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Harborfields High School has canceled its season opening football game scheduled for Friday because of Covid-19 protocols. “The Harborfields High School varsity football game originally scheduled for Sept. 3 against Westhampton has been cancelled due to a small number of COVID-related quarantines among the football Read More …
New athletic directors have been named by the Huntington and South Huntington school districts. Huntington named James Hoops, who has worked for the district for more than 37 years, to succeed Georgia McCarthy, while South Huntington appointed David Barth, succeeding Dr. Jim Wright. Both Wright Read More …
Students at Washington Drive Primary School in the Harborfields School District were greeted by two llamas as part of a celebration of clocking over 2,000 hours of reading. Principal Kathy McNally also read “Llama Llama Red Pajama” by Anna Dewdney to the students. The llamas Read More …
Six candidates are vying for three spots on the Harborfields school board, one of the more competitive local school races in the May 18 election. Running for three-year terms are incumbents Steven Engelmann, Suzie Lustig and Joseph C. Savaglio, with challengers Susan Broderick, Dr. Eve Read More …
Anna Bell Young, Jillian LoTurco, Emma Vaughan and Alexa Rind recently won awards in the Huntington Camera Club’s contest. They are studying with art teacher Pamela Piffard. Vaughan earned an award in the open category for her photo of a girl crying as a Read More …
Northport-East Northport third graders will be be studying a new science unit curriculum this spring. “What Happened to the Dinosaurs?” is a life science unit about interdependent relationships in ecosystems. The district’s elementary science curriculum writing team has been working on developing the unit lesson Read More …
Three schools in the Huntington district are working with the Book Revue to support their virtual book fairs. To participate, shop online at bookrevue.com or in the store and at checkout identify the school the sale supports–Jefferson, Jack Abrams or Woodhull–and 20% of the Read More …
News from the school districts around Huntington. John Glenn Students Compete in Science Bowl Five John H. Glenn High School science-research students competed in the Long Island Regional Science Bowl at Brookhaven National Laboratory recently, finishing second overall. The school has been competing Read More …
Voters in the Commack and Harborfields school districts approved bonds Tuesday. The Commack vote on the $67.6 million bond was 764-259; the Harborfields $20,407,453 bond passed 1,122 to 590. Enhancements in Commack include security improvements, and upgrades to bathrooms, athletic fields, and air conditioning in large Read More …
Kindergartners working their way through their first day of class Wednesday at Washington Drive Primary School received gifts of handmade stuffed bears from the big kids in middle school. The project began last year, said Kathryn McNally, principal of the Harborfields primary school, based on Read More …