Bethpage Schools partner with Northwell for mental health care Division Ave. HS faculty honored for saving student’s life

On January 23, Legislator John Ferretti honored four faculty members from Division Avenue High School in Levittown who saved the life of student Haeleigh Ortiz after she collapsed on the floor of her gym locker room due to an undiagnosed rare heart condition.

On October 17, Haeleigh passed out on the locker room floor and her friend ran to get help. Two nurs- es, Patty Leavy and Debbi Larkin. rushed to the scene to find Haeleigh unresponsive and with no pulse. Physical education teacher Brian Maloney rushed into the locker room with an AED to assist the nurses in resuscitating Haeleigh, and school psychologist Doctor Thomas Tuchiano performed chest compressions on her. See page 9