A total of 78 Lynbrook Public School students in grades four through 12 qualified to perform in the New York State Music Association’s All-County Festival on the weekends of January 8 and 15. They will join a select group of musicians from all over Nassau County for a gala concert series at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, featuring select chorus, orchestra, band and jazz band performances. Hundreds of students auditioned for this honor at the NYSSMA Solo Evaluation Festivals held last spring.
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1/6/11
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Following a 15-year tradition at the Lynbrook Kindergarten Center, students have joined forces once again with the John Theissen Children’s Foundation to make the holidays a bit brighter for sick and underprivileged children in the area. Founder John Theissen paid a personal visit to the school to kick off their toy drive.
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1/6/11
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At the bottom of this column is a call for interns. The job is not for the faint of heart. It can be thankless, yet absolutely rewarding. Sound good? It may to you hardy souls who, despite yourselves, have a longing to write and report the news.
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by Mary Malloy
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1/6/11
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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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Every year, under the guidance of club advisors Joe Cangemi and Leslie Klein, the East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society organizes a school-wide toy drive.
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By Mary Malloy
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12/23/10
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Several school officials and community members formed a committee last month to weigh the pros and cons of bringing an athletic turf field to one of the district’s schools.
One of their most important tasks is to put together a research report, which officials hope will be ready by February.
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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12/23/10
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Hundreds gathered outside Dees’ Nursery in Oceanside on Dec. 6 to mark the seventh year of DHL Operation Holiday Cheer, a charitable program in which holiday trees, decorations and encouraging …
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Tom Steinert
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12/15/10
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The Lynbrook High School Stagers and Backstagers played to packed houses as they presented “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” with music and lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
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12/15/10
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The Lynbrook/East Rockaway Soccer Club’s next game plan may be off-the-field. Club members are turning to the community to determine a level of interest for their new program, TOPSOCCER, a …
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By Clarissa Hamlin
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12/15/10
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