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A 24-year-old is teaching sports online former Yankees great Derek Jeter. “I worked with a lot of athFormer Wantagh resident letes before, but that was the Kaitlin Maniscalco has devel- only time I was completely staroped a platform to teach people, struck,” she said. In addition, Major League specifically women, the ins and Baseball invited her to attend outs of professional sports. The 24-year-old has developed All-MLB Weekend in Las Vegas a 190,000-person following on in December, where she interviewed more profesher TikTok sional athletes. account, “AskKait,” Maniscalco where she holds launched a series forth on topics on her social media, ranging from pop titled “Baseball for culture to technical Baddies,” “Football terms in athletics. for First Timers” “My last six and “Hockey for months, my entire Hotties,” where she life kind of changed goes in depth on a little bit,” Maniseach sport’s rules, calco said. “I start- KAitliN ter minolo g y and ed posting a lot MANiSCAlCo players’ backmore consistently grounds. on TikTok, found a “Those videos alone have just niche where I was struggling with views for three to four done extremely well because, months, and I was just trying to again, I think a lot of times find different ways to tell sto- women don’t want to ask their boyfriend for fear of sounding ries.” Capital One invited Manis- stupid,” Maniscalco said, “so I calco to the World Series in think I explain it in a way that’s Texas last fall on a brand deal, very simple and easy to underproviding her access to on-field stand.” Sports were a large part of reporting opportunities. When she arrived, she was told she Maniscalco’s upbringing — in would be conducting a meet- Bellmore, where she lived until and-greet with none other than Continued on page 12
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Seaford High School art teacher Michael Kerr showing a digital sculpting app to students, from left, anastasia perlegis, isabella Buran and Lilli doblin. Students say Kerr allows them the freedom to express their creativity in his classroom.
A ‘Bright Light’ at Seaford High Kerr recognized for innovations in art class By CHARlES SHAW cshaw@liherald.com
Seaford High School art teacher Michael Kerr never thought he would pass his love of the 1980s on to younger generations. Kerr, 41, uses movies, cartoons and toys that were popular when he was growing up to inspire his students’ art projects. The walls of his classroom are adorned with iconic ’80s pop culture art and memorabilia, ranging from a poster of actor Michael Keaton as Batman to Garbage Pail Kids’ collectible cards featuring grotesque art of children. Kerr teaches his students to surround themselves with what inspires them, so they
can let their creativity flow. And while he finds inspiration in the past, he is using modern methods, such as 3D printing and social media, to show them how art is used today. In recognition of his classroom innovations, Kerr was named a recipient of the Bright Light Award for infusing instructional technology into his teaching. The award comes from the Association of Suffolk Supervisors for Educational Technologies, a nonprofit that encourages the integration of technology into school curriculums. Kerr said that the award took him by surprise. “I was taken aback, because I don’t think Continued on page 5
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