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March 21, 2001  RSS feed
Public Affairs 101 in West Islip schools raises social awareness
The three-year-old Public Affairs 101 course at West Islip High School has proven to be an unqualified success, both for the students involved and
by Leonard Greco

the community at large, said school officials recently. The program, which is billed as an Introduction to the Analysis of Public Policy, is designed to provide high school seniors with the basics in research, communication and decision making. The curriculum also encourages the students involved in the program to read and analyze articles in such weighty newspapers as The New York Times on local, state and international public policy issues. The course includes defining and identifying the components of public policy; communicating ideas with respect to their findings; and collecting data through research and interviews. The class averages 15 to 16 students each semester. More...

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At the annual Suffolk County Math Tournament, held recently at Suffolk County Community College, Babylon High School sophomore Sarah Cotter scored the highest individual total for all tenth graders. The competition last year, in which the finest math students compete, saw Cotter declared the second place winner. As a member of the Babylon High School Math Team, she was determined to do better in this latest round. "I enjoy math," she said this week, adding that she will continue studying the subject in college. Cotter is the daughter of Karin and Steve Cotter. Principal Michael Lobasso, pictured right, said, "She has made everyone very proud." Also pictured is Math Department Chairperson Dan Drance. More...

 People/Social
• article has image Rachel Flamenbaum to wed
Catherine and Bob Flamenbaum, of Babylon, are pleased to announce the engagement of their eldest daughter, Rachel, to Josh Kutz, son of Pat and Archie Kutz of Brockport, New York. More...
• Scholarships offered
• article has image WALK radio gives Helping Hands a helping hand
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 Schools/Sports
• article has image Just me and my shadow at Deer Park High School
On February 2, there were many shadows to be seen as tenth graders at Deer Park High School participated in Teens on the Job, Long Island Groundhog Shadow Day. Teens on the Job, a program of the Long Island Mentoring Partnership, provides tenth grade students with experiential learning about a chosen career field and its workplace. Job shadowing enables students to shadow a workplace mentor as he or she proceeds through a routine day on the job, providing an up-close look at how the skills learned in school are put into action in the workplace. More...
• article has image Booking for books in Deer Park
• North Babylon to present Parent University
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 Obituaries
• article has image Joseph DiPeri, 76, former resident of North Babylon
Joseph DiPeri, a resident of North Babylon for the past 41 years, died on March 6, 2001. He was 76 years old. More...
• Susan Grossi (nee Coppola), 46, former resident of West Islip for fifteen years
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 Opinion
• Protecting children requires vigilance and courage The case of music teacher Anthony Correnti is an example of what harm befalls all of us when our public institutions lock away their fears and concerns in the darkness, instead of exposing them to the
Correnti taught in the New York City School system where sexual harassment charges were raised against him. Instead of proceeding against the teacher to the fullest extent of the law, New York City permitted him to resign, sending him on his way More...
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