Andrew Mazza: Grade 5
The Mid-Island Y Jewish Community Center (JCC) is an organization that includes the Long Island Poets, which holds a contest each spring for adults, teens, and children. The contest is funded by Poets & Writers, Inc., with public funds from the New York State Council Of The Arts. The 5th and 6th graders wrote poems and submitted them to the organization. Buckley had several winners! They are:
Cybele Can
Max Lunievicz
Robert Mark
Andrew Mazza
Naomi Nishimura
Madeline Simms
William Stackler
They will be reading their poems at the JCC Center on Manetto Hill Road, Plainview, on Sunday, June 2, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.