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šŸŒ± Patch AM: Deer Park Freshman Named All-State, Honored By School Board

Also check out Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! on the Deer Park Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • Deer Park student leaders and star athlete earn major district honors
  • How Deer Park boys soccer pulled off their late Suffolk III win
  • Where Deer Park schools now stand in new national rankings

Also on today's calendar: Join Rock Voices, the community choir that ONLY sings rock music! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: More clouds than sun, with a high of 70 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Nice with clouds and sun, temps: high: 73, low: 62.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and delightful, with a high of 76 and low of 65 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Deer Park Freshman Named All-State, Honored By School Board (patch.com) — Deer Park residents can celebrate as High School Senior Class President Gabrielle Braun joins the Board of Education as a nonvoting student member, bringing a student voice to district discussions. The board also honored standout freshman football player Christian Myrick for his All-State season and teacher Joseph Alo for his Americanism Community Partnership Award, highlighting local achievement and community values.
   

• High school roundup: Soccer, field hockey, girls volleyball and girls tennis (newsday.com) — Deer Park boys soccer edged Huntington 2–1, with Lucas Castro's late goal lifting the Falcons to an even 3-3-1 record in Suffolk III play. The roundup also recaps several other Long Island high school soccer, volleyball, field hockey, and tennis results from Friday's action.
   

• Half Hollow Hills tops Suffolk's 10 best school districts again, but has steep slide on Niche's national list (greaterlongisland.com) — Suffolk's latest Niche rankings show Half Hollow Hills still leading the county, while Deer Park's school district slipped off the national top-1,000 list after appearing last year. The story breaks down how nearby districts like Commack, Northport-East Northport, and Hauppauge rose or fell in both state and national standings.
   

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  • Mini-Circuits posted a job opening for Engineering Micro-Assembler in Deer Park. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Dix Hills

  • Long Island counts 6 of America's 25 best school districts, Niche's 2027 rankings show (greaterlongisland.com)

Brentwood

  • Alumnae Celebrate 100th Anniversary of Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School (thetablet.org)

Bay Shore

  • Firefighters battle massive flames at Bay Shore scrapyard (news12.com)
  • Where are houses with more bedrooms for less money than the median on Long Island? (newsday.com)

Ok Deer Park! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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