November 17, 2010 
I.S. 228 Principal, Dominick D'Angelo is awarded the Robin Hood Heroes Award.      
 
The Robin Hood Heroes Award is given annually to a few special New Yorkers who have overcome insurmountable obstacles and shown us the resiliency of the human spirit. School of One is a 2010 Robin Hood Hero. Click here for more information and to see the Video: robinhood.org/​heroes/​school-of-one.aspx


March 24, 2010 - I.S. 228 Students Serenade Senior Citizens in Coney Island
Nineteen sixth-grade students from David A. Boody Intermediate School for Magnet Studies (I.S. 228) visited a Coney Island nursing home to serenade the senior citizens and present them with more than 100 handmade greeting cards.
The students from the Gravesend school designed the cards to celebrate 100 days of school.  Teachers Cristen Losquadro and Nihal Boz selected 19 students and took them to Saints Joachim & Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Surf Avenue on March 24. They met with Nancy Kaufman, Director of Recreation and Volunteers, and socially interacted with elderly residents. They spoke with them in English, Spanish, and Russian in the day room and sang “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” They also visited individual rooms to distribute the cards and to speak with the residents.
“It was so sweet,” said Ms. Kaufman. “Everybody connected so well.”
One resident, Josephine Ruggiero, gave each student a present she had made by hand in the center’s woodworking craft group, coordinated by family member Frank Scaturro and Paul Ali, an activity aide.
The visit was part of the school’s outreach mission. “We want all our students to be aware of their responsibilities to their community and to learn the importance of being of service to others,” said Principal Dominick A. D’Angelo.
 Sixth-grader Nataliya Palinchak spoke to a resident in Russian. “I think she was amused,” Nataliya said. “Two of my grandparents have died, so it was good to see somebody like them. They enjoyed it when we sang. They were clapping.” Student Edwin Delarosa, who spoke in Spanish to several seniors, said, “It was kind of cool. Talking to the elderly people made me feel I should take the opportunity to talk to my uncle, who is in a nursing home.” Ms. Kaufman said she hoped the students will visit again. “I could tell by the smiles and expressions of some of the residents that they greatly appreciated so much attention,” she said.