spirit week amd seeing what people wore!...Melissa Senande: Spirit Week…Dong Shin: Having open campus lunch…Vicky Shreve: Being with all my friends, my teachers, Mr. Mass-apequa…Ben Sklar: The weekends…Cait-lin Smith: Cart lady cookies and crazy AP English classes about manatees and how Shakespeare is god! And Mr. Massapequa!...Hilary Smith: All of the people, including

the teachers and staff…Katie Smits: My teammates, friends, gym class…Brian Smocovich: My friends…Matt Smyth: Ice hockey…Samantha Soucie: Friends and hearing all the crazy gossip…Kerry Sulli-van: Varsity soccer season…Erica Tasch: I will probably miss feeling comfortable and at ease. It’s scary to start over…Natalie Taylor: Cart Lady cookies and the cool kids…Travis Tennie: Seeing close friends every day…John Tosches: Hauser…Mi-chael Trainor: Mr. Garone, Kearney, and LaBella…Katharine Tricarico: Having

freedom and fun, and the ability to just chill and try different things without really wor-rying about the consequences…David Trompeter: Marching at football rehearsing with friends…Dan Valdina: Nothing, except my friends…Mark Valenski: The cool kids, and Cart Lady cookies…Kellie Vehlies: Singing the Hallelujah chorus with my fel-low alto two’s and cart lady cookies… Andrew Vella: The wonderful teachers who I will miss laughing with about really any-thing…Jonathan Vinas: Being around my best friends on a daily basis…Chris Vinberg: Badminton…Jack Vitale: The excitement of the last day of school…Dana Vosilla: Play-ing volleyball and being with friends… Caitlin Waldron: Mr. Schmitt’s English and Ethics classes, living in 131 (Newspaper and WMHS love), and all my friends…Briana Wallace: I will miss the cart lady cookies and doing nothing senior year…Chris Wal-lace: High school as a whole…Lindsay Walsh: Being able to go to lunch with my friends everyday…Kristian Waring: Garone for life!...Joe Waterhouse: Tyler Grosso’s laugh…Alyssa Watt: I am going to miss seeing my best friends and teachers every-day…Matt Weyer: Nicole DiTrani, Sara Oldmixon’s sense of style, Mrs. Scarpulla’s school spirit…Timothy Wilson: Mr. Garone’s second period class…Chris Winn: All my friends and teachers…Katie Wissman: Mr. Massapequa and MHS Unplugged…Bran-don Witt: Tailgating, sports, and watching kickline…Alyssa Wittenberg: Nothing…Eric Wong: Friends…Samantha Wong: D1/P8 Gym Class (CSC) and my friends…Liz Wood: My friends and teachers…Kath-erine Wright: Mr. Piotrowski telling me everyday to drive safe and don’t hit too many people…Eleni Xenophontos: Project Science!...Linda Yeung: I am really going to miss the MHS Music Department, whether it was every band concert, the big holiday concerts, or playing in the pit orchestra for the annual school musical. But I definitely WON’T miss marching band.

WHAT WE’LL MISS MOST(continued some more)

ANGELA ROAMEREditor-in-Chief

TJ KELLYManaging Editor

CAITLIN WALDRONManaging Editor

CHARLOTTE BURGERHead Copy Editor

IAN GOODMANPhoto Editor

JAMIE DeFILIPPISEntertainment Editor

KEVIN McCARTHYCopy Editor

MARISSA CETINEditor-in-Chief

THE CHIEF 6THE SENIOR ISSUE 2009 SENIOR DIRECTORY

Steven Mirra SUNY Buffalo

Environmental Engingeering

Kristen Mogavero Boston University

Biomedical Engineering

Tara MogaveroSUNY Oswego

Childhood Education

Melissa MolloySUNY Albany

Undecided

Mike MonaghanUnited States Marine Corps

Michele MontanaAdelphi UniversitySpeech Pathology

Michael MooreNassau Community College

Liberal Arts

James MoranSalve Regina

Philosophy / Dance

Ray MoranNassau Community College

Undecided

Amanda MorseDickinson College

Undecided

Ashleigh MulcahySUNY Cortland

Undecided

Greg MullerSUNY AlbanyAccounting

Sean MulliganHofstra University

Journalism

Erin MurphyHofstra University

Undecided

Ryan MusaloNassau Community College

Computer Graphic Design & Animation

Lauren MuscarellaSouthern Connecticut State University

Undecided

Joseph MussorfitiFive Towns College

Theater Arts

James NealisGeorgetown University

Biology

Jackie NelsonIndiana University

Business

Ramy NoamanSUNY Stony Brook

Computer Engineering

Megan NooneC.W. Post

Physical Education

Alex NovetUniversity of Chicago

Economics / International Affairs

Brian Nudelman Nassau Community College

Undecided

Nicole NudgeUniversity of Hartford

Musical Theater

Megan O’BrienCastleton State

Elementary Education

Brendan O’DonovanSUNY BuffaloPre-Dentistry

Casey OlsenSUNY Cortland


Brianna OrtmannJoseph Christopher Salon & Spa

Stephanie PacellaSt. John’s UniversityCriminal Psychology

Jennifer PaolinoNassau Community College


Ryan Paterson New York Institute of Technology

Mechanical Engineering

Monica Perrino Fordham University Pre-med / Biology

Joseph PersicoPenn State University-

University ParkChemical Engineering

James PetersonMerrimack College

Undecided

Dave PevsnerSUNY Geneseo

Undecided

Angela PierprzakCollege of the Holy Cross

Biology / Pre-med

Danielle PipitoneFive Towns College

Music Business

Alessia PirainoNassau Community College

Dental Hygienist

Maria PisciottaNassau Community College

Music Education

Michael PitocchiSUNY Potsdam

Crane School of MusicVoice & String Bass

Performance/Education

Breanna PodmoreMolloy College

Education

Allie PolleraSUNY Delhi

Nursing

Michael PollySUNY Maritime

Marine Transportation

Chelsea PowersSUNY Geneseo

Elementary/Special Education

Lindsay QuinnC.W. Post

Public Relations

Ashish RanaNassau Community College

Mechanical Engineering

Rachel RandazzoHofstra University

Theatre / English Education

Nicole RindosAdelphi University

Early Education

Angela RoamerSUNY Potsdam

Crane School of MusicViolin - Music Education

Renee RogersSiena College

Biology

Jaclyn Romano Clarkson University

Buisness & Production

Jessica RomanoSUNY Stony Brook

Undecided

Amanda RomeoNazareth College

Communication Sciences& Disorders

Brian RothNassau Community College

Civil Engineering

Gracemarie RozeaMount Saint Mary College

Nursing

Caitlin RoyUniversity of Richmond

Spanish & Psychology/Sociology

Will RussellSt. John’s University

Business

Nick RussoBoston University

Chemistry

Danielle SabiaSUNY New Paltz

Art Education

Kristen SaittaIona College

Mass Communications

Nicole SaranieroHofstra University

Mass Media Studies

Elizabeth SarantUniversity of Connecticut

Communications

Jessica ScarpaBriarcliffe College

Digital Photography

Ryan ScarisbrickSt. Joseph’s College

Business

Mike SchianoNortheastern University

Polticial Science


Chris SchulmanHofstra University Music Education

Amanda ScottoSUNY New Paltz

Art Education

Kimberly ScottoUniversity of Delaware

Natural Resource Management

Robert SecklerUnited States Merchant

Marine Academy

Melissa SenandeUniversity of Tampa

Spanish

Dong ShinSUNY Farmingdale

Liberal Arts

Vicky ShreveMolloy College

Nursing

Michael SierzantCUNY John JayCriminal Justice

Ben Sklar Florida State University

Polticial Science

Sean SlatteryUnited States Merchant

Marine Academy

Caitlin SmithAdelphi University

Secondary Education - English

Hilary SmithAdelphi University

Childhood Education

Katie SmitsUniversity of Virginia

Biology / Pre-Med

Brian SmocovichUniversity of Delaware

International Business Studies

Matt SmythIona College

Environmental Science

Samantha SoucieAdelphi University

Education

Crystal SperlingLaboratory Institute of

Merchandising Fashion Merchandising

Alyssa StaubitzSUNY Binghamton

Undecided

Maria StefanidisQueensborough Community College

Undecided

Dani SuhrlandC.W. Post

Art

Kerry SullivanSUNY Binghamton

Undecided

Kayla TamneyNassau Community College

Psychology

Erica TaschBoston College

Languages

Natalie TaylorQuinnipiac University

Journalism

Travis TennieAdelphi University

Biology

John ToschesHofstra University Politicial Science

Michael TrainorSouth Harmon Institute

of Technology

Katharine TricaricoSUNY Oswego

Special Education

David TrompeterSUNY Albany

Undecided

Dan ValdinaFDNYEMS

Ryan Van HoutenUnited States Marines

Peter ValdiniClemens College

Culinary Arts

Mark ValenskiNassau Community CollegeSocial Science in Education

Kellie VehliesJohnson and Wales University

Baking & Pastry Arts

Andrew Vella New York University

Media, Culture, & Communications

Nick VentoNew York Institute of Technology

Architecture

Jonathan VinasPenn State University-

University ParkMechanical Engineering

Chris VinbergAdelphi University

Exercise Physiology

Jack VitaleNassau Community College

History

Chris VitranoIthaca College

History / Education

Dana VosillaSUNY New Paltz

Education

Caitlin WaldronSUNY Geneseo

English

Briana Wallace Rider University

International Business& Marketing

Chris WallaceSUNY Farmingdale

Business Management

Lindsay WalshFashion Institute of Technology

Fine Arts

Kristian WaringBarram Institute of Technology

Diesel Technology

Joe WaterhouseSUNY New Paltz

Biology

Alyssa WattVillanova UniversityBiology / Pre-Med

Matt WeyerQuinnipiac University

Politicial Science

Timothy WilsonNassau Community College

Undecided

Chris WinnNassau Community College

Physical Therapy

Katie WissmanMount Saint Mary College

Education

Brandon WittUniversity of Delaware

Environmental Engineering

Alyssa WittenbergSUNY Old Westbury

Visual Arts

Eric WongMolloy CollegeCriminal Justice

Samantha WongSUNY Cortland

Undecided

Liz WoodSUNY CortlandMath Education

Katherine WrightNassau Community College Early & Secondary Education

Eleni XenophontosNew York Institute of Technology

Architecture

Linda YeungUniversity of Michigan

Business / Music

Nicole ZupoSUNY Geneseo

Undecided

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THE SENIOR ISSUE 2009 THE CHIEF 9

A Final ReviewBY KEVIN McCARTHY

COPY EDITORWell readers, as the year comes

to a close and we seniors prepare to graduate, the time has come to write a last movie review for The Chief. I’ll now give you a moment to dry the tears from your eyes. I’ve enjoyed writing them, and I know some of you have enjoyed read-ing them, and I thank you. I’ll leave you with this “Special Graduation Edition” review of my favorite films from my years at MHS, in semi-chronological order. Just like my years at Massapequa High, these films are filled with laughs, tears, surprises and gratuitous violence with some unforgettable moments and characters, and deserve some applause. The Departed—One of my favorite directors, Martin Scorsese finally got an Oscar for The Departed, a film that ranks up with the best films of his career like Goodfellas and Raging Bull. All his trademarks are in there: Leonardo DiCaprio, a Rolling Stones soundtrack, homage to the old gangster films from the ‘30s, and a sense of dark humor that keeps the film lively and en-joyable amidst the bloodshed. It doesn’t take itself too seriously but it’s never ri-diculous either. Pan’s Labyrinth—Pan’s Laby-rinth (or El laberinto del fauno as I like to call it) is both an outstanding visual achievement and an endearing story of how to use the fantasy of dreams to escape the cruel realities of life. 300—To prove that I just don’t only like the dramatic Oscar-nominee

stuff, I’ll admit that I really enjoyed this stupid, awesome, stupid movie. It’s a movie that takes historical accuracy and kicks it into a bottomless pit of pure awesomeness. Unlike Transformers, which focused too much on that non-ro-bot Shia LaBeouf (or IS he?), 300 never looks non-awesome. It’s style over substance, yes, but sometimes it’s better that way. Knocked Up—Instead of get-ting into every Judd Apatow movie of the past few years I’ll focus on my personal favorite, the one that still holds strong after multiple viewings. The “funny-characters-in-serious-situ-ations” formula used in a lot of today’s comedies is used perfectly in Knocked Up, which takes place in a world similar to ours where everyone says perfectly witty things on the spot, which would help anyone through an unplanned preg-nancy. And not in that annoying Juno way either. There Will Be Blood—A bril-liant, epic character study. There’s that scene where Daniel Day-Lewis’ charac-ter, a terrible, atheist oilman, has to be initiated into the church, and the whole time his performance shows that he is simultaneously disgusted by it all and guildt-ridden for abandoning his son. This one scene shows all that’s good about the movie: it’s dramatic, it’s co-medic, it’s eerie and it has some amaz-ing acting. No Country for Old Men—An-other really great movie, but I don’t have that much space so I had to cut some, and this was one of the lamer

reviews, so just trust me on this friendo. 2008 WALL-E—If you do not love WALL-E then you probably don’t have a soul. That might be an exaggeration, but just look at him! He collects sporks! It’s adorable! But cuteness aside, this was a really sophisticated movie, one that deals with evil corporations and pollution and morbid obesity. Animation hasn’t been this dark since Mufasa was trampled by wildebeest. But the movie has its biggest achievement in managing to give life and emotion to two non-hu-manoid robots as they fall in love. The chemistry between the two lifeless metal robots is more convincing than most romance films made these days.That means you, Twilight. The Dark Knight—I don’t need to recommend The Dark Knight to you, because you’ve already seen it, and if you haven’t seen it by now after it played in theaters for eight months, then you probably never will, because you probably live underground. But to review, I’ll say that it’s so good on so many different levels. Like WALL-E it brought a darker, more complex plot to its genre, in this case the superhero film. It broke the conventional movie franchise rules and killed off main char-acters. It explored the nature of good and evil with a hero who bends the law to protect the people and a villain who only creates senseless anarchy without personal motivations. Whether you love or hate Dark Knight, no one can deny that it’s a unique, groundbreaking film, nor can they deny the greatness of the

late Heath Ledger. Slumdog Millionaire—Slumdog is a movie that consumes its audience into the world of Jamal, the dirt-poor kid from Mumbai who only wants to find his love, despite all the odds against him. And you’re with him all the way, from that first gruesome torture scene to that last awesome dance sequence. It’s an inspirational success story on and off camera: originally doomed to a direct-to-video release, the film went on to win Best Picture and made enough money to get homes for it’s child actors, who were real life “slumdogs.” 2009 Star Trek—While no Star Trek will ever be better than Star Wars in any way, the film is very entertaining, Star Trek is not just surprisingly-not-terrible, it’s a very entertaining film that reboots a classic sci-fi franchise and makes it into something people will watch with-out needing an inhaler. Up—So officially my last movie review is of Up, the new film about an old man who attaches balloons to his house and flies to South America. And it seems kind of relevant, too, since this movie was made by Pixar, the com-pany who made my favorite childhood movie Toy Story, the company I wanted to write movies for as a kid and the people who inspired me as a child; had they not made Toy Story I’d probably have no interest in writing all of this. And they still make the same great mov-ies they did years ago. Up is altogether funny, sad, smart, colorful and creative. Perhaps some kid saw Up and found a love for movies, too.

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Local 1442

To Our Graduating Seniors…

Be sure you are right and then stand. at first you will Be denounced, then you

will Be deified. at first you will Be rejected, then you will

Be accepted. first men will swear at you, then if you

wear well, they will swear By you. first the sneer and then the cheer.

first the lash, then the laurel. first the curse, then the caress.

first the trial, then the triumph. first the cross, then the crown.

for every scar upon thy Brow thou shalt have a star in thy diadem.

stand somewhere and let humanity know where you stand.

stand for something and let humanity know what you stand for.

Be sure you are right and then stand.…gordon

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THE SENIOR ISSUE 2009 THE CHIEF 11

MHSmyLife. . .One day, I was in Mr. Hahn’s class and we were throwing eggs against a gi-

ant sheet to see how it slowed them down. When it was my turn, I threw my egg and completely missed the sheet and the egg splattered all over the wall.

One day, I was handing out pamphlets outside the school to all the seniors receiving senior awards. It was windy that day, but intelligent me decided to wear a skirt. A gust of wind came and lifted my skirt revealing my attractive undies to all.

One day, I stood in “the spot” across the street while waiting for the light to turn red on a rainy day. Then a bus drove by.

One day, I wore a full-body wetsuit to school on Halloween. I had to take it all off for gym class.

One day, in my first period class, a lot of people tend to eat breakfast so I decided to eat Cheeze-Its. That day the girl next to me took out yogurt, rice pudding and a banana, and my teacher seemed to have no problem with it. I took out a bag of Cheeze-Its, and my teacher yelled at me to put them away.

One day, I got a 27 on a test, with an 11 point curve.

One day I slapped this girl’s butt in the hallway thinking it was my friend. Little did I know it was a teacher.

One day after school, I unknowingly sat on a chocolate cupcake, and pro-ceeded to go out to practice. It was after I had walked in front of all the oth-er sports teams that my teammates told me it looked like I pooped my pants.

One day during Bio lab, I found a jumbled piece of wire and started to play

with it. When my teacher saw me she told me it was another student’s model of a protein that was going to be entered into a science competition. My teacher told me I was better off dead, and pointed me out as the perpetrator to the student. She punched me.

One day, I went to buy cart lady cookies. I needed a spoon to get them out of the bag.

One day, on a field trip in the city, the subway doors closed before I got on. I was stuck in the city by myself. I had to pay for a taxi to drive me to my teacher and the other kids.

I’ve had a school-borrowed calculator for the past two years and I have man-aged not to break or lose it. Now, with less than a month left of school, I dropped it and the screen cracked in half. I’ll have to pay 100 dollars for it.

I was helping run Dodge for Darfur, and walked into the gym while a game was going on. The person in front of the doorway dodged. I did not, and the ball hit me in the face.

One day, I walked into the girl’s room and thought I saw a boy on the ledge, and I asked if it was the girl’s room. Turns out she was a girl.

In Ms. Davi’s first period class, I stretched my arms over my head and my bra broke off. I ran out the room and stapled and clipped my bra together until 5th period when I went home to change.


Robert Brower: Track and Field—Two-time All-County, Two-time County Champs, Three-time State Qualifier for Pole Vault, National Qualifier

for Pole Vault, and Penn Relays 4x400m Winner. Liz Henry: Cross Country, Winter Track & Field, Spring Track & Field—Co-Captain Grade 11, Captain Grade 12, All-County, County Champion, All-Division, Attended Winter Track Nationals. Aylin Mehter: Tennis—Captain, Three-time

All-County, Two-time All-State, Ranked fifth in NYS, All-Long Island. Nick Isnardi: Lacrosse, Football, Wrestling.

Vicki DiMartino: Soccer—All-County, All-Class, Playoffs MVP Danielle Etrasco: Lacrosse—Captain, Two-time All-County, All-Long Island, All-

American Honorable Mention, Empire State Team, National School Girls Team Kimberly DeCesare: Soccer—Captain, Three-time All-County, All-Long Island, All-State, Nassau County Player of the Year, Long Island Player of the Year, NYS Gatorade Player of the Year James Nealis: Soccer—

All-American, Two-time All-Region and All-State, Two-time All-County, All-Confrence, Newsday Player of the Year, NYS Player of the Year; Basketball.

Monica DeMairo: Lacrosse—Captain, All-American, Under Armor All-American, Newsday All-Long Island, All-County, Two-time Gold Medalist at Empire State Games, New York Team 1, All-County Honorable Mention Rob VonBargen: Football—Captain, All-Confrence, All-County, All-Long Island, All-State, All-Academic Team, Don Snyder Most Oustanding Quarterback Award, All-Conference; Basketball; Lacrosse Mike Mauri: Baseball—Captain, All-State, Long Island Champs; Football—All-Conference Julie Bies: Volleyball—Massapequa MVP, All-County, All Tournament

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TOP SENIOR ATHLETES

Robert BrowerWinter & Spring

Track & Field

Liz HenryCross Country, Winter & Spring Track & Field

Aylin MehterTennis Nick Isnardi

Lacrosse, Football, Wrestling

Vicki DiMartino Soccer

Danielle Etrasco Lacrosse Kimberly DeCesare

Soccer

James Nealis Soccer, Basketball

Monica DeMairo Lacrosse

Rob VonBargen Football, Lacrosse

Mike Mauri Baseball, Football

Julie Bies Volleyball

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