Students at Oceanside High School Castleton have a new graduation requirement, but they're not complaining. In fact, they're already embracing the idea introduced by fellow classmate Chantaya … more

Oceanside High School is one of ten schools in the tri-state area to have a winning team in this year's Chase Multimedia in the Classroom competition. The competition, part of Thirteen's Celebration … more

Lauren Schlitt, a senior at Oceanside High School, was born profoundly deaf. Her parents were told she would never be able to hear, or have a normal life. But Lauren has defied those odds; with the … more

Dozens of Oceanside residents, many of them parents with their teenagers, gathered at Oceanside High School Jan. 19 for an informational forum geared at educating the … more

East Rockaway High School senior Danny Quadrino, 18, is living his dream as an actor on Broadway. He has made his debut on the Big White Way in the revival of the musical "Bye Bye Birdie." He just filled in for the starring role of "Hugo" in this week's matinee performance. more

Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District athletic director, recently resigned his post as coordinator of the Nassau County Boys' Basketball Committee because, he said, the Section VIII Athletic Council rejected a proposal of his to fine-tune the seeding process that ultimately determines teams' playing schedules. In 2006, Lerner was the architect of an ability-grouping system that determined a team's conference by its record. Previously, teams were assigned to conferences without much regard to their records. Rather, officials used what they called the "snake," in which teams were seeded and then laid out on a grid that wound back and forth in serpentine fashion. more

I’d like to devote my 750 words this week to shamelessly promoting two books by a former colleague and good friend, Michael Otterman. They are “American Torture” (Melbourne University Publishing, 2007) and “Erasing Iraq: The Human Cost of Carnage,” to be published in 2010. more

Oceanside High School will hold its 4th Circle of Pride dinner to recognize its greatest alumni athletes and coaches on Oct. 29, 6:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Oceanside. Tickets are $75 (none will sold at the door). For tickets call Richard Woods at (516) 678-7526. more

Thursday marks the official start of the Nassau County high school season, and it’s only the beginning of weekday action. more