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Vol. 23 No. 21
MAY 20 - 26, 2021
School election results Sewanhaka Central High School District budget Total: $215.7 million Passed by a vote of 2,352 to 1,101.
Sewanhaka capital reserve proposition A proposition to Sharon Earley Davis establish a capital reserve fund Elmont trustee for future capital improvements at district buildings, facilities, athletic facilities and fields. Passed by a vote of 2,344 to 969. Courtesy Sewanhaka Central High School District
robotics champs The Sewanhaka Central High School District Robotics Club was recognized with multiple awards at the Long Island Regional FIRST Tech Challenge Championship. Story, Page 7.
Supporting a worthy cause
Inaugural charity soccer tournament is a success By NAkEEM GrANt ngrant@liherald.com
With children stuck at home for most of the past year because of the coronavirus pandemic, Elmont Memorial High School Assistant Principal Dayna Sotirhos sought to find a way to keep children active while supporting a cause. Sotirhos, who is also an intramural coordinator for the Floral Park Soccer Club, said that the club was successful
in its fall and spring season, but she wanted to end the current season with a fun, charitable event. “With everything’s that’s going on with Covid, we wanted to give the children an opportunity to participate in a fun day,” Sotirhos said. “I feel for the elementary school kids, because at one point, most of them only met each other on the field.” She and her husband, Matt, who is also an intramural coor-
dinator for the soccer club, decided to host an inaugural charity tournament last Sunday at Floral Park Bellerose School, just north of Elmont. The event raised more than $2,800, and all proceeds will go to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, a nonprofit on Staten Island that aims to build mortgage-free “smart” homes for injured veterans and first responders. In addition, Continued on page 2
Elmont School District budget Total: $96.9 million Passed by a vote of 650 to 223. Elmont school board Challenger Sharon Earley Davis was Nancy Garlick elected with 525 votes. IncumElmont trustee bent Sheldon Meikle received 297 votes. Challenger Nancy Garlick, who ran in an uncontested race, was elected with 710 votes.