The Wheatley School Alumni Association Newsletter # 230

Last Call for the 2025 Wheatley School Alumni Association NYC Luncheon

Welcome to The Wheatley School Alumni Association Newsletter # 230,

WHEATLEY ALUMNI LUNCHEON THIS FRIDAY!!!

The 2025 Wheatley School Alumni Association New York City Luncheon - Friday, 10/3/2025 - 12:30-3:30 PM - Rosie O’Grady’s - 148 West 51st Street - ALL CLASSES WELCOME!!!

The food was chosen by acclimation and will be delicious. The private room holds forty, and 32 people have signed up and paid. Suggested Price - $125 pp. Wildcat Angel Price - $150. If you can’t pay that, pay less, or pay nothing. Pay via Zelle to ARTENGORON@GMAIL.COM or mail check made out to Arthur Engoron to 117 Plandome Road, Manhasset, New York 11030.

Wheatley History

Matt Sanzone (1959) Writes - “With all due respect to Ed Brown (1958): the Wheatley mascot and school colors were chosen by a vote of the entire school body and not solely by the Class of ‘58.”

Art Engoron 1967) Writes - “Ed and Matt could both be correct. The Class of 1958 could have nominated; and the entire school could have voted to approve.”

Wheatley History Query

Can anyone else shed any light on how the school colors and school mascot were chosen?

Attention ALL WHEATLEY Alumni!

You are cordially invited to The Wildcat Reunion Band's very first public appearance, in the cafeteria of The Wheatley School.

The date is Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 3:00pm. Admission is FREE and light refreshments will be provided compliments of the Class of 1975. This event will also feature the first ever Wheatley-aoke, where select Wheatley-ites will perform with the band. The playlist will be available, if you decide to join the band, either singing or instrumentally. (BYO music and/or words)

Come for an afternoon of some of your favorite songs from your teen years. Bring family and friends, and bring your dancin' shoes! Enter from the doors near the bus circle.

Contact Toni (Buckner) LaPietra (1975) with questions: musicboxstudios@verizon.net.

New Old Westbury Magazine

Jeanne Zaino Petti (1996) Writes:

Stroll Old Westbury is a private magazine delivered to all homes in the village. Every month, we feature stories about residents, community members and relevant local business. We especially love to highlight the amazing happenings in our schools and favorite memories of Old Westbury from both past and current residents. If you would like to contribute a story or simply stay informed, please visit

https://www.strollmag.com/locations/old-westbury-ny/ and follow us on social media @strolloldwestbury.

[[[This proves that something can be “new” and “old” simultaneously.]]]

Graduates

1958 - Allen Gordon - “I remember Matt Sanzone (1959) as Don Kleban’s (1958) good buddy. I remember him well and fondly. He had a younger brother Charles Sanzone (1963) and an older brother with blond hair. Matt went on to become a school principal. I remember his dad, who was wide and strong like Matt. My memory is very intact. The short time together with the Classes of 1958 and 1959 were some of the best days ever for me.”

1961 - Carol Jalonack Blum - “Mail was not delivered to homes in Old Westbury until after my family had moved away. In the early 1960s, a new Post Office was built where the house and general store had been. The house was moved back on the property. If there was a special delivery letter, they would call from the Post Office to let you know, so you could come and get it.

As for the Old Westbury police coming to our house, it seems to me they came more than once. I believe that my brother Ricky (1966) would have had something to do with that.”

1966 (Tobi Eisenstein Soskin) - “Richard Jalonack- I remember going to the post office to get the mail. The Long Island Expressway didn’t exist then. Also, I remember your kind words about my dad’s bakery from a while ago. Thanks for the memories.”

1967 and 1978 - Art Engoron and Dan Paisner - Dining at the Diner

L-R - Dan Paisner (1978) and Art Engoron (1967) after brunch at Louie’s Diner, Manhasset, New York, September 20, 2025

Dan and Art in front of Louie’s Diner, also known as “Manhasset Restaurant.” Brunch was a blast!

1970 - Luis Rios - I live in Raleigh North Carolina. In the 1960s, I was a rebel. I didn’t even attend my high school graduation, which I totally regret.

1973 - Gail Gimbel and Todd Glickman - Happy New Year 5786

L-R - Gail Gimbel and Todd Glickman, Temple Sinai, Roslyn Heights, 9/23/2025

Fan Mail

1968 (Ilene “Cookie” Levine) - “I hope that everyone at the luncheon has a great time! Thank you, Art, for organizing this and all the alumni Newsletters. You are the glue keeping our relationship with Wheatley together!”

1996 (Jeanne Zaino Petti) - “As always, thank you for all you do!”

The Official Notices

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The Usual Words of Wisdom

Thanks to our fabulous Webmaster, Keith Aufhauser (Class of 1963), you can regale yourself with the first 229 or so Wheatley School Alumni Association Newsletters (and much other Wheatley data and arcana) at

The Wheatley School Alumni Association Website

Also thanks to Keith is our search engine, prominently displayed on our home page: type in a word or phrase and, wow!, you’ll find every place it exists in all previous Newsletters and other on-site material.

I edit all submissions, even material in quotes, for clarity and concision, without any indication thereof. I cannot and do not vouch for the accuracy of what people tell me, as TWSAA does not have a New Yorker type fact-checking department.

We welcome any and all text and photos relevant to The Wheatley School, 11 Bacon Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568, and the people who administered, taught, worked, and/or studied there. Art Engoron, Class of 1967

Closing

That’s it for The Wheatley School Alumni Association Newsletter # 230. Please send me your autobiography before someone else sends me your obituary.

Art

Arthur Fredericks Engoron, Class of 1967

ARTENGORON@GMAIL.COM

WWW.WHEATLEYALUMNI.ORG

646-872-4833