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South Huntington Meet The Candidates

May 3, 2012 8:13 pm Comments Off

South Huntington SD Meet the Candidates Night was held on Wednesday, May 2nd at 7:30PM in the South Cafeteria at Walt Whitman High School. The crowd of about 100 asked questions of the candidates from busing to cutting kindergarten and cutting middle school sports.

South Huntington SD BOE Candidates

April 30, 2012 2:10 pm 1 Comment

South Huntington SD will hold a Meet the Candidates Night on Wednesday, May 2nd at 7:30PM in the South Cafeteria at Walt Whitman High School.
A more detailed bio on each candidate will be available on that night. There are 3 vacancies to fill and 4 residents running to fill those vacancies.

Linda LaCara

For the past 6 […]

Bathroom Camera Found in Elementary School

April 28, 2012 7:30 am Comments Off

According to sources at South Huntington School District A contractor doing work for the District hide an Iphone to take video in a restroom at Countrywood Elementary school was arrested Wednesday April 25th.

South Huntington’s New website and BOE Notes

April 25, 2012 10:37 pm Comments Off

As many of you know the South Huntington districts website is something out of the 1st year of the web, circa Al Gore. So the district put out an RFP and hired a firm to update it and showed us what it will look like. The cutover will be Thursday into Friday depending on the new site propagating across the internet dns servers. See below what your new site is going to look like over the next few days. This will be a big boost and service to the district residence.

South Huntington’s Parent University “Graduates”

April 24, 2012 7:05 am Comments Off

The first class from South Huntington’s Parent University “graduated” Friday night, and the community couldn’t have been prouder. It was a great opportunity to sharpen the skills we all need to have in order to take on life’s most important and demanding pursuit: raising successful children.

Dr. Pedro Noguera, the evening keynote speaker and a nationally renowned expert on building partnerships between […]

Whitman’s Literary Magazine Wins Excellence In Literature Award

April 20, 2012 3:33 am Comments Off

The National Council of Teachers of English has recognized Walt Whitman’s student literary magazine, Xanadu, with an Award of Excellence. This year’s award is based on a book created last spring that features poetry, other writings, and art work created by Whitman students. Xanadu editors put together their award-winning entry on a shoestring budget—think black-and-white […]

South Huntington Against Drugs – Informative Program

April 6, 2012 7:50 am Comments Off

On April 17, at 7:00 pm, South Huntington Against Drugs is sponsoring an informative program. Dr. Stephen Dewey who is a Neuroscientist at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at North Shore -LIJ will discuss important topics for parents.

Heart Screen New York Draws Record Crowd at Whitman

April 4, 2012 6:45 am Comments Off

Saving lives through early detection. That’s the message the Louis J. Acompora Memorial Foundation and the Dominic A. Murray 21 Memorial Foundation work so hard to get out. From the looks of Saturday’s crowd in Walt Whitman High School’s South Gymnasium, the message rang loud and clear. Parents obviously valued the opportunity to walk away […]

Whitman’s Robotics Team Earns 2nd Place at STEM Summit

March 20, 2012 6:32 pm Comments Off

At today’s STEM Diversity Summit held at Farmingdale University, Walt Whitman’s High School Robotics team made one of the afternoons presentations and then went on to take a solid 2nd place out of the many high schools present. Their presentation showcased a FIRST robot, able to shoot baskets and cross bridges. This all-day summit sponsored by […]

Ms. Barbara Sperrazza Named South Huntington Teacher of the Year

March 19, 2012 7:54 am Comments Off

It was a much-anticipated evening as the South Huntington Board of Education and the district’s administrators gave well-deserved recognition and praise to their top teachers during the annual Teacher of the Year celebration. This year, the teacher who will represent South Huntington in the New York State contest is Walt Whitman teacher Ms. Barbara Sperrazza.

Ms. […]