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Applications for the Excelsior Scholarship for new applicants for the Spring 2024 term are open here. The Excelsior Scholarship, in combination with other student financial aid, allows eligible full-time students to attend a SUNY or CUNY two-year or four-year college tuition-free. Students from households Read More …
Brother David Migliorino, principal of St. Anthony’s High School in South Huntington, to give the opening invocation before a recent meeting of the Legislature in Hauppauge. Suffolk County Legislator Tom Donnelly, D-Deer Park, invited Migliorino to give the non- denominational prayer, Before the invocation, the St. Read More …
Thousands of residents came to Walt Whitman High School Saturday to collect food, clothing, diapers and other necessities.. Kiora Johnson, founder and executive director of God’s Blessings Plan, said her organization worked with Suffolk County’s social services department to identify communiities where the need for Read More …
A custodian in the Cold Spring Harbor school district, was arrested Wednesday night and charged with making threats against the district. Suffolk County polce said that Jimmy Martin, a Huntington resident, had applied for a promotion last week but was turned down. He then made Read More …
Walt Whitman High School will host a nonprofit Saturday that will provide residents with food and other necessities, as well as toys. The “Holiday Blessings Tour” is operated by the nonprofit organization God’s Blessings Plan. A semi-trailer truck full of food will set up in Read More …
Student government and leadership students from Walt Whitman High School joined residents of the neighboring Sunrise of Huntington to celebrate Christmas. Leadership students have been making personalized Christmas ornaments for the residents of the center, and delivered them on Monday. They also shared some Read More …
Here are a few things happening recently in classrooms around Huntington. Read More …
News about schools, students, and information to help keep kids safe and healthy in the classroom or on the athletic field. Read More …
Walt Whitman High School put art in the spotlight Saturday, hosting a packed fine arts and crafts festival, and cutting the ribbon on a new gallery. The school has held the festival since 2001, and draws vendors offering everything from wreaths to leather goods, cards, Read More …
Dr. John Murphy will remain as principal of Walt Whitman High School, instead of returning to the position of deputy superintendent. Murphy was named interim principal in July, replacing Ken Costa, who moved into a district administrative role. Murphy had served as the school’s principal Read More …
Cold Spring Harbor voters Thursday night approved the liquidation of a reserve fund to pay two sex-abuse lawsuits. The vote was 241-27. The district had asked for the vote to cover the settlements brought under the Child Victims Act against two former teachers, both of whom Read More …
A blue-ribbon commission recommended this week that schools in New York State reduce the use Regents and other exams to meet high school graduation requirements. The 12 recommendations contained in the report included recommendations on ways to demonstrate student learning, such as capstone projects, and performance-based Read More …