The Central High School District hosted its 59th annual District Music Festival on March 11, the proceeds of which went toward funding scholarships for several exceptional music students. more

This week the high school district adopted a $111 million budget proposal, District 30 revised its proposed tax levy, and District 24 hosted a community forum to discuss the possibility of piercing the tax cap. more

Members of North High School’s National Honor Society and English as a New Language Buddy Program collaborated to assemble more than 1,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for distribution at the Interfaith Nutrition Network in Hempstead. more

The Valley Stream Central High School District offers free transportation to nonpublic schools that meet certain requirements. more

The Central High School District’s 2015 graduation rate was 95 percent, nearly 20 percentage points higher than the statewide rate, according to the New York State Education Department. “Our … more

The drug addicts’ brain scans that Dr. Stephen Dewey takes appear in psychedelic shades of red, yellow, green and blue, each indicating a level of brain activity — or inactivity. Red means excited. Blue is dormant. Dewey is the laboratory director for behavioral and molecular neuro-imaging at the North Shore-LIJ Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. In that capacity, he’s put hundreds of addicts’ brains to the test — the positron emission tomography test, that is — seeking to understand precisely what happens to the mind when a pot smoker lights up or a heroin junkie shoots up. And, he has found, it isn’t pretty. more

The Valley Stream Central High School District will hold its annual Residency Advisory Committee meeting on Monday, Nov. 23 at 8:30 a.m. in the District Office Board Room, at 1 Kent Road. more

The District 13, District 30 and Valley Stream Central High School District Boards of Education welcomed their newest members this month. District 13 welcomed its new Superintendent, Constance … more

Jake Thomas and Alex Vargas, both 21, played baseball together in 2011 at Calhoun High School under legendary coach Joe Corea. In 2010, Thomas led the Colts squad that captured the Nassau County Class AA title. In 2012, Vargas played a critical role in the Colts’ victory at the Long Island Class AA championship. Major League teams recently drafted them both. more

Students in the Valley Stream Central High School District’s culinary arts program showed of their skills at the school’s annual culinary classic event on May 21. Peter Aguello, teacher and … more