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Students across the South Country
Central School District quickly became acquainted with their new
teachers, routines and programs as they kicked off the 2021-22
school year on Sept. 1st.
Elementary students began the
school year as they stepped off their buses to be greeted by
smiling teachers. They entered their colorful classrooms and
started their day by getting to know their new teachers and
classmates. Secondary students also met their teachers and made
a smooth transition back as they adjusted to their new
classrooms and schedules.
“We are looking forward to a
year filled with outstanding academic and extracurricular
opportunities for our students,” said Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Joseph Giani.
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The South Country Central School
District Board of Education has appointed Bellport High School
sophomore Brynn Johnsen as its student ex officio board member
for the 2021-2022 school year. She replaces Jack Frankie, who
graduated in June.
Johnsen, who will officially take her
chair alongside the board on Sept. 15, is looking forward to the
advisory position. “I like being able to give back to my school,
and to get involved and encourage others in everything,” she
said.
As a non-voting board member, Johnsen will provide
the board with reports regarding the student body at each board
meeting. She will also lend important insight and feedback to
the board for designing special events that bring students
together.
“I think it is especially important to bring
students together through events during COVID,” she said.
Johnsen earned the ex officio position after running a
successful campaign at her school. As a freshman, she was
elected secretary of student council, a role she thoroughly
loved.
“Ever since the fourth grade, I have been a
representative in student council,” she said. “It is something I
really enjoy.”
Apart from student council, Johnsen can be
found running cross-country, playing basketball and lacrosse,
and performing on French horn in the school band. As well as
being an avid snowboarder and surfer, she has been sailing since
the age of 6 and teaches sailing to children at the Bellport Bay
Yacht Club.
Other extracurriculars include membership in
the school’s Athletes Helping Others club and the science and
math honor societies, with her sights set on National Honor
Society membership this fall. This September, she will also
participate in a training program at her school in which she
will shadow the school’s athletic trainer, Gina Siracusano.
“She is a great mentor and I am looking forward to learning
from her,” Johnsen said of Siracusano. “Athletic training has
always been interesting to me.”
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For
as long as she can remember, Bellport High School senior
Vivienne Love has had a passion for photography. Her devotion to
the art has since earned her a Scholar-Artist award in the area
of media arts from the Long Island Arts Alliance. She is one of
20 students from across Long Island selected for the honor.
“I am so excited to be recognized for my photography,” said
Love. “I think this is great and will help me with college.”
To earn the
accolade, Love was required to submit an essay discussing how
the arts have influenced her life, as well as a portfolio of her
photography. Her submitted photographs, taken with her Canon
Rebel T6, focus on the theme of youth and depict her everyday
life with friends and family. The shoot was part of an Advanced
Placement art class assignment.
Along with her passion
for photography, Love is a member of her school’s National, Math
and Science honor societies. She is also the historian of her
school’s art club and designs the lighting for all of her
school’s dramatic productions.
She plans to study film,
radio and television in college, with a minor in environmental
science. She has her sights set on an early decision from
Syracuse University.
According to Love, the secret to
her success is to simply jump in. “There is no easy way to
start,” she said. “Just go and do it.”
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