Students Enjoy Turkey Trot in New Hyde Park

The Third Annual Turkey Trot took place at Manor Oaks on Nov. 21, with students competing in a race, or participating for fun – their choice.

Organized by physical education teacher Lisa Santos, the event was held on the school field.

Children also had the option to dress up as turkeys, Pilgrims, or Native Americans as part of a costume contest. All race and costume contest winners received an extra physical education class.

Participating students brought in at least one nonperishable food item as a donation for families in need during the holidays. They collected enough food to feed 30 individual families and donate over 115 pounds of food to Island Harvest Food Bank.

Race Winners: Purvi Patel, Aayan Fazal, Kiera Coope, Angela Coffey, Vincent Sparacello, Alyssa Fagan, Brendan Rooney, Morgan Abby Young, Jason Stone, Eliana Park, Gavin Coogan, Emily Gray, Eamon Griffin, Bridget Vahldeick, Andrew Notine, Helena Kameris, Ryan McPartland, Ruth Zachariah, Francesco Vecchio, Alexandra Stec, Liam Booth, Ava Frising, Alan Sikora, Maegan Sheehan, Stephen Coffey, Ava Geigle, Jonathan Kim, Briana Dunn, Andrew Stein, Ava Giangrande, Jessica Vieni, Colin Coope, Riley Griffin, Ryan Kunak, Maria Poulos, Thomas Stec, Sofia Quijada, Luke Notine, Nicolette Caneda, and Anthony Schembeck

Costume Winners: Samantha Rojas, Naman Gupta, Gemma Spina, Ryan Oomman, Nandini Khaneja, Morgan Abby Young, Alyssa Fagen, Logan Hargrove, Kaylin Beckmann, Bridget Vahldeick, Nicholas Prada, Sabrina DeRocchis, Valerie Savage, Vanessa Savage, Maggie Gray, Isabella Prada, Carolina Ginebra, Ishita Bansal, Audrey Koenig, Lauren Printz, Eily Montenegro, Briana Dunn, Sydney Hargrove, Anabella Ginebra, and Maria Ferrigno

With special thanks to Shari Hargrove

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