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North makes the grade, and then some year being the seminar class and the second year being research. The Capstone class is a relatively Three high school students new program started by the Colfrom Valley Stream North High lege Board. North High School School achieved a rare feat by implemented the course in Sepearning perfect scores on their tember 2017, and Joe Powers and A dva n c e d P l a c e Nicole Ryan have ment exams. served as co-teachA.P. courses presers for the past six ent students with a years. college-level curricu“One of the lum, and the exams things that are so are scored on a scale exciting about this of 1 to 5. Scoring a 5 course is that you is difficult enough, just have to motivate but receiving a perthe kids, get them to fect score is very be passionate, and rare. If that weren’t find their interests,” enough, this comes Rya n s a i d . “ We after two students in guide them and last year’s A.P. Semim o t ivat e t h e m . nar class at North That’s what makes High received perthe prog ram so fect exam scores. amazing, is that they This year’s stu- NIColE RyAN have so much acad e n t s a r e E v a n Teacher, demic freedom. Thomas, Giovanni They can study what V.S. North High Mascetti and Kira they want, and they Sherman, all seniors can do research.” who received perfect scores in The statistics on the students’ the A.P. Capstone Research perfect score achievement are exam. rare. In 2021, over 46,840 students Last year’s students were took the A.P. Seminar exam. Hannah Lee and Alain Deen, Worldwide, there were only 33 who are also now seniors. students who had perfect The AP Capstone course is a two-year course with the first Continued on page 16
By KEpHERD DANIEl kdaniel@liherald.com
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Courtesy Jenna Gentry
‘BoxES of HopE’ contained Thanksgiving dinners and trimmings as well as canned goods.
Giving the gift of holiday hope
Church treats families to Thanksgiving dinners By KEpHERD DANIEl kdaniel@liherald.com
The Bethlehem Assembly of God, in Valley Stream, wrapped up another successful annual Thanksgiving event by distributing their “Boxes of Hope” the weekend before the holiday, feeding 700 families in Valley Stream, Springfield Gardens and Rosedale. The church works together with its House of Hope food pantry to make a difference by helping feed many during
the holiday season. Every year, the church packs the Boxes of Hope with a turkey and all the trimmings, so families in need can have full Thanksgiving dinners. Some 550 of the 700 families received a box of traditional Thanksgiving food and a turkey, and 150 received a box of Thanksgiving food and canned goods. The pickup location for the food was Wheeler Avenue School in Valley Stream. The church also partnered with Public School 52 in Spring-
field Gardens and its campus in Rosedale, where families were also able to pick up boxes. Jenna Gentry, daughter of Bethlehem Assembly of God’s p a s t o r, S t eve n M i l a z z o, worked at the church and is a veteran volunteer at the pantry food drive event. “We set a goal of how many families we’re going to feed, and we try to give the children their hot meals because a lot of them live in shelters, close to the school,” Continued on page 10
ne of the things that are so exciting about this course is that you just have to motivate the kids. . .and find their interests.