Pictured: Members of Connetquot High School’s Athletes Helping Athletes club ran the district’s annual Coming Together Day for fifth grade students.
Photos courtesy of the Connetquot Central School District
The Connetquot High School turf field was the backdrop for Edward J. Bosti, Cherokee Street, Duffield Avenue, Edith Slocum, Idle Hour, John Pearl and Sycamore Avenue fifth grade students who enthusiastically gathered for the Connetquot Central School District’s annual Coming Together Day on May 31. Sponsored by the Athletes Helping Athletes club and the high school athletic department, this tradition is an excellent, fun-filled opportunity for students to meet new acquaintances prior to moving-up to Oakdale Bohemia and Ronkonkoma Middle Schools this coming fall.
Right, Connetquot High School senior athlete and AHA club member Alexa Colondona received the Tim Bassett Award and is pictured with, left, AHA adviser Alaina Bennett.
The students filed onto the bleachers, according to school and wearing their red or black school T-shirts. Prior to the activities, Joe Nelson riled the students up as he announced each school. Additionally, student-athlete and AHA club member Alexa Colondona was presented the Tim Bassett Award for her extraordinary leadership qualities.
Crab soccer was one of the many activities offered during Coming Together Day.
“These athletes are the true leaders in the school,” AHA club adviser Alaina Bennett said. She and co-advisers Phil Clark and Jeff Tacke noted that the club pushed into each of the school’s fifth grade classrooms during the school year to discuss bullying, substance abuse and being a true leader.
From left, Edith Slocum student Taylor Kirk and Cherokee Street Student Silas Moran participated in a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors during Coming Together Day.
During the morning, the students participated in activities called the cannonball, potato jack race, water relay, noodle tag, crab soccer and more. Best of all, the fifth graders went back to their respective schools confident that they made new friends.
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