PTA Donates $5,000 To Connolly Playground

Members of Gribbin School’s PTA, along with Principal Francine Santoro, surprised the Connolly School community with a $5,000 donation to help support their PTA’s playground fundraising efforts.

The group presented the donation to Connolly School Principal Rose Sekelsky and members of their PTA prior to Connolly’s third-grade concert on June 6. Principal Sekelsky expressed her gratitude to Gribbin School’s PTA on behalf of the students and staff at Connolly.

“This very generous donation will help to make our dream of a newly refurbished playground a reality much sooner than we anticipated,” Sekelsky said. “Thank you!”

Story by Syntax, Photo courtesy of the Glen Cove City School District: Pictured (l-r): PTA members Karyme Luengas Demosthene, Barbara Scarfo and Bonnie Heym-Mazarredo, Connolly PTA co-president Maria Simmons, Gribbin PTA co-presidents Alexis DiMaggio and Toni Curran, Connolly School Principal Rose Sekelsky, Gribbin School Principal Francine Santoro and PTA members Donna Salvatore-Christ and Deneen Scarfo.