Mattituck High School DECA students at last week’s state competition. (Credit: Courtesy photos)
DECA students from Mattituck and Southold high schools received top honors at a New York State competition in Rochester last week, where they put their business skills to the test.
Southold Elementary School fifth graders, along with county Legislator Al Krupski and county Executive Steven Bellone, taught Southold seniors Ana Balarezo, Judy Ollarty, Lena Raiser and Bill Faye how to use tablet computers Wednesday afternoon. (Credit: Carrie Miller)
Keeping up with ever-changing technology can be a challenge for most people, especially seniors. For kids, though, the technology often becomes second-nature.
So what better way for seniors to learn how to use a tablet computer than to ask a fifth grader? (more…)
(Credit: Carrie Miller)
Note: This story was update at noon Wednesday to reflect additional edits.
In an effort to provide New Suffolk Common School’s primary students with additional one-on-one help, the school board voted during its Tuesday night meeting to hire a part-time teaching assistant.
The board voted unanimously to hire Karen Costello, a state-certified teacher who previously served as a substitute teacher in the Greenport School District, to assist head teacher Holly Plymale with kindergarten and first-grade students, Superintendent Michael Comanda said. (more…)
The Southold-Mattituck-Greenport NJROTC unit during its annual inspection in December at Southold High School. (Credit: Jennifer Gustavson, file)
The Southold-Mattituck-Greenport Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps won several awards Saturday — including first place in the overall senior and freshman divisions — at the All Service Long Island Drill/Academic/Athletic Championships in Freeport.
Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday new Common Core implementation recommendations doesn’t include slowing down or halting teacher evaluations. (Credit: NYS Executive Chamber, courtesy file)
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday his newly formed Common Core Implementation Panel has released its preliminary recommendations on how the the state could improve rolling out new academic standards within New York public schools.
Southold School District officials confirmed Monday that a female has been cast in the role of a male drag queen in the high school’s upcoming performance of “Rent,” but district and drama club advisors say the decision was based solely on the student’s audition. (more…)
A calendar of events for this week at each of the local schools, as listed on school calendars.
Scott Chaskey reads to the Peconic Community School late last month. (Credit: Barbaraellen Koch)
Farmers aren’t always fixing their plows and attending out-of-state conferences over the winter.
Scott Chaskey, of Sag Harbor, paid a visit to the students of the Peconic Community School last month, reading to the students from his book, “Seedtime: On the History, Husbandry, Politics and Promise of Seeds.”
“Sharing arts and environmental programming is central to North Fork Education Initiative’s mission, and local poet and farmer Scott Chaskey’s body of work reflects this goal,” said Liz Casey, one of the school’s founders.
Mr. Chaskey was named farmer of the year in 2013 by the Northeast Organic Farming Association, according to a Sag Harbor Express article.
The school moved in July from downtown Riverhead to the classrooms that formerly held Our Redeemer Lutheran school on Main Road in Aquebogue.
From right, Mattituck-Cutchogue School District Superintendent James McKenna, board president Jerry Diffley and vice president Charlie Anderson at Thursday night’s budget workshop. (Credit: Jennifer Gustavson)
Mattituck-Cutchogue School District Superintendent James McKenna says he’s confident additional state aid will be available in time to reduce a looming $110,500 budget gap projected for the 2014-15 school year by half.
Our Lady of Mercy Regional School students donated proceeds from a recent T-shirt sale to the North Fork Parish Outreach (Credit: Our Lady of Mercy Regional School)
Our Lady of Mercy Regional School students recently raised about $200 through a T-shirt fundraiser and donated the money to North Fork Parish Outreach.
School officials said the students were inspired to help the less fortunate after participating in a recent school assembly that talked about the importance of good nutrition.
