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South Side High School's English as a Second Language students are making good use of new laptop computers they received last month as a result of a grant their teacher, Virginia Stamatakis, wrote to an organization called Comp4Kids.

South Side High School's ESL students get new tools for success

Eleven South Side High School English as a Second Language students, many from low-income and single parent, newly immigrant households, are enjoying the use of new laptop computers as a result of a … more

Judy Rattner | 11/3/10

Tania Beverly, 14 joined Coleen Farrell, 8, during the festivities at the Rec Center that included dancing and plenty to eat.

Rockville Centre's Best Buddies celebrate Halloween

South Side High School's Best Buddies celebrated Halloween a few days early — on Oct. 26 — with a costume party at the Rec Center. more

11/3/10

Rockville Centre schools move toward energy efficiency

The Rockville Centre Board of Education has its eye on the district’s infrastructure, and it is looking into two projects that officials say will increase energy efficiency and realize significant savings. more

Judy Rattner | 10/27/10

Good sports in Rockville Centre

The Nassau County Sportsmanship Awards Committee recognized South Side High School as one of the Top Ten high schools that promoted and displayed excellent sportsmanship at Nassau County varsity sporting events in 2009-2010. more

10/27/10

Carol Roseto, Athletic Director for Rockville Centre schools

South Side High School teams are 'good sports'

The Nassau County Sportsmanship Awards Committee recognized South Side High School as one of the Top Ten high schools that promoted and displayed excellent sportsmanship at Nassau County varsity sporting events in 2009-2010. more

10/27/10

Brianna McNally was the 2010 Homecoming queen.

Class Pride in Rockville Centre

It was a bright, clear Saturday afternoon along Sunrise Highway and North Long Beach Road as South Side High School students, faculty and friends embarked on the 2010 Homecoming celebration. more

Tom Steinert | 10/27/10

Siemens Competition entrants with their science research advisors Herb Weiss, right, and Todd Russo, left. In back from left, are Russo, Jesse Chait, Maria Passarelli, Kyle Holzgruber, Ben Hawriluk and Weiss. In front are Kelsey McKenna, Rachel Shenker, Zachary Gottehrer-Cohen, Emily Passarelli, Lauren Joyce.

South Side High School Students in Rockville Centre enter Siemen's Competition

Eight projects and nine South Side High school research students have submitted papers to the “Siemens Competition” (previously known as Westinghouse) in Math, Science & Technology. The Siemens Competition recognizes the best and brightest young scientific minds in America. This year, roughly 6,000 projects have registered to compete. more

10/20/10

Art Rosenthal of Confide Drug and Alcohol Counseling, right, with students at the Substance Use Awareness Walk on Sunday.

A walk for healthy choices in Rockville Centre

More than 250 students, parents, school staff and educators were joined by village officials and many from the law enforcement community on a beautiful Sunday morning to participate in the Substance Use Awareness Walk. They had come to the Skelos Sports Complex to make a clear statement to the youth of Rockville Centre: Make healthy choices — stay alcohol and drug-free. more

Judy Rattner | 10/20/10

In the photo with Principal Dr. Carol Burris, back row at right, and guidance counselor Laurie Levy, are:  Kelsey McKenna, left, Zachary Gottehrer-Cohen, Kyle Holzgruber, Deana Davoudiasl and Zola Ray.

South Side High School commends its commended students

South Side High School students Deana Davoudiasl, Zachary Gottehrer-Cohen, Kyle Holzgruber and Kelsey McKenna have been named Commended Students in the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program. These scholastically talented students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2011 competition by taking the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). more

10/17/10

Gay-Straight Alliance co-presidents Rachel Beaudoin and Michael Vonnoh helped plan for an anti-bullying campaign in South Side High School.

Rockville Centre students work to end bullying

With stories about anti-gay bias crimes and bullying in the news almost every day, and with reports of at least six gay student suicides across the county in the first few weeks of school, administrators, teachers and students have been working to make sure nothing like that happens in Rockville Centre schools. more

Judy Rattner | 10/13/10