At the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 15, some parents expressed concerns about the district’s English as a Second Language program. The concerns focused on the fact that the program is only held at the H. Frank Carey High School, although there are four other schools in the district.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/22/11
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Gerald Waldman, of Huntington, the former assistant principal of Sewanhaka High School, was arraigned on charges of grand larceny and official misconduct on Feb. 18, accused of taking $113,000 from a union fund. Waldman, 59, was arrested by investigators from the Nassau County district attorney’s office.
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By JACKIE NASH
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2/21/11
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The Franklin Square Union Free School District has been working over the past several years to implement state-of-the-art technology in its classrooms. Five years ago, the district didn’t even have an e-mail system; now, it is working on installing its final interactive whiteboards in general education classrooms, and its speech and hearing teachers are piloting iPads.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/9/11
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The 50th annual District Music Festival, sponsored by the Sewanhaka Central High School District, was held at the New Hyde Park Memorial High School on Thursday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. The event featured the most talented young musicians from each of the district’s five schools, including the New Hyde Park, Sewanhaka, H. Frank Carey, Elmont Memorial and Floral Park Memorial high schools. Students were selected by audition in November, and more than 300 students from the district participated.
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By Jackie Nash
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2/9/11
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When school starts next September, two of Valley Stream’s four school districts will be under new leadership. And in the coming weeks and months, Valley Stream residents will have a great opportunity to have a say on just who these new leaders should be.
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1/5/11
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Valley Stream residents are invited to join the Central High School District Board of Education to tour the district’s four school buildings on Saturday, Jan. 8.
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1/5/11
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Parents, residents and students stepped into the ring with their gloves off to demand information about the Alternative Special Education program at the Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education meeting on Aug. 31.
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Clarissa Hamlin
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9/8/10
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Thirty-eight years after Joe Corea began his four-decade career as Calhoun High School's head baseball coach, he can still rattle off most of the names on his starting lineup from his very first year -–– 1972.
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Scott Brinton
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6/9/10
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A cold drizzle fell as the short, yellow school bus from the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District pulled up last Wednesday to Kennedy Airport's Hagar 17, the 80,000-square-foot storehouse for the remains of what once were the two tallest buildings in the world.
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Scott Brinton
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5/17/10
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As incidents of bullying and cyber-bullying gain notoriety nationwide, parents close to home start to look at their childrens’ schools to see how they stack up.
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Andrew Hackmack and Matt Hampton
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4/14/10
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