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V.S. Chamber honors Person of the Year priate and specific financial services needed, or meeting lending requirements to help estabGlenore Anderson, vice pres- lished businesses grow and ident and regional manager at expand. Dime Community Bank, was “It’s different businesses, difhonored as the Valley Stream ferent phases, different needs…I Chamber of Commerce’s 2021 wear many hats at many times,” Businessperson of the Year. Anderson said, her voice gentle Anderson was and resonating with awarded among dozdelight. “It comes ens of finalists from with the job.” each Chamber of Anderson also Commerce in Nasmanages a sevensau County for the member team to 36th annual ceremooversee the day-tony at the Crest Holday operations of low Country Club in her branch location. Jericho. Before she reached Anderson comthis point in her bines her strong career, Anderson business acumen first began at the glenore anderson forged from 29 years base of the mounof banking experitain as an entry-levence with her people skills and el bank teller. She worked at varpassionate service to the com- ious capacities across the bankmunity. The result is that of a ing industry for household trusted community leader and names like HBSC Bank USA, go-to financial business special- Sterling National Bank and TD ist. As the branch manager at Bank before coming to Dime, the Dime Bank in Valley accruing many business and Stream, Glenore’s focus is work- interpersonal skills along the ing with small, mid-sized and way and fostering lasting busilarge businesses to meet their ness relationships. banking needs—whether that is “When a customer walks up guiding them to the right to me, it’s not what I could sell accounts, helping write a busi- that customer. My goal at that ness plan, ensuring the approContinued on page 3
By JuaN lasso jlasso@liherald.com
Herald file photo
NaTHalIE CHENg, alEJaNdRo Sosa, Meaghan Fleming and Lindsay Fletcher are surveying parents on the prospect of establishing a dual-language program in District 24. Above, students in a Brooklyn Avenue Elementary School classroom in 2017.
District 24 parents push for dual-language program By JuaN lasso jlasso@liherald.com
Four parents have joined forces to push for a dual-language program in District 24. The stories of Nathalie Cheng, Alejandro Sosa, Meaghan Fleming and Lindsay Fletcher strike a similar chord. All of them lament— despite the well-meaning efforts of school and family— not becoming proficient bilingual speakers. Now, as adults with children of their own,
they wish a different story for their young children and other children like them. Alejandro Sosa, an assistant principal who will be sending his children to District 24 in a couple years, is the son of two Puerto Rican parents. “One of my biggest regrets is that although my parents both tried to help me be a dual-language speaker and be bilingual, the supports weren’t there for me growing up,” said Sosa, whose parents signed him up for various
clubs and Saturday programs, but they did not yield the result he wanted. “I think most parents want their children to be better than them, and for me, this is what this is all about…I increasingly see a need for anybody’s children to be bilingual.” In the vast, often complex menu of language-learning programs and methods, a dual-language prog ram Continued on page 11