FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com january 26, 2017 • KIDS & EDUCATION • The Quens Courier 57 58 THE QUEENS COURIER • KIDS & EDUCATION • JANUARY 26, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM kids & education Photo by Monica Causu Smart Student BANKING1 Open your Student Checking2 Account and/or Savings Account and enjoy: ������������������������������������������������ ������������������������������������ ������������������������������������������������ �������������������������������������������������������������������������� ����Free Visa® debit card ����Free Direct Deposit ����Free e-Statements ����NYCB Online and NYCB Mobile3 Bank Anywhere You See NYCB! (877) 786-6560 • myNYCB.com All services not available at all locations. 1Student Banking is available for personal accounts only and is free of maintenance and activity fees. 2Student Checking Accounts with a Visa® debit card are automatically enrolled in the Even >more Rewards Program. For complete terms and conditions speak with a branch representative. Restrictions apply. 3Standard messaging and data rates may apply. © New York Community Bank- Member FDIC Equal Opportunity Lender In MVB H.S., Riddlechy Regis is captain of the varsity girls soccer team, vice president of the multicultural club, a monitor in the College Office and a member of the Scholars. Regis helps Brian Greenspan in the student government office by keeping the room in order, tutors fellow students in algebra I and history, and tutors students who are in S.O.A.R., which is a counseling program located in MVB H.S. near the Scholars Office/Lounge. She plans to study business administration at Baruch College. She is the first person in her family who speaks English and who is going to college. Photo by Bob Harris COMPILED BY HYEONJI OH COLLEGE Elmhurst students take a trip to college Shown are students from the Pan American International High School in the Elmhurst Educational Campus, Elmhurst, visiting Bart College, Hudson, New York. Th e school is composed of approximately 500 Hispanic students who have been in this country fewer than four years. Th ey learn English to prepare for a job or for college yet retain their original culture. Th ey learned about the BEOP program, which helps students who have diffi culties going to college because of fi nancial or immigration diffi culties. Accompanying the on the trip were college adviser Shirley Torres and teachers Alexa Variano and Monica Causu. (Photo by Monica Causu) REGIS School Spotlight She’s getting ready to graduate Two years ago Riddlechy Regis came to our country from Haiti and is now ready to graduate from Martin Van Buren High School and study business administration in college. She has passed six Regents examinations and has maintained an 88 average during these past two years. NICOLAS Graduate pays his alma mater a visit With the term over at Queens College, Kenley Nicolas came back to visit his favorite teachers at Martin Van Buren High School (MVB) just prior to their holiday vacation. In the Scholar’s room, he visited with the adviser Pamela Fried, whom he praised and who praised him. Nicholas praised the MVB guidance counselors, for whom he did service and who helped him in many ways. He spoke of the Scholar’s Program helping him “obtain a sense of time utilization and to do projects eff ectively within the time available.” BLOOD Giving the gift of life The New York Blood Center held a blood drive at Martin Van Buren High School, Queens Village, with 40 pints of blood collected from students and staff. This annual event was coordinated by Brian Greenspan. The donated blood can be used for transfusions or the globulin or platelets can be given to patients in need. The photo shows some of the Martin Van Buren High School students who donated blood. Sponsored by
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