Board commends South High students
Sixty-three South High School students were recently recognized by the Great Neck Public Schools Board of Education for contributing to the quality of life at their school.
Student honorees, in alphabetical order, are: Shifa Ali, Amaar Alwani, Alexandra Arama, Sarah Bernstein, Chloe Chan, Karly Chan, Jillian Chang, Rena Chen, Tianyi Chen, Brayden Chien, Joonwoo Choi, Isha Chugh, Andrew Dea, Constantine Deligiannis, Sabrina DePaulis, Hannah Fisk, Grace Fong, Sophia Gal, Rosanna Gao, Kenia Garcia, Yasmin Gonzalez Rubio, Alan Gu, Jonathan Guo, Sarah Hao, Amy He, Eden Katz, Jacqueline Korn, James Lee, Jennifer Lee, Sebastian Lennox, Ella Li, Sabrina Li, Alexander Lopez, Maya Marantz, Amy McKiernan, Riya Mitra, Joshua Rabbani, Jose Romero, Gabriella Sanchez, Nancy Schoen, Tsan Leung Sit, Sandra Sliwka, Juniper Sokolov, Joy Qi Song, Katherine Stoyanov, Sehar Syed, Alice Tirakian, Alexander Tung, Victoria Voigt, Amanda Volk, Alexander Voses, Katherine Wang, Lydia Wang, Harrison Weinberg, Julia Weinreich, Sidney Wong, Sophia Wotman, Ashley Wu, Derek Wu, Mengyu Amy Wu, Joy Yang, Nicole Yim, and Dayoung Yu.
Honorees are photographed with Board of Education President Rebecca Sassouni, Vice President Donna Peirez, and Trustee Jeffrey Shi; Superintendent of Schools Dr. Teresa Prendergast and Assistant Superintendents Dr. Joseph Hickey and Dr. Stephen C. Lando; South High School Principal Dr. Christopher Gitz, and Assistant Principals John Duggan and Adam Hopkins.
Great Neck students receive Outstanding Physical Education Awards
Four students from the Great Neck Public Schools are recipients of the Outstanding Physical Education Award from the Nassau Zone of the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (NYS AHPERD).
Congratulations to award winners Leo Karpel and Sahar Tartak of North High School, and Grace Liao and Desmond Lin of South High School. These students were recognized during a virtual awards ceremony sponsored by the Nassau Zone.
The Outstanding Physical Education Award honors high school seniors who are recognized as leaders in physical education and serve as role models to their peers. Award recipients lead a healthy and physically active lifestyle and demonstrate responsible behaviors such as good sportsmanship, character, and citizenship.
