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NB senior creates community vision in Legislator Steve Stern's District Office
      North Babylon High School senior, Emilee Kelly recently created a mural in Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern's (D-Huntington) district office, located in the Dix Hills Super Center on Jericho Turnpike in Huntington.
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Two in West Islip win National Hispanic Recognition
      West Islip High School seniors Brianna Pomatico and Korina Figueroa are being recognized by the College Board's National Hispanic Recognition Program, reports Principal Ken Hartill. This program provides national recognition of the exceptional academic achievements of Hispanic high school seniors a...
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West Babylon district wins 10 mini-Grants
      Teachers in the West Babylon School District whose creative minigrant applications were selected for funding by the Suffolk Edge Teacher's Center, were recently recognized at district's Board of Education meeting. The ten mini-grants, totaling up to $18,282, are designed to enhance the quality of s...
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Daniel Street School's students receive CPR and AED training
      Lindenhurst's Daniel Street Elementary School's Linda Adrian had CPR and AED training to help a third grade student by administering the Heimlich maneuver during lunch on December 20, 2006. Third grader, Catherine Bautista came up to Adrian with tears. She grabbed her throat. "Are you choking?" ...
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Fifth grade South Bay Elementary School students fire contest essay winners
      Fifth grade students at South Bay Elementary School in West Babylon recently participated in an essay contest sponsored by the West Babylon Fire Department. As part of Fire Prevention Week, students submitted essays that stressed the importance of fire prevention in the home. Topics included the im...
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West Gates elementary school ESL students became stars around the holidays
      English as a Second Language (ESL) students at West Gates Avenue Elementary School in Lindenhurst, became school stars prior to the holiday season, as they presented an entertaining play titled The Enormous Turnip to fellow classmates and parents. Led by teacher Joanna Tofano, the six students ...
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West Babylon JHS band performs at Hofstra
      West Babylon's seventh grade band students were recently selected to perform at the Hofstra University Middle School Honor Band Festival. Under the direction of world-renowned composer Michael Sweeney, the band students performed alongside other seventh grade students and members of the Hofstra Uni...
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North Babylon students show their "Colors of Long Island"
      Shown, left to right, are North Babylon High School seniors Joshua Earley, Gina Salemi and Tiffany Zhao, with teachers Karen Kennely, Tobi Shinnick and Veronica Murphy, as they were congratulated on their featured artwork in the 10th annual Colors of Long Island: Student Expressions exhibition at t...
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Lindenhurst's Harding Avenue Chinese Cultural Arts Program
      Patricia Shih came to visit Lindenhurst's Harding Avenue Elementary School's second grade classes for a special Chinese Cultural program called Let's go to China. In conjunction with Chinese New Year's the students learned to read, write and speak a little Chinese, listened to Chinese music, playe...
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Fourteen North Babylon students selected All-County Performance Groups
      Fourteen North Babylon High School students have been selected to participate in All-County Performance Groups.
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John Quincy Adams in Deer Park makes the most of reading
      The John Quincy Adams Primary School in Deer Park recently celebrated its fourth annual P.A.R.P. (Parents As Reading Partners) program in February. The program is a collaborative effort among parents, students and staff to build a reading partnership between home and school and to help foster the l...
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Cyber Safety comes to West Babylon
      In an effort to protect students from the consequences of internet technologies, the West Babylon School District recently held a workshop titled Cyber-Safety: Preventing Online Bullying and Cyber Predators. Among those in attendance were Cindy Pierce Lee from SCOPE and Anthony Cacciola, assistant ...
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Albany Avenue Elementary School Multicultural and Character Education Club
      Lindenhurst's Albany Avenue Multi Cultural and Character Education Club is going along with the superintendent's focus on character education and multiculturalism. The third grade club has been busy creating school-wide activities that focus on monthly themes. This month's theme was "Kindness and C...
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Oquenock Elementary School in West Islip celebrates its VIP's
      A large sign in the Oquenock Elementary School in West Islip greets visitors with "Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body." Guests on February 2 came from all corners of the community, including a captain from the New York City Fire Department.
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Bower students in Lindenhurst kick off this years PARP reading program
      Students at Lindenhurst's E.W. Bower Elementary began this year's PARP program with a bang. Sponsored by the Arts in Education, students enjoyed a special program with Terry Pakkett that included a magic show and special word games. For the third to fifth graders, Mr.
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West Babylon School District's installs Smart Boards
      West Babylon School District, is in the process of installing three additional SMART Boards at Tooker Avenue Elementary School. SMART Boards are i n t e r a c t i v e whiteboards that connect a computer to a projector.
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Deer Park district DECA regional winners
      Members of the Deer Park High School DECA club recently competed in the annual New York State DECA Regional Competition held at Suffolk Community College's Selden campus. Thirty-seven DECA members from Deer Park competed against more than 1,500 DECA members from various high schools in Suffolk Coun...
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News 12 scholar athlete...
      Senior Brant Cavagnaro is a Bay Shore High School student who excels in both baseball and track. He recently signed a Letter of Intent to play baseball at Northwestern University on an athletic scholarship. Not only is Cavagnaro a force on the playing field, but also in the classroom. He is a memb...
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