Follow Lawrence High School senior Ariana Watson s journey as a semifinalist in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, highlighting her exceptional academic achievements, STEM involvement, and community contributions, paving the way for her promising future in mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.
Lawrence High School s seawall construction faces delays amid concerns and pushback from Cedarhurst residents. FEMA s review of public comments prolongs uncertainty. Share your views on the project and flooding in the Five Towns with jbessen@liherald.com.
Cedarhurst residents packed Village Hall and crowded into a downstairs anteroom for a meeting of the board of trustees on March 14, to express their anger at the Lawrence school district for the seawall it is proposing to build on the Lawrence High School campus.
While public schools in the Five Towns, and local yeshivas, are taking measures to combat antisemitism in their academic environments, Richard Altabe, the lower school principal at the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, says that more should have been done sooner.
New York is one of 23 states in which schools are required to teach students about the Holocaust. Jack Britvan, president of Voices for Truth and Humanity, says the subject should be a requirement for graduating from high school.