Nassau Herald 03-18-2021

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Despite virus, LWA remains optimistic Seeking normalcy amid pandemic of staying home during winter has picked up after the new year.” One year after Lawrence O’Connell emphasized the Woodmere Academy transi- importance for students in the tioned to remote lower school to learning amid the learn in person. “I fast-spreading corothink that lowernavirus pandemic, s ch o o l ch i l d re n school officials are must be in school,” feeling optimistic he said. “It’s not about operations just about educamoving forward. tion — it’s also big Since the school for socialization, year began on Sept. lear ning how to 8, LWA has been cooperate and conducting in-perlear ning how to son learning five share and listen.” days a week. Head Wi t h r e m o t e of School Brian lear ning still an O’Connell said that option, the feedback while it offers stuO’Connell has dents remote learnreceived from faculing, a large majority members is that ty chose in-person it can be tough to BRIAn learning. keep students “Our kids have o’ConnELL involved virtually. been coming to “We’re doing our Head of school, LWA school, and I’d say best to try to keep it t h a t o u r l owe r as engaging as posschool has 99.9 percent in-person sible within this medium of attendance,” O’Connell said. Zoom sessions and Google class“The middle school has been at room,” he said. “I don’t know about 60 to 70 percent atten- how it’s even possible for schools dance. The upper school was at with 30 students in a class to about 90 percent, but the trend Continued on page 5

By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

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THE LAWREnCE SCHooL District has established a new academic policy for its student athletes. Above, the Golden Tornadoes took on Rockville Centre’s South Side High School in 2019.

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Lawrence aims to boost their academic success “I see myself in both my 37, the Lawrence School mother, who came from District’s director of health, physical education Puerto Rico, and my father, Growing up in the East a n d a t h l e t i c s , s a i d h e who came from the DominiNew York section of Brook- understands the struggles c a n Re p u b l i c, ” P a u l i n o lyn, Christian Paulino lived of some student athletes in said. “I went to high school, in a household with parents the district to excel in both college — Saint Michael’s who came from Spanish- sports and the classroom. in Colchester, Ver mont — speaking countries and had He wants sports scholar- that’s the range of experiC-001674-05-001-MNS-FiveTowns-ROP-NassauHeraldJewishStar-StripAd-6.08X1_1 difficulty with English. ships to be a motivator, but ences I had, and that’s what A baseball player in high not necessarily their only I want for our students.” Continued on page 8 school and college, Paulino, goal.

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