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Freshman Get Buddies At Elwood School District

September 3, 2019 3:33 pm Comments Off

Freshmen entering Elwood-John H. Glenn High School in September will be offered a helping hand throughout the school year as part of the district’s Freshmen Buddies Program.
Incoming freshmen will be paired up with select upperclassmen, who will serve as mentors and help guide the new students through the upcoming school year.
As part of a one-day […]

Freshmen Welcomed at Northport For 2019-2020 Year

September 3, 2019 3:25 pm Comments Off

Northport High School’s auditorium was bustling with the chatter for the first time since the start of summer vacation as incoming freshmen attended their two-hour orientation on Aug. 28, 2019.
To kick the morning off, students watched a short video, titled “A Day in the Life of a Normal High School Student,” which showed clips of […]

New Teachers Hit The Books at Harborfields For 2019-2020 Year

September 3, 2019 3:14 pm Comments Off

New teachers hit the books at Harborfields

The Harborfields Central School District welcomed 14 new teachers as part of the annual New Staff Orientation program at Oldfield Middle School on Aug. 27, 2019.
The new hires, who will be teaching across the district’s four buildings, attended the full-day program, where they met with the district’s administrators and […]

Elwood Union Free School District Welcomes Five New Staff

September 3, 2019 2:52 pm Comments Off

Elwood welcomes new staff
The Elwood Union Free School District welcomed five new part-time and probationary teachers, as well as a new guidance counselor, at a new teacher orientation on Aug. 27, 2019.
Held at Elwood Middle School, incoming educators had an opportunity to prepare for the upcoming 2019-20 school year, which is scheduled to begin on […]

Cold Spring Harbor Board of Education To Host Future Bond Presentation

September 2, 2019 2:35 pm Comments Off

The Cold Spring Harbor Board of Education invites all community residents to attend an important presentation about a future bond referendum.
The meeting will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, starting at 7:30 p.m., in the Francis Roberts Community Center, 75 Goose Hill Road. Immediately following the presentation, the community is invited to attend the […]

Elwood School District Celebrates Educators

June 24, 2019 5:45 pm Comments Off

The Elwood Union Free School District dedicated a portion of their last board of education meeting of the 2018-19 school year to honoring the teachers and administration being awarded tenure, as well as this years’ retirees and 25-year employees.
Administrators, faculty members and loved ones of those being honored filled the middle school auditorium to celebrate […]

Prudential Spirit of Community Honorees in Northport District

June 23, 2019 4:11 pm Comments Off

Three outstandingly community-minded students from Northport High School were recently recognized by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program for their service of the surrounding community. This youth-recognition program chooses recipients solely on volunteer and community service and is the largest in the country. Sophomore sisters Emily and Kaitlyn Berger and senior Charlotte Bender were […]

A Lesson In Patience and Parenting for Elwood Students

June 23, 2019 3:39 pm Comments Off

At the culmination of a child development and babysitting unit, eighth graders in Ms. Ilene Fucci’s class at Elwood Middle School had the opportunity to meet a sweet one-year-old named Vivienne to gain some hands-on experience. Many students in the class had never spent time with a child that young before and were delighted by […]

Huntington Releases Report of Potential Condemnation of Northport Power Plant Property

June 10, 2019 5:07 pm Comments Off

Town of Huntington Releases Report Exploring Legality and Feasibility of Potential Condemnation of Northport Power Plant Property

The Town of Huntington has released a report prepared by the Huntington Town Attorney pursuant to Town Board Resolution 2018-571 analyzing the legality and feasibility of the potential condemnation by the Town of Huntington of the National Grid Generation, LLC-owned property […]

Brookhaven National Lab Science Fair Winners

May 12, 2019 9:53 pm Comments Off

Two students from the Northport-East Northport Union Free School District were selected as first-place winners in Brookhaven National Lab’s 2019 Elementary School Science Fair on May 4, 2019. The fair received more than 400 science projects from 100 elementary schools across Suffolk County and was judged by Brookhaven scientists,

engineers, staff and local teachers. Only one […]