Freeport Idol Contest Ends on a High Note For Winning Student
One dozen talented Freeport High School students were given the chance to sing before a panel of judges and an enthusiastic audience for the opportunity to be crowned as the first Freeport Idol. The...
View ArticleThe Wonderful World of Reading
Parents as Reading Partners“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island,” once stated Walt Disney. With this belief in mind, Parents as Reading Partners (P.A.R.P.)...
View ArticleFreeport High School Announces Class of 2014 Top 10 Students
Freeport High School senior Karolynn Ellis has been named valedictorian of the Class of 2014, based on her No. 1 ranking with a weighted GPA of 104.54. Javier Otero, with a weighted GPA of 102.92, is...
View ArticleArcher Students Work Side-by-Side with Students Hundreds of Miles Away
Archer Street School students were selected to connect with students hundreds of miles away in Newark, N.Y. via the Internet to work on a learning program facilitated by the New York State Distance...
View ArticleCradle of Aviation Museum Representatives Visit Giblyn
The Cradle of Aviation Museum came to Giblyn and the sounds of excitement echoed in the fourth grade hallway at Giblyn as the students participated in hands-on lessons focused on learning the basics of...
View ArticleGiblyn Playground Reopens with Costume Parade and Fanfare
The new Leo F. Giblyn Elementary School playground was officially reopened for students with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting nearly a year to the day after it was damaged by the floodwaters of Superstorm...
View ArticleFreeport High School Inducts 78 into National Honor Society
Seventy-eight Freeport High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society during a candlelit ceremony at Freeport High School. The inductees were recognized for their achievements in...
View ArticleStudents Explore the Future at Career Expo
The students at Bayview Avenue School had the opportunity to learn all about different professions from the people who work in them during the school’s annual Career Awareness Expo. Local professionals...
View ArticleStudents Honor Local Precinct with Adopt-A-Cop Assembly
Students at Archer Street Elementary School welcomed officers from the Freeport Police Department to a special assembly built around the district’s Adopt-A-Cop program. “They help, they protect us,...
View ArticleDodd Students and Teachers play for Unity
John W. Dodd Middle School held a basketball scrimmage pitting students against their teachers as an after-school bonding exercise on the Friday before the Thanksgiving holiday break. Rotating units of...
View ArticleTransportation Update Message
Dear Parent, You may have heard, as we have mentioned in recent Board of Education meetings, PTA meetings and other venues, that the Atlantic Express Bus Company, which provides transportation services...
View ArticleHealthy Lifestyle Lessons Shared at Wellness Fair
Students at Leo F. Giblyn Elementary School were given a dose of helpful information during a school health and wellness fair, presented by a team of visiting senior nursing students from Molloy...
View ArticleNew Visions Concert Ushers in Seasonal Festivities
New Visions School students presented the gift of holiday cheer to classmates, families, staff and school administrators with the day and evening performances of their annual Winter Festival of the...
View ArticleArcher Street Winter Music Festival of the Arts
Fourth-graders at Archer Street School entertained parents, teachers and classmates with their wide range of talents in the orchestra, band and chorus for the annual Winter Music Festival of the Arts....
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