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Fair Island Park students get to clown around
Can you imagine being encouraged to clown around in school? That is what fifth graders at Island Park Lincoln Orens Middle School experienced this week as they participated in the National Circus Project, a program sponsored by the Island Park PTA. The National Circus Project is an innovative cultural arts organization that promotes student participation in physical education using the circus as its theme.
During the week of February 9-13, students worked with Greg Milstein and Brittany Steffens, a team of internationally acclaimed circus performers/instructors, along with physical education teachers Catherine Gerbino and Matthew Tarasenko to develop circus talents including clowning, stilt walking, juggling, feather balancing, plate spinning, acrobatics, and diabolo. After honing their new skills, the students performed before family and friends on Friday, February 13. Judging by the audience reaction, these young performers are ready for the Big Top!
The Lincoln Orens Grade 5 Circus team included:
Vincent Acovino
Robert Adler
Katherine Almeida
Angelica Amey
Christopher Arroyo
Evelynne Baldino
Jacob Borrelli
Gianna Buro
Stephanie Cajavilca
Kaitlyn Carney
Lucia Castaldo
Daniel Cipra
Nikki DeCicco
Robert Delach
Shawn Diaz
Maguire Emerson
Max Epstein
Denzil Euceda Cruz
Geremiah Evangelista
Alexa Frangella
Luis Galeano
Justin Garcia
John Gleeson
Samantha Grillo
Adriana Guida
Elsy Guzman-Amaya
Jaclyn Keon
Kaitlyn Khalawan
Michael Konki
Gabriella Kouletsis
James Lamirande
Dylan Lane
Jesse Lane
Steven Laos
Kaetlyn Lee
Natalia LoMacchio
Victoria Lugo
Alex Marsden
Dylan McCabe
Nathaniel Mesa
Sophina Miotto
Shane Mulvey
Marie Murphy
Anthony Pellino
