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!