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Closed doors shut out trans students
Imagine you’re the parent of a transgender child attending public school. You and your child have already had more than your share of grief, knowing that you live in a culture that doesn’t always understand or welcome difference . . . more
Oceanside High School’s World Interest Club officers Leah Berkman, left, Nathan Gershengorin, Andrew Carlins and Josena Joseph with model and activist Georgie Badiel during the district’s “A Thirst For Change” event on March 1.
Oceanside students thirsty for change
As a young girl in Burkina Faso, Georgie Badiel walked for three hours each morning to fetch clean water. After moving to the United States about a decade ago, she went back to her home country in Western Africa to visit her pregnant sister, who still had to get up between 2 and 4 a.m. to retrieve the scarce resource. more
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We need Black History Month now more than ever
We were supposed to have been healed by now, right? With the first African-American president finally elected not once but twice, the nation was supposed to be . . . more
What's happening on Long Island this weekend
Exhibits and more... Ansel Adams: Sight and FeelingAn exhibition of Adams’ photographs that demonstrates how his intuitive and emotional response to the landscape resulted in powerful and … more
Oceanside’s ENL students hold Thanksgiving Feast
As part of a long-standing tradition at North Oceanside School No. 5, students in the district’s English as a New Language class held a Thanksgiving feast on Nov. 18. for their parents, community members, and administrators. more
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IP students learn bus safety
Students at Island Park’s Francis Hegarty Elementary School brushed up on their bus safety knowledge on Sept. 15. Each class participated in a bus safety drill led by members of the Transportation … more
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Busy week for students at O’side schools
Ed Scharfberg, a retired New York City Police Department detective and former chief of the Oceanside Fire Department, spoke to eighth graders at Oceanside Middle School about his experiences on 9-11 … more
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Let’s keep our schoolchildren safe
It’s a message we emphasize every year, because it is so important: School is almost back in session, so it’s time for drivers to slow down and use extra caution. more
When closed minds creak open, light floods in
Remember Pat from “Saturday Night Live”? In 1990, when the character debuted, I laughed along with everyone else . . . more
Middle class needs relief from all levels of government
In these tough financial times, the middle class suffers. In the suburbs of Long Island, families struggle to pay astronomical property taxes. Now young families are strapped with an additional burden . . . more
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