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Darren Foster, a former Island Park resident and Lincoln Orens Middle School graduate, returned to the school on Nov. 21 to give students a preview of his new film “Science Fair.”
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By Briana Bonfiglio
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12/13/18
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Plastic bags are about the most insidious of all plastics that humans have created over the past century or so. They easily escape from garbage trucks, and people carelessly toss them . . .
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5/31/18
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West Hempstead Middle School sixth-grader, Mouhammad Seck, has been named a National Geographic Bee semifinalist and will compete in the New York State Geographic Bee 2017 in Albany on March 31.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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3/7/17
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East Meadow’s middle schools recently crowned champions in various academic competitions. Both Woodland and W.T. Clarke middle schools hosted spelling bees and the National Geographic Bee …
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By Julie Mansmann
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2/11/16
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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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On Jan. 6, all South Side Middle School students participated in the National Geographic Geography Bee in their social studies classes. During the competition, students answered challenging questions …
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1/22/14
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In an apocalyptic vision portending worldwide coastal flooding presented by National Geographic in its September issue, Long Island disappears under the Atlantic Ocean.
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9/19/13
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The achievements for Oceanside High School’s Blake Smith just keep mounting.
Not only is he the salutatorian for the class of 2012, but his research project into a possible cure for cancer — …
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By Alex Costello
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6/6/12
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“You don’t want to just give the animal to just anybody,” Long Beach resident and Rescue Ink co-founder John Orlandini, better known as “Johhny O,” said as he cared for an American …
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Anthony Rifilato
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2/24/12
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John Lanka, an eighth-grader at Merrick Avenue Middle School, recently won the school-level competition of the 23rd annual National Geographic Society Geography Bee, held on Jan. 6 at the middle school. Lanka outlasted 45 other participants in the event. Thousands of schools around the United States and in five U.S. territories are involved in the contest.
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1/24/11
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