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Friday, August 19, 2016
vol. 4, no. 34
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High school ranks 92nd nationwide
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Newsweek ranks college preparedness for top 500 list By J oe n I k I C Five North Shore high schools were listed last Thursday in Newsweek magazine’s annual ranking of the top 500 public high schools in the country. Both Great Neck South High School and North High School, as well as Herricks High School, Manhasset High School and Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington cracked the list. Using state Education Department data from the 2014-15 school year, Newsweek partnered with a Maryland-based statistical research firm, Westat, to devise the list. Schools went through a twopart assessment, in which the first step ranked schools based on English language arts and math proficiency rates and standardized test scores. The second step then ranked the schools based on the number
of full-time guidance counselors, SAT and ACT performance, advanced placement course participation and performance and college acceptance and enrollment numbers. Great Neck South High School made the top 50 in the ranking, listed at number 38. The school had a 98 percent graduation rate, with 97.3 percent of students enrolling in college. It also had 87.4 percent of its students at a college-readiness level. Great Neck North High School made the list at number 142. The school graduated 98.4 percent of its students, with 96.8 percent going on to attend college. The percentage of students who reached the college-readiness level, however, was lower than South High’s at 81.7 percent. Continued on Page 59
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Christine Marigliano, Nurse Manager at CCMC, gets hit with soda to demonstrate the new contaminant-repelling uniforms. See story on page 56.
Town, camps reach deal over Port pool restriction By St e p h e n R om a n o
camps’ pool passes last week. Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said the compromise “will balance the needs of the The Town of North Hempstead and nine camps with the needs of the community.” For the remainder of the camp season, she summer camps have reached a compromise to allow campers to swim in the town’s said, “we will continue to allow day camps Manorhaven pool after the town revoked the Continued on Page 59
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