Friday, September 22, 2023
Vol. 83, No. 37
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Jericho football is back 35 SHS seniors named after five year hiatus Natl. Merit Semifinalists 35 Syosset High School students have been named Semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. The students qualified for this distinction by scoring among the highest in the state on the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/ NMSQT). Congratulations to seniors Jessica Albrecht, Alex Chen, Andy Chen, Scout Chen, Ria Dhulia, Darius Fan, Matthew Finkel, Anoushka George, Jamie Guo, Sean Guo, Nathalia Guzman, Benjamin Hasselbring, Griffin Hon, Vincent Huang, Ashley Huang,
JHS introduces unique business courses
Members of the Jericho High School Football team at practice. BY GARY SIMEONE Friday night lights is back at Jericho High School after the school district recently made the decision to bring back the sport of football. School officials decided to bring back the sport after it was determined that there was renewed interest from many of the students.
“Since 2018 we had struggled to maintain the sport because we didn’t have the numbers to sustain a varsity program,” said John Mankowich, athletic director in the Jericho School District. “We had ended up merging with a few schools over the years, including Plainview-Old Bethpage and Oyster Bay, to keep the sport going in a
Simeon Hur, Sabina Kim, Jesse Lebolt, Brenton Lee, Katelyn Lee, Maxwell Lee, Samuel Liu, Hagen Lu, James Masson, Blesson Ren, Aryan Shah, Aberam Sriganesh, Emily Su, Arya Tooley, Benjamin Vitalie, Ryan Wei, Samuel Xiao, Nicholas Yang, Wendy Yin, and Ann Zhang. They are among the approximately 16,000 high school students nationwide who were named Semifinalists by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), representing less than one percent of all U.S. high school seniors. See page 12
BY GEORGE HABER smaller capacity.” He said in recent years the district was fortunate enough to hire some great teachers with football backgrounds and there was a stronger interest from students in the sport. “We sat down with our staff before the school year began, and really made the commitment as a district See page 12
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The Jericho School District is getting down to business with the introduction of two new courses that are among the first of their kind on the local education scene: courses in real estate and “agriscience.” The real estate course is being offered to seniors as a two-semester course, leading to students being qualified to take an exam to become a licensed real estate salesperson. The agriscience course is being offered to students from the first year to the senior year in high school. Local Realtors applauded the school for offering the real estate
course. Jericho Realtor Alida Dema who, with husband Drini, comprise “The Dema Team at Keller Williams Realty,” said “The course holds immense potential benefits for our local high school and its students.” Dema said “The real estate sector offers a variety of career opportunities, including real estate agents, property managers, appraisers, and more. The course can provide students with a direct path to a viable and potentially lucrative career immediately after high school, reducing the burden of college debt…” She added that “The complex nature of real estate transactions See page 12
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