Members of the Malverne Teachers’ Association stood together at the back of the library at the June 7 Board of Education meeting, facing administrators and board trustees. With the exception of …
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By Lee Landor
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6/16/11
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Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education members admit they made a bold move last year when they decided that students would no longer be allowed to leave the campus in their cars for lunch. It drew harsh reaction from students, and so far the results have been mixed.
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6/9/11
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In conjunction with South Side High School, the Sandel Senior Center has offered a new and innovative program this academic year — homework help for ESL students in 9th through 12th grades who are …
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6/8/11
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ESL students at South Side High School were visited last month by Matthew Villalon, a pilot for Continental Airlines who flies out of Newark Liberty.
Villalon, an American of Chilean descent, is a …
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5/25/11
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Science research students from West Hempstead High School competed in the Long Island Science Congress at SUNY Farmingdale last month. The students all presented their projects to several judges …
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5/18/11
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Two Nassau County Police officers revved up the motor on a device not much larger than a lawnmower engine. As the machine roared last Wednesday afternoon, the officers used its cutters to slowly peel off the driver’s side door of a badly damaged minivan. No one was inside the van, but students at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville watched quietly and anxiously as the “Jaws of Life” crushed the car’s metal.
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By Deirdre Krasula
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5/17/11
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A 19-year-old was killed in the early-morning hours of May 5 after the driver of a car in which he was riding lost control and slammed into a tree.
According to Nassau County Police Department …
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Judy Rattner and Tom Steinert
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5/11/11
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Kennedy High School junior Ross Shulman returned to the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting last Wednesday to make his case that the district should eliminate substitute-teachers to save money and preserve full-time teaching positions. Instead of substitutes, Shulman advocated for a plan to use empty general-purpose rooms and cafeterias to house students under the direction of aides when their teachers are absent.
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By Scott Brinton
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5/11/11
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Forty-eight South Side High School students participated in a three-on- three basketball tournament, organized by Conor Semple and Mike Falchiere, to raise funds for their fellow classmates in the CORE special education program.
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4/13/11
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Oceanside High School students, along with the Oceanside Rotary Club, came out to South Nassau Communities Hospital on April 5 to welcome exchange students from Italy. Rotary Club members will host …
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4/13/11
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