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Volume 47 Number 24 329 Broadway., Beftpage, NY inw July 3- 9 2009 { S16) 681-( M40ext. 21 FAX( 516) « 81- 93S4 Email: Niiz2u@ aol. oom 50 Cents
In Honor of
Anthony ( Duke) Ducato
By Mary McCaffery
Family, friends and former colleagues gathered at the JFK Middle School to
honor the memory of Tony Ducato who had served as Assistant Principal and
Principal at the school from 1967 through 1985.
As one of his last duties as superintendent, Dr. Richard Marsh opened the
ceremony introducing George McElroy whose tenure as principal of Bethpage
High School paralleled Tony's at the Middle School.
George and Tony were colleagues and good friends. In his comments,
George related stories about Tony's legendary disciplinary procedures and his
heartfelt devotion to his faculty and students.
George also told a number of funny stories taken from the Ducato- McElroy
" Sunshine Painters" episodes in their lives. It is a good thing they both loved
their day jobs!
Dr. Antoinette McLeod, Tony's successor as JFK principal, said how intimi-dated
she felt moving into the position after an icon like Tony. Typical of Tony,
he was there to help her during the transition and through all the years she spent
in the Bethpage Schools.
Toni Ann, Duke's daughter, thanked everyone on behalf of her mother,
Rosemary, her sister, JoAnn, and the other members of the family. She went on
to say it was a fitting honor to have a tree planted in her father's memory and to
be able to watch it grow and flourish in front of the school her dad loved so
much.
Special thanks to Frank Carmelengo, Emil's Landscaping, for donated the
Bradford Pear - a sturdy tree in honor of a gentleman who devoted his entire
professional career to the youth of Bethpage.
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Kramer Lane Principal
Dr. Frank J. Cicione Retires
After 32 years as Principal of Kramer Lane Elementary School, Dr. Frank J.
Cicione has announced his retirement, effective July 1, 2009. Dr. Cicione has
been a committed and active educational leader for the students, staff, and oth-ers
in the Bethpage School District.
Since coming onboard as Kramer Lane Principal in 1977, Dr. Cicione has
played key roles in implementing numerous school initiatives, including School
Safety Team procedures, a secretary and monitor supervision system, the " Bully
Prevention and Peer Respect" program, and the Clinical Supervision Approach
for Formative Pefformance Evaluation to help raise the level of instruction
planning among staff.
Dr. Cicione's efforts have extended beyond Kramer Lane, benefiting stu-dents
throughout the District by contributing to, and in many cases champi-oning,
various programs and projects. Among these are the K- 5 Second Step
Program, the K- 5 Conflict Resolution Program, the Guided Reading
Instructional Technique, the Emergency Management Plan, the Commerce
Plaza Business Community Program, the Early Literacy Push- in Program, K- 5
Report Card system refinements, the K- 5 Counseling Program for Children
from Divorced and Separated Families, the K- 6 Computer Literacy Program,
and the K- 5 Gifted and Talented Program.
Dr. Cicione also chaired the Bethpage School District's K- 8 Mathematics
Committ. ee and served as the Director of Elementary Education while serving
as Principal. He is a past recipient of the Jenkins PTA Award for 25 Years of
Outstanding Service as an Elementary School Principal in 2002, as well as the
Jenkins PTA Award for Program Development and Implementation in 1988,
In addition to his achievements wijjyy^ iij^^ ie Bethpage School District, Dr.
Cicione has authored articles published in ecftitatiotiai journals and has led pre-sentations
for teachers and school administrators across the .^ iate- atid country.
have been blessed with the opportunity to work with an outstanding
school community, professional administrative and instructional teams who sub-sequently
planned, piloted and implemented various educational, safety and
emotional/ social skills programs adapted across the district," slated Dr Cicione.
" As my wife Eileen and I embark on the ne? ct phase of our life together, we are
excited and look forward to exploring new frontiers and many wonderful and
fresh opportunities that life has to offer."