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Cancer Awareness Club members Sofia Harrison, left, Brittney Gobardhan and Giulia Pugliese, who are chairing South Side High School’s Relay for Life on June 2, helped spread the word earlier this month.

South Side students, Rockville Centre community ready for Relay For Life

South Side High School is almost set to host its first-ever Relay for Life, as students and community members put the finishing touches on preparations and ramp up fundraising ahead of Saturday’s event, which will benefit the American Cancer Society. more

By Ben Strack | 5/31/18

Amy Schumer, a 1999 South Side High School graduate, has earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Play.

Rockville Centre-raised Amy Schumer nominated for Tony Award

Rockville Centre-raised comedian Amy Schumer has been nominated for a Tony Award for her Broadway-debut performance in Steve Martin’s “Meteor Shower,” which opened last November. more

By Ben Strack | 5/10/18

Ailis Detommaso, assistant captain of the South Side High School girls’ lacrosse team, sold a T-shirt to Denice McNicholas, who has a son on the team.

Lax for LLS: South Side athletes combat cancer

South Side High School’s lacrosse teams played and won a double-header last weekend, as they raised money for cancer research at the same time. On a rainy evening on April 27, the varsity … more

By Matthew D'Onofrio | 5/3/18

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen met with members of South Side High School’s Political Awareness Club on April 19.

Gillen stops by South Side High School's Political Awareness Club

Laura Gillen stopped by South Side High School last week to meet with students in the Political Awareness Club, to whom she discussed her path to running for office, her first few months as supervisor of the Town of Hempstead and how to navigate the media maze that results from a politically-charged environment. more

By Ben Strack | 4/26/18

Anthony Silecchia, 10, lined up a shot and sent the ball over the net at An Ace for Autism last Saturday, during which South Side High School tennis players taught children with autism the basics of the sport.

South Side High School tennis team hosts ‘An Ace for Autism’

In the midst of Autism Awareness Month, members of the South Side High School boys’ varsity tennis team ran a free clinic for children with special needs last Saturday at Jennie E. Hewitt Elementary School. more

By Ben Strack | 4/26/18

Ciara McDonald, left, Tim Bartoldus and Matthew Adarichev spotted an iceberg.

South Side High School actors put on ‘Titanic’ spectacle

The talented actors and actresses of South Side High School’s Performing Arts Department put on a three-night showing of “Titanic the Musical” from April 19 to 21, as hundreds of parents, fellow students and other community members filled the seats to watch the spring spectacle. more

4/26/18

Tracy Bacher, a leader of Moms Demand Action in Nassau County, and Robert Gaafar, a Rockville Centre resident who escaped the mass shooting in Las Vegas last October, spoke at a forum about gun violence at the Rockville Centre Public Library on Saturday.

Rockville Centre survivor, students seek solutions to gun violence at forum

“I am a survivor of the worst mass shooting in the history of our country,” said Robert Gaafar, standing before a packed room at the Rockville Centre Public Library last Saturday to share his story. more

By Ben Strack | 4/12/18

Chris Herren, a former NBA player who struggled with drug addiction for years, addressed a packed auditorium at South Side High School on March 20.

Former NBA player shares story of addiction with Rockville Centre students, parents

“When it comes to addiction, I think we’ve gone horribly wrong with the way we present it to our children,” former NBA player Chris Herren told a packed South Side High School auditorium on March 20. “I think we put way too much focus on the worst day, and we forget the first day.” more

By Ben Strack | 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

Junior Anna Balber, a second cousin of Meadow Pollack, who was killed in the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last month, held her photo and read her name during South Side High School’s walkout last week.

South Side High School students walk out to remember Parkland victims

Hundreds of students slowly spilled out of South Side High School at 10 a.m. on March 14 to take part in the National School Walkout, which was organized to remember the 17 victims of last month’s mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. more

By Ben Strack | 3/22/18

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