Browse past news stories for Great Neck South High School in Great Neck, NY.

• Recent student achievements across Long Island (Newsday)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 10:11:00 pm
  With a predominantly minority student body, Northern Parkway Elementary School in Uniondale was eager for its students to visit the White House after Barack Obama became the first African-American president in U.S. history.
• Capitol One Bank Blazing Trails 4 Autism Run November 8 (The Westbury Times)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 05:13:48 am
  Runners are invited to be a part of the 2nd annual Capital One Bank Blazing Trails 4 Autism Four Mile Run on Sunday, Nov. 8 at the Great Neck South High School Campus on Lakeville Road in Great Neck. The run will start at exactly 9:30 a.m. with all net proceeds dedicated to the Eden II/Genesis Programs, which provide specialized community based services and other opportunities to individuals ...
• 2009 Run Evan Run Tour (Great Neck Record)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 05:12:08 am
  Just in case a nationwide comedy tour wasn’t enough of a challenge, Evan Wecksell has taken on another. The guitar-playing comedian and Great Neck native (South High School, Class of 1997) is touring the country while training for a marathon. The 2009 Run Evan Run Tour began on Aug. 23 and will continue through Nov. 1, the day of the ING New York City Marathon. So Evan still has more time to ...
• Schools take tech route to getting kids to exercise (Newsday)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 06:43:54 pm
  Physical education classes at West Babylon Junior High School use Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2 consoles to allow students to play fitness-related video games like "Dance Dance Revolution."
• Great Neck Rally to Protect Local Governments from Threats (Great Neck Record)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 05:11:17 am
  Monday, October 26 Do you know that your village could be dissolved by a countywide vote? Or that your village could be compelled to initiate an expensive plan for consolidation or dissolution triggered by a small percentage of residents signing a petition? Or that your water district could be forced to consolidate with another water district, again by a countywide vote of people who have never ...
• LISDA to Host Public Forum (Hicksville Illustrated News)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 05:08:46 am
  Facts on Consolidation, Dissolution of Local Fire and Water District to Be Discussed The Long Island Special Districts Association (LISDA) will host a forum on “The Facts on Consolidation and Dissolution of Your Local Fire and Water District.” LISDA representatives will speak at the Town of Oyster Bay’s William P. Bennett Community Center in Hicksville on Wednesday, Oct. 28, starting at 7:30 p.m ...
• Thomas J. Casey Sr., sports coach, teacher, dies at 82 (Newsday)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 02:52:06 am
  Thomas J. Casey Sr. of Great Neck, whose career as a sports coach, physical education teacher, athletic director and basketball referee spanned decades, died last month after an extended illness. He was 82.
• Second Annual Capital One Bank Blazing Trails 4 Autism 4-Mile Run (Port Washington News)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 05:09:17 am
  Runners from all over Long Island are invited to be a part of the 2nd Annual Capital One Bank Blazing Trails 4 Autism Four-Mile Run on Sunday, Nov. 8 at the Great Neck South High School Campus on Lakeville Road in Great Neck. The run will start at exactly 9:30 a.m. The entire net proceeds of the run will be dedicated to the Eden II/Genesis Programs, which provide specialized community-based ...
• Jonathan Lenchner Swims Across Strait of Gibraltar: Swim for Africa (Great Neck Record)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 05:00:30 am
  On Aug. 26, one month short of his 50th birthday, former Great Neck resident and Great Neck South High School alumnus Jonathan Lenchner swam across the Strait of Gibraltar from the southern tip of Spain to northern Morocco. Dr. Lenchner is a research scientist at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center in Hawthorne, New York. He completed the 33 km (13.6 mile) swim, in rough conditions, in 4 hours, 44 ...
• Family overcomes challenges through running (The Southampton Press & The East Hampton Press)
  posted on September 29, 2009 at 01:41:05 pm
  For some people, simply finishing a race—whether it be a 5K or marathon—is an accomplishment worth celebrating. There is perhaps no one who personifies this better than the Schneider family of Great Neck.
• Clifford Fishler Places in Maccabiah Games (Great Neck Record)
  posted on September 18, 2009 at 05:17:38 am
  Clifford Fishler, 17, a senior at Great Neck South High School, joined the United States Fencing Team for the World Maccabiah Games, placing in the top 8 for the individual epee event which included many highly ranked world fencing competitors. Every four years, the United States brings hundreds of athletes for various athletic events, with a total of 8500 athletes from 60 countries in this ...
• Blazing Trails 4-Autism 4-Mile Run/Walk (Great Neck Record)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 05:20:34 am
  Organizers of the 2nd annual Blazing Trails 4-Autism 4 Mile Run welcome Brickwell Cycling & Multisports and its proprietor Andrew Motola back as a sponsor for the second year of the event.
• Candidate Mark Green: Public Advocate (New York Daily News)
  posted on August 16, 2009 at 02:01:00 am
  Candidate Mark Green: Public Advocate.
• LI teen helped save man in Florida airport (Newsday)
  posted on August 11, 2009 at 02:45:10 pm
  Their vacation was over, and Joseph Oginski and his family were waiting at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers for the flight home to Great Neck . Suddenly, a gate attendant screamed, "There's someone down!" Oginski looked at his father, Gerry, then rushed over, announcing, "I'm a firefighter and first responder. Can I help you?" Oginski, 17, a newly minted firefighter with the ...
• Login/Register (Great Neck Record)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 05:19:32 am
  Race Director Robyn Schneider, Randy Horowitz and Nancy Phillips of the Eden II-Genesis Program, and Greater Long Island Running Club President Mike Polansky met with outgoing Great Neck School District Superintendent Ronald L. Friedman and new Superintendent Thomas P. Dolan on July 8 to plan a bigger than ever 2nd annual Blazing Trails 4-Autism 4 Mile Run.
• State track & field: Cawley looking to repeat (The Ithaca Journal)
  posted on June 12, 2009 at 06:54:29 am
  At approximately 10 a.m. on Saturday at Cicero-North Syracuse High School's Michael J. Bragman Athletic Complex, the country's top three high school athletes in the girls 2,000-meter steeplechase will vie for the overall New York state championship.
• Writing And Research The Focus Of Work Session (Garden City News)
  posted on June 12, 2009 at 06:01:50 am
  The Garden City Board of Education listened to a presentation by a district research committee, and then turned the focus on a curriculum review of the library and media center, during a June 9th work session. The research committee was formed to enrich the writing experiences of students in grades six through twelve by engaging them in more meaningful research assignments.
• South High Robotics Team Excels at Events (Great Neck Record)
  posted on May 29, 2009 at 05:11:30 am
  Kudos to Great Neck South High School’s Robotics Team for capturing the first place Alliance Award at the School to Business Partnership of Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics High School Competition and for winning the prestigious Underwriters Laboratory Industrial Safety Award at the event.
• Floral Park Team Advances to Round 4 of The Challenge (Floral Park Dispatch)
  posted on May 28, 2009 at 03:48:31 pm
  Continuing their winning streak in Round 3, the academic team from Floral Park Memorial High School is moving on to Round 4 – and closer to the Nassau County finals – of Cablevision’s The Challenge, an academic quiz show designed to test students’ knowledge in a Jeopardy-style format.
• GreatNeckRecord.com Calendar (Great Neck Record)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 05:15:08 am
  Come and Get it! At the Great Neck Senior Community Center, any Friday you will find relaxation with Tea Time at 10 am; Line Dancing at 10:30; and Music and Song at 12:45 p.m. All of this is free. Lunch is available at noon for a small requested donation. Try it. You’ll like it.
• Editorial: Support Our Children … Vote “Yes” for Our School Budget (Great Neck Record)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 04:14:45 am
  The Great Neck Public Schools do an exemplary job of educating our children and we can show our support, and say thank you, by voting for our school district’s budget and to re-elect our board of education trustees.
• Classical station launches contest (The Record and Herald News)
  posted on April 17, 2009 at 06:00:52 am
  "That was Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor … and Peppers Harriman of Haworth knew that that was the WQXR song of the day. Harriman is the winner of today's travel celebration trip to Austria."
• Taconic Hills students take ‘The Euro Challenge’ (Register-Star)
  posted on April 8, 2009 at 03:17:14 am
  CRARYVILLE — Four Taconic Hills students, dubbed “very bright” by their history teacher, Darby Dellea, will be competing in an academic contest called “The Euro Challenge” in New York City Wednesday.
• School Board Calls for Small Budget Increase (Great Neck Record)
  posted on March 13, 2009 at 03:33:34 pm
  Responding to the country's current economic crisis, the Great Neck Public Schools Board of Education proposed a low 2.44 percent budget increase at the first budget hearing for the 2009-2010 school year.
• Voice of the People for March 13, 2009 (New York Daily News)
  posted on March 13, 2009 at 09:08:53 am
  There was a math error in Monday's paper ("2 drawings, same Lotto result"). As a math teacher, I can positively tell you that the probability of drawing the same "Win Four" lottery number twice in a row is not 1 in 100,000,000, but rather 1 in 10,000.
• Inaugural Blazing Trails 4-Autism 4 Mile Run is Quite the Success (Manhasset Press)
  posted on February 20, 2009 at 02:03:39 pm
  Nearly 800 runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes were on hand for the inaugural Blazing Trails 4 Autism 4 Mile Run on Nov. 9, and were treated to an outstanding morning of family fun at the same time as they raised some significant funds to help individuals with autism.
• School Board Budget Discussion (Great Neck Record)
  posted on February 20, 2009 at 01:55:07 pm
  An open school board working session preceded the Great Neck Public Schools Feb. 9 Board of Education meeting. The meeting addressed the school district's upcoming 2009-2010 budget...
• South High School Boys Fencing Captures NC Championship (Great Neck Record)
  posted on February 20, 2009 at 01:54:37 pm
  The Great Neck South High School boys' fencing team won the Nassau County High School Tournament held on Feb. 7, at Great Neck North High School.