Thursday, June 17, 2010

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Interviewed Wyandanch 1962 Alumni and Teachers

Corinne Allazio


Ann Hicks


Barry Krupowicz




Henry "Butch" Johnson





Industrial Arts Teacher Leroy Fleming


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Deaniqua Phillips Wins Poetry Competition!

Deaniqua Phillips, one of the interviews for the documentary, has won first place in an annual poetry competition.

"Deaniqua Phillips, an 11th grader at Wyandanch Memorial High School has won first place in the 2010 Annual Competition - High School Poetry, for her poem “The Stage of Hilarius Gilges.” Deaniqua has been an active participant in GEAR UP, a college access program. Since last fall, she has been participating in an after-school program “The Captured Nazi Banner Research Project” which sparked her interest in the Holocaust. With the help of GEAR UP instructor Derek Stevens, she has been learning and writing about the Holocaust and decided to submit an entry for the Poetry Contest sponsored by the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County.

GEAR UP Project Director Rhoda Miller of Dowling College has encouraged Deaniqua’s interest in the Holocaust and its lessons for today’s world. Dr. Miller invited Ms. Phillips to attend a class at the college to hear Annie Bleiberg, a local Holocaust survivor, and took Deaniqua to visit the Glen Cove center recently, as well as to a gallery exhibit and talk about Arthur Szyk, an artist who used his talents to call the world’s attention to the Nazi threat and bigotry in all its forms.

The Poetry Awards Ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 16 at 2pm at the Holocaust Center in Glen Cove. Ms. Phillips will read her winning entry at the ceremony."



Here is a copy of the e-mail that Deaniqua received from the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County:
"Dear Deaniqua,

I am happy to inform you that you have won first place in our Annual Competition, High School Poetry, for your entry “The Stage of Hilarius Gilges.”

The Awards Ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 16 at 2pm, here at the Center. As winner, we would like you to read your winning entry at the ceremony. Please let me know if you plan to attend the ceremony and how many guests you will bring with you.

Congratulations. We look forward to seeing you on the 16th. Your piece will be published in our Annual Competition booklet and a copy will be available for you at the ceremony.

Sarah Cushman
Director of Youth Education
Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
Welwyn Preserve, 100 Crescent Beach Road
Glen Cove, NY 11542"

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Project Update

The documentary project has begun. The students are now brainstorming interview questions and we have been in contact with some of the '62 graduates. We are hoping to get the first interviews recorded within the coming month.