Salk Middle School Places Second in Community Service Competition

Story by Liz Sobel

The Levittown School District announced recently that the Salk Middle School Builders Club, under the direction of adviser Jennifer Spiteri, placed second internationally in the Builders Club Single Service Award competition.

This designation is subsequent to the Builders Club’s first-place win on the New York State level. Salk Middle School is located along the Levittown-Wantagh border and attended by students from northern sections of Wantagh and Seaford.

During an assembly, district administrators and staff, Board of Education President Michael Pappas, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, Hempstead Town Councilman Gary Hudes, R-Levittown, and Levittown Kiwanis Club President Glen Lachow congratulated the students on this honor and for their willingness to give back to the community.

“We take a lot of things for granted,” Councilman Hudes said. “None of you took anything for granted, however, when it came to others.”

The Builders Club is sponsored by Kiwanis International and is a service organization for middle school students. In March 2013, the Salk chapter hosted a fundraiser to support the Pennies for Patients Program for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This fundraiser was selected in response to a teacher’s recent recovery from lymphoma.

In total, the Builders Club raised $3,450.66 by encouraging the entire school to become involved. Each of the students received a certificate and pin, and the Town of Hempstead presented the Builders Club officers with a citation. After the assembly, the club members and guests were treated to refreshments.