Village stars were shining as Rockville Centre residents took to the stage in three recent productions.
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Judy Rattner
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11/11/09
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About 50 high school students came to the Nov. 3 Valley Stream school board committee meeting to try to persuade the board to continue letting them leave campus in their cars during lunch periods.
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Anthony Bottan
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11/11/09
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A group of 26 students from Lynbrook High School’s Forensics and Legal Issues classes experienced the local judicial system up close and personal when they paid a visit to the Nassau County District Court. While they were there, they had the opportunity to meet a court officer and a judge who conducted a Q&A session dealing with the court system and jurisprudence, which generated an honest conversation about the realities of the same legal systems that they had been studying in class.
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11/5/09
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The Malverne Board Education presented Malverne High School student Maxwell Henry with an award for his achievements during its monthly meeting on Oct. 13.
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11/4/09
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The construction of an elevator to serve the Valley Stream Central High School District offices at Memorial Junior High School is currently under way, and some teachers at the school say that noise from the work has disrupted their classrooms.
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Anthony Bottan
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11/4/09
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Out of about 1,500 students in the 10th and 11th grades in the Valley Stream Central High School District, nearly 100 had yet to re-register by the end of last week.
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by Andrew Hackmack
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10/29/09
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For the second straight year, school districts are facing the possibility of a midyear aid cut as Gov. Paterson seeks to plug New York state’s deficit.
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Andrew Hackmack
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10/29/09
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Rockville Centre's five school board trustees voted unanimously to accept a State Environmental Quality Review Act study that concluded that the proposed renovations of South Side High School would have “no significant adverse environmental impact.”
The vote paved the way for the board to authorize, also unanimously, a special district meeting on Thursday, Dec. 17, for the public to vote on the proposed $31.8 million bond issue referendum. Ballots will be cast that day, in the South Side High School gym, between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.
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by Judy Rattner
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10/29/09
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Only 6 months old, Sophia Gaynor of Bellmore is bringing out the best in hundreds of local high school students.
Around 300 people turned out at Mepham High School's track on Oct. 22 to take a part in a walk-a-thon to benefit the charitable organization, Sophia's Cure. The organization is named for a local newborn who was diagnosed with fatal spinal muscular atrophy, a group of diseases that affect the motor neurons of the spinal cord and brain stem.
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Sari Zeidler
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10/29/09
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