P.S. 115 Character Parade Remembers A Friend
By Neil S. Friedman
 | | Clockwise from top right: Principal Mitch Pinsky and teacher Patricia Gill talk things over; third graders relax after parading around; Midwood High School Band provided the tempo for parading pupils; students rest in schoolyard after marching; family of breast cancer victim Christina Vojvodich:(from left) parents Andrew and Anna Prestia, husband Alex Vojvodich, brother Mark Prestia and his girlfriend, Colette DeSantis; pupils parade down Avenue Mbefore heading into the school yard. Photos by Neil S. Friedman
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In conjunction with Halloween, P.S. 115 more or less sidesteps tradition when it holds its annual Character Parade. While students don costumes, they're not always the conventional kind. You may still spot a ghost, a goblin,a ghoul or two, but, for the most part, since Mitch Pinsky became the elementary school's principal seven years ago, he has opted for a more educational practice in which it is suggested students march around the East 92nd Street school building wearing costumes of literary characters and carrying the book from which they learned about the character. Furthermore, this year Pinsky instituted a ban on masks, toy weapons, bandanas and colored hairspray.
Students in grades two, three and four lined up outside the school and began the march shortly after 10 a.m. to the pulsating rhythm of the Midwood High School Band. Grades pre-K, one and five re-peated the procession for the second shift about a half hour later. After parading the students settled in the schoolyard
In conjunction with the annual event, students usually raise money that is donated to Juvenile Diabetes research, but, following the untimely death of a teacher to breast cancer, proceeds collected from this year's seventh annual event will go to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk in the name of Christina Vojvodich, who died over the summer.
 | | Hundreds of students at P.S. 115 on East 92nd Street participated in the elementary school's seventh annual Character Parade to celebrate Halloween on Tuesday. Part of the activity also included fundraising for breast cancer research. Neil S. Friedman |
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