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Chatterton School students learn to ‘fly’ technology teacher, Andrea McCabe. When Covid-19 shut schools down, it gave the district Drones took to the air last time to re-evaluate the program, week at Roland A. Chatterton make some changes, and really School — all part of the final get it ready for this academic installment of the Drone Olym- year. pics in the Merrick Union Free Three obstacles were set up School District. throughout the gym. A bowling Fifth- and sixth-graders gath- event challenged drones to ered in the school’s knock down pins. gymnasium for a Another event f u n b at t l e w i t h tasked drones to flip d r o n e s, p u t t i n g in the air and land their technolog y in a hula hoop. And skills to the test by a football event working in small looked for drones to teams to complete fly through yellow various obstacles. goal posts. The series of T hree classes competitions have from each grade ANDREA MCCABE participated, taken place at each split of Merrick’s ele- Technology teacher into small groups. mentary schools as Although the a part of the disyoung participants trict’s revamped technology pro- had mastered the craft of flying gram. Although every grade drones, McCabe noted the prooffers a technology class of some cess wasn’t as easy as it looked. kind, only the fifth and sixth “The kids are coding, which grades learn how to code, pro- takes a lot of effort,” she said. gram, and eventually fly small “They would have pre-planned a drones using software on code that they wanted their Chromebook laptops. drone to do. It’s not just out of The drones are part of an ini- their brain — they have to do tiative the school district had measurements, they have to figplanned to implement just before ure out what kind of movements the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, said Chatterton’s Continued on page 4
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EACH CHABAD IN the Town of Hempstead was given a commemorative sign. Chabad centers are known for their community outreach and welcoming facilities to people of all religions and backgrounds.
Chabad leader remembered on his 120th birthday By JoRDAN VAlloNE jvallone@liherald.com
They gathered to commemorate what would have been an influential rebbe’s 120th birthday. Town of Hempstead officials and rabbis from across Nassau County got together at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Merrick last week to honor the late Rabbi Men-
achem Mendel Schneerson. He was a leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, becoming its seventh rebbe in 1951. Schneerson transformed the Chabad into one of the most widespread Jewish movements, establishing a large network of institutions across the world to serve religious, social and humanitarian needs in the community. In fact, many of these Chabad
centers can be found throughout Nassau. Schneerson died in 1994. He was 92. Hempstead town officials proclaimed April 12, the rebbe’s birthday this year on the Jewish calendar, as “Education and Sharing Day.” Officials were joined by several Chabad rabbis including Shimon Kramer of Merrick-BellContinued on page 13 April 14, 2022
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