Valley Stream South High School social studies teacher Pete Mastrota shared his Sept. 11 story with his 11th grade U.S. history classes last Friday. more

After nine years of serving on the Central High School District school board, Paul DePace stepped down from his post as trustee this year and was replaced by Ian Wraith to represent District 24 more

Answering President Barack Obama’s call for a National Day of Service on Sept. 11, students at South High School spent their time last Friday working on a variety of community-oriented projects. more

Two students from East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School have been named AP Award winners. more

As the Herald went to press on Tuesday, Rockville Centre public school students in grades 3 through 12 were scheduled to watch President Obama’s back-to-school speech more

In its first official meeting of the new school year, members of the Board of Education were joined by district administrators, teachers, staff, parents and students for the annual inspection of the district's high school, middle school and its five elementary schools. A group of about 30 people met outside the administrative offices in South Side High School on Sept. 2, where the day-long tour started promptly at 8:30 a.m. more

An ad hoc group of students and high school parents converged on the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education meeting Sept. 2 to call on district officials to reconsider their 2007 stance against synthetic-turf football fields at Calhoun, Kennedy and Mepham high schools. Roughly 250 parents and their children attended, with young people donning Merrick Police Activity League, Merrick-North Merrick Little League, Bellmore Braves and Calhoun football jerseys. In response to recent calls for artificial turf, Board of Education President Diane Seaman announced at the meeting that the district was forming a committee to explore ways to improve the high schools' football fields. She noted that the committee would look not only at synthetic turf, but also at ways to upgrade maintenance of the current grass fields. more

Celebrating dedicated service   Sixty colleagues, both present and past, came out recently to celebrate the retirement of one of South Side High School’s beloved secretaries, Jean … more

While it might not appear so right now, the work under way on Princeton Road is moving ahead on schedule, and is slated to be completed by the time school starts on Tuesday. more

With South Side High School’s football season already under way and a variety of varsity and junior varsity teams from the middle and high schools taking to fields throughout the village this week, the district’s new director of physical education, health and athletics, Carol Roseto, has spent many hours this summer getting ready. more