Friday, September 14, 2018
Vol. 94, No.52
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Panther Pantry PAGE 18 n EPIC fundraising PAGE 24
GC Schools welcome Interim Director of Guidance
BACK TO SCHOOL SMILES
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
year’s topics include surgical and reconstructive options for patients; updates on the hereditary nature of breast cancer; strategies for balancing work with cancer treatment and how to approach nutrition when fighting cancer. Also this year LIPSG, with stateof-the art offices at 999 Franklin Avenue (corner of Tenth Street) is celebrating 70 years in business and being the oldest and largest private and academic plastic surgery practice in the United States, with over 10,000 breast reconstruc-
For the 2018-2019 school year, Garden City Public Schools has hired Diane Johnson as its Interim Director of Guidance at a per diem rate of $750. The resolution to hire Johnson was approved during a special session portion of the Garden City Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, September 5, just prior to an hour-long public work session. Johnson received a contract for the full remainder of this academic year, retroactive by a few days (September 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019). The board unanimously accepted her appointment and confirmed other staff to positions in the district last Wednesday. Garden City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha, in her first September meeting of the school board last week, explained a difficulty that arose to replace the former Director of Guidance for Garden City, Gina Christel. The school district administration attempted to get a head start on finding a permanent replacement to fill the position but according to Sinha, the timing over the summer months led them into hurdles trying to find either an interim director or a permanent employee. Johnson was the administration’s recommended candidate for the school year, which began just last week, and her contract did not require a waiver. “Diane has over 30 years’ experience as a counselor, she has done several interim director appointments in leading school districts -- most recently as (interim curriculum associate for Guidance at Jericho High School, and (as department of guidance chairperson) in East Williston Public Schools and Glen Cove. She is a college advisor and she was working as a director of guidance in the Lawrence Union Free School District from 1993 through 2007, until her retirement in 2007-2008,” Dr. Sinha announced at the September 5 school board work session. Johnson began her career in education as an elementary grades’ teacher over 40 years ago. In the November 2017 Jericho High School Counseling Center newsletter,
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Garden City's 3,877 public school students returned to school last week. Above, Hemlock students arrived with big smiles on the first day of the new school year! See pages 52-53.
LIPSG hosts Breast Cancer Summit Sept. 26 BY RIKKI N. MASSAND On Wednesday September 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Garden City-based Long Island Plastic Surgical Group will host the eighth annual Breast Cancer Summit at The Carltun at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. The five-hour lecture, a rally for “BRA Day” (short for breast reconstruction awareness) and its collaborative gathering of cancer awareness advocates, leading medical professionals, researchers and support groups attracts attendees and families in several stages of their battles with
cancer as well as tristate area officials supporting the cause. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is scheduled to attend and participate at the upcoming Breast Cancer Summit at The Carltun. Eyewitness News (ABC7) TV reporter and Nassau County resident Kristin Thorne will emcee the half-day event, and public health advocate and breast cancer survivor Dee Dee Ricks will give the keynote address. Ricks is best known from her HBO documentary, “The Education of Dee Dee Ricks” chronicling her fight against cancer from diagnosis to survivorship. This
Waldorf School opens for 71st school year PAGE 54 Trojans beat Herricks 44-0 in season opener PAGE 62