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Yisroel Isaacson, 11, left, and his brother, Nesanel, 6, signed up for Peninsula Public Library’s Summer Reading Program at a kickoff party on June 22.

Peninsula library in Lawrence kicks off reading program to avert 'summer slide'

Hosting a party with crafts, games and snacks to mark the kickoff of Peninsula Public Library’s Summer Reading Program had its serious side. more

By Lisa Margaria | 6/30/22

Must a girl in STEM be a ‘girl in STEM’?

Every weekday at 10:06 a.m., I walk into my high school engineering class and take a seat among my peers. I spend the period learning the same material as my classmates . . . more

By Ilana Greenberg | 5/19/22

The RoboBoogie robotics team. From April 19 to 23 they will compete in the FTC FIRST World Robotics competition in Houston. From left were students Abdullah Ashrafi, Yaseen Maqsudi, Alessandro Bordone, Ethan Abelev, Jeremy Ginzburg, Sheiresse Cuyuca, Brian Chen, Alexandre Tourneux, Lily Cohen, Alice Fried and Addison Star, robotics coach Janine Torresson and Sidrah Ashrafi.

Hewlett High robotics team aims to be world champion

On Fridays, when the last bell sounds at 2:56 p.m., most Hewlett High School students celebrate the end of the school week. Members of the school’s Robotics Club, however,‌ know that their day is far from over. more

By Steven Keehner | 4/7/22

HAFTR Middle School’s robotics teams dominated the competition at the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education Robotics Tournament in December. From left were students Jack Ymar, Akiva Cunningham, Zachary Straus, Aiden Dworetsjy and Joe Walls.

HAFTR robotics builds life skills and self-esteem

rom a Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School senior who wants to major in engineering in college to a HAFTR Middle School seventh-grader who built his own computer, the robotics program at both levels attracts students who are curious and motivated. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/10/22

Pauline Badamo, right, and her daughter Kealani Hopkins unscrewed the back of the robot brain to insert batteries at the Franklin Square Public Library last year.

Franklin Square woman to teach STEM camp at Hofstra University

Pauline Badamo had been planning on teaching more engineering and robotics classes last year after the success of her program at the Franklin Square Public Library on March 2, 2020, but when Gov. … more

By Melissa Koenig | 3/23/21

Girl Scout Troop No. 856, a group of mostly eighth graders from South Side Middle School, assembled STEM kits for children to pick up at the Rockville Centre Public Library.

Rockville Centre Girl Scouts share STEM knowledge

Rockville Centre Girl Scout Troop No. 856 met for the first time since quarantine at the Village Green to complete their “Take Action” project, which they’d began in early 2020. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 9/28/20

Elana Pocress, 17, of Oceanside, taught lessons in STEM to a group of Girl Scouts at the Cradle of Aviation museum in Garden City.

Oceanside Girl Scout earns Gold Award teaching girls to code

To earn her Girl Scout Gold Award, Elana Pocress, 17, taught young girls to code at the Oceanside and Freeport libraries in 2019. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 6/26/20

Emily Ng, in Jeanmarie Derby’s second-grade class at the John Street School, created a leprechaun trap out of supplies she found in her house.

Franklin Square students learn at a distance

Second-graders in Jeanmarie Derby’s class at the John Street School were excited to build leprechaun traps on March 13, after reading the book “How to Catch a Leprechaun” by Adam … more

By Melissa Koenig | 3/23/20

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