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West Islip High School Named School Of Excellence

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Pictured: The New York State Public High School Athletic Association has named West Islip High School as a 2022-2023 School of Excellence.  Photo courtesy of the West Islip School District The New York State Public High School Athletic Association has named West Islip High School as a 2022-2023 School of Excellence. To earn the School of […]
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Closing Out Summer Program With Fiction And Fun

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Photo courtesy of West Islip School District To close out the final week of the Summer Investigations program in West Islip School District at the end of July, the theme was fiction, fantasy, fairytales and folktales. Th​e students compared and contrasted the fairytale “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” and the fractured fairytale “Goatilocks and the […]
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Exploring Space And Inventions At Summer Investigations

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Photo courtesy of West Islip School District For the third week of the Summer Investigations elementary-aged program at Paul J. Bellew Elementary School in the West Islip School District, students learned all about space and innovation. During their Makerspace lessons, students used straws to construct their own inventions. In the STEM lab, students built their […]
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West Islip’s Elementary Students Explore The World

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Photo courtesy of West Islip School District West Islip School District’s elementary students participating in the Summer Investigations program at Paul J. Bellew Elementary School kicked off the first week of school with “Passport to the World” theme. Students explored continents, countries and cultures around the world. Students used Chromebooks in the library to
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New Principal Appointed At Oquenock Elementary

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Pictured: West Islip School District has named Amanda Harvey as the new principal of Oquenock Elementary School, effective July 1. Ms. Harvey replaces Jack Maniscalco, who retired at the end of the school year. Photo courtesy West Islip School District West Islip School District has named Amanda Harvey as the new principal of Oquenock Elementary […]
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West Islip Board Of Education Elects Officers

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Pictured: West Islip School District’s Board of Education named Anthony Tussie as president and Peter McCann as vice president, respectively, at the annual reorganization meeting on July 11.  Photo courtesy of West Islip School District West Islip School District’s Board of Education held its annual reorganization meeting on July 11 in the West Islip High […]
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Bayview’s Math Skills Benefit Charity

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Photo courtesy of West Islip School District Students at Bayview Elementary School in the West Islip School District sharpened their math skills this June while also raising money for a good cause. Bayview students participated in St. Jude’s Math-A-Thon, a program for students in grades K-8 that teaches the importance of math skills while benefiting […]