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Slavery on L.I.: We should talk about it in school

I recently joined five Long Island high school students for a visit to the Joseph Lloyd Manor in Lloyd Harbor, the 18th-century site where many enslaved people of African descent lived. more

By Elaine Gross | 11/18/21

Sticks and stones — words can never harm me

You cannot burn a book in 2021. You can burn the paper and the ink and the cardboard, but in our world of e-books, you cannot ever kill the words and ideas that an author created. more

11/18/21

Annabelle Torres, 7, was the first of the group to be vaccinated in front of Long Beach City Hall. Her brother Christian, 10, was right behind her.

MSSN gives Covid vaccine to first kids on L.I.

Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside continued combating the pandemic by administering the first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to 5- to 11-year-olds in front of Long Beach City Hall last Wednesday. more

By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com | 11/11/21

Weather permitting, students spend at least two periods outside for phys. ed., sports and lunch to help avoid crowding indoors.

Long Beach school district’s Covid numbers remain low

So far this year, the Long Beach School District has escaped the widespread Covid-19 outbreaks that have been seen in a number of other districts since September, according to officials. more

By Brendan Carpenter | 10/21/21

City schools are offering a maskless alternative for students who do not want to wear masks in the classroom.

Long Beach schools offer students maskless alternative

Most parents in the Long Beach School District appear to have made peace with the idea that their children will wear masks in class. But about a dozen have opted out, choosing a special maskless … more

By Brendan Carpenter | 10/11/21

Are interscholastic sports really worth the cost?

I was mowing my backyard lawn in Merrick last Saturday when I was suddenly struck by the strange sensation that I had missed the bus to my race — that I should, at the moment, have been running a 5K or a 10K . . . more

9/30/21

The rough road ahead this school year

I recently took part in a WABC-TV special, “Back to School: Learning During a Pandemic,” hosted by Lauren Glassberg. The participants included . . . more

By Alan Singer | 9/23/21

Memories of covering 9/11 haunt me still

My wife called soon after 9 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, her voice measured but tense. I was half-awake, preparing myself for the day . . . more

9/16/21

Oceanside quarterback Charlie McKee won the Thorp Award last season, given to the top player in Nassau County.

Football camps kicked off Aug. 23

Three months and three weeks after Massapequa, Garden City, Manhasset and Wantagh captured Nassau football championships, all 53 programs in the county started preparing for a new season Aug. 23. more

By Tony Bellissimo | 9/10/21

In celebration of teachers

When talking with my grandkids about returning to school this fall — to the building, with other kids, not the dining room table — I was reminded of a school day of my own years ago. more

By Robert A. Scott | 9/9/21

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