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South Side High School fell off Newsweek’s list of the country’s best high schools this year, after years of being toward the top. District officials concluded it was because of changes to the way the list was calculated, not the school.
Formula changes pushed SSHS off list
Late last month, Newsweek released its ranking of the best high schools in the country. And South Side High School, which is routinely named one of the best by not just Newsweek, was no where to be … more
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Village resident Mike Davey cleaned and planted on both sides of Powell Avenue where it intersects with Maple Avenue, helping to beautify what would otherwise be brick and concrete.
Beautifying Maple Ave
Thanks to village resident Mike Davey, the intersection of Maple and Powell avenues is looking much nicer. And if he gets his way, the rest of the road will follow. After the roadwork was … more
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Youth Council gets $625K grant
The Rockville Centre Youth Council will receive nearly $625,000 in federal grant money over five years to help combat teenage drug abuse. The Youth Council, part of the Rockville Centre Coalition … more
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Salk Middle School social studies teacher Samantha McKevitt asked her seventh-grade students, who were born in 2003, what they knew about the terrorist attacks.
Teaching September 11 in the schools
As Samantha McKevitt’s seventh-grade social studies students settled into their desks last Friday at Jonas Salk Middle School, they prepared to talk about a topic on the mind of most Americans that day — the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. more
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Johnson: ‘We have to figure out how to do it better’
Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, citing growing pressure from education experts, announced that he authorized a comprehensive review of the state’s Common Core standards and their implementation. … more
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Armed robbery in Rockville Centre
A produce delivery driver was held up at gunpoint in Rockville Centre on Sept. 8. more
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The WTA will build a temporary stadium at the Hempstead Lake State Park tennis courts that can seat more than 3,500 spectators. There will also be a 1,200-seat second stadium. (Courtesy WTA)
Major tennis tournament coming to town
Next year, the best female tennis players in the world will compete in Rockville Centre. The Women’s Tennis Association has announced that it will hold a tournament in Hempstead Lake State … more
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Rockville Centre was named the third-snobbiest town in New York by the website RoadSnacks.
Is RVC snobby?
According to a recently released list, Rockville Centre is a town of silver spoons and upturned noses. On the website RoadSnacks’ list of the 10 snobbiest towns in New York, the village came in … more
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South Side has steadily dropped in the Newsweek rankings in recent years. Superintendent Dr. William Johnson attributes it to the way Newsweek changed its evaluations formula each year.
Why did South Side slide off best schools list?
After years of consistently being named one of the best high schools in the country, South Side High School was not on Newsweek’s most recent list of those schools. The demotion came as a … more
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The portable classrooms were demolished to make room for the school’s second expansion, which will replace them with a permanent addition to the building. (Christina Daly/Herald)
Portables come down
It wasn’t as grand as Jericho, but the walls finally came down. After years of waiting, the Rockville Centre School District finally began demolishing the portable classrooms at South Side … more
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