Welcome to The Wheatley School
Alumni Association Newsletter # 234,
Good Looking “Older” Wildcats
Shelley “Sheli Nan” Hershcopf
(1968) Writes - “I am always amazed to see such attractive older
Wheatleyites!!! Congratulations to All❣️”
Graduates
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1967 - Tim Boland - “So sorry to see that Donna Margiotta (’67) has
passed. She had such a sunshine about her. Condolences to her loved ones. Her
yearbook photo says it all! Sweetness personified. ❤️
1967 - Jill Simon
Forte - “I feel the loss of a good, sweet friend from my high
school years: Donna Margiotta. We both married and had children, and
we rented a two-story house. My son Matthew and her daughter Erin were babies
and happily played together in the house and in the snow. Donna was such a
caring, loving girl that I told my husband (Bob Forte, 1965) and Donna that
if anything happened to me, I would want Donna to help raise my son along
with Bob. Donna went through many hardships in her life, but throughout, she
always had a smile . Whoever remembers her will understand what a kind girl
she was.”
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L-R - Jill Simon
Forte (1967), Jill Simon’s son Matthew, and Donna Margiotta’s daughter Erin.
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L-R - Donna
Margiotta’s husband, Donna, Jill, Jill’s husband Bob Forte
(1965), at the Wheatley 1967 Senior Prom.
1967 - Scott Frishman Writes - “Art, I would like to add to the
remarks about you by Larry Rosenthal (1965) (BTW, another Pebble Laner)
Without you and Keith, we
would have no Wheatley Newsletter and no Wheatley news. Most importantly, we
would have no Wheatley camaraderie.
Without you, we would
have no idea what has happened to, or goes on with the lives of, Wheatleyites
(other than our long and close friend)s.”
Huddle the Heron
Rebecca Consolo Freer Freedman
(1968) Writes - “I enjoyed
reading about Huddle the Green Heron’s rehabilitation. It’s so rewarding to
help our injured animals. Thank you for sharing.”
Jo Ann Bregman Miles - Adam
Goldstein (1980) Writes - “Yea to Jo Ann Bregman Miles (’72) and Huddle! Your kind efforts were rewarded, and
you were made richer by your giving. Thanks for a great story. Adam G (’80)”
Gerry, Billy, and Charlie
1969 - Gerry Gersh - “Hi Art. Fascinating story about Billy Joel. Who knew?
And Hicksville High School, no less. My best friend went there and introduced
me to an acquaintance of his, ‘Charlie,’ who was an ‘All County Lacrosse
goalie,’ and whom I watched win the state championship game. Charlie could
have gone to any Ivy League school he wanted, but he chose Friends
World College instead. From there, we teamed up and went to
East Africa. After touring together, Charlie went to live in an Ujama
village, the closest thing to an Israeli kibbutz, while I went to the island
of Lamu, Kenya, to study and learn the purest form of Swahili. ‘Mimi nuweza
Kiswahili bwana.’ Hope you’re well.”
WHEATLEY WILDCAT APPAREL MERCH
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Fan Mail
1964 (Elvira “Vivi” Cilmi Kunz) - “Art, thanks for the pix, the stories and the fun
moments to keep us connected. And thank you ,Peter Till (1965), for
recognizing Art’s amazing efforts to keep us all aware of the Wheatley bond.
Each Newsletter brings smiles to our faces and recaptures memories!”
1965 (Louise Kampa Triano) - “Arthur, thank you so much for attending the Class of
1965 60th-Year Reunion. You helped make a special event all that more
special.
And a special thank you
for devoting an entire Newsletter to this event.
I was honored to be a
part of pulling this whole thing off, and I’ve had a lot of requests about
doing it again!!”
1988 (Christine Paine Thorner -
“Thank you, as always, for the great updates and news.”
Bonus Photo
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Bob Forte (1965) and Jill
Simon Forte (1967)
From the Archives - Class of ‘68 In 2016
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L-R - Bottom Row
- Susan Goldfeder, Eva Resnicow, Joan Edelstein, Janice Buckner, Jill
Silvering
Middle Row - Ilene
“Cookie” Levine, Joan Filler-Varty, Arlene Rappaport, Kathy Kram, Ricki
Spier, Lois Hegyi, Patricia Garin, Linda Kapinos, Lisa Mintz
Top Row - Howard Suss,
Steven Skolnik, David Hechler, Tom Glaser, Jackie Walsh, Steve Orlins(?),
Laurence “Laurie” Schiller, Gary Kenton, John Mok, Andrew Forstenzer, Eric
Reuben
From the Archives - Class of ‘75 in 2016
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Sitting on Floor
- Stephanie Frank Sassoon, Linda LaPasta Kiley, Joan Goldstein, Ruth Resnicow
Sitting on Chairs - Susan
Rotholz, Alan Peterson, Wendy-Elizabeth Welles Shapiro, Laurie Senz, Gretta
Zibaida Seidel, Sharon Silvering Keller, Toni Buckner LaPietra, Linda
Siegelman, Heidi Mok Sorenson
Standing - Richard
Tanner, Billy Kent, Mitchell Harwood, Chris Fleck, Mark Harvey, Dana Olson,
Robert Vincze, David Abeshouse, Jeff Karasyk, George “Gigi” Poulos (1974),
Mark Lubin
Real Estate Section
EAST WILLISTON HOUSE FOR
SALE - OPEN HOUSE TODAY, SUNDAY, 10/26/25
Ryuko Ueno (mother of Takemi ‘83
and Kohta ‘88) Ueno, is selling the family home at 58
Meritoria Drive in East Williston. If you know anyone who is interested in
buying (you know what a great school district East Williston is), the brokers
are David Hyland and Kazuko Santinelli of Howard Hanna Coach. Mr. Hyland’s
cell is 631-946-0711, and his email is david@thehylandsantinelliteam.com. Mrs.
Santinelli’s cell is 516-361-2664, and her email is kaz@thehylandsantinelliteam.com. The office
phone for both is 631-427-9100. If your native language is Japanese, you
should call Mrs. Santinelli; if it is English, you should call Mr. Hyland.
MANHASSET APARTMENT FOR
RENT
Living room, two
bedrooms, one full bath, kitchen - On Plandome Road - Available approximately
12/15/2025 - Rent $2,500 monthly. Contact Art Engoron, 646-872-4833.
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Closing
That’s it for The Wheatley School
Alumni Association Newsletter # 234. Please send me your autobiography before
someone else sends me your obituary.
Art
Arthur Fredericks Engoron, Class of 1967