July 12, 2007 RSS feed / Schools/Sports

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Troop 319 of Babylon Village holds book drive

Brownie Troop 319, of the Babylon Village Girl Scouts, held a very successful book drive in early Spring. They collected more than 1,000 books. Pictured are the girls sorting the books by age category. More...

Artist visits Lindenhurst's Albany Avenue Elementary

Artist Angelo DeCesare visited Lindenhurst's Albany Avenue Elementary School for a special program with Ms. Lewald's fifth graders and Ms. Quartuccio's kindergarteners. DeCesare talked about his experiences as an author and illustrator. More...

Students collaborate on fossils at Forest Ave. School

The second grade and the fifth grade at West Babylon's Forest Avenue Elementary School joined forces recently to create fossils in a cooperative project. Mrs. Delapi's fifth graders were studying rocks and minerals while simultaneously Mrs. More...

Babylon Elementary School second graders have been pen-paling

Second graders in Beth Dieterich's class at Babylon Elementary School have been penpaling with fourth graders in Kelly Arcoleo's class at the Memorial Grade School to exchange ideas and discuss books. More...

Lindenhurst School District Founder's Day celebrates 110 Years of PTA

PTA Units from the Lindenhurst School District joined together to celebrate the 110th anniversary of PTA. The evening hosted by the Lindenhurst PTA Council, began with opening comments by Rose Mourdoukoutos, Council President. More...

W.I. Honor Society raises money for Cancer Research with a relay for life

Twenty-five West Islip National Honor Society members recently participated in Relay For Life, a national fundraiser where teams take part in an overnight walking relay from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. More...

West Gates Elementary in Lindenhurst hosts blood drive

Students at Lindenhurst's West Gates Elementary learned about the importance of donating blood through the Long Island Blood Services "Little Doctors" program. More...

Students participate in anti-hate/crime lesson

The statistics show that the number of hate crimes is on the rise. Bias, discriminaexperiences and statistics to highlight tion and hate motivated crimes continue how these issues are very important to tear communities apart. More...

History essay contest winners in Deer Park

The winnning students were chosen by the Robert Frost Middle School History Club members' review of their essays. The topic of the essays was The History Of My Community Library. More...

West Islip High School teacher selected as the Suffolk County Math Teacher of the Year

West Islip High School teacher Melissa Kennedy has been selected as the Suffolk County Math Teacher of the Year for 2007. More...

Underwriters Labs Soccer Team presented with certificate from LindenhursVillage trustee

Village Trustee Mike Lavorata recently presented the Underwriters Labs soccer team with a certificate for the completion of their inaugural season. The team plays at the Lindenhurst Indoor Soccer "Bubble" on North Queens Avenue. More...