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Author and illustrator Chris Soentpiet met with Kindergarteners Daniel Rosenberg, Gianna Buro and John Gleason after a special presentation for students at Francis X. Hegarty Elementary on Jan. 27.

Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School in Island Park is ramping up its usual reading routine in celebration of the school's Parents as Reading Partners month. A series of special events planned … more

Annmarie Fertoli | 2/3/10

Lauren Schlitt has excelled on and off the court — and the field — at OHS.

Defying the odds

Lauren Schlitt, a senior at Oceanside High School, was born profoundly deaf. Her parents were told she would never be able to hear, or have a normal life. But Lauren has defied those odds; with the … more

Annmarie Fertoli | 2/3/10

BOCES honors Oceanside Superintendent

Oceanside Schools Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown is one of 13 educational leaders being honored with the Nassau BOCES Education Partner award this year. The recipients work in various fields, from … more

1/29/10

Our children don’t deserve to be sold out

Last week, the biggest loser wasn’t Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley or the Democratic Party or President Obama. The biggest losers were New York schoolchildren, who were sold out by the state Legislature in favor of the tremendously powerful teachers unions. more

Al D'Amato | 1/29/10

Guv proposes state aid cut

On Jan. 19, Governor David Paterson unveiled his 2010-11 budget plan, which included $1.1 billion reduction in state aid to schools, which would take nearly $1.5 million from Oceanside’s … more

by Alex Costello | 1/27/10

Parents, many with their teens, gathered at OHS Jan. 19 for an informational drug forum.

OHS hosts drug forum for parents

Dozens of Oceanside residents, many of them parents with their teenagers, gathered at Oceanside High School Jan. 19 for an informational forum geared at educating the … more

Annmarie Fertoli | 1/27/10

Interview with a bullying victim's dad, part two

Last week I presented the first installment of an interview with John Halligan, a father whose son was a victim of school bullying and committed suicide. The interview is a natural outgrowth of a recent mini-series that ran in the Principal's Office about bullying and anti-bullying programs. more

Steve Kussin | 1/22/10

In tough times, think school budgeting

School districts across the South Shore had their state aid allotments for December held back when Gov. David Paterson ordered the payments halted so the state could stay in the black. more

1/21/10

OHS senior Brian Kelly, 17, won a coveted spot as a semifinalist in this year's Intel Science Talent Search competition. Kelly's science teachers Heather Hall, Lisa Mehr and Maureen Bodkin helped prepare him for the competition.

Impressing Intel

Oceanside High School senior Brian Kelly, 17, has won a coveted spot as a semifinalist in this year’s Intel Science Talent Search, which is widely considered the nation’s most esteemed science … more

Annmarie Fertoli | 1/20/10

Dr. Rosmarie Bovino, superintendent of Island Park schools

Island Park admins hard at work in the new year

By ALEX COSTELLO and ANNMARIE FERTOLI Island Park's newest school administrators, hired at the end of the last school year, have been hard at work within the district, implementing new … more

Alex Costello and Annmarie Fertoli | 1/20/10

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