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Districts chart academic gains, new programs of the 2024-25 school year to 94 percent by June. Murray attributed the shift to “a tremendous As New York state prepares amount of early-literacy work” to overhaul its g raduation in phonemic awareness, phorequirements, East Rockaway nics and foundational reading and Lynbrook school adminis- skills. Math performance in East trators have reported that the Rockaway’s primadistricts are ahead of the curve — and ry grades showed cite its mid-year similar gains. In testing to prove it. first grade, Murray In East Rockaway, said the number of Superintendent students classified James DeTommaso as “well below and Assistant g rade level” in Superintendent math dropped to Sean Murray say the “almost nothing,” district’s academic with only two stutrajectory has dents remaining in shar ply improved that category by the over the past three JJAMES end of the school years, driven by new DEToMMASo ye a r. H e e m p h a a s s e s s m e n t s , Superintendent, East sized that the data expanded colle gerepresents all stuRockaway School l eve l c o u r s ewo rk dents in the district, District and a districtwide including those shift toward projectwith special needs. based learning. T he result, DeTommaso “We really are feeling good said, is fewer struggling learnabout the direction that we’re ers and “more kids closer to going,” DeTommaso said, point- grade level.” ing to gains across elementary “It’s more than we’ve ever and secondary levels, specifi- had, to be honest with you,” he cally in reading. said. The share of kindergarten In fourth-g rade reading, students reading at or above more than half of students fingrade level rose from about a Continued on page 19 quarter of the class at the start
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Villages honor veterans The East Rockaway Veterans of Foreign Wars, above, displayed flags and Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach gave thanks in the villages’ respective ceremonies. Stories, more photos, pages 2, 10.
e really are feeling good about the direction that we’re going.