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FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 3, 2021
Vol. 28 No. 9
Top seniors excel in, out of classroom work in science research or her late-night study sessions that help her survive a dense honors Ashley Roth and Kathryn and Advanced Placement coursePostiglione may seem at first load. Passionate about science, glance like two typical childhood technology, engineering and friends, but on closer examina- math, or STEM, Roth has been tion, you quickly realize they are involved in the LHS science far from ordinary. On Feb. 12, the research class, the mathletes pair were announced as valedic- team and the Science Olympiad torian and salutatorian, respec- competition for several years. She tively, of Lynbrook has also been recogHigh School’s class nized as an A.P. of 2021. Scholar with Dis“The Room 35 tinction. Achievers,” as their This year, her second-grade teachclassmates elected er, Marianna Flanher president of nery, fittingly called both the Science them, have long National Honor welcomed any acaSociety and the demic challenge, ASHlEY RoTH National Honor a n d wo rke d t o Society, which she Valedictorian, LHS maintain a collabsaid she considers orative, rather than class of 2021 her greatest accomcompetitive, relaplishment and most tionship. gratifying recogni“Watching Kathryn do some- tion. thing really great pushes me and “Being elected to these posiinspires me, but not in a competi- tions really let me know that my tive nature,” Roth said. peers recognize me as someone Postiglione shared a similar who can lead,” Roth said. “It’s so sentiment. “We love to watch important for me to know that each other and everyone in our they realize I’m always here to class succeed,” she said. lend a helping hand, and if they Roth has maintained a rigor- text me at 2 a.m. because they’re ous work ethic, whether in her competitive ballet studio, her Continued on page 9
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This lesson got a green light Lynbrook kindergartners recently learned about Garrett Morgan, the African-American inventor of the traffic light, and created projects in his honor as part of a Black History Month lesson.
‘The seniors are so thankful’
LHS to welcome back class of 2021 in person By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com
To bring more students back for in-person learning at Lynbrook High School, officials announced that all seniors would be invited back to the building starting Monday. The district’s Phase 4 task force, comprising students, teachers and administrators, hosted a series of meetings to discuss bringing more students
back to school, and an outdoor celebration of their return was planned for Monday morning. At the Feb. 10 Board of Education meeting, task force representatives shared their plan, which included bringing seniors back first. Dr. Maureen Berman, assistant superintendent for personnel, transportation and student support services, chaired the Elementary School Committee, while Dr. Gerard Beleckas, assistant superintendent for
curriculum, instruction and assessment, chaired the Middle School Committee, and LHS Principal Joseph Rainis, the High School Committee. In a survey of parents of LHS seniors conducted by the task force, 60 to 70 percent of the 156 respondents said they would favor their children returning to full in-person instruction, while others said they would prefer to Continued on page 9
e have a community like nothing else in the high school.