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East Rockaway superintendent James DeTommaso joined campers for a bubble party.

Between long warm days, no school, and more freedom than ever, there’s no season a kid loves more than summer — that is, if they have something to do. Lynbrook and East … more

By Nicole Formisano | 8/20/23

Must a girl in STEM be a ‘girl in STEM’?

Every weekday at 10:06 a.m., I walk into my high school engineering class and take a seat among my peers. I spend the period learning the same material as my classmates . . . more

By Ilana Greenberg | 5/19/22

Billy Joel led a “master class” for students on Monday at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post. Joel pledged a $1 million donation to LIHSA recently and is working with the school to help increase enrollment through publicity.

Billy Joel meets students to raise LIHSA awareness

He’s not just about his $1 million donation to help prevent the Long Island High School for the Arts from closing. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 2/9/16

Rock icon Billy Joel announced a $1 million contribution to the Long Island High School for the Arts last week, with the condition that Nassau BOCES keep the school open for another three years.

Billy Joel pledges help for L.I.H.S. for the Arts

Nassau BOCES announced at its meeting last week that rock icon Billy Joel would pledge $1 million from The Joel Foundation to help save the Long Island High School for the Arts in Syosset, which has been threatened with closure over the past year due to dwindling enrollment. more

By Rossana Weitekamp | 1/27/16

Long Island’s representative on the New York State Board of Regents Roger Tilles visited Lawrence Middle School on Sept. 19. At left were school district Board of Education Trustee Dr. Asher Mansdorf, Tilles and Superintendent Gary Schall.

Talking education with Roger Tilles

Born in Great Neck and educated in that district’s public schools, Roger Tilles has an indelible memory of the last time he was in a school building in the Lawrence School District which he visited on Sept. 19. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/24/14

Lynbrook middle school students learned the elements of game design at the STEM Academy this summer

What's new in Lynbrook schools?

Lynbrook School District students will see a few new programs this year — as well as one new course that started this summer, and was so popular that it had to expand its enrollment. The STEM … more

By Brendan Murray | 9/3/14

What's your make-it-or-break-it election issue?

Undecided women voters, especially on Long Island, came into sharp focus during the Hofstra presidential debate. more

10/24/12

Renee Klein, seated center at last year’s dinner, set up the charity fund in 2007 in her husband Bernard’s name to continue helping the charities to which he donated during his lifetime. She is pictured here with family members Tony Agresti, Arthur Klein, Taylor Klein, Sue Klein and Ronni Rivosecchi.

Twilight benefit dinner is dawning

A bridal basket filled with a bottle of champagne, flute glasses, a pearl necklace with matching earrings, and a $100 gift certificate from a Lynbrook bridal shop are just some of the items among 150 gifts to be offered at the Bernard Klein Charity Fund Twilight Dinner on September 18. more

By Carolyn Rushefsky | 8/31/11

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