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Longtime Maurice W. Downing Primary School Student Council adviser Marguerite Robles recently performed “The Little Mermaid,” with Malverne students as part of Camp Read-a-Lot’s Camp Challenge.

Malverne readers perform ‘The Little Mermaid’

Camp Read-a-Lot’s Camp Challenge is celebrating another year for first- through fifth-graders in the Malverne School District. The program, which strives to keep students engaged in reading … more

9/5/19

Malverne School District Superintendent Dr. James Hunderfund, who has been an educator for nearly 50 years, will retire at the end of the 2019-20 school year.

Malverne superintendent plans to retire at end of school year

When Malverne School District Superintendent Dr. James Hunderfund arrived in 2007, he took the position in an interim role. Superintendent Mary Ellen Freeley had just retired, and Hunderfund filled … more

By Nakeem Grant | 9/5/19

Students and staff members gathered for the Class of 2023 orientation at West Hempstead High School on Aug. 28.

Class of 2023 welcomed in West Hempstead

Freshmen entering West Hempstead High School were welcomed by staff, administrators and upperclassmen for an orientation program on Aug. 28. With the program taking place a week before classes … more

9/5/19

Malverne superintendent to retire at the end of 2019-20 school year

After 13 years with the district, Malverne’s district Superintendent Dr. James Hunderfund has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2019-20 school year. He will retire effective Aug. 31, … more

8/29/19

School store: the gift that keeps on giving

Right here in my corner of the universe, a feel-good, do-good project has been sending children back to school every year for the past seven years, with new books and backpacks, sneakers and clothes and even toiletries — and it’s all free. more

8/9/19

Trustee Karen Brohm, above, was sworn in and unanimously elected president during the West Hempstead School District Board of Education’s annual reorganization meeting on July 2.

West Hempstead’s school board trustees get sworn in

The West Hempstead School District Board of Education held its annual reorganization meeting on July 2, during which its incoming board was installed. District Clerk Kathie Girolamo administered … more

7/11/19

Newspapers’ existential crisis

In 1996, Hewlett House was a dilapidated farmhouse, long empty and fast rotting. The Hewlett-Woodmere School District, which owned it, planned to demolish the 300-year-old structure to make way for a parking lot. Then the Nassau Herald started reporting on the historic home’s plight. more

6/21/19

The West Hempstead School District welcomed Molloy College professors Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld and Dr. Maria Dove, as well as educators from North Carolina’s Wake County Public School System on May 23.

West Hempstead schools collaborates with North Carolina educators

The West Hempstead School District welcomed Molloy College professors Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld and Dr. Maria Dove along with a group of educators from the Wake County Public School System in North … more

6/13/19

Tina Castelluzzo represented SEPTA at the Central High School District’s Citizens’ Advisory Committee to discuss the district’s waiver policy last year.

Valley Streamers, Malvernites raise money for PTA, SEPTA mom

Malvernite Bettina “Tina” Castelluzzo dislikes asking for help, even with little money to pay for her impending divorce, a new home and college and vocational school expenses. But when she realized that she couldn’t afford everything, she accepted her friend Caroline Bormann’s aid. more

By Melissa Koenig | 6/6/19

Malvernites, Valley Streamers raise money for PTA, SEPTA mom

Malvernite Bettina “Tina” Castelluzzo dislikes asking for help, even with little money to pay for her impending divorce, a new home and college and vocational school expenses. But when she … more

By Melissa Koenig | 6/6/19