All-State Musicians Recognized
Hicksville High School students Sean Beatty, Sissi Goh, Alyson Kingsley, Arvin Mehra, Vanessa Patterson, and John Ryan Chaplin were recognized at the September 20 Board of Education meeting for being selected to perform at the 87th NYSSMA All-State Winter Conference being held in Rochester, New York on Nov. 30 - Dec. 23.
These students have demonstrated exceptional skill on their instruments and have been dedicated members of the Hicksville High School music program for several years. Hicksville Schools Supervisor of Fine Arts Chad Wyman shared, “This honorable designation is a testament to their hard work and dedication to their craft and love of music.”
Front Row: Hicksville Schools Supervisor of Fine Arts Chad Wyman, High School students Vanessa Patterson, John Ryan Chaplin, Alyson Kingsley, Sissi Goh and Arvin Mehra, Hicksville High School Music Teacher Arielle Siegel, Hicksville Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ted Fulton and Board of Education President Annette Beiner. (L-R) Back Row: Hicksville High School Principal Raymond Williams and Hicksville High School student
Sean Beatty.
Scholar Artist Recognized
Hicksville High School student Brian Jaco was recognized at the September 20 Board of Education meeting for being named a Scholar Artist Merit Award Recipient for Visual Arts through the Long Island Arts Alliance (LIAA).
The Long Island Arts Alliance (LIAA) has developed the Scholar-Artist Awards program to present outstanding high school artists to the public in monthly profiles that will appear in Newsday and on Newsday.com.
Scholar–Artists are chosen from five disciplines: Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Dance, and Media Arts. Selections are made from a pool of students nominated by Long Island’s public-school districts, and from independent and parochial schools. From these nominees, the Scholar-Artist selection committees choose one monthly award winner from Nassau and one from Suffolk for ten consecutive months throughout the school year.
The Scholar–Artist program is endorsed by the New York State School Music Association, the New York State Art Teachers Association, the Nassau and Suffolk chapters of the New York State Council of Administrators of Music Education, and the Nassau and Suffolk Art Supervisors Associations.
(L-R) Front Row: Hicksville High School Principal Raymond Williams, Board of Education President Annette Beiner, Hicksville High School student Brian Jaco, Hicksville Schools Supervisor of Fine Arts Chad Wyman, and Hicksville Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ted Fulton.