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Wantagh Chamber of Commerce 2nd St. Patrick's Day Parade March 20th, 2022 Police Commissioner Patrick J. Ryder - Grand Marshal Nassau County Police Department

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Patrick J. Ryder was named Commissioner of the Nassau County Police Department in February 2018. He has spent 38 years in law enforcement, serving the last 36 years with the Nassau County Police Department. Commissioner Ryder began his law enforcement career with the New York Police Department in January 4, 1984. He joined the NCPD on July 18, 1986 and was assigned to the 3rd Precinct and in 1989 assigned to the Bureau of Special Operations.

Promoted to Sergeant in 1995 and assigned to the 5th Precinct, 8th Squad, and the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) as the Deputy Commanding Officer. In 2008 he was designated the Commanding Officer of AFU, where he proactively implemented a number of life-saving programs and initiatives that helped ensure officer and public safety. These include the NCPD’s Real-Time Intelligence (RTI) system; the R.E.A.C.H. Program; the Civilian Intelligence Analyst Program; the DNA Collection Initiative; and the creation of the Counter-Terrorism Unit, Think Tank, and the Department’s Criminal Intelligence Rapid Response Team (CIRRT).

Together these initiatives have brought crime in Nassau County to historic lows, allowing residents to enjoy one of the lowest crime rates in the United States.

Commissioner Ryder has a Master’s Degree in Homeland Security and Management from Long Island University. He is an Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice and Intelligence-Led Policing at Nassau Community College and taught at Dowling College until 2015. He currently sits on the Advisory Board for Criminal Justice at SUNY Farmingdale and has been a Counter-Terrorism Lecturer at the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security.

Commissioner Ryder is a New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services-Certified Law Enforcement Instructor, a New York State Certified Crime and Intelligence Analyst, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, and has Top Secret clearance with the FBI’s New York Field Office. He has also been deputized as an IRS Criminal Investigator. Additionally, he has trained members of law enforcement agencies from Egypt, Tajikistan, Tunisia, South Africa, and Turkey. He and his wife Jill have three children: Liam, Sean, and Meghan.

Wantagh High School Writer Is Golden Nora Toscano is only a junior in high school, but she can already call herself an awardwinning writer. The Wantagh High School student was recently recognized with a Gold Key award in the Scholastic Arts and Writing competition.

The winning piece was her short story, “Young Adult,” about a girl who comes from a family with a history on mental illness and the impact it has on her. Nora does a lot of writing beyond her school assignments, and “Young Adult” was a story she wrote on her own. She submitted it to the Scholastic Arts contest with the help of her 10th grade English teacher and newspaper adviser Kathleen Flynn.

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Fun Ways For Children To Participate In St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations St. Patrick’s Day commemorates its namesake, the patron saint of Ireland who helped spread Christianity across this island nation. While it may have begun as a religious holiday, eventually the fanfare expanded to transform St. Patrick’s Day into a secular celebration spanning the world — reaching Irish diaspora in various countries. In fact, some of the largest St. Patrick’s Day events occur outside of Ireland.

In addition to paying homage to St. Patrick, the holiday is largely known for being one big party catering to the over-21 crowd. It’s common to find people raising pints throughout the day on St. Patrick’s Day. However, for those who want children to be a part of the festivities, there are plenty of entertaining ways to incorporate them into any celebration.

Attend A Parade Parades are a common sight come St. Patrick’s Day, and they’re ideal activities for children. If your town or city is hosting a St. Patrick’s Day parade this year, make plans to attend with the children. Follow safety precautions, including remaining socially distant, when necessary, and watch the floats, pipers, colorfully clad characters, and other participants go by.

saint of Ireland, actually was born in Britain, according to National Geographic Kids. Also, he wasn’t always associated with the color green; he was first depicted wearing blue robes. These are just some of the facts adults and children can explore together.

Collect Clovers St. Patrick used a three-leaf clover, or shamrock, to explain the basic tenets of Christianity. The three-leaf clover represented the Holy Trinity.

If St. Patrick’s Day falls on a nice day, everyone can venture outside to collect shamrocks and hunt for the elusive fourleaf clover, which may bring good luck.

Serve Child-Friendly Beverages For those hosting St. Patrick’s Day at home, be sure to have a variety of foods and beverages on hand, particularly ones that children can enjoy. Whip up your own concoction like a Leprechaun

Get Dressed Up Children can have fun dressing up in all sorts of apparel. While green shirts are par for the course, kids also can don rugby or soccer shirts from their favorite Irish teams. Authentic Irish Aran wool sweaters and cardigans, or Punch that features lemon-lime soda, other traditional clothing, also can be green food coloring and lime sherbet. worn. Kids may have fun making masks or hats they can wear as well.

Learn St. Patrick’s History St. Patrick’s Day is a fun time for Children may not realize that St. people of all ages. The holiday can be Patrick, even though he is the patron made kid-friendly in a variety of ways.

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Master Teacher Excited To Learn And Grow Wantagh Elementary School STEAM teacher Kaitlin Humphrey has been accepted into the New York State Master Teacher program, which will provide her with additional professional development opportunities as well as connections with educators across the state. Ms. Humphrey was one of 230 teachers, including only 55 elementary teachers, selected for the program this year.

This is Ms. Humphrey’s sixth year in Wantagh.

After working as a pre-K through sixth grade science teacher at the Harbor Country Day School in St. James, she joined the Wantagh teaching staff in 2016 as its first STEAM teacher. For four years, she taught third, fourth and fifth grade classes at all three elementary schools.

After a year as a third grade classroom teacher, she returned to STEAM this year, working with grades K-5 at Wantagh Elementary School. She holds a bachelor’s degree in science in elementary education and biology and a master’s degree in science in special education, both from Manhattan College.

“STEAM is fun and it’s naturally engaging,” she said about the subject which combines elements of science, technology, engineering, the arts and math.

“It’s learning through discovery.

It’s very rewarding for students to have experiences where they’re able to create and fail and redo.

It mimics real life.”

Ms. Humphrey’s classroom is filled with materials that may not seem typical for a regular classroom, such as Legos and robots. She noted that the program, by its nature, does not have a defined curriculum.

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Fourth graders build Rube Goldberg machines, fifth graders create and market their own inventions and all grades dabble in coding.

Sometimes, students just have some free building time to explore their creativity.

The decision to pursue the Master Teacher designation, Ms. Humphrey explained, stemmed from her desire to constantly improve the STEAM program.

She will now get to take advantage of a wider range of workshops and training sessions.

Master Teachers must do 50 hours a year of professional development.

“I want to further my role in Wantagh and as a teacher in general,” she said. “Being a Master Teacher means more and richer professional growth opportunities, which I can bring into the classroom and share with my colleagues.”

Ms. Humphrey will be a part of the Master Teacher program for four years. However, she said, the opportunities for professional development continue beyond that and the connections she will make with other STEAM teachers will last a lifetime.

The Master Teacher program is hosted by SUNY campuses, and is supported on Long Island by Stony Brook University. The extensive application process required a detailed resumé, interviews, a writing sample, an original presentation and recommendations from administrators and fellow teachers.

MASTER TEACHER EXCITED TO LEARN AND GROW - Wantagh Elementary School STEAM teacher and recently designated New York State Master Teacher Kaitlin Humphrey shows just show of the wide range of resources that her students use for creative activities that foster collaboration, critical thinking and problem-solving. Photo courtesy of the Wantagh School District

PROGRAMMING BLUE-BOT - Ms. Humphrey helps first graders program a small robot called a Blue-Bot as part of a coding unit for all of her students. Photo courtesy of the Wantagh School District

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Former Wantagh Elementary School teacher Karen Kerge couldn’t stay away for too long. After retiring in June following a 33-year career as an educator, she returned as a published author for a series of assemblies.

Following her retirement, Ms. Kerge wrote “Betsy the Diva Dog” about her 11-year-old canine companion. As a teacher, she captivated her students with tales of Betsy and decided it would make a great book. The theme of the story is that everyone is unique and has their own

special talents.

In meeting with each grade, Ms. Kerge spoke about the writing process and coming up with ideas for stories. Creating the book stemmed from her desire to still make a positive difference for children in her postteaching career.

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Ms. Kerge taught fourth grade at Wantagh Elementary School for 25 years, then moved to kindergarten for her last eight years. Many students were delighted to see their first ever teacher in Wantagh.

“This is definitely a walk down memory lane,” Ms. Kerge said. “It’s thrilling to be able to come back to a school I loved.”

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Eighth Graders Find Their Inner Beauty Building confidence and self-esteem in young women is the hallmark of the Beautiful Me program, and workshops that support this meaningful TEACHER TURNED AUTHOR SHARES HER CRAFT - Retired Wantagh message were recently Elementary School teacher Karen Kerge returned to speak about the book she recently held for eighth graders at published, “Betsy the Diva Dog.” Photo courtesy of the Wantagh School District Wantagh Middle School.

Beautiful Me is sponsored by the Hance Family Foundation in honor of Emma, Alyson and Katie Hance. About 115 girls took part in the program, which featured activities, discussions and videos. Each group consisted of 10 to 12 students along with two or three facilitators. Assistant

BETSY THE DIVA DOG - Fifth graders who had Karen Kerge five years ago as their kindergarten teacher were excited to learn about her new book and meet her dog, Betsy. Photo courtesy of the Wantagh School District

Principal Dr. Stephanie Scolieri said more than two dozen teachers and pupil personnel services professionals were trained to lead the sessions.

During the sessions in February, which totaled about three hours, students were empowered to love themselves. Girls looked inside to recognize their strengths and identify the attributes that make them beautiful.

“The purpose of Beautiful Me is to get the girls to appreciate who they are,” said Dr. Scolieri, who first brought the program to the school several years

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The sessions were about building each other up, and studwents filled each other’s heart-shaped boxes with compliments. As a gift from the foundation, each participant received a necklace with three interlocking hearts, in honor of the three girls.

Dr. Scolieri said that Beautiful Me sessions will be held later in the year for seventh grade girls.

BEAUTIFUL ME SELFESTEEM BUILDING PROGRAM - Eighth grade girls from Wantagh Middle School recently participated in the Beautiful Me self-esteem building program, sponsored by the Hance Family Foundation. Photo courtesy of the Wantagh School District

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Initially a religious holiday to commemorate the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day has since evolved into a global celebration of Irish culture. In fact, it has become one of the most popular days of the year to throw a party and gather with others.

So how do people in Ireland — the heart of where St. Patrick’s Day originated — celebrate each March 17th?

Should travelers find themselves in Ireland this time of year, here’s what to expect in terms of St. Patrick’s Day commemorations.

Since St. Patrick’s Day is a national holiday, expect schools, banks and some businesses to be closed around the country and in portions of Northern Ireland. St. Patrick’s Day tourism is big business, so restaurants and pubs likely will be open and may extend their hours. According to the vacationing resource Travel Awaits, more than 100,000 travelers visit Dublin from March 14 to March 18 to partake in St. Patrick’s Day festivities.

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As St. Patrick’s Day is a religious holiday, devout Irish Catholics will treat the day as a religious celebration and may attend mass at nearby churches. Even though St. Patrick’s Day falls during the solemn season of Lent, since St. Patrick’s Day 2022 falls on a Thursday this year, one does not need to worry about any Lenten fasting restrictions.

However, abstaining from meat usually is put on pause when St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Lenten Friday anyway.

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Travelers may experience “drowning the shamrock” as they visit Irish pubs on St. Patrick’s Day. It is traditional to drop a shamrock into customers’ drinks in the pub. As such, it is surmised that having many drinks undoubtedly means more good luck for the year ahead due to all those lucky shamrocks.

It’s common to come across religious rituals, pilgrimages and processions on St. Patrick’s Day, particularly to places associated with St. Patrick. Downpatrick in County Down is believed to be the final resting place of St. Patrick and many people visit the grave and cathedral there. Some also may want to visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.

Ireland celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in similar fashion as other countries, but the country offers unique takes on the festivities as well.

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Traditional Irish music can enhance any St. Patrick’s Day celebration.

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Seisiún is the Gaelic word for “session.” It refers to a mostly informal “jam session” at which people play traditional Irish music. Seisiún generally are unrehearsed gatherings of musicians that happen mostly in pubs. Seisiún may seem as if musicians are part of bands, but this is not necessarily so. Even if

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Students certainly know how to give it their all at Mandalay Elementary School in the Wantagh School District. Principal Marie Pisicchio presented perseverance awards to 28 children.

Ms. Pisicchio explained that the awards are presented annually to students who never quit and give

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DEFINED BY DETERMINATION - Students certainly know how to give it their all at Mandalay Elementary School in the Wantagh School District. Principal Marie Pisicchio presented perseverance awards to 28 children. Photo courtesy of the Wantagh School District

Business Students Make Their Pitch Eighth graders in the Business Management class at Wantagh Middle School recently participated in the Shark Tank Challenge.

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3037 MERRICK RD. • WANTAGH

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June 11th – Health & Wellness Day Marjorie Post Park 10:00 am – 2:00 PM

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MONDAY - FRIDAY 8AM-5:30PM

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COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE

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KC TEAM

NEED REAL ESTATE ADVICE? IT’S ON THE HOUSE!

May your garden be full with four leaf clovers. May the Luck of the Irish be with you today and throughout the year.

When it comes to your real estate needs, don’t rely on luck, contact your go-to-team, The Kathy Ciavarella Team to get you where you want to be.

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Katherine Ciavarella Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

Cell: 516.521.7013 kciavarella@signaturepremier.com

Follow us on Instagram! @thekathyciavarellateam

1867 Wantagh Ave, Wantagh, NY 11793 *If your property is currently listed with another brokerage please disregard.

It is not our intention to solicit the listings of other brokerages.

We’re thinking of our Ukrainian friends and praying for their safety.

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Glenda Alvarado-Ostrow Glenda1@kw.com (917) 647-7348

O: 718-848-4700 WilliamandGlenda.com Keller Williams Realty, Inc., a franchise company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer and supports the Fair Housing Act. Each Keller Williams office is independently owned and operated.

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EMAIL YOUR NAME and PHONE NUMBER TO William1@kw.com for your Chance To Win $50 to GUAC SHOP 7 winners will be selected at random on March 21st 5PM NO PURCHASE OR SALE OF A HOME NECESSARY TO ENTER

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We offer a curbside collection of food scraps for your home or business.

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Current prime rate 3.25%.Variable rate; maximum rate of 16%. May be offered credit at a higher rate and other terms; subject to credit approval. Hazard insurance required on all loans. 3No closing costs option only available for limits up to $500,000 for a primary residence located in Nassau or Suffolk County, excluding cost of appraisal. Must maintain minimum balance requirements for first 12 months for introductory rate and 36 months to avoid payment of closing costs. Other terms and conditions apply. Membership eligibility applies.

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