Guest readers participating via Zoom read 12 books to the fourth grade class.
Selected students competed in the Regional Business Plan Competition, which feature 120 virtual firms from Long Island.
The students signed national letters of intent in the school’s gym last week to commit to their college sports.
Third graders recently discussed their personal strengths and challenges with counselor Sara Comiskey.
Chrystle Stewart, an alumna of Islip High School’s Class of 2019, can boast a scoring acting career.
The profound legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was celebrated throughout the Islip School District in January.
The local teacher recently received the State Farm Teacher Assist program grant to use towards her standing desk project.
Honors are from the New York State Council of Administrators of Music Education and Suffolk County Music Educators' Association.
Urban used two types of wood, jatoba and common pine to fashion a unique lamp.
Fourth grader Elizabeth Balsamo recently organized Commack Road Elementary School's second annual toy drive.
The activity utilized Kahoot!, a game-based learning platform of user-generated multiple-choice quizzes.
The students sent 98-year-old veteran Nick Leo letters and small gifts for Veterans Day.
Finola Pegion won the contest at Angela’s Pizzeria in Islip.
In anticipation of the upcoming storm, the district closed all schools Wednesday night.
Islip’s Commack Road Elementary School held its annual Balloons Over CRES second grade parade on Nov. 24.
Islip High School seniors Matthew Alexander and Rosa Bono were recently recognized as the winners of this year’s Suffolk Zone awards.
“Their PSA is being used in schools around the country to help teens learn about issues such as vaping.”
The school district hopes to return to hybrid learning at both schools next Monday.
Springler began the project during the last school year, prior to the COVID-19 quarantine, and finished it this fall.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the weeklong 2020 program was held virtually online instead of at SUNY Brockport.
Members of student government celebrated Veterans Day.
Students were able to come to school in costume and parade around the gymnasium.
Lacrosse and gymnastics athletes committed to play their sports in college.
Virtual Enterprise is a simulated course that allows aspiring entrepreneurs to create their own corporation.
Wing Elementary School students discussed and engaged in activities encouraging them to make good choices during Red Ribbon Week.
Islip HS sophomore Lianna Rivera recently won a virtual “America’s Got Muppet Talent” contest sponsored by the Barretta Brothers.
“We proudly welcome the prospect of having young men of this caliber representing us.”
“The Wing PTA did a tremendous job putting our first ever pumpkin patch together,” said Principal Michael Giacchetto.
Eighth graders wrote short pieces for the Survival Sagas fiction writing contest last year.
Six students from Islip High School were recently recognized for their musical accomplishments.
The Islip School District held its fourth annual Hispanic Heritage celebration on Oct. 20
Ellen Semel, who has worked as superintendent of the Islip School District for 15 years, announced she will be retiring next year.
Islip’s EXCEL program for the gifted has focused on mental health and social-emotional learning as a top priority.
Fourth-grade scientists at East Islip’s John F. Kennedy Elementary School collected data and made observations, hypotheses and conclusions.
Juengerkes has been with the Islip School District for 25 years, most recently as assistant principal at Islip High School.
The student was last in the school building last Monday, Islip school officials said.
“Our amazing young artists set the tone by creating a feeling of joy in students first thing in the morning.”
The students are selling face masks with pink cancer ribbons to help raise funds for the cause.
The school was closed Monday after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus.
A staff member at the school tested positive for the coronavirus recently, school officials stated.