Coach Nentarz, left and Tori (TK) Kemblowski. Compeer Rochester honored the first-ever recipient of the Compeer High School Coach of the Year Award on November 7. Jackie Nentarz, Girls Varsity Lacrosse Coach at Spencerport High School and Girls Modified Soccer Coach in Spencerport, received the award at the Ben R. Giambrone/Compeer Rochester Sports Luncheon on November 7 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.
As a coach in Spencerport, Nentarz started the Ranger PRIDE Pals program where varsity student-athletes go into elementary schools and work with students in role modeling and mentoring while providing academic assistance; worked with a student with special needs as the manager of her teams. This has been a huge success both for the student in terms of her social development as well as for the players on the teams in their awareness and understanding of differences in individuals. As Girls Varsity Lacrosse coach she organized a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society’s “Breast Cancer Walk” and they raised over $5,000 and she also founded and organized the Spencerport Day of Lacrosse event “Stick It To Cancer” Lax Fest, raising more than $6,000 for the Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong.
Nentarz has coached at Spencerport for nine years.
Compeer is a local non-profit organization providing mentoring and skill building services for children and adults receiving mental health services.
SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS – WEEK OF NOVEMBER 18, 2012
BROCKPORT
Hill School students honor veterans
Dick Griswold, a retired master chief who served in Korea and Vietnam, talked about his time serving in the Navy and various rescues he made. He joined the Navy in 1951 on his birthday and here he is posing with students from Randall Yu’s and Dave Resseguie’s classes on his 78th birthday. In honor of Veterans Day, area veterans visited students at Brockport’s Fred Hill Elementary School on November 7. Navy veterans Ron Ayrault (Korea), John Comins (Vietnam), Dick Griswold (Korea, Vietnam), Dave Yeaw (Vietnam) and Army veteran Dan Fletcher shared stories about their service and answered students’ questions. Pete Barber, who served in the Air Force during World War II, was remembered for his service and annual visits to the school. He died last month.
