The Park Press Volume 14, Issue 3

Washington Park School

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Principal’s Message : May 2020

These past few months have been unlike anything that most of us have ever experienced before. I want to thank all the teachers, students, administration, and parents for their cooperation, support, and hard work during this unprece-dented time. On March 15, we ushered in the Virtual Learning Era to Washington Park School with online learning from daily OneNote assignments, to “Zoom” clas-ses, to Flip Grid. Many of the teachers and students have been working very hard to complete all assignments on time, and I applaud all you for your ef-forts. I look forward to being able to put this behind us and begin a fresh new year in September. I truly miss all my students and wish everyone a happy, healthy, and safe sum-mer.

CORONA-CATION

By- Catherine Snell

As the going gets tough, the students at Washington

Park School get tougher as they continue to attend school virtual-

ly. In the midst of a pandemic, schools around the country and

world have been closed. After seven weeks of learning online,

uncertain as to whether schools will open again, New Jersey has

been informed that they will not be returning to school. Learning on line has its advantages and disadvantages, but most students miss the face to face interaction

and socialization with teachers and peers. Sure, every student is missing out of the rest of the year, but what about our eighth grade students and high school

seniors especially?

Since school was halted in March, the eighth-grade class at WPS was stripped of many opportunities. The Washington, D.C. trip as well as the eighth

grade formal was cancelled. They were the highlights of the final year at Washington Park School. The Eighth Grade Science Fair will be presented on a Zoom

call, and the school wide Art Show will also be presented in another format. High school seniors were stripped of their proms, project graduation, etc.

The WPS spring play, which would have been Frozen this year, has been cancelled. Students in the lower grades will have other shows to put on, but

eighth grade students, some of whom had lead roles, will not have another opportunity to perform in at Washington Park School. Hopefully, this is only a minor

setback, and they will continue to participate in theater throughout high school.

Youth Week, the day the eighth grade students have been preparing for since November, will not proceed as planned this year. The students who won

town and board of education positions in the general election usually spend the day learning about Totowa and how it operates. However, there is a possibility

that the program Zoom will be used for some sort of program for the day.

Graduating students across the country, whether elementary or high school, have been robbed of their last few months together as a grade. The 2020

commencement exercises in all schools will not be the same as in the past.

Although it is upsetting that eighth-grade students will not be having the rest of their eighth-grade year as they had planned, they can always look on

the bright side; they will have everything they missed out on this year at some point in high school. For example, prom and high school graduation will take

place. Hopefully, schools across the United States will return to normal in September, and all students across the country will get to experience some of the

things they missed this spring with the shut down.

Stay safe and healthy everyone.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WASHINGTON PARK HONOR STUDENTS MARKING PERIOD 2

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GRADE 3

A Honors

Esther Hope Asare

Valentina Bergamasco

George Dipsey

Generosa Gaita

Jewel Heerema

Ethan Joseph

Jaylen Lopez

Lindsay Moreno

Michael O'Hare

Victoria Reccoppa

Jonah Santana

B Honors

Omar Abuoss

Liyana Ali

Carrie Alvarado

Abigale Arias

Noah Barbosa

Annabella Barkalow

Dahlia Brens

Landon Britting

Kailyn Carlo

Michael Castellitto

Valentina Cordova

Gianna Dechert

Peter Dechert

Liam Felix

Samuel Ferreira

Amelia Furman

Emma Henry

Luca Jurlina

Andrew Kalokitis

Antonio-James King

Josslyn Manla

Andrew Massola

Juliet Mazza

Alexa Medina

Marcella Micciche

Yahir Morel

Aiden Nieto-Williams

Carla Noriega

Aleksander Nozka

James Pasquariello

Francesca Pelosi

Richard Petersen

Davien Polito

Nicholas Reccoppa

Jeremy Rodriguez

Edwin Sarita

Maggie Sutton

Lindsey Tipiane

Theodora Vlahopoulos

Emma Zhu

GRADE 4

A Honors

Majd Adham

Kamil Aly

Sabrina Antonucci

Emily-Faith Asare

Philip Cheff

Derren Claudio

Julian Esa

Mateo Garcia

George Golcev

Alan Guilliani

Dylan Holmberg

Adyan Hossain

Jil Modi

Scarlette Moran

Fabian Perez

Valentina Porfido

Yamile Principe-Leyva

Mehjabin Rahman

Hannah Reynoso

Daniel Sciancalepore

Olivia Urban

Mark Zalenski

B Honors

Gabriella Alborado

Noemi Alcaras

Anthony Alonzo

Julian Angione

Logan Arroyo

Sophia Balbaki

Giovanni Bambara

Nico Barbiere

Giovanna Burress

Ashley Caggiano

Lillian Corbo

Giana DiSanti

Nikola Dobre

Gulru Erkisi

Adrianna Galeazzi

Kayla Giarrusso

Valeria Gomez-Puentes

Luca Grant

Sophia Hernandez

Gabriella Juliano

Faith Kearney

Joud Khatib

Patryk Kobylinski

Jewlz Lopez

Maya Lorusso

Dennis McVeigh

Alexa Moro Terry

Joseph Nieto

Isabella Nunez

Alexander Owens

James Pascucci

Francesco Peluso

Evamaria Perez

Nicole Pinto

Roshni Razzak

Giancarlo Roberto

Jordyn Rogin

Damien Rojas

Daniela Romaniello

Dominic Romayo

Arianna Rossi

Camila Sandoval

Angelina Sawyer

Makayla Shearin

Savannah Snell

Janiyah Strong

Mahir Sultan

Ethan Thompson

Anthony Vecchio

Anthony Viola

Nicky Zheng

Aya Zreik

GRADE 5

A Honors

Saul Claudio

Isabella Cruz

Jayden Gandhi

Chase Marshall

Madelyn Scheck

Sarah Sefcik-Ma

B Honors

Chase Arrindell

Latifa Baloush

Kyle Cheung

Amelia Del Gaudio

Keshav Desai

Angelo Di Blasio

Aiden Doko

Joshua Falconi

Rachel Gordon

Derek Guess

Jaylanie Guzman

Paige Hasselberger

Francis Juliano

Tanjim Kadir

Shakir Khan

Kaitlyn Kreitz

Sabrina Linares

Gianna Madrid

Josiah Martinez

Madison Massicot

Juliana McNerney

Ava Molan

Hailey Molan

Shanaya Ortega

Anthony Paese

Eric Puglise

Liliani Ramirez

Kate Reilly

Caylee Reynolds

Carl Ricca

Dime Ristovski

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Samantha Rivera

Nicole Schaffer

Laura Schultz

Krishna Thaker

Scott Trajkoski

Sydney VanWinkle

Leila Viera

Marley-Metta West

Holly Wilson

Albert Yannarelli

Elizabeth Yannarelli

Chloe Zhang

GRADE 6

A Honors

Michael Berman

Emely Ferreras-Antigua

Alexa Gaboda

Emily Kalafut

Ioannis Koularmanis

Sara Kozlowski

Kacie Lara

Madison Mazur

Makeilah Montgomery

Maite Olivera

Alyssa Ricca

Gabriella Rivera

Adrianna Sabatino

Anthony Sabatino

Gabriella Veneziano

B Honors

Isabella Amendola

Rami Attili

Rian Veroniq Babaran

Kaylee Balaguer

Mohamed Baloush

Alexis Battagliese

Brianna Bellome

Mia Castellitto

Shakil Choudhury

Gabriella DePalma

Caleb DeVries

Daniel Domiciano

Katelynn Dominguez

Julianna Endrikat

Kennadi English

Selma Erkisi

Evan Errigo

Khloe Franco

Sofia Golcev

Lilly Grullon

Ava Guarente

Gianna Guerriero

Hayden Jackson

Lilliana Jimenez

Riyaan Khan

Jason Kim

Amy Lara

Alif Mahmood

Kylie Matos

Jaileen Melendez

Michael Moro

Daniel Muniz

Jean-Georges Nunez

Alexa Pasquariello

John Pelosi

Savannah Pillsbury

Giovanni Porfido

Anastasia Psarros

Haneen Qattous

Sara Rahiman

Charlotte Rodriguez

Grace Salvador

Danielle Sasso

Fiorella Silva

Aidan Stokes

Zoe Sutton

Landon Taylor

Jenmig Victoria

Aiden Zhu

Jason Zimbal

GRADE 7

A Honors

Abraham Ballesteros

Santino Barbiere

Mackenzie Beazley

Kyle Chou

Alexa DeLuccia

Kacey DiPasquale

Cameron Francese

Gianna Gaboda

Ariana Gandhi

Valencia Lowhur

Ava Nicosia

Nikoleta Psarros

Alexandra Reccoppa

Ella Sciancalepore

B Honors

Hannah Alvarez

Alayna Antonucci

Giuliana Antonucci

Madison Baer

Olivia Ciampa

Christopher Dingle

Jordyn French

Fiza Gohar

Nashit Ishraq Ifti

Tahmidul Islam

Lilliana Kalokitis

Krish Kanani

Anthony McNerney

Gianna Navarra

Danica Pascucci

Brandon Phan

Makayla Porter

Tristan Puerta

Alexander Retamozo

Jesse Santos

Valerie Schopperth

Hope Sullivan

Nayla Tapia

Sofia Tercias

Gabriel Torres

Talia Torres

Alexa Viola

Sophia Volpe

Arrian Wynter

GRADE 8

A Honors

Antonio Aguirre

Mona Arnous

Sara Barrise

Giavonna Bergamasco

Sara Castillo

Andrea Jean Colobong

Kush Desai

Jonathan Falconi

Daniel Pagano

James Reynolds

Kiril Tracev

B Honors

Rizwan Ahmed

Briana Arias

Joshua Arias

Nyamekye Asare

Tyler Bruno

Cheyann Brusco

Matias Chavez Rosas

Shahid Choudhury

Ryan De Nunzio

Ariella Endrikat

Alana Errigo

Nicco Fasoli

Giavanna Forte

Micaela Garcia

Peter Ghaly

Alessandra Giudice

Samantha Gutierrez

Matthew Huliev

Jose Jaramillo Ruiz

Charles Johnson

Dillon Kaleda

Ilayda Kucuk

Mykhayla Lopez

Megan LoPorto

Isabella Macaluso

Karen Macarlupo

Kayla Mehner

Luis Mendoza

Nevaeh Michel

Molly Monteyne

Nicholas Montiel

Emily Morfa

Natalya Morgan

Santiago Munoz

Alexus Navarro

Salvatore Panicucci

Kayla Perricelli

Julia Prosperi

Mary Reilly

Kaiden Rex

Alexa Riker

Kaiden Rodriguez

Emily Rogin

Bilal Safadi

Salsabil Sattar

Catherine Snell

Jason Souto

Briana Stokes

Julia Tanguay

Jillian Tovar

Rebecca Ulloa

Sofia Vargas

Brandon Veneziano

Tavi Victoria

Mikaella Viray

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WASHINGTON PARK HONOR STUDENTS MARKING PERIOD 3

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GRADE 3

A Honors

Liyana Ali

Valentina Bergamasco

Dahlia Brens

George Dipsey

Liam Felix

Jewel Heerema

Jaylen Lopez

Andrew Massola

Marcella Micciche

Lindsay Moreno

Aleksander Nozka

James Pasquariello

Richard Petersen

Victoria Reccoppa

Jonah Santana

Lindsey Tipiane

B Honors

Omar Abuoss

Mia Alcala

Carrie Alvarado

Esther Hope Asare

Noah Barbosa

Dominic Bellome

Landon Britting

Kailyn Carlo

Michael Castellitto

Gianna Dechert

Peter Dechert

Antonella DiSanti

Samuel Ferreira

Amelia Furman

Generosa Gaita

Gianna Dechert

Peter Dechert

Antonella DiSanti

Samuel Ferreira

Amelia Furman

Generosa Gaita

Isabella Grieco

Emma Henry

Ethan Joseph

Luca Jurlina

Andrew Kalokitis

Josslyn Manla

Francesco Maturi

Juliet Mazza

Alexa Medina

Aiden Nieto-Williams

Carla Noriega

Michael O'Hare

Francesca Pelosi

Davien Polito

Lamees Qattous

Abigail Ramadan

Nicholas Reccoppa

Joseph Rosiello

Yarilyn Santana

Edwin Sarita

Sofie Stokes

Maggie Sutton

Georgina Tulumba

Theodora Vlahopoulos

Sean Yennie

Emma Zhu

GRADE 4

A Honors

Majd Adham

Anthony Alonzo

Ashley Caggiano

Philip Cheff

Mateo Garcia

Valeria Gomez-Puentes

Alan Guilliani

Adyan Hossain

Jil Modi

Scarlette Moran

Alexander Owens

Fabian Perez

Mehjabin Rahman

Hannah Reynoso

Daniela Romaniello

Mark Zalenski

B Honors

Gabriella Alborado

Noemi Alcaras

Kamil Aly

Julian Angione

Sabrina Antonucci

Emily-Faith Asare

Giovanni Bambara

Nico Barbiere

Ariana Bullaro

Giovanna Burress

Derren Claudio

Junnia Conde

Lillian Corbo

Giana DiSanti

Gulru Erkisi

Julian Esa

Adrianna Galeazzi

George Golcev

Luca Grant

Sophia Hernandez

Dylan Holmberg

Brooke Jackson

Gabriella Juliano

Joud Khatib

Patryk Kobylinski

Maya Lorusso

Dennis McVeigh

Alexa Moro Terry

Joseph Nieto

James Pascucci

Francesco Peluso

Nicole Pinto

Valentina Porfido

Roshni Razzak

Giancarlo Roberto

Jordyn Rogin

Damien Rojas

Dominic Romayo

Arianna Rossi

Camila Sandoval

Daniel Sciancalepore

Makayla Shearin

Mahir Sultan

Ethan Thompson

Giulianna Torres

Olivia Urban

Anthony Vecchio

Anthony Viola

Luciano Zagra

Nicky Zheng

GRADE 5

A Honors

Saul Claudio

Jayden Gandhi

Chase Marshall

Madelyn Scheck

Laura Schultz

Krishna Thaker

B Honors

Angelina Angotti

Chase Arrindell

Latifa Baloush

Isabella Cruz

Keshav Desai

Angelo Di Blasio

Aiden Doko

Joshua Falconi

Salvatore Gonzalez

Rachel Gordon

Derek Guess

Jaylanie Guzman

Mia Haro

Paige Hasselberger

Francis Juliano

Tanjim Kadir

Shakir Khan

Kaitlyn Kreitz

Sabrina Linares

Gianna Madrid

Madison Massicot

Juliana McNerney

Ava Molan

Shanaya Ortega

Eric Puglise

Caylee Reynolds

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Carl Ricca

Nicole Schaffer

Sarah Sefcik-Ma

Kush Thaker

Scott Trajkoski

Leila Viera

Albert Yannarelli

Chloe Zhang

GRADE 6

A Honors

Brianna Bellome

Michael Berman

Gabriella DePalma

Kennadi English

Evan Errigo

Emely Ferreras-Antigua

Alexa Gaboda

Sofia Golcev

Lilliana Jimenez

Emily Kalafut

Anshi Kanani

Riyaan Khan

Ioannis Koularmanis

Sara Kozlowski

Kacie Lara

Madison Mazur

Makeilah Montgomery

Maite Olivera

Alexa Pasquariello

Conor Petersen

Sara Rahiman

Alyssa Ricca

Adrianna Sabatino

Anthony Sabatino

Danielle Sasso

Gabriella Veneziano

B Honors

Jaylynn Amaro

Isabella Amendola

Rami Attili

Rian Veroniq Babaran

Kaylee Balaguer

Alexis Battagliese

Mia Castellitto

Caleb DeVries

Daniel Domiciano

Katelynn Dominguez

Julianna Endrikat

Alina Ferguson

Lilly Grullon

Ava Guarente

Gianna Guerriero

Nicholas Huliev

Hayden Jackson

Jason Kim

Andrea Kobylinski

Anthula Koleros

Amy Lara

Alif Mahmood

Jaileen Melendez

Logan Monteyne

Michael Moro

Daniel Muniz

Jean-Georges Nunez

Sebastian Paez

John Pelosi

Giovanni Porfido

Gabriella Rivera

Daniela Roberto

Michael Rodriguez

Grace Salvador

Fiorella Silva

Tricia Snell

Emily Sosnovska

Aidan Stokes

Zoe Sutton

Shahd Tamimi

Jenmig Victoria

GRADE 7

A Honors

Abraham Ballesteros

Santino Barbiere

Mackenzie Beazley

Kyle Chou

Alexa DeLuccia

Christopher Dingle

Kacey DiPasquale

Ariana Gandhi

Nashit Ishraq Ifti

Valencia Lowhur

Ava Nicosia

Alexandra Reccoppa

Valerie Schopperth

Arrian Wynter

B Honors

Hannah Alvarez

Alayna Antonucci

Giuliana Antonucci

Madison Baer

Elijah Burress

Avery Cannataro

Olivia Ciampa

Nicole Contreras-Castaneda

Ava Drakakis

Cameron Francese

Jordyn French

Natalia Furman

Dante Palazzo

Brandon Phan

Makayla Porter

Nikoleta Psarros

Alexander Retamozo

Ivana Revisore

Asia Rivera

Jesse Santos

Ella Sciancalepore

Yudum Seker

Nayla Tapia

Sofia Tercias

Talia Torres

Alexander Urena

Alexa Viola

Sophia Volpe

GRADE 8

A Honors

Antonio Aguirre

Mona Arnous

Sara Barrise

Giavonna Bergamasco

Andrea Jean Colobong

Kush Desai

Jose Jaramillo Ruiz

Charles Johnson

Isabella Macaluso

Emily Morfa

Daniel Pagano

Julia Prosperi

James Reynolds

Emily Rogin

Kiril Tracev

Brandon Veneziano

B Honors

Nyamekye Asare

Cheyann Brusco

Brian Buniewski

Sara Castillo

Matias Chavez Rosas

Shahid Choudhury

Nathan Cielemecki

Ryan De Nunzio

Ariella Endrikat

Alana Errigo

Jonathan Falconi

Nicco Fasoli

Giavanna Forte

Micaela Garcia

Peter Ghaly

Alessandra Giudice

Gianna Goow

Samantha Gutierrez

Matthew Huliev

Dillon Kaleda

Ilayda Kucuk

Mykhayla Lopez

Megan LoPorto

Karen Macarlupo

Kayla Mehner

Nevaeh Michel

Molly Monteyne

Nicholas Montiel

Natalya Morgan

Santiago Munoz

Alexus Navarro

Salvatore Panicucci

Kiyan Patel

Kayla Perricelli

Robert Pierson

Mary Reilly

Kaiden Rex

Alexa Riker

Kaiden Rodriguez

Bilal Safadi

Salsabil Sattar

Catherine Snell

Jason Souto

Briana Stokes

Julia Tanguay

Jillian Tovar

Rebecca Ulloa

Mikaella Viray

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The Park Press

FOURTH GRADE CELEBRATES

DIFFERENT CULTURES

By:Peter Ghaly

Gianna Goow

Catherine Snell

Once again, Washington Park School

hosted Nation’s Night, an event where the fourth grade

students celebrate their diverse cultures with singing and

food. Fourth grade students spent their class time researching different cultures and traditions for the last month or so. Students sang songs from around the globe,

including “Canoe Song,” which is Native American, “Kuwa Furaha,” which is East African, and “Gong Xi Gong Xi,” which is Chinese. Students brought in food

representing their country, which was eaten after the wonderful performance. Some of these foods included pierogis, baked apples, and baked ziti.

The wonderfully entertaining night began with students walking onstage and performing their first song which was in a foreign language. They ended

with “Back in the USA” to celebrate their return from their journey in music around the world. There was a short intermission where a video about Smile Train, a

charity to help perform surgeries on children with cleft lips, was presented. Parents were given a goal of reaching $1,000 for the children in need. Even students and

families of other grade levels can donate to smile train by visiting the website “www.smiletrain.org.”

Hopefully, this fourth-grade tradition will continue for many years to come in Washington Park School. Every year students volunteer and parents alike

enjoy listening to their children and peers sing songs showcasing their cultures and traditions.

A NIGHT TO

REMEMBER

On February 20, 2020, the Nineteenth Annual

Eighth Grade Fashion Show was held at the Brownstone in Paterson. A vote for the theme of the fashion show was held a short time before, and the theme of

“The Big Apple” was the winner. Students were fortunate enough to wear snazzy clothes from Macy’s, Robert’s Tuxedos, and numerous other clothes stores and

outlets.

Each male student selected a stylish tuxedo of their own choosing complete with pants, a tie, and shoes. Practically none of the tuxedos were the

same, which allowed for a lot of variety. The boys really looked very handsome. The girls did the same and looked beautiful. Each selected dresses or gowns

which suited them. The harder part for the girls was the accessory choices: jewelry, shoes, hair ornaments, etc. They were all on their own for that, and in the

end everyone looked amazing.

Previous to the big event, the models practiced several times on how to walk on the runway, but their poses on the runway that evening were com-

pletely of their own choosing. This provided much entertainment.

On the day of the fashion show, students were permitted to leave at 1:20

P.M. so they could get ready for the fashion show, making sure they would look

their best for the big premiere. Again, the girls had the harder part of getting their

hair, nails, and makeup precisely done.

Once the time came, everyone rocked it. Everyone looked fantastic!

By: Nathan Cielemecki

Kush Desai

Antonio Lisitano

Molly Monteyne

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IT’S AN AIR AFFAIR

By: Sabrina Amendola

Charles Johnson

In January, approximately twenty students from sixth, seventh, and eighth grades tried out for

the girls’ traveling volleyball team. Only fourteen girls were chosen to make up the junior varsity and varsi-

ty teams. These teams’ members were interchangeable. The competition to make the teams was tough, and

the final teams were comprised of two sixth grade, seven seventh grade, and five eighth grade students. Mr.

Scully, WPS physical education teacher, coached the teams and made every player work hard, helping each

of them to improve.

The team practiced every day after school whenever there was access to the gym. In addition, there were also optional practices in the morning and many

came to get better. Both the junior varsity and varsity players practiced with much effort and competed in a great way. They were all fighting for their positions, as

there were only six girls on the court for junior varsity and varsity.

The teams competed against a few teams this year, but the record of the varsity team is the only one that is recorded. The varsity girls played against

Madison Middle School, Mendham Middle School, Heritage Middle School, and East Hanover Middle School with no wins. In particular, the varsity team did not

have any victories against Madison Middle School, but each game played against them was a close scoring game.

Following the regular season, the teams competed in a tournament. The varsity team lost its first tournament game to Heritage Middle School located in

Livingston, New Jersey causing it to be out of the tournament. The varsity team’s overall record was zero wins and six losses for the season, but the girls played

every game competitively. Even though the varsity team failed to win any games, the girls still formed friendships on and off the court.

MAKING OUR MARK

By– Sara Barrise

Graduation is here now.

Raining success has been accomplished.

Aim for a bright future.

Decide what path you want to take.

Understand your worth and values.

Always put your right foot forward.

To a new beginning,

It is a time to turn the page to the next chapter.

Open the door with open arms.

Now it's time to go off our own ways,

As the grads we become today.

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This newspaper staff represents students from period 2 writing class during academic rotation. It reflects the journalism and process-writing skills that were taught during this time period, ending with this actual newspaper publication. Thank you to all WPS staff members who cooper-ated with the newspaper staff by giving of their time and interviews. The staff very much enjoyed their introduction to the world of jour-nalism.

ADVISOR—Ms. Doreen Peranio

Amendola, Sabrina

Asare, Nyamekye

Barrise, Sara

Bergamasco, Giavonna

Cielemecki, Nathan

Desai, Kush

Estrada, Wanda

Ghaly, Peter

Goow, Gianna

Johnson, Charles

Lisitano, Antonio

Monteyne, Molly

Morfa, Emily

Olejar, Brian

Poma, Tiffany

Prosperi, Julia

Safadi, Bilal

Snell, Catherine

NEWSPAPER STAFF

By: Tiffany Poma

Congratulations to Isbella Cruz and Anthony Viola for winning the fourth grade American Legion Coloring Contest.

SWAGGY STUDENT SINGERS

(THE SEQUEL)

By: Ny Asare

Emily Morfa

Brian Olejar

Bilal Safadi

On Tuesday, February 11, 2020, the Unplugged Concert was performed in Washington Park School’s gymnasium. The Glee Club, A Capella, and

Senior Band performed beautiful songs from popular artists such as, “Memories,” “Sorry,” and “Ocean Eyes.” One song, “Hallelujah,” was sung in a trio by

Mykhayla Lopez, Kayla Perricelli, and Hope Sullivan.

The amount of work that the groups exercised in the rehearsals for this concert was tremendous. The rehearsals were under the direction of Mr. Latka

and Mr. Carl, music teachers at WPS. In the end, it was well worth it, judging from the response of the crowd.

While listening to the performance, guests were offered snacks, provided by the PTO, of cookies, cheese and crackers, and fruit along with punch.

At the end of the evening, the students were very proud of themselves. The crowd was filled with euphoria after watching such a delightful perfor-

mance. It truly was such a rewarding experience that seemed to have left the audience wanting to watch it again!