Over 200 works of student art were on display at the Mineola School District Art Show, which was held on April 10 at Mineola High School.

Parents, friends and faculty browsed the exhibit, which featured artwork created by Mineola K-12 learners from each of the five district schools. The styles represented included paint, drawing, sculpture and mixed media.

Congratulations to all the learners who contributed their unique talent and style to this spectacular show and thank you to the amazing art educators who motivate, engage and inspire our students to express themselves through art each and every day.

Click here to view the 2025 District Art Show slideshow.

Date Added: 4/15/2025

At the April. 10 meeting, the Mineola Board of Education was proud to recognize our learners for exceptional achievements in science research, art and athletics.

First, the Board honored learners from Hampton Street, Jackson Avenue and Mineola Middle School who participated in the Stony Brook University Institute for Advanced Computational Science competition.

Next, the Board recognized members of the Mineola Middle School “Robo Shark” robotics team for their success in the First Lego League competition.

Surrounded by their proud art teachers, student artists took center stage as the Board honored winners of the New York State Art Teacher’s Association Flag Design contest and learners selected for the Art Supervisors Association All County art exhibit.

Finally, the Board recognized Mineola High School fall sports student athletes who were received All County and All Conference honors.

We are #MineolaProud to highlight each of these amazing learners for their achievements!

Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University finalists
Julia D’Amico
Valerie D’Amico
Margaret Gillespie
Leah Goncalves
Riley Goncalves
Lucy Sammarco

First Lego League Robotics “Robo Sharks”
Tyler Aholou
Bhavesh Batra
Waylon Fisher
Matteo Garcia
Liam Pflum

NYSATA Middle School Flag Design Contest
Penelope Ambrose – Middle School winner
Christian Wharton - Special Recognition
Nicole Chen - Special Recognition

ASA All County Art Exhibit
Liliana DeCollibus - Senior Scholarship Award Recipient
Mia Accardi
Valerie Acosta Gomez
Lucy Ambrose
Dylan Aparicio Enamorado
Catherine Breen
Jasmine Chen
Alysa Curiel
Leah DeSena
Arabella Ferraioli
Kevin Grogan
Cynthia Huang
Jia Min Huang
Xin Liu
Valentina Rafuna
Jason Rosette
Emily Salazar Garcia
Madelyn Troche

Athletics Recognitions
Ryan Manu (Boys Basketball, All Conference)
Christian Frey (Boys Basketball, All County)
Kate Flynn (Girls Bowling, All League)
Madison DeCillis (Girls Winter Track, All Conference)
Igor DeSouza (Boys Winter Track, All Conference)
Jonathan Amore Melendez (Wrestling, All Conference)
John Cosgrove (Wrestling, All Conference)
Collin Guinnane (Wrestling, All Conference)
Besian Husiq (Wrestling, All Conference)
Storm Krokan (Wrestling, All Conference)
Isaiah Rivera (Wrestling, All Conference)
Christian Uglialoro-Reyes (Wrestling, All Conference)
Liliana DeCollibus Girls Basketball, All Conference)
Caitlin Powers (Girls Basketball, All Class)
Emma Powers (Girls Basketball, All Class)

Date Added: 4/14/2025

Seventh and eighth grade members of the National Junior Art Honor Society came together at the middle school on March 27 to use their creative talents to paint for the Empty Bowls Project.

The students glazed over 80 beautiful bowls, which will be sold at the district and high school art shows and after the NAHS and NJAHS induction ceremonies. Bowls are $12 each with all proceeds benefitting local food charities to help care for and feed families in our community.

Empty Bowls is a grassroots movement by artists and crafts people in cities and towns around the world to raise money for food related charities to care for and feed the hungry in their communities.

Date Added: 4/2/2025

Recently, the Mineola Middle School PAWS Club received a visit from the organization PAWS of War. They are an organization on Long Island that assists veterans and first responders by providing service animals, veterinary assistance, animal rescue and many other related services, all free of charge.

Last spring, our club ran a school wide pet food and supply drive and collected over 50 items for this organization. The students were overwhelmed with excitement to meet the individuals from PAWS of War, as they spoke about what services they offer and how the supplies we donated truly helped. Mike Kilano (Iraqi veteran) and Rob Weisberg (9/11 firefighter) spoke and shared their background stories, how they discovered PAWS of War and how it saved their lives.

Chip the service dog listened attentively and allowed the learners to pet him after the presentation!!

The district is proud to congratulate the learners who participated in the Stony Brook University Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS) second annual competition.

Students from kindergarten through twelfth grade made one-minute videos to celebrate historic women in science. Out of 95 entries from across New York State, six Mineola learners were selected as finalists with three taking home awards.

Winning third place at the competition were Julia D'amico, a seventh grader at Mineola Middle School and Valerie D'amico, a third grader at Jackson Avenue. Julia and Valerie won for their research on Rosalind Franklin, who played a part in discovering DNAs double helical structure. The sisters conducted an experiment to extract DNA from a strawberry.

Hampton Street second grader Lucy Samarco won honorable mention for her research on Margaret E. Knight, who had 27 patents and 100 inventions and was called “Lady Edison.” Knight developed the machine that created the flat bottomed paper bag, which is still in use today.

Other Mineola finalists included Leah and Riley Goncalves, from Hampton Street and Jackson Avenue, who presented their research on Marie Curie and radioactive decay, and Margaret Gillespie from Hampton Street for her research on Rosalind Franklin and her DNA discoveries.

The district is proud of the amazing learners who put care and effort in their research presentations and impressed the judges with their knowledge and confidence. The district is also grateful to their proud teachers, Ms. Carlson and Ms. Richards, who inspired them to participate and share their inquisitive nature every day, giving all learners the tools to be exceptional science scholars.

You can view each of the finalist videos below:

Date Added: 3/5/2025