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W. Hempstead receives $1.6M education grant more likely to actively engage in the learning process,” SED Chancellor Lester Young Jr. The West Hempstead school said in a statement. “These district has been chosen by the grants will aid in our commitstate education department to ment to provide high-quality receive a $1.6 million education education to all students, regardless of race, g rant, becoming disability status, or one of four Long economic backIsland school disground, by creating tricts to benefit safe and supportive f ro m n e a rly $ 7 0 lear ning environmillion in federal ments, especially in Stronger Connecour schools with tions awards. the most need.” In total, the eduFor the school cation department district to qualify awarded $69.3 milfor the g rant, 40 lion in funding to percent of its stu44 school districts dents must be eligiacross the state. ble for free meals, The grant program, based on direct cerwhich was authotification through rized by the BiparTemporary Assistisan Safer Commutance for Needy nities Act, passed Families, the Supby C o n g r e s s i n lEsTER W. plemental Nutri2022, is designed to YoUNG JR. tion Assistance not only establish SED Chancellor Program and Medpositive lear ning icaid by means of opportunities and environments, but also to com- the Community Eligibility Probat pervasive bullying and gram, or through district subother violence that creates an mission of such data for stuunsafe environment for chil- dents eligible for free and reduced lunch. dren. Second, the district must “When students feel secure, valued, and respected, they are Continued on page 9
By BERNADETTE GIACoMAZZo
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Courtesy Anthony Panzarella
anthony panzarella met his wife, aurelia, while he was mayor of Malverne. now the pair travels the world, and spends several months of the year in her hometown of Warsaw, poland.
Former mayor brings a taste of Malverne over to Poland By NIColE FoRMIsANo nformisano@liherald.com
Despite its small-town feel, there’s a bit of Malverne halfway across the globe. Former Malverne mayor Anthony “Tony” Panzarella brought his love of his town all the way to Poland, where he teaches English to elementary school students. “People in Poland never heard of Malverne,” Panzarella, 83, said. “And I’d explain to them: this is a village in New York, on Long Island, where I come from.” “At least they heard about our little corner of the earth,” he added. Panzarella and his wife, Aurelia, live in her hometown of Warsaw, Poland for several months of the year. He began teaching Eng-
lish to the neighborhood kids. Once a week, they’d sit at his dining room table to learn together. “I wouldn’t ever even think of charging,” Panzarella said. “It was just such a fun and rewarding thing to do.” He then started teaching at an elementary school in Goleniow, a small town to the northwest. Polish students are used to learning British English, but Panzarella noticed they had more fun with American English. He likes being that moment of joy in their day — wants the children to be able to wake up looking forward to school rather than dreading it, he said. “When you’re in town and you’re walking around, the kids will come up to you,” he Continued on page 14
hen students feel secure, valued, and respected, they are more likely to actively engage in the learning process.