At the last meeting of the year, the Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead, Richard Guardino, took a moment to thank the three board members who would not be returning in January, including Gary Hudes of Levittown and Linda Reed of Wantagh. FULL STORY

Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus is more than just an ordinary textbook for MacArthur High School students. It is a book that one of their teachers, Ann Davidian, helped to author and three MacArthur students contributed to. FULL STORY

The Division High School Boys Basketball Team may have defeated a visiting squad from Denmark in the Blue Dragon's season opener, but from a learning perspective everyone involved was a winner. FULL STORY

The 7th grade volleyball team won a tough match against Packard, three games to two. The highlight of the match came in the fourth game with Island Trees leading two games to one and needing one more game for the march. Gina Dziuba served for seven straight points to give the Lady Dawgs a 7-0 lead and they never looked back. Dziuba finished with 10 points in the game and 12 for the match. Kaitlyn Sopp also served for 12 points in the match and had a great all-around game. Kelly Murphy served for six straight points to win the first game and finished with eight for the match. Megan Carlson served for sevenin the match, Heather Rienti and Kaitlyn Beale served for four points each and Jamie Lent, Grace Vinberg and Melissa Medina served for three points each. FULL STORY