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Mary Moore, longtime Northport – East Northport UFSD Fifth Avenue teacher, passed away on July 29 at the age of 92. Mary is survived by four daughters and their spouses – Leslie Zeniou (Andrico), Susanne Kleczka (Mark), Kathryn Dunleavy (Drew) and Barbara Long (James); ten grandchildren and her sister Lillian Pashayan.

Visiting Nolan Funeral Home, 5 Laurel Avenue, Northport, NY Sunday August 4 from 3-7 pm. Funeral Service on Monday at 11 am at the funeral home, with burial of the ashes to immediately following at Northport Rural Cemetery.

R-UTN members with memories of Mary they wish to share can email [email protected]. Please write Website Memories as the subject, keep your commemorative brief and include your name and former school.

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Henry (Hank) Hull, retired Middleville math teacher, passed away surrounded by his family, on July 26 at the age of 91. Hank taught in Northport-East Northport UFSD for 35 years, was an adjunct assistant professor at Suffolk Community College and Dowling College, and was a founding member of the Continental Mathematics League. He and Eileen, his wife of 64 years, had four children – Jacqueline Hull, Suzanne Wolff, Christine Cognetti, and the late Lawrence Hull. One of Hank’s greatest joys was his seven grandchildren.

Hank was a veteran of the US Air Force, a member of the Eaton’s Neck Fire Department, and an ex-Captain and lifetime member of the Port Jefferson Fire Department. In later years enjoyed a crossword puzzle each day, and he had a passion for poetry, leaving hundreds of poems for family and friends.

Visitation at the Bryant Funeral Home, 411 Old Town Road in East Setauket, on Thursday, August 1, from 2-4 pm and 7-9 pm, with a Firematic Service at 8 pm. A mass, followed by celebration of life, will be held Friday, August 2, at 11:30 am at Caroline Episcopal Church, 1 Dyke Rd, East Setauket, NY. Burial at Cemetery of the Highlands on Saturday, August 3 at 1 pm.

Donations may be made in Hank’s name to the Caroline Episcopal Church at https://www.carolinechurch.net.

R-UTN members with memories of Hank they wish to share can email [email protected]. Please write Website Memories as the subject, keep your commemorative brief and include your name and former school.

2024 Scholarship Awards

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Every year the Retired – United Teachers of Northport award scholarships to deserving members of the Northport High School senior class. The scholarships honor current members of the R-UTN and are memorials to members who have passed on.

We are proud to announce this year’s recipients, who received their awards at the Northport High School Scholarship Night on June 5th.

Joseph Welsh received a scholarship honoring all retired teachers who volunteer in their communities. Joesph submitted this short biography about himself –

I went to Norwood Elementary School, where I met Mrs. Linda Dickman. She allowed me and some other kids to spend more time in the library to engage with things that interested us more than what we would have been getting during recess time, chiefly building with Legos. I will be attending the Rochester Institute of Technology for the 2024-25 school year, and will be studying Computer Science. While my major is not directly connected to my time at Norwood, the ability to express myself in that manner set me down a path that would lead to my discovery of programming and how it interested me.

Idil Nuraydin received the Secondary Teachers Memorial Scholarship and she submitted this short biography about herself –

My name is Idil Nuraydin and I went to middle school in Turkey, where the name of my school was Ali Haydar Ersoy Middle School. I am planing to attend New York Institute of Technology to study Biology B.S./ Pre-med. I want to be a pediatrician in my future career.

Ameli Vintidos received the Elementary Teachers Memorial Scholarship.