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To hear Tahanie Aboushi tell it, a courtroom can be a strange place for a Muslim woman lawyer.1
“I’ve had judges call me Tahini. I once had a judge, in open court, look at my name and say, ‘Farsi? Egypt? Pakistan?’ I said, ‘Tahanie Aboushi?’” She laughed, shaking her head.2
‘Exceptional’ Staten Island student honored with Michael J. Petrides award
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Amy Mohamed, a senior at Michael J. Petrides High School, was recently honored with the Michael J. Petrides Student Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science. (Courtesy/Staten Island Borough President s office/Lifetouch National School Studies Inc.) Staten Island Borough President s officeStaten Island Borough President
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The award is named for Michael J. Petrides, a Staten Island educator who died in 1994.
Borough President James Oddo and members of the Petrides family and scholarship committee presented the award to Amy Mohamed.
The annual honor is given to a graduating high school senior who excels in math and science. Lacey DeLucia from Staten Island Technical High School was named first runner-up. Thea Akhrass from St. Joseph Hill Academy High School was named second runner-up.
Advance historic page from May 13, 1943: Radio code focus of student assembly
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
An assembly designed to show the importance of radio code communications is held at Tottenville High School.
Capt. Adolph Schoenberger, operations and training officer at the Army Post at Fort Wadsworth, is the guest speaker. He points out that understanding basic radio code is a requirement of officers.
The event includes a demonstration of the method that will be used to teach basic radio code at the high school. The lessons will include the use of phonograph records.
Advance historic page from May 13, 1943.
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