Alden Terrace School students participated in an interactive workshop that highlighted the significance of West African music and dance as part of the school's Black History Month celebration. more

As people dig out the snow after Thursday's storm, schools are closed or on delayed openings on Friday. Elmont Union Free School District is closed. Franklin Square Union Free School District … more

Because of icy driving conditions and extreme cold, school districts across the South Shore delayed or canceled classes on Feb. 10. According to their websites, as of 5:30 a.m., they … more

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there are more than 119,000 men, women and children on the national waiting list for organ donations. Even more sobering . . . more

Elmont, Franklin Square and Sewanhaka Schools are all closed on Feb. 9 due to inclement weather conditions, as the National Weather Service has upgraded its forecast for Long Island to Blizzard Warning. more

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed free tuition at CUNY and SUNY schools for families earning $100,000 or less in 2017 and families earning $125,000 or less in 2019. We support any good measure that would . . . more

A select group of fifth-graders from Clara H. Carlson School had an opportunity to build electric pianos when Vaughn College's Society of Women Engineers visited their school. more

Several Sewanhaka Central High School District student athletes participated in the Nassau County Senior Bowl held at Mitchell Field on Nov. 24, Thanksgiving morning. Elmont Memorial High School quarterback Aaron Ruthman was selected as the game’s Most Valuable Offensive Player. District students who were also selected to play in the game along with Ruthman included Jayden Richardson and Lucas Mathieu, also from Elmont Memorial, Floral Park Memorial High School’s Liam Flanagan and Cole Horan, New Hyde Park Memorial High School’s CJ Carrick and Steven Chambers, and Sewanhaka High School’s Jovianni Garcia and Alex Cherry. more

When I was a kid growing up in Island Park, “water play” was a sprinkler set up on the front yard of the family lucky enough to have enough property to grow a lawn. A couple of generations later . . . more

The Elmont School District has agreed to comply with nonprofit transparency group Reclaim New York’s Freedom of Information Law request for records of the district’s 2014 expenditures after … more