🌱 Patch AM: How will Great Neck schools balance camp costs and classroom screen time?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Great Neck schools balance camp costs and classroom screen time?

Also on today's calendar: Major Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Liquidation Sale and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 80 and low of 66 degrees.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and humid, temps: high: 83, low: 71.
• Monday: Humid; a p.m. shower or two, with a high of 84 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Great Neck school board hears parent concerns over summer camp costs, classroom technology (longislandpress.com) — Great Neck's Board of Education just approved the 2026-27 school safety and professional development plans, accepted major scholarship donations, and began searching for a new human resources director. Parents also pressed the district on rising summer camp costs and the impact of classroom technology and screen time, prompting an invitation to a fall technology discussion.
   

📸 Around Great Neck

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Great Neck

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Major Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Liquidation Sale →
  Grand Avenue, Grand Ave, North Brunswick Township
  9:30 am
Saturday September 19
• Jay Medal Soirée →
  Jay Estate, 210 Boston Post Rd, Rye
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 29
• Save The Date - New Hyde Park Street Fair - For Our Friends Animal Rescue - Sat Sept 19th @10.am →
  Jericho Turnpike, NY
  10:00 am
• Save The Date - Charity Yard Sale - For Our Friends Animal Rescue - Sat Sept 5th @10.am →
  232-15 Seward Ave
  10:00 am
Tuesday September 1
• Ready, Set, School!
  Westbury Memorial Public Library Children's Programs at the Meeting Room 445 Jefferson Street, Westbury, NY 11590
  4:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• Board of Education Business Mtg 8PM
  Carle Place School District 168 Cherry Lane, Carle Place, NY 11514
Thursday September 10
• 45th Annual Italian Festival →
  North Hempstead Beach Park, 175 W Shore Rd, Port Washington
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Rosh Hashana Community Luncheon with Humanist Jewish Cong. of Queens/LI →
  La Baraka, 255-09 Northern Blvd
  12:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Let's Fence! →
  Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Rd, Great Neck
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 29
• EMPIRE OF THE SUN →
  The West Side Tennis Club, 1 Tennis Pl, Forest Hills
  10:00 am
• Rio Da Yung OG →
  Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Pl, New York
  7:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Pi'erre Bourne →
  Gramercy Theatre, 127 E 23rd St, New York
  7:00 pm
Monday August 31
• SUPERINTENDENT'S CONFERENCE DAY
  Great Neck UFSD Great Neck, NY 11020
• SH Gr. 9 Orientation & Walk Through
  Great Neck UFSD Great Neck, NY 11020
  9:30 am

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🗞 Nearby News

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• 'My Erasmo, My Best Friend, My Brother' (longislandpress.com)
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Port Washington

• Her Brother Found A Home, Now Beatrice Is Waiting For Hers (patch.com)
• Making memories at Port Washington Children's Center's Early Childhood Summer Program (longislandpress.com)

Garden City

• This Week Crime In Garden City: Stolen Cadillac Escalade, Unknown Substance Spill, Motorcycle Crash (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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