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Harborfields students named National Merit semifinalists

October 16, 2016 1:19 am Comments Off

Six Harborfields High School students were selected as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Students include Greta K. Browne, Jacob I. Chalif, Ishaan Lohia, Casandra M. Moisanu, Mia Santomauro and 2015 early graduate Connor D. Stewart.
Those chosen will compete for approximately 7,500 National Merit Scholarships totaling approximately $33 million being offered next spring. To […]

Elwood Siblings Among 2017 National Merit Semifinalists

October 12, 2016 5:46 pm Comments Off

Two Elwood-John H. Glenn High School siblings were recently named semifinalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. Twins David and Michael Hermanns have qualified to compete for more than 7,500 National Merit Scholarships totaling approximately $33 million.
The siblings have been chosen out of approximately 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools throughout […]

South Huntington Second-Grader Preston Park Brings Home the Gold

October 12, 2016 5:19 pm Comments Off

Oakwood Primary Center Principal Eileen Kerrigan has some great news to share about her standout second-grader Preston Park. On October 1, 2016 Preston won the 2016 United States Taekwondo Festival & Open Championship held in Essex, Maryland.

Preston won 1st Place in Olympic style sparring Taekwondo and 1st Place in Poomsae (Form). The United States Olympic […]

12 Harborfields High School Music Students Selected for Prestigious Music Festivals – NYSCAME

October 7, 2016 5:30 pm Comments Off

The Harborfields Central School District recently announced that 12 Harborfields High School students have been selected for the NYSCAME All-County music festival. Five of these students have also been chosen to represent the district at the 2016 NYSSMA All-State festival.
Students picked for NYSCAME All-County and NYSSMA All-State are among an extremely selective group of music […]

Hometown Hero Visits Northport Middle School

October 7, 2016 5:00 pm Comments Off

Students at Northport Middle School had the special opportunity to hear from 19-year old Paralympic Gold Medalist Mikey Brannigan on Sept. 23, 2016. Brannigan, who graduated Northport Middle School in 2011, competed in the 2016 Paralympics in Rio di Janeiro and won gold in the men’s Paralympic T20 1500m race at the beginning of September.
Brannigan […]

NEEDLEWORKERS MONTHLY MEETING OCT 25, 2016

October 7, 2016 4:24 pm Comments Off

The Suffolk County Chapter of The Embroiderers’ Guild of America will hold its monthly meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills, NY. We welcome beginner, intermediate or advanced stitchers. No charge to attend first meeting. For information, please call 631-423-3738.

Harborfields High School Inducts Newest Members into Tri-M Honor Society

October 7, 2016 4:03 pm Comments Off

The Harborfields High School music department honored returning members and inducted 20 new students into the prestigious Tri-M Music Honor Society on Sept. 26, 2016. The goal of the society is to further the education and quality of music in both the Harborfields community and school.
Students in Tri-M actively assist at school concerts, NYSSMA, SCMEA […]

Confronting Epidemic of Kids Using Drugs, New Federal Grant will Fuel Northport/E. Npt. Coalition

October 4, 2016 2:11 pm Comments Off

As parents, teachers, and youth in the Northport/East Northport school district reel from an epidemic of prescription drug and alcohol addiction among teens, including the drug-related deaths of more than 8 recent graduates in just over nine years, the community exhaled with new hope this week as it won a federal grant that will propel […]

Stuff A Bus Stops at Stimson Middle School in South Huntington

October 1, 2016 6:04 pm Comments Off

The spirit of community service was in full force recently as the generous members of the United Way teamed up with Huntington Coach and volunteers to donate a busload of school supplies for our South Huntington children. There was a special feeling of cooperation in the air at Stimson Middle School as students from the […]

Walt Whitman Students Choose the Bench Over the Beach

September 26, 2016 1:52 pm Comments Off

Some lucky Walt Whitman students got to participate in a one-week program at the federal courthouse in Central Islip this past summer. The program is called The Justice Institute: Crime, the Constitution, and the Courts.
The four Whitman students were part of 80 students entering 10th-grade from all over Long Island chosen for their interest in […]