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Port Jefferson Coding Camp Encourages Critical Thinking

LIMG August 7, 2023

Pictured: Port Jefferson School District teacher Robert Farenga with rising seventh graders Milo Gugliucci (left) and Dean Zaltsman. Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District The Port Jefferson School District hosted an inaugural summer coding camp for Port Jefferson Middle School

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Scholarship Honors For Port Jefferson’s Michael Brown

LIMG August 2, 2023

Pictured: District Director of Special Education Dr. Jodi Cahill (left), special education teacher Gina Fedler (second from left) and Earl L. Vandermeulen High School psychologist Kristen Wendel (right) flanked student Michael Brow and his parents. Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District Port Jefferson School District student Michael Brown was presented with

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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 witnessed the county’s drug prevention program and listened as a judge […]

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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 […]