By Grace Garcia ’23: It is hard to believe that we are at the bridge, the end of our senior year, one which is decorated with rites of passage and anticipation of next steps. It’s a bittersweet moment in which we often sneak a glance at our parents and find them simultaneously tearing up and…
By Olivia Rinaldi ’23: At this year’s commencement exercise, Sean Cannon and Giavonna DeBono were honored with the very highly regarded Edward J. Dunn Student-Athlete Award given to the one male and one female athlete who display the qualities of the most outstanding student-athletes of their class. These qualities that Kellenberg hopes to instill in…
By Nick Cortese ’23: Dear Reader, I have been writing to you from The PhoenixOnline for the last four years, but right now, let me paint you a picture. No, I am not an artist. Never have I wrapped my hand around a brush and kissed a canvas with the bristles. Never have I laid…
Article by Phoenix writer Caitlin Hanratty ’25: Today on June 7th, the annual locker clean-out served as a goodbye to the 2023 academic school year. Following our special locker clean-out schedule, students were sent out at 2:21 PM to their lockers to clean them of everything inside. Because of Kellenberg’s digital schooling, students here have…
Article by Phoenix writer Sophia Paulich ’24: Varsity Softball’s Ava Golio, Natalie McMichael and Ariana Corrente joined in assisting the Nassau Aviators Wheelchair Softball team on Tuesday, May 30,in Eisenhower Park. They were eager to aid in this game. The firebirds spent over two hours helping the athletes run a practice and play a slow…
Article by Phoenix writer Cristina Palmieri ’25: Voltaire said “Crush the evil thing.” It sounds cooler in French, but I don’t know French. Voltaire wickedly ridiculed all of the corruptions and evils of his time. No doubt, social media would be on his radar if he lived today. Since its beginnings, social media has ingrained…
Article by Phoenix writer Griffin Noumair ’24: Select members of the Speech and Debate team competed in the prestigious National Catholic Forensic League Tournament over Memorial Day weekend. This year, Kellenberg was not only invited to attend, but also was able to qualify seven students for the tournament, which is the most in Kellenberg history.…
Article by Phoenix writer Griffin Strauss ’25: Sophomore Meghan Lazzarini represented Kellenberg Memorial High School at the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Conference (HOBY) at Adelphi University on May 2-4. Throughout the weekend at HOBY, Meghan Lazzarini was grouped with several other sophomores also from New York and took part in many activities such as teamwork…
Article by Phoenix writer Paulina Barnjak ’24: Over Memorial Day Weekend, Kellenberg’s Academic Quiz Bowl team competed against 305 teams from across the country at the NAQT Nationals in Atlanta, Georgia. Joshua Rivera was ranked among the top 15% of competitors in the tournament. Congratulations on a job well done to Juniors Brian Hanna, Bridget…
Article by Phoenix writer Olivia Rinaldi ’23: In its continued effort to improve the building and campus over the last couple of years in order to ensure the development and growth of its student body, Kellenberg is undertaking the initial stages of construction outside on Luke field for the brand new Firebird Center for Arts…