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Kindergarten Friends Earn Top Rankings In Wantagh

LIMG October 19, 2022

Photos courtesy of the Wantagh School District In September 2010, Katherine Killian and Nora Toscano entered the same kindergarten classroom at Forest Lake Elementary School. Nearly 13 years later, they will graduate together as the top-ranked students in Wantagh High School’s Class of 2023.

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New Dean At Massapequa’s Berner Is A Familiar Face

LIMG October 19, 2022

Photo courtesy of the Massapequa School District Kristen Meoli, a speech therapist in the Massapequa School District for the past seven years, has been named dean of students at Berner Middle School. Ms. Meoli has worked as a speech-language pathologist at six of Massapequa’s nine schools, including Massapequa High School’s main and Ames campuses, the […]

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Free Before School Academic Enrichment At La Francis Hardiman Elementary School

LIMG October 19, 2022

Photos courtesy of Wyandanch Union Free School District The Wyandanch Union Free School district has partnered with SCOPE Education Services to provide free before-school child care and academic enrichment to scholars in grades Pre-K-5. The program, which began on the first day of school, takes place five days a week at La Francis Hardiman Elementary […]

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Harborfields Students Connect With Author For Hispanic Heritage Month

LIMG October 19, 2022

Photos courtesy of Harborfields Central School District Students at Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School in the Harborfields Central School District recently participated in a read-aloud by award-winning author Duncan Tonatiuh, sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League in honor of Hispanic History Month. In a live virtual visit with TJL and other schools nationwide, Tonatiuh

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A Commitment To Fire Safety In Rocky Point

LIMG October 19, 2022

Photos courtesy of the Rocky Point School District Members of the Sound Beach Fire Department and Rocky Point Fire Department visited Frank J. Carasiti Elementary School during Fire Prevention Week on Oct. 11. Kindergarten students learned about some of the different emergency vehicles and climbed aboard rescue vehicles for a firsthand look. They also listened […]

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‘Dunk the Principal’ At Hiawatha Elementary School

LIMG October 19, 2022

Photos courtesy of the Sachem Central School District Students at Hiawatha Elementary School in the Sachem Central School District were excited to “dunk” their principal, thanks to a recent PTA membership drive. Principal Joe Watson stepped into the dunk tank, complete with a bathing suit, flippers and life vest. The student body gathered outdoors to […]

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Engineering Students Have A Ball At Robosoccer Competition

LIMG October 18, 2022

Photos courtesy of Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Students in Deanna Ocampo’s Principles of Engineering classes competed in an after-school robosoccer tournament. The friendly competition was a supplemental activity to the course curriculum. First, teams had to work together to build and code a VEX robot to perform a 15-second autonomous task — put a […]

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Accelerating Science Lessons In Port Jefferson

LIMG October 18, 2022

Photo courtesy of Port Jefferson School District Port Jefferson Middle School students took a science lesson outside to the school’s track to test a concept. Meg Ryan and Monica Consalvo’s science class is studying speed, velocity and acceleration. To determine an average speed, the students headed up to the school’s track to test their knowledge as […]