2016 Scholarships
The MPFotA awarded several scholarships to graduating seniors of the Class of 2016. They were as follows:
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Art Scholarship was awarded to: Alexis Romagnolo
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Craig Von Bargen Music Scholarship was awarded to: Isabel Farina and Kanen Nelson
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Drama Scholarship was awarded to: Lucinda Judson
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Music Scholarship was awarded to: Bianca Checa and Kyle Reese
There was also a scholarship awarded by the Rakowski family in honor of Jim Rakowski. Jim was a music teacher in MP for over 30 years before his untimely passing in 2008. His suggestion to a group of music parents of the idea of an ice cream social was the beginning of the Miller Place Friends of the Arts. He was a passionate teacher and an all-round great guy, and he will not be forgotten in Miller Place.
The 2016 Jim Rakowski Scholarship was awarded to: Mamerto Teniozo
2015 Scholarships
The MPFotA awarded several scholarships to graduating seniors of the Class of 2015. They were as follows:
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Art Scholarship was awarded to: Monica Cortes
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Craig Von Bargen Music Scholarship was awarded to: Max Hanks
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Drama Scholarship was awarded to: Brooke Stocken
There was also a scholarship awarded by the Rakowski family in honor of Jim Rakowski. Jim was a music teacher in MP for over 30 years before his untimely passing in 2008. His suggestion to a group of music parents of the idea of an ice cream social was the beginning of the Miller Place Friends of the Arts. He was a passionate teacher and an all-round great guy, and he will not be forgotten in Miller Place.
The 2015 Jim Rakowski Scholarship was awarded to: Evan Frawley
2014 Scholarships
The MPFotA awarded several scholarships to graduating seniors of the Class of 2014. They are as follows:
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Art Scholarship was awarded to Jacquelyn R. Jedlicka.
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Craig Von Bargen Music Scholarships were awarded to Rourke Timothy Feinberg, Austin Scott Hassel, Brandon James Rios and Ashlee Lynn Schuchmann.
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Drama Scholarship was awarded to Michael Angelo Pastore.
There was also a scholarship awarded by the Rakowski family in honor of Jim Rakowski. For those of you who might not have known him, Jim was a music teacher in MP for over 30 years before his untimely passing in 2008. His suggestion to a group of music parents of the idea of an ice cream social was the beginning of the Miller Place Friends of the Arts. He was a passionate teacher and an all-round great guy, and he will not be forgotten in Miller Place.
The piece below was the last music he worked on with the HS jazz band. He had taught most of these kids for over five or six years, since he had moved from the middle school to the high school at about the same time most of them moved up, too. Enjoy it, and congratulations to Kevin Douglas Reidlinger, this year's Jim Rakowski Scholarship recipient.
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Art Scholarship was awarded to Jacquelyn R. Jedlicka.
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Craig Von Bargen Music Scholarships were awarded to Rourke Timothy Feinberg, Austin Scott Hassel, Brandon James Rios and Ashlee Lynn Schuchmann.
The Miller Place Friends of the Arts Drama Scholarship was awarded to Michael Angelo Pastore.
There was also a scholarship awarded by the Rakowski family in honor of Jim Rakowski. For those of you who might not have known him, Jim was a music teacher in MP for over 30 years before his untimely passing in 2008. His suggestion to a group of music parents of the idea of an ice cream social was the beginning of the Miller Place Friends of the Arts. He was a passionate teacher and an all-round great guy, and he will not be forgotten in Miller Place.
The piece below was the last music he worked on with the HS jazz band. He had taught most of these kids for over five or six years, since he had moved from the middle school to the high school at about the same time most of them moved up, too. Enjoy it, and congratulations to Kevin Douglas Reidlinger, this year's Jim Rakowski Scholarship recipient.
