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First Coast Community Development Inc Expands STEM Scholarship Program
First Coast Community Development Inc., has an additional incentive for those whose work focuses on HIV prevention, as well as awarding extra money to the student with the best video from each category. In 2023, former Marine Charlie Griffin and his daughter, Carly, started a community service-based scholarship for students...
Local Holocaust Educator Claudia Lewenstein Shares Parents' Survival Story with South Seneca Eighth Graders
The South Seneca Central School District's eighth-grade class partners with the Ithaca Area United Jewish Community (IAUJC) each year for a Holocaust Education day. This year, Claudia Lewenstein, an IAUJC member and community educator, visited the school on April 16. Claudia, whose parents survived the Holocaust, was invited by social studies teacher David Zeitz to supplement his Holocaust education unit. Claudia's parents escaped from Germany and Austria, respectively, and both experienced severe abuses during Kristallnacht.
Local Pride: Ithaca Middle School Robotics Team 639D to Represent ICSD at World Championship
The Ithaca Middle School Robotics Team 639D has qualified for the VEX Robotics World Championship. They achieved this after performing well at the New York State VEX IQ Robotics Championship. The team of six ICSD students traveled to Queensbury, N.Y. on March 9 to compete. They won the Robot Skills Challenge, setting a state record for the highest points scored in the category for the year.
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