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Paris Olympian among 25 new inductees into Nassau High School sports hall of fame
Greater Rockville Centre coverage is funded in part by Toast Coffee + Kitchen, now open in Long Beach. Click here to visit the website. In Paris, Rockville Centre’s Crystal Dunn is striving to help lead the U.S. women’s soccer team earn a Gold Medal at the 2024 Olympics. Back home, the legendary South Side High School phenom this week is among the 25 new inductees into the Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame.
New York City public schools to start new black studies classes in the fall
Public schools in New York City will see a new black studies curriculum in the fall as part of the city’s Education Equity Action Plan. The coursework, which will span pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, will focus on knowledge of early African civilizations, modern Africa, black American history, the “African diaspora,” and the purported ongoing presence […]
NYC’s ill-conceived, taxpayer-funded Summer Rising program flounders as fraction of 110K students show up
Summer Rising is falling — with attendance for the K-8 summer program nosediving, and taxpayers wondering where the $350 million spent for the ill-conceived Covid-era classes and camps has gone. Teachers and administrators say only a fraction of the 110,000 registered students show up each day, even as tens of thousands of other kids linger on the waitlist. The free citywide program hired many more teachers than were needed for the no-show students, according to a July 18 email shared by Educators of NYC. “I am forced to consolidate all classes into one [in] each grade from K-6 beginning on Tuesday,”...
Teachers Stand Up For I.S. 347 Principal Who Was Denounced by Colleagues
After a public display of teacher and staff outrage against a new principal at a Bushwick middle school a few weeks ago, the school community is trying to move forward on a unified footing. It has been about a month since about a dozen teachers, staff, parents and elected officials...
Legislator Drucker Honors Plainview Old-Bethpage JFK’s Flag Football State Champs
Nassau County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview) recently joined the leaders of the Plainview Old-Bethpage School District and his colleagues in government in congratulating the Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School’s girls flag football team for capturing the New York State championship. The season also marked the ladies’ second consecutive Long Island Class A championship.
2024-2025 Kindergarten School Bus Safety Orientation Program
During Kindergarten School Bus Safety Orientation, the children will be listening and discussing school bus safety. Also, they will take a ride on a school bus (2 per seat) and participate in a s safety drill. The program will take approximately 45 minutes. At the end, I will have activity books and crayons for all the students.
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