Students in the News: Art Student Wins Trip to Cayman Islands

Here is a look at Hampton Bays students that were caught doing great things.

Saving the Sharks

Sofia Solano Cruz and her family will get to take a vacation to the Cayman Islands after Cruz won first place in a contest, sponsored by the Beneath the Sea organization. The contest was created to make young people aware of some of the perils faced by marine creatures. Cruz's poster, which she designed in Debra McDowell’s art class is a picture of a girl at the grocery store, which had signs posted reading “Do Not Buy Shark Products.” In the color drawing, the girl has a “no sharks” illustration bubble above her head.

February Students of the Month

Two students — one from the Hampton Bays Elementary School and one from the high school — were awarded Student of the Month honors for the month of February at the Hampton Bays Board of Education meeting at the high school library on Tuesday, March 12. The students are Fourth-grader Michael Wilds and sophomore Alyssa Ortiz.

January Students of the Month

Three students in the Hampton Bays School District — one from the elementary school, one from the middle school and one from the high school — were nominated for Student of the Month honors for the month of January. Kindergartner Noah Hafemeister, seventh-grader Sophia Sosa and junior Christen Bellucci were all on hand to receive plaques and words of commendations from their respective principals during the Hampton Bays Board of Education meeting at the high school library on Feb. 12.

December Students of the Month

Three students — one each from the elementary school, middle school and high school — were nominated for Student of the Month honors for December. First-grader Justin Chiliquinga, eighth-grader Antonio Kull and junior Vanesa Parra Henao were on hand to receive plaques and words of commendations from their respective principals during the Hampton Bays Board of Education meeting at the high school library on Jan. 8.

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