Welcome to The Wheatley School
Alumni Association Newsletter # 214.
Intergenerational Gathering
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L-R - Front Row
- Eric Engoron (2010), Daniel Weiss (1975), William Reynolds (1980), Jack
Engoron (2016), Josh Dinetz (2016)
Back Row - Robert Danzi
(2003), Stacey Engoron (2007), John Danzi (1997), Sara Weiss Danzi Engoron
(1973), William Danzi (2007), Art Engoron (1967), Daniel Engoron (1973)
July 5, 2025, Sara’s
surprise (and it was) 70th birthday party.
Wheatley Alumni NYC Luncheons Redux
Art Engoron (1967) Writes - Save
the date - Friday, October 3, 2025 - More Later
Class of 1988 40th-Year Reunion
Soraya Mosleh-Brooks (1988) Writes - The Wheatley School Class of 1988 40th-Year
Reunion planning has begun. Initial planners David
Mahaffey, Soraya Mosleh-Brooks, and Maya Sabot have rounded
up three of our four Senior Class officers: Co-President David Polonet;
Co-President Amy Levine; and Secretary Amy Warman Kates (we
are still trying to locate Treasurer Clare Burns). We
have already held a few reunion planning meetings.
We want to hear from you! Please
complete the forms below.
We are looking for your
updated contact info, reunion ideas, and possible venues. You are welcome to
participate in Zoom reunion calls and reunion planning. The NYC metro area
will likely be the location.
Forms
- About Me (Class of 1988
Graduate) Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-Vz8wfBo4eaiy5FllHAOLaX1mD5WVvDOxBdaUsiHGVtx56w/viewform?usp=sf_link
- About Me (Teacher) Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdB7j9q-uOHX8bIupsASkCOZC7ISHL91H3AXbejzrR5Bpt6gQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
- In Memorium Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdkSoSjp8CSGRfiYy9-0HaXTpUarffUfazY-fpP04QIgnw5xw/viewform?usp=sf_link
In addition, we have been
using The Wheatley School - Class of 1988 Facebook
page. If you’re not a fan of FB, feel free to contact us directly:
- Communication/Outreach
Committee: Dave Mahaffey at davidmahaffey@yahoo.com, or Amy Warman
Kates at amykates@optonline.net
- Venue/Travel Committee:
David Polonet: dpolonet@gmail.com
- Planning Committee: Amy
Levine amy.lisa.levine@gmail.com, Soraya
Mosleh-Brooks sorayabrooks@icloud.com, Maya Sabot maya311@gmail.com
We look forward to
reconnecting with each of you 😊❤️
Kind regards, Soraya
Wheatley Presents an Operetta in 1958
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Unearthed by Tim
Jerome (1961), son of the operetta’s choreographer, Lillian Jerome.
Parents-Teachers
Keith Rohman (1975) Writes - When I was in School Within a School (“SWS”) at
Wheatley (1973-1975), I had a writing teacher, Marty Solow.
Marty was a parent in the neighborhood. The Solow
kids — Ellen (1964), Peter (1965), Michael (1972), and Steven (1976)
— went Wheatley, and Ellen Solow Holzman, ended up
teaching at Wheatley. There was a period when Marty came
into SWS to teach creative writing. He became a mentor to me in a lot of
different ways, and I have cherished his memory and my friendship with his
family.
I don’t know if anyone
else remembers having Marty as a writing teacher, but
he made a big impression on me. Marty loved baseball and he loved
writing, so I hope he would approve of my writings (see below).
Graduates
1958 - Barbara Newman - Another
Table Tennis Award
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Silver Medal (in
her age group), Woman’s Singles, US National Table Tennis Tournament.
1966 - Gretchen Gersh Whitman and
Alison Kent Bermant - On Vacation
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L-R - Gretchen Gersh
Whitman and Alison Kent Bermant (Photo Credit Ed Bermant)
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Ditto (Photo Credit Dale
Whitman)
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Ed Bermant (Photo Credit
Dale Whitman)
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Dale Whitman
(Photo Credit Gretchen Gersh Whitman)
Gretchen Writes - “On July 6, 2025, Alison and I, and her husband Ed and
my husband Dale, met for lunch at Patisserie Lenox in Great Barrington, MA.
Over brioche sandwiches with melted cheese & iced coffee, we enjoyed
sharing life stories and plotting to save the world. We followed this with
amazing New England ice cream at Soco Creamery and another round of fabulous
tales of travel, adventures, and each couples’ 50+ years of marriage. Phew!
It must be something in the Long Island Sound and Hudson River water.
Alison and I are both
from Roslyn Heights, and Ed and Dale are both from Great Neck. Later, I moved
to Old Westbury.
Happy summer days!
Gretchen ❤️🦋😎🍉”
1969 - Gerry Gersh - Sunset Over
the Hudson
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Gerry (1969) and Patty
Gersh at Fin & Brew, Charles Point, Peekskill, New York, July 2025. Their
36th Wedding Anniversary is this July 17th.
1971 - Phyllis Orlins Trigg -
Deceased
Phyllis passed away on
Monday, June 30, 2025. Shiva hours will be at her husband, Wayne’s,
condominium, 141 Pond View Dr., Port Washington, New York, on Thursday, July
10th and Friday, July 11th, from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Phyllis had two
brothers: Steve Orlins (1968) survives her; David
Orlins (1965) predeceased.
1975 - Keith Rohman - “Marty Solow
(see above) always encouraged me
to continue with my writing, and I think he would be pleased and amused to
know that earlier this year, a poem I wrote, Zen and Baseball, was one of the 20 poems
recognized at the 2025 National Baseball Poetry Festival. That little boost
encouraged me to get more serious about my writing about baseball and other
subjects, with my first step being to start a Substack called, The Arc of the Swing: Musings on Baseball, Memory, and
the Infield Fly Rule. (Subscriptions are free.)
1988 - Maya Sabot Paveza - With
Daughter and Dog
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L-R - Maya,
Mitzi, Daughter
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Mitzi
Maya =)
Bachelor of Science with
Distinction, Integrated Social Sciences - Penn State University
Social Media Snark, SEO Content Strategist, Writer and Perpetual
Student.
know-it-all topics include:
Twitter, HTML, Epidemiology, Guinea pigs, Teen Daughters, Various
useless facts that would make me a great contestant on Jeopardy or Remote
Control (once alternate contestant for that show).
* Maya's LinkedIn Profile
- LinkedIn.com/in/mayaREguru
Required things in case I
say anything about real estate in my email:
Licensed in Delaware
DE Associate Brokers
License RA-0020154
1998 - Lindsey Powell - On Facebook
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Fan Mail
1965 (Louise Kampa Triano) - “Terrific Newsletter, as usual”
1963 (Donna Kenton) - “I’m happy to hear that you’re bringing back the
Wheatley Alumni NYC Luncheons.”
1974 (Laurie P. Cohen) - “Thanks for all of your Wheatley-related work. I love
reading the Newsletters.”
1975 (Keith Rohman) - “I admire what you do with the Alumni Association.
Having my own nascent Substack account now, I have an even greater
appreciation for the work that goes into this. I particularly enjoy the
history people share about the neighboring community, including the North
Side fire, the Plains of Hempstead, etc. I grew up two blocks from North
Side.”
1985 (Mike Ferrara) - “Hi Art – Thanks for all these Newsletters . . . I read
every one of them, and they are great.”
1988 (Soraya Mosleh-Brooks) - “Thanks for all your work.”
1988 (Alison Reyher Papalia) - “Thanks for these wonderful Newsletters.”
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there. Art Engoron, Class of 1967
Closing
That’s it for The Wheatley School
Alumni Association Newsletter # 214. Please send me your autobiography before
someone else sends me your obituary.
Art
Arthur Fredericks Engoron, Class of 1967