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Elwood’s Youngest Celebrate National Children’s Book Week

May 17, 2016 11:33 am Comments Off

The Elwood Union Free School District’s youngest students at Harley Avenue Primary and James H. Boyd Intermediate schools celebrated National Children’s Book Week from May 2-6.
Coordinated by the schools’ respective reading department, students participated in different reading activities throughout the week with each day offering a new activity for them to show-off their reading creativity.
At […]

Elwood Scholar-Athletes Awarded

May 13, 2016 3:35 pm Comments Off

The Elwood Union Free School District is pleased to congratulate Elwood-John H. Glenn High School seniors Madison Graifman and Peter Vidulich II for earning the Scholar Athlete Award in recognition of their exceptional academic and athletics success presented by the Town of Huntington on May 10. This award is issued to the top male and […]

Elwood Valediction and Salutatorian

May 13, 2016 3:25 pm Comments Off

Elwood-John H. Glenn High School is pleased to announce that Amanda DiMartini and Zachary Wollman have respectively been named the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Elwood graduating Class of 2016.
During her time at Elwood-John H. Glenn High School, DiMartini was an active member of Natural Helpers, Alpha-to-Omega Club, the school’s newspaper, Languages Other Than English […]

Letter to the Editor-State Must Act On Sex Offender Laws

May 13, 2016 2:01 pm Comments Off

DEAR EDITOR:
On Tuesday night, my colleagues and I were forced to remove important legislation from town code which for nearly 10 years controlled where registered sex offenders can live in this town.
Previously, Huntington’s Child Protection Act, enacted in 2005, prohibited level two and three sex offenders from living within a quarter-mile of a school, daycare […]

COUNCILMAN COOK SPONSORS RESOLUTION TO RENAME PARK IN MEMORY OF NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICER CHARLES ODDO

May 12, 2016 4:16 pm Comments Off

Councilman Gene Cook on Tuesday proudly sponsored legislation to rename Verleye Park in East Northport after fallen NYPD Officer Charles A. Oddo.
Oddo, who was assigned to NYPD Highway Patrol No. 2, was killed in the line of duty on February 17, 1996 after being struck by a vehicle while setting up flares in the merge […]

An Owl-trageous Experience

May 11, 2016 4:08 pm Comments Off

In conjunction with their study unit on evolution, students in Richard Greening’s biology class at Elwood-John H. Glenn High School in the Elwood Union Free School District participated in a wildlife encounter with a red-tailed hawk and great horned owl.
For the visit, Greg Matonis, a hospital supervisor at the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center brought […]

Huntington Camera Club to Host ‘Photography Fights Cancer’ Event Raising Money for the American Cancer Society

May 11, 2016 4:01 pm Comments Off

The Huntington Camera Club will be hosting their second Photography Fights Cancer event on June 4, 2016 at the John Glenn High School Relay for Life in Elwood, NY. The event will feature an auction of art pieces donated by Camera Club members, as well as free portrait sessions for cancer survivors and their caregivers. […]

Elwood Student-Artwork Selected for Heckscher Art Exhibit

May 10, 2016 4:21 pm Comments Off

The Elwood Union Free School District is pleased to congratulate Elwood-John H. Glenn High School sophomore Alexandra Sachelari for having her artwork displayed in the Heckscher Museum of Art’s 20th annual Long Island’s Best: Young Artists Exhibit.
The Long Island’s Best showcase featured 83 extraordinary works of art created by young artists from across Long Island. […]

Friends of Oheka Announces 2016 Scholarship Winners

May 8, 2016 1:22 pm Comments Off

Below please find the 2016 Scholarship Winners from the Friends of Oheka

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bennardo & Superintendent Jim Polanksy Message on Strangers Incident

May 5, 2016 2:57 pm Comments Off

Dr. Bennardo sent out a voice message to parents of South Huntington Schools about an incident with a stranger, that happened May 4, 2016. To Listen to the message click here.

And Jim Polansky Superindendent of Huntington Schools send out this letter to parents.

Good afternoon,
The following information was shared with us by officials in the […]