Qualify For Junior Olympics

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Qualify For Junior Olympics

Friday, 15 March 2013 00:00

Plainview residents Giulianna Silva, Zoe Katevatis, and Nicholas Illuzzi qualified to compete at the 2013 Metropolitan Swimming Junior Olympics. These swimmers will compete representing the nationally ranked host team, Long Island Aquatic Club (LIAC). Each year LIAC sends a large squad to the Junior Olympics to compete for the titles as the best age group swimmers in the Metropolitan LSC.

Success at the junior level is what motivates many of these young athletes to set Olympic sized goals. Since 1996 LIAC, has qualified 21 swimmers for the US Olympic Trials. In 2016 or 2020 one of these Plainview swimming heroes could be competing for their shot at the Olympic team. Come down to cheer them on now!

The Junior Olympics are going on now, March 15 – 17 at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in Eisenhower Park.

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Wellness Walk

Friday, 17 May 2013 00:00

Eighth-12th grade volunteers from Building Future Leaders; Gayle Jukofsky, Mid Island JCC; Rick Lewis, Executive Director, Mid-Island JCC; David Glassman; and Town of Oyster Bay Councilman Joe Pinto. Legislator Judy Jacobs, (D-Woodbury) attended the recent Plainview-Old Bethpage CARES Project PACE NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Community) Walk sponsored by the Mid Island Jewish Community Center in Plainview. This Wellness Walk was filled with family activities, including face painting and a bouncy house. There was a community expo, a 50/50 raffle, live music and refreshments.

“It is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to come out, walk, get fit and have fun,” said Jacobs.

15 Get Tenure

Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:00

The Plainview-Old Bethpage Board of Education unanimously approved of 15 tenure recommendations during a school board meeting last week. The boardroom was packed with family and friends of each tenure recipient. Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Timothy Eagen commended them for the employees’ “efforts, hard work with our children and professionalism.”

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction Jill Gierasch (l) and recipient Jennifer Hoffman. From JFK High School, guidance counselor Christina Rivas-Laline and teachers Owen Dugan, Michael Horun and Jennifer Santorello were recommended; teacher Linda Curran from H.B. Mattlin Middle School and JFK; teacher Amanda Gundling from POB Middle School and H.B. Mattlin Middle School; teacher Rachel Quattrocchi from POB Middle School; teacher Risa Henkel from POB Middle School and JFK High School; teacher Brian Gurney from POB Middle School; social worker Marc Galloway from Parkway School and Old Bethpage School; District Psychologist Jennifer Strangio-Lott, district teacher Jennifer Hoffman; teacher Dina Futterman from Stratford Road School; teacher Tara Gaudreault from Pasadena School and teacher Debra Lovett from Parkway School.