Orchestra students play in LI String Festival Girl Scouts Birthday Party

Seven Garden City orchestra students were selected to participate in the Long Island String Festival concerts throughout February and March. The chosen students performed in various orchestral performances at Uniondale High School with other orchestra students from across Nassau County’s school districts.

The selected students included Garden City High School 10th grade student Tara Murphy, 10th grade student Samuel Chan, Garden City Middle School seventh grader Lucas McClure, sixth grader Grace Immordino, sixth grader Anya Smith, fifth grader William McCoyd and fifth grader Avery Xiao.

“Ms. Kenyon and I are incredibly proud of our string students for being accepted into LISFA. This is a testament to their hard work, dedication, and commitment to music, “said Orchestra Director Andrew Albani. The LISFA Festival is a wonderful opportunity for students to collab -

On Thursday, March 16, the Garden City Association of Girl Scouts held its 15th annual Girl Scout Birthday Party to celebrate the founding of Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts was founded in Savannah, Georgia, on March 12, 1912, by Juliette Gordon Law.This year’s birthday theme focused on healthy relationships. Scouts engaged in activities from the AMAZE journey, which focuses on building healthy relationships with yourself and others. The girls also made s’mores treats and sang campfire songs to celebrate the occasion. In Girl Scout tradition, Scouts traded SWAPS (special whatchamacallits affectionately pinned somewhere) with one another and participated in a community service project supporting children impacted by the recent earthquake in Turkey.