Three hundred of America's high school seniors, including four from Syosset and three from Jericho, were recently honored for their excellence in science as they reached the semifinals of the Intel Science Talent Search (STS). Often considered the "Junior Nobel Prize," the Intel STS is America's oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition. FULL STORY

Sign-up continues for the 2005 spring season of SYAC Girls Softball in Syosset. All girls in grades 2 through 8 must attend one sign up/evaluation session. Girls should bring their softball glove, and parents should bring cash or a check for $85 for the spring season. All evaluation sessions are at H.B. Thompson Middle School in Syosset. Sign up first in the cafeteria before going to the gym. FULL STORY

Three Jericho sixth graders, Amanda Epstein, Taylor Katz, and Scott Freudenthal, were recently selected to participate in the New York State Olympic Developmental Program (ODP) sponsored by the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association. Amanda, Taylor, and Scott were among the 73 soccer players chosen in the 1993 age group from an initial pool of approximately 320 top players from the lower New York region, including Nassau and Suffolk counties, and the five boroughs of New York City. It is rare for three players from the same town in the same age group to be selected for ODP, and the small size of the Jericho community makes this feat even more noteworthy. FULL STORY