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Lawrence High School senior Matthew Sharin advanced to the finalist portion of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation awards program.

Lawrence's Matthew Sharin is a National Merit semifinalist

Lawrence High School senior Matthew Sharin was named a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist, an accomplishment that less than 1 percent of American high school seniors achieve. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/7/22

Ogden Elementary School teacher Cortney DelGrosso with student Micah Koshi who are part of the sixth best school district in New York based on the latest Niche rankings.

Hewlett-Woodmere schools are nationally ranked

The Hewlett-Woodmere School District us ranked No. 19 in the Niche ninth annual best schools and district rankings. The school district was ranked No. 6 overall in the state and its teachers are also rated No. 6 in New York. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/7/22

Football clinics aim to teach youngsters in the Lawrence School District the rudiments of the sport.

More support, clinics aid Lawrence football rebound

Lawrence School District football is no stranger to the highs and lows that every athletic program experiences, and that program, which was a powerhouse just a few years ago, has been in decline in recent seasons. more

By Kepherd Daniel | 10/6/22

Rabbi Mordechai Kamentsky, dean of Yeshiva South Shore, rejected the state’s latest update of oversight for nonpublic schools.

State education oversight angers Five Towns officials

The gathering of a few Republican candidates, rabbis and yeshivas officials outside the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach in Woodmere on Sept. 22 was part GOP rally and part bashing the State Education Department for its approval of updating oversight of private schools. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/30/22

A virtual meeting of the South Shore Online District. From left at top were Kaitlin Pollack and Dasi Weill, of HAFTR; Benjamin Cohen, of Katz Yeshiva; and Sam Passner, of the Idea School. From left in the next row were Ilana Greenberg, of North Shore; Maytal Chelst, of Central; Maya Karasanto, of HAFTR; and Alex Libkind, the district coordinator. Below them, from left, were Batya Kimyagarov, of SKA; Lulu Morse and Andrew Bereger, of HAFTR; and Chole Mastour, of North Shore. At bottom, from left, were Leo Elgen, of Ramaz, and Isabel Waitman, of the Salantar Akiba Riverdale Academy.

HAFTR debate team director creates league for yeshivas

Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns & Rockaway High School’s debate team has been unable to compete in tournaments held on Fridays and Saturdays, and the team’s director and coach, Alex Libkind, decided that he needed to do something about that. more

By Hernesto Galdamez | 9/29/22

A quintet of Hewlett High School seniors are National Merit Scholarship Program semifinalists. From left were Hiral Chavre, Ilana Mizrahi, Anthony Ginzburg, Brian Chen and Ethan Abelev.

Five Hewlett students are Merit semifinalists

Hewlett High School seniors Ethan Abelev, Hiral Chavre, Brian Chen, Anthony Ginzburg and Ilana Mizrahi were named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/28/22

HAFTR Highlights student columnist Esther Gaon.

A new academic year takes flight

The start of a new year at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway High School is riveting and exciting. more

By Esther Gaon | 9/28/22

Lawrence Lately student columnist Alexis Acosta.

Oh no! It is a tornado alert!

It is back to school at Lawrence High School and let me tell you the feeling is exhilarating. It is exciting to brag that Lawrence had prevailed through the Covid-19 pandemic. more

By Alexis Acosta | 9/27/22

The inflatable slide attracted a large group of people at the Lawrence Woodmere Academy barbecue.

Welcome back to Lawrence Woodmere Academy

For the first time in three years, Lawrence Woodmere Academy in Woodmere welcomed back students and parents with a barbecue on its campus on Woodmere Boulevard on Sept. 10. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/15/22

Seventh-graders Leah Minkov, left, and Charlotte Isler on the first day of school at the renamed Brandeis Hebrew Academy.

Brandeis school in Lawrence is recast as a Hebrew academy

More than 90 years after opening its doors and a decade after ending its association with the Solomon Schechter school systems, the Brandeis School, in Lawrence, has rebranded as the Brandeis Hebrew Academy. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/15/22

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