When Serena Viti, Carey High School’s 2016 valedictorian, met Samantha Raggio, the class’s salutatorian, in a joint elementary school program in sixth grade, the two did not get along. …
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By Steve Smirti
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6/30/16
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Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna and Lerone Clark are Elmont High School’s 2016 valedictorian and salutatorian. They have been classmates since elementary school, and now they are the top students in their …
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By Nakeem Grant
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6/30/16
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Family and friends filled the seats in the Mack Sports Complex at Hofstra University for Elmont Memorial High School’s graduation ceremony. All the speakers from the ceremony gave speeches that …
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By Nakeem Grant
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6/30/16
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Children squirmed and wiggled in their seats as they waited to walk the stage at Harold D. Fayette School to receive their awards in the annual Keep A-Merrick-A Beautiful contest.
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By Stephany Reyes
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6/20/16
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Baldwin High School held its 15th annual Mentor Recognition Dinner on June 9. Students thanked their mentors for helping guide them through their years in high school.
Mentors play an important …
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By Suzanne Mobyed
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6/15/16
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Baldwin residents packed into the middle school auditorium on June 8 for the first Board of Education meeting since the district hired Caterina Lafergola, the controversial former principal of …
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By Steve Smirti
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6/15/16
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Two Valley Stream students were among the winners of the Long Island Arts Council of Freeport Writing Contest. Jalani Johnson won second place for grades 11-12 with the poem “Gradient” and …
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By Courtney McGee
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6/1/16
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Students from high schools across the Town of Hempstead were recently put to the test when they took part in a mock hurricane drill held by the town to raise awareness of the dangers that big storms present and how the town responds to them. Among the participants were Bellmore-Merrick Central School District students.
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By Daine Taylor
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6/1/16
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Eighth-graders at St. William the Abbot School in Seaford will walk across the stage and accept their diplomas in less than a month. For these soon-to-be high-school students, leaving will be bittersweet as they are leaving behind an environment that has treated them well for a decade but know there are great opportunities ahead.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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5/18/16
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Remember Pat from “Saturday Night Live”? In 1990, when the character debuted, I laughed along with everyone else . . .
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4/8/16
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