The district congratulates the 14 elementary and middle school string students who were selected to perform in the Intermediate Long Island String Festival recently held at Northport High School. The students were selected along with others from across Suffolk County on a competitive basis with New York State School Music Association scores as the main criteria along with teacher recommendations. Fifth graders Allie Blumenthal, Jonah Boerboom, Nicholas Hogan, Joshua Kwon and Iris Park; sixth graders Mari Fukuto, Kevin Hong, Hannah Pflaster, Marco Puopolo and Sadie Salzman, seventh graders Gavin Onghai and Katherine Ranjbar; and eighth graders Alana Samara and Nicholas Smirnov were chosen to participate and represent the district’s exceptional music program.