Sc H ool S Marion Street students fundraise to pie a teacher

On April 5, whipped cream flew through the gymnasium at Marion Street Elementary School as the community gathered for the thrilling culmination of the Pie Your Principal fundraiser. Marion Street classes were challenged by the Student Council to raise money for ALS Ride For Life, a nonprofit that supports research to find a cure for ALS. Each class worked hard to bring in the most donations for the chance to pie Principal Theresa Macchia and other Marion Street staff members.

Anthony Simone’s fourth grade class raised the most money, followed by Kristen Keane’s third grade class and Christina Toscano’s first grade class. The top three classes took turns tossing plates of whipped cream while their peers cheered them on. It was an unforgettable event for all.

Ride For Life will visit Marion Street in May to receive the grand total collected by the Marion Street community.

fundraising for The thrilling event will benefit ALS Ride For Life.

Making sport out of sonnets

In the spirit of March Madness, East Rockaway High School students made sport out of sonnets as they competed in the annual Poetry Madness competition.

The contest, which is run by the English Department, received hundreds of entries and narrows them down from 64 to 32 to 16 to eight. All poems were based on a predetermined theme. This year’s theme was “honesty.” easT rockaway high School Poetry Madness Elite 8 students Julia Mannino, far left, Megan Acuti, Clare Acuti, Maya Motherway, Stephanie Lynch, Matt Larin, Louis Perri and Nicholas Bey.

On April 6, the poems of the Elite 8 students — Clare Acuti, Megan Acuti, Nicholas Bey, Matt Larin, Stephanie Lynch, Julia Mannino, Maya Motherway and Louis Perri — were read at a student assembly.

The competition was fierce, and Bey, Megan Acuti, Mannino, and Perri advanced to the Final 4. The judges then had a challenging task and selected Megan Acuti and Bey for the championship round.

In the end, Bey was crowned the Poetry Madness Champion with his poem entitled “Right and Wrong”.