🌱 Patch AM: Which Great Neck students just earned national science honors?

Good day Great Neck! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Which Great Neck students just earned national science honors?
• Will Great Neck’s Jimmy Ma land a spot on Team USA?
• How a Great Neck studio shaped a groundbreaking abstract artist’s legacy

Also on today's calendar: 2026 Red Stocking Revue - Meet the Director Audition Night and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one pirate say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Rain, becoming heavy at times, with a high of 44 and low of 40 degrees.
• Sunday: Breezy, temps: high: 44, low: 32.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and breezy, with a high of 42 and low of 34 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Three GNPS Students Named Regeneron STS Scholars (greatneck.k12.ny.us) — Three Great Neck Public Schools seniors from North and South High have been named 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholars, placing them among the nation’s top 300 young researchers. Their projects span environmental equity, genetic regulation, and AI for early cognitive decline, bringing national recognition and funding back to Great Neck’s science programs and teachers.
   

• Long Islanders competing for skating spots in Winter Olympics (newsday.com) — Great Neck’s own Jimmy Ma is in 11th place after the men’s short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, vying for one of three Olympic men’s singles spots. Alongside fellow Long Islanders Audrey Shin and ice dancers Oona and Gage Brown, he’ll learn Sunday whether his performance earns a trip to the Milan Cortina Winter Games.
   

• Meet Esphyr Slobodkina, the Russian-Born Abstractionist Who Shook Mid-Century New York (artnet.com) — A pioneering abstract artist and author of “Caps for Sale,” Esphyr Slobodkina spent nearly three decades living and working in a custom-designed home and studio in Great Neck with her mother. This in-depth profile traces her journey from Russia and Manchuria to New York’s art world, her fashion and design work, and a major traveling exhibition now renewing interest in her legacy.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Great Neck

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★ Featured events ★

Sunday January 11

• 2026 Red Stocking Revue - Meet the Director Audition Night
  Port Washington Senior Citizen/ PW Adult Activities Center, 80 Manorhaven Blvd, Port Washington
  6:00 pm

Friday January 23

• Whole Body Donation Past & Present: Dispelling Myths and Answering Questions
  Port Washington Public Library, 1 Library Dr, Port Washington
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday January 11

• "given light," by Schery Markee Sullivan
  Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock (UUCSR) , 48 Shelter Rock Rd , Manhasset
  1:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Civics for Youth
  Westbury Memorial Public Library , 445 Jefferson Street , Westbury
  4:00 pm
• New! K-Pop Hip Hop Class
  Gold Coast Arts Center , 113 Middle Neck Rd , Great Neck
  5:30 pm
• NEW! Beginner Guitar Class at Gold Coast Arts Center!
  Gold Coast Arts Center , 113 Middle Neck Rd , Great Neck
  7:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• Rock and Read
  Westbury Memorial Public Library , 445 Jefferson Street , Westbury
  10:30 am
• Reach Out America presents Rich Logis, founder of "Leaving MAGA"
  Great Neck House , 14 Arrandale Ave , Great Neck
  12:30 pm

Thursday January 15

• ARTful Adventures
  Westbury Memorial Public Library , 445 Jefferson Street , Westbury
  10:30 am
• NEW! Modern Asian Art Class for Kids
  Gold Coast Arts Center , 113 Middle Neck Rd , Great Neck
  5:00 pm
• NEW! Modern Asian Art Class for Adults
  Gold Coast Arts Center , 113 Middle Neck Rd , Great Neck
  6:00 pm

Friday January 16

• Annual MLK Shabbat Service at Historic Temple
  Temple Beth-El of Great Neck , 5 Old Mill Rd , Great Neck
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Long Island Hebrew Academy posted a job opening for Elementary English Teacher in Great Neck. Apply here.
• North Shore Hebrew Academy posted a job opening for TEACHER: General Studies Elementary School Classroom Teacher in Great Neck. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Great Neck here.

🗞 Nearby News

Manhasset

• Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame to Host Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York Violin Master Class (broadwayworld.com)
• Farmingdale man charged in DWI accident seriously injuring another driver (massapequapost.com)

Port Washington

• $50K Donation Given To Port Washington Adult Activities Center (patch.com)
• 'ICE is here!': An activist network spreads on LI over immigration raid fears (newsday.com)

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