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Student makes argument for his own school holiday — and wins

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Student makes argument for his own school holiday — and wins

Talk about a real A for effort. A high school student on Long Island successfully convinced his district to close down the Friday before Memorial Day Weekend as a special “snow day” named in his honor. Ethan Brown, a Jericho HS junior, quickly became one of the most popular kids in town after pleading his … Read more

Son of Ecuadorian immigrant, who beat the odds to get into Stuyvesant HS, accepted by elite college

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Son of Ecuadorian immigrant, who beat the odds to get into Stuyvesant HS, accepted by elite college

A Stuyvesant High School senior who was once told getting into the elite institution was “practically impossible,” just beat the odds again — landing a spot at the top college in the world. Sebastian Acevedo — who grew up with an Ecuadorian immigrant mom and a supermarket manager dad, neither of whom went to college … Read more