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Clear Stream Avenue Assistant Principal Yannie Chon, center, and Principal John Singleton, right, were honored for receiving the Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant. They are with Board President Kenneth Cummings.

Clear Stream Avenue School gets Makerspace grant

Clear Stream Avenue School recently received a $5,000 grant from Lowe’s Toolbox for Education to help build the school’s Makerspace program. “The grant is intended to build our students’ … more

By Melissa Koenig | 2/7/19

The Holy Name of Mary cheerleaders cheered on the faculty in their annual match against the school’s eighth-graders.

Holy Name serves up Catholic Schools Week

Students at the Holy Name of Mary School screamed as the eighth-grade class stepped onto the court for the school’s annual Faculty v. Eighth-Grade Volleyball Game to kick off Catholic Schools Week … more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/31/19

After Devi Arjune spoke about her petition to add Diwali onto school calendars, the Central High School District Board of Education agreed to dissuade teachers from giving tests and assigning homework on the holiday.

Valley Stream CHSD BOE: No homework, tests on Diwali

After local activists spoke in favor of South High School senior Devi Arjune’s petition to have Diwali added to the school calendar, the Board of Education decided it would dissuade teachers from assigning homework and tests on the holiday. more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/31/19

Scholarship set up in South alum’s memory

Billy Gillespie had been active in the South High School community from the time he started attending the school in 1974 to his death in 2017. He raised his children there, and served as the president of South’s Parents’ Club. more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/31/19

Members of Brooklyn Avenue’s third-grade class were ready to vote in 2019’s Follett Challenge contest.

School District 24 libraries seeking $60k contest prize

Starting Jan. 21, parents and children alike can visit follettchallenge.com and vote to help School District 24 secure a $60,000 grand prize for its three elementary-school libraries. As part of the … more

By Peter Belfiore | 1/18/19

Second-graders from the William L. Buck School performed “Our House is a Holiday House” for more than 100 residents at the Atria Lynbrook.

Buck students sing for Lynbrook Atria residents

For the third consecutive year, second-graders from the William L. Buck School traveled to the Atria Lynbrook to get more than 100 residents in the holiday spirit on Dec. 20. more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/3/19

Zion Guzman Milton said that he was assaulted on Jan. 16, 2014, and the South High School administration failed to take action.

South High School alumnus claims negligence in state court

At its Dec. 11 meeting, the nine members of the Central High School District Board of Education voted unanimously to pay the possible costs that might arise in South High School alumnus Zion Guzman Milton’s negligence lawsuit against the district, after he was severely beaten at South High School by another student in 2014, when he was 14. more

By Melissa Koenig | 12/20/18

Lori Lang, the school board president at St. Thomas the Apostle School in West Hempstead, has shared this flyer through social media to spread the word about Dress Down for California.

Malverne, West Hempstead residents to hold Dress Down for California

Malvernite Lori Lang has rallied schools in Malverne, West Hempstead, Valley Stream and New Hyde Park to take part in a fundraiser to support people affected by the California wildfire. Lang, who is … more

By Nakeem Grant | 11/29/18

The Residency Advisory Committee met on Nov. 19 to discuss students who do not live in the Valley Stream Central High School District.

Illegal students removed from Valley Stream schools

Eleven nonresident students were removed from District 24 and the Central High School District between May and October, Clifford Odell, the high school district’s assistant superintendent for personnel and administration, reported at the Residency Advisory Committee’s semi-annual meeting on Nov. 19. more

By Melissa Koenig | 11/29/18

Co-captains Yasmin Voytelmgum, Natalie Peralta and Lindsey Smith carried their championship plaques onto the Village Green.

Village celebrates South’s soccer champs

South High School’s step team’s performance was not over when the music stopped outside the bandshell on the Village Green on Nov. 20. Instead, the team members started chanting. more

By Melissa Koenig | 11/29/18

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