The last bell will ring two and a half hours later for 2,000 of the city’s sixth graders starting this fall. A pilot program will provide additional literacy training at 20 middle schools with high-needs students, including five in Queens, according to the Department of Education (DOE). The schools are also part of a 40-school [...]
BY CHARLES OSBORN This year, Holy Cross High School football coach Tom Pugh sent three of his players to the UnitedHealthcare Empire Challenge, the annual all-star style football game held at Hofstra University. The game was held on Tuesday, June 18 at James M. Shuart Stadium, with ticket sale proceeds going to cystic fibrosis research. [...]
As students poured out of school, a crowd gathered on the corner of 153rd Avenue and 83rd Street in Lindenwood. Passing through were parents and guardians, sometimes holding the hands of several children as they tried to cross 153rd Avenue toward the Lindenwood Shopping Center. The crossing guard shuttled people across 83rd Street, but could [...]
The Windsor Park Co-op in Bayside, celebrating its 30th year, hosted a street fair on Sunday, June 9. The fair featured food, carnival rides, arts and crafts, games and live entertainment including a Motown band. The day’s proceeds of several thousand dollars will go to P.S. 205. John Haden; Donna Gryzik; their daughter, Annah Haden; [...]
More than 200 residents in College Point have signed a petition calling for a middle school to replace soon-to-be shuttered St. Fidelis School. “With St. Fidelis closing, we didn’t see it as a crisis but an opportunity,” said Andrew Rocco, president of the College Point Civic and Taxpayers Association. “People are flooding into College Point [...]
Victory is as savory as a k-n-a-i-d-e-l. Teen whiz Arvind Mahankali tried his first Matzo ball after correctly spelling the above synonym for the dish to win this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. “It was actually very good,” said the 13-year-old from Bayside. “It tasted excellent.” Arvind, who swallowed the whole bowl, has been eating [...]
Her love for Queens landed her a seat in City Hall — and she’s only 11. Katiya Jones of Little Neck became councilmember for a day after beating about 500 youngsters in an annual essay contest hosted by Councilmember Mark Weprin. “Before I went, I thought it would be boring,” she said, “but I was [...]
Mohamad Saleh is one step closer to making his dream of helping his community and changing the world through pharmacology a reality. Saleh, 25, of East Elmhurst, recently won second place for his poster presentation in biochemistry at the 21st Annual Statewide Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) Conference. The event showcased research contributing [...]
Arvind Mahankali finished his last year at the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a bang. After two years of placing third at the annual competition, the 13-year-old took first place last night after correctly spelling the word “knaidel,” meaning dumpling. Mahankali is an eighth grade student from Nathaniel Hawthorne Middle School 74 in Bayside. According [...]
A group of children in Long Island City is helping create a purrfect city for the urban kitty. Eighteen children have worked with urban planners and artists to build a small-scale city for kittens. The group has met every Saturday this month at Flux Factory, an arts collective and nonprofit in Long Island City. “It [...]
