By a count of 1,841 votes to 936, residents approved the Long Beach School District’s $122.1 million 2012-2013 budget on Tuesday. In the contest for Board of Education trustee, newcomer Stewart … more

Kindergartners at Hewitt Elementary School recently participated in an event they will surely never forget. more

South Side High School is one of only a small number of open-enrollment public schools to be ranked among the top 25 high schools in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report, which released its 2012 rankings on May 8. more

Students at St. Agnes Cathedral School recently participated in the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Math-a-Thon program and raised close to $2,000 to help kids battling cancer and other deadly diseases. more

From East Rockaway to West Hempstead voters went to the polls and with few exceptions they agreed to tax themselves just a bit more to keep the cash flowing to their schools for another year. How did … more

The Oceanside Board of Education approved a five-year agreement with the Association of Administrators, Supervisors and Department Chairpersons on May 8 that will reduce members’ pay … more

Island Park Lincoln Orens Middle School students showcased their musical talents for parents, friends and relatives at the school’s annual Spring Concert held on May 9 in the school auditorium. … more

A study on school district segregation recently released by the Long Island Index concluded that the rate of segregation is double the national average on Long Island and nearly triple the national … more

It was a day of celebration and humanity at Mepham High School in Bellmore last Friday as a student-organized “Night of Action” function was held in the school’s gymnasium to raise money to provide an education for underprivileged Ugandan children. more

Six Kennedy High School seniors recently competed in the prestigious Long Island Science & Engineering Fair, hoping to win one of 20 slots in the International Science & Engineering Fair, which began last Sunday in Pittsburgh. LISEF was held in two stages –– at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury in February, and at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale in March. All six Kennedy students, who were participants in the school’s three-year Authentic Science Research Program, were finalists in the competition. One of them, 18-year-old Brett Gossett of Bellmore, prevailed, winning a place at ISEF for a behavioral science project that he completed at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Hospital last summer. more