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Students Observe International Day
of Peace at United Nations
Sophomore Honors Seminar students, joined by faculty
and students from Holy Cross High School, Waterbury,
Connecticut, participated in the United Nations 10th Annual
Student Observance of the International Day of Peace on
Friday, September 21st held in the UN General Assembly.
Presentations made by “Messengers of Peace” Michael
Douglas, Jane Goodall, Elie Wiesel, and Princess Noar of
Jordan, included videoconference sites in the Sudan, Congo
and the United States, and were followed by an interchange
via video with villagers from Darfur and Sudan who
expressed their fears about violence, poverty and hunger.
Holy Cross students in the
General Assembly: (l-r) Back
row: Joseph Alessandro,
Yiannis Karapiperis, Marc
Loughlin, Brandon
Sweetman, Peter Kowpak;
Front row: Nicholas
Cocchiaro, Sean Mulligan,
Lucas Lauber, Ryan Sobeck.
Knights with their teachers
and Waterbury,
Connecticut counterparts:.
(l-r) First row:
(from Holy Cross-
Waterbury) Matthew
Goulet, Antoine Gary,
Caitlin Decortin, and
Sarah Masotta.
Second Row:
(Knights) Peter
Kowpak, Brandon Sweetman, Marc
Loughlin, Giacomo Grasso; Standing:Waterbury Counselor, Jenny
Casey and Knights--Ryan Sobeck, Sean Mulligan, Joseph Alessandro,
Nicholas Cocchiaro, Yiannis Karapiperis, Lucas Lauber, and Holy
Cross, Flushing teachers, Janine White and Michael Donohue.
Holy Cross Ring Ceremony
Honors Junior Class
Altar Servers and Eucharistic
Ministers before the ceremony.
(l-r) Chris Engelmann ‘08, Scott
Cermak ‘08, Chris Tromp ‘08,
Stephen Jannetti ‘09, Steven
Mare ‘09, Nicholas Hristis
‘09, Anthony Musso ‘09,
Robert Renzi ’08.
Juniors pack a punch with
their new class rings. (l-r)
Jeffrey Fernandez, Scott
Gandasequi, Diego
Cardoso-Pereira, Nico
Cusumano, Billy Brady,
and Steven Mare.
School Spirit Raises Over
$104,700 for Walkathon 2007!
Br. Ralph Edmiston, CSC, Senior
Advancement Associate, with Walkathon
Student Volunteers. (l-r) Standing: Br. Ralph
Edmiston, csc, Walkathon Coordinator,
Jonathan Dobey ’08, Sean Donnelly ’08,
Mario Avellone ’09, Anthony Mongelli
’08, Michael McManus ’09, Justin
Tableman ’09, Greg Kelly ’09; Kneeling:
Tom Monte ’09, Stephen Mare ‘09
Sports Corner
Knights Grab City Championship! On March 9th the Holy
Cross Varsity Basketball team defeated Christ the King 56-48
to win the 2008 CHSAA (Catholic High School Athletic
Association) “AA” City Championship—the first city championship
since 1968, and the second in the school’s history! By
virtue of this win, Holy Cross also took the 2008 New York
State CHSAA “AA” Championship. This is the first time the
Knights have been State Champs, as the title did not exist in
1968. Sylven Landesberg ‘08 was named the tournament’s
MVP. Congratulations to Coach Gilvary and the entire team!
The Champs! Sitting (l-r) Joseph
Monahan ‘09, Felix Llanos ‘08,
Tyshawn Russell ‘08, Blaise
Ffrench ‘08, Les Paul Newton
‘08, Kayvon Roberts ‘08, Sylven
Landesberg ’08. Standing: (l-r)
Keirnan Mahoney ‘09, Glen
Belekis ‘08, Jerry Jean-Baptiste
‘09, Tim Beinert ‘08, Justin
Giryluk ‘08, Ernest Freeman ‘08, Sharif Mair ‘09, Eric
Klingsberg ‘09, Darius Scurry ‘08.
Knights Take the Ice by Storm! On March 6th
the Varsity Hockey team defeated Cardinal
Spellman High School in the first two games of
a “best-of-three” series. Holy Cross slid to victory
in the first game with a 9-0 win—and
trumped Spellman 5-2 for the second game.
Congratulations to Coach Kevin Goodspeed
and the team!
Student Government with moderator
Magaly Lopez-Lohnes and
Br. Stephen LaMendola, csc,
lead the way!
Math teacher,
Terry Tarpey ’83
gives thumbs up as he pauses along
the route with Seniors Andres Guerra
and Roger Gustave.
Faculty members
join in the fun! (l-r)
Stan Aufieri, Robert
Goglia, Joe Walz, Jim
Stanton.
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