In the News

We're proud to share the achievements of our students and faculty. Here are the latest exciting events at LWA.

LWA End-of-Year Award Winners
June 20, 2008
We are proud to announce the recipients of Lawrence Woodmere Academy end of year awards. Pictured is Barbra Barth Feldman (‘82W), Jaden Ross (’16LWA), and Elizabeth Glazer, Lower School Director. Jaden Ross is the most recent recipient of the Margie Boas Award for Outstanding Citizenship.

Alum Matthew C. Blank (’68) Speaks at 2008 LWA Commencement Exercises
June 17, 2008
Matthew C. Blank, Woodmere Academy graduate of 1968, addressed the Lawrence Woodmere Academy class of 2008 at their Commencement Exercises on Thursday, June 12th at 8pm. Mr. Blank, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Showtime Networks INC, will be celebrating 40 years since he graduated from the school.

Chicks Are Hatched!
June 10, 2008
The Lawrence Woodmere Academy Kindergarten class recently returned 9 chicks to Green Meadows Farm after spending three weeks hatching them. Pictured here are Portia Inzone of Long Beach and Macky Dancy of Valley Stream.

Nine LWA Students Inducted into The Cum Laude Society
May 20, 2008
On Monday, May 19, 2008, nine Lawrence Woodmere Academy students were inducted into The Cum Laude Society, an extremely selective national academic organization. 

LWA Poets Featured in Anthology
May 14, 2008
Creative Communications, Inc. has selected 6 poets from Mrs. Komisarow’s seventh grade English class at Lawrence Woodmere Academy to be featured in their anthology entitled A Celebration of Young Poets. 

LWA Experiences "Bash the Trash"
April 29, 2008
On Monday, April 28, Lower and Middle School students experienced Bash the Trash Environmental Arts, a group of artist/educators dedicated to raising environmental awareness through our respective art forms while making connections to science, literacy, social studies, and math.

LWA Places First and Fifth in the Protein Modeling Challenge
April 15, 2008
Lawrence Woodmere Academy placed first and fifth in the Protein Modeling Challenge, hosted by Stony Brook University Center for Science and Mathematics Education on Friday, April 11. This was the first time they had participated.

LWA Fourth Grader to Perform at Young Musicians Competition
April 11, 2008
Veronica Kostinsky, a Lawrence Woodmere Academy fourth grade student, has been chosen by the American Association for the Development of the Gifted and Talented (AADGT) to perform at the Young Musicians Competition "Passion of Music 2008."

Middle School Raises Money for 'Hoops for Hearts'
April 11, 2008
Lawrence Woodmere Academy Middle School recently participated in Hoops for Heart, a fundraising event that benefits the American Heart Association, which uses the money to fight heart diseases and stroke through research and education.
 

LWA Junior is Finalist in ASABE Multimedia Competition
April 7, 2008
Keum San Chun, a Lawrence Woodmere Academy junior, has finished fourth in the district in the 2008 ASABE Multi-media Competition for High School Students. He is now being considered among a select group of national semi-finalists, three of which will be chosen to give an oral presentation at the Annual International Meeting in Providence, Rhonde Island.

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
April 7, 2008
Lawrence Woodmere Academy Upper School will be performing You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown! on Saturday, April 12 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, April 13 at 3 p.m. The production, which is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts, is about an average day in the life of Charlie Brown.

Author Harold Theurer Visits the LWA Lower School
April 1, 2008
On Monday, March 31, Harold Theurer, Jr., author of Hey Dad, Let’s have a Catch!, read his book to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades. He answered questions about the writing process and signed books. In Hey Dad, Let’s Have a Catch!, a simple, yet meaningful, father and son activity becomes the focal point.

LWA History Teacher Chosen by the Goethe Institute to Study in Germany
March 19, 2008
Alexander Dillon, a Lawrence Woodmere Academy history teacher, has been chosen to participate in the 2008 Study Tour of the "Transatlantic Outreach Program," run by the Goethe Institute.

Harold "Hal" Kwalwasser ('64W) Speaks on Politics and Rhetoric
March 18, 2008
Harold “Hal” Kwalwasser, from Woodmere Academy class of 1964, visited the AP Comparative Government class and the AP English Language and Composition class at Lawrence Woodmere Academy on Friday, March 7. 

The Female Odd Couple at LWA
February 7, 2008
Neil Simon’s female version of The Odd Couple will take place on Saturday, February 9^th at 8p.m., and Sunday, February 10^th at 3p.m. at Lawrence Woodmere Academy, and is open to the public.

 
Author Michael Winerip Speaks With LWA Students
January 15, 2008
Michael Winerip, author of "Adam Canfield of the Slash," spoke to a group of Lawrence Woodmere Academy students on Wednesday, January 9, about his new book "Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back!" Michael spoke to the students about becoming a writer for the New York Times and about the risk he took to become an author. The LWA Middle School book club read both of his books and were able to ask questions and have their books signed.