North Bellmore schools welcome a new face

in political science from SUNY Oneonta, a master’s degree in childhood education and literacy from C.W. Post (now LIU Post), an advanced certificate in education administration from the College of St. Rose, and a doctorate in educational administration, leadership and technology from Dowling College.

He’s an active member of the Nassau County Principals Association and the Long Island Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Yannucci also teaches early childhood classes at the College of Mount St. Vincent, on topics such as literacy assessment, literacy for the young learners and integrating play into learning.

“I want to be part of education that includes the whole child, and not forgetting about the child’s social and emotional wellbeing,” he said. “We need to remember that children — and teachers and adults and our colleagues — come to work and school every day, and they carry a whole bunch of invisible baggage, that we as a school might not know about.

Marie TesTa Superintendent of schools, North Bellmore School District

Yannucci said he gets excited as an educator witnessing kids learning something new.

“When they learn something new, that they can now do something on their own, that they maybe couldn’t do a day or two before, it’s just exciting to be part of the uncovering or the discovery of something new,” he said.

As a teacher or administrator, Yannucci emphasized the importance of learning the needs of a child.

“We know there is always something going on in people’s lives,” he added. “Some things are really good, some things are a little harder. I’ve always tried to be mindful of that, and give people the time and space they need to learn and grow.”

In a press release shared with the Herald, Marie Testa, superintendent of the North Bellmore School District, said, “Dr. Yannucci brings a wealth of instructional knowledge, talent and enthusiasm to this position. He truly values a collaborative approach, where students, families, faculty and staff work together to create a safe, supportive and engaging learning environment. He will work diligently to build upon the tradition of excellence at Martin Avenue School.”

Yannucci said he wants to take a col- laborative approach to learning. “My hope is that I can contribute to fostering an environment where people in our school are empowered to use their voice and feel comfortable contributing to the future of the school,” he said.

Yannucci said he also wants the North Bellmore community to know that he’s a people person.

“I really hope to listen to the people

Book Review: in the community, whether it be our staff, our students, our families — because I think my job is to really understand what’s going in the school,” he said. “Over the first year, I hope to learn more about the goals and the aspirations the community has for fostering a learning environment that embodies caring and passion and dedication to students.”

“ Die with Zero” by Bill Perkins

In “Die with Zero”, subtitled “Getting All That You Can from Your Money and Your Life”, retired engineer Bill Perkins takes an analytical view about making your life grow as opposed to making your money grow. Letting opportunities pass you by for fear of squandering money leads many to squander their lives instead.

Instead of just keeping on earning and earning to maximize wealth, too many of us don’t give nearly as much thought as to maximizing what they can get out of that wealth — including what they can give to others while they are living, instead of waiting until they die.

As opposed to spending money on things, which excitement depreciates over time, the author advocates spending on experiences, which grow in value over time, due to the “memory dividend”. Perkins advocates a systematic approach for eliminating the fear of running out of money (the main reason people oversave and underenjoy) while maximizing your and your loved ones enjoyment of that money.

Being that the main idea is that your life is the sum of your experiences, you should put some thought into planning the kind of experiences you want. If you die with significant wealth but a scarcity of experiences, you worked a lot of hours just to accumulate money that you either never used or were too old to use.

You can waste your life by underspending. Life is not only about “accumulating”, it is also about “decumulating” or using the money to maximize your life which, in the end, is nothing more than the memories you make.

In a similar vein, giving inheritances early maximizes the impact of those inheritance on the recipients’ quality of life. The average age of heirs being about sixty, the money usually arrives too late to do the most good.

Your time is limited. The chief regrets of the dying are that they didn’t live their dreams more and spent too much time working, missing out on relationships and life experiences.

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