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• Main Course: LatAsian cuisine creates hunger for learning at Lane HS

  You want fusion? Forget those trendy downtown eateries. Just take the J Train to Elderts Lane and Jamaica Avenue and you’ll find a Mexican-Japanese-American chef whipping up incredible LatAsian dishes with kids in Queenslyn

• Happy Feat

  Vanessa Miller was one of six teachers from around the globe selected to spend two months in a research immersion program run by Antarctic Geological Drilling.

• The Music Man

  The McKinney High Marching Band is taking the streets by storm with 70 players in plumed hats doing amazing things with 70 shiny instruments and a lot of heart and soul — due in large part to the direction of Michael Walker.

• Seizing the day!

  PS 193 was once very plain — but now it’s enchanted. Nestled in the leafy avenues in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, the old building has a story to tell.

• Teaching the art of survival

  “We have them six hours, the world has them for 18 hours,” MLJ Johnson said. True for any teacher to say about their students, but the stakes are higher for Johnson’s kids, who are beyond at-risk.

• Most Valuable Coach

  Whether you’re a card-carrying non-jock or a fanatic who can name every World Cup winner since 1950, you’ll find yourself rooting for soccer coach Joyce Simonson, once the greatest non-soccer mom who ever drove to the Staten Island shopping mall.