Vacation time is included in many full-time professionals’ benefit packages. Too often, however, employees feel that personal time off is a luxury they cannot afford to use. When looking at vacation as a necessity rather than a luxury, workers may be more inclined to start planning time off.
Pictured: Wantagh High School rising senior Madeline Rose recently received the Nassau County District Attorney’s SHIELD award. Congratulating her are assistant principals Dr. Christopher Widmann, left, and Nick Pappas, and guidance counselor Marie Malafis. Madeline Rose, a rising senior at Wantagh High School, was recently named a recipient of the SHIELD Award from Nassau
Plainview Hospital has announced the opening of a $19 million, 8,100-square-foot cardiac catheterization laboratory, bringing life-saving, complex cardiac care to central Nassau County. The suite at Plainview includes two labs that will serve patients 24 hours a day seven days a week. One of the labs has electrophysiology capabilities which will go live later this […]
Pictured: From left to right are: Brian Hassan, Jeremy Goldsmith, Walter Hoefer and Michael Voltz of PSEG Long Island with Dr. Edward Bonahue and Dr. Donna Ciampa of Suffolk County Community College in the mechanical room of the Renewable Energy STEM Center building. With more than $130,000 in energy efficiency rebates, PSEG Long Island congratulates […]
Northwell Health’s virtual Intensive Care Unit was recently awarded a silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). It is the first virtual ICU in New York to receive the designation, and only the third nationwide. Created in 2014, Northwell’s virtual ICU employs dozens of critical care nurses to monitor […]
Pictured: The career transition class at Harborfields High School raised $1,200 for the Nassau Suffolk Autism Society of America by selling dog biscuits, T-shirts, greeting cards, jewelry and candy throughout the year. Photo courtesy of Harborfields Central School District The career transition class at Harborfields High School raised $1,200 for the Nassau Suffolk Autism
Photo courtesy of Copiague School District To finish up the school year, the Maritime Studies Club at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School, advised by Mr. Garcia and Mr. Travis, have taken to the water. Students spent the day fishing at Robert Moses pier. Throughout the day, the club members tested their skill and strength, […]
Pictured: Timber Point Elementary School kindergartners in library class used Ozobots to sequence the story “There Was an Old Mermaid That Swallowed a Shark.” Photo courtesy of East Islip School District Second graders at East Islip’s Timber Point Elementary School recently worked in collaborative groups during library class to run a Dash robot. They had […]