During a contentious Rockville Centre Board of Education meeting last Thursday, residents were informed about the timeline of the search for a new superintendent headed up by School Leadership LLC representatives. The board adopted the specifications recommended by School Leadership based on community feedback from forums, focus groups and questionnaires.
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By Tom Carrozza
tcarrozza@liherald.com
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12/16/21
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I recently joined five Long Island high school students for a visit to the Joseph Lloyd Manor in Lloyd Harbor, the 18th-century site where many enslaved people of African descent lived.
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By Elaine Gross
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11/18/21
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John F. Kennedy High School’s newest club, aptly named Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, aims to make the school community more inclusive by promoting open dialogue on issues of race and social …
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By Andrew Garcia
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3/4/21
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A fitness trainer from Bellmore is advocating to make gyms more inclusive for people of all abilities. Matthew Alexander, 19, is using his personal experiences to help the New York Fitness Coalition …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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11/17/20
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Hundreds of audience members watched as students of all abilities, dressed in sparkling white and pink garb, danced to the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” during the opening number of the South Side High School’s 10th Centre Stage performance.
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By Ben Strack
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5/24/18
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Community groups are working with the village to speed up the process of building a playground next to Hickey Field that children of all abilities can access and enjoy.
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By Ben Strack
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5/17/18
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“I’ve been calling Centre Stage the heartbeat of South Side High School and the heartbeat of the Rockville Centre School District for 10 years,” said Dr. Noreen Leahy, the district’s assistant superintendent for pupil personnel services and special education.
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By Ben Strack
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5/10/18
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The words “Make a Friend” adorn a bench in the Lido Elementary school playground in colorful bubble letters. It’s called the “Buddy Bench.”
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By Bridget Downes
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3/2/17
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The Rockville Centre Basketball League is giving special-needs children a chance to enjoy the game of basketball through its inclusion program.
The “Hoops for All” program, which was started …
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By Brian Kacharaba
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1/18/17
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Brittany Maier is a gifted musician. She can play any requested song by memory, create her own compositions and identify which notes were struck on the keyboard just by listening to them.
Oh, she …
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By Brian Kacharaba
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12/14/16
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