CLASS NOTES

KMHS 2011 CLASSMATES, JAMES CORINO (USMA - WEST POINT) AND THEO MILLER (USNA - ANNAPOLIS) CAUGHT UP AT THE ARMY-NAVY GAME IN DECEMBER 2014. LAURA HAMMOND ‘04 AND STEPHEN BONVENTRE CHS ‘02 GATHER WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM KELLENBERG FOR A GROUP PICTURE ON THEIR WEDDING DAY.

’89 MARK DIAZ is a stage carpenter on Broadway for the Shubert Organization.

’91 LYGIA DAY (PEÑAFLOR) SZELWACH is a young adult author and teacher to child actors on television and movie sets. Her debut novel, FILMING THE LOCALS, about a young actress struggling with her mother’s expectations and her ambitious director’s edgy script, will be published by Macmillan/Roaring Brook in spring 2016.

’00 ERIN (BATES) ROPELEWSKI is married to Major Adam Ropelewski of 3DCAV Regiment at Fort Hood. They have 3 girls: Brynn 7, Jillian 3, Emmelyn, 1. Erin is working on her masters in nursing education from Georgetown University.

’01 MARC IALENTI is engaged to Lauren Prestianni. He is currently Chief Resident of Orthopedic Surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida.

’04 LAURA HAMMOND married Stephen Bonventre CHS ‘02 on September 28, 2013. Both originally from Massapequa Park, they met at the College of the Holy Cross in 2004 and currently live in Chatham, New Jersey. Laura teaches fi h grade at Holy Family School in Florham Park, New Jersey.

’05 ADRIANA ESTEVEZ graduated from George Washington University with a B.S. in Political Science, International Affairs and Philosophy. She graduated from Catholic Law School in 2013 with a Juris Doctor Law degree. She is currently working in a law firm in Virginia where she resides. In April 2015 she married Brian Ceres. ’06 KELLY BOURGAL is getting married in May 2015 and works in Queens as a 6th grade special education teacher.

’07 MICHAEL BANKS is a video editor in the sports division of NeuLion in Plainview.

’08 MICHAEL ADAMO is a co-founder and COO of Three Piece Suit Productions, a design service company that specializes in animation and motion graphics, graphic design and post-productions.

’11 DAN ZIDER was featured on the cover of Adelphi University’s magazine for the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business.

’12 NICHOLAS ADAMO is currently in his junior year at Manhattan College as a Civil Engineering Major. He has been on the Dean’s Honor List every semester. He is a 2nd year team member of the Division 1 Cross Country and Track & Field Teams. He was recently the recipient of the Metro NY/NJ Chapter of Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) 2014 Scholarship. He made the MAAC All-Academic Team for Manhattan College Division 1.

NICHOLAS COPOULUS is currently in his junior year at SUNY Maritime College studying to become a 3rd Mat Merchant Mariner.

ERIC DITTMEIER was selected to the All Conference 2nd team for the 2014 Lacrosse season at Misericordia University and named co-captain for the 2015 season.

KIRAN SWAMY was unanimously elected President of Kappa Sigma at Sacred Heart University.

TESS DORILIIO ’ 13 THE NASSO FAMILY: TOM, SHANE, DANNY, JIMMY AND KIDS SPORT THEIR NEW GEAR FROM THE KELLENBERG BOOKSTORE.

’13 TESS DORILIO AND KIRSTEN WOSLEGER ’12, are part of the No. 1 Catholic University of America women’s soccer team that resoundingly claimed the Landmark Conference Championship Title on Saturday, November 8th, defeating the No. 3 University of Scranton Royals on the CUA soccer field this past November. MAIYA KASPRZYK has published two books under her pen name, Maiya Angeline. As a candidate for the Nassau County Poet Laureate, she has written Wounded Healer and The Theoretical Haiku through Blurb Independent.

FATHER TOM BAPTIZED LIA NOEL TOWERS WHO WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 16, 2014. HER PARENTS ARE JOHN AND CARLINA (CAMPAGNOLA) TOWERS, CLASS OF 2002. ALSO IN PHOTO ARE MICHAEL TOWERS ‘06, MARC COMPAGNOLA ‘07, AND DIANNA TOWERS ‘08. Kellenberg Memorial High School is very proud of Nassau County Police Officer

MATTHEW ANDOOS, CLASS OF ’98, whose recent heroism saved three lives from a house fire in Uniondale.

Congratulations to JOSEPH GRIMA, CLASS OF ‘98, who was promoted to the rank of Captain with the New York City Department of Correction.

Congratulations to Kellenberg alumna TRISH

TORRALES, CLASS OF ‘11, who was featured on this past season of American Idol.

KYLIE PEARSE,CLASS OF ‘11 took first place to lead the Bucknell women’s cross country team to its fourth invitational win of the season at Gettysburg College. The Bison also sent 10 runners to the highly-competitive Princeton Invitational, where they took an impressive fi h place out of 35 teams.