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Fax: 516-393-4276 Grades: Early Childhood Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Muccini, offers a host of co-curricular through 12th Parents Club Presidents and extra-curricular opportuniDr. Christopher Foresto, ties for practical application and Alumni Association President personal understanding. Founded Fasano, All Saints Regional Catholic School, the Mr. and Mrs. Thomas in 1930 by the Society of Mary, founded in 1990, serves Nursery CAPA President Marianists, Chaminade is staffed through Eighth Grade students Bro. Timothy Driscoll, S.M., by Marianist brothers and priests from the Long Island, New York Provincial as well as lay men and women. parishes of St. Boniface Martyr, 100% of Chaminade graduates Sea Cliff, St. Hyacinth, Glen Head, COUNTRYSIDE prep attend colleges, universities, St. Mary, Roslyn, St. Patrick, Glen Head of School:: Laura Kang MONTESSORI SCHOOL We schools, and service academies. Cove and St. Rocco, Glen Cove. Countryside Montessori School seek to educate our students within Headmaster: For more information, visit www. Executive Board Juhel, Ph.D. was established by Sharon Adar a family-centered Catholic commu- Jean-Marc chaminade-hs.org or www.faceDana Bratti, Co-President Head of School: Andrea Kelly Fitoussi who was convinced imGosnity. We commit ourselves to book.com/ChaminadeHighSchool. Phi- Kristin Dennehy, Co-President Parents Association President mediately that the Montessori Board of Trustees pel values as we seek to develop www.chaminade-hs.org way Kevin Mercier, Vice President Amy Schamroth Allison Angelilli, M.D. ‘92 and losophy was the most natural our students’ intellectual gifts 340 Jackson Avenue its Doug Arthur ’69, Treasurer Board of Trustees Ahmed Bendary Our for a child to learn. CMS opened foster their spiritual growth. Charlotte Saliou, Secretary Mineola, NY 11501 Debra Del Vecchio, President, Jerry Bright to doors in 1998 in Manhasset, New of School aim is to prepare our students Phone: 516-742-5555 of Laura Kang, Head Friends Academy Parent Dolly Chugh, Ph.D. York with a Primary classroom lead creative and productive lives Fax: 516-742-1989 John Crish Robin Wachtler, Vice President, of We moved to our presgrowth students. the 7 to contribute which Executive Committee Valerie DiFebo, Chair Grades: 9th through 12th Former Friends Academy Parent, ent location in Great Neck in 2001. both God’s kingdom Jennifer Casey Ken Fabricant Class of 1983 have two Primary and our nation. Karli E. F. Hagedorn (’74) (Trustee President - Bro. Thomas J. Cleary, We currently classAndy Menzin, Secretary, Toddler classrooms and two Members www.asrcatholic.org Emeritus) President of the Board of of Former Friends Academy Parent, rooms with a total of 75 children Monique Hill Alexander ‘98 Jean-Marc Juhel, Ph.D. (ex officio) 12 Pearsall Avenue Advisors, Director of Admissions Class of 1981 John Amato diverse cultural backgrounds. Christopher Lee Glen Cove, NY 11542 Francis Ingrassia, Treasurer, Kerry Ceriello Tina Lee www.cmsgn.com Phone: 516-676-0762 Friends Academy Parent Beth Godsell Shalini Mimani 354 Lakeville Road Fax: 516-676-0660 Goodwin Moore 8th Cary Debbie Zlotowitz, Head of School, Robert through Great Neck, NY 11020 Grades: Nursery Sandra Graham Mary McDowell Friends School Lasherelle Morgan Academic Dean: Phone: 516-406-3623 Magda Labonte Lilyan Muran (Trustee Emeritus) Members 516-466-8421 Joanne Fitzgerald Fax: Leonard Jonathan Carolyn Oh, M.D. Paul Broder, Grades: 18 months through Alexandra Galston Murray ‘87 Timothy O’Sullivan Friends Academy Parent BUCKLEY COUNTRY 6 years old Gideon Pollach Heather Adler Schoen ‘92 SCHOOL Lawrence Chu, DAY Ji Wang Paul Vambutas ‘82 is Friends Academy Parent Buckley Country Day School EAST WOODS SCHOOL Fitzgerald Ventura Jeff Daniels, Friends Academy an independent, coeducational John Vissicchio FRIENDS ACADEMY East Woods mission is to foster Parent, Friends Academy day school providing a superior Orit Weissman Principal - Bro. Joseph Dominick strength of character and academic Each day, we challenge ourselves Class of 1990 Joanna Woo elementary education to an intelBellizzi, S.M. excellence while developing and to demonstrate our Quaker values diverse and capable Steve Fortuna, Former Friends deeds. lectually encouraging creativity, intellectual in our thoughts, words and Academy Parent Member, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Muccini, CHAMINADE student body. Buckley provides We believe that a Friends Academy curiosity and a lifelong passion Matinecock Monthly Meeting Parents Club President the foundation that enables our HIGH SCHOOL are a nurturing transforms lives in the We education learning. for Gregory Hughes, students to achieve their full poten- Chaminade High School is a realization of our Quaker ideals. community that celebrates the on Friends Academy Parent Board of Advisors tial and excel as educated, ethical, by Our testimonies of simplicity, Catholic school for young men differences among us and leads Our folequalBro. Thomas Cleary, S.M., and self-confident individuals. community, Elizabeth McCaul Ingrassia, and Long Island. Its 1,700 students peace, integrity, example through citizenship graduates are well prepared for Friends Academy Parent low a rigorous college-preparatory, President ity, service and stewardship are service to others. Chairman entry into, and success in, secondliberal-arts curriculum in an atmo- Mr. Richard Kearns, Gregory Jaske, Member, g character guides for our students www.eastwoodshool.or develthe Bowe Mr. Timothy ary schools and beyond. sphere that emphasizes Matinecock Monthly Meeting, who are equipped to change what 31 Yellow Cote Road in Mr. Thomas Dufek www.buckleycountryday.com opment of Christian community Friends Academy Class of 2004 needs changing for the better Oyster Bay, NY 11771 and education of the heart. Chami- Bro. George Endres, S.M. 2 I.U. Willets Road world. this of Mrs. Colleen Hickey Phone: 516-922-4400 nade combines proven methods Roslyn, NY 11576 Continued on www.fa.org Fax: 516-922-2589 Mr. Daniel Petruccio Page 31 tradition with modern educational Phone: 516-627-1910 270 Duck Pond Road with Waag Pre-Nursery students der Van Grades: provide 11560 to Robert NY Mr. Valley, advances 516-627-8627 Fax: Locust 8th through 8th a rich, qualitative academic experi- Mr. and Mrs. Michael Montelli, Phone: 516-676-0393 Grades: Kindergarten through ence. The Chaminade program Chair of the Parents Club Board Parent Association::
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LaMotta’s back with new look and new menu Longtime Port eatery updates approach after nearly 25 years BY LU K E TOR R A N C E The restaurant located at 10 Matinicock Ave. in Port Washington is still LaMotta’s, although you could be excused for not knowing it at first. The bar room was completely ripped up and renovated and the menu was overhauled as well. “It was like opening up a brand new restaurant,” said Nadine Delmonte, the catering director for LaMotta’s. She said that restaurant management decided to shake up the interior of the restaurant, which has been a Port staple for almost a quarter of a century. Previously the indoor bar was smaller and those seated at the bar had their backs to the windows and Manhasset Bay. Delmonte said the goal of the renovated space was to provide better views of the water and a more sophisticated experience. “Customers used to only want
to sit outside, but now you actually want to sit in there,” she said. Plans to renovate the bar room were started in October, with the room being ripped up in February. The new room was ready to go by the beginning of the summer. There are 20 seats around the bar, which is situated in a horseshoe shape. Another 20 seats are available!at high top tables. Delmonte said the renovation spurred further changes. “Once we put in this whole renovation, we decided we need to bring in a new team,” she said. “We couldn’t just leave it the way it was.” Except for a few veteran members in the kitchen crew, LaMotta’s brought in a new staff for 2018. Chief among them was Massimo Fedozzi as chef. He formerly ran Salt on the Water in Merrick and Floral Terrace in Floral Park. With a new chef came a new menu. Delmonte said some classic Continued on Page 58
PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN
Ted, 9, poses with Waffleman, whose head was just adorned with fake fur on the second day of Camp Invention in Weber Middle School.
Young inventors gather at Port Washington camp BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN
“completely ridiculous, though I love ridiculous” – a small robotic dog he will be taking On the second day of Camp home on Friday. Then, with a quick move, Invention in Weber Middle School, Ted, 9, places some fin- the dog lights up and takes off ishing touches on Waffleman – down the round table barking.
“You just flip the switch and let the magic happen,” Ted, a returning inventor, explained in an interview. Ted was one of the 140 young inventors on the North Continued on Page 69
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