Long Beach Senior High School hosted another successful Homecoming weekend! Students participated in an animated Pep Rally on Alumni Field. The event included sport team introductions, a preview of halftime performances, and grade competitions. Alumni employees even participated in the Wet Sponge challenge again! Attendees cheered from the decorated sidelines and seniors, Axavier Lopez and Rose Parlakian were crowned homecoming king and queen.

That evening, the Student Organization hosted a homecoming carnival, open to the community and was especially welcoming to LB youngsters. Clubs and organizations sold food, facilitated games with prizes, and ran activities like face painting and tattoos; all in an effort to raise money for their individual clubs.

Later that evening, the Marines Varsity football team defeated John K. Kennedy High School with a score of 48-32. The Pep Band played from the bleachers and the cheerleaders and color guard entertained the crowded stands at halftime. The community's youth football players also ran across the field in the annual Bulldog Dash.

Please help the District as we embark on a Five-Year Strategic Plan for Long Beach! Over the past two months, we have been surveying parents, students, and community members to determine some high-level goals for the next five years.

We invite all of our alumni to participate as well. Please log in (using BOTH links---two separate questions), and share your experiences and suggestions!

First Question:

https://tejoin.com/scroll/763567411

Second Question:

https://tejoin.com/scroll/983081026

A lot has changed since 2002. This was the year of Avril Lavigne, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Lopez, Halle Berry winning an Oscar, the demise of Britney and Justin, and so much more. Something else that happened in 2002 was Long Beach High school saying goodbye to a graduating class of 275 students!

A lot has changed, but one thing that remained the same; that the LBHS graduating class of 2002 knows how to come together for a great time! On August 6, 2022, the Class of 2002 came together at Jetty Bar in the West End to celebrate 20 years since graduating from Long Beach High School.

Partygoers were treated to food, drinks, music, and a place to come together and remember the good old days. Despite enduring such significant loss from our graduating class, we found a way to honor and remember those who made such an impact in our lives. Ryan McKnight, Justin Shapiro, Terence O’ Brien, Harrison Chaiken, Katelyn O’Connor, Tymer (David) Walker, Joshua Padilla, Emily Lund, Keith Horn, Mike Castellano, Luke Skorcik, Marwan Anabtawi, and Samantha McGovern, their presence was alive and well in the memories of those in attendance that loved them.

Our reunion was a great way to provide a chance for people to catch up with old friends, get to know their former classmates as adults, and reminisce about memories from their school days. As someone once said, "Sometimes, even when you're having a good time, you can't help but stop and think about how much you miss the old times." Until next time!

With love,

Russell Butts and Serena (Field) Whitfield

Long Beach High School's internship program, under the direction of Dr. Evelyn Daza, is looking to expand to include apprenticeships, shadowing, mentorships, and other career exploration opportunities for students. Currently, the high school has 21 community partnerships in the areas of law, business, auto, activism, and healthcare.

Currently, students in grades 10-12 are eligible to apply for the internship program. Students are expected to complete 54 hours of work outside of the school day. They must maintain log hours, meet with Dr. Daza, and prepare a ten minute oral presentation at the close of their experience. Dr. Daza reports that she truly enjoys connecting with students, linking them with community members, and supporting both the student and business during the process.

We are reaching out to request your support in recruiting local programs and businesses to host our students in these types of experiences. Please fill out the form below if you are interested in learning more and share it with friends or colleagues that may be interested.

Call for Local Review Board!

As you may know, Long Beach Public Schools is participating in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP), which will enable one of our 6th grade science projects to go to space! The students will be working in teams to design a microgravity experiment, answering the question: How would a weaker gravitational force affect physical, chemical, or biological processes or systems? Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will conduct the experiment in orbit, approximately 250 miles above the surface of the Earth, while our students perform the experiment in their classrooms. Our students will compare and contrast their ground experiment with the one being carried out in space, and the winning team will be invited to present their research this Spring at the SSEP National Conference!

I am writing today to provide details about the Local Step 1 Community Review Board. The job of the Step 1 Review Board is to ultimately select three project proposals, helping to ensure that our flight experiment will be able to pass NASA Flight Safety Review. We will use evaluation criteria provided by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE). The 3 finalist proposals will then be adjudicated by a National Step 2 Review Board, who will choose one winning project from our 6th grade class to be launched! It's important to note: this is not a contest, where one of our teams may get their experiment flown to space; one of our 6th grade experiments will go to space - and you can help decide which one!

The Local Community Review Board should include Science and/or STEM educators, any local researchers, scientists, engineers, doctors, and/or persons who have a formal grounding in scientific research. The members of the Local Step 1 Community Review Board should be well-versed in what a proposal should accomplish (in terms of making the case for an experiment) and be familiar with a formal proposal review process for research. We will determine whether:

1. The experimental question posed by the students is appropriate (i.e. will the design proposed by the question yield a justifiable microgravity experiment? Can the question be tested via an on-orbit experiment?).

2. The experimental design proposed by the students is viable (i.e. are the variables suitably controlled? Will the materials survive the trip to and from orbit?).

3. The analysis planned by the students is both viable and effective in addressing the experimental objective

During the week of Oct. 24, we will meet virtually to discuss the evaluation process. Here is the SSEP Evaluation Criteria (also attached below as a pdf) if you would like to peruse in advance. You will also see attached below a sample student paper, done by 5th/6th graders from a previous Mission.

By Friday, November 4 (late afternoon), I will email each member of the Local Review Board a set of student proposals. The number of proposals to be reviewed by each Board member will depend on the number of people who volunteer. Evaluation feedback from the Board will be due back to me by the end of the day on Monday, November 7.

If you are interested in serving on our Local Step 1 Review Board and being a part of this exciting program, please complete this Google Form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3tlC44Ko-NasmE-ITI7ZKw_OhMBfaETN1h7uT1FGYks4b4g/viewform?usp=pp_url

Most Sincerely,

Cristie Tursi

Long Beach Public Schools

Director of Science PreK-12

ctursi@lbeach.org

516.771.3960

Twitter: @TursiCristie

Alumni and former board of education member, passed away on October 10, 2022. Scott devoted his life to making Long Beach a better place. Scott served on the Long Beach School board for a total of 15 years and worked in the food and beverage industry.

Abramson graduated from Long Beach High School in 1970

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