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The basketball court at Clara H. Carlson Elementary School has been underutlized, Comsos COO Erik Stover said. The soccer field is expected to be completed by the summer of 2016.
A changing sports scene
The New York Cosmos will be transforming an underused basketball court on the grounds of Clara H. Carlson Elementary School in Elmont into a soccer pitch. With charity partner Street Soccer USA and … more
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Long Island Muslim Society leaders said that interfaith services at the East Meadow mosque, like the one they hosted on June 22, bring community members of various faiths together.
Recapturing the narrative
Mohammed Saleh, 67, has a multi-faceted identity. He is a Bangladeshi immigrant who arrived in the U.S. 44 years ago, eventually moving to Merrick in 1985. He is a successful pharmacist who became a … more
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At press time, the New York State Board of Regents was poised to place a four-year moratorium on the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers’ classroom performance. Above, English teacher Laura Sheridan worked recently with senior Malik Daniels in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s Meadowbrook Alternative Program.
State task force: Overhaul Common Core
In its final report, issued Dec. 10, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Common Core Task Force called on the state to place a four-year moratorium on the use of students’ state test scores to evaluate … more
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Valley Stream District 13 Middle School teacher Richard Rosenfeld and his fellow robotics coach Mairead M. Dorry, inspect the model machine that their team will construct for the competition.
Preparing for the future
Competition on the ball field is quickly being replaced by competition in the science lab as middle school students are becoming more involved with engineering and designing functioning machines … more
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‘School of Rock’
The news of the world is depressing and how can it not be? Raise your spirits at School of Rock, the new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the 2003 movie directed … more
Scott Brinton
What I learned at Hempstead High
On my first day in Hempstead, I watched a man get arrested. I was driving by. There he was, on the sidewalk, a police officer leading him away in handcuffs. more
Freeport High School’s Top 10 students are all smiles after learning about this honor last week. From left, Assistant Principal Gisselle Campbell-Ham, Joanna Caravantes, Luis Lopez Cardona, Rebecca Robles, Amanda Roque-Tobar, valedictorian Christopher Meszaros-Rodriguez, salutatorian Claire Goremusandu, Sarah Heins, George Magloire, Jessica Vargas Cruz, Cameryn Miller, Principal Linda Carter, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kishore Kuncham.
Freeport High announces Top 10
They are Freeport High School’s best and brightest students. They are the top 10 students of the class of 2016, designated for having the highest cumulative grade point … more
Dr. Stephen Dewey answered Bellmore-Merrick parents’ and residents’ questions about the effects that drugs have on the mind.
The teenage brain on drugs
The drug addicts’ brain scans that Dr. Stephen Dewey takes appear in psychedelic shades of red, yellow, green and blue, each indicating a level of brain activity — or inactivity. Red means excited. Blue is dormant. Dewey is the laboratory director for behavioral and molecular neuro-imaging at the North Shore-LIJ Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. In that capacity, he’s put hundreds of addicts’ brains to the test — the positron emission tomography test, that is — seeking to understand precisely what happens to the mind when a pot smoker lights up or a heroin junkie shoots up. And, he has found, it isn’t pretty. more
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Thank you: Giblyn students with school board members, from left, Michael Pomerico, Ron Ellerbe, Vilma Lancaster, Anthony Miller and Ernest Kight.
Freeporters say thank you to school board trustees
Students in the dual language program at Giblyn School performed a song and dance routine to honor Freeport School Board members at the Oct. 28 board meeting for New York State Board Recognition … more
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Honoring Freeporters: Local dignitaries honor Freeporters of Hispanic heritage. From left are Mayor Robert Kennedy, Coucnilwoman Dorothy Goosby, Village Trustee Carmen Pineyro, Rosa Luna, Gisselle Campbell Ham, Dennis Urena and Deputy Mayor Jorge Martinez.
Freeport celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage month, Sept. 15 – Oct. 15 celebrated the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors come from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and … more
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