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Elwood Students Celebrate Field Day

June 13, 2016 6:07 am Comments Off

The grass fields at Harley Avenue Primary School and James H. Boyd Intermediate School in the Elwood Union Free School District were filled with blue and white pride fs students, at their respective schools, participated in field day celebrations. The district’s physical education departments coordinated the day’s festivities, which allowed students to showcase their various […]

NERFA Showcase Concert at Cinema Arts Centre, June 16 Five Touring Artists will Swap Songs

June 13, 2016 2:04 am Comments Off

The Folk Music Society of Huntington (FMSH) partners with the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA), a regional affiliate of Folk Alliance International, in presenting a NERFA Showcase to close out the current season of its monthly Hard Luck Café series in the Sky Room at the Cinema Arts Centre (423 Park Avenue, Huntington) on Thursday […]

Harborfields Community Raises Funds for Special Olympics

June 12, 2016 1:16 pm Comments Off

Students at Harborfields High School as well as members of the Booster Club and PTA Council’s Health and Welfare Committee rallied together to raise funds to benefit the Long Island Chapter of the Special Olympics. Through their collective efforts, they raised more than $1,700 for the cause by selling customized Special Olympics bracelets and collecting […]

Harborfields Third-Graders Are ‘Goin’ Buggy’

June 12, 2016 2:00 am Comments Off

As a culmination to their science unit on metamorphosis, third-grade students in Diane Brown and Noreen Paccione’s classes at Thomas J. Lahey Elementary School in the Harborfields Central School District put on their musical performance of “Goin’ Buggy.”
For their curriculum unit, third-graders received a caterpillar to observe as they transformed into butterflies. They learned about […]

Little Shelter 2016 Raffle WIN a Mercedes – Benz

June 5, 2016 4:48 pm Comments Off

Drive away in a CLA or choose $25,000 Cash in Little Shelter’s 18th Semi-Annual Drawing.

Harborfields Students Succeed in Science Olympiad Contest

June 3, 2016 12:14 pm Comments Off

The Harborfields Central School District is pleased to announce that three Oldfield Middle School students earned top place titles in the Earth Science and General Science categories of the National Science Olympiad contest.
Each year, the National Science League administers multiple-choice contests in various science categories and grade levels. Students complete the exam in April and […]

Harborfields Paraeducator Honored By White House

June 2, 2016 1:07 pm Comments Off

Annie McClintock, a special education paraeducator at Harborfields High School, was among 12 school-related professionals to be honored by the White House as a School Support Champion of Change.
Each honoree was selected by the White House for their leadership and work to ensure that students receive the support and motivation they need to succeed. According […]

HEROIN LEGISLATION MUST BE TOP PRIORITY STATES RAIA

June 2, 2016 12:48 pm Comments Off

Assemblyman Andrew Raia (R,C,I-East Northport) joined Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C Canandaigua) and members of the Assembly Minority Conference for a press conference June 1, 2016. At this event they refocused legislative efforts on the heroin epidemic. Kolb and other guests reiterated the importance of passing comprehensive legislation to combat the heroin epidemic, […]

Elwood School District International Club Contributes an Inspired Gift

June 1, 2016 2:52 pm Comments Off

Throughout the school year, members of the Elwood-John H. Glenn High School International Club, under the advisement of Nicole Gendjoian, held fundraising events in an effort to raise money to donate an Inspired Gift through the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund.
The club members held bake sales after school and sold baked goods at school-related […]

Writing With Purpose Brian Heinz at Washington Drive Primary School

June 1, 2016 1:00 am Comments Off

Famous award-winning children’s book author Brian Heinz visited Washington Drive Primary School in the Harborfields Central School District to teach the students about the book writing and publishing process on May 18.
With entertaining re-enactments of a variety of his real-life experiences, Mr. Heinz taught the students methods he uses when researching possible book topics.
In his […]