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PTA earns prestigious designation To earn the designation, PTAs must reach six national standards for family-school partnerThe Lynbrook South Middle ships based on student engageSchool Parent Teacher Associa- ment and opportunities. Schools tion was recently awarded the must enroll between May to OctoNational PTA School of Excel- ber by answering basic questions lence designation for its efforts to about the PTA and providing speengage with families, school offi- cific demographics about gender, cials, teachers and community race, ethnicity and free lunch elileaders to advance gibility. programs, practices Reilly said the and policies that PTA created a comempower parents to mittee comprising help their children teachers, other staff achieve their full members, parents potential. and students, which “It’s a big deal answered two surand it feels like we veys from the Nationear ned it,” South al PTA and then Middle School PTA developed a 1,500IVY REILLY Vice President Ivy word action plan. Reilly said. “PTA is First vice president, The committee also 125 years old this Lynbrook South took part in brainyear, and one of the Middle School PTA storming and work strongest advocacy sessions before finalgroups there is as a izing a plan on how result of tireless to foster strong famiefforts by volunteers who under- ly-school partnerships. stand the value of every child “To me, this award is National deserving equitable opportuni- PTA’s way of saying thank you to ties.” PTA representatives for doing Lynbrook South is one of 23 what we do every day,” Reilly schools in the state to earn the said. “. . . I believe we were desighonor. Though the designation nated as a School of Excellence doesn’t come with funding, it because we were the embodiment opens up grant opportunities for the school, Reilly said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
Courtesy Lynbrook Roller Hockey League
Get that legislator some shin guards The Lynbrook Roller Hockey League recently finished its fall season. Nassau County Legislator Bill Gaylor dropped the puck on Cooper Vanaski, left, and Avery Dugann on Veterans Day, while Luca Dicillo waited to see the result of the draw.
Lynbrook resident bakes up fun on Disney+ ‘Foodtastic’ show By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
When Covid-19 caused her cake business to shut down temporarily, Lynbrook resident Inae Jang-Tirado’s creativity wasn’t stifled. She decided to experiment with “hyper-realistic” cake design and excelled at it, leading to an appearance on the Disney+ global food competition series “Foodtastic,” which airs Dec. 15. “’Foodtastic’ is not about
playing with food, but rather about imagination and entertainment,” Jang-Tirado said. “It shows how food items can masquerade as something that we normally don’t see on an everyday basis.” Jang-Tirado, 39, grew up in Seoul, South Korea, but came to Lynbrook nearly nine years ago. Following her passion for baking and decorating cakes, she founded Inaecakes LLC, and owns a commercial kitchen in
Long Island City, Queens. When her business had to close because of the pandemic, she said, she turned ordinary foods into sweet, edible treats by capturing people’s interests and imaginations and using her creativity to bring it to life. Jang-Tirado studied architecture in South Korea, but said it didn’t hold her interest. She has been creative for much of her CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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t’s a big deal and it feels like we earned it.