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With last Wednesday marking the petition deadline for candidates running for Boards of Education seats in New York State, local school board elections are now in full swing.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/25/12
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An exhibit entitled “Vertical” will be on display at the Elmont Memorial Library — in the library gallery — through April 27. The display includes work created by 24 students, grades 8-12, from the Sewanhaka Central High School District.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/17/12
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The Sewanhaka High School Parent-Teacher-Student Association held a “Supermarket Fun Night,” including bingo, raffles and prizes, on March 23, at the Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/10/12
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education voted unanimously on March 27 to approve the district’s 2012-13 of $167.03 million — a 2.94 percent increase over its current budget, $163.97 million.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/10/12
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Sewanhaka High School’s theater students performed “Les Miserables” — a story centered on France’s 1832 June Rebellion — March 30-31.
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By Jackie Nash
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4/10/12
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The Oxford Dictionary defines bullying as “the use of a superior strength or influence to intimidate someone.” When thinking of a bully, automatically one paints a picture of a hefty boy with spiky hair, holding a smaller kid against a locker. On television, the cafeteria in a high school rings while a bully is heard saying, “Give me your lunch money,” or, “Buy me lunch!”
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By Ummul Baneen Mohamedali
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3/28/12
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education held its first 2012-13 budget workshop in February, unveiling three spending scenarios and stressing that the budget would likely exceed the 2 percent tax levy cap in order to avoid more than $3 million in cuts. Since that time, the board was notified that it would receive an unanticipated, additional $1 million in state and special education aid from prior school years, bringing the projected the tax levy increase for 2012-13 down, from 4.64 percent to roughly 4 percent.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/20/12
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H. Frank Carey High School was crowned the winner of Sewanhaka Central High School District’s annual District Sports Night on Feb. 29, held at Carey. Students in grades 7-12 from Carey, as well as Elmont Memorial, Sewanhaka, Floral Park Memorial and New Hyde Park Memorial high schools competed in various games, including Tug-of-War and relay races.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/7/12
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Twelve local bowlers are set to compete at the state bowling competition in Elmira, scheduled for March 4, following the Nassau County High School Singles Tournament, hosted by Garden City Bowl on Feb. 11.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/23/12
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Paul Sapienza took over Sapienza Bake Shop, on Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont, from his parents, Andrew and Angelina Sapienza, in May 1973. He’d just finished an undergraduate program in accounting, and decided he wanted to give retail management a try. It was lucky for him, because had he not been behind the store’s counter on one fateful day in 1975, he might have missed re-connecting with the love of his life, Roseanne, his wife of 37 years.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/14/12
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