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Number Five School students, families and staff collectively read for more than one million minutes. A celebration on March 18 included cheerleaders and raffle prizes.

Students, families and staff at the Lawrence School District’s Number Five School in Cedarhurst read books for more than one million minutes—1,029,492, to be exact — from Oct. 31 to Dec. 9 as part of the Million Minute Reading Challenge. more

By Vanessa Parker | 3/25/15

Number Five School third-graders in Kathleen McDonough’s class collected their leftover Halloween candy and donated it to be sent overseas to U.S. soldiers as part of Operation Gratitude.

Number Five School students know charity

From candy to toys, the Number Five School faculty and students are doing their part to help ensure that families in need have a happy Thanksgiving and a merry holiday season, and U.S. soldiers abroad fill their sweet tooth. more

11/26/14

Number Five School students are taking part in the Million Minute Reading Challenge. Reading specialist Victoria Loweree, far left, and teacher Christine Gibbons with first- and second-graders.

Everyone is reading at the Number Five School

One of the old fashioned “Three Rs” of “reading, ’riting and ‘rithmetic is being promoted through the “Million Minute Reading Challenge” where students in the Number Five School, along with their families and school staff, are seeking to log a cumulative total of one million minutes of reading by Dec. 9, when the school holds its annual Family Literacy Night. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/19/14

The Lawrence School District held a public meeting on Oct. 29 to hear residents’ comments about the restructuring plan. From left were Deputy Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen, Superintendent Gary Schall and Board of Education Trustee Michael Hatten.

Pushback on Lawrence restructuring

After publicly unveiling a restructuring plan that will be implemented next September, Lawrence School District officials found themselves responding to parents’ questions and trying to find an entity to lease the Number Five School. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/5/14

The Lawrence School District held a town hall-style meeting on Monday, at which parents vented their frustration over the loss of busing for their children. Above, Nyia Garry, right, addressed Superintendent Gary Schall.

Loss of bus service angers parents

Lawrence School District officials sent a letter last month to the parents of 220 public- and private-school children who an internal audit revealed were receiving transportation services to which they were not entitled, based on district policy. more

By Jeff Bessen | 8/20/14

Teamwork was the name of the game as Eugene Corless and Bobby Busso 9, made cheese sandwiches that were donated to the INN soup kitchen.

Cub Scouts feed their core principle [Photo gallery]

Cedarhurst-based Cub Scout Pack 20 took part in one of their annual volunteer efforts, making sandwiches for the INN soup kitchen in Hempstead in the Number Five School cafeteria on May 27. more

6/11/14

Second-graders at the Number Five School made dragons and paraded them around the building in celebration of Chinese New Year. From left in the back were student teacher April Acampora, second grade teacher Linda Soule and art teacher Dan Smalley. From left in front were students Anna Maria Perdomo, Jackie Portillo, Jaheim Nelson, Sean Varon, Johana Lopez, Stephene Blanchard and Jose Sequeira.

Number Five School celebrates Chinese New Year [Photo gallery]

Art teacher Dan Smalley, teacher Linda Soule and student teacher April Acampora worked with second-grader students at the Number Five School in Cedarhurst to create dragons that the students paraded around the building in recognition of the Chinese New Year on Feb. 14. more

2/19/14

In Shirley Warren’s second grade class students wrote paragraphs after reading about Rev. Martin Luther King. From left were Ryan Vairo, Makyla Samule, and Warren.

Number Five School remembers Rev. Martin Luther King [Photo gallery]

Every class at the Number Five School took the time last week remembering the life of slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. more

1/23/14

Number Five School teachers and staff brought to life the Debra Fraiser book “Miss Alaineous: A Vocabulary Disaster” during a literacy assembly.

Teaching language is power

As students at the Number Five School entered the building on Dec. 4, teachers and staff were dressed up as various vocabulary words such as electricity, veterinarian and subtraction to kick off Literacy Night, which was held the following evening. more

By Ann Friedman | 12/18/13

Number Five School students took part in an assembly that included performances, videos and photos to emphasize the core values they are learning.

Reaching for the S.T.A.R.S.

About an hour before the school day ended on the day before Thanksgiving, students at the Number Five School in Cedarhurst, some wearing turkey hats, paraded into the auditorium to learn about S.T.A.R.S. more

By Ann Friedman | 12/4/13

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