Some students go sledding on a snow day. Others catch up on sleep. But for 17-year-old Ben Hawriluk, a recent snow day was a day of celebration, when the South Side High School senior found out he …
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Tom Steinert
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1/19/11
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Calhoun High School senior Jenny Wu is on quite the roll. In the fall, she was named a semifinalist in the prestigious Siemens Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition. Then, in December, she learned that she had been accepted to her “dream school” –– Yale University. This past week, she received word that she was named a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/17/11
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Kennedy High School senior Josh Cohen spent the summer of 2010 peering into a high-powered microscope at SUNY Stony Brook to study aerosols –– solids and liquids suspended inside gas molecules that were so small they were imperceptible to the human eye.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/17/11
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The West Hempstead Rotary Club honored two Students of the Month at its Dec. 16 meeting in recognition of their inspirational service-above-self attitude and scholastic achievements. The students, …
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12/22/10
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Where else can you look through a large telescope, pet a horseshoe crab, perform math mindbenders and make your own volcano? These were just some of the activities that children and families engaged …
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11/24/10
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Calhoun High School senior Jenny Wu understands pain. As a volunteer in the emergency room at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, the 17-year-old has seen the agony of injury and disease –– and, she said, she wants to help.
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Scott Brinton
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11/9/10
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One of Rockville Centre’s own earned a spot as a regional semifinalist in the celebrated 2010 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.
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11/3/10
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Kids in West Hempstead, their parents and their teachers went all out for Halloween this year, dressing in costumes and staying in character on Friday at the Cornwell Avenue Elementary School or …
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11/3/10
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Gather up your little goblins, conjure up some creative costumes and prepare some scary, scrumptious sweets for a great ghostly gathering. Involve everyone in fun-to-make (and to eat) Halloween recipes that are
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Karen Bloom
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10/28/10
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Malverne High School recently hosted its Second Annual Science Expo, which included informational activities that offered students the opportunity to get excited about science and explore various …
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10/13/10
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