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[{"id":231948,"date":"2024-10-23T17:43:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T17:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https://vschsd.org/?p=231948"},"modified":"2024-10-23T17:46:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T17:46:46","slug":"vschsd-seniors-are-national-merit-semifinalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://vschsd.org/vschsd-seniors-are-national-merit-semifinalists/","title":{"rendered":"VSCHSD Seniors Are National Merit Semifinalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Valley Stream Central High School District is proud to announce that four of its class of 2025 seniors have been named semifinalists in the National<br />\nMerit Scholarship Competition. South High School’s Andy Huang and Bahrija Radoncic; and Central High School’s Marlon Clarke and Aarish Talukdar were recognized for this honor.</p>\n<p>The competition honors students for academic achievement, and is exceedingly difficult to obtain; among 1.5 million applicants nationwide, Andy, Bahrija, Marlon, and Aarish are four of only 16,000 to advance to the semifinals.</p>\n<p>The National Merit Scholarship Corporation identifies academically talented students across the United States. Students are selected based on their exceptional academic records, participation in school activities, and performance on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. With this achievement, these four students will now compete for approximately 6,800 National Merit Scholarships to be awarded this spring, totaling more than $26 million.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_231950\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231950\" class=\"wp-image-231950 size-large\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Photo-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Photo-1-980x735.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Photo-1-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, counselor Samantha Cipriano, Marlon Clarke, Principal Candace Hugee, Aarish Talukdar, and counselor Kathy Hardy.</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_231951\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231951\" class=\"wp-image-231951 size-large\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Photo-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Photo-2-980x551.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Photo-2-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Huang, left, and Bahrija Radoncic with Principal Matthew Swinson.</p></div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Valley Stream Central High School District is proud to announce that four of its class of 2025 seniors have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. South High School’s Andy Huang and Bahrija Radoncic; and Central High School’s Marlon Clarke and Aarish Talukdar were recognized for this honor. The competition honors students [&hellip;]</p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":231949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,24,10,31,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chs-announcements","category-central-high-school","category-news","category-shs-announcements","category-south-high-school"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/users/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=231948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231948/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231955,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231948/revisions/231955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media/231949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=231948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=231948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=231948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":231879,"date":"2024-09-13T20:26:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T20:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https://vschsd.org/?p=231879"},"modified":"2024-09-13T20:26:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T20:26:36","slug":"two-south-students-have-research-published-in-science-journals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://vschsd.org/two-south-students-have-research-published-in-science-journals/","title":{"rendered":"Two South Students Have Research Published in Science Journals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valley Stream South High School students Alyssa Gonzalez and Shalini Manbodh had AP Research projects published in science journals over the summer.</p>\n<p>Alyssa’s project, “The impact of ChatGPT on academic integrity among students ages 12-19 in the Tri-State area,” relied on a mixed-method approach, which comprised a sample of interviews and 187 surveys. Her work was published in the <em>The Young Researcher</em>.</p>\n<p>Shalini’s project, “The non-Hispanic Caribbean American experience with internalized racism: a phenomenological investigation,” used six phenomenological interviews in order to make her hypotheses. The findings were published in the <em>Social Science Research Network.</em></p>\n<div id=\"attachment_231880\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231880\" class=\"size-large wp-image-231880\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Photo-1-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alyssa Gonzalez.</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_231881\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231881\" class=\"size-large wp-image-231881\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Photo-2-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shalini Manbodh.</p></div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley Stream South High School students Alyssa Gonzalez and Shalini Manbodh had AP Research projects published in science journals over the summer. Alyssa’s project, “The impact of ChatGPT on academic integrity among students ages 12-19 in the Tri-State area,” relied on a mixed-method approach, which comprised a sample of interviews and 187 surveys. Her work was [&hellip;]</p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":231882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-south-high-school"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/users/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=231879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231879/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231883,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231879/revisions/231883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media/231882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=231879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=231879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=231879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":231875,"date":"2024-09-13T20:24:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T20:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https://vschsd.org/?p=231875"},"modified":"2024-09-13T20:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T20:24:31","slug":"six-vschsd-student-musicians-selected-for-nyssma-all-state-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://vschsd.org/six-vschsd-student-musicians-selected-for-nyssma-all-state-festival/","title":{"rendered":"Six VSCHSD Student-Musicians Selected for NYSSMA All-State Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six Valley Stream Central High School District student-musicians have been selected to take part in the NYSSMA All-State Festival this winter. The selection recognizes the students’ talent and hard work in their respective musical and arts fields.</p>\n<p>From Central High School, violinist Noelle Kay was chosen for the All-State String Orchestra, while Aarish Talukdar was named as an alternate. Their instructor is Tara Zamorano. Vocalists Julianne Joseph and Maya Andrews were selected for the All-State Treble Chorus and Mixed Chorus, respectively, under the guidance of instructor Amy Neuner. Magnus Gros was selected as a snare drum alternate, with instruction from Douglas Coleman.</p>\n<p>At South High School, Summer Torres was selected for the All-State Mixed Chorus.</p>\n<p>This honor is awarded to students who demonstrate exceptional proficiency in their musical field. Each year, only 600 students from across the state are chosen to participate.</p>\n<p>&#8220;Each year, we are proud to send our outstanding student-musicians to the All-State Festival, and this year is no different,&#8221; said Director of Fine &amp; Performing Arts, Dr. Adam Erdos. &#8220;Their selection for this honor is not only a testament to the students&#8217; hard work and passion but also to the dedication and focus of the amazing music faculty, Districtwide. Congratulations to all!&#8221;</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_231876\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231876\" class=\"size-large wp-image-231876\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Photo-1-1024x827.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Photo-1-980x792.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Photo-1-480x388.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, District Director of Fine &amp; Performing Arts, Dr. Adam G. Erdos.; Aarish Talukdar; Central High School Orchestra Teacher, Tara Zamorano; Noelle Kay; Central Chorus Teacher, Amy Neuner; Julianne Joseph; Maya Andrews; Magnus Gros; Central Band Teacher, Douglas Coleman.</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_231877\" style=\"width: 821px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231877\" class=\"size-large wp-image-231877\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Photo-2-811x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"811\" height=\"1024\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, South Senior High Chorus Director, Rita DiFano; Summer Torres; South Principal, Matthew Swinson; District Director of Fine &amp; Performing Arts, Dr. Adam G. Erdos.</p></div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six Valley Stream Central High School District student-musicians have been selected to take part in the NYSSMA All-State Festival this winter. The selection recognizes the students’ talent and hard work in their respective musical and arts fields. From Central High School, violinist Noelle Kay was chosen for the All-State String Orchestra, while Aarish Talukdar was [&hellip;]</p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":231876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,10,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-high-school","category-news","category-south-high-school"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/users/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=231875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231875/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231878,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231875/revisions/231878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media/231876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=231875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=231875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=231875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":231850,"date":"2024-09-05T18:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https://vschsd.org/?p=231850"},"modified":"2024-09-05T18:54:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:54:02","slug":"vschsd-welcomes-students-back-for-the-2024-2025-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://vschsd.org/vschsd-welcomes-students-back-for-the-2024-2025-school-year/","title":{"rendered":"VSCHSD Welcomes Students Back for the 2024-2025 School Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Valley Stream Central High School District proudly welcomed its students back for the 2024-2025 school year on September 3. Students arrived on a bright, sunny early autumn day at South, North, Central, and Memorial Junior High Schools to begin their classes.</p>\n<p>District officials worked hard throughout the summer preparing school facilities and instructional materials for the students&#8217; return. New offerings for students this year include additional Advanced Placement classes, honor society opportunities, and college enrollment options, as well as expanded extracurricular and athletic programs. These complement the District&#8217;s already robust academic, athletic, and vocational programs, along with major wellness and DEI initiatives, including restorative practices, teacher training in a culturally responsive-sustaining education framework, and the District’s wellness centers, among others. With these initiatives, the Valley Stream Central High School District is poised for a productive school year.</p>\n<p>“It is so wonderful to welcome our students back for another school year,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Wayne Loper. “We look forward to all the great achievements they will accomplish this year and wish them a safe, healthy, and happy year ahead.”<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231851\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Allen-Helps-7th-Graders-with-Lockers-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Allen-Helps-7th-Graders-with-Lockers-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Allen-Helps-7th-Graders-with-Lockers-980x535.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Allen-Helps-7th-Graders-with-Lockers-480x262.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231852\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Central-C-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231853\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSC00124-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSC00124-980x551.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSC00124-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231854\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSC00192-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSC00192-980x551.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSC00192-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231855\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSC00243-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSC00243-980x551.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DSC00243-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231856\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Memorial-A-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231857\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Memorial-C-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Memorial-C-980x735.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Memorial-C-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /></p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Valley Stream Central High School District proudly welcomed its students back for the 2024-2025 school year on September 3. Students arrived on a bright, sunny early autumn day at South, North, Central, and Memorial Junior High Schools to begin their classes. District officials worked hard throughout the summer preparing school facilities and instructional materials [&hellip;]</p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":231853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,25,10,26,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-high-school","category-memorial-junior-high-school","category-news","category-north-high-school","category-south-high-school"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231850"}],"collection":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/users/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=231850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231850/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231858,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231850/revisions/231858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media/231853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=231850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=231850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=231850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":231599,"date":"2024-05-06T20:28:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https://vschsd.org/?p=231599"},"modified":"2024-05-06T20:35:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T20:35:39","slug":"south-students-earn-second-place-in-prestigious-northwell-medical-marvels-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://vschsd.org/south-students-earn-second-place-in-prestigious-northwell-medical-marvels-contest/","title":{"rendered":"South Students Earn Second Place in Prestigious Northwell Medical Marvels Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A team of South High School student-researchers recently earned second place in Northwell Health’s Medical Marvels Challenge. South’s students went up against more than 150 of their peers who took part from across Long Island and New York City in this prestigious contest.</p>\n<p>This year’s Medical Marvels Challenge tasked the student-researchers with thinking of innovative solutions to create more inclusive learning environments for students with disabilities, addressing issues related to transportation, accessibility, and curriculum. The teams submitted scientific research papers to answer key questions, such as what solutions they had come up with, and methodologies to measure success. A panel of scientists and clinicians then evaluated the submissions based on innovation, clarity, approach and measurement of success.</p>\n<p>For their submission, South’s team of student-researchers came up with a novel approach to improve the schooling experience for visually impaired students, focusing on the development of “smart glasses.” These devices would be paired with navigation and potential obstacle/hazard mapping, which would enable enhanced safety, and provide improved access to curriculum.</p>\n<p>For their win in this prestigious contest, the South students earned a $1,000 scholarship.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_231600\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231600\" class=\"size-large wp-image-231600\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Photo-1-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Photo-1-1-980x735.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Photo-1-1-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A team of South High School student-researchers earned second place in the prestigious Northwell Health Medical Marvels Challenge</p></div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of South High School student-researchers recently earned second place in Northwell Health’s Medical Marvels Challenge. South’s students went up against more than 150 of their peers who took part from across Long Island and New York City in this prestigious contest. This year’s Medical Marvels Challenge tasked the student-researchers with thinking of innovative [&hellip;]</p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":231600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,31,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-shs-announcements","category-south-high-school"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/users/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=231599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231599/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231601,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231599/revisions/231601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media/231600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=231599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=231599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=231599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":231596,"date":"2024-05-06T20:26:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T20:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https://vschsd.org/?p=231596"},"modified":"2024-05-06T20:26:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T20:26:56","slug":"south-student-art-student-wins-prestigious-calendar-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://vschsd.org/south-student-art-student-wins-prestigious-calendar-contest/","title":{"rendered":"South Student Art Student Wins Prestigious Calendar Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South High School ninth grader Sudan Belvanis had her artwork selected by a panel of judges to be featured in the Shanti Fund 2024 Peace Art Calendar. This is the second consecutive year Sudan has won this rare award.</p>\n<p>The Shanti Fund is Long Island-based nonprofit focused on building ties between newly arrived immigrants from South Asia and those who have been in the country for some time.</p>\n<p>In addition to the 2023 and 2024 Shanti Fund Peace Art Calendar contests, Sudan also won first place in the 2022 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Create a Watershed Super Hero for a drawing of her hero, H2O.</p>\n<p>“Sudan has shown great talent expressing her passion for themes of peace and environmental conservation through art,” said Dr. Adam Erdos, District Director of Fine and Performing Arts. “We look forward to seeing Sudan continue her artistic journey.”</p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South High School ninth grader Sudan Belvanis had her artwork selected by a panel of judges to be featured in the Shanti Fund 2024 Peace Art Calendar. This is the second consecutive year Sudan has won this rare award. The Shanti Fund is Long Island-based nonprofit focused on building ties between newly arrived immigrants from [&hellip;]</p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":231597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,31,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-shs-announcements","category-south-high-school"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/users/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=231596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231596/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231598,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231596/revisions/231598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media/231597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=231596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=231596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=231596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":231541,"date":"2024-04-15T21:14:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T21:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https://vschsd.org/?p=231541"},"modified":"2024-04-15T21:14:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T21:14:55","slug":"vschsd-holds-66th-annual-music-scholarship-festival-at-carnegie-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://vschsd.org/vschsd-holds-66th-annual-music-scholarship-festival-at-carnegie-hall/","title":{"rendered":"VSCHSD Holds 66th Annual Music Scholarship Festival at Carnegie Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Valley Stream Central High School District held its 66th Annual Music Scholarship Festival on April 4. This year’s festival included a special twist: For the first time ever, this long-running VSCHSD tradition was held at Carnegie Hall.</p>\n<p>One of the most prestigious stages in the world played host to members of our orchestra, chorus, band and performing arts group, much to the delight of the parents, guardians and Central High School District staff who had travelled to New York City to witness this extra special event.</p>\n<p>Ticket sales from the festival raised funds for a music scholarship that goes to a graduating senior from each of the District’s three high schools. This year, the scholarship recipients were Tinatin Narimanidze from Central High School, Layla Rutledge from North High School, and Christian Crawford from South High School.</p>\n<p>“This was a landmark year for this annual Valley Stream Central High School District tradition, and it could not have been more special, with an incredible show by our student musicians, singers and thespians,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Wayne Loper. “None of it would have been possible without the support of our Valley Stream community, and the enthusiastic dedication of our talented music instructors. Thank you for making this memorable experience possible.”</p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231542\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_021-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_021-980x653.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_021-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231543\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Band_009-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Band_009-980x653.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Band_009-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231544\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Band_067-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Band_067-980x653.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Band_067-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231545\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Chorus_044-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Chorus_044-980x653.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Chorus_044-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231546\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Chorus_053-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Chorus_053-980x653.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Chorus_053-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231547\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_MusicalTheater_043-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_MusicalTheater_043-980x653.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_MusicalTheater_043-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231548\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_MusicalTheater_068-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_MusicalTheater_068-980x653.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_MusicalTheater_068-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231549\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Orchestra_040-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Orchestra_040-980x653.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Orchestra_040-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-231550\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Orchestra_065-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Orchestra_065-980x653.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ValleyStream_Orchestra_065-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /></p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Valley Stream Central High School District held its 66th Annual Music Scholarship Festival on April 4. This year’s festival included a special twist: For the first time ever, this long-running VSCHSD tradition was held at Carnegie Hall. One of the most prestigious stages in the world played host to members of our orchestra, chorus, [&hellip;]</p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":231546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,24,29,25,10,30,26,31,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chs-announcements","category-central-high-school","category-mjhs-announcements","category-memorial-junior-high-school","category-news","category-nhs-announcements","category-north-high-school","category-shs-announcements","category-south-high-school"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/users/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=231541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231541/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231551,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231541/revisions/231551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media/231546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=231541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=231541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=231541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":231531,"date":"2024-04-12T20:23:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https://vschsd.org/?p=231531"},"modified":"2024-04-16T15:09:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:09:58","slug":"introducing-valley-streams-2024-valedictorians-and-salutatorians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://vschsd.org/introducing-valley-streams-2024-valedictorians-and-salutatorians/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Valley Stream’s 2024 Valedictorians and Salutatorians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Valley Stream Central High School District is proud to announce its valedictorians and salutatorians for the class of 2024. At North High School, Charles Wu and Barnit Kaur are the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively; the top scholars at South High School are Ethan Fazal and Emily Nothdurft as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively; and Central High School is represented by Karina Ramnauth and Mary Youssef as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.</p>\n<p>Charles has a weighted GPA of 113.59. He was co-president of Science Honor Society, as well as a member of the cross-country and track teams and the Math, Rho Kappa Social Studies, English, Foreign Language, and National honor societies.</p>\n<p>Barnit has a weighted GPA of 113.11. She has been a volunteer blood drive organizer for the Gurdwara Sant Sagar Group for the past eight years, an intern at DSS Urology, and a science researcher at the Mayo Clinic. She played varsity tennis and served as president of North’s Students Against Destructive Decisions Club. Barnit is also a certified emergency medical technician.</p>\n<p>Ethan has a weighted GPA of 111.72. He captained the “It’s Academic” Quiz Bowl team; was treasurer of the class council; secretary of the Science Honor Society; officer for the Cultural Society; and member of the Falcon Report, literary art magazine, varsity baseball team, chamber orchestra, and student government. Ethan was also a member of the Math, History, Language, National, Tri-M Music honor societies.</p>\n<p>Emily has a weighted GPA of 108.12. She was president of the Falcon Report, vice president of student government, and secretary of the “It’s Academic” Quiz Bowl team. She was also a member of the Cultural Society; Key Club; <em>Southern Bell</em>; class council; air rifle and track teams; and National, Math, Science, History, and Language honor societies.</p>\n<p>Karina has a weighted GPA of 112.03. She has been a member of Central’s Library Squad; the Central Future Medical Leaders Club; the ninth grade student council, senior high student council, and senior high student government; the junior varsity tennis team; and the English, Math, National, Science, Language, National Junior, and Music honor societies. Outside of school, Karina is a Silver Award Girl Scout, hospital volunteer, summer camp counselor and community volunteer. She has also been a delegate to the council of the Girl Scouts of Nassau County.</p>\n<p>Mary has a weighted GPA of 109.05. She has served as Central’s student council president and Board of Education Student Liaison, and was additionally a member of the varsity badminton team, Key Club, Future Medical Leaders Club, Library Squad, PAL Tutoring Program, and Eagle Video Club. Mary was also a member of the English, History, Language, Science, Junior and National honor societies. Outside of school, Mary is a volunteer at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital and a member of her church orchestra.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_231538\" style=\"width: 829px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231538\" class=\"wp-image-231538 size-large\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/youssef_mary_481-164-846_72j6_199-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Youssef</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_231536\" style=\"width: 829px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231536\" class=\"wp-image-231536 size-large\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ramnauth_karina_481-163-178_xgk8_20-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karina Ramnauth</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_231535\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231535\" class=\"wp-image-231535 size-full\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Nothdurft_Emily.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Nothdurft_Emily.jpg 640w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Nothdurft_Emily-480x600.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emily Nothdurft</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_231534\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231534\" class=\"wp-image-231534 size-full\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fazal_Ethan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fazal_Ethan.jpg 640w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fazal_Ethan-480x600.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Fazal</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_231533\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231533\" class=\"wp-image-231533 size-full\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Charles-Wu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Charles-Wu.jpg 640w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Charles-Wu-480x600.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Wu.</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_231532\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231532\" class=\"wp-image-231532 size-full\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Barnit-Kaur.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Barnit-Kaur.jpg 640w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Barnit-Kaur-480x600.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barnit Kaur</p></div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Valley Stream Central High School District is proud to announce its valedictorians and salutatorians for the class of 2024. At North High School, Charles Wu and Barnit Kaur are the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively; the top scholars at South High School are Ethan Fazal and Emily Nothdurft as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively; and Central [&hellip;]</p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":231537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,24,10,30,26,31,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chs-announcements","category-central-high-school","category-news","category-nhs-announcements","category-north-high-school","category-shs-announcements","category-south-high-school"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/users/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=231531"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231531/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231552,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231531/revisions/231552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media/231537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=231531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=231531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=231531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":231476,"date":"2024-03-25T18:31:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https://vschsd.org/?p=231476"},"modified":"2024-03-25T18:31:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T18:31:15","slug":"south-student-artists-teachers-take-part-in-island-wide-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://vschsd.org/south-student-artists-teachers-take-part-in-island-wide-exhibit/","title":{"rendered":"South Student Artists, Teachers Take Part in Island-Wide Exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Valley Stream South High School student artists and two art teachers had their works exhibited at the Firefly Gallery in Northport in February. Juniors Hannah Wallach and Laiba Ismail, along with teachers Edward Lee and Katherine Aragon, had their art featured alongside others by artists from across the Island.</p>\n<p>The exhibition, titled <em>Kindred Spirits</em>, highlighted the bond that art can forge between educators and students with 33 pairs of educators and students featured. The exhibit was organized through the New York State Art Teachers Association and seeks to emphasize the strong impact that art has on the lives of teachers and students when they share their love of art together.</p>\n<p>Hannah and Mr. Lee’s artworks focused on how different perspectives and media influence how we view others, while Laiba and Ms. Aragon’s featured wrought landscapes, which used the emotional qualities of color to influence a viewer’s perception of a place. The pieces each utilized a different medium; Laiba worked in colored pencils, Hannah created a sculpture, Mr. Lee worked with vintage photos, and Ms. Aragon used paint.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_231477\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231477\" class=\"size-large wp-image-231477\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Photo-1-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The works of art teacher Edward Lee and student Hannah Wallach.</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_231478\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231478\" class=\"size-large wp-image-231478\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Photo-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Photo-2-980x735.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Photo-2-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pair of landscapes by art teacher Katherine Aragon and Laiba Ismail.</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_231479\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231479\" class=\"size-large wp-image-231479\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Photo-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Photo-3-980x735.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Photo-3-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aragon, Hannah and Lee at the Firefly Gallery in Northport.</p></div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Valley Stream South High School student artists and two art teachers had their works exhibited at the Firefly Gallery in Northport in February. Juniors Hannah Wallach and Laiba Ismail, along with teachers Edward Lee and Katherine Aragon, had their art featured alongside others by artists from across the Island. The exhibition, titled Kindred Spirits, [&hellip;]</p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":231479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,31,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-shs-announcements","category-south-high-school"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/users/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=231476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231476/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231480,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231476/revisions/231480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media/231479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=231476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=231476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=231476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":231422,"date":"2024-03-05T18:45:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T18:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https://vschsd.org/?p=231422"},"modified":"2024-03-05T18:45:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T18:45:19","slug":"vschsd-board-of-education-welcomes-new-student-liaisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://vschsd.org/vschsd-board-of-education-welcomes-new-student-liaisons/","title":{"rendered":"VSCHSD Board of Education Welcomes New Student Liaisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Valley Stream Central High School District is proud to welcome its Board of Education student liaisons for the 2023-2024 school year. These three students are Gunand Thind, from North High School; Ashley-Ann Francis, from South High School; and Mary Youssef, from Central High School.</p>\n<p>The new liaisons were selected by their senior high school building principals, and their nominations mark a shift from the previous VSCHSD Board policy of selecting a single student liaison on a yearly rotating basis from each school to serve on the Board. For this year and going forward, a student representative from each senior high school will sit on the Board simultaneously, and relay concerns and requests from their respective student bodies as the Board works to develop District policy.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gunand Thind – North High School</li>\n</ul>\n<p>“Gunand is an exceptional young lady whose intellectual creativity and motivation sets her apart as a truly remarkable scholar and individual,” said North Principal Dr. Robin Small. “Academically, Gunand shines in her diligence, commitment, and tenacity, and beyond academics she is distinguished by her character and leadership qualities. Respected by faculty and students, she combines warmth and confidence with a readiness to participate and voice her opinions.” Gunand is currently president of North’s ecology club and National Honor Society; she is a member of the grade council, senior high school student council, and is a member of the Mathletes and student peer organization. “Her dedication has earned her induction into multiple honor societies, including language, math, science, social studies, and English,” Dr. Small added. “I am confident Gunand will be an incredible asset as North’s student liaison.”</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mary Youssef – Central High School</li>\n</ul>\n<p>“I am honored to introduce Mary Youssef as the student representative from Central,” said Central Principal Candace Hugee. Mary is in the top 1 percent of her class and has taken numerous Advanced Placement classes including AP Statistics, AP Calculus BC, AP English Literature, AP Government and Politics, AP French Language and Culture, and AP Psychology. This fall, she was recommended as an AP Scholar with Distinction and received an AP Capstone diploma. She is the current president of the student council, president of the History Honor Society, and is a member of the Key Club, library squad, and is the treasurer of the National Honor Society. She is also member of the math, science, and English honor societies. Additionally, Mary has taken part in the Districtwide music festival for the past two years. Mary looks to follow in her father’s footsteps to study medicine and become a surgeon. “Central is so proud of Mary, and I have no doubt she will serve the Board of Education well as our student liaison,” said Ms. Hugee.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ashley-Ann Francis – South High School</li>\n</ul>\n<p>“Ashley-Ann is an extremely accomplished individual who has shown an incredible amount of dedication to both her studies and her community,” said South Principal Matthew Swinson. She is a 16-year-old senior at South, and is currently in the top 2 percent of her graduating class with a GPA of 103.97. Ashley-Ann has been awarded an AP Seminar in Research certification as well as an AP Scholar with Distinction award from College Board. At age 16, Ashley-Ann conducted three separate research studies and earned AP Capstone in Independent Research recognition and has had her work published in a science journal and exhibited at various fairs and symposiums. She is the secretary of the National Honor Society and the treasurer of the Ro Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society. Ashley-Ann also helps oversee 11 Key Club chapters on Long Island as the secretary of the New York District Key Club Division 7. Additionally, she is the president of Youth Voices, a regional, student-led social justice organization that meets with local elected officials to discuss issues and advocate for students. Outside of extracurriculars, Ashley-Ann is also active in her church. “There are nearly too many accomplishments to list for Ashley-Ann, and as liaison I know she will continue her advocacy work for our students at South,” said Mr. Swinson.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_231423\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231423\" class=\"size-large wp-image-231423\" src=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Page-3-Student-Liasons-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Page-3-Student-Liasons-980x551.jpg 980w, https://vschsd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Page-3-Student-Liasons-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-231423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education with its new student liaisons, Gunand Thind, front row from left, Mary Youssef, and Ashley-Ann Francis.</p></div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Valley Stream Central High School District is proud to welcome its Board of Education student liaisons for the 2023-2024 school year. These three students are Gunand Thind, from North High School; Ashley-Ann Francis, from South High School; and Mary Youssef, from Central High School. The new liaisons were selected by their senior high school [&hellip;]</p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":231423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,24,10,30,26,31,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chs-announcements","category-central-high-school","category-news","category-nhs-announcements","category-north-high-school","category-shs-announcements","category-south-high-school"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231422"}],"collection":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/types/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/users/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/comments?post=231422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231422/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231424,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/231422/revisions/231424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media/231423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/media?parent=231422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/categories?post=231422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https://vschsd.org/wp-json/wp/v2/tags?post=231422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]