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After Devi Arjune spoke about her petition to add Diwali onto school calendars, the Central High School District Board of Education agreed to dissuade teachers from giving tests and assigning homework on the holiday.

Valley Stream CHSD BOE: No homework, tests on Diwali

After local activists spoke in favor of South High School senior Devi Arjune’s petition to have Diwali added to the school calendar, the Board of Education decided it would dissuade teachers from assigning homework and tests on the holiday. more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/31/19

Scholarship set up in South alum’s memory

Billy Gillespie had been active in the South High School community from the time he started attending the school in 1974 to his death in 2017. He raised his children there, and served as the president of South’s Parents’ Club. more

By Melissa Koenig | 1/31/19

Zion Guzman Milton said that he was assaulted on Jan. 16, 2014, and the South High School administration failed to take action.

South High School alumnus claims negligence in state court

At its Dec. 11 meeting, the nine members of the Central High School District Board of Education voted unanimously to pay the possible costs that might arise in South High School alumnus Zion Guzman Milton’s negligence lawsuit against the district, after he was severely beaten at South High School by another student in 2014, when he was 14. more

By Melissa Koenig | 12/20/18

Co-captains Yasmin Voytelmgum, Natalie Peralta and Lindsey Smith carried their championship plaques onto the Village Green.

Village celebrates South’s soccer champs

South High School’s step team’s performance was not over when the music stopped outside the bandshell on the Village Green on Nov. 20. Instead, the team members started chanting. more

By Melissa Koenig | 11/29/18

Abby Devi Arjune, a senior at Valley Stream South, petitioned the Board of Education to add Diwali to the school calendar.

Valley Stream teen gets support for Diwali recognition

Members of the New York City Department of Corrections Desi Society Inc., activists from the New American Voters Association and a representative from Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages office shared their support for South High School Senior Abby Devi Arjune’s petition to add Diwali to school calendars at a Central High School District Board of Education meeting on Nov. 13. more

By Melissa Koenig | 11/21/18

Lori Lang spoke about the need for after-school busing for private-school students at the Central High School District’s Oct. 9 Board of Education meeting.

Private-school parents from Valley Stream call for after-school busing

Almost every day of the week, Valley Stream freshman John Valencia stays after school at Chaminade High School for various clubs. But because of local school district busing policies, he routinely struggles to find a way back home. more

By Melissa Koenig | 10/18/18

What you do in high school doesn’t stay in high school

If you think what you do in high school doesn’t matter, perhaps the Brett Kavanaugh hearings will change your mind. That is my message to our children and grandchildren. more

10/5/18

Students in Valley Stream continued to opt out of the New York State English Language Arts and mathematics tests this year.

Roughly half of Valley Stream students are proficient, state test data shows

Students throughout the Valley Stream Central High School District continued to refuse to take the seventh- and eighth-grade State English Language Arts and mathematics tests last spring. more

By Melissa Koenig | 10/4/18

North High School alumni from the class of 1968 got a chance to sit at the desks and reminisce about their school days while Principal Rachel Green spoke about some of the newer features in the classrooms.

North High School alumni return for 50th reunion

Alumni from North High School’s class of 1968 roamed the halls of the school they attended from the time they were 12-years-old until they were 18 on Sept. 22, pointing at their former classrooms and sharing stories about their former teachers. more

By Melissa Koenig | 9/27/18

Sheila Brayman Borgese, right, presented North High School Principal Rachel Green with a check for security improvements at the Board of Education meeting on Sept. 4.

North Class of 1968 donates money for security upgrades

To commemorate its 50th reunion, the Valley Stream North High School Class of 1968 raised more than $4,000 to purchase door alarms and rechargeable blow horns to enhance the high school’s security. more

By Melissa Koenig | 9/13/18

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