EDUCATION
Rocky Point names 2019 valedictorian and salutatorian
As a result of 13 years of hard work, determination and scholastic commitment, Rocky Point High School seniors Bryant Liu and Josh Vogel have...
SWR announces 2019 valedictorian and salutatorian
Shoreham-Wading River High School announced the top students of the 2019 graduating class are seniors Mahdi Rashidzada and Katlynn McGivney, who have been named...
School district plans textbook donation to Liberian villages
Little more than 4,516 miles separate Mount Sinai from Bong County, Liberia. That didn’t stop the Mount Sinai School District from extending a helping...
Salutatorian and Valedictorian named for Port Jefferson graduating class
Two young women, Annalisa Welinder and Ava Schully, have, respectively, attained the title of valedictorian and salutatorian for the Port Jefferson Class of 2019.
Welinder...
Smithtown Historical Society hosts Civil War Re-enactment
By David Luces
Over 500 school kids from six different schools gathered on the grounds of the Smithtown Historical Society on May 17 as they...
Actor Alan Alda receives honorary degree at SBU’s 2019 graduation
On May 24, more than 7,500 graduates, ranging between the ages of 18 and 72, joined the nearly 200,000 Seawolves worldwide as Stony Brook...
Suffolk introduces new substance abuse awareness training for coaches
Legislators are asking high school athletic coaches to help combat substance abuse in Suffolk County and are looking to give them the training needed...
Plain Talk: Leave the world better than you found it
As you read this column, we are in the midst of college graduations and anticipating our annual high school graduations. This year’s classes of...
Town of Huntington school district budgets pass
By David Luces
Northport-East Northport School District
Northport residents overwhelming passed this year’s budget of $171.1 million to a vote of 1,553 to 977. The 2019-20...
Smithtown, Kings Park, Hauppauge pass school budgets
By Leah Chiappino and Rita Egan
Smithtown residents voted on school budgets and board of education candidates May 21.
Smithtown Central School District
The Smithtown school district...
