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Local high school grad promotes the environment focus on public health policy and spatial analysis during her fellowship, using tools such as Justina Thompson, a 2016 ArcGIS to better understand Baldwin High School graduate, and communicate the health has been selected as a Bloom- impacts brought on by environberg American Health Fellow mental burdens. She added at Johns Hopkins University, that completing her graduate where she will pursue a mas- work in collaboration with Philadelphia’s Office of Suster’s degree in public health. tainability would Thompson, who allow her to directserves as the proly apply what she gram manager for learned to the city’s environmental jusenvironmental justice in the City of tice efforts. Philadelphia’s “The Bloomberg Office of SustainFellowship is strucability, said the feltured so that I lowship will help apply with the supbroaden her work port of my collaboat the intersection r at i n g o r g a n i z a o f e nv i r o n m e n t , JuSTINA tion, which is the health and commu- THoMPSoN Philadelphia Office nity. of Sustainability,” “I’m incredibly she said. “Through g rateful for the the fellowship, my opportunity to deepen my skill set to advance graduate capstone and practienvironmental justice in Phila- cum requirements will be comdelphia and beyond by pursu- pleted at my current place of ing my MPH at Johns Hop- work, and give a chance for kins,” Thompson said. “Being direct application of my studselected as a Fellow in the envi- ies to my full-time job.” H e r m o t h e r, C h a r l e n e ronmental challenges focus area affirms the relationship Thompson, said her daughter’s between the health of our envi- passion for serving others has ronment and the health of our always been evident. “Even as a young child, Juscommunities.” Thompson said she plans to

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Bruins roll in opener Baldwin High School’s Adam Hilburg, left, celebrated his 40-yard interception return for a touchdown early in the first quarter of last Saturday’s 42-0 victory over Glen Cove. Story, page 6.

Baldwin’s Plaza Elementary earns national honors, deemed PTA School of Excellence By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

Baldwin’s Plaza Elementary School has been named a National PTA School of Excellence for 2024-26, one of only 24 schools in New York and 330 nationwide to receive the designation. The award recognized Plaza’s efforts to strengthen family-school partnerships and build an inclusive school community. Plaza previously earned the distinction in 2018-20 and 2020-22. “This recognition underscores the importance of strong collaboration between families, staff and our PTA in fostering a supportive and

thriving learning environment for our children,” Keshri Tewari, the school PTA’s vice president of legislation, wrote in an email. Through the School of Excellence program, PTAs and schools make a yearlong commitment to improving family engagement. They collect feedback from families, develop and carry out action plans, and work to create an environment in which parents feel welcomed, included and empowered, while students feel safe and ready to learn. “We believe that every strategy to accelerate learning must include families,” Yvonne JohnContinued on page 8

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