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Students prep for college apps at library p.m. The second will be held on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. Families can register beforehand online. Usually between 100 and 250 The college application process can be daunting, but the families join the virtual sesElmont Memorial Library and sions hosted by Stand Out for the Franklin Square Library College. “It becomes more efficient are helping students and their for families to families to make absorb the inforthe process less stressful. mation in a way Students can that’s most convestart the process nient and comfortearlier and take a able for them,” he breather senior said. year by sending Fo r f a m i l i e s applications as unable to attend early as October or the virtual sesNovember. sions, the Elmont An early start library will hold an can give students a in-person session leg up when applywith Debra Gering, as colleges look RoN FEuCHS show Lindell, a forfor personal con- Founder of Stand Out mer school counnections with appliselor, on Oct. 4 at for College cants. Individual4:30 p.m. Registraized applications tion has a maxithat include personmum of 20 famial experiences help students lies, but Cara Howfield, head of find the right collegiate match, young adult services at the said Ron Feuchs, founder of Elmont library, said that the Stand Out for College. library will try to accommodate Feuchs, alongside Stand Out everyone. for College partner Jackie TepThe informational sessions per, will speak at two virtual will address the latest trends in sessions hosted through the college applications, letters of Franklin Square Library. The first will be held on Sept. 27 at 7 Continued on page 5
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A slice of fun at the carnival Liam Quillen, 2, Spencer Quillen, 5, and Charlotte Quillen, 7, all enjoyed the Kiwanis Club carnival on Holzheimer Street in Fraklin Square last weekend. Story, more photos, Page 10.
Robot teaches social cues to John Street School children By REI WolFSoHN Correspondent
When students in Alana Smith’s third-grade class arrive every morning at the John Street School in Franklin Square, they are greeted by Milo — a robot that teaches social cues and emotions, and soon will teach academic disciplines as well. Milo the robot, created by RoboKind, cost the Franklin Square School District $25,000, which includes teacher training. Milo will first be used in Smith’s class, but can be borrowed by various classes that have a use for the robot. The school is the first on Long Island to use a robot of its
kind. “We did a lot of training to bring him here,” Pamela Taylor, the district’s director of pupil personnel services, said. District administrators first heard about Milo while attending a conference earlier this year, and during the summer, decided to bring the robot in, making it a quick turnaround to introduce the robot to the classroom. Milo will initially be used in intensive support classes, as part of a program for third-graders, who have the greatest need for help learning social cues and how to deal with their emotions. According to RoboKind’s website, “Autistic Continued on page 9
hat they do have control over is their time, and how they approach the process