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Thirty child advocates from the district’s nine PTA units were honored at Monday’s 42nd Founders Day Scholarship Dinner.

Monday night was a celebration of the many people who contribute to the quality and success of the East Meadow School District, as the East Meadow Parent Teacher Association Council celebrated its 42nd Founders Day Scholarship Dinner. more

By David Weingrad | 3/25/15

District honors Abby Behr

At its Dec. 18 Board of Education communications meeting, the East Meadow School District honored Abby Behr, a longtime music educator who will retire in January. more

By David Weingrad | 12/29/14

The East Meadow School District’s musical program, under the direction of Abby Behr, was recently listed among the NAMM Foundation’s “Best Communities for Music Education” in America. Pictured above, hundreds of student-musicians performed at the annual District Music Festival at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts last winter.

Music program earns national accolades

The East Meadow School District was named by the NAMM Foundation in March as one of the nation’s most exemplary districts for musical education. NAMM, a nonprofit supported by the National Association of Music Merchants, selected 376 districts as 2014’s Best Communities for Music Education. East Meadow was selected among a field of more than 2,000 schools and districts. more

By David Weingrad | 5/7/14

The East Meadow marching band earned its 12th first-place finish since 1992.

School bands impress in NYC

The East Meadow High School marching band made its Columbus Day Parade debut in 1992, under the direction of Bill Katz, Ken Sepe, Joel Levy and Abby Behr. The band took first place among high school groups that year, and followed that performance with 10 more first-place finishes over the next 20 years. On Oct. 14, the band not only notched its 12th overall victory, but its third in a row. more

By David Weingrad | 10/30/13

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