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🌱 Patch AM: How will Hicksville’s new 3-year school blueprint affect your child?

Coming up: Children's Orchestra Society The 57th Annual Winter Concert on the Hicksville Patch calendar

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Good morning to you Hicksville! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How will Hicksville’s new 3-year school blueprint affect your child?

Also on today's calendar: Children's Orchestra Society The 57th Annual Winter Concert and 5 more events.

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Today's riddle: Last night I had a dream. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Hicksvillefor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Saturday: Some sun, then clouds; colder, with a high of 39 and low of 34 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and windy, temps: high: 47, low: 26.
  • Monday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, with a high of 38 and low of 29 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hicksville School District develops multi-year blueprint for excellence (longislandpress.com) — Hicksville families should know the school district has launched a 2025–2028 “Blueprint for Excellence” that aligns with New York State’s Portrait of a Graduate initiative. The plan outlines goals for student achievement, family engagement, staff support, and facilities, with progress updates promised at a May 2026 board meeting and a follow-up blueprint in 2028.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Oyster Bay

  • Moonlight Market: Night Before Krampus returns to the Cradle of Aviation Museum (liherald.com)
  • Hempstead Hearing Scheduled For Battery Storage Facility Moratorium (patch.com)
  • Massapequa Chamber of Commerce honors three local veterans (massapequapost.com)

Jericho

  • Ninety New York Educators Receive $300k+ in Annual Pay - Empire Center for Public Policy (empirecenter.org)

Levittown

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I dreamed I was swimming in a pool of orange soda, but it was just a Fanta-sea.
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