56 North Babylon Students Chosen For All-County NYSSMA Festivals

NORTH BABYLON, NY — More than 50 students in the North Babylon School District were recently recognized for their musical skills.

The district announced on Thursday that 56student-musicians in grades 5 through 10 in the North Babylon School District were selected to represent North Babylon at the Suffolk County Music Educators All-County Festivals in March. Students were chosen based on their participation in the NYSSMA solo festival and teacher recommendation, the district said.

The selected students include:

Belmont Elementary School

• Blessing Duracin, Esosa Egharevba and Natalia Noto.

Marion G. Vedder Elementary School

• Kali-Rose Boucicaut, Loodjy Bussireth, Logan Leonardo, Emma Meichsner, Valerie Minaya Rodriguez, Daniela Ortiz, Anna Singh and Ethan Valdez.

North Babylon High School

• Mia Berghauser, Cassidy Bonadonna, Nicholas Castillo, Madalayna Felice, Imran Shah, Keira Shaw and Emma Walker

Parliament Place Elementary School

• Emmanuel Ibrahim, Shaurya Jain, Jilaela Julliet and Abigail Noeth; Robert Moses Middle School – Aidan Aquino, Ariana Boneta, Harrison Davis, Adriana Deprima, Quinn Flanagan, Courtney Hunte, Lauren Lobosco, Michael Mazur Jr., Christina McNally, Tyler McNamara, Samantha Morton, Ugochi Okorom, Alaina Rodriguez, Leah Rodriguez, Philip Russo, Vincent Russo, Anabelle Shingler, Noah Starling and Serene Stevens.

William E. DeLuca Elementary School

• Avah Dennis, Melisa Ersoy, Anthony Francois, Dylan Lamy, Davanna Lugo, Valentina Najano, Maya Salinas and Giulia Tommaseo.

Woods Road Elementary School

• Frank Recinos Deras, Aniyah Kelly, Brandon McNamara, Ryan McNamara, Mehki Smith, Lauren Weiss and Willow Westbrook.