Locust Valley athletics have plenty to celebrate as both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams qualified for the playoffs, a shot-put star received All-County honors and five wrestlers qualified for the state tournament.
The boys’ basketball team punched their ticket to the Nassau County Class B Tournament on the back of a four-game winning streak to finish the season, capping an 8-4 conference record. Meanwhile, the B1 conference champions girls’ team go into the playoffs having won 13 of their last 14 games, finishing with a 11-1 conference record and 15-3 overall record.
Locust Valley High School senior Sophia Del Giudice was a conference champion and received All-County honors in girls’ winter track for her performance in shot-put.
The wrestling team took home several accolades, as seniors Charlie Dickman and Evan Shriberg and juniors Justin Dvorak, Jesse Firestone and C.J. Kelly all qualified for the NYSPHSAA Tournament in Albany on Feb. 24 and 25. Dickman, Kelly and Shriberg were all crowned county champions, as well.
A Letter from our Interim Superintendent, Dr. Sampino.
Locust Valley and Bayville schools celebrated Valentine’s Day by spreading love around the district and beyond. At the high school, the girls club decorated the hallways with red. Meanwhile, the LVHS Pre-Health Club continued “I Love My Heart Week” by wearing red and promoting heart health. The club gave out stress balls in the shape of hearts to help students meditate. At Ann MacArthur Primary School, pre-K students worked with their parents on classroom decorations in the shape of hearts. And throughout the district, students sent Valentine’s Day cards to members of our armed forces.
The Locust Valley High School boys and girls basketball teams celebrated their hardworking seniors last week and capped off their respective games with wins by each Falcons team.
On Feb. 8 the girls team thanked Payton Tini for her incredible efforts over the past four years, which helped lift the team to a Long Island record 54-straight wins from 2019 to 2021, two Nassau County titles and a Long Island championship win. Payton Tini, who recently scored her 1,000th point, got to savor the moment during a pregame presentation with her family, teammates and coaches.
On Feb. 11, the boys team honored its six seniors before a win over West Hempstead. Charles Ehni, Michael Rice, Preston Rothkrug, Matthew Sarubbe, Phil Strauss and Samuel Tini met family members at center court with flowers, thanking them for their support over the past four years. Each senior played a part in the team’s success this year.
Both Locust Valley teams will compete in the conference playoffs with the boys taking on West Hempstead at home on Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. and the first-seeded girls will play in the semifinals at Hofstra University on Feb. 22 at 1 p.m.
Join the district on March 2 in the Locust Valley Middle School/High School auditorium for a night of fashion, fun, raffles, games, snacks and more as the Class of 2023 presents its Senior Fashion Show. The $5 entry donation and program advertisements will go towards helping to fund the senior class’s prom. Tickets can be purchased online at https://my.cheddarup.com/c/lvhs-class-of-2023?cart=974e6dd2-ee81-4bf1-8410-a9bcda97b3c3%21%2146587612.
Locust Valley Middle/High School will host its first International Night in the school cafeteria on Tuesday, March 7 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to celebrate the wonderful cultures represented in our schools. Participants will be able to “visit” different countries, sample their foods and explore different cultures.
Register with the Google Form here: https://forms.gle/nJYtgr7uFvpnDXJS7.
If you have any questions, contact Jennifer Masa at jmasa@locustvalleyschools.org or 516-277-5120 or Amy Watson at awatson@locustvalleyschools.org or 516-277-5220.
LVCSD Board of Education Statement on Brian Nolan’s Resignation
The Locust Valley Board of Education has accepted President Brian Nolan’s resignation, effective immediately. We would like to thank Mr. Nolan for his dedication and service to the Locust Valley Central School District. Over the past eight years, he has committed countless hours not only as a trustee but serving as Board president. We wish him well in his future endeavors.
Declaración de la Junta de Educación de LVCSD sobre la Renuncia de Brian Nolan
La Junta de Educación de Locust Valley ha aceptado la renuncia del presidente Brian Nolan,efectivo inmediatamente. Nos gustaría agradecer al Sr. Nolan por su dedicación y servicio a el Distrito Escolar Central de Locust Valley. Durante los últimos ocho años, se ha comprometido innumerables horas no solo como fideicomisario sino también como presidente de la Junta. Le deseamos lo mejor en sus futuros emprendimientos.
The entire Locust Valley Central School District joined together to celebrate P.S. I Love You Day on Feb. 10 with activities designed to help students appreciate the great qualities in themselves and their classmates.
P.S. I Love You Day is held annually on the second Friday of February and celebrated in schools across the region. To mark the event, students are asked to wear purple and stand up against bullying, help those battling depression and prevent suicide.
At Bayville Intermediate School, students in Beth Berglund’s fourth grade students wrote compliments to each other on one side of purple heart flyers and then traits about themselves that they liked on the other. At each school, students were greeted with uplifting music and purple heart stickers as they arrived in the morning.
The Techno Talons and Falcon Brick Movers from Locust Valley Middle School’s sixth grade and Locust Valley Intermediate School, respectively, showcased their talents and creations during the FIRST Lego League competition held at Huntington High School on Feb. 5.
Both teams spent months designing and coding their robots to navigate a Lego field and complete tasks, such as picking up and pushing objects. Students also presented an innovation project with an elaborate skit and answered judges’ questions.
The competition was the first for many of the students. After watching the middle school’s seventh and eighth grade team and the high school team compete on Jan. 29, the Techno Talons and Falcon Brick Movers were eager to showcase their own team skills and technological savvy during the Feb. 5 event.
Locust Valley High School drama students gave powerful performances during the 17th Annual Writers/Directors’ Workshop on Feb. 1. The talented students spent weeks writing their original monologues and scenes with their classmates and performed in front of a large crowd of friends and family in the mini-theater last week. Club adviser Lawrence Lynch produced and directed the performance and worked with students in the weeks leading up to the workshop fine- tuning aspects of each scene.
As an extension of their physical education classes, Bayville Intermediate School fifth-graders learned a number of new skills during the annual Bayville Elementary Parents’ Council Circus Week.
The highly anticipated program kicked off on Jan. 30 when Bayville Intermediate and Bayville Primary School students attended an assembly program with circus performers Andrew Scharff and Rob Lok from the National Circus Project. They marveled as they showcased a myriad of circus skills, including juggling, yo-yo tricks, plate spinning, balance acts and more.
The students worked throughout the remainder of the week to learn a different circus talent, which they showcased during a performance for family and friends on Feb. 3.
Join us tonight at 5 p.m. for the Universal Pre-K Lottery livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/@lvpublicrelations.
Go to the link below to read about the exciting happenings in our schools during winter, from the opening of Universal Pre-K in AMP and Bayville Primary to Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations and more.
https://www.locustvalleyschools.org/article/986547
Experienced artists Sandra Carrion and Patricia Beary visited Locust Valley High School on Jan. 31 to teach the IB Art students photo transfer techniques. Carrion and Beary, who taught at Nassau Community College and Wantagh High School, respectively, showed Melanie Mooney’s class how to transfer photos onto different materials using hand sanitizer and a paint roller.
Schools throughout the district celebrated World Read Aloud Day on Feb. 1 with classroom readings, virtual author visits and book fairs. The day began with members of the high school’s LV Jesters visiting Bayville Primary and Bayville Intermediate to read to the students. Bayville Primary second graders were also treated to a virtual visit with children’s author Lowey Bundy Sichol who read her book “From an Idea to Lego” about how Legos became one of the largest toy companies in the world. Sichol also answered students’ questions about being a writer.
Throughout the day, Bayville Primary and Intermediate students had the opportunity to find their next literary adventure during their school book fairs.
Ann MacArthur Primary School students and staff continue to welcome the new pre-K students to the school. On Jan. 27, Stacey Eno’s kindergarten students came to read to and interact with Stephanie Butera’s pre-K class. During the visit, the younger students paired up with their older peers and showed them around their classroom’s many interesting areas like the book shelves, reading rug and the play kitchen with a pretend oven and food.
Locust Valley High School hosted some of the best young, technical minds from Long Island on Jan. 29 during the FIRST Energize Power Play robotics competition.
The Locust Valley Middle School team “FalconBots” and high school “Team Kuiper” competed with dozens of the other teams from the area during the intense competition. As a result of their performance, the high school team qualified for the Long Island Regional Championship, which will be held on March 12 at Bethpage High School. In addition to the two Locust Valley teams, a robotics team from Locust Valley Intermediate and the sixth-grade team from the middle school, came to cheer on the home teams and get a taste for the excitement of the FIRST competition.
FIRST, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is a robotics community that prepares young people for the future through a suite of team-based robotics programs for ages 4 to 18.
Twelve Bayville Intermediate School students took part in the school’s spelling bee on Jan. 27. The whole student body filed into the school auditorium with colorful signs cheering on their classmates as they navigated challenging words. The 12 contestants qualified by winning their individual class spelling bees. In the end, fifth-grader Jack Kelly emerged as the school champion after correctly spelling the word “seminary.” Both Jack and runner up Meghan Lemieux will move on to a written spelling and vocabulary contest as part of the Scholar Skills Long Island Spelling Bee between February 13-17. Students with the top scores from the first round will proceed to the final round to be held in March with the winner moving on to represent Long Island in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
On Jan. 26, first grade students at Bayville Primary gathered in the multipurpose room for a presentation on Lunar New Year. With the help of a classmate’s relatives, the students learned about Lunar New Year traditions such as wearing red, giving red envelopes and gifts to loved ones. They also learned how the holiday is celebrated differently in China, South Korea, Vietnam and other countries in East and Southeast Asia.
It is opening night for the Locust Valley Middle School production of ‘Freaky Friday!’ Come out to the LVMS/HS Auditorium to support our talented performers at 6 p.m.
Tickets are not required for in-person audience members. To access the livestream, please visit https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/69664 or go to the Linktree in our Instagram bio. Can’t make it tonight? There is another performance tomorrow night at 6 p.m., as well!
