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Boys Basketball Loses a Heartbreaker

Boy’s Basketball Loses a Heartbreaker

Maeve Nee March 14, 2024

  Last Thursday, 2/29/2024 Floral Park Memorial’s boys Varsity Basketball team went up against Friends Academy. Tip off was at 6:00PM at Farmingdale College. The game started, and right from...

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness:  Remembering a colleague, teacher and friend

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness:  Remembering a colleague, teacher and friend

Matthew De Torrontegui February 27, 2024

Understanding Pancreatic Cancer : With an overall five-year survival rate of just 11%, pancreatic cancer is a dire adversary that has taken many lives. Pancreatic cancer is a growing cancer in the pancreas,...

Florettes Bring Home First Place

Florettes Bring Home First Place

Sonia Chatterton January 8, 2024

Long Island Dance Team Association’s 1st Competition of the year was held at Commack Middle School on Saturday January 6th.  With over 50 schools from all over Long Island – Commack Middle...

Overlooked Women

Overlooked Women

Cara Kelly, Staff Writer March 27, 2023

Virginia Woolf once said, “For most of history, anonymous was a woman.” Over the course of history, women have been constantly overlooked while men are famous for their achievements in the past. So...

Tapping Teachers

Tapping Teachers

Cara Kelly, Staff Writer March 27, 2023

In March our school is holding its annual talent show. For the last couple of years Mrs. Francis, Mrs. White, Mrs. Ciaffone, and Mrs. Castka have been performing a tap dance routine. The teachers decided...

Model UN Takes on Boston

Model UN Takes on Boston

Giuliana DePaola, Staff Writer March 6, 2023

On February 9, the FPM Model United Nations team went to Boston for the BOSMUN 2023 conference. Each member of the team took the role of a country, and debated current global issues with representatives...

PS I Love You Day

PS I Love You Day

Sam Ambrose, Staff Writer March 6, 2023

Floral Park Memorial, along with many other Long Island schools, recently participated in P.S. I love you Day. P.S. I love you day was created to bring awareness to bullying and mental health. West Islip...

7th grade reflection

7th grade reflection

Cara Kelly, staff November 28, 2022

Seventh Grade holds many opportunities and challenges. New responsibilities, opportunities, and challenges can make school confusing. Other seventh graders have said that finding classes was difficult....

What is your favorite class?

What is your favorite class?

Christian Paredes, staff November 28, 2022

During the week of Halloween, I took a poll of random 7th graders. The poll they took was on their favorite classes in FPM so far. They were given the choices; Math, Science, Social studies, English, Language...

Italian Heritage Month

Giuliana DePaola, Design Editor November 28, 2022

This past October was Italian-American Heritage month, a month dedicated to Italian Americans and their culture. Originating in 1989, October is meant to honor the achievements of Italian immigrants and...

Mr. Demmers as Edgar Allan Poe

FPM Celebrates Edgar Allan Poe

Christina DePaola and Kayla Masucci November 28, 2022

Friday, October 28 2022, was Edgar Allen Poe day. This is the first year the English department has recognized Poe and his work, while creating a fun celebration throughout the school. English teacher...

Meet the Cast of You Cant Take It With You

Meet the Cast of You Can’t Take It With You

Emer Price, Department Editor November 28, 2022

Lights! Camera! ACTION! Floral Park Memorial has had many iconic theatrical performances throughout the past years including, The Trial of Goldilocks, Paper Or Plastic and The Man Who Came to Dinner....

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