Francis X. Hegarty School and Lincoln Orens Middle School in Island Park shared the sounds of the holiday season during their schools’ winter concert performances.
At Francis X. Hegarty, the …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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1/5/24
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Fifth graders at Lincoln Orens Middle School participated in a day of team building and cooperative learning activities.
The games called for students to divide into teams as well as partner up …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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11/24/23
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On clear summer evenings, I sit on the lawn of William L. Buck Elementary School in Valley Stream — a five-minute walk from my house — with a telescope I was given four years ago at my bat mitzvah.
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By Ilana Greenberg
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9/21/23
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Island Park Kiwanis was able to give back this summer by sending six Island Park children to Camp Kiwanis summer camp. Money raised from the Island Park Kiwanis pancake breakfast is used for the …
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By Kepherd Daniel
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8/14/23
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Fifth grade students of Ms. Linker’s class of Hewitt Elementary School in Rockville Centre showed their heart for Mount Sinai South Nassau patients of all ages on Valentine’s Day. The students collected stuffed animals for children in the pediatric unit and made Valentine’s Day cards with heartfelt messages for adults.
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By Tom Carrozza
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2/17/22
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Memorial Day events will take on new urgency this year as a kind of collective anti-insurrection rally.
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5/27/21
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As difficult as the coronavirus pandemic has been for all of us, our children were the least equipped to handle the sudden disruption of their daily lives and routines. Ripped from in-school learning . . .
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By Steve Rhoads
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3/25/21
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Listening to Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords speak, you’re quickly overcome by the urge to cry. The former congresswoman was once known for her incisive rhetoric, delivered with a magnetic smile. Then . . .
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12/17/20
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Every year, Island Park resident Cathi Hall sponsors two events in honor of Caroline Previdi, who was one of the 26 children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14, 2012, in Newton, Conn.
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12/10/20
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With the spring Board of Education meetings taking place digitally amid the Covid-19 pandemic, officials in Island Park Public Schools have maintained their tradition of honoring exemplary students.
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4/30/20
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