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HERALD
2024 SPECIAL COMME
MORATIVE SECTION
T HTEH P E R PE RMEI M E RI E2024 R
A WAAWRADRS D G S AGL A AL A March 20, 2024
your HEALTH body / mind / fitness
and March 21, 2024
NUMC hosts high school students
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hearing and vision
$1.00 $1.00
MARCH 21 - 27, 2024
15th annual mock interview event a success in East Meadow’s schools, and the experience aims to get them familiar with interviewing and Interviewing for a job or prepare them for college and educational opportunity, at any future employment opportuniage, can be a nerve-wracking ties. The Academy of Finance experience. And for students in is a three-year program that high school, who may be seek- requires students to take four credits of business ing out their first classes, as well as job, volunteer posiparticipate in addition, or internship, tional lear ning it’s important to experiences. know how to presThis year, 35 proent themselves to fessionals particip ro s p e c t ive pated as interviewemployers. ers, meeting with For the last 15 roughly 60 students ye a r s , t h e E a s t during the mor nMeadow Chamber ing of March 15. of Commerce has “It’s a great day worked with the AlAN HoDIsH for the kids, it’s a East M e a d o w Mock interview chair, great day for us,” Union Free School East Meadow Alan Hodish, a past District to host the Chamber of president of the ‘Millie Jones’ Mock Commerce East Meadow Interview event, Chamber said durnamed in honor of a longtime chamber member, ing the beginning of the event. who died in 2019. Professionals “I don’t know of any other in East Meadow, as well as com- school district that does what munity leaders, volunteer to we do for our students. This is serve as interviewers, who then something that is very memorameet with dozens of students ble for them, and it gives them from both East Meadow and a good leg up on the whole W.T. Clarke High School, who interview process. They get to learn about poise, they get to act as interviewees. The students are part of the learn about preparation, and Academy of Finance program Continued on page 4
By JoRDAN VAlloNE
jvallone@liherald.com
Brittany Krilov/Herald photos
Chili Cook-off crowd says ‘yum’! At the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in East Meadow, the gathering on March 10 was all about one thing: chili. The 10th annual Chili Cook-Off brought together congregants of the church community, who put their chili-making skills to the test. The cook-off serves as an opportunity for members of the church to eat meat before the Great Lent begins. The Great Lent is an important fasting season in the church year in Eastern Christianity. Above, members of the church community feasted — and judged — their favorite chili. At right Luke Kraus, 9, of East Meadow, who was later named winner of this year’s competition. More photos, Page 10.
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t gives them a good leg up on the whole interview process.