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Principal earns service award for philosophy here in this district,” she said. Glickman-Rogers is in her 19th year at the middle school. Lynbrook resident Allison Her career began at Hofstra Glickman-Rogers, principal of University, and it has taken her Oceanside Middle School, will to the Lynbrook school district, be honored with the Oceanside where she taught phys. ed. and Kiwanis Club’s Special Service health, and to assistant princiAward on Oct. 16 at the organi- pal positions in Port Washingzation’s 80th anniversary Char- ton and at Oceanside Middle ter and Installation School. She served Dinner Dance. The as principal at installation of offiSchool Five for a cers will be held at year before returnTemple Avodah, at ing to the middle 7:30 p.m., and the school as principal dinner and cocktail in 2010. hour will begin at “There is no 6:30 p.m. stronger advocate AllISoN For nearly two for our young adoGlICKMANdecades in Oceanlescent students side, Glickman-Rog- RoGERS than Dr. Glickmane r s h a s b e e n a n Oceanside Middle Rogers,” Oceanside advocate of what School principal Superintendent she calls the “midPhyllis Harrington dle level” philososaid. “Her leaderphy — a model of schooling ship keeps Oceanside Middle that emphasizes “relationship- School at the forefront of best bu i l d i n g , d eve l o p m e n t a l ly practices in middle-level educaappropriate instruction and tion.” structures” that make a large Glickman-Rodgers ear ned building feel small. undergraduate, graduate and “This kind of recognition doctoral degrees from Hofstra. belongs to our entire school She teaches a course at Molloy community, because I couldn’t University for aspiring admindo what I do here without the istrators. Under her leadership, overwhelming support for mid- the middle school has been recdle-level education that we have
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A selection of Birgit Jacobsen’s portraits, including well-known likenesses of Walter Cronkite and the Queen of Denmark, showcasing her meticulous realism.
Danish-American artist transforms life into hyper-realistic paintings By AINSlEY MARTINEZ amartinez@liherald.com
For 94-year-old Danish-American artist Birgit Jacobsen, Lynbrook was home for over two decades. She raised her children there, and embraced what was then her new American life. Today, in her studio in Melverne, each brushstroke is a link to her heritage and decades of artistic dedication. A self-taught realist, Jacobsen has spent years honing her craft, specializing in portraits, animals and occasional landscapes. Her art evolved naturally from family portraits to commissioned works that earned her recognition in art circles. Her passion for painting came from her father, Walter Nielsen, a master woodworker
and an “old-school cabinet maker,” Jacobsen said. “He built much of the furniture in our homes,” she said. “He was very creative, and I think I got that creativity from him.” Her journey into portraiture began with a simple experiment: attempting to draw her children. She and her late husband, George, had two children. “When I realized I could capture their likeness, I got so excited,” Jacobsen recalled. “I didn’t know if I could do it at first.” It was then that she realized her gift for realism. Her son, Lynbrook resident and retired police lieutenant Glen Jacobsen, added that it wasn’t just about an accurate likeness; it was about how “she captured the essence of ContinueD on pAge10
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