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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 …
Brother David Migliorino, principal of St. Anthony’s High School, has been named the recipient of the President’s Award by the National Catholic Educators Association. The NCEA chooses five people as leaders in Catholic education it identifies as modeling “the characteristics that advance the mission of Catholic Read More …
Amanda Kavanagh has been appointed as assistant superintendent by the South Huntington school district. She will be responsible for curriculum and instruction for grades 7-12. Kavanagh comes from the Hewlett-Woodmere School District where she has worked since 2016. She began as director of instructional and Read More …
South Huntington school district recognized its teachers of the year this week. The Huntington school district received a Stronger Connections grant. Read More …
Two Half Hollow Hills graduates have developed an app dealing with mental health issues, and are piloting it for free with students in the district. Counslr is a text-based app to provide support for mental health resources, such as sessions with mental health professionals. Students Read More …