Mrs. Carney and some of her children. The Carney family, last year's Limited Raffle Grand Prize winner and longtime school families and supporters, donated the new flagpole to the school from their winnings. Thank you, Carneys! The St. Joseph School PTA hosted it's first ever Night at the Races this fall and the event, chaired by Tara Griffith, was a tremendous success by any standards. The event combined the love of hoarse racing with the thrill of a live and silent auction. Beautiful furs, sentimental class projects and exclusive golf events were just some of the items up for grabs during the auction segment of the evening. A special word of thanks to the Albertrani family for supplying the authentic horse racing decorations and jerseys! Also new at this event was the announcement of the winners of the SJS Limited Raffle. The raffle was moved to the Fall this year and the second place winners were a lucky group of faculty and staff from our school and the first place winner was none other than the family of our current PTA Co-President! Thanks to our chairperson and hard working committee members for an exciting evening and thanks to all our community supporters and those who attended the event. Please visit our school website for more information at www.advantageforlife.org .

The second prize winners holding the $2,500 ticket: some of the dedicated school faculty and staff members. Congratulations! L to R: Mrs. Solimena, second grade teacher, Mrs. Keenan, Nursery Aide, Mrs. Caputo, Admin, Assistant, Mrs. Campbell, Nursery teacher, Mrs. Thomasello, School Moni-tor, Miss Dunn, first grade teacher, Dr. Kilbride, Principal, and Mrs. Roldan, Admin. Assistant.

Past PTA Presidents Barbara DeBold,Lisa Fitzgerald, Meg Rogers, also a current School Board member with husband Jack meet up for the night. The first prize winners: PTA Co-President Joanna Castoro with her children. L to R: Dominick, grade 7, Lindsey, Nursery, Olivia, grade 1 and Jonathan, grade 5. Missing from the photo was husband Dominick, off depositing the $25,000 check! Debbie Hayden, Joe Levano and Jim and Anne Marie Proce after perusing the silent auction. The McCabes and the Klatts check out the silent auction tables. Andre Salecker, Lisa Neville and Ed Salecker take a break from the action. JoAnna Castoro, PTA Co-President, with her mom and sister, Marianne Fioravanti. Doug and Susan Munn, School Board member and Janet Levano, Past PTA Co-President, discuss the race. The Early Childhood families got in on the action. Sue Walczyk, Meg McCartney and Jeanne Madelmayer, past PTA President and current School Board member, catch up. Miss Dunn, one of our first grade teachers and her mother supporting the PTA efforts. Armando and Regina Biscardi, Past PTA Co-President, with Steve Ilardi at the end of the evening. Dina Collins and Kelly Curley enjoying the evening. Beth and Tony Bennett, School Board member, out for an evening of fun. The Darlings enjoy some time together before the next race begins. Lori Horvath, Past PTA Co-President, holds her lucky bidding paddle. Some of the fur coats right before the bidding began. Tim and Maureen Michel, PTA Secretary, bid on a silent auction item.