Ryan Mills of Gribbin Elementary School in Glen Cove and Kelly
Domagala of Stokes Elementary School in the Island Trees School
District in Levittown were winners in the "Take a Duck to Class"
essay contest sponsored by the Long Island Ducks and TD Bank.
Each won an assembly for classmates that included Ducks infielder Ray Navarette and mascot QuackerJack. The contest theme was: "Why community is
important to me." (Newsday, 21 February 2010)
Glen Cove High School senior Warton Du has been named one of 15 000 Finalists in the 2012 competition for a National Merit Scholarship. 8200 scholarship winners will be selected based on superior performance on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. (Gold Coast Gazette, March 4, 2010)
Katherine Marinaccio was honored by the Nassau Section of the Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) with an Outstanding High School Student Award. The award is "in recognition of exceptional interest and achievement in science". Katherine attended the STANYS Awards Dinner at Coral House in Baldwin with her Glen Cove High School science research adviser, Mrs. DeBenedetto. Katherine is a graduating senior and will attend Wesleyan University in the fall where she will study Environmental Science. (Glen Cove Record-Pilot June 10, 2010)
Greenport Elementary and Landing Elementary in Glen Cove were among 304 schools nationwide identified yesterday by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as 2010 National Blue Ribbon Schools. The schools — 254 public and 50 private — will be honored in November in Washington, D.C.
..."Schools honored with the Blue Ribbon Schools Award are committed to achievement and to ensuring that students learn and succeed," Duncan said in a written statement.
The award honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools whose students achieve at very high levels or have made significant progress. Often these schools have closed gaps in achievement, especially among disadvantaged and minority students, federal officials said.
...The Landing School serves 312 students in grades 3, 4, and 5. The school implemented a number of strategies to help improve student achievement, including creating readers' and writers' workshops for language arts and a more hands-on approach to teaching math, Israel said. Teachers used different genres, such as poetry and literature to immerse kids in literacy, he said.
"This is a terrific way to begin the upcoming school year," Israel said. (Newsday, 10 September 2010)
Ryan O'Connor of Nassau Community College has made the Dean's List. Ryan is a GCHS Class of 2009 graduate and is majoring in Music Technology. (Glen Cove Record-Pilot March 4, 2010)
Kristin O'Connor of SUNY Cortland made Fall 2009 Dean's List. She is a GCHS Class of 2006 graduate majoring in Early Childhood Education. Her parents are Peter and Darlene. (Glen Cove Record-Pilot May 13, 2010)
Kate Moore, a 2001 graduate of GCHS and graduate of Princeton University, received her J.D./ cum laude from Fordham University's School of Law in May 2010. Kate recently passed the new York State Bar Exam and will practice corporate law in New York City. (Gold Coast Gazette December 30, 2010)
In addition, Kate's brother, Jeffrey Moore (GCHS 2003), graduated with his M.A. in Adolescent Education from Hunter College. Jeff is in his 2nd year of teaching middle school inner city youth and preparing them for college and productive lives. (Gold Coast Gazette December 30, 2010)
Two Long Island schools with Ivy League-trained principals and high rates of student poverty won national honors yesterday for their "breakthrough" academic performances.
Amityville Memorial High School and Robert M. Finley Middle School in Glen Cove were among 10 schools nationwide cited for scholastic success by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. All winners of the 2011 Breakthrough Schools awards recieve $5 000 prizes from the MetLife Foundation. ...
Anael Alston, 39, in his sixth year as Finley's principal, is completing work on a doctorate in curriculum and teaching at Columbia University's Teachers College after earning other degrees at Columbia, Hofstra, and the College of New Rochelle. Alston also is a former Golden Gloves Super heavyweight boxing champion. Alston sees his role as that of an instructional leader, and many staffers agree.
"I have to tell you, it's an honor to be a part of this school, because we've made so much progress,," said Jennifer Beauchamp, who teaches English as a Second Language. "And we hope to keep it going."
Alston points to the more than 80 percent of African-American eighth-graders at his school who pass state English tests -- a rate nearly equal to white students -- thus closing a persistent gap in achievement among racial groups at the school. (Newsday, November 24, 2010)