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The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education held its first 2012-13 budget workshop in February, unveiling three spending scenarios and stressing that the budget would likely exceed the 2 percent tax levy cap in order to avoid more than $3 million in cuts. Since that time, the board was notified that it would receive an unanticipated, additional $1 million in state and special education aid from prior school years, bringing the projected the tax levy increase for 2012-13 down, from 4.64 percent to roughly 4 percent.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/20/12
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H. Frank Carey High School was crowned the winner of Sewanhaka Central High School District’s annual District Sports Night on Feb. 29, held at Carey. Students in grades 7-12 from Carey, as well as Elmont Memorial, Sewanhaka, Floral Park Memorial and New Hyde Park Memorial high schools competed in various games, including Tug-of-War and relay races.
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By Jackie Nash
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3/7/12
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Twelve local bowlers are set to compete at the state bowling competition in Elmira, scheduled for March 4, following the Nassau County High School Singles Tournament, hosted by Garden City Bowl on Feb. 11.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/23/12
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Paul Sapienza took over Sapienza Bake Shop, on Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont, from his parents, Andrew and Angelina Sapienza, in May 1973. He’d just finished an undergraduate program in accounting, and decided he wanted to give retail management a try. It was lucky for him, because had he not been behind the store’s counter on one fateful day in 1975, he might have missed re-connecting with the love of his life, Roseanne, his wife of 37 years.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/14/12
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The Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education held its first 2012-13 budget workshop on Feb. 7, unveiling three spending scenarios and stressing that the budget will likely exceed the state-mandated 2 percent tax cap increase in order to avoid more than $3 million in cuts.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/14/12
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Elmont resident Tommy Genova Jr. bowled a 280 in the third game of a 692 series, on Jan. 4, leading the Sewanhaka Central High School District to a 3-0 win over Oyster Bay in the Nassau Conference II bowling tournament.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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1/18/12
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Covert Avenue School students were treated on Dec. 6 to a holiday production of “Naughty and Nice,” a play written and directed by Sewanhaka High School Student Council representatives Katrina Simon, Rory O’Reilly, Jayralin Herrera and Christopher Rothwell.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/17/11
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Dr. Linda Opyr, 58, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction at the Sewanhaka Central High School District, recently announced that she will be retiring from the district, effective Jan. 3, 2012.
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By Jackie Nash, jnash@liherald.com
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12/17/11
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Local high school marching bands performed at the 2011 Newsday Marching Band Festival, a three-day event held at Hofstra University in October.
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By Jackie Nash
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11/22/11
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Sewanhaka High School art students recently began receiving higher-tech lessons, thanks to a recent technology grant awarded to the school — one of only 10 in the nation to receive the award.
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By Jackie Nash
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11/4/11
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