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Students Brazille Noel and Kyanna Wiggins watch as teacher Vincent Leis mans the camera.

When a pipe broke in a classroom at Baldwin High School last winter, Superintendent Shari Camhi saw the event as a chance to start a new program. Rather than simply repair the flooded room, Camhi … more

By Adrienne Lyons | 1/14/16

Sakeenah Benjamin, front, and Nakeem Grant, at back, were among six Hofstra University graduate journalism students who mentored members of the Hempstead High School newspaper club this fall as part of a new program begun by Scott Brinton, a Hofstra adjunct professor and the Heralds’ senior editor.

Showing aspiring reporters at Hempstead High the world of journalism

This fall six Hofstra University graduate journalism students visited Hempstead High School weekly to teach members of the newspaper club about how to write news and feature articles and to introduce … more

By Stephany Reyes | 12/23/15

Delmy Valle, right, a Hempstead High School senior, is concerned about how the media treats schools like Hempstead. She believes the media needs to give the school more positive attention to help boost students’ spirits. She was joined here by Franklyn Garcia in Advanced Placement calculus class.

Focusing on the positive at Hempstead High

Hempstead High School is called a “failing school” and has been so for the past 10 years, according to the the 2015 State of New York’s Failing Schools. With a graduation rate of 37 percent … more

By Delmy Valle | 12/23/15

Lucy Acosta, a senior at Hempstead High School, emigrated from Honduras when she was 6 years old. She had to work hard to learn English. She says she feels comfortable among students who were born abroad as well as in the U.S., but she knows that not everyone does. Her article looks at ways to unite the two groups of students.

Uniting Hempstead High School as one

A loud, screeching bell rang through the hallway of my old elementary school as I was walking to my next class. As the halls filled with students at Bethpage Elementary School, I could feel the walls closing in on me. I noticed, however, a new face I hadn't seen before. It was a new kid at school who was accompanied by a parent, struggling to navigate through the chaos. I remembered when it was my innocent face –– a 6 year-old immigrant student from Honduras. more

By Lucy Acosta | 12/23/15

Long Island Muslim Society leaders said that interfaith services at the East Meadow mosque, like the one they hosted on June 22, bring community members of various faiths together.

Recapturing the narrative

Mohammed Saleh, 67, has a multi-faceted identity. He is a Bangladeshi immigrant who arrived in the U.S. 44 years ago, eventually moving to Merrick in 1985. He is a successful pharmacist who became a … more

By Julie Mansmann | 12/17/15

Oceanside resident Betty Pilnick explained her son’s inability to pursue his musical career after high school because he will lack a high school diploma.

Dispute over diplomas and disabled students

Scores of angry parents of high school students with disabilities gathered last week to lambast a state government and education panel over a new program that denies the teens a high school diploma. … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 12/17/15

The first the four panels of the mural in Baldwin High School shows students reading.

Morass over mural

A mural depicting student activity that has been in Baldwin High School for over half a century is generating controversy, with at least one parent urging the school board to “update” it by … more

By Adrienne Lyons | 12/17/15

What I learned at Hempstead High

On my first day in Hempstead, I watched a man get arrested. I was driving by. There he was, on the sidewalk, a police officer leading him away in handcuffs. more

12/10/15

In the biggest dance number of the show, the company performed the title song. Cast members danced on the upper and lower decks of the two-level set.

A ‘De-Lovely’ performance

The audience got a kick out of the Baldwin High School production of “Anything Goes” during the weekend of Nov. 19. The Cole Porter classic took on a new twist with Baldwin’s production, … more

By Adrienne Lyons | 12/2/15

Honor roll students at Baldwin High 3

LAST NAME FIRST NAME HONOR ROLL GRADE Achampong Yaa High Distinction Honor Roll 9 Chavis Thomas High Distinction Honor Roll 9 Cochrane Violet High … more

12/1/15

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