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Deer Park High Schoolers Attend HBCU Homecoming Classic

LIMG April 1, 2024

Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District Deer Park High School’s College and Career Center and Black Student Union recently organized a field trip to Brentwood High School for the HBCU Homecoming Classic. An HBCU is also known as a Historically Black College or University. The event, open to

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Deer Park High School Inducts New English Honor Society Members

LIMG March 29, 2024

Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District Deer Park High School welcomed new members to the National English Honor Society on March 21. The induction ceremony, held in the school’s auditorium, featured remarks from Director of ELA, Reading and Library Justin Uliano, NEHS advisers Teresa Greco and Kristen Wallace, and keynote speakers Tasfia Shaikh (Class […]

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Deer Park High School Inducts New Members To Math And Science Honor Societies

LIMG March 28, 2024

Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District Deer Park High School held its annual induction ceremony for the Math and Science Honor Societies on March 14, welcoming 40 new Math Honor Society members and 32 new Science Honor Society members. Existing members from both honor societies were also recognized. The scholars were welcomed by Science […]

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Deer Park Hosts BOCES Life Skills Consurtium

LIMG March 14, 2024

Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District This winter, Deer Park hosted the first annual Western Suffolk BOCES Life Skills Consortium. Special education teachers from across the region gathered in the Deer Park High School library to collaborate and share educational strategies. “The opportunity to network with teachers who run similar programs in nearby districts […]

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Classes Collaborate At Poetry Café In Deer Park

LIMG March 7, 2024

Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District Brittany Skrypek’s seventh grade English as a New Language class collaborated with Rachel Burkel’s Life Skills classes for a Poetry Café at Deer Park’s Robert Frost Middle School. Prior to the event, Skrypek’s students wrote ode poems inspired by Kwame Alexander’s “The Crossover.” Burkel’s class had visited Frost […]

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Deer Park Secondary Schools Celebrate Black Literature

LIMG February 21, 2024

Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District Students and teachers at Deer Park High School and Robert Frost Middle School celebrated Black History Month with readings from contemporary and historical Black writers. Students in ELA classes at both schools connected past and present issues on Feb. 8, discussing how ideas from historical writers continue into […]

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Deer Park ENL Students Connect For Groundhog Day

LIMG February 14, 2024

Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District Seventh and eighth grade English as a New Language students from Christy Villalobos’ class at Deer Park’s Robert Frost Middle School recently visited John Quincy Adams Primary School to spend time with a group of younger ENL students for Groundhog Day. The middle school ENL students began by […]

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Deer Park’s John Quincy Adams Wins TangerKids Grant For Ukulele Program

LIMG January 31, 2024

Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District Playing the ukulele is in the fun future for young musicians at Deer Park’s John Quincy Adams Primary School. Music teacher Diana Cotrone’s “Uke Can Do It!” proposal was selected to receive a $2,000 grant from the TangerKids Grants program to fund the purchase of ukuleles for the […]