50 The Great Neck News, Friday, February 27, 2015
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South students take top art honors Four South High School seniors took top honors at the New York Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design Competition titled, “Long Island’s Finest.” They are Sarah Haggerty, Samantha Klainberg, Jimin Lee, and Kimberly Yee. Yee received first place, Lee took second place, Klainberg took third place and Haggerty received an Honorable Mention. Their art teachers are Karen Cuchel, art department head, and Lisa Stancati. Students were challenged to create twodimensional art that offered their interpretation of “The Inside.” They were free to express their ideas of what “The Inside” meant to them. They could use any medium, as long as they adhered to the size restriction of a piece that was not larger than 11 inches by 17 inches. Submissions were judged by a jury of faculty, staff and professional practitioners.
NYIT art winners, with their artwork, from left: Kimberly Yee, Jimin Lee, and Samantha Klainberg. Their art teachers: Lisa Stancati and Karen Cuchel. Missing from photo: Sarah Haggerty.
School district schedules budget vote On Tuesday, May 19, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., qualified residents of the Great Neck Public School District may vote on the Proposed 2015–2016 School Budget. Voting will take place at the E.M. Baker School, 69 Baker Hill Rd., in the multi-purpose room (for voters who reside north of the LIRR), and at the William A. Shine-South High School, 341 Lakeville Rd., in the west gym (for voters residing south of the LIRR). Additional budget information follows. Copies of the 2015–16 Preliminary Budget for the Great Neck Public Schools will be available as of Friday, Feb. 27, at the Office of the District Clerk, Phipps Administration Building,
345 Lakeville Road, school days, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. It will also be on the district Web site (www.greatneck.k12.ny.us) and available at Budget Meetings (listed below). Reference copies may be perused in each public school and in the Great Neck Library, all open branches. Budget Meetings are scheduled during March, April and May. Weekday meetings follow student recognitions, which begin at 7:30 p.m. Meeting dates, times, and school locations follow: Monday, March 16, 7:30 p.m., North High, 35 Polo Road (informal budget hearing). Saturday, March 21, 9:30 a.m., South High, 341 Lakeville
Road (budget discussion with administrative staff). Monday, March 30, 7:30 p.m., South High, 341 Lakeville Rd. (informal budget hearing). Tuesday, April 21, 7:30 p.m., North Middle, 77 Polo Road (official budget hearing and adoption of Proposed 2015–16 Budget). Monday, May 11, 7:30 p.m., South Middle, 349 Lakeville Road (budget discussion only). Residents are encouraged to attend the Budget Meetings and to respond to the Preliminary Budget. Firm decisions on the Budget will not be made until the Board listens to the community’s concerns. Residents who have voted
in any school or general election since 2011 are automatically registered to vote in the school election on May 19. Residents who have not voted since 2011, or are not registered, may register at the Office of the District Clerk, Phipps Administration Building, 345 Lakeville Road, on school days, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Residents must be 18 years of age or older, a citizen of the United States, and have lived in the district for at least 30 days. Registration deadline is Thursday, May 14. Qualified, registered voters can obtain applications for absentee ballots from the district Web site (www.greatneck.k12. ny.us—click on Budget, then
choose Absentee Ballot) or from the Office of the District Clerk, Phipps Administration Building, 345 Lakeville Road, school days, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Residents who are qualified voters and whose registration records have been marked “permanently disabled” by the Board of Elections will automatically receive absentee ballots. Completed absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5 p.m., on Tuesday, May 19. For additional information about the 2015–16 school budget, voter registration, and/ or absentee ballots, please call the assistant superintendent for business, at (516) 441-4020, on school days.
GNPS TV featuring local filmmaking Current program viewing over Great Neck Public Schools Television (GNPS/ TV) includes: District Spotlight, The Pioneers, and South High Winter Concert II. Program details and view times follow. District Spotlight Spotlight programs feature school news, sports, and events from our district in a lively, magazine-format. This edition of Spotlight includes stories on South Middle School’s “Dancing Classrooms” (a ballroom dancing curriculum that integrates physical education, music, and character education), highlights from North Middle’s One Acts showcase,
highlights from North High Junior Players’ production of Rent and from North High’s Winter Concert, US Armed Forces Veterans visiting with South Middle students and more. Spotlight show times are: 10 a.m., and 2, 6, and 10 p.m. The Pioneers During the school year, South Middle’s TV/film department along with students and staff produce and star in an original film that is shown on the school’s closed-circuit TV news program in all homeroom classes (HTV). This year’s film is The Pioneers, made in collabora-
tion with the school’s mathematics department. It is a comedy about four math teachers and their students who share a love of filmmaking, much to the chagrin of the math department head. He would rather they promote the upcoming Pi Day. Watch a short piece on the making of The Pioneers following the film. The Pioneers show times are: 11 a.m., and 3 and 7 p.m. South High Winter Concert II Watch the South High Winter Concert II, featuring Chamber Choir, Mixed Choir, Symphonic Band, and Symphony Orchestra. The Concert was under the direction
of Michael Schwartz, performing arts department head/instrumental teacher, and Dr. Pamela Levy, vocal music teacher. South High Winter Concert II view times are: 12, 4, and 8 p.m. GNPS/TV Programming GNPS/TV programming reflects the offerings of the Great Neck Public Schools and the achievements of its students and staff. For information about GNPS/TV and its programs, please contact Robert Zahn, district educational cable TV producer/ director, by phone at (516) 441-4676, or by e-mail at rzahn@greatneck.k12.ny.us.