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A welcome sign outside Clarke High School is one of many new additions this year

Administrative, infrastructural and technological changes in the East Meadow School District awaited students, who were scheduled to return to class on Wednesday morning. more

By David Weingrad | 9/3/14

A comparison of this year's East Meadow test scores versus 2012-2013.

State test scores rise

State test scores have increased significantly in the East Meadow School District since last year, when scores across the state dropped sharply following the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. more

By David Weingrad | 8/20/14

Participants played a game Coach Scott Martin called “Blob Tag.”

Scoring high under summer skies

Scattered around the gym at W. T. Clarke High School last Monday morning were some 50 students, separated into teams, arranging themselves by date of birth. Coach Scott Martin, a phys.-ed.- teacher in the East Meadow School District, and the instructor of the activity, tested the students’ communication skills by challenging them to complete the exercise in silence — which was inevitably interrupted by the occasional giggle. Communicating only with their fingers, th more

Allison Leshowitz | 7/23/14

W.T. Clarke’s Michael Gismondi showed his enthusiasm at the June 29 graduation ceremony.

Clarke, East Meadow seniors graduate

Some 600 W.T. Clarke and East Meadow High School seniors took the next step in their lives last Sunday, June 29, as they walked across a stage at their respective schools to receive their diploma. more

By David Weingrad | 7/2/14

Gabrielle Cord-Cruz, salutatorian, and Siddesh Ramesh, valedictorian.

Meet Clarke's top grads

Siddesh Ramesh and Gabrielle Cord-Cruz, the top students of W.T. Clarke’s 2014 graduating class, are alike in their ambitions and work ethic. But they have very different interests and career aspirations, which, in a way, is a reflection of the diverse palette of programs and extracurricular activities their school district offers its students. more

By David Weingrad | 6/18/14

East Meadow school budget passes

Voters overwhelmingly passed the East Meadow School District's proposed 2014-15 budget of $191 on Tuesday night, with 1,951 'yes' votes to 597 'no votes. more

5/20/14

EAST MEADOW: support the budget; re-elect Fanelli

East Meadow School District residents can’t lose when they go to the polls on Tuesday. There they will decide whether to support the district’s proposed 2014-15 budget of $191.1 million — a 1.53 percent increase over the current spending plan. more

5/15/14

Wenwood Drive, outside Woodland Middle School, pictured above in March, was the site of the 2007 picketing incident.

N.Y. Court of Appeals: Teachers endangered student safety

The New York State Court of Appeals ruled last week that two East Meadow teachers endangered student safety when they picketed from their parked cars before school on a street outside Woodland Middle School on a rainy day in March 2007, protesting stalled contract negotiations. more

By David Weingrad | 5/14/14

Joseph Danenza, at left, Scott Eckers and Corey Fanelli are running for school board in this year's election. Danenza, a four-year incumbent, is running unopposed. Eckers is a first-time challenger against Fanelli, who has sat on the board since 2010.

Two running for one seat

When East Meadow School District residents vote on whether to approve the district’s proposed 2014-15 budget on Tuesday, they will also decide on a seat on the Board of Education. more

By David Weingrad | 5/14/14

The East Meadow School District’s musical program, under the direction of Abby Behr, was recently listed among the NAMM Foundation’s “Best Communities for Music Education” in America. Pictured above, hundreds of student-musicians performed at the annual District Music Festival at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts last winter.

Music program earns national accolades

The East Meadow School District was named by the NAMM Foundation in March as one of the nation’s most exemplary districts for musical education. NAMM, a nonprofit supported by the National Association of Music Merchants, selected 376 districts as 2014’s Best Communities for Music Education. East Meadow was selected among a field of more than 2,000 schools and districts. more

By David Weingrad | 5/7/14

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