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	The proposed budgets for Long Island&rsquo;s school districts total $14.3 billion. Residents will head to the polls Tuesday. Newsday TV&rsquo;s Cecilia Dowd reports.
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The twins have been together from pre-school through high school and graduated with a ceremony on Saturday in Mattituck. Newsday TV's Steve Langford reports. 

Five sets of twins graduate from Mattituck High School 

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who attended Hempstead schools. surprised Daniella Marroquin, Hempstead High School valedictorian, with a phone call, offering her congratulations and words of wisdom. Newsday TV's Cecilia Dowd reports.

White House Press Secretary surprises Hempstead valedictorian

Military mom surprises daughter at school 

Islip High School senior Mollie Sebor set out to research the town's little-known Jewish history. Now, her endeavor will help serve as the foundation for future research, the town's historian said.

Islip High School senior uncovers town's Jewish history

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In 1982 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Steven Pico, who as an Island Trees High School senior in 1976, sued his board of education after it removed 11 books from the school libraries.

LI student won battle against book ban — 40 years ago

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The twins, who have known each other since preschool, were among 109 in their graduating class.

5 sets of twins graduate from tiny Mattituck High

In the decade since high school, Long Island's 2012 valedictorians changed careers, pursued passions, learned a lot — and one has even practiced magic on the side. Here's what 29 of them have been up to.

10 years ago, they were valedictorians. Where are they now?

Joan Belilos also was a grandmother who went above and beyond for her family.

Former Hewlett High School teacher dies at 87

The latest polling results Tuesday night meant that all 124 districts on Long Island would go into the 2022-23 school year with spending plans passed. Fiscal years begin July 1.

West Hempstead school budget passes on second vote

Julien Brathwaite, Westbury High School's 2012 valedictorian, went to the University of Michigan to study electrical engineering. While there, he pivoted career paths and now works at Apple, living in Oakland, California.

2012 valedictorian's pivoting interests led him to Apple

Angie Chiraz graduated as valedictorian from Smithtown High School West in 2012. In the past decade, she studied at Princeton University, became a senior software engineer at Pluto and has continued to dance everywhere she's lived.

Valedictorian now a software engineer, always a dancer

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Giants players Cam Brown and Matt Peart visited students at Barack Obama Elementary School in Hempstead on Friday. 

Giants players visit students at Hempstead school 

"People who are worth having in your life will accept you for who you are," said Julianna Lester. See what else Newsday's Extraordinary Seniors had to say to next year's graduating class.

'Be authentically yourself': Advice from Newsday's Extraordinary Seniors

ENL students in the Port Washington Union Free School District wrote letters to the class of 2072 and created videos that on Tuesday were buried in a time capsule located at Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School in Port Washington.

Port Washington ENL students bury a time capsule for the class of 2072

The winner of the Long Island Spelling Bee, Safiullah Sajid, a student at Locust Valley Middle School, is on his way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington.

Locust Valley Middle School student going to national spelling bee

In addition to existing school safetly initiatives, including the RAVE Mobile App and the S.H.A.R.E program, Suffolk County officials on Friday announced they will soon begin mobilization drills to make sure they are prepared to respond quickly in the event of an active shooter situation. 

Suffolk officials announce drills to respond to active shooter situation

Students at Wyandanch Memorial High School show off the images they created for the school's photography program. The club, which started in January and met on Fridays, is taught by Al Bello, a Getty Images photographer.

Getty Images photographer Al Bello hosts program at Wyandanch Memorial High School

Students at Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School held a walkout Wednesday in honor of the 21 victims killed last week at an elementary school in Texas.

Plainview high school students hold walkout to end gun violence 

A Long Island school administrator and teacher spoke about how to talk to staff and students following the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A Freeport High School freshman spoke about discussions in her classroom.

Talking to school staff, students about Texas shooting

Following the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, some LIers said they want to see stricter gun laws and increased security at schools. Cecilia Dowd reports.

Do LIers want stricter gun laws?

The LIRR in conjunction with Mineola Middle School STEM Day showed a power point presentation on the LIRR Expansion Project and had students build bridge structures with toothpicks and Play-Doh.

Mineola Middle School students taught bridge-making skills as part of STEM Day

The Baldwin union free school district has created a "grow-your-own" teacher program where Baldwin high school students visit the nearby elementary school twice a week as "teacher assistants" to work on lesson plans and work with students in small groups.

Baldwin has 'grow-your-own' teacher program

The war between Russia and Ukraine has been used as a teaching moment at West Hempstead High School, above, as well as for college students and younger children.

Students learning about Russia-Ukraine war

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