Pre-K program lands in Woodhaven
Parents of young children in Woodhaven will not have to look high and low for open pre-kindergarten classes come September, because the Woodhaven Public Library…
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Woodhaven teen’s spirit honored through scholarship
The life and spirit of High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture (CTEA) graduate Roman Pirozek may live on through a $1,000 scholarship awarded…
Meng Honors Student Art Contest Winner from Flushing in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) honored Queens student Xiangkun Kong in Washington, D.C. for winning the Congresswoman’s 2014 “Sixth Congressional District Art Contest.” …
Maspeth honors high schoolers
Maspeth High School showed off last week when it honored students at its third annual awards ceremony, thanking distinguished members of its 30 clubs and…
Queens College welcomes new president
There is a new president at the helm in Queens College. The City University of New York’s board of trustees tapped Dr. Felix V. Matos…
Students put Woodhaven’s history on display
The Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society is adding some color into students’ lives by asking them to envision their community without any. A Woodhaven…
Maspeth HS senior shoots high on and off court
Paolo Tamer said he has one goal in mind as he enters his senior year at Maspeth High School: being the best he can…
Panel approves annex plans for Richmond Hill HS
The city Panel for Educational Policy approved the Education Department’s controversial proposal to reform Richmond Hill High School’s usage of an annex that administrators argued…
Oquendo’s Grandmother sounds Off for School Alarms
The grandmother of the 14-year-old with autism who went missing and eventually turned up dead called on the City Council to act faster in its…
Queens College Study of Abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line Set to Begin
Proposals for the abandoned Rockaway Beach Rail Line, including reactivating the train service and turning the space into a park similar to Manhattan’s High Line,…
Attention Bookworms! Summer Reading Challenge is Around the Corner
As students prepare to bask in the freedom of no school for the next couple of months, an area legislator is reminding them that it…
Richmond Hill HS Boos City’s Plan for Annex
Standing in the cavernous auditorium of Richmond Hill High School last Thursday, parents, educators, and students echoed a message to the city that they have…
With Eyes on Democratizing Publishing, Writers Aim to Help Aspiring Authors Find Homes for Words
Google the “difficulties of getting published,” and what comes up? Well, in 0.39 seconds, according to the whiz that is the Internet, about 29.5 million…
Teachers Back Stavisky for Senate
State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Flushing) accepted key endorsements this week from some of the city’s biggest voices on education representing more than 140,000 teachers and…
Queens College Sets Sights on Helping Students Manage Debt
The numbers are daunting. About 40 million people in the United States hold student loans – which, with an outstanding debt of approximately $1 trillion,…