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Prom 2024: Great Kills High School students P37R dance and dine
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Susan Wagner High School students stage walkout for pro-Palestinian rally
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island students staged a walkout from Susan E. Wagner High School for a pro-Palestinian rally on Friday as part of a student-led citywide effort to show solidarity. A crowd of approximately 60 students walked out of the school building in Sea View waving flags,...
Head of swanky NYC prep school accused of ripping antisemitism task force as ‘power play by Jewish families’
The head of a swanky Manhattan prep school allegedly ripped a newly created antisemitism task force as a “joke” and nothing more than a “power play by Jewish families” to have him ousted, according to a new lawsuit. Collegiate School’s top administrator, David Lourie, is accused of deriding the task force after it was set up by the school’s board of trustees to weed out any potential antisemitism on the Upper West Side campus in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks, papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court allege. The claims were laid bare in a wide-ranging gender...
NYC Parents Outraged by DOE’s Summer Remote-Learning Simulation
New York City parents are not happy with the Department of Education (DOE) after being asked to log on alongside their children for a remote learning simulation during summer break. The move is set to help the system better prepare for this form of learning following a technical meltdown on a snow day in February 2024. Families are being asked to voluntarily log into their school systems on June 6 for a non-instructional activity during a pre-scheduled time slot. Administrators warn that the more people who participate, “the more accurate and useful” the data from the event will be. According to...
A ‘special day’ as students graduate from Staten Island’s first college prep P-TECH program
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Twenty-one Port Richmond High School students on Wednesday graduated from the borough’s P-TECH program -- the first Staten Island cohort to graduate from the initiative -- and received certificates of completion, while also walking away with college credits. The celebration marked the first “Grades...
These 10 college majors pay the lowest by mid-career, according to a new analysis
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Picking a college major is an important decision before graduating — and some jobs pay less than others. If financial security is important, you may want to ditch choosing some college majors that will pay you less mid-career, according to a new analysis of jobs and salaries by the New York Federal Reserve.
12-year-old Long Island prodigy heading to college
FOX 5 NY's Jodi Goldberg brings us the story of 12-year-old Suborno Bari, who is heading off to become a student at New York University this fall, despite being quite a bit younger than is fellow incoming classmates.
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates 120 new doctors at the Apollo
Sign up for our acclaimed free weekday newsletter Editorially Black. Get the top Racial Equity stories of the day from America’s most influential oldest continuously published Black newspaper, serving the nation’s largest Black and brown community. Sign up to stay connected. The Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM)...
Columbia University, Epicenter of Gaza Protests, Launches New Revolt
Roughly 100 Columbia University students and alumni launched a “Revolt for Rafah” encampment on Friday night. Student protesters say their protest is a direct response to the Rafah massacre and a recent Washington Post article exposing a group of wealthy elites who used their power to influence New York City Mayor Eric Adams into using the police to quash student protests at Columbia University in April.Dubbed “Revolt for Rafah: Installation 1,” the encampment was launched on Alumni Reunion Weekend at Columbia University. To date, alumni have stated intent to withhold an estimated $67 million dollars in donations to the university...
Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains Graduates Class of 2024
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ - Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains held their graduation ceremony for the class of 2024 on Thursday, May 30. The ceremony was held on the front lawn of the campus, with diplomas and scholarships being awarded by UC Principal Sr. Percylee Hart, Assistant Principal Dr. Jim Reagan, and the rest of the Union Catholic staff. The special guest speaker for this year's ceremony was Mikayla Mitchell (UC Class of 2016), followed by Class of 2024 Valedictorian Josh Hunsinger and Student Council President Riley Ramirez.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The full list...
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