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The Manhasset Times, Friday, April 29, 2016
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Herricks ensemble performs at festival The Herricks High School Wind Ensemble was among only four performance groups that were featured in the 12th annual LIU Post Band Festival on April 17. Held at the Tilles Center, this event also spotlighted the 2016 Tilles Festival Band, to which two Herricks students were accepted.
The high school’s wind ensemble, directed by Scott Stickley, performed two selections, including “Keeping in Step with the Union” by John Philip Sousa and “Downtown Divertimento” by Johan de Meij. As a special highlight, Meji himself served as conductor for his own composition and also helped the group prepare during a clinic held prior to the concert.
The 2016 Tilles Festival Band included students from across Long Island who were chosen based on auditions. Brian Fitzpatrick and Jacquelyn Lee represented Herricks and rehearsed under the direction of James McRoy, the director of band for the LIU Post’s department of music.
Herricks students receive L.I. Math Fair awards Eighteen members of Herricks Middle School’s Math Research Club received awards at the Long Island Math Fair, held at Hofstra University on April 15. Every year, students from Nassau and Suffolk Counties research and present on a variety of complex and interesting topics with the prospect of receiving awards and recognitions. The following Herricks students received medals: Seventh-grade gold: Alison Chou — game theory Andrew Kim — logarithms Preethi Krishnamoorthy — matrices
Vendors wanted for crafts fair The Manhasset High School Art Honor Society will hold their 2nd annual “Create for a Cause” Arts and Crafts Fair. The event will be held at the Manhasset Secondary School Gymnasium from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free and the cost of activities will range from $1 to $10 Additionally, a limited number of tables are available for select vendors of high quality crafts. For more information, contact Mrs. Mazzilli at 516 267-7641.
Chiara Tan — matrices and determiand determinants Haritha Lakshmanan — Fibonacci nants Emily Wei — parabolas numbers Eighth-grade gold: Seventh-grade bronze: Rohan Gupta — differential calculus Justin Koe — Pascal’s triangle Emily Tucker — matrices and deterSam Leung — law of cosines Kyle Pinzon — matrices and determi- minants Rachel Won — tetrahedron nants
Eighth-grade silver: Angela Joseph — Pascal’s triangle Joanna Thyagaraj — law of cosines Eighth-grade bronze: Derek Chen — topology Carrie Hsu — cubic functions Shreya Patel — conic sections Harsh Soni — limits
Martins honors Manhasset marching band The Manhasset High School Marching Band members were congratulated by Sen. Jack Martins after winning their seventh straight state championship in 2015. He presented the band with copies of a legislative resolution he sponsored, honoring their accomplishment. With passage of the resolution, the band’s achievement will forever be part of the New York State Senate’s official record. With its 2015 field show featuring music from the movie “Star Wars,” the band captured the top honor with a first place finish at the New York State Marching Band Championship this past October. This is the band’s seventh consecutive state championship in the US Bands competition circuit. “Sustaining that level of excellence for so long is extremely rare and very special, and it’s impossible without countless said. “Congratulations to the students and of the Manhasset Marching Band with anhours of hard work and practice,” Martins staff for building upon the storied legacy other championship season.”