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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

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Accelerating Science Lessons In Port Jefferson

LIMG October 18, 2022

Photo courtesy of Port Jefferson School District Port Jefferson Middle School students took a science lesson outside to the school’s track to test a concept. Meg Ryan and Monica Consalvo’s science class is studying speed, velocity and acceleration. To determine an average speed, the students headed up to the school’s track to test their knowledge as […]

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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 Fifth Graders Say Hello In Many Languages

LIMG September 27, 2022

Photos courtesy of Port Jefferson School District Students in Edna Louise Spear Elementary School spanned the globe to learn to say hello in dozens of languages, including German, French, Italian, Mandarin, Spanish and Swahili. Christine Wicks’ fifth grade class used speech and nonverbal actions to create social connections with each other as part of the […]

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Port Jefferson Royals Start A Successful Season At Jim Smith Invitational

LIMG September 15, 2022

Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District The Port Jefferson School District girls and boys cross-country student-athletes participated in the Jim Smith Invitational on Sept. 10 at Sunken Meadow State Park. The meet is named after Port Jefferson’s legendary coach who led the Royals to state titles in 1974 and 1976. The first meet […]

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Artistic Accolades For Port Jefferson Student

LIMG September 14, 2022

Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District The Port Jefferson School District’s Board of Education honored one of its talented fine arts students, whose work was featured on the cover of the 2022-2023 school calendar. Earl L. Vandermeulen High School sophomore Lucy Kwon was lauded at the Sept. 13 meeting by District Director of […]

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Building Blocks Of Friendships In Port Jefferson Middle School

LIMG September 6, 2022

Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District As students settled back into the routines of the 2022-23 school year, Christina Marino’s sixth grade class at Port Jefferson Middle School had some fun meeting new classmates. The students played “Get to Know You Jenga” a way to unite them through play, learn the importance of […]

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Field Day Fun In Port Jefferson

LIMG August 17, 2022

Photo courtesy of the Port Jefferson School District The Port Jefferson School District Summer School celebrated the last day with some field day activities. The day was filled with fun and games for students and staff alike. The students culminated a successful summer school program with smiles, laughter and an all- time favorite — ice […]

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Port Jefferson School District Offers Athletic Camps

LIMG April 19, 2022

The Port Jefferson School District athletic department is offering athletic camps to Port Jefferson residents this summer. It is hoped that students will be able to participate in multiple sports when they are younger to get them excited about participating in the district’s athletic program in grades 7-12. Port Jefferson’s athletic coaches and upperclassmen will teach

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Two Port Jefferson Students Awarded Music Scholarships

LIMG June 8, 2020

Two students in the Port Jefferson School District have been named Long Island String Festival Association scholarship award recipients. Joshua Kwon, a fifth grader at Edna Louise Spear Elementary School, and Sadie Salzman, a sixth grader at Port Jefferson Middle School, were each rewarded $400 private study grants. Joshua, who plays viola, will take part […]