On one side of the science lab on Kennedy High School's third floor, Barri Bruno and Wil Yegelwel, both 17 and seniors, were poking and prodding their Rub Goldberg machine, a deliberately over-engineered device that performs a simple function. more

Following their first-round victory, the academic team from John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore is moving on to round two of The Challenge, an academic quiz show designed to test students’ knowledge in a Jeopardy-style format. more

Editor's note: Fleischer is a Herald student columnist at Kennedy High School, which has students from Bellmore and Merrick. Senioritis is a word heard often in the halls of Kennedy High at this time of year. Miriam-Webster Dictionary defines senioritis as the "ebbing of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences and lower grades." more

Kennedy High School's annual Class Night, in which the four grades compete in good-natured, camp-like games, had a twist to it this year. more

Kennedy High School senior Eugenio Ciniglio, a linebacker and tight end on the up-and-coming Cougars football squad, signed a letter of intent to play for the Marist College Red Foxes, a Division I team, next fall. Ciniglio is the first Kennedy football player in more than two decades to earn a football scholarship. Ciniglio scored the winning touchdown in the Nassau-Suffolk Exceptional Seniors Game this past fall. On Wednesday, he was joined by his coach, Frank Sansanelli, Kennedy Athletic Coordinator Craig Papach, Principal Lorraine Poppe, his guidance counselors, family and friends for the signing ceremony. more

Mac Maldarelli has accomplished quite a bit on and off the wrestling mats for Calhoun High School. Besides being a mentor and, in some respects, an assistant coach of several of the Colts' younger wrestlers, the senior has added the title of Nassau County champion to his list of achievements. more

The Kennedy boys' basketball season might have ended Monday night with a 60-57 loss to Conference AA-III rival Syosset, but the squad certainly didn't go down without a fight. more

It was fitting that Kennedy's 46-45 come-from-behind Conference AA-II girls’ basketball victory over district-rival Calhoun on Monday night ended with Allie Keller breaking up a full-court inbounds pass on the final play. more

Katie Marcy, seated, a Kennedy High School senior, signed a letter of intent on Tuesday to play soccer for Wagner College on Staten Island, a Division I school. more

I'm hoping — no, make that praying — that the newest senator from Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown, will now do what he said he would during last week’s special election — that he will, in fact, be an independent voice for the people of Massachusetts. more