Community News

Cohen Children’s Medical Center Performs First Gene Therapy Treatment For Thalassemia in NYS

LIMG
The first administration in New York State of Zynteglo, recently approved by the FDA as a one-time gene therapy custom designed to treat the underlying genetic cause of transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia in adult and pediatric patients, was performed earlier this month at Cohen Children’s Medical Center (Cohen) on an 8-year-old boy from Valley Stream, Long Island. […]
Community News

Blooming With Geometry

LIMG
Photo courtesy of Copiague School District Fourth grade students in Mrs. Cranmer’s class at Deauville Gardens East Elementary School in the Copiague School District have recently discovered that math comes in all shapes and sizes. With protractors in hands, the students have been working on their geometry unit learning different types of lines and angles. […]
Community News

St. James Five-Mile Challenge & 5K Fun Run Through Head Of The Harbor Raises $40,000 For Ronald McDonald House At Stony Brook Children’s Hospital

LIMG
Photo courtesy of Ronald McDonald House Charities NY Metro More than 400 runners and walkers took part in the St. James Certified 5 Mile Challenge and 5K Fun Run on Saturday, April 13, 2024, raising $40,000 for the new Ronald McDonald House at Stony Brook Hospital. “We are so grateful to all the Long Islanders – […]
Community News

Robert Moses Hosts Sixth Annual Career Day

LIMG
Photo courtesy of North Babylon School District Robert Moses Middle School in the North Babylon School District held its sixth annual career day on April 17. Organized by the school’s guidance department, more than 30 guest speakers from various career paths visited with students throughout the morning in their respective classrooms. Eighth grade student ambassadors […]
Community News

Sachem Fourth Grader Awarded Summer Arts Scholarship

LIMG
Pictured: Cayuga Elementary School band and orchestra teacher Jennifer Fischer (left) with fourth grader Jase Herrschaft. Photo courtesy of the Sachem Central School District Cayuga Elementary School fourth grader Jase Herrschaft received an honorable mention in Usdan’s Uniquely U Scholarship program, earning half tuition to the Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. This award
Community News

Tooker Avenue Recognizes Autism Awareness Month

LIMG
Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District Throughout April, Tooker Avenue Elementary School in the West Babylon School District acknowledged and celebrated National Autism Awareness Month. Students and staff kicked off the month by wearing blue shirts and/or autism awareness shirts on April 2 for World Autism Day (Light it Up Blue). They continued to […]