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Deer Park Seventh Graders Explore Density Of Liquids Using Towers

LIMG March 1, 2023

Photos courtesy of Deer Park School District Seventh graders in Natalie Sabia’s class at Deer Park’s Robert Frost Middle School recently learned about density as a property that can be used to identify a sample of matter, and explored how an object’s density plays a role in whether it sinks or

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Grand Avenue Yorker Club Visits Empire State Building

LIMG March 1, 2023

Photo courtesy of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District The Yorker Club at Grand Avenue Middle School took their activities to new heights Feb. 17 as they embarked on an annual trip to the Empire State Building in New York City. “Mother Nature cooperated with epic views of the city skyline including the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Chrysler […]

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Girl Scouts Meet The Women Making Strides In Science And Medicine

LIMG March 1, 2023

Girl Scouts of Nassau County recently arranged an opportunity for Girl Scouts from different troops across Nassau County to visit the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research at Northwell Health in Manhasset. The program’s theme was “Women and Girls in Science” and it featured a tour of the facility and inspiring talks from members of an […]

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New York Community Bank Launches Annual MDA Shamrocks Campaign To Empower Families Living With Muscular Distrophy, ALS, And Related Neuromuscular Diseases

LIMG March 1, 2023

More than 235 locations in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Florida, and Arizona will be raising funds to empower the lives of children and adults living with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related neuromuscular diseases from March 1st though April 30th for the annual MDA Shamrocks campaign to benefit the mission of the Muscular Dystrophy Association […]

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Senator Mattera Joins The Salvation Army And Stony Brook Cancer Center To Provide Free Breast Cancer Screening Event

LIMG March 1, 2023

Senator Mario R. Mattera (2nd Senate District), in conjunction with The Salvation Army, is hosting the Stony Brook Cancer Center’s Mobile Mammography Van in East Northport. The free breast cancer-screening event will be held from 9 am to 4 pm on Friday, March 10, at 319 Clay Pitts Road in East Northport. Stony Brook University […]

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Youth Gambling Awareness Presentation

LIMG March 1, 2023

The Town of Smithtown Youth and Community Alliance, Horizons Counseling and Education Center, and Smithtown Youth Bureau will be holding a presentation for adults and middle school/high school teens in the community to explore new trends in gambling. The presentation, “What are the Odds – Emerging Trends in Youth Gambling”, will be held at the […]

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Promoting Kindness And Literacy At Oldfield Middle School In Harborfields

LIMG February 28, 2023

Photos courtesy of Harborfields Central School District Brian Williams from the Think Kindness organization visited Oldfield Middle School in the Harborfields Central School District on Feb. 17 to speak to students about the school’s 15-day Kindness Challenge of doing 5,000 random acts of kindness. During the visit, Williams also promoted Oldfield’s Read-a-Thon fundraiser

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International Guests Visit Connetquot Schools

LIMG February 28, 2023

Photos courtesy of the Connetquot Central School District Pictured: Swellendam Primary Principal Jaco Swart and Swellendam High School Principal Nicolas Pelser are pictured with, from left, Ronkonkoma Middle School teacher Justin Bradley, interim Assistant Principal Mark Brodsky and Principal Joseph Licato. Connetquot Central School District’s Ronkonkoma Middle School and