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To get children to be more active, the Lawrence Primary School at the Number Two School is taking part in the second annual national Take Your Parent to PE Week from Sept. 24 to 28.
Take your parent to PE Week at the No. 2 School in Inwood
In an effort to promote physical activity and battle inactivity and the growing problem of childhood obesity, the Lawrence Primary School at the Number Two School is taking part in the second annual … more
Helicopter parenting isn’t so bad after all
Over a quarter-century ago, under President George H.W. Bush, the U.S. Department of Education published an untitled, 49-page booklet that offered advice to parents about how to help their children in school. more
Lawrence School District parents aired their complaints on pre-kindergarten registration on a Facebook page. Above, the Number Four School where pre-K classes are held.
Lawrence parents question pre-kindergarten registration
The first days of school typically have a helter-skelter feel and in the Lawrence School District a few parents took issue with pre-kindergarten registration and vented their concerns on the Inwood/Lawrence Facebook page. more
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A militarized school is not a safe school
The New York Times reported last week that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was weighing the use of federal grant money to arm teachers across the country. more
The board’s new president, Mitchell Greebel, and vice president, Melissa Gates, become acquainted with their new seats in the center of the table, next to Superintendent Ralph Marino Jr.
New faces, shuffled seats on the Hewlett-Woodmere board
A pair of new members to the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education took their seats following their swearing in, and two familiar faces found themselves in the center of the table at the board’s reorganization meeting on July 12. more
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Photo by Tyler Marko Longtime Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education Trustee Stephen Witt, left, 40-year school district employee Barbara McNiff and Trustee Dr. Jonathan Altus will step down from their positions officially on June 30.
Goodbye and hello at Hewlett-Woodmere
They’ll be fresh faces at the next Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education meeting, as Trustees Stephen Witt and Dr. Jonathan Altus, are stepping down, and Barbara McNiff, the executive director of human resources, is retiring. Their final meeting was June 13. more
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A book for all time — read it this weekend
The men burst into the house and dragged out the 15-year-old boy as his mother screamed for help. The sheriff’s men bound the boy’s hands and feet, loaded him into their car and . . . more
Yeshiva Darchei Torah junior Yehuda Reisman used a acetylene torch on a piece of copper pipe. At right, is Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.
Showing off Yeshiva Darchei Torah
Yeshiva Darchei Torah students introduced U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to a few Jewish blessings, what they think of poetry, how they learn in one-on-one settings, what they build and how they pray as the federal Cabinet member toured the Far Rockaway boys’ school on Wednesday. more
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Stephen Witt, right, will step down from the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education at the end of the school year. Above, Witt was joined by Scott McInnes, the board president, at the Hewlett-Woodmere Memorial Day parade in 2014.
For Witt, end of a long run
Stephen Witt’s service to the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education stretches across three decades, beginning in 1984. It was interrupted by a hiatus from 1996 to 2003, and it is coming to an end on June 30. more
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Four snowstorms in March have resulted in the Hewlett-Woodmere using up its emergency days and Lawrence nearly at that point. Above, Howe Court in Woodmere on March 21.
Stop snowing! Emergency school closing days are gone
After four nor’easter snowstorms in March, the Hewlett-Woodmere School District has expended its allotted number of emergency closing days. The Lawrence district created a 184-day calendar. more
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