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Roslyn Road speed signs are replaced Nassau County aligns limit with North Hempstead regulations the uniform speed limit to a portion of Roslyn Road that extends from Jericho Turnpike to the Long Nassau County has replaced Island Expressway ramp near Powspeed limit signs along a section erhouse Road. The county has considered of Roslyn Road to conform to a 30 mile-per-hour speed regulation set eliminating a veer-off lane that by the Town of North Hempstead extends from Roslyn Road onto Locust Lane, an intersection in Roin September, officials said. PHOTO BY Jade marcus In an e-mail, Nassau County slyn Heights where in March two Wheatley High School senior Jade Marcus (center) with two Nicaraguan teens she Mineola teenagLegislator Judy ers were killed met while on a service trip to the Central American country to build a new soccer field Jacobs (D-Woodbury) said the his is an important after their car within the village of El Castillo. crashed into the county’s Department of Public step because it clears backyard fence Works would the way for the final of a residence there. analyze how the phase, hopefully. In the afspeed limit affects termath of the traffic flow to deJudy Jacobs crash, the town termine whether NASSAU COUNTY LEGISLATOR installed a additional adjustguardrail along ments to speed The pair spent eight days crete field with these deflated signage, or the reconfiguration of Locust Lane, and the county inBY B I LL creased signage and police presin early July building a soccer 30-year-old balls that are just the roadway, would be necessary. SAN ANTONIO field for residents of El Castillo not useable. They were mixing “This is an important step be- ence in the area. Locust Lane is operated by the cause it clears the way for the final While most Americans alongside a team of volunteers concrete for the field without Town of North Hempstead, while watched this year’s World Cup from Mitzvah Corps, an exten- gloves, and they don’t even phase, hopefully,” Jacobs said, The town council approved Continued on Page 46 from their local watering hole sion of the Union for Reform realize [the health risks,]” said or by sneaking in a few min- Judaism that helps pair teenag- Rothstein, of Roslyn Heights. utes here and there at work, ers with service opportunities. “We want to eliminate some of And this February, they that inconvenience.” Wheatley High School seniors Rothstein and Marcus, Jade Marcus and Jared Roth- plan on going back. “They were playing soc- each members of Temple Sinai stein took in the action from a Continued on Page 46 secluded village in Nicaragua. cer without shoes on a con-
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Addicts aid addicts to help launch biz Flower Hill resident designs gifts marking sobriety milestones, inspirational phrases BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO In the 12 years she has been in recovery for drug and alcohol addiction, Village of Flower Hill resident Kerri Kahn had never come across heartfelt gifts for friends who reached sobriety milestones. That is, until she decided to start making them. Kahn is the founder of 24ave, a line of T-shirts, jewelry and accessories that can be custom designed to include the date of one’s sobriety, a sponsor’s name and the common inspirational phrases and acronyms practiced in recovery programs. “I want to redefine sobriety for the 21st century. That’s what I want this company to do,” she said. “I want people to know. I don’t want people [in recovery] to live in the shadows and be afraid. I want to show them I got to have a do-over with my life.” The idea first came to Kahn, who prior to succumbing to her addictions designed women’s accessories, four years ago, she said, but she didn’t have an op-
[Blum] became my business partner.” Added Blum, a Kings Point resident: “I’m actually a social worker by training, so I definitely am emphatic to any kind of suffering or people’s problems, so I understood it. I thought it was a great niche population. I also did some research and found there’s nothing really like it out there and I love designing new projects. I was excited to be on board.” The second happened while Kahn was leading a recovery meeting and was approached by Albertson resident Francine Aulicino, who had just completed addiction treatment at the Betty Ford Center, about becoming her sponsor. “The more I talked to [Aulicino], I learned she had a social PHOTO COURTESY 24ave media background,” Kahn said. “Here I have a woman who can From left: Francine Aulicino, Lori Blum and Kerri Khan, the founders of 24ave. make gift items and a girl who portunity to bring her creations find a one-year sobriety gift for and 12 – the 12 traditions and asked me to be her sponsor to life until experiencing two a friend and, with the help of 12 steps we follow in recovery – with a huge social media backchance encounters late last year. the store’s owner, Lori Blum, and ODAAT, ‘one day at a time,” ground. The light bulb went off The first took place when customized a tray with phrases Kahn said. “I made up this gift in my head.” Over the next eight months, Kahn walked into Uptown Art- common of recovery programs. for my friend and I loved it and “We talked about the 12 everyone loved it. From there, works in Port Washington to Continued on Page 46
Rallye Group hosts 2nd annual ‘Clocktower Trot’ BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO More than 50 runners participated in the 2nd annual Rallye Group Clocktower Trot on Sunday through the Village of Roslyn. Samuel Kaplan, 20, the son of Roslyn Chamber of Commerce board member Barbara Kaplan, led the pack in finishing the four-kilometer race in about 16.5 minutes. East Hills resident Lisa Hiller and Dr. David Wertheim finished first in the over-50 age category. “With the beautiful foliage and historic Roslyn Village as a backdrop, it was impossible not to have a great time,” said Mat-
thew Weiss, the race’s founder and director. Kaplan, Hiller and Wertheim each received free memberships to LIFT Gym. The race’s sponsors included the Rallye Motor Group, Northeast Federal Credit Union and City Sports. The pack of about 55 runners trekked through the Roslyn Village, passing the Roslyn Clocktower, Gerry Park and several historic homes built within the last two centuries. Delicacies Gourmet provided free coffee and bagels to the participants. Metro Physical & Aquatic Therapy offered the runners massages upon finishing the race.
More than 50 runners participated in the 2nd annual Rallye Group Clocktower Trot, but Samuel Kaplan (inset) led the pack in finishing the race in under 17 minutes.
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N. Shore docs named ‘Rising Stars’ Dr. Jai Grewal, of Roslyn, and Dr. Lee Tessler, of Port Washington, receive honors B Y B ill S an A ntonio Two North Shore-area doctors have been deemed “Rising Stars” by a communications firm that annually publishes directories listing the region’s top health care professionals. MSP Communications named Dr. Lee Tessler, a neurosurgeon, and Dr. Jai Grewal, a neuro oncologist, among the 2.5 percent of physicians in the New York metropolitan area to receive the distinction, according to a news release. It was the second consecutive year that Tessler, of Port Washington, has received the designation and the first for Grewal, of Roslyn. Both doctors, who hold director positions with the Long Island Brain Turmor Center at Neurlogical Surgery, P.C., which has an office in Lake Success, were also recipients of
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the Robert Bernstein Humanitarian Award through Voices Against Brain Cancer, a national research non-profit.
“Our Long Island Brain Tumor Center at NSPC is among the nation’s best, so it is only fitting that both Dr. Tessler and Dr. Grewal
have been given this elite honor,” said Dr. Michael H. Brisman, chief executive officer of NSPC. “We congratulate them on being
named to this highly selective list, which is based on peer recognition and professional achievement.” Tessler, the center’s ex-
ecutive director and co-surgical director, specializes in the treatment of primary brain tumors, metastatic tumors and meningiomas. In 2008, he was appointed assistant professor of neurosurgery at NYU Langone Medical Center, and Tessler is currently the chief of neurotrauma and chairman of Winthrop-University Hospital’s Neurosurgery Quality Improvement Committee. He also sits on the medical advisory boards of Voices Against Brain Cancer and VirtualTrials.org. Grewal, the center’s co-medical director, specializes in the management of primary brain and spine tumors, central nervous system metastases and neurological complications from cancer. He is the principal investigator of several clinical trials and is a board member of the American Cancer Society’s Nassau County division.
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Health system unveils helipad, chopper BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO
The North Shore-LIJ Health System introduced its new ambulatory helicopter service on Thursday, an initiative that officials said would provide for a quicker transport of patients to hospitals throughout the Downstate area. During a press conference at North Shore University Hospital, officials said the helicopter would be equipped similarly to an intensive care unit and travel an average of 130 miles per hour, allowing travel from Southside Hospital in Bay Shore to the health system’s helipad atop the Manhasset medical center in less than 10 minutes. “This helicopter could mean the difference between life and death for critically ill trauma patients,” said Michael Dowling, the health system’s president and chief executive officer. “This helicopter enables us to avoid congested highways and provide the fastest hospital-to-hospital transfers for our most vulnerable patients.” The $7 million helicopter and $6.5 million helipad are part of the health system’s SkyHealth
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Michael Dowling, the North Shore-LIJ Health System’s president and chief executive officer, introduces the new SkyHealth partnership, helipad and helicopter during a news conference last Thursday. initiative, in partnership with the Yale New-Haven Health System in Connecticut. SkyHealth, which took effect on Friday, will provide helicopter transport for patients of major trauma, heart attack, stroke and life-threatening brain injuries, officials said.
Up to 400 patients are expected to be transported using the SkyHealth program in the program’s first year, officials said. Officials said construction to the helipad, located atop North Shore University Hospital, is expected to be completed in early
December. “Trauma care is based on the right patient, the right care and the right time,” said Dr. Matthew Bank, North Shore University Hospital’s trauma director. “Although this is a simple concept, the unexpected and time-dependent nature of trauma care make
it a difficult goal to achieve.” Added Dowling: “The ability to get someone here quicker and save lives, that’s why we’re here doing this.” Hospitals throughout the North Shore-LIJ Health System, which stretches from Westchester to Suffolk counties, are equipped to accommodate helicopter landings, officials said. Officials said the Nassau County Police Department, which has transported patients to hospitals by air since the 1930s, will also utilize the health system’s SkyHealth program. “The upgrade will save lives, not just with the inter-hospital transport they’re talking about but also having this flight pad available,” said Acting Nassau County Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter, who added the system would be used to bring patients from New York City to North Shore University Hospital. SkyHealth’s announcement comes on the heels of the American College of Surgeons’ announcement of North Shore University Hospital as a Level I trauma center, the first hospital in the area to receive the designation.
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Herricks researchers eye Intel competition BY B R YA N A H R E N S After being named Siemen Foundation semifinalists on Oct. 16, five Herricks High School seniors have now set their sights on the Intel Science Talent Search competition filing applications for the national contest. The five - Byeongho Jung, Raphael Kim, Jacqueline Lee, Lopa Shah and Jim Tse - were among six Herricks students named as semifinalists in Siemen Foundation competition, tying a New York City school for the most semifinalists in the state. “It’s a testament to their hard work,” Herricks science teacher Renee Barcia said. “They do great things and they should be proud.” The sixth Siemen semifinalist - sophomore Bongseok Jung - was not eligible to compete in the Intel competition, which is restricted to seniors. Bongseok Jung, who’s research involved the causes of autoimmune diseases in the body, was the only sophomore of the six and said he had worked in previous years with his older brother, Byeongho. “This year I went without him, so I’m honored,” he said. The five seniors of the group have submitted the same research projects to the Intel Science Talent Search competition that they had submitted to the Siemen Foundation competition. Bongseok’s older brother Byeongho submitted research involving multi-purpose drugs for cancer patients and says his inspiration came to him after seeing a list of the drugs a patient would have to take. “I thought, that’s a lot of drugs,” he said. Byeongho said that each of those
drugs carries with it a separate side-effect and that using a multi-purpose drug consisting of salicin and nitric oxide would reduce these side-effects. Shah’s research involved increased bone formation and ways of dealing with bone loss from surgical procedures, such as hip implants, and bone loss due to osteoporosis. “After I read one of my mentor’s papers I found it interesting that it could actually treat the disease,” Shah said. Kim’s project involved the discovery of new particles through the colliding of other particles at high speeds. Kim created an algorithm to help better analyze the particles at the moment of collision. “They’re very unstable and you only have a moment to see them,” he said. Lee’s research involved the study of electronic cigarettes over traditional cigarettes and their effects on the blood. Lee said she chose this research due to the timeliness of it. “People are always looking for alternatives,” she said. Lee said that through short term tests she has found electronic cigarettes to be identical in how they affect the blood. Tse said he became interested in his research on prosthetic knee braces through his interest in sports. “Biomedicines are used for sports injuries,” he said. Tse’s research explored deviations in knee braces and the prevention of Osteoarthritis. Barcia said that the Intel Science Talent Search is one of the oldest competitions offering students money for college and expects her seniors to hear back in January of their placement in the competition.
Man killed when motorcycle hits tree on Glen Cove Road BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O A 21-year-old motorcyclist was killed in Glen Head on Sunday night after he was thrown from his vehicle and crashed into a tree, Nassau County Police said. The crash occurred when Jeffrey Schneider, of Hempstead, struck a large rock while traveling northbound on Glen Cove Road near University Place at 9:41 p.m.,
police said. Schneider was transported to a local hospital by Glen Cove Fire Department ambulance, police said, and was pronounced dead at 10:36 p.m. Though police said there was no apparent criminal activity in connection with the crash, Schneider’s 2007 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle was impounded for brake and safety inspections.
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p.m. on Friday through a patio door but did not take any items from the house. Koblenz said the residence’s alarm was turned on at the time of the break-in. It was the second time in the last month that residence had been burglarized, Koblenz said. On Oct. 23, a burglar also entered through a rear patio but did not remove anything from the house.
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Bryant Library Leonard Lehrman Concert Due to a loss of power at the Library on Sunday, Nov. 2, the concert by Leonard Lehrman has been postponed to Monday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m. Working together since 1987, they were among the very first performers at the Library, beginning in 1988, and over a period of two decades gave more than a dozen performances at least every other year, including tributes to Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, Johannes Brahms, William Cullen Bryant, feminism, Emma Goldman, Elie Siegmeister, the Rosenbergs, Australian poetry, and Charles Osborne--in a joint 60th birthday concert with Leonard Lehrman. This concert is the fourth in their series entitled “Jewish Opera Lives!” which began in Boca Raton and Teaneck last March, and has continued throughout the fall in East Hills, Roslyn, Morristown, and Jericho, leading up to the U.S. premiere of Lehrman’s opera “Hannah,” Dec. 9 at Malverne Community Presbyterian Church and Dec. 23 at Hebrew Union College in Manhattan. Their program features arias and duets from 19th, 20th, and 21st century operas by Jewish composers on Jewish themes, includ-
ing works by Halévy, Goldfaden, Blitzstein, Barab, Mandelbaum, Brin and Lehrman. This event is made possible in part with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the NY State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature and is administered by The Huntington Arts Council, Inc., and by grants from the Prof. Edgar H. Lehrman Memorial, Puffin and Maldeb Foundations. An Unbroken Circle: Traditional Music in Popular Culture Performance by The Homegrown String Band Sunday, Dec. 7, 2:30 p.m. The Homegrown String Band performs original acoustic arrangements of the traditional music that has become part of the popular roots and folk rock canon. Many popular rock bands were founded by avid listeners and students of traditional music. People like Jerry Garcia and Bob Dylan were well versed in American blues and bluegrass as well as the folk traditions of the Brit-ish Isles. Likewise The Homegrown String Band has drunk deeply from the well of blues, ballads, and breakdowns that have helped to shape the sounds
of American popular mu-sic. In this program the band will be sharing their original interpretations of some of the traditional and early com-mercial recordings that have been covered by popular roots rockers from the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan to Nirvana and Beck. The Smooth Sounds of James Ackies Sunday, Dec. 14, 2:30 p.m. James Ackies makes his debut at The Bryant Library, bringing the sounds of Motown mixed with some of the contemporary artists of today. His smooth vocals & melodious tones take you to another place & time. The words of his songs move you in ways you never thought possible. This one man show will feature not only song but dance. You will not want to miss this tribute to the greats of Motown and Rhythm and Blues. Refreshments will be served. Virtuoso Superstars of Classical Music Virtuoso Superstars is a series of video programs which enables attendees to both see and hear outstanding artists of the present and recent past performing great masterpieces of classical music. Dec. 17: Great music
south of the border. Our southern neighbors have sent onto the world stage some of the finest performers and composers. Eighteenth-Century Women Painters in The French Royal Academy - Art Lecture by Ines Powell Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1 p.m. The Academies were the arbiters of style in many European countries. Artists de-pended on the Academies for their training, but most European Academies were not open to women. In France in the eighteen-century, only four women were admitted to the prestigious Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture. Women, even when they were members of the Royal Academy, were barred from attending life-draw-ing classes, which were a necessary requisite for male artist who desired to become history painters. As a result very few women became history painters, making their names in oth-er genres such as portraiture or scenes from everyday life. Women from court cycles often patronized women artists in the 18th century. Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749– 1803), Anne VallayerCoster (1744–1818), and Élisabeth Louise Vigée
Le Brun (1755–1842) are three of female members of the Academy who regularly exhibited at the biennial Salons. The Outrageous Claudians, The First Five Emperors of Rome - Lecture by Denise Gold Archaeologist and Historian Tuesday, Dec. 9, 1 p.m. Among the first five rulers of the Roman Empire (27BC- 68AD) were clever, able and skilled administrators, but also among them were brutal, vicious, and deranged individuals. The first was Augustus, a clever and shrewd politician, who found Rome a city of bricks and left it a capital of shining marble. He also restored the PAX ROMANA, the wideranging Peace of the Roman Empire. Next came the successor, Tiberius, who was an excellent general that preferred living away from Rome and public life. As emperor he passed the duties of state to the infamous Sejanus, head of the Praetorian Guards, who created a reign of terror. The following emperor was the diabolical, and narcissistic Caligula. Although he was welcomed initially, he soon turned into a cruel, depraved ruler. Perhaps he was mad or merely evil as most historians noted. Finally the next emperor
was a unique man who suffered with illness all of his life. Claudias was stricken with polio as a child. Besides being crippled, he foamed at the mouth, trickled at the nose, and stammered whenever he spoke. Yet with all his infirmities he was a remarkable ruler who worked constantly for the benefit of the Roman State. Nero is the monster who burned Rome and blamed the Christians. He instituted a reign of terror and extravagance for his benefit. Truly he was a cruel murderer who in time was forced to commit suicide. Join us for an afternoon of goodness and evil in the early days of the Roman Empire. Holiday Blood Drive Sponsored by New York Blood Center Tuesday, Dec. 23, 1:307:30 p.m. All Donors Will Receive Two Free Mets Tickets for Donating Blood. Donor Requirements: Bring ID with photo or signature. Age Requirements: 16-75 (16 yr olds need parental consent, 76 and older need doctor’s note). Minimum weight 110 lbs. Eat well & drink fluids before donating. No new tattoos for the past 12 months. For questions regarding medical eligibility, call (800) 688-0900.
Community Calendar ROSLYN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD MEETINGS The next meeting of the Roslyn Public Schools Board of Education will take place at 8 p.m. at Roslyn Middle Schoo on Thursday, Dec. 4, at East Hills School. Agendas and minutes for Board of Education meetings are available at www. roslynschools.org; click on “Board of Education.” RABBI COHEN’S ADULT ED CLASS Shelter Rock Jewish Center, 272 Shelter Rock Rd., Roslyn, will host Rabbi Cohen’s Adult Ed Class
will be held in the Breakfast Room on Friday, Nov. 21, 28 at 7:30 a.m. He will lead a reading of Rabbi Abraham Heschel’s “Man is Not Alone” and “God In Search of Man.” These books form the basis of Heschel’s theology. When read together, they create a context for thinking about Judaism that is spiritually rich as it is intellectually rigorous. TAI CHI CLASSES Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese exercise often referred to as “moving meditation”. Classes will teach students the exercises and movements
that will build strength and encourage good posture. It will also help improve balance, flexibility and overall well-being. Classes are opened to North Hempstead residents and will be offered on Wednesdays for the 2014 fall session: Dec. 3 and 10. Beginner and intermediate classes will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and advanced classes will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The class fee is $80 payable by check which can be written out to the “Town of North Hempstead” and presented to instructor Dorothy Scott on the day of the class.
For more info all 311. ZUMBA TONING Will be held at Shelter Rock Jewish Center, 272 Shelter Rock Rd., Roslyn, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. om Nov.25. All classes are $10 per session and held in the lower level auditorium. Classes taught by Debby Snider, licensed Zumba Fitness and Toning instructor. JCC ART GALLERY The Sid Jacobson JCC Art Gallery hosts artist Elizabeth Ehrlichman, whose repertoire includes painting, printmaking, col-
lage and the written word. This show runs until Dec. 30. For more information, visit www.sjjcc.org. Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center is located at 300 Forest Drive, East Hills. Tuesday night bingo Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5253 will host bingo on Tuesday nights from 7 to 11 p.m. The top prize is $1,500 with additional cash prizes totaling $1,700. Admission is $4 at the post, which is located at 155 Searingtown Road. ACBL BRIDGE ACBL sanctioned Bridge games take place in the
Nursery School Atrium every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. and Thursday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. in the main building at Shelter Rock Jewish Center, 272 Shelter Rock Rd., Roslyn. Call (917) 658-5991 to make a reservation. ACBL SANCTIONED BRIDGE Games take place at Shelter Rock Jewish Center, 272 Shelter Rock Rd., Roslyn, Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in the Nursery School Atrium and Thursday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. in the main building. Call (917)6585991 for a reservation.
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Senior apartments proposed in Manhasset BY B I LL S A N A N TON I O
A developer seeking to convert more than three acres of the shuttered Mt. Olive Baptist Church property in Manhasset into a 72-unit housing complex has requested a change in the site’s zoning to market the proposed apartments strictly to senior tenants. Representatives with G&G Acquisitions Group, LLC, which has an office in Jericho, presented plans before the North Hempstead Town Council on Tuesday that would rid the 3.19-acre property along Community Drive of various contaminants that have deemed it a “brownfield” site by state environmental agencies to allow for the construction of the apartments. The town council tabled a vote on the proposed zoning change until after a future public hearing that it did not schedule on Tuesday. Public comments submitted in writing will be accepted through the end of the month, officials said. Linda Shaw, a partner with the environmental law firm Knauf Shaw LLP, said the property’s condition – contaminated with metals lead and arsenic, among other undisclosed toxins – exceed the requirements needed to qualify for the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Brownfield Cleanup Program. The program provides conditional tax incentives in exchange for the remediation and subsequent redevelopment of brownfield sites. The site, she said, has become contaminated with metals like lead and arsenic as well as other undisclosed toxins due in part to occasional illegal dumping there. An Environmental Impact Statement has been drafted for the project. The church, which currently owns the site, has a tax exemption on the property and is not required by law to remediate the contaminants. “You can’t take every drop of contaminated soil out, but we’re going to try and clean up as much as we can,” Shaw said.
Mt. Olive Baptist Church David Gallo, G&G’s representative at the hearing, said the project would not move forward without acceptance for the Brownfield Cleanup Program. The proposal includes the construction of 48 one-bedroom and 24 twobedroom rental apartments for tenants age 55 and older, Gallo said, as well as 98 parking spaces for residents, visitors and staff. School-aged children, which Gallo defined as children up to 18 years old, will not be permitted to live in the proposed complex due to stipulations included in state housing grants that G&G will seek to help finance the development. The total project cost was not disclosed during Tuesday’s hearing. Tenants would be selected after an application process that Gallo said would include a criminal background check and income status. He did not define how much each unit would cost but said applicants that make between $25,000 and $65,000 would be selected. “We want this to be successful not just for the current residents that would
be there but for the future residents there years from now,” Gallo said. The apartment complex is expected to have minimal impact on traffic in the area, which includes Community Drive and neighboring residential roadways, said engineer Sean Mulryan, of the Garden City firm Mulryan Engineering, P.C. The proposal received the support of several members of the nearby Spinney Hill community as well as former congregants of Mt. Olive Church and North Hempstead Town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck), whose 4th district includes Manhasset. “We have an opportunity here to go ahead and address property that is deemed as brownfield while we have a developer coming in trying to clean it up not just for the Spinney Hill area but for the Manhasset community and the Great Neck community,” Kaplan said. She added: “By looking at this change in zoning, we’re also addressing some of the concerns brought to us by our seniors, seniors who have lived in this town, raised their families, supported the schools, the parks, and now it’s our turn to give back
and try to help them out and keep this place as their residence.” Opposition to the proposal came from Manhasset resident Martin Dekom, who lives along the nearby High Street. He said neighboring residents do not support the construction of an affordable housing unit there and accused the town of trying “to rezone Spinney Hill out of existence.” “There is no guarantee the remediation will even be successful,” he said. North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth denied Dekom’s allegation. Gallo said he has met with community organizations and residents whose homes border the site and incorporated their suggestions into the plans. In other developments: • The council approved a special-use permit for Cumberland Farms to construct a 2,719 square-foot convenience store at the Mobil gas station at 1111 Northern Blvd. in Manhasset. • The council tabled a decision on whether to approve the installation of underground diesel storage tanks at a gas station at 80 Horace Harding Blvd. in Great Neck and a special-use permit for the conversion of the gas pumps to selfservice and the construction of an overhead canopy. The property, owned by Gray Bros. Enterprises, LTD., has operated as a gas station for more than four decades, but shifted to vehicle repair in 2012 after previous underground gas tanks were removed. Residents on Tuesday who opposed the proposal said the property has become an eyesore in the community because of the high number of vehicles that remain on site, and that the presence of diesel fuel would lead to health hazards. Residents who supported the proposal said the property owner should have the opportunity to once again run a gas station there and that fewer vehicles would be serviced in the future. The council scheduled a second hearing on Dec. 9.
SWAT police help boy’s dream come true BY B R YA N A H R E N S Zachary Cote, a 5-year-old boy battling brain cancer, had his dreams come true on Friday when three Nassau County Police Officers visited him at Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park. Lt. Tara Comiskey, and police officers David Brown and Mario Mastropierro of the Bureau of Special Operations gave Zachary the opportunity to see one of the bureau’s armored trucks. The three also gave Zachary a Special Operations hat, sweatshirt and patch. “I haven’t seen my son smile like that in a long time,” Zachary’s mother Renee said. Comiskey, who is Renee’s life-long friend, came up with the idea to visit Zachary after Renee told her that Zachary had dressed up as a SWAT officer for Halloween. She said Zachary has an strong interest in police officers. “It just blew my mind,” Renee said. Renee said that the Cohen Children’s Medical Center’s treatment of Zachery in both treating him and setting up the event has been good for them.
stage-four medulloblastoma, a highly malignant primary brain tumor that originates in the part of the brain, in June when they made the trip from their Sound Shore home to the Medical Center. “We kept hearing it was allergies,” Renee said. Zachery went in for surgery on June 5, where Renee said the surgeons believe they completely removed the cancer. Zachary started Chemotherapy on Sept. 9., Renee said. Renee says the cycles of therapy have been a stress on her and her husband, which have been compounded by Renee’s own medical problem. She is on disability due to being diagnosed with porphyria in 2002. “This family couldn’t be in more need of help right Police officers David Brown (left) and Mario Masnow,” said Jennifer Hoffman, a family friend who started tropierro (right) with Zachary. a gofundme page to support the Cotes. “I’m very thankful that we landed here,” Renee said. Since being created five months ago the page has “From the littlest thing to the biggest thing, this is the raised $12,675 of its $20,000 goal. place to go to.” “Thank you doesn’t even seem enough for what peoRenee said that Zachery was first diagnosed with ple have contributed,” Renee said.
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Roslyn High School earns Blue Star honor Roslyn High School has once again earned Blue Star School status through the W!SE Financial Literacy Foundation and was also named one of the 100 Best Schools in the U.S. for mastering the topic of financial literacy. Through its national certification test, which is administered to students after a course or unit on personal finance, students passing the test are designated Certified Financially Literate and earn a “W!SE CFL,” which demonstrates that they are financially capable when they graduate. Topics studied include Investments, Banking, Insurance, Budgeting, Borrowing & Credit.
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Roslyn students exceed the national average score of 70 by 15 to 20 percent. Teachers Jennifer DiPietro and Sallykaye Kaufman have been graduating financially literate students since 2008. According to Kaufman, to date, over 250 Roslyn students have taken the exam, and Roslyn has a 99 percent pass rate with about 10 percent earning over a 95 and qualifying as “scholars.” “Earning the Blue Star School status is no easy feat. Congratulations to this year’s schools for providing their students with the skills and knowledge necessary to become financially capable young adults,” said Phyllis Frankfort, founder, president and CEO of W!SE.
49 from Roslyn tapped for county music fest The Roslyn School District is proud to announce that 49 students were selected to participate in this year’s annual Nassau Music Educators Association All County Music Festivals. Students were selected based on NYSSMA scores achieved at NYSSMA festivals last spring, and from music teacher’s recommendations. These students will represent the district in concerts at the Tilles Center the weekends of Jan. 10-11 and Jan. 1718. Congratulations to the students, their parents and teachers.
turoff, clarinet; Leila Policarpio, flute Chorus: Andrew Defrin, Trevor Kim, Claudia Opran, Logan Mastromarco
clarinet; Ryan Kim, trumpet. Chorus: Morgan Sapienza, Lanie Kotler, Emme Fliegler, Lindsey Russ, Maya Golos, Hallie Finkelstein, Justin Heitner, Elia Hong, Lianna Friedman, Alvin Lukose, Emily Leventhal, Nicole Lee, Paige Schultz, Rachel Starikov, Alex Russ, Emily Mintz, Andie Weiner.
East Hills Orchestra: Emily Sung, cello; Yeji Kim, violin Band: Garrick Cheng, flute; Brendan Cucuzza, percussion High School Chorus: Noa Behiri, Orchestra: Ian WarCaroline Flores, Alicia Lukose, Kate McTigue, Jaid shawsky, viola; Joy Chung, violin; Tae Won Kim, vioWazihullah lin; Alyssa Rust, flute. Band: Josh LevenMiddle School Orchestra: Ryan Chou, stein, percussion; Ritwik violin; Gavin Park, viola; Rudra, trombone. Harbor Hill Chorus: Daveen Rim, Orchestra: Ariana Alex Liu, violin; Truman Ellie Eisenberg, Jasmine Chong, violin. Kohl, violin Band: Kenny Kim, Galante, Justin Leu. Band: Benjamin Ku-
FUNdations is a program based on scientific research for teaching phonics skills to our youngest readers. In Roslyn, FUNdations is used in all three of our elementary schools from kindergarten through grade 2, and our students demonstrate great progress in their reading development as a result. FUNdations lessons focus on carefully sequenced skills that entail print knowledge, alphabet awareness, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary, fluency, and spelling. The program is one element in the district’s multi-faceted approach to literacy education. Pictured: Students in Ms. Cross’ second-grade class at Harbor Hill practice letter sounds and study the structure of words every day, led by classmates and Baby Echo Owl, one of the program’s mascots.
Kindergarten registration The registration period for students entering the Roslyn Public Schools in September 2015 will be the weeks of Feb. 23 through Feb. 27, and March 16 through March 20.
All children entering Kindergarten must be 5 years old by Dec. 1, 2015. If your child does NOT attend a local nursery school, please call the Heights School office at
(516) 801-5500 to place your child on the registration list. The Heights faculty and staff are eager to welcome you and your youngster.
Herricks students competing in Adelphi Apprentice Challenge A team of business students representing Herricks High School will compete against groups from 18 other high schools from across Long Island on Nov. 21 in Adelphi University’s annual student marketing contest, the “Adelphi Apprentice Challenge,” inspired by Donald Trump’s popular reality television program. The Adelphi Apprentice Challenge gives 120 Long Island high school business “majors” a hands-on taste of the highly competitive, take no prisoners realities of designing and presenting marketing strategies that create breakthrough brands. Teams are provided with a business
case study and are given 60 minutes to develop an effective marketing strategy that they then present to a panel of judges comprised of a dozen professional marketers. Judges for the competition will include top executives from cutting-edge companies like Atlantic Records, Pandora, Combs Entertainment/Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group and iHeartMedia. “The annual Apprentice Challenge exemplifies Adelphi’s engagement with Long Island high schools in a range of areas, including business education, fine arts, healthcare, athletics and others,” said Brian Rothschild, assistant dean
of the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business. “We’re excited to play a role in training tomorrow’s business leaders with this unique experiential learning event, where we bring together ambitious students to learn from the insight and mentoring of top Adelphi faculty and marketing leaders from top companies.” Faculty from Adelphi’s Robert B. Willumstad School of Business organize the event and provide guidance and support to students. \ This year, Adelphi alumnus Dan Casale, vice president of LiveNation, will give the keynote address on his experiences in the business world. The winning team will receive a trophy and coveted
title of 2014 “Adelphi Apprentice.” The event is hosted annually by the University’s Robert B. Willumstad School of Business. Graduates include some of the region’s top marketing leaders, serving a variety of exciting brands and companies. The Adelphi Apprentice Challenge has been bringing talented and ambitious business students together from high schools across Long Island for eight years. Started in 2006, more than 1400 “apprentices” have participated, including a number who have studied marketing at the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business and were real-life apprentices in the New York City marketing shark tank.
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98 inducted into National Honor Society What a great presentation and evening this was on November 12, 2014 when 98 students were inducted into the National Honor Society! A big thank you to NHS advisors Allison ChaninBermudez and Doreen DeAngelo, the Wheatley administration, this year’s current NHS officers and the guest speaker, former English teacher (retired) and Wheatley grad, Ellen Holzman. Next Friday I will introduce the newly inducted members and present some detailed information on the program and the Wheatley National Honor Society program. Can’t wait to share.
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you should receive an email and directions to change your password. If you don’t receive an email, you may have entered the wrong email address. If you did not use this system last year, follow links to register. Remember, you only need one account for your children who attend Willets Road. Once in the system, choose your child’s teacher and you will see available appointments. Choose the appointment you want, click submit when the pop-up box appears. Don’t forget to print your schedule. Note, you can log back into the system to review, print, cancel or reschedule your appointments. Please add appointments@ schoolsoft.ca into your address book in your contact list. This will assure your receipt of emails from the system. If you need assistance, please contact the Willets Road Main Office at 3338797.
The school district recently received permission to take down 15 trees on the North Side School grounds that were identified as diseased and determined a safety hazard. The tree removal was completed this past Tuesday. As required by the terms of the Village of East Wil- Vocational Training Opporliston permit, the school district tunities will replace each and every tree Our life skills students have taken down with a new, healthy been participating in vocational tree. training at local businesses and around Wheatley. As our students skills are improving, we Our Town The Wheatley Theater Com- are always looking for more oppany will be performing Thorton portunities for our life skills stuWilder’s Our Town on November dents. Therefore, we are asking 20, 21 and 22 in the Wheat- for your help. If you are aware ley Auditorium. Tickets are on of any local volunteer vocational sale for $10.00, senior citizens’ opportunities for our life skills tickets are free. Go to http:// students, please contact Dawn wheatleytheater.weebly.com/ to Muscarnera at muscarnerad@ purchase your tickets. Wheatley ewsdonline.org or Liza Laurino English teacher Colin McKenna at laurinol@ewsdonline.org . Both can also be reached at 333is directing the play. I had the pleasure of not 5690. Our students would work only acting in this play when I a few hours a week and are acwas in high school, but also di- companied by a trained adult rected high school performances team member. Thank you in of Our Town when I was a drama advance for any input you may and English teacher. I still recall have. the audiences reactions to the evening performances, both exCongratulations cited and enthused by the play. I and Commendations encourage you to buy your tickets and make this a great family Dr. Staudt: Featured Speaknight with your older elemen- er at Symposium tary, middle and high school stuDr. John Staudt, one of dents. I hope to see you there. Wheatley’s Social Studies faculty members, is also a well-regarded historian, with a specialty in Willets Road Sign-Up for Parent-Teacher Conferences Long Island during the RevoluWith the upcoming Willets tionary War. On Saturday, NoRoad Parent-Teacher Confer- vember 15, 2014, Dr. Staudt was ences scheduled for November a featured speaker at the “Long 26, December 2 and December Island in the American Revolu4, 2014, you can register on-line tion: The Seat of Action” Sympoto schedule your conference. Go sium at the Long Island Museum to the following link https:// in Stony Brook. Dr. Staudt diswilletsroad.schoolsoft.ca/login. cussed, “A State of Wretchedjsf and log in, if you registered ness: Suffolk County, New York last year. If you forgot your pass- in the Revolution.” Although the word, follow the directions and symposium was sold out, you
can read a bit about it through the following article from the Suffolk Times: Long Island’s Role in the American Revolution.
worthy of the spotlight; Early- to mid-career educators who offer strong long-range potential for professional and policy leadership; and Engaging and inspirAlong with teaching AP U.S. ing presence that motivates and History, AP Government and Pol- impacts students, colleagues and itics and College Regional Stud- the community. To read more ies (in conjunction with SUNY go to http://www.milkeneducaat Stony Brook where Wheatley torawards.org/newsroom/phostudents receive 3 college cred- tos/view/439 . its) at Wheatley, Dr. Staudt is the co-advisor of the Mock Trial Nov. 4 – Superintendent’s Club, a professor at Hofstra UniConference Day Report versity where he teaches AmeriAs you know, I enjoy sharing can History and the History of with you some of the important Baseball and the liaison for the learning and work our staff parNational History Day Regional ticipates in during those SuperCompetition at Hofstra. intendent/Staff Development Days, when your children are not in school but the administrators and instructional staff are here working at making our students’ learning experiences the absolute best they can be. In addition to the ongoing planning of instruction our teachers do each day, staff development days, the before/after school faculty and grade level meetings and summer study training and curriculum work provide further opportunity for our articulated K-12 educational Elaine Kanas program. These events also enSuperintendent sure that all of us on staff are current with educational research, Alumnae Receives a National opportunities and initiatives as the world continues to grow and Teaching Award I am enthused to share change around us. These days with you news about Roseann also provide the opportunities Maurantonio, Wheatley Class for staff members to collaborate of 2000, who just received the on unified practice and to serve 2014 Milken Educator Award. as important resources for each The Milken Family Foundation other, as the significant expertise (MFF) has provided public recog- we have in the district from each nition and unrestricted financial of our teachers and administraawards of $25,000 to outstand- tors is shared. Below are some examples of ing K–12 teachers, principals and specialists who are furthering ex- the work teachers, administracellence in education. Ms. Mau- tors and other instructional staff rantonio is a fourth grade teach- were involved in on our most er in the Rosendale Elementary recent Superintendent’s ConferSchool in the Niskayuna Central ence Day. School District in New York. Ms. North Side Maurantonio is one of up to 40 Last school year, the North outstanding educators recognized this year by the MFF, and Side staff, with the support and the only teacher from New York. direction of Principal Jim BloomEducators are selected confiden- garden (who assumes primary tially by a panel appointed by administrative responsibility for elementary math) and Elemenstate education departments. Criteria used for this honor tary Math Content Area Leader are as follows: Exceptional edu- and AIS teacher Lisa Minerva cational talent as evidenced by did a Herculean job aligning the effective instructional practices elementary math curriculum to and student learning results in the new standards and implethe classroom and school; Exem- menting the new shifts in math plary educational accomplish- instruction. The staff’s work was ments beyond the classroom that realized in North Side’s notable provide models of excellence performance in grades 3 and 4 for the profession; Individuals NYS Math Assessment scores. whose contributions to educa- During this past summer, teachtion are largely unheralded yet ers on each grade level contin-
ued to refine this work, utilizing the past year’s experience and student performance results to adjust and tweak the current curriculum work and refine the math curriculum map for the first half of this 2014-15 school year. On November 4, all grade level teachers continued this work, refining and aligning the curriculum map for the second half of the school year.
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In a similar vein to North Side, many of the grade levels spent time working on “wrong answer analysis” from the past year’s state assessments and Regents exams to continue to refine math maps and instruction, building on the previous year’s successful work. This year, New York State released more of last year’s test questions with annotations of the correct responses. Educators from the field had been asking for more of this feedback, and it proved helpful. Geometry and pre-calculus teachers participated in further curriculum review, examining course material alignment in light of new math standards.
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The AP U.S. History team worked together to review changes in AP curriculum and to reflect the changes in their class exams. The 11th grade Regents teachers developed a common mid-term exam, planned units for the remainder of the year, as well as discussing 3rd and 4th quarter projects. The third quarter project will include research to link family history with national history and the fourth quarter project will be an iMovie on the 1960’s designed to link modern history with key Regents themes. The 7th and 8th grade team met to discuss the National History Day project and implementation going forward both for the rest of this year and planning for next year. The 11th grade team joined the conversation to discuss common issues and support articulation between 7th and 8th grade implementation as preparation for the 11th grade required research paper. The 9th Grade Global History Honors team worked on a plan for reviewing essay writing, the creation of a common rubric and the structure for the comparative essay. Global History 10Regents Continued on Page 48
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Roslyn Village amends Town receives $131K commercial sewer laws in post-Sandy funds BY B I LL SAN ANTONIO The Village of Roslyn Board of Trustees approved on Tuesday amendments to its code on sewers and sewage disposal to more clearly define how sewage rent would be paid by commercial and industrial business owners.
Under the law, sewer rent would be payable starting June 1 and due within 45 days. After that, 10 percent would be added to the rent. Penalties could result in a lien being placed on the commercial property, according to the amended law. Rent would be based on the quantity of wa-
ter used by a commercial property based on usage records from the Roslyn Water District and set by the board of trustees following a public hearing. Village revenues from sewer rent payments, including penalties and other fines, would be added to a “Sewer Rent Fund” established under the amended law.
The Town of North Hempstead has received more than $130,000 in reimbursement funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for consultant services on post-Superstorm Sandy dredging projects at ponds in Roslyn and Manhasset, officials said Friday. The town has been repaid $131,947.50 in direct administrative charges from FEMA for expenses it incurred from DMS Disaster Consultants toward financing sand-removal work at Roslyn’s Gerry Pond Park and Grist Mill ponds, as well as for the re-contouring of ponds and streams at Whitney Pond and Manhasset Valley parks. DMS Disaster Consultants, which the
town uses to assist in the acquisition of FEMA funding, had helped attain $3 million from the agency for sand removal projects slated to begin next year, officials said. “Our ponds, streams and waterways are such an important part of the beauty of our town and provide wonderful passive and recreational opportunities,” North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said in a statement. “By receiving more funding for aquatic sand removal we are able to provide a hospitable habitat for fish and wildlife as well as adding to the aesthetic appeal to our waterways.” The dredging projects were each included within the town’s $48 million fiveyear capital plan.
Continued from Page 1 Roslyn Road is within Nassau County jurisdiction. Jacobs said last month the town’s vote to change the speed limit was made with the support of Nassau County. Prior to the accident, several town and county officials met at Roslyn Road and Locust Lane to discuss traffic-calming measures in the area.
North Hempstead Town Councilman Peter Zuckerman (D-East Hills), has expressed support for the installation of a traditional right-turn signal at the intersection with a corresponding traffic light. Jacobs has also said she would support a traffic light at the site. The county DPW, she said, is also investigating whether a traffic light is feasible there.
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Addicts aid addicts in launching business Speed limit signs on Roslyn Road replaced
Continued from Page 2 the trio designed their product line, website and social media pages. The company launched earlier this year. Trunk shows displaying the company’s line are scheduled for Dec. 4 at Uptown Artworks. “We’ve had a lot of activity on Facebook. We’ve gotten orders. People seem to love the products,” Blum said. “We’ve had some very nice customer feedback already, so I believe we’re just going to grow and grow. Fingers crossed, right?” As the company expands, Kahn said more products will be added.
“This may sound a bit hokey, but I think this is a gift from above,” Kahn said. “I never had the right time and the right people, and all the puzzle pieces have kind of come together. I won’t forget that.” “It’s taken a lot of work to put this together, and every single thing that we’ve done has been very deliberate,” she said. “I don’t regret being a drug addict and an alcoholic, because it’s enabled me to do this. It’s like taking whatever was left of me and putting it together with the new me. There’s no telling what we’re going to do now.”
Wheatley High seniors volunteer in Nicaragua Continued from Page 1 of Roslyn Heights’ youth group SORTY, have begun a fundraising initiative through YouCaring.com to collect $7,500 to purchase athletic and basic construction equipment for another major building project in Nicaragua. “Soccer and baseball are their two most important sports, and when we went a lot of kids were using broken bats, none of them really had mitts, they had one soccer ball,” said Marcus, of Mineola. “It didn’t really phase them, and that affected me,” she said. “The things that are really important to us here are very trivial to them over there.” Marcus and Rothstein were first inspired to join Mitzvah Corps after meeting with the organization’s assistant director, Jonah Freelander, at Temple Sinai earlier this year. But convincing their parents to allow them to travel to the Central American country took
some work, they said. “Yes, the ‘going-to-Nicaragua’ part, they were hesitant about,” Rothstein said. “But this program has gone there before and community service is pretty important to me. When I find something I want to do, I decide I’m going to find a way to do it, and within a few weeks they said go ahead.” Said Marcus: “My mom initially said no, but I knew it was something I needed to do and that it’d be a great experience. I got them to say yes.” They left for Nicaragua on July 8, first on a flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Miami, where they joined their Mitzvah Corps comrades and caught a connecting flight to the Nicaraguan capital of Managua. After another nine hours of travel by van and boat, Rothstein and Marcus arrived in El Castillo. “We really didn’t know what to expect. It’s Nicaragua, it’s the middle of nowhere, it’s a bit
scary,” Rothstein said. “But once we got there, you realize how different El Castillo is from the rest of Nicaragua,” he said. “They were all coming up to us, wanting to meet these tall, white Americans that they hardly ever see, so happy we were there to help them.” They set to work atop a hill on the edge of town, building a concrete soccer field that they said would make for better playing conditions than the marshy village terrain within the village. “We carried 30-pound cement blocks uphill almost a quarter of a mile, I crawled under barbed wire, I went through barbed wire, I jumped through a river, I crossed a deteriorating bridge, just to get to where the field was located,” Marcus said. The typical workday would begin around 7:45 a.m. and end at noon when it would often become too hot to continue. Labor consisted of leveling out the field and pouring concrete over it. “We stayed in what they
consider hotels, these buildings made of wood whose walls weren’t even attached to the roof. Families slept on the bottom floor,” Marcus said. “Girls slept with mosquito nets over their beds. Mine had holes bigger than my fist,” she said. “I’d come home from work each day and be so exhausted I didn’t care about the bugs in my bed.” Despite the village’s remote living conditions, the entire community caught World Cup fever, Rothstein said. When Germany and Argentina squared off in the tournament’s final match, Marcus and Rothstein watched from a hotel that had a projector screen. When Germany’s Mario Gotze broke the scoreless tie late in extra time, the hotel lost power. “We heard screaming coming from the other side of the village, and then this lady came in and told us,” Rothstein said. Two days before they were scheduled to leave Nicara-
gua, Rothstein and Marcus approached one of Mitzvah Corps’ staff members, Lauren Belferder, who is also the temple’s special education and youth coordinator, about a return trip in February. “We didn’t want to leave. We were so close with everyone there. We just didn’t want to leave,” Rothstein said. “We just thought about how much easier it would be if they had what we have here in the United States.” They plan to purchase new or gently used baseball equipment and soccer balls, shovels, gloves and boots. Marcus said they have already received 49 baseballs and 39 soccer balls from a Sinai congregant, and that they’d like to build a storage shed in El Castillo using the money donated. “The only problem we’ve had so far is shipping. We haven’t really laid out how we’re going to collect supplies from people yet, but we’ll figure it out,” Marcus said. “I can’t wait to go back.”
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Herricks students Chloe Chang, left, of Denton Avenue Elementary School, and Julia Feldman, right, of Herricks Middle School, have been selected to participate in the Lang Lang 101 Pianists Program at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts which took place on Sunday, Oct. 26. The Lang Lang Foundation developed 101 Pianists program, an opportunity for young piano students to learn from and perform with Lang Lang for audiences around the world. The students were selected through a rigorous application and audition process and were chosen among more than 200 applicants in New York State.
After many hours of rehearsal with prominent conductors, students in grades 8-12 from Herricks Middle School and High School performed in the Long Island String Festival Association, held Nov. 14 and 15 at Plainview Old Bethpage Middle School. They were: (Middle School) Grace Kang, violin; Austin Kim, cello; Christina Kim, violin; Daniel Louie, viola; Nicole Park, viola; Darren Yang, bass; Hanna Yen, viola; (High School) Joshua Chee, violin; Jordan Chee, violin; Jane Chen, violin; Justin Kim, viola; Kyra Koe, violin; Nora Koe, violin; Rache Louie, viola; Natalie Tan, violin; Ashwin Viswanathan, viola; Kelly Yu, violin; Mikayla Chan, viola; Esme Chen, violin; Irene Jung, cello; Kelly Kim, violin.
98 inducted into National Honor Society Continued from Page 44 team worked to create a plan for a common mid-term exam based on the 10th grade material and a diagnostic exam on 9th grade material. Both tools, along with the document-based questions and thematic essays will be used to assess students’ progress and identify students who may need additional support. Review began on the 6th grade social studies curriculum in light of the newly adopted New York State social studies framework. The School Within a School (SWS) staff met to finalize plans for the new quarter and further planning was done regarding the SWS gardening initiative.
Art and Music
Teachers traveled to a variety of conferences and workshops from outside presenters. These included: workshops of new music for middle school and high school bands, the latest techniques in using Garage Band, jazz and blues sessions and orchestral reading. Art teacher experiences included workshops on portraiture using pastels and Kamishibai, traditional Japanese story telling techniques using illustrated cards.
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choices available to them, the Wheatley counselors and Director of Guidance Greg Wasserman spent the day visiting Marist College in Poughkeepsie. They met with students and the entire admissions office. They also attended a presentation from the College Board on the new SAT. Other activities involved elementary and middle school guidance/social work support staff participation in anti-bullying webinars and planning for character education activities.
Science
Among the Grade 8-12 staff topic discussions were textbook considerations and continuing work on the physics goal from the 2014-15 Instructional Goals: Goal 8/Smart Goal N: Investigate various pathways to expose more students to physics concepts and classes at an earlier point in their academic careers. The middle school examined continued alignment to support the new high school science sequence which has most of our eighth graders now taking the Living Environment Course and Regents in place of Earth Science. Additions were suggested for the sixth grade curriculum for 2015-16 school year including: Dependent and independent variables; human impact on the environment and greenhouse gases and a full unit on Ecology including ecology, food chains and food webs and human impact on ecosystems.
The department continued their work preparing for the changes in the new FLACS exams (foreign language exams that replaced the Regents) focusing on read to write tasks that also support the Pupil Personnel Services/Special overall new state standards in reading Education and literacy in the content areas. Middle Special Education teachers and teachschool teachers researched sites for authentic listening and reading comprehen- ing assistants participated in content area meetings along with their general educasion selections. tion colleagues. Speech therapists had the opportunity to discuss best practices Guidance In our Guidance Department’s con- with each other. English as Second Lantinuing commitment to expanding our guage teachers reviewed the new ESL relationships with colleges and expand- regulations and got a jump start on planing students’ awareness of the college ning for implementation next year while
other staff conducted or participated in notate reading and help plan accountable CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute) training discussion and engaging ways to teach or related social/emotional topics. grammar conventions and punctuation. Helping students understand deep reading through the use of a five-level reading English/Reading Teachers and teaching assistants pro- rubric that provides a monitoring guide viding LLI (Leveled Literacy Intervention) for students when they read: decode, support to students identified as likely to scan, understand, analyze, master was benefit from this additional reading sup- also shared. port had the opportunity to plan together and to receive additional training/support Physical Education/Health and from our two elementary reading teachFamily Consumer Science and ers, Kathleen Cunningham and Allison Nurses Douglas, who have several years of expeThe Physical Education Department rience in teaching this program, which has attended a conference at Hofstra Unibeen introduced in the Middle and High versity sponsored by the Physical EduSchool this year as well. cation Consortium. The staff attended The English Department met both workshops including: Movement and as a whole and on individual grade lev- Functional Movement; Dancing Classels to share ideas/continue articulation rooms - May I Have This Dance? Social and lay future plans for the department Emotional Learning Curriculum Connecand its students. They continued work tions through the Art of Ballroom Dance; on a detailed curriculum guide grid in Dancing Classrooms: Transforming Lives 8th grade, fine-tuning of the ninth grade One Step at a Time; Connecting CCSS to research paper, summer reading assign- Nutrition Has Never Been Easier; Fitness ment planning reflecting the success of It’s Not Rocket Science, But It Is Exercise; a most recent 9th grade summer reading Adapted PE- Physical Education for All; project and the use of electronic tools to and Storytelling in PE for the Elementary keep track of student progress regarding Level. research work. The Health and Family Consumer SciHaving the chance to read over the ence departments attended workshops on teaching practices and idea notes the Improving Health and Decision Making department shared regarding their work for our Youth. on Superintendent Conference Day, reinThe District nurses attended a countyforced how valuable this opportunity for wide workshop from the Nassau County collegial sharing can be, as teachers share Department of Health on effective health their own best practices with each other, practices and worked on immunization providing insight and support to continue reporting. to grow student learning. Ideas shared among our English teachers included difHave a Good Weekend ferentiating instruction through the use As always, please email me at of stations, using rubrics to enable stu- kanase@ewsdonline.org or call me at dents to become more reflective regard- 333-3758 with any questions, suggestions ing their learning and to take more own- and/or any topics you would like to see in ership of their work, the benefits of peer this newsletter. editing, scaffolding supports such as the Best regards, use of structured reading assignments, Elaine Kanas, Ed.D. color-coded post-its and posters to anSuperintendent of Schools
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Wheatley’s Mendes named to NASL Best XI Mineola native Carols Mendes was one of two members of the New York Cosmos to be named to the North American Soccer League ‘s 2014 Best XI, the league announced this week. The NASL Best XI is voted on by all 10 of the league’s head coaches and honors the best 11 players in the league each year. Goalkeeper Jimmy Maurer was also included on the list. Mendes, the team captain and a Wheatley High School alum, made 25 starts for the Cosmos in 2014 and was a key contributor to the team’s strong defensive performance throughout the year. The central defender played in the second-most minutes (2,238) on the team in 2014 and helped lead a backline that allowed the second fewest goals in the league (27). Mendes scored two goals and recorded one assist on the year and was named to the NASL Team of the Week a team-high five times in 2014 and also took home NASL Player of the Week honors in Week 1 for his two-goal performance in the team’s 4-0 win over Atlanta. Mendes was the first player to sign for the Cosmos ahead of the team’s 2013 re-launch season and was also named the new team’s first captain. He made 13 appearances for the Cosmos during the 2013 season and was named to the NASL Team of the Week three times before leading the Cosmos to a 1-0 victory over the Atlanta Silverbacks in Soccer Bowl 2013.
“I’m excited to have been named to the NASL Best XI,” said Mendes on the distinction. “This award goes out to all the guys who have played alongside of me. We’ve worked hard all year, and they’ve been a big part of me winning this award.” Maurer recorded a leaguehigh 11 shutouts in 24 appearances for the Cosmos in 2014. His 0.91 goals against average was second highest in the league and he finished tied for second in the league in saves (67). Maurer posted a 10-7-6 record on the year and was named to the NASL Team of the Week twice during 2014. This was Maurer’s first year as a fulltime starter for the Cosmos. Maurer made one start for the Cosmos in 2013, posting a 1-0 shutout victory over the Atlanta Silverbacks on Nov. 2, 2013. “It’s just a huge honor,” said Maurer on his selection. “The league was really strong this year. Thank you first and foremost to the team and our coaches – my goalkeeper coach, Memo Valencia. We do tons of video and training to help me get better every game. “And credit obviously to our team for putting in all the work in front of me,” he added. “They helped make sure shots were limited which is why we were able to get so many shutouts and keep our goals against average low.” Maurer and Mendes played in every minute of the 2014 Spring season for a Cosmos defense that
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Mineola native Carlos Mendes seen here making a tackle allowed just three goals in nine games and posted a modern day NASL record shutout streak of 372 minutes. “It’s great to have two of our players make the starting XI for the year,” said head coach Giovanni
Savarese. “I’m very proud of both of them, and overall, the nomination of one or two players is always attributed to the hard work of our entire group. I’m proud of all my guys and what they did this year.”
BUCKLEY SELECTS ALL STARS Buckley Country Day School recently handed out its fall awards, honoring the school’s top student-athletes for the fall season. Two of those standouts were Riya Subbaiah of Roslyn Heights and Sterling Kalogeras of Roslyn. “It is always great to celebrate and honor our wonderful student-athletes and coaches who work so hard during the season,” said Roney Eford, Buckley Country Day School’s director of athletics. “All of our student-athletes should be extremely proud of their accomplishments.” Riya Subbaiah, daughter of Dr. Dsthish Subbaiah and Dr. Avni Thakore, was named as the Most Improved Player for the girls 5/6 Red soccer team. Sterling Kalogeras, son of Don and Jill Kalogeras, was honored as the boys 5/6 Blue soccer team’s Most Improved Player.
Roslyn Heights’ Riya Subbaiah, left, and Roslyn’s Sterling Kalogeras were honored at Buckley’s fall sports ceremony.
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Pioneers crush AIC in title game, 58-25 B y T homas S caveta
Leading by two possessions, the visitors kept their foot on the gas, as they took a 44-25 lead after Laurino found Palmer for a third score on a 72-yard completion. A surprise onside kick followed, as the Pioneers jumped on top of the loose ball at the AIC 21-yard line. Three plays later, LIU Post sophomore running back Mike Williams ran the ball in from 10 yards out to seal the victory. Laurino continued to shine down the stretch of his collegiate career, completing 30-of-57 passes for a season-high 413 yards and five touchdowns. He scrambled for 61 yards and a score as well. White and Williams also pitched in with touchdowns on the ground. Hubbard hauled in 10 catches for a career-high 172 yards and a touchdown, while Palmer had five receptions for 118 yards and three scores. The Pioneers’ defense saw senior linebacker Anthony Brunetti lead the charge with 10 tackles, while sophomore defensive back Jared Chester and freshman defensive back Richard Wright had nine tackles apiece. Junior defensive back Jahleel Oswald recorded eight stops, forced a fumble and a broke up a pass. Head football coach Bryan Collins and the Pioneers earned a bid to the NCAA Division II championship. Ranked No. 6 in Super Regional One, they will be traveling to Petersburg, Va. this weekend to take on the No. 3 ranked Virginia State University. Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22.
The LIU Post Football team (8-3) captured its first Northeast-10 Conference Championship since 2006 on Saturday, Nov. 15, with a 58-25 rout of American International (8-3) at Ronald J. Abdow Field in Springfield, Mass. After a scoreless opening quarter, the Pioneers capitalized on an interception from sophomore defensive back Ryan Renfroe in AIC territory. Five snaps later, LIU Post senior quarterback and Manhasset native Steven Laurino completed a screen pass to sophomore running back David White, which resulted in a 20-yard dash into the end-zone for the opening score of the contest. The Yellow Jackets responded with 16 unanswered points to grab a nine-point cushion late in the second quarter. A late second quarter drive by the Pioneers set up senior kicker Karsten Viste, who nailed a 22-yard field goal to reduce the gap to 16-10 at the break. LIU Post owned the second half, outscoring the hosts by an overwhelming 48-9 margin. Following an AIC three-and-out, the visitors put together a quick drive culminating with a Laurino scamper into the end-zone for a two-yard score. American International responded with a touchdown of their own to go back in front 23-17, but the Pioneers would not be denied the championship trophy. LIU Post went on to score three consecutive touchdowns to grab a commanding 37-25 advantage. The This article was originally published in the Pioneer, run was book-ended by 25- and five-yard passes from Laurino to Pioneer senior wideout Kamron Palmer, sand- the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www. wiching a 28-yard strike from the signal caller to Pioneer liupostpioneer.com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer. sophomore receiver Shane Hubbard.
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LIU Post men’s soccer completes comeback B y M ichael O tero The LIU Post men’s soccer team (154-2) took on the No. 1 ranked Penmen from Southern New Hampshire University (17-1-2) on Saturday, Nov. 15 in the second round of the 2014 NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer Championship. The Pioneers, who showed perseverance during the entire match, came up clutch in the closing minutes of the contest. The Penmen came out of the gate strong, and capitalized in the 13th minute when junior back Dominic Samuel scored off a free kick. With momentum on their side, SNHU scaled up the aggression and put another shot in the back of the net. The Penmen took a two-goal lead into halftime. Well into the second half and still down by two goals, the Pioneers needed a spark. They got one in the 89th minute; when senior forward Eivind Austboe notched his 16th goal of the season off a scramble in front of the net to keep hopes of a win alive. With less than 30 seconds before the final whistle, Forgaard fired a shot that hit the crossbar, but freshman
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No. 23 Alex Billington delivers a pass. forward and ECC Rookie of the Year Jason Lampkin cleaned up the mess and tied the match with a one-timer that beat junior goalie Dom DiMaggio. The two teams took a brief break and hit the field again for overtime. Both teams had their opportunities in the extra periods, but neither team was able to come through with a goal, so penalty kicks were going to decide the winner. After Austboe gave LIU a 1-0 lead, Malmstrom stopped junior back Jonathon Lupinelli’s attempt. Over the next two
rounds, the Penmen took a 2-1 lead as DiMaggio stopped back-to-back attempts. After both squads converted in the fourth round, junior midfielder Alex Billington tied the shootout at three. With the match on the line on the ensuing kick, Malmstrom stood strong and came up with the save to keep the shootout going and the Pioneer season alive. The Pioneers led off each of the next three rounds with successful chances, and clinched the hard fought victory when graduate back Callium Williams clanked his shot off the crossbar in the eighth round. Earlier in the week, Pioneers took on the NYIT Bears (14-3-1) in the first round on Thursday, Nov. 13, in Manchester, New Hampshire. The Pioneers were looking for revenge against the Bears, who ended the Pioneers’ winning streak a week ago, rebounded with an impressive 2-0 win. The fifth-seeded Pioneers got the scoring started in the 13th minute of the contest. Junior midfielder Per Forgaard sent a cross to fellow junior midfielder Matias Ruiz, and the combination worked perfectly. Ruiz was able to find the back
of the net to give the Pioneers the one goal advantage. The Pioneers went into halftime with the 1-0 lead, as both sides picked up the defensive intensity. Early in the second half, it was clear that the Pioneers were the clear aggressors, outshooting the Bears and being more accurate on their shots. LIU had six shots on goal to just one for the Bears. In 74th minute, the duo of Ruiz and Forgaard teamed up again. This time, Ruiz sent the cross to Forgaard, and he connected for the goal with a beautiful bicycle kick. That was all the offense the Pioneers needed, as LIU Post closed out the 2-0 victor behind Junior goal keeper Jesper Malmstrom, who kept the opposition off the scoreboard for another shutout. Head soccer coach Andreas Lindberg and the Pioneers will face off against Merrimack College in the East Regional Final. This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www.liupostpioneer. com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.
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