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Students from West Hempstead took part in the NYSSMA Festival on April 17 and 18 at West Hempstead High School.

West Hempstead High School hosts music festival

For the first time in six years, West Hempstead High School hosted the Zone 13 New York State School Music Association Festival on April 17 and 18. Roughly 100 students from West Hempstead, along … more

5/3/18

Actress Jordan Tyson was recently recognized as a part of YesBroadway’s 40 Under 40 for 2018.

Malverne actress Jordan Tyson jumps into the spotlight

Actress Jordan Tyson, a Malverne High School alumnus, was recently recognized as a part of YesBroadway’s 40 Under 40. As a person that spent part of her childhood in Baltimore, MD, Tyson’s earliest … more

By Nakeem Grant | 4/12/18

Former Malverne resident lived to 100

Troy Baydala, a former Malvernite who spent his life working to improve his “mind, body and soul,” died of natural causes on March 14. He was 100. “It sounds hokey and corny, but … more

By Nakeem Grant | 3/29/18

Let’s hear the kids out on gun control

On the same day that a million young people walked out of school to protest gun violence and remember the 17 students and teachers killed in Parkland, Fla., the National Rifle Association tweeted a photo of an AR-15 . . . more

3/22/18

Malverne School District board members, administrators, high school teachers and students received a plaque from SUNY Albany for being featured in its NYKids study.

Exceeding expectations at Malverne High School

Recognized for its overall record of success, Malverne High School was recently named one of eight schools in New York, and the only one on Long Island, to be featured in an academic study by SUNY … more

By Nakeem Grant | 3/22/18

Teachers carrying guns? Not here.

In times of crisis, it’s easy to overreact. President Trump overreacted when he called over the weekend for funding to train and arm teachers . . . more

3/16/18

Baldwin students remember Parkland shooting victims,protest gun violence

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more

By Scott Brinton and Daine Taylor | 3/16/18

Superintendent Patricia Sullivan-Kriss led the discussion on the West Hempstead School District's proposed 2018-19 budget on March 6.

West Hempstead projects slight increase in new budget

Superintendent Patricia Sullivan-Kriss proposed a 2018-19 budget that contained a slight increase over the current spending plan at the West Hempstead Union Free School District Board of Education … more

By Nakeem Grant | 3/15/18

Glen Cove High School students walked out of their building to honor the lives lost in the Parkland Florida shooting a month ago. The walkout appears to mark a change of plans, as the district had repeatedly stated that a walkout posed a security risk.

Glen Cove students remember Parkland shooting victims, walk out after plans to stay in

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School a month ago and to call for stricter gun controls, according to student activists and educators. more

By Scott Brinton, Zach Gottehrer-Cohen | 3/14/18

Students at West Hempstead High School took part in a lock-down as part of their protest against gun violence.

West Hempstead students remember Parkland shooting victims through its protest against gun violence

As expected, hundreds of students from across Nassau County took part in Wednesday’s planned National School Walkout to remember the 17 victims of the mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas … more

By Scott Brinton | 3/14/18