Hicksville Kids Recognized At Fire-Safety Prevention Ceremony

HICKSVILLE, NY — The Hicksville Fire Department has held its yearly Fire Prevention Poster contest and 47 students were recognized at an awards ceremony. The department received 2,000 posters from each Hicksville school, officials said.

Firefighters kick off the event by visiting each school. The winners were unveiled Sunday.

On Dec. 1, firefighters will hold popcorn ball day. They'll finish with a fire-safety open house on Dec. 8 from noon to 3 p.m. at the fire house on Strong and West John streets.

Below are the poster contest winners and their schools.

Burns Avenue Elementary School

• Muhammad Rao
• Stephen Chu
• Kaily Lopez
• Madison Cuvas
• Angelina Chen

Dutch Lane Elementary School

• Marwa Yasar
• Vincenza Guerra
• Charlise Leung
• Taylor Lombardozzi
• Sophie Wa

East Street Elementary School

• Jaylene Reyes Lopez
• Amanpreet Ghotra
• Isabella Cano-Pereira
• Layla Arias
• Ryan Gonzales
• Mia Cordero

Fork Lane Elementary School

• Paul Mendez
• Shrey Arora
• Evelyn Traylor
• Chloe Gan
• Julianna Leader
• Liam PRice
• Michael Christodoulou
• Madison Maradiaga

Lee Avenue Elementary School

• Skye Walia
• Mateo Murillo
• Raina Ahuja
• Zara Ranga
• Catalina Diaz
• Isabella Carreras

Old Country Road Elementary School

• Keisi Isufi
• Jaylene Mendez
• Tanya Diler
• Itzia Figueroa
• Vera Suri

Woodland Elementary School

• Krishang Gupta
• Dana Espinoza
• Brianna Reyes
• Elissa Serrano
• Amina Aman

Hicksville Middle School

• Jia Walia
• Nikoleta Mantzaris
• Gabrielle Howel
• Harsh Pathak
• Jesse Chandler
• Sissi Goh
• Halyn Kwon