FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com OCTOBER 29, 2015 • KIDS & EDUCATION • THE QUEENS COURIER 61 SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT s kids & education COMPILED BY BOB HARRIS AND ROBERT POZARYCKI Elmhurst principal gives students a pathway to success The principal of Elmhurst’s Pan American International High School, George Badia, is pictured addressing the freshman and sophomore classes in the school’s auditorium. With fewer than 400 total students in the entire school, Pan American’s mission is to help Hispanic students who have been in the U.S. four years or fewer learn English and obtain a high school diploma while retaining their own cultural heritage. Badia welcomed the students to the school and explained what they needed to do in order to successfully attain a diploma. High school fair drew Hillcrest supporters Hillcrest High School students and their parents participated in the annual Borough High School fair held on Oct. 17 at Francis Lewis High School. Representatives of each public high school in Queens set up information tables and spoke with current eighth-graders who are planning to Red ribbons against substance abuse at Cambria Heights school Humanities and Arts High Hillcrest High helps clean Cunningham Park Some Hillcrest High School students and teachers participated in a “It’s My Park Day” cleanup at the public greenspace on Oct. 17. The event was sponsored in part by the West Cunningham Park Civic Association, the Friends of Cunningham Park, the New York City Parks Department, the Million Trees NYC giveaway and the Partnership for Parks. Volunteers cleaned the park, gave away trees and planted bulbs for springtime fl owers. attend high school next year. Helping students learn English in Cambria Heights Julia Robison recently joined the Math, Science, Research and Technology (MAST) High School in Cambria Heights’ Campus Magnet Complex as an ESL (English as a second language) teacher, the school’s principal, Jose M. Cruz, announced. Robison moved to the U.S. from Russia six years ago and has a master’s degree in linguistics. She also earned a master’s degree in ESL from the City University of New York in June of this year. She will be teaching English to mostly Spanish- and Haitian-Creole-speaking students. Teens campaign for student offi ce in Elmhurst Seniors campaigning for spots on the student council campaigned for votes from their fellow classmates during a recent assembly at the Pan American International High School in Elmhurst. The assembly took place in the gymnasium ahead of the school-wide election. Jessica Delagrange, coordinator of student affairs and a physical education instructor, organized the event. For many of the students, this was their introduction to American-style politics. School Youth Development Coordinator Julia Hitt- Shorter is pictured with 11th-graders from the Cambria Heights school as they prepare for Red Ribbon Week, held from Oct. 23 to 31. Organized by the National Family Partnership, Red Ribbon Week aims to help children grow up safe, healthy and drug free. At all schools, students and staff members are encouraged to wear red ribbons as a statement against substance abuse. Shown with Julia Hitt are Thomasia Harris and Deseiree Jenkins.
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