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Safety, Security and STEAM Enhanced at I.P. Schools

Island Park Public Schools have several enhancements in place when doors open on Sept. 6. Facility and technology upgrades, safety and security system improvements, and instructional enhancements … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 8/31/16

New York Cosmos plan for Elmont school comes up short

A plan to transform an underused basketball court on the grounds of Clara H. Carlson Elementary School, in Elmont, by professional soccer team the New York Cosmos has failed to reach its funding … more

By Steve Smirti | 8/3/16

When it comes to guns, what are we waiting for?

It is hard to imagine that I would find myself writing about the nation’s worst terror attack since 9/11 and the worst mass shooting in American history. Make no mistake about it. The mass shooting in Orlando . . . more

6/23/16

Seven more Americans died while we fiddled

Dylan’s mom and Daniel’s dad write to me often. In truth, I dread reading their emails; their words darken the day. But how wrenching it must be to write those words. These parents are leaders of the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation . . . more

5/19/16

Recalling L.I. before suburbia took hold

I grew up in Yaphank, a 14-square-mile hamlet in Suffolk County, virtually in the middle of Long Island. (The community to the north is, in fact, called Middle Island.) I remember . . . more

5/12/16

A rendering of the new playground was on display.

A new playground for Hegarty School

A cooperative effort by the Kiwanis Foundation, Kiwanis International, the Island Park Kiwanis Club, the Barnum Woods, Cantiague, Gardner’s Avenue, Searingtown elementary schools, Great Middle School, and MacArthur High school will mean a brand new playground for Island Park’s Francis X. Hegarty elementary school. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 4/29/15

Upgrading the standard IQ test

In 1983, famed Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner published his seminal book, “Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences,” which laid out seven primary intelligences . . . more

3/12/15

September Student of the Month award winners with their school principals, front row from left: Kirsten Lilly, Angelina Hamann, Summer Millares and Cillian Cantwell. Back row: Lincoln Orens Middle School Principal Vincent Randazzo, Jaylyn Umana, Brooke Yellin, Adam Santa Maria, Gabriel Tejada, and Hegarty School Principal Jacob Russum.

Island Park Students of the Month

At the October Island Park Board of Education meeting, the Student of the Month recipients for September 2014 were announced. The Student of the Month award recognizes students at Francis X. Hegarty … more

11/12/14

Island Park was among the hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012.

Some Sandy damages can’t be measured

In some ways, we have assessed the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, as disturbing as the figures may be. Sandy’s destruction caused at least $65 billion in damages nationwide, and no region was hit harder than Long Island’s South Shore, Oceanside and Island Park in particular. more

By Tom Jordan | 10/29/14

Board of Education Trustees Matthew Paccione, far left, with and Diana Caracciolo; Dr. Rosmarie Bovino; SOAR Award winners Emilie Bligh, Karen Wilson and Lisa Roberts; Board of Education President Richie Hayes, Vice President Nina Hargrove, and Trustee Tara Byrne.

SOAR winners announced

At the September Island Park Schools Board of Education meeting, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Rosmarie Bovino introduced the recipients of the 2014 SOAR Award (Superintendent’s Outstanding … more

10/15/14

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