Happening at the Great Neck School District

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Happening at the Great Neck School District

South Middle School Science Olympiad team excels at state competition

A Science Olympiad team from South Middle School competed against the top schools in the state at the New York Science Olympiad Tournament in Syracuse from April 8–9. South Middle was the top-performing school from Nassau County for the second consecutive year, and the team finished in sixth place in New York State.

Fifteen South Middle students participated in the state tournament, which featured 23 challenges requiring knowledge and skills in science, technology, and engineering. South Middle earned medals in 14 out of 23 events, including a first-place finish in the Bridge event (Allen Vee and Nandini Khaneja), third place in Disease Detectives (Austin Cheng and Alice Kim), and third place in the Solar System event (Allen Vee and Nandini Khaneja).

This is the fourth consecutive year that South Middle qualified for the state tournament by winning a top spot at the Western Long Island Regional Science Olympiad, held in March. The South Middle Science Olympiad is coached by Tobias Hatten, science department chairperson.

North High commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day

North High School commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 11 with student presentations, classroom activities, and a multimedia exhibit from the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County.

Throughout the day, social studies classes visited the school library for a gallery walk through student-generated research projects created by tenth and eleventh-graders in World History classes led by teachers Stephanie Aguado, Samantha Gallagher, and Jennifer Sixsmith. Regents Global History classes completed research projects on an assigned topic related to the Holocaust, and Advanced Placement (AP) World students created their own documentaries to recognize and bring attention to human rights violations of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

In English classes, teachers shared Holocaust poems with students, and students responded in their own creative and thoughtful way: illustrating a poem, reflecting on lessons from the Holocaust, writing an ending to a poem about the Holocaust, creating a found poem, and more.

Additionally, all North High students and faculty were invited to view a traveling exhibit on loan from the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, which was on display in the Little Theatre.

Board recognizes North Middle School students

On April 12, the Great Neck Board of Education recognized 90 North Middle School students for contributing to the quality of life at their school. Student honorees, in alphabetical order, are: Ofer Adar, Eva Amirian, Dillon Ashir, Talya Bagim, Chase Bailey, Jake Balazadeh, Ellen Barbu, Zachary Berchansky, Julia Berger, Michael Berokhim, Nathaniel Bina, Juliet Burkhoff, Serena Chen, Yijia Chen, Michelle Cheng, Daniella Cohen, Nathaniel Davidson, Juliana Dayani, Kay DeRose, Julian Elihu, Lana Goldsmith, Kayla Golshani, Miron Gorjian, Wynne Gruder, Kouros Hadavi, Jacob Haghighat, Chloe Haimof, Dylan Hakakian, Leah Heimowitz, Alexa Hizon, Katelyn Ho, Lia Huang, Angelika Jiang, Ava Jonisch, Liana Kase, Audrey Kim, Gabriella Klebanov, Benjamin Kraus, Ethan Lam, Raquel Landerer, Emma Lavian, Kayden Li, Sophia Li, Alex Lu, Michael Lyakhov, Emily Martinez, Jacqueline Matalon, Jaden Maze, Julianna Miano, Jonah Misaghi, Matthew Morady, Charlotte Nerayoff, Mikel Nikravesh, Jacob Ohebshalom, Talia Ohebshalom, Jordan Panah, Liat Partovi, Liad Pilip, Maxwell Pour, Rafael Rahmanan, Derek Ramirez, Sasha Rastegar, Benjamin Rokhsar, Ava Ruderman, Mia Sakai, Ava Salehani, Sophia Sanieoff, Gabriela Sedagatpour, Nava Sedaghat, Eliav Sehati, Charles Shapiro, Orli Sharbani, Aiden Sheena, Diana Smolens, Jacob Soleymani, Georgios Stergiopoulos, Jonathan Thomas, Madison Toch, Mia Tselebis, Nathan Verkman, Evan Wang, Julang Wang, Taylor Weber, Riley Wilk, Avidan Yaghoubzar, Dale Yang, Juliette Yashaya, Harrison Yu, Victoria Zargari, and Noya Zarnighian. Honorees are photographed with Board of Education President Rebecca Sassouni, Vice President Donna Peirez, and Trustees Barbara Berkowitz and Jeffrey Shi; Superintendent of Schools Dr. Teresa Prendergast and Assistant Superintendents Dr. Joseph Hickey and Dr. Stephen C. Lando; North Middle School Principal Dr. Gerald Cozine, and Assistant Principals Jennifer Andersen and Nancy Gunning.

District Faculty Recital returns on May 2

The Great Neck Public Schools is pleased to announce the return of the District Faculty Recital! This year’s event will take place on Monday, May 2, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at E.M. Baker School, 69 Baker Hill Rd.

Join us in the brand-new E.M. Baker auditorium for an exhilarating evening of concert-hall-caliber music performed by GNPS faculty and friends. Tickets at the door are $5 for students and seniors, $10 for adults (suggested donations). Proceeds will benefit the Music Scholarship Fund.

For more information, contact Patrick Kennedy, music teacher/event coordinator, at [email protected].

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