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A delegation of Huntington High School Habitat for Humanity club members traveled to New Orleans during the students’ recent mid-winter vacation, partnering with a local affiliate to help continue rebuilding housing stock destroyed more than 15 years ago when Hurricane Katrina devastated the area. The Read More …
The Cold Spring Harbor Central School District will offer universal pre-kindergarten in the fall. The district said that the program will run five hours per day, with two classes of 18 students, running Monday-Friday on the district school calendar. Before- or after-school child care will Read More …
The singing may have been lip synced and the names fictitious, but the performances were real Friday night at Walt Whitman High School at a fundraiser for scholarships. Each of the South Huntington district’s seven schools, plus a cast from the Board of Education and Read More …
The Half Hollow Hills school board Wednesday approved the hiring of armed guards who will be stationed on school campuses. Six of the seven trustees voted to hire Covert Investigations & Security; trustee Michael Prywes abstained after a passionate statement against the move, saying there Read More …
Suffolk Credit Union will award more than $43,800 in scholarships for the upcoming academic year. Scholarships will be available for new or returning, full-time or part-time students. Note deadlines. The scholarships include: Award Name Actions $12,550 LT Michael P. Murphy Memorial Scholarship Matched with a $6,275.00 gift Read More …
Musical talent will be on display Friday at Walt Whitman High School as competitors battle it out in Lip Sing 2024, a performance to raise money for scholarships. Teachers, students and administrators from around the district will take the stage starting at 7 p.m. Project Read More …
Students are invited to participate in a bicycle safety campaign contest sponsored by the Suffolk County Legislature. Elementary students can create posters; middle and high schoolers can produce videos. The theme of the contest is “rules of the road” for bicyclists, including wearing a helmet, Read More …
Paul McDermott, who over his long career, coached championship lacrosse teams and impacted the sport around the region, was recently inducted into the Long Island Metro Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame. Among his many achievements was coaching the Huntington HIgh School team to 63 consecutive Read More …
A Walt Whitman High School student was arrested Thursday over a threat of mass harm posted to a social media site, Suffolk County police said. Police went to the school on West Hills Road, isolated the girl, who is 15, and searched her locker, bookbag Read More …
Pupils at Goosehill Primary School recently learned about Asian Lunar New Year and made lion masks. Under the direction of educator Jennifer Henriquez from the Long Island Children’s Museum, students learned about following a lunar calendar, where New Year’s Day changes every year as it Read More …
Applications are being accepted for the 2024 New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) program, State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa has announced. Students in grades 8-12 are encouraged to apply on the NYSSSA website where they can also learn more about the Read More …
Harborfields High School media students from the Tornado News team recently worked with Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School’s new Lions Den News Club. The high school students served as producers and facilitators, working with the TJL and Washington Drive news staffs and club advisers to Read More …