Sewanhaka High School
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Sewanhaka High School is located in Floral Park, New York. The school's sports teams are known as "The Indians" and the team colors are purple, gold, and white. Famous alumni include football quarterback Vinny Testaverde, athlete Al Oerter, ESPN sports reporter Sal Paolantonio, and actor Telly Savalas. The school's name translates to "Island of Shells" in English. It is located at 500 Tulip Avenue, Floral Park, 11001. In its essence it can be described as a National Blue-Ribbon High-School (noted as #3 in the nation during 1930s into late 1990s) dedicated to educating students in five communities in Nassau County, Long Island since 1929.
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[edit] School Organizations (Non-Affiliated & Affiliated)
[edit] APMastersite
APMastersite 1 is a site that is created for AP students or other students to properly assist their needs with school. The site has a variety of information such as World History, United States History, Biology, Physics, Math and English all specifically created for the needs of Students. APMasterSite is part of the ApFaq organization which is an organization of students who collaborate on information and help other students in school or on the web with certain issues relating to AP classes etc. The homepage of this site is www.apmastersite.com Link to apmastersite.com
APMastersite began as a simple high school project in October, 2004 developed by Sophomores Ebey Soman, Gokul Kalla, and John Ettikkalayil. The project involved building a website based on the beginning parts of World History. The site that was created inspired the group to start their own chain of information distributing sites containing information on certain topics of AP classes. The group started with World History and continued that first site with a whole chain which were mostly school projects. In summer of 2005 the group expanded to 10 members and decided that a name should be given to their organization. In August of 2005, the group was known as ApFaq, based on "AP" for the AP (Advanced Placement) courses and "Faq" "frequently-asked-questions". The parent company J.E.G Inc was developed as well to manage the resources used to broadcast the necessary information for students. On August 15, 2005 the group finalized APMastersite which was based on the "Freewebs" site builder program. Starting from then on Apmastersite included a variety of topics all for the benefit of students. Site popularity has boomed ever since and is currently expanding. Apmastersite is part of the Never Study Forums as well as a chain of sites based on Freewebs members. As of December 2006 Apmastersite has changed its domain and now has acquired a .com domain for the benefit of the students who visit it. Currently ApmasterSite is expanding it self from just a AP site to an entertainment and downloads site as well. APMastersite is currently affiliated with advertising/educational partners such as Never Study Forums, AONServers and DesiSector.
[edit] School Achievers & Clubs
[edit] Model United Nations
Sewanhaka High School was represented by Sewanhaka's Model UN team at Rutger's Model United Nations Conference hosted by IDIA. The MUN team was comprised of over 20 team members headed by the Ebey Soman and his wife Winsten Jose. The Team enjoyed a pleasant stay near Rutger's campus for the 4 day trip. The adviser Mr. Sakowich described the trip as "great Success" and overall, the Team did a great job. Sewanhaka High School represented South Africa for this conference.
In 2007, January, the Model UN team attended the Ivy League Model United Nations Conference hosted by University of Pennsylvania (ILMUNC). Sewanhaka high school represented the Kingdom of Thailand and attended this conference for the first time. Many felt that the conference was very well organized but the committee chairs were not the right people for the job. Stanley Soman and Kurban Lowoaski won "honorable mention", the third highest honor one can receive in Model UN. Sewanhaka is proud to have such a winning team.
In March 2007, Sewanhaka attended the DROMUN conference which stands for Dress Rehearsal Model UN. The fundamental basis of this is to prepare novices in the Sewanhaka Model UN team for Sidmun. Delegates Gokul Kalla and Jerin Kallickal won Best Position Paper.
[edit] Famous Alumni
- Telly Savalas, actor
- Vinny Testaverde, athlete
- Al Oerter, athlete
- Sal Paolantonio, sports broadcaster
