On the afternoon of Sept. 16, two weeks after the start of the new school year, Oceanside High School senior Khaseen Morris was brutally murdered in what appears to have been an ambush by a group of a half-dozen other teenagers.
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9/27/19
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Eight teachers in the Malverne School District were granted tenure during the Board of Education’s Sept. 10 meeting. Each recipient, accompanied by family and friends, received a citation and …
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By Nakeem Grant
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9/26/19
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The West Hempstead School District is excited to welcome 15 teachers for the 2019-20 school year.
Susan Abbott joins George Washington School after spending the past three school years in the …
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9/19/19
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Longtime teacher and West Hempstead resident Barbara Hafner said that when she ambled through the teachers’ section at Dollar Tree last month, she got teary-eyed. She realized that after 25 years …
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By Nakeem Grant
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9/12/19
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Kindergartners, first- and second-graders at Maurice W. Downing Primary School embarked on a new journey during their first day of school on Sept. 4. MWD Principal Ed Tallon stood at the entrance to …
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9/12/19
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Camp Read-a-Lot’s Camp Challenge is celebrating another year for first- through fifth-graders in the Malverne School District. The program, which strives to keep students engaged in reading …
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9/5/19
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When Malverne School District Superintendent Dr. James Hunderfund arrived in 2007, he took the position in an interim role. Superintendent Mary Ellen Freeley had just retired, and Hunderfund filled …
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By Nakeem Grant
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9/5/19
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Freshmen entering West Hempstead High School were welcomed by staff, administrators and upperclassmen for an orientation program on Aug. 28.
With the program taking place a week before classes …
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9/5/19
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After 13 years with the district, Malverne’s district Superintendent Dr. James Hunderfund has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2019-20 school year. He will retire effective Aug. 31, …
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8/29/19
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Right here in my corner of the universe, a feel-good, do-good project has been sending children back to school every year for the past seven years, with new books and backpacks, sneakers and clothes and even toiletries — and it’s all free.
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8/9/19
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