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Elwood Educators Participate In Workshop To Improve Student Literacy and Academic Vocabulary

August 25, 2018 11:40 pm Comments Off

In an effort to continue the betterment of education, the collaborative organization of Elwood Union Free School District administrators Ms. Pamela Fine, Dr. Maureen Hull and Ms. Eileen Kelly-Gorman has brought multiple opportunities for professional development to their staff this summer.
Most recently on Aug. 20 and 21, Ms. Amy Benjamin, a renowned staff developer […]

Bellerose Avenue Elementary Creating More Engaging Classroom Enviroments

August 23, 2018 7:33 pm Comments Off

For the past few years, more and more educators within the Northport-East Northport School District have been learning and implementing the discipline of Responsive Classroom – a teaching approach that’s made up of specific practices to create a joyful, safe, engaging classroom and school community. The approach’s emphasis is placed on helping students, in addition […]

Birchwood 4th-grader Preston Park is a National Champion

August 20, 2018 5:43 pm Comments Off

It’s been a very busy summer for South Huntington 4th-grader Preston Park. Preston brought home a total of 5 medals from National and International Taekwondo Championships, and if that weren’t enough, Preston, who is ranked first nationally in his age group for the Black Belt Division, has been selected by Sports Illustrated as their Sportskid […]

Suffolk County Executive Bellone, Police Commissioner Hart Announce School Safety Plan Ahead Of Back To School

August 20, 2018 12:48 am Comments Off

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Suffolk County Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart announced a multi-pronged plan designed to increase school safety and reduce response times for emergency personnel ahead of the start of the 2018-2019 School Year. The latest initiatives are in addition to several public safety measures recently undertaken by Suffolk County to ensure students, teachers, administrators […]

New Principal at Commack Middle School

August 19, 2018 5:39 pm Comments Off

Michael Larson was appointed as the principal of Commack Middle School at a special Board of Education meeting on August 16, 2018. Mr. Larson, who was one of the Assistant Principals at Commack High School, will be joining the administrative team at the Middle School immediately, to fill the vacancy left by former principal, Anthony […]

New Assistant Principal At Birchwood Intermediate School

August 18, 2018 12:21 am Comments Off

It is with great pride that South Huntington School District Board of Education President Nicholas Ciappetta introduces Mr. Thomas Keogh as the new Assistant Principal of the Birchwood Intermediate School. Mr. Keogh is a lifelong educator who possesses an unwavering work ethic and genuine passion for his craft. Mr. Keogh spent the past several decades as […]

Eagle Scouts Honored in South Huntington

August 16, 2018 9:18 pm Comments Off

At a Board of Education meeting, a special dedication ceremony took place honoring Eagle Scouts from as far back as 1952, who graduated from Walt Whitman High School. “The idea for tonight’s ceremony was born a couple of years ago when Walt Whitman High School tied a national record with 11 Eagle Scouts in the class of […]

New Assistant Principal At Maplewood Intermediate School

August 11, 2018 5:17 pm Comments Off

The Board of Education of the South Huntington School District, on August 8th, 2018, is proud to appoint Ms. Michelle Davis as the Assistant Principal at Maplewood Intermediate School. Ms. Davis, who will assume the position vacated by our new Supervisor of Curricular Services, Dr. Alison Bruno, brings 23 years of teaching and leadership experience […]

South Huntington Union Free School District’s Announces New Assistant Superintendent of Student Services

July 9, 2018 6:28 pm Comments Off

It gives us great pleasure to announce that Ms. April Poprilo has been appointed as the South
Huntington Union Free School District’s new Assistant Superintendent of Student Services.
Ms. Poprilo, who for five years has served as the Supervisor of Curricula Services, is a talented
educator and gifted communicator with nearly two decades of public school experience.
Ms. Poprilo’s […]

Northport Student Returns From Nationwide Senate Page Program

July 8, 2018 2:16 am Comments Off

Northport High School student Emma Canfora recently spent an entire semester in Washington, D.C., as a participant of the Senate Page Program under New York State Sen. Charles Schumer. Only approximately 30 students nationwide are chosen each semester to participate in this program, where students are given the opportunity to learn the inner workings of […]