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MARCIE BEIGEL 30 kids 38 Good Sense Eating New children’s book features haiku BY CHRIstINE M. PALUMBO, RD BY TAMMY SCILEPPI 28 Flashback to the ’80s SPECIAL SECTIONS Teens today don’t know how good they’ve got it! 12 High School Directory BY CHERYL MAGUIRE 22 Activities Directory 37 The Marketplace CALENDAR 32 October Events October 2018 • QUEENS FAMILY 3 LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER Preteens and teens omething happens to challenging. Experiencing this month is because many of the high most children when that time through my daugh- schools in our communities are having S they are nearing their ter showed me that although open houses for next year’s registration. teen years. Think back to your many things stay the same, a Whether you are interested in public or own experience. Reaching great deal has also changed. private options, there is something for ev- puberty is complicated and Kids these days are more in- eryone and we’re proud to present some consuming and that part of formed, more aware and less of the terrific schools located around the it never really changes. What insular than we were. The in- boroughs. It’s an important time for our changes are the needs and ternet has added its influence kids and they need us to be vested and demands of today’s young as well as social media. engaged along with them. Make sure you people in this strong digital New pressures, competi- look around carefully for the best school age, in an age when so much information tive realities, and, of course, being kids in option for your child’s needs. is at their fingertips, literally. a major and busy metropolis like New York There is a lot of confusion in the years City all add their effects to what used to be Happy Fall! Thanks for reading. that begin at 10, 11 or 12 and go on through more innocent times in one’s growth ex- to the 20s, and also a myriad of changes. perience. These kids are savvy and in the All kinds of things are affected, like sleep, know. They are tuned in and connected. moods, growing pains of all kinds, and cer- Often, as parents, we struggle to keep up tainly awareness of sexuality. with them. It remains our responsibility I remember back to my own preteen however, to keep aware of their circum- Susan Weiss-Voskidis, and teen years and can recall how ex- stances and try to remain current. 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Ellington Magnet School of Science, Technology and the Arts - A STEAM Magnet School 166-01 116 Ave, Jamaica 11434 • 718-657-4760 • theedwardkellingtonschool.org OPEN HOUSE Monday, October 15, 2018 from 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM PS 349 The Magnet School of Leadership and Innovation Through STEAM, PS 349 88-08 164th Street, Jamaica 11432 • 718-558-6220 • ps349.info OPEN HOUSE Friday, October 19, 2018 from 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM MS 358 Magnet Schools Assistance Program The Magnet School of STEAM Exploration and Experiential Learning www.D28magnet.com 88-08 164th Street, Jamaica 11432 • 718-558-6240 • ms358.org [email protected] OPEN HOUSE 718-759-4977 Thursday, October 25, 2018 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM October 2018 • QUEENS FAMILY 5 Short Stuff Helping teens with political internships In anticipation of the midterm elections in November, a 10th-grade student at Man- hattan’s Dalton School started an organiza- tion that makes political internships more accessible to the city’s teens. James Kuntz founded