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Meet our 2015 journalism scholarship winners
Julia Saccamano, Kaylee Bergen, William Tondo and Carolyn Saito were among our 2015 journalism scholarship winners. (Credit: Robert O’Rourk) The following seven local students were recipients of this...
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A walking history tour of Greenport created by students
Greenport Elementary School fifth-graders demonstrated Tuesday how their videos on local history are attached to QR codes. (Credit: Chris Lisinski) You could call a class project completed by...
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Meet the new principal at Oysterponds Elementary School
Jenn Wissemann will take over as principal at Oysterponds Elementary School next month. (Credit: Daniel Goldfarb) Jenn Wissemann feels like she’s come full circle. Fifteen years ago, she began working...
View ArticleVideo: Cutchogue East’s retiring teachers say goodbye
Several teachers retiring from Cutchogue East Elementary School celebrated their last day on Thursday. Here’s a video of the celebration:
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Years after losing cancer battle, a scholarship to honor Jimmy
Jimmy Koslosky in a 1999 photo taken at the Illinois State Fair. Soon after, Jimmy was diagnosed with leukemia. (Credit: Koslosky family, courtesy) The Southold High School Class of 2015 will receive...
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PHOTOS: Southold graduates class of 2015
Photos by Katharine Schroeder Southold High School graduated its 109th class on Saturday, with 94 percent of this year’s grads going on to further education. Valedictorian Julia Saccamano and...
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PHOTOS: Greenport graduates class of 2015
Beloved history teacher Ron McEvoy made a spectacular entrance at Sunday’s graduation. Greenport High School graduated its 134th class on Sunday where retired history teacher Ron McEvoy made a surprise...
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Meet Southold High School’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian
They’re Southold High School’s top achievers. Now find out more about Julia Saccamano and Emily Presser, the Class of 2015’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian. JULIA SACCAMANO VALEDICTORIAN GPA: 97.94...
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Meet Greenport High School’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian
They’re Greenport High School’s top achievers. Now learn more about Connor Whittle and Christian Van Cleef, the Class of 2015’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian. CONNOR WHITTLE VALEDICTORIAN GPA: 96.72...
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Meet Mattituck High School’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian
Next in our series is Mattituck’s top students. Read more about Courtney Murphy and Christian Van Cleef, the Class of 2015’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian, below. COURTNEY MURPHY VALEDICTORIAN GPA:...
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Meet McGann-Mercy’s Valedictorian and Salutatorian
We finish up our series on our area’s top students with McGann-Mercy High School’s valedictorian and salutatorian: Elison Louis and Magdalena Duda. Check out more about these outstanding achievers...
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Mattituck grad rides motorcycle 2K miles across Vietnam
Ian Husak with the Vietnamese flag on a fishing boat in Ha Long Bay. (Credit: Ian Husak courtesy photos) When Ian Husak first arrived in Vietnam, he didn’t have the benefit of international data on his...
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Mattituck school board elects new president; Diffley resigns
From left, Doug Cooper, Jeff Smith, Laura Jens-Smith and Jerry Diffley. Ms. Jens-Smith was elected president at Thursday’s Mattituck school board meeting. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo) The Mattituck school board...
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Conflicting accounts, prior history raised following school board member’s...
Mattituck farmer Douglas Cooper in May, 2015, shortly before he was elected to an eighth term on the Mattituck-Cutchogue Board of Education. (Credit: Jen Nuzzo, file) Douglas Cooper said the number of...
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Another staffing change at New Suffolk as teacher assistant resigns
The New Suffolk School board accepted the resignation of a teacher assistant Tuesday night. (Credit: Nicole Smith) The New Suffolk School District is down another staff member. Teacher assistant Karen...
View ArticleLearn about Oysterponds Elementary School at Poquatuck Hall
The Oysterponds School District’s annual summer report will be presented Aug. 4 at Poquatuck Hall in Orient. Oysterponds school board members will be on hand to have an informal discussion about the...
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After negotiations fail, New Suffolk board drafts ballfield rules
For the past three months, the New Suffolk Civic Association and New Suffolk Waterfront Fund have tried to come to a compromise about how to share the school district’s renovated ballfield. They...
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Oysterponds camp focuses on maritime, agricultural history
When Oysterponds Elementary School art teacher Laurie Sanders hoisted up a fish in front of a group of students last Friday, first-grader Mackenzie Thompson knew exactly what kind it was. “Porgy!”...
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Memorial fund established to honor ‘irreplaceable’ educator
The Peconic Community School has established a memorial fund to honor its kindergarten teacher, who died in early July while traveling with her husband in Oregon. Alison Aldredge, who was also the...
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See how students scored on this year’s state assessments
North Fork students’ state math and English Language Arts proficiency scores rose slightly this year overall, according to results of last spring’s assessments for students in grades 3 through 8...
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