The North Babylon School District has been working hard to support the community during the COVID-19 closure by averaging more than 650 grab-and-go meal bags, creating 1,300 meals a day for any students in need. The district is also working with Island Harvest and has received more than 40
Technology is helping students and teachers stay connected at Park Avenue Memorial Elementary School in the Amityville Union Free School District, as learning continues in virtual classrooms. All students were provided with Chromebooks to support distance learning. Principal Robyn Santiago said the devices, which were already available for every fourth, fifth and sixth
For Merrick resident Kimberly Towers, it wasn’t enough that she and her employees at Runway Couture dress shop donated 1,500 medical masks to hospital workers. She wanted to do something to lift the spirits of her community while also displaying the talents of her son and his classmates at Birch Elementary School in Merrick. These […]
There were no hugs or handshakes because of social distancing guidelines, but teachers and staff from Newbridge Road Elementary School in the North Bellmore School District still found a way to say goodbye to two students who are moving out of state. Fourth grader Maya Ransom and her brother, Cash, a second grader, will be […]
Although teaching and learning is taking place from home, everyone remains full of spirit in the North Bellmore School District. Weekly spirit activities give students, teachers and administrators a chance to connect digitally and share a common experience. For the first spirit activity in March, children were asked to hang a picture of their school […]
Over two hundred masks have been stitched and donated to essential workers in the greater Farmingdale area—courtesy of dozens of aides and monitors from the Farmingdale School District. Lisa Bell— a Woodward Parkway Elementary School aide, seamstress, and member of the Facebook group, Stitched Together Long Island, went to work right after school buildings were […]
Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce, like business-support organizations everywhere, is doing everything they can to help support local businesses adversely affected by COVID-19. In addition to helping promote their member’s new business models to the community during this crisis and offering them various tools available to them through their membership, the chamber felt the
Updated Prevention Resources during COVID-19 Massapequa Takes Action Coalition recognizes how COVID-19 presents challenges for Massapequas’ youth and families. To assist Massapequa families in the prevention of youth substance misuse, MTAC has launched a new website with updated resources to prevent underage drinking, marijuana misuse and prescription drug prevention.