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Northport High School Student Running Successful Podcast

October 26, 2021 5:44 pm Comments Off

Northport High School student Amanda Penny is using her interviewing skills to run a successful podcast, which she has titled “Amanda’s World.” The podcast focuses on topics of interest to Amanda, ranging from her favorite television shows to her focus on a career in journalism.
Amanda says she hadn’t planned on the podcast becoming such a […]

BELOVED HUFSD SCHOOL TEACHER SHIRLEY BAKER PASSES AT 99

October 22, 2021 2:54 pm Comments Off

Beloved wife, mother, grand- and great-grandmother, Shirley E. Baker of Huntington, New York, passed away peacefully at Huntington Hills Nursing Home in Melville, NY on October 19, 2021. She was 99 years old, just three months shy of 100.

Born January 31, 1922 in Queens, New York, she resided in Huntington for the past 67 years. […]

Collecting Words at Boyd for Dot Day

October 21, 2021 4:55 pm Comments Off

In September, Elwood’s James H. Boyd Intermediate School held a schoolwide celebration of Dot Day, based on the Peter Hamilton Reynolds book “The Dot.” Principal Denise Toscano initiated the day with several websites and activities. Students and staff alike wore dots for the occasion.
In the library, school media specialist Irene Kossowsky continued the Dot Day […]

Goosehill Primary School Annual Picnic Brings Everyone Together

October 21, 2021 4:44 pm Comments Off

What better way to bring students and families together at the Goosehill Primary School in the Cold Spring Harbor School District than to celebrate with their annual picnic. It was a memorable day filled with activities as students, their siblings and families gathered on the playground to participate in carnival games designed to challenge and […]

Seven Harborfields High School students honored with NYSSMA All-State designations

October 20, 2021 3:58 pm Comments Off

Seven Harborfields High School students were recently recognized for earning NYSSMA All-State designation. These students, who took part in NYSSMA All-State adjudications in the 2020-2021 school year, all received A+ ratings and were selected for participation or alternate status in prestigious honor ensembles which will be performing in Rochester in December: Breckyn Beechey (cello alternate), […]

Northport High School senior selected for BAE Systems Women in Technology program

October 20, 2021 3:19 pm Comments Off

Northport High School senior Soraya Basrai has been selected for Women in Technology, a program run by BAE Systems Electronic Systems sector. Soraya began the program this fall and will graduate in November.
Math teacher Kristen Rozell had shared the opportunity with her students, and Soraya opted to apply in hopes of participating in external engineering […]

Harborfields girls soccer team hosts Kicks for Cancer

October 17, 2021 5:06 pm Comments Off

Harborfields High School’s girls varsity soccer team hosted a Kicks for Cancer game on Oct. 12, 2021 taking on Kings Park at James T. Brennan Memorial Stadium. All funds raised from the event will be donated to the DezyStrong Foundation to help its work in supporting those affected by cancer to keep a healthy and […]

Commack High School: A National Blue Ribbon 2021 Awardee

October 16, 2021 5:43 pm Comments Off

It is with great pride that we announce that Commack High School was named a National Blue Ribbon School for Exemplary High Performance 2021. This honor is extra special as it was based on the school’s continued academic performance, outstanding graduation rates, and the strength of its curriculum and programs during the pandemic. The extreme passion […]

Harborfields and Huntington swim teams make waves to fight cancer

October 16, 2021 5:31 pm Comments Off

The Harborfields and Huntington high school girls varsity swim teams recently paired up to participate in the seventh annual Swim Across America fundraiser to help fight cancer. This year, the teams raised over $3,000. All proceeds from the swim will support immunotherapy research at the Swim Across America Laboratory at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, lung […]

Three Elwood Seniors Named National Merit Commended Students

October 16, 2021 5:20 pm Comments Off

Elwood-John H. Glenn High School seniors Trinity Hausch, Isabella Ross and Maya Tallo were recently named Commended Students in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. The three were recognized for their exceptional academic performances on the 2020 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test during the last school year.
“It’s really exciting to be recognized for the […]