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Five IHS students have been recognized by the National
Merit Scholarship Program. Joel Carini and Justin Owen
earned National Semifinalist status. Commended students are
Dustin Axman and Jacob Martin and Maryanne Greenaway was
recognized in the National Achievement Scholarship Program.
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IHS Students Maria Currie, Melanie Falvo, Kevin King and
Alexander Walts have been named members of the 2009-2010
Hochstein Youth Symphony Orchestra, the highest level
orchestra in the in the school’s program. They are among 94
students from 28 different schools who have earned seats in the
orchestra. The group rehearses weekly and will perform at the
NYS School Music Association Conference in December.
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The IHS Volleyball Teams are supporting our community. They
participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk,
raising over $600. In addition, at each volleyball game they are
collecting non-perishable food for the Irondequoit Food
Cupboard.
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IHS freshman Charles Jackson will serve as a 2009 National Youth
Panel member at the annual Healthy Communities, Healthy
Youth conference in Cincinnati, Ohio in November. “Charles’s
creativity, enthusiasm and hard work helped design the
activities of the conference.” Organizers expect 1,800 attendees
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During homecoming weekend, eight Economics students, two adults and IHS
teacher Amanda Janas-Tramonto volunteered at the Project
Bundle Up 2009 program with the Salvation Army. They met at
7:30 a.m. on Saturday at JC Penney to shop with inner-city
students for new coats, hats, gloves and jeans using money
donated by others.
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