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FPM Marching Band at 2015 Newsday Music Festival

October 15, 2015

Video: Hallway Decorating for Spirit Day 2015 (Behind the Scenes)

September 24, 2015

FPM students of each grade level set up their hallway decorations the night before Spirit Day, in hopes of winning the Best Decorated Hallway Contest.

Video: FPM Eagerly Prepares for Friday’s Spirit Day & Pep Rally

Brandon Rojas, Staff Writer • September 23, 2015

Students from each grade have been working feverishly to finish their decorations for the Hallway Decorating Contest this Friday, Spirit Day. The overall theme of the hallways is "World Cities", which...

Floral Park relays to fight back against cancer

Dustin Demmers, Dorothy Drexel, and Christin Mason • June 11, 2014

This article was originally published on MSG Varsity. On June 6 into June 7, Floral Park Memorial High School held its first Relay for Life Event. It was a huge success, and $110,535.23 was raised for...

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