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Vol. 27 No. 32
AUGUST 6 - 12, 2020
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A veteran’s ‘story of hope’ Naval Academy professor to compete in Ms. Veteran America online in October. The women are competing to become the next ambassador for Final Yvonne Armstrong was deal- Salute, a nonprofit that provides ing with adversity of all kinds homeless women veterans, and when she enlisted in the Navy in their children, with safe hous2003 as a mess ing. management spe“This isn’t a cialist. At age 23, traditional pagArmstrong was eant, where you divorced with a get a crown and a child, her mother sash and you’re had died from a reco gnized for heart attack and having a pretty she was homeface,” Armstrong less. said. “T his is “I was also boots on the saddled with stuground, collectdent loan debt, ing food, sorting taxes, child care clothes, raising costs and workmoney and lobbying three jobs,” ing with ConCourtesy Yvonne Armstrong Ar mstrong, of gress for women West Hempstead, YVoNNe ArmSTroNG, 40, veterans just like recalled. “But my is an economics professor myself. When f a i t h a n d m y at the U.S. Naval Academy other women see child ke pt me in Annapolis, Md. me, I want them going. Looking at to see a story of my son, I knew hope.” that I had to make it and that I Armstrong, a native of Dalcouldn’t afford to fail.” las, was stationed at the Naval Now 40, Armstrong, a single Air Station Joint Reserve Base mother with two sons, is an eco- in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2003, nomics professor at the U.S. and completed basic training at Naval Academy in Annapolis, Recruit Training Command Md. She is also among 24 contes- Great Lakes, in Illinois, the foltants in this year’s Ms. Veteran America, which will be held Continued on page 4
By NAkeem GrANT ngrant@liherald.com
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A socially distanced celebration West Hempstead High School National Honor Society member Matthew Friedman, left, was presented with his diploma by Principal James DeTommaso during the school’s 66th annual graduation ceremony last Saturday. More photos, Page 3.
W.H. Jewish educators take part in summit on distance learning By NAkeem GrANT ngrant@liherald.com
As teachers face the possibility of beginning a new school year in virtual classrooms and once again dealing with the challenges of distance learning, nearly 100 teachers from Jewish schools in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida and Arizona gathered for a two-week online summit last month. Teachers and administrators
from the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, in West Hempstead, were among the educators who discussed the critical issues impacting their students following a disruptive spring semester. “It’s important to have a community of learners, and the summit’s main goal was to be able to exchange ideas in a safe and collaborative environment,” said Barbara Deutsch, HANC’s associate principal.
The virtual summit was hosted by Hidden Sparks, a nonprofit dedicated to training teachers and providing them with the tools to support struggling students in mainstream Jewish schools. Participants heard from mainstream and specialeducation specialists as well as Hidden Sparks coaches on how to make virtual classrooms as engaging as possible for all stuContinued on page 10