This fall, the Locust Valley High School welcomed new assistant principal Daniel Cava into the Falcon family.
Cava is looking forward to establishing and building personal relationships with the students and faculty. While in Island Trees, Cava was an active leader in the school community. He taught middle school technology and high school AP computer science and robotics and coached junior varsity baseball and middle school soccer.
“Being able to support student passions is what I’d like to do,” Cava said. “Anytime a student has an interest, I ask how can I best help them to explore that interest and make them feel like they belong and have a place that they look forward to coming to every day.”
Cava returns to a traditional district setting after serving as an assistant principal at Nassau BOCES for the past three years. Prior to that, Cava worked as the coordinator of instructional technology in the Glen Cove City School District for two years and as a technology teacher in the Island Trees Union Free School District from 2013 to 2020.
Cava also remarked about the incredible talent he has heard coming from the chorus and orchestra rooms. Cava grew up playing the trumpet and now plays the ukulele in his free time and is excited to see the incredible instrumental talent on display at the winter and spring concerts. Additionally, he is excited to see the robotics teams at work, as he helped start the program in Island Trees.