Just a few weeks after being named a semifinalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search for his work studying the effects of an avian virus on cancer cells, Elmont Memorial High School senior …
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/4/21
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After nearly two years of petitioning the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education for days off from school on Eid holidays that fall during the school year, Muslim parents’ …
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By Melissa Koenig
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2/4/21
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Elmont Memorial High School was closed on Tuesday, and the Covert Avenue School in Elmont will remain closed through Jan. 25, as the number of coronavirus cases continue to rise.
Instruction would …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/19/21
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All schools in the Franklin Square school district, as well as the Gotham Avenue School in the Elmont Union Free School District, will remain closed until Jan. 19, as the number of coronavirus cases …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/13/21
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Science research teacher Michelle Flannery tried to dissuade Christopher Alexander from studying potential cancer treatments since he was a freshman at Elmont Memorial High School, but Alexander kept …
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By Melissa Koenig
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1/12/21
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Elmont Memorial High School will be closed on Dec. 16 and 17, after a staff member tested positive for Covid-19, Sewanhaka Superintendent James Grossane announced on Dec. 15.
All students and …
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By Melissa Koenig
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12/15/20
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One by one, Muslim parents and students took to the lectern of the Sewanhaka Central High School District board room last year to describe how difficult it was for them to celebrate the Eid holidays …
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By Melissa Koenig
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12/15/20
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The Alden Terrace School in Elmont, as well as H. Frank Carey and Sewanhaka high schools will remain closed through Friday due to new coronavirus cases.
In a letter to parents on Dec. 9, Elmont …
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By Melissa Koenig
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12/10/20
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Sewanhaka High School remained closed through Tuesday, after a student tested positive for the coronavirus, and several classes at Elmont elementary schools had to quarantine last week.
The …
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By Melissa Koenig
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12/1/20
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education approved a resolution on Nov. 24 to hire Farmingdale-based Guercio and Guercio as special counsel “to defend the district’s …
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By Melissa Koenig
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12/1/20
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