Hicksville High School - Comet Yearbook (Hicksville, NY)

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Giokazta Molina Is money one of the most important things in your life? yes: 48% no: 52% Seniors Karilyn Ayres and Liz Caresse enter an Honor Society meet- ing after school, full of ideas to help the community as senior Stacie Berger thinks of ways to help the school. 22 Community Service Ms. J.Gelberg

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Who Is Your Favorite Cartoon Character? 1. Bugs Bunny 40% 2. Mickey Mouse 29% 3. Woody Woodpecker 20% 4. Roadrunner 11% Heroes Actors and Actresses often become heroes in people’s minds. Sophomore Tanya Pina admires the acting profession so much, she participated in the school variety show and gave some insight on her own talent. Rajesh Babani-

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At the dance honoring Mr. Pitrelli, juniors Danielle Campisi and Kristen Mund discuss the effect Mr. Pitrelli had on the high school, while Karen Kratochvil and Alex Pangas think about the issue themselves. id you ever do a job without getting paid for it? Did you ever help a special friend with a problem? In these days of what many call the The Volunteer Club: Advisor Mrs. Walling, Karen Apgar, Alex Athana- siou, Christina Moy, Shabnam Nezami, Katrini Zafiriadis, Kathleen Higgins, Michelle Diconza, Lorraine Fan, Christy Sell, and Samantha Smith. Missing: Rajesh Babani disprove this theory? It’s not surprising to see that there are. There are people in our school who contribute their time, effort and often their money to their community. In a way we all have contributed to our community, be it by giving blood or by donat- ing canned goods or clothes to the needy; however, time is the one thing many of us don’t seem to have enough to give. The few outstanding people who give that precious quantity to those who need attention are truly to be congratulated for their unself- ishness. Senior Min Park, for example, serves as a volunteer at Central General Hospital in Plainview. She expresses that the feelings she gets from helping the patients has affected her so much that she now wants to go into a science related field. She also claims that despite the large amount of volunteers working at the hospital, her “time is very well spent caring for the pa- | tients and seeing them get better.” Similarly, senior Kelly | O’Callaghan exclaimed, “Seeing people happy is enough pay- me. Money just can’t buy those smiles.” Once a month Kelly and her church youth group conduct a Bingo game for the senior citizens at a nursing home. Students like Min and Kelly show that it takes human caring and kindness to really help others. Hicksville students care about their community and it shows through their various services. — Bindu Belani The volunteer club performs many beneficial acts of community service. Here, sophomore Lorraine Fan meets a new friend at the United Presbyterian nursing home, where the club brought holiday cheer to many, c: -o CQ -S .0) Community Service 23