Imagine students who can not only grasp the concepts of STEM courses through the diligent application of the scientific method, but also generate original and thought-provoking work in the humanities.
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By Daniel Rehman
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8/31/23
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Watson Elementary fifth-graders celebrate the addition of a new vending machine that dispenses books. It's part of a new incentive-based program that encourages reading and acts of kindness in students.
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By Daniel Offner
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3/19/23
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In honor of National Reading Day on March 2, I reread Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible.”
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3/9/23
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As I watch the final days of the election campaign, I keep thinking about the words of writer-philosopher George Santayana, who said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
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10/29/20
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Micah Dank, a Rockville Centre native and Baldwin resident, explores astrology and hidden codes in his debut novel “Beneath the Veil,” the first in a series entitled “Into the Rabbit Hole.”
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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7/28/20
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Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, of Rockville Centre, has been hosting digital story times with local libraries within Assembly District 21 since early this month.
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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4/16/20
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The Kumon Method was founded in Japan in 1954. Toru Kumon, a high school math teacher, was trying to help his own child. Convinced that his second-grade son could be taught the necessary skills to understand advanced mathematics, he created . . .
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By Teri Ann Loeser
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1/10/20
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I’m offering a ticket to ride. This summer, if you can’t actually get away, if you can’t relocate your body to a distant shore, then at least think about relocating your mind. Reading, we know, is our escape from reality . . .
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6/14/19
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About a dozen children joined three dogs at the Rockville Centre Public Library last week as part of a program designed to allow youngsters to read to their new canine friends, who calmly listened by their side.
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By Ben Strack
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8/17/17
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Of course, we have to have a summer to take up the subject of summer reading. Which reminds me of a great book about Krakatoa, the island that was blown to oblivion in 1883 . . .
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6/29/17
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