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Applicants encouraged to sign up for scholarships
Do you need to ease the burden of college tuition? For more than 40 years, the West Hempstead Community Scholarship Fund, a group of public-spirited residents who seek to promote the education of … more
The nonprofit food-recovery organization Rock and Wrap It Up! is partnering with the Sands in Lido Beach and the Coral House in Baldwin to bring leftovers to the hungry. Above, from left, were Butch Yamali, owner of the Sands and the Coral House, Saul Lerner, a Rock and Wrap It Up! board member, and Syd Mandelbaum, the organization’s founder and executive director.
South Shore caterer joins Rock and Wrap It Up!
Saul Lerner, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s athletic director, learned recently that Butch Yamali, a Merrick Board of Education trustee and restaurateur, bought the Sands in Lido Beach and the Coral House in Baldwin. Therein, Lerner saw an opportunity to help feed the poor. more
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The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg hosted a panel discussion on the college athletic recruitment process on Thursday. Above, the panel included, from left, Seth Tierney, head men’s lacrosse coach at Hofstra University; Danny Longo, head men’s and women’s soccer coach at Molloy College; Susan Cassidy-Lyke, the Molloy athletic director; Craig Papach, athletic coordinator at Kennedy High School; and Rod Stephan, head baseball coach at SUNY Old Westbury.
L.I. college coaches offer words of wisdom on getting recruited
To the many sports parents who dream of sending their star athletes to college on full athletic scholarships, think again, says Seth Tierney, head men’s lacrosse coach at Hofstra University in Hempstead. more
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Island Park students make their choice
As Long Beach High School’s first class of Island Park students prepare to graduate in June, a new group of graduating middle school students have chosen where their buses will take them in the … more
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Six finalists competed in the National High School Oratorical Contest Nassau County Finals in Elmont on Dec. 17, including Jaclyn Schess, left, of Syosset High School; Sidhaant Wadhera, of Syosset High School; Alexa Serrano, of the St. Dominic High School; Joshua Sherman, of Division Avenue High School; Stephanie Pierre, of Holy Trinity High School; and Juliet Liu, of Syosset High School.
Elmont Post hosts 1033 nat'l oratorical contest finals
The Elmont American Legion Post 1033 hosted the American Legion National High School Oratorical Contest Nassau County Finals on Dec. 17. more
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The Titanic shipwreck is the subject of the Irish Cultural Society's annual high school writing contest this year.
Shipwreck the subject of Irish Society's essay contest
For the 28th year, the Irish Cultural Society will hold its annual writing contest this spring for high school students throughout Nassau County. The ninth through 12th graders entering the … more
Central District, Parent Center to host athletic recruiting seminar
The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, the Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center and Nassau County Legislator David Denenberg will present a program about the college athletic recruiting process, “Does Your Child Dream of Playing Sports in College?” The event will take place on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Brookside School, 1260 Meadowbrook Road in North Merrick. more
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The Bellmore-Merrick Community Parent Center, headed by Executive Director Wendy Tepfer, hosted a forum on Wednesday, “The Dangers In Your Medicine Cabinet,” which looked at the prescription-drug abuse epidemic now plaguing New York, including Nassau County.
Bellmore-Merrick Parent Center confronts Nassau’s pill epidemic
They’re called “pharm parties,” short for pharmacy parties. A group of teenagers –– perhaps as young as 12 and 13 years old –– methodically swipe opiate-based pain killers like Oxycontin and Oxycodone from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinets, dump the pills into a big bowl when no adult is looking and take turns rolling a die. Whatever number comes up, that’s the number of pills a teen must ingest. more
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Students in Virginia Croker’s first-grade class sent a photo of themselves saluting and holding “Thank You!” signs to Gunnery Sgt. Ernesto Rancel, who sent them a letter expressing his gratitude for the package they sent his unit.
Students send some love to soldiers overseas
A little inspiration goes a long way — all the way across the ocean. Andrea Giordano, a school crossing guard and lunch monitor at the George Washington School in West Hempstead, motivated … more
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Suit Our Sons was one of the Save Our Sons Network’s most successful programs. Besson taught his son, Isiah, how to knot a tie.
Lakeview Person of the Year: Sherwyn Besson
In the dozen years he's live in Lakeview and the seven he's taught at Malverne High School, Sherwyn Besson has witnessed what he describes as the deterioration of his community. Nights in Lakeview had brought gambling ... more
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