Board meeting The Long Beach Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at the middle school at 8 p.m. on Dec. 8. Science fair The annual middle school science fair will be held on Nov. 24 at … more

American flags lined the driveway leading to the Long Beach Middle School to greet more than 30 veterans from six wars in honor of Veterans Day last Friday. The veterans arrived to speak to the … more

Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District athletic director, recently resigned his post as coordinator of the Nassau County Boys' Basketball Committee because, he said, the Section VIII Athletic Council rejected a proposal of his to fine-tune the seeding process that ultimately determines teams' playing schedules. In 2006, Lerner was the architect of an ability-grouping system that determined a team's conference by its record. Previously, teams were assigned to conferences without much regard to their records. Rather, officials used what they called the "snake," in which teams were seeded and then laid out on a grid that wound back and forth in serpentine fashion. more

Long Beach Middle School recently held a kickoff celebration to mark the sixth year of its Mentor Program. Fifty-three teachers and staff members have volunteered to take part in the program, … more

Senior Michelle Leonetti is the first student from Long Beach High School to be named a regional finalist in the Siemens Competition in math, science and technology. Leonetti, along with … more

Board meeting The Long Beach Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at the middle school at 8 p.m. on Dec. 8. Morning Madness needs youThe high school PTSA Morning Madness Committee … more

Representing the barrier island, the Long Beach High School Marching Band participated in Newsday’s annual Marching Band Festival, playing their own rendition of music by Steely Dan, David Matthews … more

Board meeting The Long Beach Board of Education will hold a regular meeting at the middle school at 8 p.m. on Nov. 10. Morning Madness needs you The high school PTSA Morning Madness … more

Students at Long Beach High School took a field trip on Oct. 21, but they never crossed a bridge. Some 30 students in the school’s participation in government class took the annual trip to … more

Earlier this decade, when my nephew attended Oceanside Middle School, his teachers devoted a month to the Holocaust. He and his fellow eight-graders had to read a book, watch a movie and write several reports on this important subject. more