NB's Parliament Place School awarded grant
      Parliament Place Elementary School in the North Babylon School District has been selected as a recipient of a 2006-2007 Lowe's Toolbox for Education grant in the amount of $5,000. This grant is reserved for approved school improvements that can be completed within one year of the grant receipt.
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DP celebrates Women's History Month
      Students at Deer Park High School celebrated Women's History Month with a "Women of Accomplishment" program. Each day during the month, students, teachers and administrators throughout the school heard the story of a different inspirational woman. They were also invited to participate in a "Who A...
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Lindenhurst students practice kindness
      Lindenhurst's William Rall Elementary School students celebrated Random Acts of Kindness during Kindness Weeks, March 19 to 23 and March 26 to 30. The program was started by parent Illyse Tynan. Throughout the weeks, fifth graders in Mr. Connell's class helped third graders in Ms. Bressi's class....
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W.Babylon “readers” make presentation to BOE
      A "celebration" took place during the West Babylon Board of Education meeting on February 26, when some of Linda Penn's second-grade reading students at JFK Elementary School offered a highly impressive presentation. They applied creative English language arts activities as part of their Readers'...
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A Trip Around the World at Deer Park
      Members of Deer Park High School's International Cultural Club celebrated the diversity of its members and of their school population by holding A Feast of Flavor fair in their school's cafeteria.
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Belmont Elementary in North Babylon participates in Read Across America
      Earlier this month, students at Belmont Elementary School in the North Babylon School District joined other students around the nation in the annual Read Across America program. The theme of this year's program was Dr.
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Babylon student top chef in regional competition
      Babylon High School senior Dana-Marie Dantone has won first place in the Culinary Arts Regional Competition for New York State Area 6 (Long Island), sponsored by Skills USA. She is a student in the Culinary Arts Program at Wilson Tech. Her entry of duck with raspberry sauce was judged "best" by th...
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ESL program culminated foreign language week at LHS
      Foreign Language Week held at Lindenhurst High School included guest speakers, a varied school lunch menu, a poster contest, a French breakfast and special presentations by ESL students. ESL students culminated the week by sharing their personal stories of living in another country and how differe...
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Puppets help to teach languages of the world in West Islip
      "What a fun way to learn a new language," commented an observer recently at the West Islip Public Library. She was watching Udall Road Middle School students performing a puppet show in both English and Spanish. In attendance at the 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. performances on March 22 for the childr...
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