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West Islip PAWS Foundation honors two at annual dinner-dance
      PAWS, the West Islip Education Foundation, held its second annual dinner-dance on March 16th at the Venetian Yacht Club. This year's event honored two extraordinary community members, Susan Lipman and Bernie Jones, who were presented with the 2007 Outstanding Community Member Award and Outstanding ...
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Author/Illustrator returns to alma mater
      It's always a good day when an children's author visits Babylon School District, but when that author/ illustrator is also a Babylon graduate, the event becomes extra special.
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Deer Park's letter writing brings hope to soldiers
      Students in Nancy Binger's E-Commerce education class at Deer Park High School recently visited kindergarteners in Tammy Cotrone's class at May Moore Primary School.
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North Babylon Elementary Schools hit home run for Make-A-Wish Foundation
      Five elementary schools in the North Babylon School District were recently honored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation for their outstanding fundraising efforts. Back on May 5, 2006, more than 1,400 families from the North Babylon School District attended Family Day at Shea Stadium. A portion of the pro...
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Lindenhurst HS senior citizen holiday spectacular
      . . . . . . T h e Lindenhurst High School Senior Council, along with the National Honor Society, hosted approximately 90 senior citizens from The Rainbow Center for their annual special Senior Holiday Spectacular.
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West Babylon Senior High students participate in mock financial day
      On February 12 and 13, West Babylon Senior High School students from various business courses participated in a mock financial day. The school welcomed Connie LoCasio, founder of the not-for-profit Right Start Foundation, who educated the students on financial literacy and the dangers of credit car...
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The magic of reading at West Babylon
      West Babylon's Santapogue Elementary School was recently visited by Terry the Magician who presented two assemblies for students both dealing with the theme, the magic of reading. The assemblies were part of a series of programs that are designed to reinforce the school's Parents As Reading Partner...
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Albert Einstein visits Santapogue in West Babylon
      On Thursday, March 15, the students of Santapogue Elementary School in West Babylon welcomed a very special guest- a noted physicist, Nobel Prize recipient and Time Magazine's "Person of the Century"- Albert Einstein.
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Santapogue Elementary celebrates 100th day of school
      February 12 marked the 100th day of the 2006-07 school year at Santapogue Elementary School in West Babylon, and to celebrate the big day, students in Ms. Kormas's first-grade class participated in math and reading activities to help reinforce the concept of 100.
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West Islip students Reflections winners
      Seven talented West Islip students recently received Awards of Excellence from the Suffolk Region PTA in the annual Reflections contest. The students' works were judged first at the school level, then reviewed against thousands of entries from students across Suffolk County.
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Read Across America celebrated at Lindenhurst Middle School
      Read Across America was celebrated at the Lindenhurst Middle School library on Friday, March 2 by having 14 guest readers read selected stories, poems, essays, or Dr. Seuss books to the students throughout the day. It was a special opportunity to share the love of reading with the Middle School stu...
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Lindenhurst kindergarteners explore Dinosaur Dimension Program
      Lindenhurst's West Gates' kindergarteners enjoyed the interactive Dinosaur Dimension program that came to the school from the Long Island Science Center. Dinosaur Dimension is one of 40 different programs the center offers. This program is especially popular with the younger grades.
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Bright smiles in West Islip School District
      Lori Derocco, dental hygienist, and Lauren Monteith, lab assistant, from Dr. Howard Tichler's orthodontic practice in West Islip visited students in grades K- 2 at Belmont Elementary School in the North Babylon School District to discuss the importance of taking care of their teeth. This special ev...
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Language lessons at May Moore in Deer Park
      Kindergarten, first and second graders at the May Moore Primary School in Deer Park were recently treated to a special "L.O.T.E. Lesson" given by students from three Deer Park High School L.O.T.E. (Languages Other Than English) classes.
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