Students at Sewanhaka High School learned about teen dating violence during a workshop held by The Safe Center Long Island on Feb. 12. Ashna Balroop, a senior at Sewanhaka High School, was inspired to spread awareness with her classmates about the issue of domestic violence in teen dating.
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By Nicole Wagner
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2/23/24
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Third and fourth graders at Franklin Square school district’s John Street School participated in an educational, immersive experience with Submerge Storytelling, a local company founded by Cory Levine that offers engaging curricula and enrichment for grades K-5, between Feb. 12 and 16.
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By Nicole Wagner
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2/23/24
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Fourth, fifth and sixth grade students at Elmont’s Clara H. Carlson School participated in a Scripps Spelling Bee Competition.
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By Nicole Wagner
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2/23/24
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The Elmont boys’ basketball team remembers the feeling of losing in the Nassau County semifinals last season.
“We were all there when we lost,” Cassius Moore said. “We …
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By Andrew Fantucchio
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2/22/24
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The next National Hockey League All-Star Game will be played at UBS Arena in Elmont. The announcement came Sunday afternoon during the first intermission of the Islanders-Rangers Stadium Series game at MetLife Stadium.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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2/20/24
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A defensive adjustment at halftime and a dominant third quarter led by junior Makayla Daube and senior Grace Glynn spurred No. 9 Mepham to a come-from-behind 51-41 victory at eighth-seeded Elmont …
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By Tony Bellissimo
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2/17/24
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Kenneth Card was sworn in as the Elmont school district’s second interim superintendent this academic year on Feb. 6, a day after Al Harper’s resignation became effective.
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By Nicole Wagner
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2/16/24
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The advocates from the Elmont Cultural Center met up with Legislator Carrié Solages Feb. 8 for a ride along to protest deficiencies in the Nassau Inter County Express bus system. Chief complaints of the ECC are the lack of connections between different parts of town, lack of frequency of the buses, lack of bus shelters and the lack of affordability of taxis to replace them.
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Rei Wolfsohn
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2/16/24
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The St. Catherine’s fifth grade girls’ basketball team of Franklin Square, led by Coach Jeane-Marie Zarzycki, took on the St. Francis-Dunn team of Wantagh for the Catholic Youth Organization championship title on Feb. 10.
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By Nicole Wagner
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2/16/24
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Sewanhaka school district’s Career and Technical Education pre-engineering program students have been selected as one of 60 winning teams in the NASA TechRise Student Challenge. It is Sewanhaka’s third consecutive year being recognized as winners in this nationwide contest, which is administered by Future Engineers.
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By Nicole Wagner
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2/16/24
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