The frigid temperatures and bitter cold in recent weeks have been a major inconvenience in the lives of people all throughout the Northeast, and East Meadow and Salisbury are no exception. While the cumulative snowfall for the Island this winter is far from historic— as of last week, the total snowfall was about 33 inches, compared to 68 the year before — it’s been the wind chill and icy roads and walkways that have brought about the most frustration.
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By David Weingrad
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2/25/15
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The Town of Hempstead crowned nine winners of its 2014 Recycle Poster contest on Monday at Levy Park in Merrick. Two of the winners were elementary school students in the East Meadow School District.
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By David Weingrad
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6/25/14
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Anabelle Ciampi is 10, and in August, she completed her second junior triathlon — a race comprising a 100-meter swim, 2-mile bike ride and a 1.3-mile run.
Anabelle, a fifth grader at Parkway Elementary School, is an avid swimmer, and is as athletic they come. But she doesn’t do the triathlons for exercise. Rather, she does it for her uncle, Brian Ciampi, who lost his battle with colon cancer last February at the age of 39.
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By David Weingrad
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9/11/13
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What can you learn by making toy fishing nets or a canoe? The answer is life skills.
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3/29/12
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Nearly 50 fifth-grade Parkway Elementary students in the school Art Club created a wall mural composed of 144 painted and glazed tiles.
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By Shannon Koehle
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3/23/12
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Parkway Elementary students and staff filed into Barnes & Noble in Carle Place on March 15. This first-annual literary event begins the school’s “Parents As Reading Partners” campaign.
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By Shannon Koehle
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3/23/12
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East Meadow residents awoke to a blanket of snow covering their neighborhood on Jan. 21. The flurries fell throughout the night and into midday Saturday afternoon.
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By Shannon Koehle
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1/26/12
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Students in third through fifth grades participating in the Presidential Service Awards Program at Parkway Elementary School completed a community service project entitled “Pillows for Seniors.”
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1/16/12
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The library at Parkway Elementary School has begun a new program for students in grades one through five, called “Leaf Through a Good Book.” The project is designed to encourage students …
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4/16/11
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McVey and Parkway Elementary Schools were selected as the curriculum presenters at the March 31 Board of Education Communications meeting at the Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center.
McVey, …
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4/15/11
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