Keyword: Kennedy
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Mired in a four-game slide after a strong start and desperate for a win to get back in contention for a Nassau Class AA boys’ basketball playoff spot, Kennedy didn’t waste an opportunity to take advantage of a struggling rival last Friday.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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1/22/13
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For her senior science thesis, Calhoun High School researcher Emma McNamara studied macaque monkeys to better understand the relationship between the morphology, or structure, of females’ canine teeth and their dominance in the social hierarchy of their troop. By studying teeth molds at New York University’s Anthropology Department and films of macaques in the wild, she found that females with bigger canine teeth equaled or surpassed the aggressiveness of males.
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By Scott Brinton
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1/15/13
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Sparked by junior Brian Downey’s 10 third-quarter points and junior Kyle McGinley’s game-sealing free throws — he converted all six of his attempts in the final 46.9 seconds — Calhoun knocked off district-rival Kennedy, 65-53, last Friday night in a Conference AA-III boys’ basketball showdown.
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By Steve Siniski
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1/8/13
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“Cougar Nation” came together again on Dec. 19 to “jam the gym” for a varsity wrestling match and alumni night at John F. Kennedy High School.
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By Julie Mansmann
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1/4/13
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Mepham not only captured the team championship at the annual Sprig Gardner Wrestling Tournament with 308 points — 60.5 more than runner-up Brooklyn Tech — in early December, that also featured district rivals Kennedy (third place, 211 points) and Calhoun (seventh, 122), the Pirates swept the individual awards.
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By Steve Siniski
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12/31/12
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Craig Papach has taught phys. ed. and coached boys’ lacrosse at Kennedy High School for more than two decades, and over the years, the lacrosse team has accrued many wins and earned numerous accolades. 2012, Papach said, brought one of the squad’s finest achievements.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/12/12
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John F. Kennedy High School administrators inducted nine new members into the school’s Hall of Fame at a ceremony at the Coral House in Baldwin on Dec. 1.
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By Julie Mansmann
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12/4/12
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Signs taped to the walls of Kennedy High School’s cafeterias on Nov. 15 did not advertise club meetings or school events, as usual. Some featured a SpongeBob SquarePants character who, as it happens, bears the same the name as the hurricane that destroyed many students’ and teachers’ homes –– Sandy –– with a red line across the character’s picture. Most of the posters, though, promoted a special community dinner.
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By Julie Mansmann
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11/20/12
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Top-ranked and undefeated Bellmore-JFK powered its way to a fourth Nassau Class B boys’ volleyball title in five years last Monday afternoon, but No. 3 West Hempstead provided a stiff challenge.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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11/15/12
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Calhoun High School English teacher Jason Elias was driving when he got a call from his principal, David Seinfeld, in August. Since it was summer, when Elias wouldn’t expect to hear from Seinfeld, he figured something was up and had to answer, so he pulled over and picked up.
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By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com
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10/24/12
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