For the second straight year, the Mepham High School kickline team placed first in two categories at the Scholastic Kickline Competition at Nassau Community College, earning the Champion of Champions title in the lyrical and pom categories after securing the highest cumulative score in a series of three scholastic competitions Feb. 28. The girls also placed first in kick in their division. more

Army Reserve Spc. Daniel Arshadnia, a Lawrence High School graduate, won a gold medal in the 35th U.S. Army Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va. on March 2. Arshadnia, a Food Service … more

The Long Beach School District has become the third district in Nassau County to offer the International Baccalaureate program at its high school. "The program is going to enable many of our kids … more

The 2009-2010 South Side Girls Varsity Gymnastics team was awarded the Team Sportsmanship Award by the Nassau Board of Women’s Gymnastics Officials for their outstanding sportsmanship during the 2009-2010 competitive season more

It was wild outside and wild inside South Side High School’s gym as near hurricane force winds and rain did nothing to dampen the spirits and the crowd at the completion of the 94th annual Red and Blue indoor meet last Saturday night. more

After some intense debate among trustees on the Central High School District Board of Education on whether to restore some of Superintendent Dr. Marc Bernstein’s proposed $1.4 million in cuts in the 2010-11 budget, the board voted 5-4 to keep the reductions more

Ranfis Fernandez, a senior at Oceanside High School and a student at Nassau BOCES' technical school, was awarded honorable mention in a Long Island essay contest on alternative energy sources. The … more

It is interesting to note that from the time East Rockaway High School opened its doors in September 1936, Rock Rivalry has been an integral part of each school year, first being held in December 1936. more

Dylan Gross, a junior at East Rockaway Jr/Sr High School, has been elected Lieutenant Governor to Division 7 of the New York District of Key Club International, a Kiwanis International Service Leadership Program for high school students, for the 2010-2011 academic year. more

Michael McHale, a 16-year-old student at Lynbrook High School, was hit by a westbound, non-passenger train at the Lynbrook Long Island Rail Road station at about 5:40 p.m. on March 9, Metropolitan Transit Authority officials said. McHale was later pronounced dead at South Nassau Communities Hospital. The Lynbrook Fire Department was called to the station platform, answering a report of a person being hit by a train, said Steve Grogan, spokesman for the department. Grogan said McHale did not respond to resusitation efforts, and was rushed to the hospital. Sam Zambuto, spokesman for the Long Island Rail Road, said that the MTA police are investigating the incident as a possible suicide. As a result of the incident, service was affected on the Babylon branch, and riders were redirected to the Long Beach branch, according to Zambuto. more