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Advice for new college students from not-so-new college students

Long Island’s high schools have finished honoring the members of the class of 2013, and many of those newly minted graduates are now looking toward college in the fall. more

6/26/13

A tale of two schools, 3,000 miles apart

By my rough calculations, our children spend some 17,640 hours in school, kindergarten through high school. more

6/6/13

Number Five School fourth-graders were led on a tour of Lawrence Middle School by guidance counselor Michael Divino, who explained how students can best use their lockers.

Easing the fear, raising their confidence

Gara Rosenberg empathizes with what her fourth grade Number Five School students are now going through. Rosenberg also went from a Lawrence district elementary school to the middle school. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/23/13

inBloom: corporatizing America's schools

The dichotomy between inBloom’s website, featuring photos of smiling elementary-age children seated beside young teachers, tablets in hand, and its seven-page Privacy and Security Policy, full of legalese, could not be more stark. more

5/16/13

Support our schools — get involved in their budgeting

Semifinalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search were announced recently, and, as usual, Long Island came up big in the contest. more

1/24/13

Hewlett High School’s sophomore student council sold bracelets imprinted with the words Hewlett Helps and raised more than $1,000 for Hurricane Sandy relief. From left were student council members Amanda Goffner, Renee Kaplowitz, Valerie Elefante and Margaret Feldman.

Being part of the relief effort

Despite their youth, members of the Hewlett High School sophomore student council remembered the devastation that Hurricane Katrina wrought and seeing the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in their local community, they wanted to be part of the relief effort. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/9/13

Hewlett Elementary School students visited St. Mary's Hospital in Bayside, Queens.

Hewlett Elementary School students visit St. Mary’s Hospital

The Hewlett Elementary School student council made its annual pilgrimage to St. Mary’s Hospital for Children in Bayside Queens last month. The students brought toys for the holidays and money raised through a school bake sale. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/4/13

In wake of storm, schools need relief

Among the many temporary casualties of Hurricane Sandy was Long Island’s educational system, with most schools shutting down for a week or longer. more

11/23/12

Gary Weidner, a media relations specialist with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, flew in from Nevada to assist in the recovery. Above, he was standing in front of FEMA’s mobile Disaster Recovery Center at Nassau Community College’s Student Union.

FEMA sets up shop at Nassau Community College

Weary homeowners battered by Hurricane Sandy began to trickle into the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s mobile Disaster Recovery Center at Nassau Community College’s Student Union, a red-brick building on the west side of the campus, when it opened last Friday. The center was set up to help homeowners who suffered losses in the massive storm to file for grants that will enable them to rebuild. more

By Scott Brinton | 11/5/12

Hofstra: a world-class neighbor

Nassau County residents should feel proud that Hofstra University was selected by the Commission on Presidential Debates, for the second consecutive national election, to host last week’s Obama-Romney faceoff. more

10/24/12

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