Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District Celebrates Long Island Scholar Artists

Two John F. Kennedy High School students from the Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District, Ellie Lee and Schuyler Young were recently named Long Island Scholar Artists. The students received the Visual Arts honor, and Award of Merit in Theater, respectively. Ellie was one of 10 students in Nassau County to receive a scholar artist recognition and Schuyler received one of 20 awards of merit. The students were honored at an award ceremony at Half Hollow Hills High School East in Dix Hills, NY, and will participate in an end-of-the-year reception at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in June.

Long Island Arts Alliance (LIAA), in collaboration with Newsday, New York Community Bank Foundation, and Long Island’s school art administrators, have hosted this award ceremony since its inception in 2007. The LIAA Scholar-Artist Awards Program is designed to honor Long Island students considered to be “the best of the best” in both academics and arts. All Long Island high schools, private, public and parochial are invited to nominate up to five students, one in each of the judged disciplines: Music, Visual Arts, Media Arts, Theater and Dance. Ten students from Nassau County and ten students from Suffolk County are chosen as winners.

Photo 1: Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District’s John F. Kennedy High School student and Award of Merit in Theater recipient Schuyler Young, proudly stands next to Michael Rodgers, Director of Music and Performing Arts for the District during the Long Island Arts Alliance award ceremony at Half Hollow Hills High School East in Dix Hills, NY.

Photo 2: Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District’s John F. Kennedy High School student Ellie Lee was recently named a Long Island Scholar Artist in the Visual Arts category. She is pictured here with visual arts teacher Warren Jacobsen at the Long Island Arts Alliance award ceremony in Half Hollow Hills High School East in Dix Hills, NY.