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Erica Tymeck leads a group of fifth- and sixth-grade students in the special education program.

Technology key to summer learning in District 30

Even though it’s summer, the lights are on at Clear Stream Avenue School and learning is continuing to take place. Almost every classroom is being used as about 200 children gather there every weekday morning to take part in District 30’s summer school program. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 7/23/14

Francesca Fontaine, a volunteer with District 13’s summer SCOPE program, helped Kashal Rai, left, and Vito Scaglione with one of their projects.

District 13 schools abuzz this summer

For some children, summer is about sleeping late and hanging out in the air conditioning. That’s not the case for the hundreds of children who attend District 13’s summer recreation program, along with its other academic offerings during the two-month break from school. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 7/23/14

Summertime, and the livin' ain't easy anymore

Well, summer is finally here. We suffered through a very nasty winter, so the months ahead of us should be relaxing and soothing. more

7/9/14

New counselors Anastacia Hodge and Fritz-Olson Desvarieux-Valdemar worked with children in the arts and crafts tent on the first day of camp.

Many new faces at Camp Barrett

Campers and counselors said “hello” to each other for the first time this summer at Barrett Park, as the village’s annual camp program kicked off on July 2. They will spend the next six weeks together. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 7/9/14

Winners of the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library’s annual bookmark contest, from left, are Asha Gajraj, Alexa Kosinski, Manal Moid, Robert Munafo, Ethan Fazal and Noah Bodden, joined by children’s librarian Jaclyn Kunz and Mayor Ed Fare.

Valley Stream's young readers make their mark

“Fizz! Boom! Read!” is the theme for summer reading programs at libraries across the United States, and the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library in Valley Stream has embraced that message. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 6/25/14

Summer 2013 slips by: a conundrum of physics

Consider Albert Einstein’s singular equation: e = mc2. Or don’t consider it; it will surely make your head hurt. more

9/5/13

Members of the Valley Stream Library’s teen reading club celebrated the end of summer with an outing at the miniature golf course in Hendrickson Park.

Kids, teens dig into reading

Valley Stream students kept their minds sharp this summer, reading thousands of books even as they had a two-month break from school. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 8/28/13

Antonio Bosotina, 9, of East Meadow, learned how to design his own video games at the Engineering for Kids summer camp in Valley Stream. He has been taking part in the hands-on program all summer, learning how to build bridges, egg drop devices, catapults and other gadgets.

Future engineers train in Valley Stream

Twenty years from now, some of the nation’s top engineers could be talking about how they got their start in Valley Stream. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 8/21/13

Crews prepare the handball court for paving at the Howell Road School, one of several capital projects ongoing this summer in District 13.

Construction in full swing in District 13

When the temperatures begin to drop this fall, the heat will be turned on in District 13’s four elementary schools. But heating those buildings won’t cost as much, thanks to new boilers that will soon be installed. more

By Andrew Hackmack | 8/21/13

Obama hasn't been much help to Obamacare

I’ve seen a lot of presidents come and go. The vast majority of them have made some type of mistake that hurt their popularity as well as their legacy, but there hasn’t been as big a mistake as President Obama’s mishandling of so-called Obamacare. more

8/14/13

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