Brainstorming About Friendship At Hemlock School
     Students at Hemlock School shared ideas about how to be great friends in Mrs. Maher's first grade and Ms. Sullivan's kindergarten classes last month as part of a character education program developed for them by the Primary School Site Base Team. After discussing the qualities that make a good frien
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Learn All About Adobe Photoshop
     If you have any interest at all in improving and editing your pictures, then you will be pleasantly surprised to learn how easy this can be done by using Adobe Photoshop.
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All Things Pumpkin Celebrated
     The annual Pumpkin Festival kicked off at Locust School this year with pumpkin relay races, followed by pumpkin experiments, a pumpkin weigh-in, and a host of other pumpkin-related activities. "If there is a concept that can be taught with pumpkins, our staff has thought of it," Locust School Princi
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Teacher Named EducatorOf The Month
     Fifth grade students at Stratford Avenue School took a break from working on their poetry project last Friday to greet Clyde I. Payne, Ed.D., dean of the School of Education at Dowling College. Dr. Payne paid the class a visit to honor their teacher, Leigh Dowden, as a Dowling College/News 12 Teache
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Local Student Volunteers At 'The Farm'
     Kaitlyn O'Leary, Garden City, a student at the University of Notre and a member of St. Joseph Parish, traveled to Vanceburg, Ky., the week of October 14, to volunteer at the Glenmary Farm, an immersion program of the Glenmary Home Missioners. Glenmary is a Catholic society of priests and brothers w
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High School Chorus To Sing At Luncheon
     The Garden City High School Chorus led by choral director and music teacher Robert Ludwig, will delight all with a special selection of holiday music on Monday, December 4 in the grand ballroom of the Garden City Hotel at the gala annual AHRC Garden City Auxiliary Christmas Luncheon.
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Homecoming 2006
     By the time the Garden City Trojans triumphed over the Elmont Spartans at the Garden City High School Homecoming game on Saturday afternoon, the skies were blue and sunny-at least for a while. But heavy rain and wind earlier in the day forced the cancellation of the Homecoming Parade and the half ti
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Ceremony CelebratesGerman-American Week
     Students from the Garden City Middle School marked German-American Week with a Flag Raising Ceremony in Mineola on October 8. The annual event, sponsored by the German-American Cultural Council, was held in front at the Nassau County Executive Building in recognition of German-American culture, cont
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Welcome To Nursery School
     The Garden City Nursery school opened its doors on September 11 to welcome both new and returning students and parents for another school year. The children were visibly happy to be at school, meet their teachers and see their friends.
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