Charles Sanders, commander of the American Legion Post 803, posed a question to the group of nearly 50 students at the Mattituck High School Library: How long have they ever gone without a shower?
The room went silent. READ
Education
Things are moving full-steam ahead for a group of parents and community members who are trying to open an independent Catholic high school at the Bishop McGann-Mercy property — or should we say full STREAM ahead.
The group hopes to operate as a STREAM school, which stands for science, technology, religion, engineering, art and mathematics. READ
After receiving eight write-in votes in last week’s uncontested New Suffolk Board of Education election, Lauren Grant has decided to accept the position. READ
Cutchogue East Elementary School is looking to introduce before- and after-school programs. READ
Visitors to Mattituck High School in the last three weeks have been greeted by large cardboard boxes set underneath a poster showing students inside Turkish elementary school classrooms. Many of those students, who are being educated in rural areas of Turkey, are Syrian refugees. READ
Throughout her life, Kathy Wallace of East Marion has always been connected to Greenport schools.
Born in Greenport, she graduated from Greenport High School in 1972. After splitting her college career between SUNY/Oneonta and Southampton College, she returned home and began substitute teaching at her alma mater. READ
Greenport stood alone and its residents delivered. (more…)
Voters in all five local school districts will be asked to vote on the 2018-19 budgets and more this Tuesday. READ
In 2014, South Fork school districts partnered with local hospitals, elected officials and the Family Service League to create the South Fork Behavioral Health Initiative. READ
In less than a month, Olivia Valle will stand on that stage at Bishop-McGann Mercy High School and look out at the audience — fellow classmates wearing green and white gowns, the teachers who have inspired her and alumni of the close-knit Riverhead Catholic school. To have the opportunity to address the class as valedictorian is a once-in-a-lifetime moment for any student. For Olivia, it will be so much more. READ
