At the March 6 meeting, the Manhasset Board of Education honored students who were recently recognized with national awards for film and literature.
Manhasset Secondary School junior Chloe Eng won second place in the vlog category in the Student Television Network Challenge Competition, an association of school broadcasting, film, and media programs.
Chloe won for her video, “Dreams,” in which she shared some of her favorite childhood items, including her diary and ballet shoes.
The board recognized members of “The Phoenix,” Manhasset Secondary School’s student-run literary magazine, for two recent prestigious national accolades. The magazine was named a 2024 REALM First Class magazine by the National Council of Teachers of
English and awarded first place in the American Scholastic Association literary magazine contest.
Student leadership recognized at the meeting included editors Daniella Dell’Aquila, Siri Craven and Isabella Falcone from the Class of 2024, and current student editors Yansiyu (Remy) Huang, Leila Altamura and Jocelyn Liu.
Additionally, several students were presented Certificates of Excellence for their contributions to The Phoenix. This included Blair Bi, Emily (Leo) Chan, Caley Chen, Mia Chen, Amy Li, Angelina Liu, John McCann, Hang Mi, Xiao Mi, Eshaal Mirza, Sofia Ogulluk, Sonia Sankar, Nathaniel Seibert, Lillian Xie and Alvina Zheng.
The district said these awards are a testament to the creative spirit and inspiration that is coming to life in its classrooms every day.
