The Deer Park High School Chamber Orchestra recently had the rare opportunity to work with Bradley Bosenbeck and Bernard Tamosaitis. The former assistant conductor of “Phantom of the Opera,” Bosenbeck is an accomplished Broadway musician, arranger and composer. Tamosaitis, an accomplished cellist and Juilliard graduate, serves as principal cellist of the Bellas Artes orchestra of Mexico City.

Students attended master classes on music from “Phantom of the Opera” which will be performed at the school’s winter concerts in December. Directed by Bosenbeck and Tamosaitis, they also rehearsed as a group, learning about the opera and how to musically connect with the audience.

Date Added: 11/28/2023

Deer Park High School held its annual fall Breakfast for Champions on Nov. 15, welcoming the winning students, their parents, and school administrators and teachers to the library for a morning of recognition of student achievements, hard work and determination to overcome obstacles.

Students were honored in the 15 school department categories of athletics (Kaliyah Hull), business (Lucas Di-Vanna), English (Alyssa Cortes), English as a new language (Josue Ramires Del Cid), family and consumer science (Anthony Schiaffo), fine arts (Sara Zirpola), guidance (Zamani Simon), health (Gloria Min), mathematics (James DeGrange), performing arts (Meghan Brown), physical education (Tyler Romero), science (Vincent Vitolo), social studies (Leila Hastie), technology (Sanaya Archer) and world languages (Alexis Lazarte), as well as the Principal’s Award (Cliff Valtrin) and Teacher’s Award (Alexander Torre).

The breakfast was accompanied by classical music performed by the talented high school string sextet of Jayme Lipiec (viola), Eadie Liu (violin), Liana Luc (violin), Gloria Min (violin), Lorelai Silverstein (bass) and John Susana-Mendez (cello).

Date Added: 11/27/2023

In celebration of Veterans Day, the Deer Park High School and Robert Frost Middle School libraries were a hub of activity in honor of those who have served. Both libraries hosted activity stations to reach out to veterans, and students chose to write letters to veterans in honor and gratitude for their service. Members of the Library Leaders Club at both schools guided the letter-writing campaign and librarians hosted mini-lessons on letter-writing skills before the letters were mailed.

“Taking the time to show gratitude was a gift not only to our veterans, but to our students who paused to reflect on their freedoms and opportunities,” Robert Frost librarian Anne Lotito-Schuh said.

Date Added: 11/21/2023

Deer Park High School held its 62nd annual National Honor Society induction ceremony on Nov. 13, welcoming 81 new members to the prestigious organization. Class of 2024 valedictorian Jordan Trohan led the pledge of allegiance, NHS President Muhsin Maqsood administered the society’s pledge to the inductees, and Babylon Town Supervisor Rich Schaffer and Suffolk County Legislator Tom Donnelly were on hand to congratulate the new members.

“We congratulate and welcome these new members, who bring new energy in support of our continuing work as leaders in the Deer Park community,” NHS adviser Seth Margolin said.

Date Added: 11/21/2023

Deer Park High School’s boys cross-country team concluded their 2023 season by successfully defending the Town of Babylon Championship for the fourth year in a row, with four Falcons runners – Evan Attrino, Berk Bass, Mahdi Karimi and Jordan Trojan –among the top 10 finishers. This followed a strong performance as a team at the Suffolk County cross-country championship meet, where Attrino secured All-County honors.

“We are so proud of these gentlemen for their continued hard work and dedication they put into this program every day,” coach Sam Canonica said. “Great job from our running Falcons!”

Date Added: 11/20/2023