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Hicksville Middle School Students Knit Hats And Warm Hearts With Donation To Local Hospitals

Photo courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools Hicksville Middle School sixth graders completed a service-learning project based on being a good citizen. The students enrolled in the school’s Family and Consumer Science class learned how to knit through a recent unit. Close to 300 students taught by Hicksville Family and Consumer Science teachers Laura Amundsen, Victor […]
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Legislator Rob Trotta Names Pat Biancaniello Of Smithtown As The 2023 Woman Of Distinction For The 13th Legislative District

Pictured at the Women of Distinction luncheon are from left: Mary Ellen McCrossen, Catholic Health’s St. Catherine’s of Siena Hospital, and the honoree for District 12, Legislator Leslie Kennedy, District 12, Pat Biancaniello, Woman of Distinction for District 13, and Legislator Rob Trotta, District 13. At the March 7  General Meeting of the Suffolk County […]
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Grand, Merrick Avenue MS Teams Compete In Hack-A-Thon

Pictured: The Merrick Avenue Hack-a-Thon teams. Photos courtesy of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Students from Grand Avenue and Merrick Avenue Middle School in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School competed in an inter-district Hack-a-Thon on March 10. Led by technology teacher Michelle Biancardo at Grand Avenue and Dan Stiglitz at Merrick Avenue,
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Sheriff’s Office Teaches Student Safety

Pictured: Students were given emergency scenarios to practice dialing 9-1-1 and speaking with an operator. Photos courtesy of the Sachem Central School District The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office visited first and second graders at Nokomis Elementary School in the Sachem Central School District for a three-week student safety program. As part of the McGruff Safety […]