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Students in the BMBroadcasting program at Mepham High School in North Bellmore were busy on a recent Thursday preparing for an important show featuring an interview with the school principal, Eric Gomez. Among them were, clockwise from top left, sophomores Colleen Hefferen, of Bellmore, and Aidan Carolan, of North Merrick; senior Jason Spiller, of Bellmore; and junior Michael Daniels, of North Merrick. Simulating authentic workaday situations is at the heart of experiential learning, educators say.
Experiential learning, vocational education making a comeback
Part five in the series “Educating the 21st Century Child.”Mepham High School broadcast teacher Stu Stein often holds class in the dark, and with virtually every surface in his … more
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Seth J. Blau
Forgotten figures in Oceanside history
When one looks back in history, sometimes tragic events result in interesting, unintended results that eventually shape the world we live in today. The same is true of our local community. When a … more
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The Oceanside School District’s first modern school. Built in 1911, it would later become known as School No. 1.
A look through time at the Oceanside School District
Looking back at history, it is interesting how little known; long-forgotten individuals can unwittingly influence the development of a community. This is exactly the case with Miss Helen E. Westcott. … more
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Bob Cohen, attorney for the Island Park School District, gave an update on the E.F. Barrett Power Station at the Board of Education meeting on May 22.
I.P. district updates residents on Barrett plant’s future
“They’re not going to repower that plant,” Island Park Schools Superintendent Dr. Rosmarie Bovino told a small group of residents at the district’s May 22 Board of Education meeting, referring to the Long Island Power Authority’s stance on modernizing the E.F. Barrett Power Station, which straddles Island Park and Oceanside. more
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Project Extra teacher Angela Abend spent months helping her students prepare for the Invention Convention at the Oceanside Library on May 13.
Young minds harness, display their creativity
Hundreds turned out at the Oceanside Library on May 13 to see amazing inventions dreamt up by sixth-grade students in the Oceanside School District’s Project Extra program. more
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Dan Keegan, associate principal of Oceanside Middle School, kept a rally going during a volleyball fundraiser at Oceanside High School on May 12. Proceeds from the event benefited Relay For Life, which will be held on June 3.
Faculty volleyball tournament supports Relay For Life
Hundreds came out to watch the Oceanside School District’s administrators, teachers and staff compete on the volleyball court during a Relay For Life fundraiser at the high school on May 12. more
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Oceanside residents voted to approve the school district and library's budgets on Tuesday.
Oceanside school, library budgets pass
The Oceanside School District’s $150 million 2017-18 budget easily passed on Tuesday by a vote of 1,202 to 369. Next year’s spending plan — about $2.9 million, or 1.97 percent, larger than the current one — took advantage of its allowable tax levy increase of 2.15 percent. more
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Vote ‘yes’ on Oceanside school budget
Although the Oceanside School District takes full advantage of its allowable tax levy increase of 2.15 percent, it has shown a willingness to save where it can while providing ever-expanding academic programs. more
Trucks like this one, have been spotted around Long Island, urging parents to opt their children out of Common Core testing.
Half of Oceanside students opt out
About half of all eligible third- through eighth-grade students in the Oceanside School District — 50.2 percent — did not sit for the state English Language Arts Common Core tests last week, a … more
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Oceanside High School’s World Interest Club officers Leah Berkman, left, Nathan Gershengorin, Andrew Carlins and Josena Joseph with model and activist Georgie Badiel during the district’s “A Thirst For Change” event on March 1.
Oceanside students thirsty for change
As a young girl in Burkina Faso, Georgie Badiel walked for three hours each morning to fetch clean water. After moving to the United States about a decade ago, she went back to her home country in Western Africa to visit her pregnant sister, who still had to get up between 2 and 4 a.m. to retrieve the scarce resource. more
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