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By Anthony O’Reilly aoreilly@liherald.com For the second year in a row, a Baldwin elementary school has been named a National School of Character. This time, the honor went to Meadow … more
Members of the Rockville Centre Strikers soccer team, with help from the community, have collected more than 12,000 band-aids, which they will donate to the pediatric cancer center at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in Manhattan. more
Lee Road Elementary School, in North Wantagh, celebrated the 10th year of its Get-A-Voice Character Education initiative on Oct. 24. The school — which is part of the Levittown School District … more
Lee Road Elementary School students’ summer vacation got off to a soapy start.  Students at the school, which serves parts of Wantagh, Seaford and Levittown, participated in an … more
Jonas Salk Middle School Principal John Zampaglione recalled that when the district launched the RISE character education program in 2006, administrators suggested that teachers incorporate the concepts of respect, integrity, safety and staying healthy, and empathy into their lessons. More than a decade later, he said, those words are used daily in classrooms throughout the Levittown school, and plastered on bulletin boards around the building. more
Kindness is a way of life at Jonas Salk Middle School. That’s why the school was recently recognized as a National School of Character, one of 68 chosen in the entire country by Character.org. more
Students across the East Meadow School District recently received a social education through special character programs hosted by two schools. Parkway Elementary School students recently … more
Colorful books, crazy hats and shared excitement filled the Chatterton Elementary School cafeteria in Merrick on Jan. 12 when the school celebrated Book Swap Day. more
At an annual event featuring everything from student posters to teachers in costumes, Bellmore’s kindergarten, first- and second-grade students recently took part in the district’s … more
How does any parent raise a child to succeed in life? That is the most basic, yet profound — many might say confounding — question that any mother or father might ask. more
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