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Port Jefferson Students Experience The Judicial Process

LIMG April 20, 2023

Pictured: Students in Earl L. Vandermeulen High School’s criminal justice class. Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District Students in Earl L. Vandermeulen High School’s criminal justice class got a firsthand look at the Suffolk County District Court in Central Islip. The students

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Port Jefferson Students Learn The Importance Of Brain Health

LIMG February 9, 2023

Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District Port Jefferson Middle School and Earl L. Vandermeulen High School students welcomed special guest speaker Billy Alvino to their physical education classes on Feb. 7 and 8. Alvino, a former minor league baseball player in the Detroit Tigers organization and Division I coach at the University of […]

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Earl L. Vandermeulen High School Earns Computer Science Distinction

LIMG January 23, 2023

Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District Port Jefferson’s Earl L. Vandermeulen High School has earned the College Board Advanced Placement Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles. The school is among those who have expanded girls’ access in AP computer science courses. “We’re excited to

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Port Jefferson Students Participate In Mid-Island Band Festival

LIMG January 17, 2023

Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District Earl L. Vandermeulen High School students Thales Cheng, Kenneth Dixon, Meara Kelly, Nathaniel Lawler, Madison Testa and Devon Welsch recently participated in the 63rd annual Mid-Island Band Festival at Patchogue-Medford High School. Accompanied by high school band teacher Christine Creighton, the festival concluded with

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Port Jefferson Field Trip Centered On Conservation

LIMG November 25, 2022

Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District Students in Jonathan Maletta’s science classes at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School visited the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery and Aquarium recently to observe a centuries-old aquaculture technique used to sustain the populations of brook trout, New York State’s fish. A heritage strain of fertilized eggs were […]

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Port Jefferson Students Honor Veterans At Armed Forces Tribute

LIMG November 9, 2022

Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District Members of Earl L. Vandermeulen High School’s Varsity Club honored those who helped to protect and preserve the country’s freedoms at the Port Jefferson School District’s Armed Forces Tribute, located at the high school. The students set flags out for each of the armed forces of the […]

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Students Show Port Jefferson Pride And School Spirit

LIMG October 20, 2022

Photo courtesy of Port Jefferson School District More than 50 students, staff and parents came out to celebrate the school community by beautifying the hallways of Port Jefferson Middle School and Earl L. Vandermeulen High School on Oct. 7. The community event, spearheaded by Middle School Principal Mr. Brian Walker, High School Principal Mr. John Ruggero, […]

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Real-Life Drug Use Perspective In The Port Jefferson School District

LIMG September 30, 2022

Photos courtesy of Port Jefferson School District The Port Jefferson School District continues to provide social-emotional instruction and resources to expand on the mental and social-emotional health of its students. Michael Maletta’s health classes at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School recently welcomed Suffolk County assistant district attorneys Emma Pearce and Jennifer

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Port Jefferson Siblings Honor Those With Autism Through Virtual Walk

LIMG May 8, 2020

Earl L. Vandermeulen High School sophomores and sisters Alexandra Carlson and Kate Carlson took to the streets for a four-mile virtual walk in recognition of Autism Awareness Month. Joined by their mother, Port Jefferson Middle School special education teacher Christina Carlson, they did it to support the EJ Autism Foundation. More than 300 people participated […]