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‘So tell me about yourself’ East Meadow Chamber of Commerce mock interview event is a success ship, by instructing them how to best answer the questions they are likely to be asked and Preparing for a job or educa- how to present themselves to tion-related interview as a teen prospective employers. The Academy of Finance is is never an easy task, but in East Meadow, local business a three-year pro g ram that leaders make the process just a requires students to take four credits of business classes, as little bit smoother. well as participate in additionFor 17 years, the Chamber of al learning experiCommerce has ences. wo rke d w i t h t h e More than 30 East Meadow School business professionDistrict to host the als participated as Millie Jones Mock interviewers, meetI n t e r v i e w eve n t , ing with over 70 sturenamed in honor dents who cycled in of a longtime chamand out of East ber member, who Meadow High died in 2019. School’s cafeteria on Professionals in the morning of Feb. East Meadow, as well AlAN HoDisH 27. Most interviewas community and Chair, ers had previously organizational leadMillie Jones volunteered in the ers, volunteer to Mock Interview program. interview dozens of “I think we’re the students from both East Meadow and W.T. Clarke only school district to do this type of thing, mock interviews high schools. The students are part of the for our students, whether they are going to use the process for school district’s Academy of Finance program, and the expe- college interviews, part-time rience aims to get them famil- (job) interviews, interviews for iar with the interview process. summer jobs — that type of The program seeks to prepare thing,” attorney Alan Hodish, students who may be getting the event’s co-chair and chamready to apply to their first job, ber’s past president, told the volunteer position or internContinued on page 9
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Celebrating the Year of the Horse East Meadow celebrated Lunar New Year with a Dragon Dance at the public library. Jasper Zhao, 7, and Jeremy Zhao, 8, got acquainted with the dancers and performers from Authentic Shaolin Kung Fu. Story, more photos, Page 3.
Annabel Yee, Key Club leader, advances in national arts contest By JosEPH D’AlEssANDRo jdalessandro@liherald.com
Annabel Yee, an East Meadow High School senior and one of East Meadow’s youngest community leaders, is moving forward in the National Parent Teacher Association’s annual Reflection Arts Program, an extracurricular art contest that supports creative and social growth. The National PTA contest accommodates students from kindergarten through to 12th grade, giving students the opportunity to think of a creative way to express the theme provided by the PTA — that can range from dance choreography, music, literature, to visual arts. The contest is
elective and not a part of their school’s lessons. “I’ve been participating since I was in kindergarten,” Yee said, the Key Club President at East Meadow. “I’ve been doing this for 13 years now. This year, I submitted a piece of literature — It was an essay about my involvement with the community.” The Key Club, as well as similar programs for middle school and elementary school students, are young peoples’ divisions of the Kiwanis Club international nonprofit. These programs serve two of the club’s goals at once: facilitating programs that help students in need and offering students a chance to grow through community Continued on page 2
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hese students get a leg up. We’re proud of that.