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Vol. 98 No. 52
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DECEMBER 23 - 29, 2021
Covid surges, masks return Businesses are dealing with new mandate; schools remain open have reinforced indoor mask rules for staff and patrons, vaccinated or not. The eateries have It is déjà vu over all again, signs at their entrances. with another statewide mask Bagel Boss has masks for mandate in place because of ris- those who walk in without ing Covid-19 numbers, thanks to them. Although some customthe Omicron variant. e r s h ave c o m Gov. Kathy Hochul plained about the announced on Dec. mandate to supervi10 that masks were s o r Ja c o b G o l d required in all stein, he doesn’t indoor public spaces think it will negaunless businesses or tively impact his venues implemented business, instead a vaccine requirebelieving that, overment. all, it will be benefiViolators of the cial. “I would say mask mandate can it’s good,” Goldbe fined up to $1,000. s t e i n s a i d . “ We It “just started and have to protect our it’s kind of evolving, city.” so I really don’t have HEAtHER Vito Vinceslao, a ny i n fo r m at i o n owner of FriendlifREISER yet,” David Frieder Restaurant & man, president of Owner, Beginnings B a r, h a s n o t the Hewlett-Wood- Bar & Restaurant received any backmere Business Assolash from customciation, said. “At this ers, and is looking point, every business is differ- forward to normalcy. “Hopefulent, so I guess they’re all adjust- ly everybody is safe, and hopeing separately.” fully we get over this OmiBagel Boss, in Hewlett, Begin- cron,” Vinceslao said, noting nings Bar & Restaurant, in that the majority of Nassau Atlantic Beach, and Friendlier County’s population is fully Restaurant & Bar, in Woodmere, Continued on page 12
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HEBREW ACADEMY of Long Beach learning center teacher Avigayil Tannenbaum worked with one of the three first-grade students on a math problem.
‘Aha moment’ for educators Engagement rises with blended learning By JEffREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
Moving from the traditional “sage on the stage” teaching model, in which teachers stand in front of the classroom and present educational material to students in lecture form, the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, in Woodmere, has for the past seven years used blended learning: smaller groups of students receiving one-on-one instruction
while integrating academics and technology for a more personalized experience from kindergarten through eighth grade. HALB has now begun applying blended learning to its Lev Chana Early Childhood Center in Hewlett Bay Park, with children that are 3, 4 and 5, across a dozen classrooms that have four to six students at each table and others at computer terminals. “With frontal learning, a
teacher standing in front of the class, 75 to 80 percent understand what is being taught,” said Felecie Akerman, a co-director, with Lisa Zakutinsky, of the Early Childhood Center. Akerman added that in that situation, a portion of the class “has no clue.” In the blended-learning model, Akerman said, “Everyone is getting what they need in the way they need it.” The Continued on page 10
e’re just trying to do what’s best and keep business humming along as usual.