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East Islip Student Wins Third Place In Photography Competition
East Islip High School student Emma Jakits recently won third place in this year's Huntington Camera Club High School Competition.
Press release from East Islip School District:
May 26, 2021
East Islip High School student Emma Jakits recently won third place in this year's Huntington Camera Club High School Competition. Jakits, who is the president of East Islip’s Photography Club, plans to pursue photography in college and has already been accepted into several excellent photography programs.
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“I was such an honor to be chosen and this was such a cool opportunity,” Jakits said.
“I am so proud of Emma,” teacher Heather Toomey said. “She has taken two years of photography here at East Islip and is now in Advanced Placement art with Mr. Figliozzi. She is really dedicated to her work, and has also taken outside photography classes at FIT and SVA during her high school career.”
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“Congrats to Emma,” teacher Dan Figliozzi said. “As a photographer, she has an amazing eye and has proven herself in AP Art this year. It has been a pleasure working with her and I am excited to see what she does in her future.”
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