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Baldwin grad hits Grammys’ red carpet
SouND eNGINeeR NANCy Conforti, who grew up in Baldwin, was accompanied by her brother, Michael, at the 64th annual Grammy Awards.
By KARINA KoVAC kkovac@liherald.com
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Nancy Conforti was dressed to the nines in a flowery black mesh dress at the 64th annual Grammy Awards. The 27-year-old Baldwin High School alum was there, in Las Vegas, listening for her chance to come home with one of the famous trophies. She was a sound engineer on “Marian Anderson — Beyond the Music: Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings,” which was up for best historical album.
As it happened, the Grammy in that category ultimately we n t t o “ Jo n i M i t c h e l l Archives, Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963-1967),” but Conforti later shared how she was honored simply to be in such company. The Herald talked with Conforti — who spent the first 26 years of her life in Baldwin and now lives in Freeport — about the influence Baldwin schools has on her as well as her experience at the Grammys. The following excerpts from that interview have been edited Continued on page 14
Students say Black History Month is more than a month By KARINA KoVAC kkovac@liherald.com
In February, Plaza Elementary School students learned about great African-American men and women who made contributions to politics, law, science, art, music, literature and sports. Once Black History Month was over, however, students didn’t want to simply leave it behind, along with all the luminaries they’d come to know. Taking it upon themselves, the fifth-grade Student Council decided to get as many other students involved to draw iconic Black figures for a calendar, which would serve as a remind-
er, month after month, of the impact they have had on history. From April 2022 to March 2023 dozens of familiar faces can be seen on the pages of the calendar — legends such as Shirley Chisholm, Maya Angelou, Ruby Bridges, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Chuck Berry, to name just a few. After putting the collection together, students sold the calendars, made with help from the school, to friends, family and staff, raising $204 for the African American Museum of Nassau County in Hempstead. Last Friday, all the students who had contributed a drawing to the calendar gathered in the
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Education Academy teacher Plaza gymnasium to discuss their work. There they met special guest Monet Green, the museum’s program director. Green went from group to group, listening in on students’ discussions of equality and history, offering input on the figures they had drawn. Afterward, the Student Council presented
Green with a calendar of her own. Aubrey, a Plaza fifth-grader, decided to draw a symbol instead of a person for the calendar — three multi-skin-toned clenched fists, an anti-racism salute from the 1960s, which she said felt empowering. “It shows that everyone is equal, all colors, different people coming together as
equal [and] not fighting,” Aubrey said. Alanna, a second-grader, drew the singer Etta James. Although she didn’t know any of James’s oldies, she took away from her story that even if you struggle or mess up, you can “keep on trying.” The event was touching for Continued on page 9