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About 125 buddies, peer buddies, parents, siblings and staff celebrated Halloween — and each other — on Oct. 18 at the Recreation Center, in the third annual costume dance that brought together participants from Best Buddies clubs in South Side High School and South Side Middle School.
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10/26/11
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The Nassau County Bar Association’s Mortgage Foreclosure Pro Bono Project, with its unique Legal Consultation Clinics program, has won the LexisNexis Community and Education Outreach Award from the National Association of Bar Executives, for outstanding public service and law-related educational programs.
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10/5/11
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An old proposal found new life on Monday, as members of the RVC Athletic Council announced plans to gift approximately $350,000 to the Rockville Centre school district for new athletic lighting at South Side High School.
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Judy Rattner
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9/21/11
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The Long Island Book Festival International, a first-of-its-kind event that was established by the Haitian American Foundation for Educational and Cultural Exchange, in collaboration with public and private institutions, will take place at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.
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By Jackie Nash
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9/20/11
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Second of two parts.
There is little doubt that the recession is finding its way into the classroom. Last week, young job hunters in the field of education and school district administrators teamed up to tell the story of how competitive the job market for teachers has become on Long Island.
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By Fran Berkman
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7/20/11
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In an unexpected development at the end of the Board of Education organizational meeting on July 5, school board President Liz Dion announced that the board and Superintendent Dr. William Johnson had reached agreement on a new four-year contract for Johnson that includes no salary increases and boosts his health care contributions.
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Judy Rattner
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7/13/11
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As has been the case for decades, there are more career opportunities for those with college degrees than those without. The Great Recession of 2007-09 proved that point. While the unemployment rate for those without university degrees soared into the double digits, it remained below 5 percent — full employment — for those with a college education, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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6/23/11
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With money from a record breaking fundraising effort this year, the Rockville Centre Education Foundation will again enrich the learning experience of district students.
In a brief presentation …
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By Judy Rattner
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6/22/11
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The West Hempstead, Melville and Rockville Centre Lions Clubs recently gathered to donate $5,000 to Winthrop’s Diabetes Education Center.
The donation was made in honor of Maureen Murphy, …
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6/1/11
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Voters in the Rockville Centre school district have approved the 2011-12 school budget of $95.7 million. In unofficial results Tuesday night, the spending plan passed with 1,956 votes, 59 percent of the ballots cast, while 1,369 residents voted against it. District officials described the voter turnout as moderate, despite periods of heavy rain during the day.
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Judy Rattner
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5/17/11
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