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Elementary students attend leadership program On Tuesday, May 24, 10 students from Munsey Park and Shelter Rock Elementary Schools attended the 1st Annual Middle School Student Leadership Institute sponsored through the Long Island Consortium for Excellence and Equity at Molloy College Suffolk Center. The theme of the day was “It’s Your Life: Dare to Dream Big Dreams.” The event featured a keynote address from actress April Hernandez Castillo entitled “Your Voice is Your Choice.” Presenters from the organization “Coolspeak” led breakout sessions, where the students learned about becoming leaders and role models. Students also learned the skills and strategies needed to overcome hurdles and embrace challenges in order to reach success. The event was made possible through the support of Nassau BOCES, Included in the photo with Mr. Brian Nolan, Assistant Principal from Munsey Park and Mrs. Paulette Williams, Assistant Principal The University of Pennsylvania and Mol- from Shelter Rock are: Bobby Saville, Chrystian Hernandez, Michael Paulucci, Michael Waltos, Despina Giannakopoulos, David loy College. Wong, Michelle Cano, Edith Rylee Collier, Kaden Deosaran and Daeshaun Fowler.
Boat tours to give history of waters Twenty students from Herricks High School and eight from Herricks Middle School represented the best of New York State at the prestigious Kenneth E. Behring National History Day competition, held at the University of Maryland during the week of June 13. Of the 20 projects competing in the Senior Division from New York, seven were from Herricks High School. At the high school level, Vanessa Sun, Rachel Kim and Alan Chen were awarded Most Outstanding Entry on Equality in History and placed ninth in the nation for their website, “The Freedmen’s Bureau: Standing on
the River of Jordan-Exchanging Chains for Freedom’s Opportunity.” Melissa Lau, Felisha Ma, Esme Chen and Ashley Wong were also finalists, placing 10th in the nation for their performance, “Extinction by Assimilation: Encountering the Native Industrial Schools.” They collectively received more awards than any other high school from New York State. The Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest is the final stage of a series of contests at local and affiliate levels.
Nearly 3,000 students from all over the world presented their research projects on local, state, national and world history at this weeklong event, which featured the theme “Exploration, Encounter, Exchange.” In April, Herricks High School students earned eight awards at the state-level National History Day competition, while Herricks Middle School students won three. The students spent countless hours working on their research, for which they accessed major databases in the libraries, analyzed their findings and developed meaningful and comprehensive projects.
Herricks students honored On Friday, June 10, Herricks High School continued its longstanding tradition of honoring members of the graduating class with a senior awards ceremony. More than 100 awards or scholarships, sponsored by local community and school organizations, were bestowed upon stu-
Global Connections Center Street School students explored life around the world during the second annual Global Connections celebration, held on the evening of June 9. As the school’s largest event of the year, this experience provided students with opportunities to explore aspects of different cultures through presentations by performers and staff members, along with various activities. It was an evening of entertainment, multicultural learning and child-centered programs.
dents based on academic achievement, community service involvement, individual character, unique accomplishments or talents, leadership, dedication to a particular subject and other noteworthy qualities and triumphs. A number of local dignitaries took the time to visit the high school and
formally present the distinctions, including North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos, North Hempstead Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Nassau County legislators Richard Nicolello and Ellen Birnbaum, and North Hempstead Town Councilman Peter Zuckerman.