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🌱 Patch AM: How Garden City’s Waldorf School is handling new tech-in-class rules

Spotted on the Garden City calendar: Jay Medal Soirée

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Hello Garden City! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Garden City's Waldorf School is handling new tech-in-class rules
  • How a Garden City native got swept into a Penn State drug case

Also on today's calendar: Jay Medal Soirée and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.
  • Monday: An afternoon shower in spots, temps: high: 80, low: 63.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Screens in schools: What you need to know about the federal Education Department's new guidance on technology in the classroom (newsday.com) — New federal guidance on classroom technology directly affects Garden City families, and The Waldorf School here is highlighted for delaying student computer use until middle school. Local and state education leaders across Long Island react to the call for judging tech by learning outcomes, debating how much screen time is appropriate while balancing digital tools with hands-on, relationship-based teaching.
   

• Penn State has garnered national attention after an alleged fraternity-led cocaine-trafficking ring bust. Here's how it maps out. (psucollegian.com) — One of the 14 people charged in a large Penn State–linked cocaine-trafficking case is Liam Smith, a former student from Garden City accused of helping prepare drugs for distribution. The detailed report outlines felony and misdemeanor charges against multiple fraternity members, how investigators built the case, Penn State's response, and upcoming court dates that include Smith's preliminary hearing in October.
   

📸 Around Garden City

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Garden City

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Other local events
    Monday August 24
  • School Supply Giveaway w MPact
    Westbury Memorial Public Library Children's Programs 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury, NY 11590
    4:30 pm
  • BOE Regular Meeting
    Lawrence UFSD 2 Reilly Rd, Cedarhurst, NY 11516, USA
    8:00 pm
    • Tuesday August 25
  • Architectural Design Review Board Meeting →
    Garden City, NY Calendar, 351 Stewart Avenue, Garden City
    6:30 pm
    • Wednesday August 26
  • HS Mineola EAST
    Mineola Public Schools 121 Jackson Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
    8:30 am
  • ME Popsicles on the Playground
    Mineola Public Schools 121 Jackson Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
    4:00 pm
  • Board of Education Regular Meeting
    Hempstead Union Free School District ABGS Middle School Bandbox
    6:00 pm
    • Thursday August 27
  • HA Popsicles on the Playground
    Mineola Public Schools 121 Jackson Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
    4:00 pm
  • Board of Education Business Meeting @ Synergy Building
    Mineola Public Schools 121 Jackson Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501
    7:00 pm
    • Saturday September 5
  • End of Summer Festival →
    369 Green Ave, East Meadow
    10:00 am
    • Thursday September 10
  • 45th Annual Italian Festival →
    North Hempstead Beach Park, 175 W Shore Rd, Port Washington
    6:00 pm

📣 Garden City Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Sunday August 23
  • Traveling Summer Luau - Levittown →
    Hempstead Town, NY Calendar, 26-46 Gull Road, Hicksville
    1:00 pm
  • Drop off Body of Work
    The Art Guild 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030
    3:00 pm
    • Monday August 24
  • All Other JV/V sports Begin (tentative)
    North Shore Csd Sea Cliff, NY 11579
  • SH Gr. 12 Photos by Appt.
    Great Neck UFSD Great Neck, NY 11020

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Girl Scouts of Nassau County Receives Mutual of America Foundation's Frances R. Hesselbein Award for CAP 10 —Jake Mendlinger Read on Patch
  • Westbury Schools Receive $120,000 From Box Tops for Education at Madison Square Garden —Jake Mendlinger Read on Patch
  • StateJobsNY posted a job opening for Office Assistant 2 (NY HELPS), (Garden City), Box OSEA-350/45700 in Garden City. Apply here.
  • Adelphi University posted a job opening for Clinical Assistant Professor - Graduate Studies in Nursing in Garden City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Garden City here.

🗞 Nearby News

Mineola

West Hempstead

  • Lynbrook police connect with families at National Night Out (liherald.com)

New Hyde Park

  • Police seek woman who defaced St. Michael statue in North New Hyde Park (longislandpress.com)

Ok Garden City! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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