His name was David, and he killed himself in my second year of teaching.
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By Mark Nolan
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7/20/23
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Summer leaves some school-aged kids scrambling to find a healthy meal, since they can’t depend on the federally subsidized breakfast and lunch programs at their school.
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7/13/23
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Editor's Note: This event happened on Saturday, June 13.
The Gift of Giving Student Ambassador Program will hold a multicultural expo at Sewanhaka High School on Saturday to raise money …
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Rei Wolfsohn, Intern
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6/18/23
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The Gift of Giving Foundation inducted more than 20 students from Sewanhaka and Elmont high schools into the organization’s student ambassador program on March 30 — the largest group to be …
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By Ana Borruto
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4/9/23
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Summers are for beaches, barbecues and outdoor concerts. But for Faye, every day of her summers during her college years was spent inside a hot factory . . .
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9/1/22
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A report just published by ERASE Racism explores how equitably educational resources are available across school districts on Long Island . . .
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By Elaine Gross
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6/23/22
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I recently joined five Long Island high school students for a visit to the Joseph Lloyd Manor in Lloyd Harbor, the 18th-century site where many enslaved people of African descent lived.
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By Elaine Gross
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11/18/21
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You cannot burn a book in 2021. You can burn the paper and the ink and the cardboard, but in our world of e-books, you cannot ever kill the words and ideas that an author created.
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11/18/21
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Elmont schools plan to expand the districtwide ‘Fundations’ curriculum, a program designed to bolster the reading skills of students, to include second grade students during the 2021-2022 school year, according to a statement released by the Elmont Union Free School District.
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By Robert Traverso
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11/4/21
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Eight students from New Hyde Park Memorial High School were named Commended Students in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program.
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By Robert Traverso
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10/13/21
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