Alumni Chat

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Deysi Cavanaugh (Polanco) – Class of 1974

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Does anyone remember Biology teacher Stanley Linker?

Kai Tham

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I believe I’m part of the class of ’78. I remembered Mr. Zalo the English teacher who always touches his key chain around his neck. I also remembered Mrs. Zelasny, The Spanish teacher. She had a streak of gray hair in the middle of the head. I’m not sure if there was a Mrs. Applegate, who was the biology teacher. I may be mixing up junior HS with Seward Park HS. Anyone knows if they are still around? Great to know if Robert Pecheco, Dolly Miranda, Amanda Santana, Jenny Ortez (Ortiz) are still in NYC. Great if we could convene some day.

ktham52@gmail.com

 

Mr. Steve Anderson – Teacher at Seward, a Founder of LoMA

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We are sorry to have learned of the recent passing of Steve Anderson, who taught at Seward Park High School from 1985 until the school’s closing in 2006.  He then became one of the founders of LoMA on the Seward Park campus after Seward closed.  Former LoMA principal John Wenk called Steve “one of the most beloved teachers” he has ever known, adding “he was a real teacher’s teacher.”  Former colleague Maureen Lonergan contacted us to say that “he was a great teacher and a great friend.  He had an amazing sense of humor!”  Steve had been a music writer for the Village Voice when he decided to obtain his Master’s Degree and teach.  In 2021 he authored As The Day May Determine, a book which drew on his background on the Lower East Side and East Village and received very favorable reviews. He was the type of teacher who really made Seward a special school.  The mark he left on his students and co-workers will be long remembered.

Help Seward’s Cheer Team go to the National Competition!

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Seward’s Cheer Team will once again be competing in the National High School Cheerleading Championships next February 9-12, 2024 in Orlando, Florida.  A Go Fund Me page has been set up to help the team get there.  Your contribution, no matter how small, will help to make this happen.  Thank you.  Go Seward!

Click on the link below to be directed there:

https://gofund.me/4e9532d4

Hello from Didar Alam (Dhidharul). Class of 2020

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Hello, many of my fondest memories are from Seward Park HS. I had many friends there but lost touch. Can’t believe it’s been 23 years already. Time flies. If you are a Seward Park alumni & may know me, please reach out to me @ dalamibo@yahoo.com. I would love to connect. All the best!

Giana Quinterno, Head Coach Cheer Team

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The Seward Park Campus Cheerleaders have earned a spot to compete in the National High School Cheer Competition for the second year in a row!  It will take place in Orlando, Florida in February 2023.  Click on the link below to see the interview on ABC7 news….  https://abc7ny.com/cheerleading-seward-park-cheer-team-nationals-manhattan/12720019/

The team has an online fundraising page to help get them to Orlando.  Please support Seward’s very own cheerleading team via the link below.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/seward-park-cheer-2023

From Henry Clemente – Class 0f 1997

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Great memories at Seward.  I’m looking forward to connecting with old friends.

Steve Helfand – Class of 1964

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Signed in on May 31, 2022…….  I would be interested in hearing from or about my old friends  steve61122@gmail.com

Michael Hatchette – Class of 1959

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SPHS was the first school that I attended outside of my Harlem neighborhood. In addition, my prior JrHS was all boys and Seward was coed. The cultural and racial diversity was new, but was just as important to my education as the academic subjects taught. I was on the track team and remember having to travel, on the train, all the way to the Bronx – Van Courtland Park for cross country training.   Submitted May 15, 2022

Jack Steinger – former Social Studies Teacher

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Mr. Jack Steinger was a Social Studies teacher with bilingual students. He taught at Seward in the 1970s. His niece is seeking any of his former students with memories of her uncle. She would also like to hear from anyone who received a Jack Steinger scholarship in his memory.  Submitted May 3, 2022.

Memories

Please submit your memories of Seward to sewardparkalumni@gmail.com

My name is Jerry Agrinzoni and I graduated from Seward in 1974. After completing my undergraduate degree at The City College and graduate degree from the Columbia University School of Social Work I worked at various jobs. From substance abuse counseling at the Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation's methadone maintenance program in Harlem (the Starting Point Clinic) to Services for the Underserved (community residential services for mentally ill chemical abusers) to my current employment with the New York City Housing Authority in the Social Services Department, I often look back on my years at Seward fondly. The environment there, the culture of the neighborhood and the students and teachers proved to be as guiding lights, urging me in the direction of wanting to help people. I received a lot of support and guidance from those individuals at Seward who were charged with bringing out each student's talents. So much were they invested in my future that the guidance counselor applied for me to go to The City College, at a time when I was unmotivated to go to any institution of higher learning. Thank goodness for that! And, thank you Seward Park! I'm sorry to see the old school go, and am heartened to see its incarnation ready to guide the youth of today and tomorrow into this new century. I pray that the same supportive environment I had still lives on! If anyone from the class of 1974, or any other year, would like to email me, please do at jagrinzoni@yahoo.com.

Jerry Agrinzoni '74

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My name is Jacquelyn Anderson and I attended and graduated from Seward Park in 1974. Since that time, I've entered the media. I was a radio newscaster at NJN (WNJT), and have been an on-air radio personality for several years now at stations in New Jersey and Alabama. I currently host "Midday Jazz With Jackie Anderson" at WJAB 90.9 FM, in Huntsville, Alabama. Also, I manage Hammond B3 jazz organist Vince Seneri, who is in the NY/NJ area. His latest CD is "Street Talk", with Grammy-winner Dave Valentin, Houston, Person, and David "Fathead" Newman. We are in the process of planning a world tour. I did get a chance to go to New York back in August, 2005 for my vacation, and had the privilege to drive by Seward Park High with my brother Kenny. I'll be back in New York soon. It brought back many wonderful memories for me! If anyone would like to contact me, my email address is:teekynyc@yahoo.com.

Jacquelyn Anderson '74

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I have very fond and vivid memories of my years at SPHS, not the least of which the year when I brought prestige to the school by having a short story I had written for the school's creative writing publication (called the Folio) won the district prize for Manhattan in a contest sponsored by NYU. At that time, all high schools in each of the boroughs were invited to submit student stories and I had to be persuaded to do so by my then honors English teacher, Miss Lyons. It was a first for the school and it made the faculty and all the students very proud.

Mollie Abzug Pier '37