Bell Academy, the 6th through 8th grade public school located at 18-25 212th Street in Bay Terrace, held its very first graduation at St. John’s University recently.
At the event, on Friday, June 19, Valedictorian Sara Kim, and salutatorian Jennifer Choi addressed the crowd.
Honored guests included Eric Nadelstern, Chief Schools Officer for the New York City Department of Education (DOE); Dr. Jerrold Ross, Dean of the St. John’s University School of Education and Executive Officer for Instruction Diane Foley of the DOE Integrated Curriculum and Instruction division.
Led by Principal Cheryl Quatrano-Hatzidimitriou and Assistant Principal Catalina Marte, the ceremony was directed by the school’s Arts Coordinator, Maria Romano.
Bruno Meira received the Roseanne Moore Scholarship Award and John Lee received the St. John’s University Achievement Award.
Other students receiving awards were: Rong Rong Cai; Kyle Cangialosi; Irene Chung; Sean Engel; Samantha Gosman; Matthew Hirt; Hank Ho; Louise Huang; Wan Chun Huang; Daniel Kim; Grace Kim; Deborah Kosnar; Fae Kuhnen; Ryan Kwon; John Lee; Timothy Li; Perry Lin; Natalia Malaver; Penelope Mendoza; Soumya Misra; Nicholas Owen; Angela Park; Joshua Pernick; Donna Razawi; James Seo; Amarjit Singh; Grace Song; Nina Walendziuk and Jacqueline Weed.
School nurse Patricia Hartman received a special award for her outstanding work in saving the life of a Bell student who had collapsed after sports activity.
