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LBHS Students Register to Vote
As part of an annual tradition, members of the
Long Beach League of Women Voters visited classes at Long Beach High
School to lead discussions about the importance of voting and civic
responsibility. While they were there, league members helped 134 seniors
register to vote. Those students who turn 18 before the respective
dates of the school board elections and budget vote, primary elections,
and November elections are eligible to vote.
Christy Fox Attends Inside Albany Program
Junior Christy Fox was selected to attend the Students
Inside Albany Conference. This conference, sponsored by the League of
Women Voters of New York, is an intensive four-day training experience
designed to immerse students in the process by which public policy is
proposed, enacted and changed in New York State, and to educate them as
to how they can influence and affect this process. Christy heard from
Albany insiders about how New York State government operates and how
policy is shaped and enacted. She was also given the opportunity to
attend Assembly and Senate sessions and to shadow both Assemblyman
Harvey Weisenberg and Senator Dean Skelos. Christy was selected for this
honor through the joint efforts of Long Beach High School and the Long
Beach League of Women Voters.
According to its official website, the League of Women Voters of New
York believes that educating and empowering the youth of our country is
vital to maintaining a strong democracy. Through the League’s Education
Foundation, the State League and many local leagues operate programs
that provide students with the information, motivation and skills needed
to become informed voters and engaged citizens. The State League’s
primary youth program is Students Inside Albany.
Ancient Egypt Lives at LBMS
Sixth graders at Long Beach Middle School joined
forces to create an interactive exhibit about Ancient Egypt that
included afterlife artifacts, pyramids, clay cartouches, ABCs of Egypt
books, hieroglyphics, gods and goddesses, papyrus scrolls and even
mummified apples.
After completing a unit of study in their social studies classes, each
team constructed a separate “wing” of the museum, concentrating on a
different aspect of the history, culture, beliefs, language and
lifestyle of the ancient Egyptians. On the opening day of the exhibit,
students gathered to visit the museum together, receiving a list of
questions to guide them as they toured and learned from each other’s
projects.
“This type of interactive project promotes critical thinking skills,
communication, collaboration and creativity,” said Social Studies
Director Sean Hurley. “Through projects like this, we encourage our
students to be active, rather than passive, learners.”
