Herricks Middle School Students Move Up

Press release from Syntax:

July 14, 2020

On June 25, The Herricks Middle School community gathered together to celebrate its eighth-grade graduates at the Town of North Hempstead Beach Park, where a drive-in style culminating event closed out a truly unprecedented academic year.

The eighth-grade class was able to enjoy a full-length graduation exercise including speeches from Board of Education President Juleigh Chin, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Fino Celano, Principal Brian McConaghy, class president Tristan Surajbali and the winner of the 2020 Honor Essay, Aieshah Ashfer.

Musical interludes were provided in the form of two orchestral pieces. The first pieces, Britten's Folicsome Finale, was performed by the quintet of Peter Aliprandis (violin), Jocelyn Chiu (violin), Sasha Stern (viola), Devon Lee (cello) and Dylan Lee (bass). The second interlude was Borodin's String Trio in g minor performed by the trio of Aaron Chu (violin), Kaylee Luo (violin), and Preston Chan (cello).

Last but not least was the presentation of the HMS class of 2020. The event was well-attended, and the presentation of the class brought honks and flashing headlights to celebrate the hard work of our young adults. The evening concluded with a final orchestral performance of Beethoven's Trio in c minor, op.1, no. 3, Allegro con Brio which was performed by Catalin Wong (piano), Katherine Cha (violin), and Ryan Lo (cello).

The full video of the event is available at www.herricks.org.

This press release was produced by Syntax. The views expressed here are the author's own.