EDUCATION
ARTS SCHOOL
American Theater Dance Workshop
Art & Soul Studio
Beyond The Stage Studio
CM Performing Arts Center
Cristina Music Studio
From Stage to Screen
Haven Art Studio
Krafty Hands
Laconia Music Center
Music Academy for Special Learners
Studio E Art Classes LLC
The Art Guild
The Creative House
The Noel S. Ruiz Theatre at CM
Performing Arts Center
The Tiny Artist Studio
BEAUTY SCHOOL
Beval International Beauty
Brittany Beauty School
Gloria Francis Beauty School
Long Island Beauty School
Long Island Nail & Skin Care Institute
New York Institute of Beauty
Ultissima Beauty Institute of Levittown
CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Holy Angels Regional School
Holy Family School - Hicksville
Our Lady of Mercy
Our Lady of Victory
Saint Anthony’s HS
Saint Edwards the Confessor School
St. Dominic Elementary School
St. Patrick’s School
St. Raymond School
St. Thomas the Apostle
St. William the Abbot
COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY
Adelphi University
Carol Farber Honors Program at
Nassau Community College
Farmingdale State College -
Farmingdale
Hofstra University - Hempstead
Island Drafting and Technical
Institute
LIU Post
Molloy College
Nassau Community College
Stony Brook University
Suffolk County Community College
COLLEGE PRESIDENT
Alan Kadish, M.D. / Touro College
Christine M. Riordan / Adelphi
University
Dr. Calvin Butts, III / The College
at SUNY Old Westbury - Old
Westbury
Dr. Donald Boomgaarden / St.
Joseph’s - Patchogue
Dr. H. Hubert Keen / Nassau
Community College - Garden City
Dr. John S. Nader / Farmingdale
State College - Farmingdale
Dr. Kimberly R. Cline / LIU Post -
Brookville
Dr. Shaun L. McKay / Suffolk
Community College - Selden
Dr. Susan Barr / Five Towns College
- Dix Hills
Drew Bogner / Molloy College -
Rockville Centre
Edward Guiliano / NYIT
Stuart Rabinowitz / Hofstra University
COLLEGE SPORTS COACH
Bob Vlahakis / Lacrosse - St. Joseph’s
College - Patchogue
Cheryl Novins / Tennis - Nassau
Community College - Garden City
Christine A. Nowierski-Farina /
Cheerleading - Hofstra University -
Uniondale
Chuck Priore / Football - SUNY Stony
Brook - Stony Brook
Gordon Purdie / Men’s Lacrosse -
Adelphi University
Joe Mihalich / Basketball - Hofstra
University - Uniondale
John Jez / Lacrosse - LIU Post -
Brookville
Keith Osik / Baseball - Farmingdale
State College - Farmingdale
Lynn Palmenteri
Nassau Community College
Pat McCabe / Women’s Lacrosse -
Adelphi University Athletics
Rod Stephan / Baseball - College at
Old Westbury - Old Westbury
Steve Pikiell / Basketball - SUNY
Stony Brook
COLLEGE SPORTS
PROGRAM
Adelphi University Athletics
Farmingdale State College
Hofstra University
LIU Post
Molloy College
Nassau Community College
NYIT - Old Westbury
Pat McCabe
Softball
St. Josephs College - Patchogue
Stony Brook University
Suffolk Community College - Multiple
Locations
The College at Old Westbury - Old
Westbury
Touro College - Multiple Locations
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DAY CARE
Barry & Florence Friedberg JCC
Bernice Jacobson Day School &
Camp
Debbie’s Creative Childcare Center
Hemeline Rivera Family Daycare
Inch by Inch Child Care Center
Island Kids
Kiddie Academy of Farmingdale
Kiddie Academy of Miller Place
Little People’s Center
Little People’s Childcare Center -
Medford
Miss Sue’s Nursery School
Miss Tara’s Little Rascals
Precious Kids
Sid Jacobson JCC
Suffolk YJCC- Monter Early
Childhood Program
Westbury Tender Loving Daycare
HIGH SCHOOL SPIRIT
Baldwin High School - Baldwin
Bayport-Blue Point High School -
Bayport
Bethpage High School
Carle Place High School - Carle
Place
Elmont Memorial
Farmingdale High School
Garden City High School - Garden
City
Half Hollow Hills High School - Dix
Hills
Kellenberg Memorial High School -
Uniondale
Long Island Lutheran High School -
Brookville
MacArthur High school
Massapequa High School
St. John the Baptist Diocesan High
School
Syosset High School
West Babylon High School
NOMINEE PROFILE
DR. DANIEL VITOW -
NORTH SHORE HEBREW ACADEMY HS
Dr. Daniel J. Vitow has been the Headmaster at North Shore Hebrew Academy High
School since its planning stage in 2000. The development of the school is a direct
result of his vision for Jewish education based upon over 40 years of stewardship
leading various yeshivas. During his 18 years at North Shore, he has led his teachers
and thousands of students on their paths of success. Through Dr. Vitow’s outreach
into the Jewish community, starting from zero students, NSHAHS now boasts a
growing enrollment of well over 440 in a wonderful and diverse student body with
100% admission to 4-year colleges! Dr. Vitow achieves a balance of the tried and
true alongside the new. He gives the teachers the academic freedom to teach to their
strengths, and the students the freedom to learn in the ways that best suit them and
to recognize what these ways are. All of us at North Shore Hebrew Academy High
School are thrilled that Dr. Vitow has been nominated for Long Island’s Best Principal.
His kindness, intuitiveness and passion for education and the Jewish community
are unsurpassed. www.nshahs.org
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BEYOND THE STAGE STUDIO
At Beyond the Stage, students aspiring to pursue a professional acting career
are given a more intense class setting. Run by industry professionals from
the Broadway community, Beyond the Stage helps students with all aspects
of auditioning, vocal, dance and acting technique with an emphasis on longterm
skill and development. Beyond the Stage brings the level of teffered by
Manhattan schools at a convenient location in Long Island. The programs at
Beyond the Stage are highly selective with a student-teacher ratio of five to
one. Within just one year of operating, Beyond the Stage had students being
offered professional jobs, signing with talent agents and being called into
Broadway. www.beyondthestagestudio.com
NOMINEE PROFILE
VINCENT ALBRECHT - SAINT EDWARD THE
CONFESSOR SCHOOL
Vincent Albrecht is the beloved principal of St. Edward the Confessor
School, known to students for his wide collection of ties and unbridled
enthusiasm for his school, its teachers, parents, and students. This Extraordinary
Minister of the Eucharist, a member of the Baptismal preparation team
and church representative for scouting, fosters a love of learning, a deference
to the Catholic Church, and preparation for college, earning him this honorable
nomination as Best School Principal on Long Island!
www.stedwardconfessor.org
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SACHEM PUBLIC LIBRARY
Winner of Best Public Library on Long Island in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018,
Sachem Public Library has come a long way from its origins as an 18-book
collection founded by members of the women’s suffrage movement in 1914. In
addition to a large and varied collection of materials in all formats, the Library
provides award-winning programs throughout the day and evening, 7 days a
week, offering enrichment, entertainment, and education for all ages and abilities.
The Library’s all-season Inside/Out Garden, located directly across from the main
entrance, hosts performances and programs, and features quiet locations where
residents can appreciate the beauty of nature. Our café, Tend Coffee, offers organic
coffees and delicious fresh-baked pastries. Sachem Public Library is always
growing and innovating— The Studio, a place to create, design, and build using
the latest in creative technology, opened in 2017. Discovery Grove, an outdoor
nature classroom for children, opened in 2018. Although the face of the Library
has changed with time, our mission has fundamentally remained the same.
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