Several Sachem High School students have been awarded the prestigious AP Capstone Diploma and AP Capstone Certificate. The AP Capstone program, consisting of two advanced courses – AP Seminar and AP Research, is designed to challenge students and develop essential skills like independent research, collaboration and effective communication. This rigorous program is a significant accomplishment, reflecting students' hard work and dedication to their academics.

 

Students who earn the AP Capstone Diploma must score 3 or higher in both AP Seminar and AP Research, as well as on four additional AP exams of their choice. Congratulations to the current Sachem students who received this designation:

 

High School East – Diploma

Sarah Baker, Sahar Fatima, Kyle Finnegan, Christopher Freriks, Madyn Gassner, Connor Henzel, Melisa Kucuk, Eva Lifschultz, Sarah Nagel, John O’Brien, Ibrahim Suleman, Hannah Thomas, Krish Vakharia and Julianna Wottawa.

 

High School North – Diploma

Alain Alarcon, Katelyn Amato, Danielle Annese, Tricia Block, Meadow McKeegan, Ryan Medina, Rebecca Sinatra, Sabir Tarique, Tasmiah Tawhid and Logan Wiliiamson.

 

Those who earn the AP Capstone Certificate earned scores of 3 or higher on both the AP Seminar and AP Research courses. Congratulations to the following current students:

 

High School East – Certificate

Emma Accetta, Max Bennett, Aleysha Cordero, Morgan Iadanza, Meadow Murphy, Isabella Park, Leah Ratto, Addison Romanowski, Arianna Schuman, Scarlett Stroup and Amanda Thurston.

 

High School North – Certificate

Paloma Bednar, Valentina Colonia Guzman, Hannah Harvey, Lydia Hicyilmaz and Patricia Tomas.

 

In addition, several members of the Class of 2024 earned either the AP Capstone Certificate or AP Capstone Diploma.

 

High School East Class of 2024 graduates:

Diploma: Harrison Brown, Anthony Chomba, Eshal Chowdhury, Timothy Famiglietti, Ashlynn Foster, Mahek Hassanali, Matt Ilario, Alexis Salcedo, Joseph Vento, Erin Vetter and Sara Vetter.

Certificate: Christopher Campolo, Autumn Danziger, Giulia Esposito, Maysum Hassanali, Angelina Mannino, Sean Peek, Michael Roussinos and Riley Saposnick.

 

High School North Class of 2024 graduates:

Diploma: Nicholas Annese, Ashley Edgar, Ryan DeSimone, Jacob Flores Zeranski, Angelina Haufler, Gabriella Heinssen, Grace Hirst, Teagan Hodge, Riya Jasani, Andrew Metzger, Mia Ponticelli, Avi Talsania, Colin Veraszto and Matthew Wrightson.

Certificate: Giovanni Gandolfi

 

Date Added: 9/26/2024

 

Several of our Sachem students have been designated as Top 100 athletes by Newsday for the fall season. To recognize this achievement, we asked them to share a team goal, personal goal and a highlight as a Sachem athlete.

Field Hockey Top 50
Jessica Nodell, Sachem North, Senior
Team goal – “To support each other and work together as a team.”
Personal goal – “To continue to challenge myself and play to the best of my ability.”
Highlight as a Sachem athlete – “Playing field hockey has been a rewarding experience for me at Sachem and one that I hope to continue playing in college.”

Morgan Quirk, Sachem North, Junior
Team goal – “My team goal for this season is to all work together seamlessly through better communication and support for one another, on and off the field.”
Personal goal – “A personal goal of mine for this season is to continue working on my leadership skills along with my communication with my teammates.”
Highlight as a Sachem athlete – “A highlight of being a Sachem Athlete is the opportunities that I have been given to demonstrate my love and passion for the sport, while being able to be a role model for younger athletes playing field hockey.”

Kayla Richter, Sachem East, Senior
Team goal – “Work together, trust each other, and take it a game at a time to get to LIC”
Personal goal – “Be a leader on and off the field, be a person my teammates can rely on and look up to”
Highlight as a Sachem athlete – “Beating a team we haven’t beat in five years recently, they are such a strong team but it proved that when we work together as a team we can accomplish so much.”

Boys Soccer Top 100
Luka Verbanac, Sachem North, Senior

Girls Soccer Top 100
Stephanie Tator, Sachem East, Junior

Football Top 100
Angelo Portillo, Sachem North, Senior
Team goal – “To win the SCC and the LIC.”
Personal goal – “I want to make All-County and possibly All-State.”
Highlight as a Sachem athlete – “My biggest highlight was winning both rounds of the playoffs last year against teams we lost to already, and then making it to the SCC.”

Lucas Singleton, Sachem North, Senior
Team goal – “Making it far into season and become better players.”
Personal goal – “Having the best season I can as a player and leader. Being the best player and or RB on the Island.”
Highlight as a Sachem athlete – “Always a great staff and community behind us.”

AJ Vurchio, Sachem East, Senior
Team goal – “Long Island championship.”
Personal goal – “Boomer finalist and five touchdowns a game.”
Highlight as a Sachem athlete – “Beating Melville 2023.”

Girls Volleyball Top 50
Samantha Madigan, Sachem East, Senior

Lea Rowett, Sachem North, Senior
Team goal – “To make playoffs.”
Personal goal – “To improve my serving.”
Highlight as a Sachem athlete – “Committing to play division one lacrosse at The University Of Massachusetts Lowell.”

Boys Volleyball Top 50
Bryan Kuhl, Sachem North, Sophomore

Ryan McKeon, Sachem East, Senior
Team goal – “Win states.”
Personal goal – “Beat every team we lost to last year.”
Highlight as a Sachem athlete – “The team/school mentality.”

Sam Morreale, Sachem North, Senior
Team goal – “To win a county, Long island, and state championship.”
Personal goal – “To be the suffolk county MVP and win a county championship with my little brother.”
Highlight as a Sachem athlete – “My highlight as a sachem athlete is been being able to represent Sachem North Volleyball as a captain for the last two years, and being able to lead and be a role model for the next few generations of Sachem volleyball players.”

Tyler Rooi, Sachem East, Senior
Team goal – “My team goal for the season is to be League Champions this year. This is the first year in a while wear we have a chance to go far. I would also love to have a playoff game at home this year.”
Personal goal – “My personal goal for this season is to be Elite 8.”
Highlight as a Sachem athlete – “My highlight as a sachem athlete is beating Sachem North in the 2022 season.”

Jake Spring, Sachem North, Senior
Team goal – “To win our very last game.”
Personal goal – “To constantly improve every time I step on the court in practice and in game.”
Highlight as a Sachem athlete – “The great treatment we receive. Every sports team in sachem is in full support of other sports teams. All the student athletes understand the pressures that come with being a student athlete and they have each other's backs”

 

Click here to view the HS East slideshow.

Click here to view the HS North slideshow.

 

Date Added: 9/23/2024

Sachem High School East student Kailyn Lamb was named a finalist in the 2024 Student Playwriting Competition, sponsored by the New York State Theatre Education Association. Each year, NYSTEA holds the competition to help student playwrights develop their work. Students submit a play that is five minutes in length, which is then reviewed by a panel of readers from the theatre and theatre education fields.

As a finalist, Lamb will work with an assigned playwriting mentor who will help guide her through a revision process to bring her play to its full potential. Following revisions, the play will be performed at the NYSTEA Student Conference in January.

Date Added: 9/20/2024

Students and staff across the Sachem Central School District honored Patriot Day on Sept. 11 through several remembrance ceremonies and displays.

Sachem High School East held an inaugural ceremony at its 9/11 memorial outside of the building. Principal Lou Antonetti welcomed the crowd of students and staff before the Pledge of Allegiance was recited and the choir sang the national anthem. Several student speakers stepped up to the podium and gave speeches about the importance of community, bravery and heroism. Members of the junior class explained the meaning behind High School East’s memorial and how the 25 flags surrounding it represent the 25 lives lost within the Sachem community. Those 25 names were then read aloud as students placed wreaths at the memorial.

Similarly, Sachem High School North held its annual ceremony. Students, staff and local leaders gathered at the building’s memorial to commemorate the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, as well as all those impacted by the tragic events. Students led the ceremony and invited their peers to read heartfelt essays they wrote in their English classes. The essays honored the first responders, heroes and citizens who were impacted, while also acknowledging the sense of patriotism and unity across the nation.

Many of the district’s elementary schools invited students to wear red, white and blue as a symbol of solidarity. At Tamarac Elementary School, students came together to sing patriotic songs and watch a flag-raising ceremony outside of the building.

Click here to view the HS East slideshow.

Click here to view the HS North slideshow.

Click here to view the Tamarac slideshow.

Date Added: 9/11/2024

Sachem High School East Senior Jaden Rudnicki has a lot to celebrate with a string of recent successes for the young French horn student. Jaden started his summer by performing with the Island Symphony Orchestra. Soon after, he was notified that he won second place in his age division in the Charleston International Music Festival 19th Century Music Competition. A week later, Jaden performed a Horn Concerto with the Northport Community Band as the first runner-up in their Young Artists Competition. Following this, Jaden spent 2 weeks at the Philadelphia International Music Festival & Camp, where he studied horn with the associate principal horn of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Jeffrey Lang. While at the camp, he won third place in his age division in the Virtual Concerto Competition and Honorable Mention in the Live Concerto Competition. Following the camp, Jaden flew to Fort Collins, Colorado to attend the International Horn Symposium. During his time there, Jaden had the opportunity to study under Leelanee Sterett, who sits third horn with the New York Philharmonic.

Since school has resumed, Jaden has received additional good news. He was accepted to the NYSSMA All-State Honors Festival for the second consecutive year, this time as a Horn 1 with the Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, Jaden will be attending the rigorous Manhattan School of Music Pre-College program on horn every Saturday from now through May 31st. As part of the program, Jaden will receive private lessons from Hugo Valverde, the second horn in The Met Opera Orchestra.

Sachem is proud of Jaden Rudnicki and all of his many accomplishments regarding the French horn. We wish him the best of luck in his senior year!

 

Date Added: 9/9/2024