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Northport High School Music Teacher Receives Prestigious Award

October 25, 2016 3:54 pm Comments Off

Northport High School music teacher Frank Doyle was recently presented with the 2016 Music Educator of Note Award for his outstanding achievement in Long Island music education by the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (LIMHoF).
The LIMHoF celebrates individuals who allow young people to explore their talents. The Music Educator of Note Award is presented […]

New York State NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Team School of Distinction Award for Commack

October 24, 2016 11:54 am Comments Off

The Commack School District is proud to announce that Commack High School earned the New York State NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Team School of Distinction Award for the 2015-16 school year, as it has for the last eight out of nine school years.
To qualify for this honor, every varsity athletic team must have a […]

Thank You Stimson Community

October 22, 2016 1:49 am Comments Off

As many of you are aware, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Many of us on Long Island and here in the South Huntington community have had a loved one affected by this disease. To honor those lives impacted and to support research, all Stimson students and staff wore pink on Friday, October 14, […]

COMMACK COALITION OF CARING 6TH ANNUAL RED RIBBON WEEK 5K RUN/WALK TO PREVENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE

October 21, 2016 4:27 pm Comments Off

Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. – Commack High School
The Commack Coalition of Caring, a charitable 501 c (3), will host its 6th Annual Red Ribbon Week 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., with a free ½ mile Kids Fun Run at 8:30 a.m. Both events will begin and end […]

Four John Glenn Students Earn Commended Student Distinction

October 21, 2016 3:34 pm Comments Off

Four students from Elwood-John H. Glenn High School in the Elwood Union Free School District have earned the title of Commended Student in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. Justin Yoskowitz, Kristopher Kwan, Katherine McPherson and Derek Lee have been placed among the top five percent of more than 1.6 million students who entered the […]

Monster Trucks and Connecting Classroom Curriculum

October 21, 2016 3:27 pm Comments Off

Renowned children’s author Anika Denise visited Maplewood Intermediate School this week. Ms. Denise is the author of several critically acclaimed books for young readers, including her latest, “Monster Trucks,” which Publishers Weekly pronounced, “a mash up made in heaven” in a recent starred review.
Ms. Denise discussed the ins and outs of book writing, illustrating, and […]

New York School Bus Contractors Association Supports National School Bus Safety Week:

October 21, 2016 3:18 pm Comments Off

New York School Bus Contractors Association Supports National School Bus Safety Week: Members Holding School Bus Safety Events Throughout New York State

The New York School Bus Contractors Association joins with the National Association for Pupil Transportation and the National School Transportation Association in supporting National School Bus Safety Week, an annual event promoting school bus […]

Elwood Technology Class Creates Wind Turbines

October 21, 2016 3:09 pm Comments Off

Elwood Middle School students in Mr. Matthew McGuire’s technology class recently participated in an engaging lesson about energy sources and created their own wind turbines. The project was made possible due to an Elwood Education Endowment grant that the technology department received last year.
The seventh-grade students formed groups and researched wind turbines before designing […]

7th Annual Holiday Craft Fair Harborfields Public Library

October 21, 2016 2:59 pm Comments Off

The Friends of the Harborfields Public Library will be hosting their 7th Annual Holiday Craft Fair on Friday and Saturday, November 11 & 12, 2016 from 9 AM – 4 PM., at the Harborfields Public Library.

More than 50 vendors of only hand-crafted items will be offering knitted clothing, decoys, garden art, hand-thrown pottery, children’s accessories, […]

Grand Opening at Walt Whitman High School’s Newly Renovated Track

October 18, 2016 3:27 am Comments Off

The South Huntington School community officially cut the ribbon on the grand opening of their newly renovated Walt Whitman High School track. This state-of-the art competitive, interscholastic facility, installed by our good friends at The LandTek Group, was made possible through a generous grant provided by Senator Carl Marcellino.
On a recent picture perfect morning, Senator […]