On April 12, 1986, the East Rockaway High School Alumni Celebration of 50 years of Rock Rivalry took place in a format honoring the unique tradition of “Entrance.”
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Genie Kubat
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3/11/10
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On Feb. 9, 12 students from East Rockaway High School’s Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) were awarded by Island Harvest for their successful student food drive campaign.
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Contributed by Kristen Kosloff-Mednick
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3/11/10
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Lynbrook High School’s Facing History and Ourselves Club has launched its second annual campaign to raise money for impoverished schools in Northern Uganda. They will once again be working through an international relief organization called Invisible Children that builds schools and provides scholarships for poor and orphaned children who would otherwise not receive an education.
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3/11/10
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Sal Canepa dances in his head — but not before he listens to the tune about a half dozen times and then, painstakingly and intricately, puts each step on paper. Canepa is now working with the cast of Island Park Theatre Group’s “On Broadway — A Musical Revue,” which features full, well-known songs from 29 Broadway musicals.
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Mary Malloy
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3/10/10
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Kindergarten students at Rhame Avenue School were treated to a visit from their district Superintendent Dr. R Melucci who read to Mrs. C. Cartmell-Moy and Mrs. K. Callaghan’s Kindergarten classes for the 100th day of school.
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3/3/10
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On Feb. 28, the East Rockaway Middle School Robotics Team captured the coveted Champion’s Award at the Long Island F.I.R.S.T. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League Championship tournament held at Longwood High School.
More than 90 teams from Nassau and Suffolk counties competed in qualifying rounds before the final 46 were chosen for the championship.
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3/3/10
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East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School held its annual Sports Night on Monday evening . The seniors took first place, followed by the sophomores, juniors and freshmen. The points scored go toward the Rock Rivalry total, held later this month.
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3/3/10
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Fresh off its sixth Nassau Class C girls’ basketball title in eight seasons, East Rockaway kept its momentum going by winning its only tune-up for Long Island championship game opponent Stony Brook.
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Tony Bellissimo
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3/2/10
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South Shore begins digging out
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Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county.
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2/26/10
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Blasted by the snow, again
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Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county.
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2/26/10
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