Vickie Moller is a professional freelance writer and a regular contributor to LongIsland.com. Her focus is on Long Island’s schools and creating informative directories based on themes and events around the Island. She also contributes stories from personal interviews with Long Island professionals and newsmakers. With a tremendous respect for the power of the written word, Vickie works hard to serve her readers with accurate, timely and comprehensive news and information. Vickie can be reached at VickieM@longisland.com
By Vickie Moller November 21, 2012
For the fourth year in a row, Adelphi University's Robert B. Willumstad School of Business will host a business conference for Long Island high school students.
By Vickie Moller November 20, 2012
This year, as we gather with family and friends for our traditional Thanksgiving celebrations, many of us will find it hard to give thanks in the aftermath of what is arguably the most damaging hurricane ...
By Vickie Moller November 16, 2012
As district administrators, school leaders and teachers work to reopen schools in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, they face the challenges of power outages that are still being repaired, disabled communications systems, health and safety ...
By Vickie Moller November 13, 2012
The Kings Park Board of Education recently acknowledged the donation of sixteen 61-note electronic keyboards for the Kings Park High School music program, a contribution made possible through the efforts of Students for a Saner ...
By Vickie Moller October 23, 2012
Earlier this month Sanford H. Calhoun High School in Merrick announced the opening of The Stable, an on-campus, state-of-the-art retail skills training store for special needs students enrolled in its "Prep for Life" program.
By Vickie Moller October 18, 2012
For the past 16 years, Stony Brook University's Long Island High Technology Incubator (LIHTI) has been supporting new technologically-innovative companies by providing them with a variety of resources and services to improve their opportunity for ...
By Vickie Moller July 16, 2012
Suffolk County Community College is proposing a new 25,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Renewable Energy and STEM Center on its Brentwood campus, an aggressive initiative that makes the school a leader among Long Island's higher institutions working to ...
By Vickie Moller July 12, 2012
I'm bored! If you have school-age children, chances are you've heard this refrain more than once as the weeks of summer roll on. We've put together a list of free and low-cost activities that your ...
By Vickie Moller July 09, 2012
Early this year, the Long Island Community Foundation presented Deidra Parrish Williams, executive director of the NuHealth Foundation, a $50,000 grant to help support a childhood obesity initiative for middle school students in the Roosevelt ...
By Vickie Moller July 02, 2012
At a recent Smithtown Central School District Board of Education meeting, Jonathan Jacobs, a 2007 High School East graduate, introduced "Whisper", a unique iPhone application designed to provide up-to-date information to faculty, students, parents and ...
By Vickie Moller June 27, 2012
The Fourth of July is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. This year, Long Islanders will celebrate our nation's independence with unbroken fervor.
By Vickie Moller June 25, 2012
The Stony Brook University School of Journalism has launched a campaign to establish a Center for International Reporting in honor of Marie Colvin, the legendary correspondent and native Long Islander, who was killed in a ...
By Vickie Moller June 18, 2012
Sixth graders from the Setauket, Rocky Point, Shoreham and St. James school districts were among 6,000 eleven-year-olds selected from around the world to determine the best scientific explanation of a flame.
By Vickie Moller June 13, 2012
June is the month that marks the beginning of the summer season and with it comes many celebrations: graduations, weddings, Flag Day--and a special day set aside to honor dads.
By Vickie Moller June 04, 2012
Jessica Barba, the 15-year-old Longwood High School Student who was suspended for the anti-bullying video she created and posted online, returned to school on May 25--with an apology and a promise that the suspension would ...