Amityville HS’s Unsung Hero Leads Creative Students to the Gold

Amityville HS Sets Record with Four NAACP Gold Medal Winners, including three for Cherelle Crews

Four members of Amityville Memorial High School’s (AMHS) Interact Club have won gold medals in the Central Long Island NAACP’s Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO). This marks the first time that any one school from Long Island has come away with four gold medal winners. Just as important, AMHS senior Cherelle Crews is the first student to win three medals, including two gold and one bronze.

Cherelle, an extremely talented pianist and percussionist, won the gold in both the classical and contemporary piano categories. She won a bronze in the music composition category.

AMHS senior Jean Alouidor won his gold medal in the poetry category, while seniors Cindy Coffee and Ashlee Reece-Fulton won gold for the art and vocal ensemble categories, respectively. Each of the students performed before a live audience and a panel of expert judges at Suffolk County Community College in Brentwood.
As a result of their gold medals, all four have advanced to the NAACP Nationals to be held in Los Angeles, CA this July, where they will compete for scholarships.

Additionally, AMHS Interact and COMPASS club advisor Brenda King is being honored with the Hofstra University Club’s “Unsung Hero” Award for her work with both clubs, and her efforts leading students to help people in need in the community, nationally, and even abroad. Ms King is pictured with her Gold Medal winners. Ashlee is missing from the photo.