Youth Council Presides Over Meeting

The first half hour of the mayor and council meeting Tuesday night was devoted to the youth of the borough as several high school students took seats at the dais to fulfill their roles as members of the Youth Week Council while elementary school youngsters waited with their parents in the audience to receive their awards for winning the borough’s Environmental Commission poster contest.

High school teacher Barbara Kritzer, who serves as Student Council advisor said the Youth Week program is conducted with the student council but a student does not have to be a member in order to volunteer to serve on the Youth Week Council.  

Youth Week Mayor Gabe Sagura called the meeting to order as Mayor Rose Heck and borough council members sat behind them at the dais. The Youth Week Council members each gave their commissioner reports - Alexandra Seda presented the police report, Maria Alcivar gave the recreation report, Tom Nicoletti presented streets and sanitation, Brianna Walsh provided the report on public facilities, Tom Pellegrino gave the fire department report and Meron Aberha presented the health department report.

High school student Robert Klenk served as Youth Borough Administrator and Camilla Peitras served as Youth Borough Clerk.

In addition Youth Week Mayor Sagura assisted in the presentation of a check from the Chic Charity Club to the borough’s food pantry and with the certificates to the Environmental Commission poster contest winners.  The Chic Charity Club raised $350 for the food pantry through the clothing drive this past Saturday.

Mayor Rose Heck congratulated the winners of the Environmental Commission’s poster contest and told the audience that Bill O’Shea’s Florist will  present each winner with a plant which is part of their prize. The winning posters are on display at the library.

The winners are as follows listed by school , grade and prize :

Corpus Christi School

First grade – 1^st place: Lorenzo Pucciarelli
Third grade – 1^st place: Chiara Colletti
Fourth grade – 1^st place: Elena Canetti; 2^nd place: Amanda Pietz; 3^rd place: Katrina Pucciarelli and honorable mention: Sofia Brotto.
Fifth grade – 1^st place: Katrina Stroedecke; 2^nd place (tie): Isabella Impalli and Olivia Anne Wicki.

Lincoln School

Kindergarten – 1^st place: Marisa Ackattupathil
First grade – 1^st place: Paige McGuire; 2^nd place (tie): Antonio C. Mancini and Noah Gallagher; 3^rd place – Chiara Alvarez.
Second grade – 1^st place: Madison Murray
Third grade – 1^st place: Tommy Murray
Fifth grade – 1^st place: Delilah Morales; 2^nd place: Sara Herron; 3^rd place: Kaylee Killat.

Euclid School

Kindergarten – 1^st place: Haley Longo
Second grade – 1^st place: Vatsal Baherwani
Fifth grade – 1^st place: Megan Longo; 2^nd place (tie): Shalom Dukhande and Catherine Castellanos.