FARMINGDALE, NY (May 21 , 2020) — On Tuesday, May 19, 2020, the Farmingdale Board of Education adopted the 2020-2021 Farmingdale School District budget. The budget, adopted virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, calls for a spending plan totaling $173,076,607—an increase of $1,992,807 (1.16%) from last year’s budget—and a tax levy of 1.95%. “The ongoing pandemic and the uncertainty of state aid made this budget a particularly challenging and time-sensitive undertaking,” said Assistant to the
FARMINGDALE, NY (May 13, 2020) — The Photographic Federation of Long Island (PFLI) recently held its 11th Annual Youth Showcase. Fifteen Long Island High Schools participated, and six Farmingdale High School students from Ms. Steffen’s digital photography class placed in the following categories. Print Category: Haley Huebner – First Place – Portrait – Anti-Fragility Anjali Bhavnani – Second Place – Photojournalism – Preservation of Wisdom Kiersten Hacker – Second Place – Photographer's Choice Color –
We all at True Restorations hope you, your family, and all of your co-workers safe and healthy. As we follow the news and reports with this unprecedented pandemic, we all wonder when we can go back to our ordinary days and lives, and will it ever be the same. We at True Restorations understand the stress and anxiety of emergency situations cause that is what we do, help families and businesses get through Water , Smoke , Fire , Mold and Storm Damage. Now, as we all know, there is a new crisis that we have
Dear Hospital/Community Partners, I want to salute you and your coworkers on your heroic efforts fighting COVID-19 on the front lines. You are constantly in our hearts and prayers, and an inspiration to us all. Please continue to be well and be safe. I am writing to let you know that our 2 local Skilled Nursing Facilities- Daleview Care Center and Central Island Healthcare - are both willing, able, and equipped to accept both COVID and non-COVID patients that are seeking to discharge at this time. Our
On Wednesday, April 29, 2020, Farmingdale teachers and administrative staff gave the town of Farmingdale a parade to remember. Beginning at 9am and continuing for ten hours, they zigzagged their way through nearly every street in the district, waving and beeping their horns for all the students and families who came out of their homes to hold up signs and cheer them on. A total of six hundred staff members participated during the course of the day, decorating their vehicles in unique ways and writing notes
FARMINGDALE, NY (April 28, 2020) — Farmingdale School District is proud to announce the selection of Michael Gavalas for the position of principal of Weldon E. Howitt Middle School. The Farmingdale Board of Education is expected to officially appoint Mr. Gavalas at the next board meeting, scheduled for May 6, 2020. The current principal, Mr. Luis Pena, will be retiring at the end of June. Mr. Gavalas is a veteran educator with over 20 years of experience, most recently as the Assistant Principal of Sanford
The FHS Science Department and Robotics Team are collaborating on a new project—3D printed face masks for healthcare workers. Last week, science teacher/VEX Robotics coach Ann Grady and VEX volunteer and team mentor Jerry Dubuke donated 20 plastic masks to Catholic Health Services that were created on a 3D printer. The FHS Robotics Team provided the revenue for the materials, using funds generated from the January tournament they hosted at FHS and through community sponsors. When schools shut down in
Happy to announce -- We are Open!!! Now offering both Curbside and Contact-free Delivery. In Full Bloom will have limited hours and is available for contactless deliveries in accordance with government guidelines. Please call us at 516-420-4313, email us at events.infullbloom@gmail.com or order online at https://www.infullbloomny.com/. (We reserve the right to substitute some unavailable items, but we guarantee your arrangement will be beautiful, as always) For our brides & grooms who had to postpone
FARMINGDALE, NY (April 17, 2020) —??The Farmingdale School District is stepping up to help local hospitals with badly-needed medical supplies. With schools closed and students learning remotely, administrators, teachers, and students mobilized to take an inventory of what they could donate to those working on the frontline. “It started with an email thread to share ideas of how we could help health care workers, and the ideas just kept coming in,” said Superintendent Paul Defendini. Lead nurse Dawn
Over two hundred masks have been stitched and donated to essential workers in the greater Farmingdale area—courtesy of dozens of aides and monitors from the Farmingdale School District. Lisa Bell— a Woodward Parkway Elementary School aide, seamstress, and member of the Facebook group, Stitched Together Long Island, went to work right after school buildings were closed to help produce the protective equipment in short supply in our metro area. Soon afterwards, she partnered with Aides and Monitors CSEA
Now offering FREE SAME DAY grocery delivery and curbside pick up service Order online at bellagiopizzali.com/grocery We sincerely hope that you and your families are safe and healthy. In accordance with the government’s recommendations on social distancing, we are working with a dramatically reduced staff, and only allowing take out and delivery. WE ARE HERE, and hope you will continue to support small businesses through this difficult time. Please, stay in as much as possible so that we can all
Anthony wants to help the FADC clients and their caregivers by putting activities online through Facebook. He is looking for sing-a-longs and other videos that are appropriate for our clients. Our clients are individuals 60 and above with physical and/or memory impairment, generally Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia Also this is a great opportunity for students to do a community service project while they are home. He will write a letter that they performed a community service. Contact
The Internal Revenue Service posted Filing and Payment Deadline Questions and Answers The Q&As address the federal filing and payment extensions to July 15th due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. They also include information on the additional extension to Oct. 15th, first quarter estimated tax payments, IRAs and HSAs. For those questions that are not addressed in the Q&As, please know we are working hard to provide answers as quickly as possible. We also have a new IRS.gov page
March 18, 2020 Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we at the Joe Benincasa State Farm Agency are taking precautionary measures to ensure that our team remains healthy in order to continue servicing our clients with little to no interruption. As of Friday, March 20, 2020, our physical location will be closed for walk in traffic until further notice. We are
DO YOU NEED HELP SETTING UP YOUR HOME OFFICE?We at VoDa are here to help you transition to aWork from Home environment in any way we can.Here are some of the ways that we can assist you; Audio Conferencing ***************** Video Conferencing Hosted Phones ********** Remote Desktop If there is something that you are unsure of and need advice on, please reach out to us.If we can’t provide the solution or answer your questions we will do our best to put you in touch with the people who can.If
After a few days of shutting down and reassessing the current situation, we have decided to open for this upcoming weekend. We will be offering curbside and pick up, as well as delivery through UberEats, GrubHub, and DoorDash. Orders can be made through these apps or if you call in at either (516)927-8264 or (516)927-8265 we will take 15% off all orders! Follow us on instagram and/or facebook for updates... Thank you and everyone stay safe!!
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We are open for Drive Thru, ToGo, and Curbside Pick-Up!!! Call in orders as well!! Fresh, Fast Food like always here at PDQ in Farmingdale!! 1004 Broadhollow Road 516-858-5009 PDQ351@eatpdq.com
In an effort to slow down the spread of COVID-19, we will be closing our seating until further notice starting March 16th. We will be offering Take-out and Delivery service from 11:30am-8:30pm, Tuesday- Friday, 2:00pm-9:00pm Saturday and 2:00pm to 8:30pm Sunday. You can order by calling the restaurant directly at 631-694-7416. Delivery will be offered within a 10-mile radius from Absolutely Mario's. We would love to welcome you back as soon as possible, but in the meantime, we appreciate your support
Ultimate Ninja Warrior Supporters, As a small business, we greatly appreciate the words of encouragement and outpouring of support for Ultimate Ninja Warrior. Many of you have asked for ways to help support us while our facility is temporarily closed while we in turn work to support our employees and ongoing obligations as a company during this time. Please find some helpful ideas below:FREE positive reviews and getting the word out about Ultimate's mission and commitment to creating ninjas and positive
In light of what is happening with the spread of the Corona-virus, I wanted to reach out and let the community know that Preferred Events is fully staffed and prepared to help in any way we can. For those who don't know us, we are a full service event and rental company. Some of our services include: Tents & Temporary StructuresFully Enclosed Tents/StructuresTemperature controlled unitsLightingGenerator PowerFlooring (if needed)TablesChairsCrowd Control Fences/Barricades We are working closely with local
The Farmingdale High School varsity cheerleading competition team won the New York State Championship title this past weekend—capturing the Division I Large School title. The team is the first Nassau County cheerleading team to ever win a state championship title in cheerleading. This was the second year that Farmingdale competed at the varsity level and the third year that competitive cheerleading has been a part of the Farmingdale athletic program. The competition was held at Rochester Institute of
On Tuesday, March 3, 2020, members of Farmingdale’s Legislative Action Committee (LAC) traveled to the New York State Capitol in Albany to present their 2019-2020 legislative proposals and to discuss the impact of pending and future legislation on public schools. The LAC committee—made up of students, teachers, administrators, staff, parents, and Farmingdale Board of Education Trustee Kathy Lively—took a guided tour of the Capitol and saw the chambers where their state government convenes. The group
Last week, Farmingdale High School Junior Anthony Diaz was presented the Rising Star Award by representatives of the Nassau County Office of Hispanic Affairs. He was given the award during a brief ceremony in Principal Dr. Samuel Thompson’s office. Executive Director Amy Flores and Administrative Aide Estefany Ruiz presented Anthony with his award, which was given in recognition of his emerging leadership, curricular accomplishments, and noteworthy contributions to the Dominican community. It was intended
Last December, at the Dalers Deck the Halls Holiday Breakfast at Farmingdale High School, a fourth-grade Albany Avenue student named Anthony dropped every single one of his raffle tickets into the bucket for a chance to win the prize of being Honorary Superintendent of Farmingdale Schools for a day. He didn’t win, but his twin brother Jake—who ironically dropped in only one raffle ticket—did, and graciously agreed to share his win with his brother. Dressed to kill, with Daler pawprints on their ties and
On Thursday, February 6, 2020, Farmingdale High School hosted the All District Chorus Concert, bringing together 420 students from all six Farmingdale schools—elementary through high school. Each year, the All District Concert is a showcase that demonstrates the amazing level of growth that takes place from the elementary to the high school level. It alternates every three years with band, orchestra, and chorus. Music teachers Christina Cinnamo and Emilie D’Andrilli conducted the elementary chorus.
On Saturday, February 1, 2020, the Farmingdale High School History Club took part in the Eleventh Annual Long Island High School Ethics Bowl at Hofstra University. They participated with two teams— analyzing and discussing real-life, timely, ethical issues. The students were accompanied by Farmingdale High School teachers Jim Hughes and Jennifer Theo-Kupstas, who devoted many hours preparing students to defend the ethical questions posed during the bowl. Team One (Amanda Stoll, Ariana Anderson, Paul
Farmingdale School District sent 101 of their top student musicians to the 2020 Nassau Music Educators Association (NMEA) All County Music Festival—held at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts on multiple days in January. The festival brings music students together from schools throughout Nassau County. To qualify for participation, students must perform at the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Adjudication Festival and be nominated by their music teachers. A committee of Nassau
The Farmingdale School District is pleased to announce that after a year of planning, designing, creating new content, and migrating existing material, the new district website has launched! In 2018, when Superintendent Paul Defendini took over the district, he promised transparency and multiple pathways of communication. “Our newly designed website is just one example of how we are making information accessible to all members of the Farmingdale community,” said Superintendent Defendini. “We hope that
Farmingdale High School hosted their third annual VEX Robotics Competition on Sunday, January 5, 2020. Close to eighty teams participated, comprised of high school and middle school students from across southern New York State. The purpose of the competition is to explore innovation through robotics, celebrate student accomplishments, and encourage friendly competition. The tournament was open to the public and admission was free. Nearly a dozen FHS alumni were on hand as volunteer referees and
Nassau County Local Law 7-2019 - Polystyrene Foam Container Ban The Nassau County Polystyrene (Styrofoam) container ban begins January 1, 2020 and encompasses, among other items, all single-use food service items (such as coffee cups and clamshell containers) made with polystyrene foam. Products made with polystyrene foam are typically labeled with the recycling chasing arrows symbol surrounding the number 6 and followed by the letters “PS.” If you have any questions, please contact the Nassau County
Twenty-four seniors at Farmingdale High School signed their letters of intent on December 2, 2019 to signify their commitment to college sports teams. The seniors gathered in the lecture hall of Farmingdale High School, where they were joined by family members, coaches, Principal Dr. Samuel Thompson, Assistant Principal Jed Herman, Director of Athletics Jeanne Berkoski, and Assistant Superintendent Glen Zakian. The Farmingdale athletes who participated in the signing play lacrosse, baseball,
On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 122 students were inducted into the Farmingdale High School chapter of the National Honor Society. Students entered carrying candles, representing the promise of their futures. The ceremony took place in the auditorium and included speeches from Superintendent Paul Defendini, Principal Dr. Samuel Thompson, and teacher Ilan Gornstein, who spoke about the significant character traits that encompass members of the National Honor Society. “This event showcases the
October 2019 Newsletter
For Immediate Release The Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Joseph Garcia was selected as our Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce 2019 Outstanding Businessperson of the Year. Each year the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce encourages members to select an Honoree to receive this prestigious award. The Honoree must meet the following criteria: •Active Member of the Chamber of Commerce•Owns or manages a business located in the community•Has made a significant contribution to the
Farmingdale High School Principal Dr. Samuel Thompson announced yesterday that identical twin sisters are the valedictorian and salutatorian for the Class of 2020. Gianna Morales achieved the highest cumulative GPA out of 508 students, earning herself the top spot of valedictorian. Sister Rebecca Morales achieved the rank of salutatorian. “This is an outstanding accomplishment for these two students and puts us in awe of their commitment to learning,” said Dr. Thompson. “Congratulations to both Rebecca
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Eichler, Allison. "Coming Together - Summit Council Brings Life To Community." Farmingdale Observer (New York) January 30, 2010. Page 1. http://farmingdale-observer.com/2019/01/30/coming-together/ September 11, 2001, was a tumultuous day in American history, but Long Island communities have never come together so strongly than during the time that followed to support and help those who needed it most. The Farmingdale Community Summit Council (FCSC) was no exception. As stated on their website, the summit
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