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The Connetquot Central School District has launched an educational bus stop-arm safety initiative this school year. The program is being funded with a Suffolk County grant aimed at increasing student, family and community awareness of the importance of a school bus’s stop-arm camera. Over the next several months, the district will be unveiling various awareness initiatives as part of this informational campaign in the hopes that all drivers will exercise increased caution when approaching a stopped school bus. For reference, when a school bus is stopped with lights flashing and the stop sign extended, all vehicles are required to stop. Using advanced technology, these stop signs are now equipped with advanced safety technology cameras that can identify illegal passers' license plates, and negligent drivers are issued a ticket if they illegally pass a stopped school bus. The ticket is sent to the vehicle’s registered owner(s). As a kickoff to the campaign, several Connetquot vans used to transport supplies and materials throughout our district have been wrapped with the campaign logo “Stop on Red – Kids Ahead.” These decorated vans are only meant to serve as visual reminders and do not require drivers to make any special stops, as no students are transported in these vehicles. In addition, banner signs are being displayed outside each district building to further promote this important topic. The district looks forward to continuing this initiative and helping to keep our students and communities safe.
Date Added: 3/18/2024
The artworks of two Connetquot High School student-artists, Katherine Novick and Vy Nguyen, were among the 87 submissions selected to be exhibited in The Heckscher Museum’s Best in Show Exhibit. The artists were selected out of 456 entries into the competition. Both students are enrolled in Mr. John Hargrave’s Advanced Digital Art II class at Connetquot High School. To create their pieces, the students used photographs that were taken during an earlier field trip to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. Although both used photos from the same location, their approaches were drastically different. Senior Vy Nguyen chose to create her piece using a technique of printmaking called solarplating. In this process, the artist designs their composition in Photoshop, prints the outcome onto clear paper, exposes it onto a metal plate and develops it in water. After the plate’s post-exposure, it’s inked and put through the printing press to generate a fine art print. Vy’s work was also selected to be hung for additional time at Mitchells, a high-end clothing shop in the heart of Huntington Village. Vy will also be the recipient of the Renzo and Lynette Bianchi Scholarship Award. In contrast, Katherine created a reactionary piece of art after a field trip to The Heckscher Museum. Her piece was created in Photoshop using her own original photographs taken at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. She then combined them with a variety of techniques, using blending modes, filters, layer masking and digital manipulation. The Connetquot Central School District congratulates Katherine and Vy on their outstanding accomplishments! The exhibit will run from March 23 to May 5. See list of all exhibiting artists here
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