More than half of the students eligible for the state English Language Arts assessments in both Lynbrook and East Rockaway “opted out” of the exams last week, and many other parents throughout …
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By Brendan Murray and Mary Malloy
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4/22/15
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After weeks of planning for the 2015-2016 school year with no knowledge of state aid figures, administrators in the Lynbrook and East …
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By Brendan Murray and Mary Malloy
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4/15/15
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Like the spring, the East Rockaway baseball team has had a difficult time getting started in 2015. With last Friday’s 11-2 loss to two-time defending county champion Wheatley, the Rocks fell to 1-4 on the season.
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By Andrew McClure
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4/15/15
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After weeks of planning for the 2015-2016 school year with no knowledge of state aid figures, administrators in the Lynbrook and East Rockaway school district learned their increase in funding from …
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By Brendan Murray and Mary Malloy
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4/15/15
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East Rockaway residents — mostly parents of school-aged children — are calling for a crossing guard to be stationed at what they say is a very dangerous intersection, not far from East Rockaway …
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By Brendan Murray
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3/18/15
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Pat Fisher had been moderating the Social Studies Club at the Davison Avenue School for several years when she received information about the National Geographic Bee, a geography contest for middle school students. “We started participating in it shortly after I received their materials about the contest,” said Fisher. “We have a small club – 10-12 students – and the winner of our club takes the exam to see if they qualify for the state. But we’ve never had anyone qualify,” she said.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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3/18/15
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A Lynbrook High School lacrosse player has committed to play college lacrosse at Syracuse University, becoming the second in her family to represent the Owls in Division I lacrosse competition.
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By Brendan Murray
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3/18/15
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A program that has enjoyed a decades-long run of success at Peninsula Counseling Center in Valley Stream has a had new life breathed into it after the center received thousands of dollars in grant …
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By Brendan Murray
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2/4/15
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The East Rockaway School District will be embarking on an effort to plan for the future of their schools in the coming months, as officials announced recently that the school will be completing a …
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By Brendan Murray
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1/28/15
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The Lynbrook School District has cancelled all afternoon activities for Monday, Jan. 26 and has announced that all schools will be closed on Tuesday due to Winter Storm Juno.
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By Brendan Murray
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1/26/15
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