Hope Rodriguez embodies her first name. She and her younger brother, Abel John, have remained optimistic and hopeful even in the face of great adversity.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/20/12
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The Lawrence School District and the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB) brought new meaning to a public-private partnership, when the public school district opened its middle school to 200 first- and second-graders of the private school after Hurricane Sandy.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/19/12
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First grade students at Hewitt Elementary have been working hard to collect school supplies for students in East Rockaway.
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12/19/12
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Communities from all over have been reaching out to help Oceanside in the aftermath of the storm. Some have been far away, and others have been pretty close to home.
The Plainview-Old Bethpage …
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12/13/12
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Though Valley Stream’s school buildings fared well after Hurricane Sandy, that wasn’t the case everywhere on Long Island. Several schools in Oceanside, Island Park, East Rockaway, Long Beach and other coastal communities suffered significant damage.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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12/13/12
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“A hundred-year storm” was I phrase I heard politicians and meteorologists use to describe this mysterious Sandy. With the memory of Hurricane Irene still fresh in my mind, I figured that once again these warnings were an exaggeration, nothing more than a precaution.
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Amber Garrick
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12/12/12
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The effects of Hurricane Sandy continue to dominate the headlines, yet it’s an encouraging sign to see the shifting focus from the long road ahead to the current progress being made, particularly on the local level.
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Jenny Lu
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12/12/12
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East Rockaway High School suffered extensive damage and lost a lot of equipment in Hurricane Sandy, including in its weight room, where students worked out …
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By Brian Croce
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12/12/12
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Her job is to be organized. Daily lesson plans, exams throughout a marking period and knowing how her students are progressing were all part of Lawrence High School science teacher Alicia Dunn’s life for the past 30 years.
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By Jeff Bessen
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12/12/12
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Editor’s note: Morgan is an eighth-grader at Merrick Avenue Middle School in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.
As everyone knows, the East Coast was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29. People lost power. Many lost their homes. Some even lost their lives.
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By Morgan Connelly
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12/7/12
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