Catching up with 1987 Glen Cove kindergartners

These 15 kindergartners from Glen Cove were the first group of students Newsday interviewed in 1987 and were part of the class tracked through the year 2000. Where are they now? We were able to track down nine of them. Here's what they're doing and what they have to say about their lives now.

Caterina Ienopoli, 28, Glen Cove, teacher, engaged to be married.
"I'm truly blessed. I'm a second-grade teacher in an amazing public school and I'm going to marry the love of my life, Rich."

Nicole Martino, 27, Washington, D.C., single. Martino is a licensed social worker.

Michael Arnone, 28, Glen Cove, teacher, single.
"A big part of me hoped I would be teaching in my own hometown and now I have tenure and I love being here."
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Giovanni Autran, 27, Brooklyn, founder/director of Nomadic Films production company, single.
"I loved growing up in Glen Cove ... it was very diverse — economically, culturally and a nice little mix of urban, suburban and rural in one little place."

John Dempster, 28, Atlanta, works in home improvement, engaged, three children.
"Our kindergarten teacher said to Gio Autran that his head was in the clouds. Look at him now."

Jason Moskowitz, 28, Huntington, rowing coach, Friends Academy, moving to Sarasota, Fla. in the fall to coach a rowing club, single.
"One of my oldest friends, who was my neighbor in Glen Cove, we had lost touch during middle school and high school but ended up going to same college and became best friends."
*Transferred to Friends in fifth grade, but recently re-connected with Glen Cove classmates on Facebook.

Lea DiCaterino Armstrong, 27, Boston, public relations, married.
"I never realized that I'd also end up happily married to the boy who used to sit next to me in my high school government class. After living in California for the past 8 years, everyone thought I'd end up there for the long haul. However, I never realized how much I'd miss the East Coast and how happy I'd be when we came back."

Carolyn Kroeger Hawit, 27, Fairfax, Va.
"In high school, I thought that I'd be living on a beach in California by now, so that's obviously different ... Other than being on the opposite side of the country, I'm almost exactly where I imagined I'd be at this point in my life."

Ajah Real, 27, moved to Atlanta when she was 13, now lives in Stockbridge, Ga.
"I loved Glen Cove and I miss all my friends."

Donato Cipriano, 27, Glen Cove, human resources administrator for a social services agency, single.
"Although people may complain that Long Island is expensive, which it is, I still believe it is better than other parts of the country."