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Friday, May 3, 2024
Vol. 12, No. 18
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Roslyn ranked in top 100 NYS high schools
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U.S. News & World Report places school 493 nationwide, 82 metro The U.S. News & World Report on the 2024 best U.S. high schools has been released with several high schools in Nassau County proudly boasting impressive rankings. Schools are ranked based on student performance on standardized tests, graduation rates and college readiness. Among the top 50 performing schools, Manhasset Secondary High School scored as the second-best school on Long Island, placing No. 32 in the New York metro area and No. 23 in New York State. The school also ranked No. 111 in STEM high schools nationwide and No. 177 in the national rankings, earning an overall score of 99/100. It also received an award badge, which recognizes schools for their “educational excellence,” U.S. News said on its website. Jericho High School came in as the No. 1 school on Long Island. The school was ranked No. 11 in New York State, No. 20 in the New York Metro area and No. 114 nationally. The school was awarded a badge and an overall score of 99.35. Garden City High School also chalked up an impressive feat, coming in at No. 2 on Long Island, placing No. 31 in the NY Metro Area, No. 22 in New
York State and No. 176 nationwide. It was also awarded a badge, scoring 99/100 overall. The following schools placed within the top 50 in the NY Metro Area and NY State, receiving an award badge: Great Neck South High School, Great Neck North High School, The Wheatley School and Herricks High School. North Shore High School, Roslyn High School and Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School ranked within the top 100 for the metro area and statewide rankings, while Floral Park Memorial High School and Mineola High School ranked within the top 300, all of them earning an award badge as well. Great Neck South ranked No. 4 on Long Island, No. 36 in the NY Metro Area, No. 26 in New York State. Its other rankings include placing No. 187 in STEM high schools nationwide and No. 206 in the national rankings, as well as an overall score of 98.83/100. Great Neck North ranked No. 9 on Long, No. 66 in the NY Metro Area, No. 51 in the state, No. 141 in STEM high schools nationwide and No. 399 nationally, with an overall score of 97.74/100. “We’re very pleased with both of our high schools doing so well,” Great Neck Board of Education President Rebecca Sassouni said. “Both have increased in rankings since last year.” Continued on Page 56
PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTH SHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT
First graders at Glenwood Landing School don out of this world costumes during an astronomy celebration.
Great Shapes swimswuit gets a lifeline in village B Y T A Y L O R H E R Z L I C H has opened a pop-up store in Roslyn has worked in the swimwear indus-
Village. The shop is located at 17 LumGreat Shapes Swimwear, a locally owned swimsuit business with ber Road around the corner from prior locations in Mineola, Roslyn Hendrick’s Tavern. Business owner Joel Weinberg Heights, Merrick and New Jersey,
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try for 50 years. Now, his friend Dan Burns, a financial adviser, has partnered with him on the new Roslyn Village location. Continued on Page 57
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