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Remembering Joan Bessette
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Vol. 33 No. 33
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Students earn scholarships for inspiring business ideas By RoKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com
Courtesy Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce
To help offset the rising cost of college, each year the Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce awards two local graduating seniors its Dr. Glenn Howard Jr. Scholarship.
For many families, the cost of college can seem overwhelming. According to the Education Data Initiative, the average cost of college in the United States is $38,270 per student annually. Even for instate students attending public four-year colleges and living on campus, the annual cost is $27,146, with tuition alone averaging $9,750, while out-ofstate tuition is significantly higher, at $27,457. To help offset those costs, the Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce awards two local graduating seniors the organization’s annual Dr. Glenn Howard Jr. Scholarship. This year’s recipients, Shannon Whitehead, who attended Kellenberg Memorial High School, and Jaida Ciampi, of Glen Cove ConTinueD on paGe 13
Mill Neck School opens new Learning Commons By WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
The Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf recently announced the near-completion its new Learning Commons, a state-of-the-art STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) facility designed to offer students a more interactive and technology-driven educational experience. The project, which began roughly a year and a half ago, was driven by the school’s commitment to providing its deaf and hard-of-hearing students with access to the same
resources and opportunities ava i l abl e i n o t h e r p u bl i c schools. The Learning Commons was developed under the leadership of Dr. Bradley Porche, the executive director and superintendent of the Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf. Porche, who has a background in technology administration and previously established a STEAM lab at the New York School for the Deaf, said that he recognized the need for such a facility at Mill Neck. “When I came here to Mill Neck, I realized that our students needed access to the same kinds of resources that stu-
dents in public schools have,” Porche, who is deaf, said through sign language with the assistance of Donna Gualberti, a staf f inter preter for the school. “We’ve always provided equal access, but the idea was to expand the knowledge and skills our students could acquire, especially as STEAM education can be applied to all different jobs in real life.” The Lear ning Commons occupies what was formerly the school’s library, which Toula Ramey, director of development and communications for the Mill Neck Family of Organizations, said has been completely reimagined to accommodate a
range of technology and science-based activities. She added that the renovation was not about creating more space but about optimizing the existing space to better serve the school’s educational goals. “The library was an important part of our school, but we knew it needed to evolve to meet the demands of today’s
educational landscape,” said Ramey. “We wanted to upgrade it and make the technology a little bit more advanced for STEAM specifically, because the for the next generations of students a STEAM program is so very important for their education and future.” The facility is divided into ConTinueD on paGe 12