Keyword: students
120 results total, viewing 91 - 100
Sacred Heart students Mia Campbell, far left, Sarah Tanchuck, Nicole Cody, Samantha Levano, Cassidy Pinder and Olayemi Akingboye, who gathered at the Not On Our Turf summit at St. Mary Louis Academy in Queens last November, will hold a candlelight vigil for female victims of human trafficking later this month. Kayla Walczyk was not pictured.
Lighting the way for women’s empowerment
With Women’s History Month coming to a close, seven young women at Sacred Heart Academy, an all-girls’ high school in Hempstead, were looking to write their own chapter as they prepared … more
|
Our schoolchildren are seeing tests in their sleep
Almost every one of us has had the experience of watching a child, a grandchild or the children of friends suffer through the anxiety of continuous tests at every level of the educational ladder. more
Rich school, poor school
On Dec. 3, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released results of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment, a set of three tests — in literacy, science and math — which is given every three years to 15-year-olds in 65 nations. more
Poverty — the story of us all
The year was 1994. Nassau County was supposed to have built a park with a soccer field, a basketball court and picnic tables at the Five Towns Community Center in the mid-1970s, but for two decades, plans for the project languished. more
Advice for new college students from not-so-new college students
Long Island’s high schools have finished honoring the members of the class of 2013, and many of those newly minted graduates are now looking toward college in the fall. more
A tale of two schools, 3,000 miles apart
By my rough calculations, our children spend some 17,640 hours in school, kindergarten through high school. more
inBloom: corporatizing America's schools
The dichotomy between inBloom’s website, featuring photos of smiling elementary-age children seated beside young teachers, tablets in hand, and its seven-page Privacy and Security Policy, full of legalese, could not be more stark. more
Students from Dutch Broadway School in the Elmont School District are honored by the Elmont Board of Education at the March 12 meeting for reaching proficiency on the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test.
Elmont Board honors ESL students
The Elmont Board of Education recognized 67 students throughout the district for their passing of the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test. The annual exam, which was given … more
|
Elmont Memorial’s Students of the Month
Recognizing student contributions and success is important at Elmont Memorial High School. Principal John Capozzi invited all of the October Students of the Month to his office to recognize their … more
Support our schools — get involved in their budgeting
Semifinalists in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search were announced recently, and, as usual, Long Island came up big in the contest. more
« Prev | 1 … 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 Next »
Currently viewing stories posted within the past year.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.
© 2024, Richner Communications · 2 Endo Blvd · Garden City, NY · (516) 569-4000
Powered by Creative Circle Media Solutions