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Oh, the places they’ll go! East Meadow, W.T. Clarke high schools celebrate ‘26 graduates, accomplishments Members of the Board of Education and district and school administrators joined the gradAs graduates of East Mead- uates in celebrating the mileow and W.T. Clarke high schools stone. School board President Jescrossed the stage last week, sica Ricco-Simeone they marked the said that “life has a close of their years funny way of taking in the East Meadow us places we never School District and e x p e c t e d t o g o, ” the be ginning of according to a news what comes next. release from the disWi t h p l e n t y o f trict. pomp and circum“Some of the stance, the June 26 most meaningful c e re m o n i e s c e l e experiences in your brated the class of life may actually 2026’s accomplishcome from doors ments while looking that you never even ahead to the future. planned on openAt East Meadow ing,” Ricco-Simeone High School’s cereadded. mony, held on the Va l e d i c t o r i a n s c h o o l ’s f o o t b a l l Dennis Calu encourfield, speakers aged his fellow encouraged gradu- JESSIcA graduates to apprea t e s t o e m b r a c e RIccO-SIMEONE ciate all of life’s life’s unexpected Board president, moments. “The opportunities, stay East Meadow moments we’ll chertrue to themselves ish most won’t be and remember the School District the perfect ones,” people who helped shape their success. The com- Calu said. “They will be the mencement featured a rendi- unexpected conversations, the tion of the national anthem by friendships, the mistakes we the senior chorale, accompa- laugh about years later, and the nied by students performing in ones we never saw coming. I American Sign Langua g e. Continued on page 10
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A prideful run through Eisenhower Park Pride Month may have ended, but the spirit was still running strong at Eisenhower Park, where the Never Stop Running Foundation Rainbow 5K filled Field 2 with color, community, and support on June 20. Above, runners, including Luis Reyes of Wyandanch, left the start line during the race. Right, Emily Chester of Merrick, the top female finisher, crossed the finish line. Story, more photos, Page 3.
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