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Back to School An Anton Media Group Supplement
August 28 - September 3, 2019
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Tips and tricks for the first day of class
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RECIPES
An A+ Recipe Kids Will Love BY JENNIFER FAUCI
Jfauci@antonmediagroup.com
Celebrity chef and owner of Prova Pizzabar, Donatella Arpaia has quite a lot on her plate. In addition to opening her second location of Prova Pizzabar at Moxy NYC Times Square, an upscale quick service pizza concept, she is also busy being a mom to 8-year-old Alessandro and twins, Emma and Noah. As the first day of school rapidly approaches, Arpaia offers her own tips and tricks for getting kids to class with a fun and healthy lunch.
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How do you help get your kids in the mindset of going back to school? I was lucky this time around. My son loves his school and was excited to head back. About a week before school started, I slowly got him back on his sleeping schedule. I also limited his screen time and started implementing the time structure we have during the school year.
eat. It’s also a perfect mix of the same old PB&J, but it’s not too fancy that picky kids will try them and love them.
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Are there any fun snacks you whip up together in the kitchen during the school year? It’s a challenge to get my son to eat, but instead of the constant carbs kids crave, he loves Galbani Ricotta sweetened with a little sugar and vanilla extract, topped with berries and a dollop of whip cream. He is getting dairy, a healthy fat and fresh fruit, plus he thinks it’s dessert. Why do you love the ABC Sandwiches recipe? It’s a fun recipe, the perfect portion size and variety, which is how I observed kids like to
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In your opinion, why is a healthy meal important for children to eat during school? It’s always important for growing kids to eat healthy meals, but especially during the day when we are asking kids to focus, behave and also do physical exercise. They need energy that stays constant and avoid sugar rushes. Are there any kid-friendly menu items from Prova Pizzabar you would recommend to parents? The kids love the pepperoni pizza. It’s always the most requested from the little ones and I take great care in using only the best ingredients. The pepperoni I use is incredible quality, no artificial colors or preservatives. Another favorite is my famous meatballs with garlic knots.
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ABC Sandwiches
By Donatella Arpaia Makes 1 serving for each sandwich 2 slices beefsteak tomatoes 2 tbs. mayonnaise ½ tbs. honey mustard 2 slices American cheese 1 lettuce leaf, shredded (iceberg lettuce or red leaf lettuce) 3 Sweet dinner rolls
2 slices of turkey (honey glazed, smoked or regular) 1 slice of Swiss cheese ½ granny smith apple thinly sliced 1 tbs. butter 2 thick slices of bologna
Turkey, Swiss and Granny Apple Sandwich 1. Spread 2 tsp. honey mustard on one side of Kings Hawaiian roll. Top with three slices of turkey, one thin slice of Swiss cheese
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Fried Bologna and Cheese Sandwich 1. Melt the butter in a sauté pan and add the bologna and cook until bologna turns brown. Turn the bologna slices over and cook for another minute. 2. Top the bologna slices with a piece of cheese and let cheese melt, then remove from heat.
3. Place bologna slices with cheese on top of sweet roll. Spread the other side of Kings Hawaiian roll with 1 tbs. mayonnaise or mustard and top the bologna and cheese with the other side of the roll.
Grilled Cheese, Tomato and Mayonnaise Sandwich 1. Spread 1 tbs. mayonnaise inside a King’s Hawaiian sweet roll and place a lettuce leaf inside the roll. 2. Place a slice or two of American
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OUR COVER CONTEST WINNERS Cover contest winner of “Back to School! Have a Great First Day!” Marissa Fiorenza Morales is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), having majored in general illustration. Born and raised in Levittown, she currently resides there with her two daughters, Maya and Gianna. Morales works for BOCES with special needs children and with a lot of incredible teachers. She is still very passionate about her art,
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COVER WINNER and does paintings and murals, whether in a child’s bedroom, pizza place, coffee shop or with a group of local Girl Scouts. “Art is my passion and I love doing it,” said Morales. RUNNER UP Runner up Katherine Criss submitted Creative Hub, an oil painting on canvas 30”x 24”, that depicts artists at work on Long Island. Katherine Criss © 2019
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Long Island Arts Alliance Kicks Off Scholar-Artists Program
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ong Island Arts Alliance (LIAA) will announce the Class of 2020 Scholar-Artist Honorees at a reception hosted by Hon. Roger Tilles, New York State Regent and founder of LIAA, Dr. Marian Conway, chair of LIAA, together with the organization’s Board of Directors, Educators Committee and Program Sponsors. The event takes place on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post. The evening’s program will feature performances and exhibitions. Leaders of Long Island’s arts, education, government, business and donor communities are invited to attend in support of the future of our region’s creativity, community and education in the arts, and to meet the Class of 2020 Scholar-Artist Honorees.
“These students represent the remarkable home-grown talent we have here on Long Island,” noted Roger Tilles, New York State Regent and Long Island Arts Alliance Advisory Board chair. In 2007, Long Island’s school arts administrators, LIAA and Newsday launched the Scholar-Artist Awards program to recognize students judged to be “the best of the best” on Long Island in the arts and academics. Scholar-artists are chosen from five disciplines: Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Dance and Media Arts. The initiative mirrors the region’s Scholar-Athlete programs. LIAA’s Scholar-Artist initiative, now in its 13th year, has named more than 200 Scholar-Artists to date. —Submitted by Long Island Arts Alliance
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Back To School Tips T
he transition back to school can be challenging for both children and parents. Even those excited about the return of the school year face adjustments to the pressures and structure brought by a new year. Here are tips to help get back into the groove for the first days of school.
PARENTING MATTERS Graziella Simonetti
Routine
Use the last days of summer to ease children back into a sleep schedule. Every few days, have children go to bed 15 to 20 minutes earlier. This subtle change will be easier than suddenly making bedtime an hour earlier. Begin setting the alarm clock and going through the morning rituals. Include where backpacks, important notices and lunches should be placed. The predictability of routines helps children feel secure.
Organization
Get supplies and fill backpacks a week before school begins. Allow children to choose a few items outside the supply list such as a notebook with their favorite character. Designate a homework spot and organize it to encourage focus. Have your child help arrange it so that it is structured based on his or her specific organization style. Pack lunch the night before. Preparing and freezing meals ahead of time can relieve some stress of the first week of school.
Familiarize
Some teachers welcome emails or classroom visits. Meeting the teacher and locating the classroom (lunchroom, locker, etc.) can help ease anxiety. If this is not possible, look on the school’s website to see if the teacher’s picture is there for your child to see. Try to access a school map online to take a virtual tour. If a welcome letter from the teacher or school is sent, read it together as a family.
Story time
Write a book and make your child the lead character. Use the book to teach strategies to cope with anxiety. If your child is nervous about making friends, in the story have your child
go up to other students and say, “Hi, I am ____. What is your name?” or “My name is ____. Can I play with you? Do you want to share my toys?” Help kids read facial expressions. Encourage your child to illustrate the book or to name characters to help them feel more connected to the story. In the story, the situation should be resolved. Read the book often to raise confidence and competence.
Connect to home
Send young children to school with transitional objects. This can be any meaningful item that represents home (a blanket/stuffed animal/toy). Leave pictures of family in their backpack to look at when sad. For older children, leave a note in their lunch box with some words of encouragement.
Model
Children respond to your energy. Model anxiety management strategies so that they understand that it is okay to be nervous but that there are ways to calm oneself. Reinforce their ability to cope by discussing other times they have been nervous and how they have successfully dealt with it. Point out positive parts of a new year such as seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Graziella Simonetti is a Parent Educator for EAC Network’s Long Island Parenting Institute and works as an Early Childhood Social Worker for the New York City Department of Education. She holds an advanced certificate in parent education from Adelphi University and is a NYSPEP Credentialed Parenting Educator. Simonetti is a former kindergarten teacher. Learn more at www.eacinc. org/long-island-parenting-institute.
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SPORTS PARENTS
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here are many reasons to celebrate moms and dads this back-to-school season, not the least of which is their selfless commitment to contributing so much of their precious time and hard-earned money to their children’s after-school and weekend youth sports activities. And let’s face it, parents of kids involved in sports have a lot on their plate during the busy fall season, like driving to practices after school and games on Saturdays, washing seemingly endless amounts of dirty laundry, planning for the entire season calendar, packing snacks and meal prepping. It is a stressful job to be a sports parent. Not surprisingly, as children participate in more and more organized team sports, both the time and the financial commitment that are needed from parents have skyrocketed. FlipGive is a team-funding platform that has helped more than 35,000 youth sports teams and clubs across North America raise $20 million and recently surveyed 1,000 American sports parents to get their take on the return to school while offering tips on how to de-stress.
Establish sleeping schedules and routines now to ease the transition For parents of kids who play school sports, the time commitment associated with their child’s sports involvement is the number one cause of stress when school sports season starts back up. Reduce this stress by setting aside ample time for you and your kids to catch up on sleep when they aren’t scoring goals and you aren’t shuttling them around town from the field, to the court or to the rink.
Organize the sports calendars now
Proper meal-prep and snacks are crucial
Parents of kids who play on school sports teams said they were 33 percent more stressed about the start of the new school year than parents of kids who don’t play on school sports teams. Treat your kid’s sports schedule like you do your work meetings and weekend social events, and add their practices and games to your calendar and mobile device.
It’s no secret that young athletes are growing and usually hungry, and 95 percent of parents with kids who play school sports said it’s a top priority for them to ensure their kids have nutritional meals and snacks throughout their school day to maximize their endurance and performance. Find some healthy, protein-packed snacks that your kids like, and stick with them. A big part of success on the field is routine, and the less your child has to worry about, the better.
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It turns out sports parents have very different goals for their youngster’s athletic involvement. For moms, the top goal for their child is to have fun while sports dads’ top priority is for their child to learn teamwork and leadership skills. With all of these goals in mind this back-to-school season, try and remember that a big part of youth sports is helping your child grow into a well-rounded, respectful adult who knows how to handle wins, losses and adversity.
Carpool with other parents
Set up a back-to-school carpool with other parents who have kids that play on the same team as your child in advance of the first day to cut down on last-minute planning and to avoid getting your child to practice late. —Submitted by FlipGive
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