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Once again, Victoria Chimento, a student in Ms. Marie Nuzzi's Spanish 4H class at Garden City High School, walked away a top winner in the Victor Baptiste Spanish Essay Contest, a competition sponsored annually by the AATSP, the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. More ... Payton Seltenreich, a fifth grade student of Ms. Kelly Benito at the Stewart School, was recently awarded first prize in the 2009 "It Ought to Be a Law" competition, sponsored by Senator Kemp Hannon. At a ceremony held on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at Levittown Hall in Hicksville, the first place prize winners were presented and honored with an award by the Senator. More ... The Garden City Community Council on Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention and the PTA will be sponsoring the fourth annual Prom-a-palooza, a pre-prom event for all prom attendees and their families on Thursday, June 25th at 6PM! Come students, dates, families and extended families and enjoy mixing and mingling as a start to a fabulous and memorable evening. More ... The "wows" were audible from outside the gymnasium and cafeteria recently at the Stewart and Stratford Schools as students from Mr. Michael Stano's high school chemistry class conducted experiments demonstrating the properties of various solids, liquids, and gases for fourth grade students. More ... The June P.T.A. meeting at St. Joseph School ushered in the new Executive Board for the 2009-2010 school year. Outgoing board co-presidents Camille Darling and Denise Teixeira, along with VP Christine Considine, Treasurer Lorraine Levano and Secretary Maureen Michel presented Father Joe with a check representing the fundraising efforts over the school year. More ... Architect John Winberry (center) visited the third grade Quest students at Stewart School late last month. The students have been studying famous architects and landscape architects. After an informational presentation, Mr. Winberry answered the students' questions. In the remaining weeks of school, the children will utilize their understanding of architectural design to build a model city. More ... On May 15 the four year old students at Cathedral Nursery School had a very special visitor: a Garden city fire truck! First Assistant Chief Charles Cavarro and Fireman James O'Keefe, who both have children attending Cathedral, brought the truck and several firemen to talk with the childrem about fire safety. More ... On left- Eddie Tighe, recipient of 2009 Freshman Lacrosse MVP award and Sean Mahon, last year's freshman MVP and recipient of 2009 JV Lacrosse MVP award. More ... On June 4, 2009, Alexa Gutierrez, a senior at Garden City High School, was presented with the Bronze Award from the Hispanic Heritage Youth Organization in the category of Mathematics and Engineering. Alexa was selected from a pool of approximately 13,000 applicants. More ... Congratulations to Laura Wysocki, a senior at Garden City High School, who received a $500.00 scholarship from Dr. Denise Emma. The Dr. Denise Emma Healthcare Scholarship is given annually to a graduating senior who intends to pursue a career in the health field. Laura expressed her desire to pursue a career in dentistry. More ... South Kent School (SKS) graduated 65 students Sunday, May 31 at its traditional Prize Day ceremony. The graduates represented 12 states and nine foreign countries. Among them was Merrick McQuilling, III from Garden City. In the Fall, Merrick will be attending Fairfield University, located in Fairfield, CT. More ... First graders in Mrs. Millie Joyce's Locust School class recently wrote and illustrated hard covered books, which they dedicated to their mothers, in honor of Mother's Day. Incorporating the Garden City Public School's Write Traits program, students spent several months learning about ideas, word choice, quality details, organization, and conventions. More ... Julia Cupolo, an eighth grader at Garden City Middle School, has been selected as a student ambassador for "The Land of the Rising Sun" program offered through the People to People organization. Julia will be traveling to Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima for two weeks in July to develop a deeper understanding of the Japanese culture and to represent American youth while in Japan. More ... Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes Don Clavin recently read one of his favorite books to second grade students at Stratford Avenue School in Garden City on the occasion of its 2009 Read-A-Loud Month Program. More ... This May, second and third grade students at the Stewart School participated in the "Kids on the Block" disability awareness program presented by the Epilepsy Foundation of Garden City. Through the use of puppetry, students were instructed on the topics of epilepsy, head injuries, and learning disabilities. The program emphasized tolerance and acceptance of all children. More ... Miss McCavera's second graders recently presented their final class play of the school year - the teddy bear hero. Tagalong teddy is the main character of this play. The other bears don't want to be around her because she is red, white and blue, instead of brown. She is proud of the colors because they are the colors of the American flag. More ... Northeastern University is pleased to recognize those students who distinguish themselves academically during the course of the school year. More ... The weather couldn't have been better for the St. Joseph School Annual Field Day at Stewart Field. All grades came together for a day of friendly competition under the direction of Physical Education Director Mr. "S" and then relaxed in the shade for a McDonald's lunch and ice cream treat. The good sportsmanship among the students was rule of the day! More ... |
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