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Renu Restoration & Contracting Inc. and its subcontractors performed post-Hurricane Sandy work at Lawrence High School. After the school district withheld payment, one of the subcontractors filed suit for nonpayment of $1.9M.

Deer Park-based Essential Electric, a subcontractor that performed repair work at Lawrence High School after Hurricane Sandy, has filed suit against the school district for nonpayment of $1.9 million. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/8/13

HAFTR Science Chairwoman Rita Sinensky conducted an experiment for parents at the school’s open house.

Opening the doors of HAFTR [Photo gallery]

More than 150 students and their parents attended the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) open house on Nov. 15, where the high school class of 2020 and more than 70 families from other neighborhood schools learned more about educational opportunities in general and Judaic studies at the modern Orthodox yeshiva in Cedarhurst. more

12/2/15

Gary Schall greets Facilities Director Chris Milano with an elbow bump at the ribbon-cutting.

A special kind of homecoming

“Homecoming” usually conjures images of colorful parade floats and hard-fought football games, but for the students, faculty and staff of East Rockaway and Lawrence high schools, the term has a more basic meaning: the return to their respective school buildings after months of repair following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. more

By Mary Malloy and Jeff Bessen | 4/24/13

Dancing robots programmed to songs about Israel were part of HAFTR Lower School’s family party for the Jewish state.

HAFTR celebrates Israel’s anniversary [Photo gallery]

Early childhood through fifth-grade students at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) Lower School commemorated Israel and the Jewish state’s 68th anniversary with a family celebration on May 11. more

5/18/16

Former pro basketball player Craig Hodges also shared his knowledge with the younger HAFTR players and was in 11-year-old Jacob Lumerman’s selfie. Former pro basketball player Craig Hodges also shared his knowledge with the younger HAFTR players and was in 11-year-old Jacob Lumerman’s selfie. Former pro basketball player Craig Hodges also shared his knowledge with the younger HAFTR players and was in 11-year-old Jacob Lumerman’s selfie. Former pro basketball player Craig Hodges also shared his knowledge with the younger HAFTR players and was in 11-year-old Jacob Lumerman’s selfie.

Craig Hodges hoops it up at HAFTR [Photo gallery]

Three-time NBA champion Craig Hodges, who also won the league’s three-point shooting contest at the All-Star game — 1990, ’91 and ’92 — visited the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway last Sunday. more

2/4/15

Student Council co-Presidents Andrew Feldman and Evan Newman handed over the box of Valentines cards to Town of Hempstead Councilman Bruce Blakeman.

Lawrence Woodmere Academy students created ‘Valentines for Veterans’ cards [Photo gallery]

Children from the Lawrence Woodmere Academy in Woodmere partnered with Hempstead Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman (R-Atlantic Beach) to make handmade Valentine’s Day cards distributed to veterans in his district on Feb. 9. more

2/17/16

Music and dancing was also part of the endowment fun’s fundraiser event in Lawrence last Saturday.

Comics perform for a school cause [Photo gallery]

Laughter was in the house at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club in Lawrence last Saturday when the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools Endowment Fund held its night of comedy. more

2/4/15

Sandy’s blackout illuminates what we’re thankful for

“A hundred-year storm” was I phrase I heard politicians and meteorologists use to describe this mysterious Sandy. With the memory of Hurricane Irene still fresh in my mind, I figured that once again these warnings were an exaggeration, nothing more than a precaution. more

Amber Garrick | 12/12/12

The Brandeis School was one of the Five Towns schools that took part in the parade.

Five Towns schools at Israel Day Parade [Photo gallery]

Students, teachers and administrators from the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, The Brandeis School and Kulanu Center for Special Services marched in the Israel Day Parade on Sunday. more

6/4/13

Lawrence High School students Stephanie Mejia, left, and Eternity Jimenez, worked to pick up trash at Hempstead Lake State Park.

Cleaning up Hempstead Lake State Park [Photo gallery]

Lawrence High School students, members of the Town of Hempstead Democratic Club’s environmental caucus and a few others helped to make Hempstead Lake State Park much cleaner as they collected 40 bags of trash for about three hours on April 10. more

4/22/16

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