Students and teachers alike are buzzing with excitement—and parents are pretty thrilled, too—with the start of the new school year. Long Island is famed for its excellent schools, boasting many Ivy League alumni, Westinghouse Science and other prestigious award winners, and plenty of students going on to success in the business world, trades, law enforcement, armed forces, etc.
The South Shore Press dropped in on the Eastport-South Manor High School, where students and their parents were following the tradition of artistically painting the parking spots of incoming seniors. “These are outstanding students who earned the right to have their own personalized parking spot,” said Senior Class Advisor Victoria Crabtree. “It’s great to have them all back again.”
“It’s nice to see the kids back into the school routine; it’s very good for them,” noted parent Liam Burke of Manorville. “It surely is an exciting time of the year.”
Nassau and Suffolk have 124 public school districts providing education, athletics, music, art, and many other programs for hundreds of thousands of students. The island is also home to a number of prestigious colleges and universities that are welcoming students back for the new school year.