What became a strong competition for the top two spots in Valley Stream North High School’s class of 2013 was finally settled a few months ago, and it will be Michelle Chen and Angelica Caluori who get to make the coveted graduation speeches on Friday. more

The Jets’ old, dark-green scoreboard still stands in a dirt field at the team’s former training camp on Hofstra University’s north campus. “The will to win is nothing without the will to prepare,” it reads. Call it a monument to the past, which will soon be removed to make way for the future –– a 63,000-square-foot addition to the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ Medical School, which was founded in 2008 and welcomed its first class of 40 in 2011. The $39.5 million project, funded in part with a $14.5 million state grant, will more than double the size of the medical school. more

North Merrick School District Superintendent David Feller will become president of the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents on June 1. With the position, he will also assume a spot on the Commissioner’s Advisory Council of the New York State Council of School Superintendents, which meets three to four times a year with the New York State Education Department commissioner, currently Dr. John King Jr. more

Franklin Square Union Free School District’s 2013-14 budget of $35,561,500 passed on Tuesday by a vote of 979 to 591. more

Valley Stream’s four school districts are among the 96 percent of districts statewide proposing budgets with tax levy increases at or below the tax-cap limit. Each budget will require only a simple majority to pass when voters head to the polls on Tuesday. more

A breakdown of the budget proposals for Valley Stream's three elementary school districts. more

A breakdown of the Valley Stream Central High School District's budget proposal. more

Valley Stream’s three high schools are rarely thought of among Long Island’s elite. District administrators would like to know, “Why not?” more

H. Frank Carey High School students Pui Lam Cheng, Michael Gallagher and Michelle Nilson teamed together to participate in the Kids Creating Community Content Videoconferencing Competition and won … more

Messiah West has been chosen as H. Frank Carey High School’s May Athlete of the Month. West has been a member of the varsity football team for the past two years as a defensive end and made two … more