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Hoops For Hearts

Photo courtesy of Smithtown CSD Fourth and fifth graders at Mills Pond Elementary had a nice workout for a great cause when they participated in Hoops for Hearts, raising over $900 for the American Heart Association. The students gathered together on Feb. 15, to compete in a three-point
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Town Hosts Lunar New Year Celebration With Jericho, Plainview & Syosset Civic Association

Pictured: Receiver of Taxes Jeffrey Pravato, Supervisor Joseph Saladino, Councilman Louis Imbroto, and Councilwoman Vicki Walsh honor Sitan Tai Chi To commemorate the Year of the Dragon, Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and his colleagues on the Town Board joined several Asian-American community organizations to host the Town’s annual Lunar New Year Celebration
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Spreading Love Through Service-Learning

Photos courtesy of the Sachem Central School District Members of the Kids Care Club at Tamarac Elementary School in Sachem spread the love this February by working on blanket donations. Students collaborated to make no-sew blankets during their before-school meetings. The blankets were donated to Good Samaritan University Hospital and the Islip Animal Shelter. Students
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Three Seniors Achieve Girl Scout Gold

Pictured: From left, Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School students Theresa Soraire, Emily Newman and Annamaria Pepe recently earned their Girls Scouts Gold Award.  Photo courtesy of Copiague School District Three seniors from Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School recently earned their Gold Awards, the highest achievement within the Girl Scouts of the USA which […]
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Deer Park ENL Students Connect For Groundhog Day

Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District Seventh and eighth grade English as a New Language students from Christy Villalobos’ class at Deer Park’s Robert Frost Middle School recently visited John Quincy Adams Primary School to spend time with a group of younger ENL students for Groundhog Day. The middle school ENL students began by […]
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A Hundred Reasons To Smile At Forest Lake In Wantagh

Pictured: Luka Bianco, left, Dominic Recher, center, and Camden Cook made their 100-day gumball machines with finger-painted dots. Photos courtesy of the Wantagh School District The 100th day of school marked an important moment for kindergartners at Forest Lake Elementary School in the Wantagh School District. They showed their durability as they only have about […]