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One-Of-A-Kind Recycled Robots

Photo courtesy of Copiague School District In recognition of Earth Day, the first graders at Deauville Gardens West Elementary School in the Copiague School District created one-of-a-kind robots made of only of recycled materials. After learning about reducing, reusing and recycling
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Bayport-Blue Point High School Athletes Commit To Colleges

Photo courtesy of Bayport-Blue Point School District The Bayport-Blue Point School District congratulates the following Bayport-Blue Point High School student-athletes who have committed to competing at the NCAA Division III level upon graduation. Pictured, top row from left, Nick K., St. Joseph’s University, baseball; Miller V., University of Lynchburg, volleyball; Kyle
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Chatterton Lego Club Builds Flags From Around The World

Photo courtesy the Merrick Union Free School District First graders at Chatterton School in Merrick recently discovered the world of flags. They explored different types of world flags and then built and replicated them in Lego form during Ms. Venezia’s Lego Club. With each club meeting, students tackle more challenging builds that allow them to […]
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Legislator Donnelly Honors Artistic Southwest Elementary Students For Bicycle Safety Poster Contest Participation

Pictured: Art Teacher Linda Egan, Suffolk Legislator Tom Donnelly and Assistant Principal Nadine Scott (pictured left) and (right) Brentwood Coordinator of Performing & Fine Arts Angel Perez and Southwest Principal Dr. Karen Kregel honor students who participated in the Suffolk County Bicycle Safety Poster Contest on April 15 at the Southwest Elementary School in Bay
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ESBOCES Students Learn To Safely Cross The Street

Learning to carefully cross the street is an important life skill. Jean Warm, physical education teacher at Brookhaven Learning Center, used an ESBOCES Bixhorn Mini Grant to create Safety Town to teach students how to do it correctly. The school staff fabricated a cardboard village filled with shops and businesses in the school gymnasium, where […]
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Color Run Raises Money For Student Scholarships

Photo courtesy of the Three Village Central School District The Three Village community came together on May 4 for a Star Wars-themed color run to raise money for senior scholarships. The “May the Fourth Be With You” course spanned 1.5 miles around Ward Melville High School with multiple color stations placed throughout. Students and families […]
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Northwell Cancer Institute’s Center For Genomic Medicine Opens $3.2M Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory To Identify Targeted Cancer Therapies

The Northwell Health Cancer Institute and its Center for Genomic Medicine announced the opening of Long Island’s first clinical Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (MDL), a $3.2 million 2,800 square foot state-of-the-art facility with cutting edge technology of next-generation sequencing (NGS) that provides point-of-care tumor and patient genomic profiling to inform precision