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Islip High School’s Fishing Club recently participated in a competition sponsored by the Long Island Rod Company. Students Ryan Donohue, Aidan Petelin, Daniel Rezza and Joe Rezza competed in a variety of saltwater gamefish categories, and took ...
News Date: 3/20/2024
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Islip High School celebrated the 14th annual P.S. I Love You Day on Feb. 9, with students and staff donning purple clothing and promoting a culture of kindness, acceptance, compassion and positive mental health. In attendance to offer words of ...
News Date: 2/29/2024
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Posted Date: 10/24/2022
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Islip High School debuted a new First Responders Club this year, which meets weekly to explore both training and possible careers in the field. Student members recently earned certification in Stop the Bleed tourniquet training by certified science ...
News Date: 11/17/2023
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The high school’s Junior Chamber of Commerce Club and Interact Club participated in the American Legion Virtual Walk-A-Thon for veterans, raising more than $1,000 for the Islip American Legion Rusy Bohm Post No. 411 Auxiliary. All of the ...
News Date: 4/19/2021
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In this winter’s Teens for Jeans campaign, students from the high school’s Junior Chamber of Commerce Club, advised by Renee Clock, and Interact Club, advised by Nancy Reagan, joined forces to collect 500 pairs of jeans for distribution ...
News Date: 4/22/2020
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Andrew Yenalevitch, a student at Islip’s Commack Road Elementary School, was recently named a member of the Aaron Judge All Rise Book Club. During the summer break, he read a grade-level book and submitted a report to the Aaron Judge All Rise ...
News Date: 10/19/2023
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Middle school students have been doing a “tree”-mendous job. The school’s Keep Islip Clean Club and Science and Nature Club joined forces with the Seatuck Environmental Association to transform the courtyard into a safe haven for ...
News Date: 1/16/2020
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Five students in Islip High School’s Keep Islip Clean club – Katherine Cottral, Katerina Mennecke, Jaci Narducci, Steven Plotke, and Anika Tahsin – were inducted into the Town of Islip’s KIC Junior Commissioner program at ...
News Date: 6/9/2023
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All of Islip's elementary schools offered afterschool book clubs for students this year. These clubs were funded through the district’s Title I grant. Pictured here are Commack Road's second-graders enjoying their final session.
News Date: 6/7/2018
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The Globetrotters Club at Commack Road Elementary School has been meeting on Friday mornings, learning about and celebrating the diverse cultures within the school and beyond. Before the end of the year, student members will learn about Lunar New ...
News Date: 2/16/2023
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Islip High School’s Buccaneer University program hosted a Club Fair for freshmen on Oct. 21. Buccaneer University adviser Nicole Hall and Assistant Principal Meghan Stern worked with the school’s Peer Ambassadors to design an eventto ...
News Date: 11/1/2022
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Islip High School participated in a building wide awareness campaign this October for the annual Pink by the Bay event, sponsored by Northwell Health.The school’s work involved numerous classes and clubs, beginning with Renee Clock’s ...
News Date: 11/17/2022
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High school students in the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Interact clubs recently volunteered for the Islip American Legion Auxiliary Unit 411, helping sort greeting cards for veterans. The cards will be used for care packages and during the ...
News Date: 10/24/2016
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Posted Date: 5/31/2012
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Islip High School students and staff recently demonstrated a strong commitment to giving back to the community, joining forces to provide Thanksgiving baskets for 10 local families in need. Organized by social workers Shari Pennington and Jennifer ...
News Date: 12/7/2022
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At a recent Islip Middle School CARE Club meeting, the many positives that kindness and caring bring became clear when the club’s members linked virtually to meet and converse with several American service members.The connection began when ...
News Date: 3/7/2022
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Islip High School’s Keep Islip Clean Club celebrated Pond Day on May 26 for the first time since 2019, traveling with adviser Wayne Mennecke to the Seatuck Environmental Association’s South Shore Nature Center. During their visit, Islip ...
News Date: 6/21/2022
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Thirty seniors and juniors from Islip High School’s National Honor Society volunteered at the school’s Meet the Teacher Night on Sept. 29, serving as greeters and tour guides for parents and guardians as they navigated the building and ...
News Date: 10/14/2022
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The middle school C.A.R.E. Club recently concluded its Thanksgiving food drive. An abundance of stuffing mixes, canned food items, mashed potatoes, coffee, juices and “all the trimmings” for a holiday meal were received from district ...
News Date: 12/16/2021
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Artist and entrepreneur Danny Cross of Graff Lab Studio recently met with students from Islip High School’s Junior Chamber of Commerce and STAR clubs to speak about his journey from graffiti artist to business owner and art educator. The ...
News Date: 3/29/2022
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Continuing an annual tradition of giving back to the community, Islip High School students in teacher Renee Clock’s Junior Chamber of Commerce Club collected and donated numerous pairs of denim jeans to the Town of Islip’s Teens for ...
News Date: 3/28/2022
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The high school’s Junior Chamber of Commerce Club kicked off October by hanging Northwell Health’s Pink by the Bay breast cancer awareness banner and pink bows to the campus gates. “Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, ...
News Date: 10/5/2020
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A grassroots recycling program, helmed by teacher Karen Magee, has bloomed at Sherwood.The Recycling Club initiative was born when Magee started to bring home paper to recycle, and wondered why schools couldn’t put their recyclables out on the ...
News Date: 4/20/2020
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In recognition of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the high school’s Junior Chamber of Commerce Club embarked on its first community service activity of the year, joining the Town of Islip, the Chamber of Commerce and Northwell Health ...
News Date: 10/1/2019
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The high school’s Erin Hennessey was recently honored with the Long Island Association of Special Education Administrators Student of the Year Award. She was sponsored by the Life's WORC Family Center for Autism, and was recognized at ...
News Date: 7/9/2019
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School buildings throughout the district celebrated the 10th annual P.S. I Love You Day on Feb. 14 after spending the week encouraging students to be kind to others, talk to people that they do not know and support someone who is alone.At the high ...
News Date: 3/3/2020
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Middle school seventh grader Jessica Cruz was recently announced as the recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from Life is Music, Music is Life. The funds are set aside to support Cruz’s growth as a musician through private music instruction.Cruz ...
News Date: 5/15/2019
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High school students in teacher Renee Clock’s Junior Chamber of Commerce Club donated 220 pairs of denim jeans to Tim Mare of the Town of Islip Youth Bureau its Teens for Jeans campaign. The students were also assisted by Doris Kennedy of Bay ...
News Date: 5/9/2018
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Before her graduation, recent high school alumna Ashley Goveia spent developed the Early Childhood Literacy Program with two of the district’s elementary schools, Commack Road and Wing, to help inspire children of the Islip community to read. ...
News Date: 8/28/2017
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School librarian Gina Seymour runs a unique MakerCare program at the high school, dedicated to nurturing philanthropic qualities while benefiting both local and global organizations. Collaborating with service-based clubs in the school and ...
News Date: 2/22/2017
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Commack Road’sPTA held its first Color-a-Thon on Nov. 4, providing students, staff and community members with the chance to come together to exercise, dance and have fun. Among the sponsors providing music, food, and treats were Club G ...
News Date: 11/27/2017
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On a summery Friday in late May, student members of the high school’s Keep Islip Clean Club celebrated their 11th annual Pond Day event with a number of important environmental projects that benefited the community.This year, students built an ...
News Date: 6/6/2017
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The high school’s boys golf team finished the season 7-3 and qualified for the Suffolk County Golf Tournament, held at Rock Hill Golf and Country Club in Manorville on Nov. 2. Two members of the team, Chris Giuliani and Jack Lizzul, earned ...
News Date: 12/1/2017
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Seven high school students – Anthony Ardolina, Lauren Cottral, Logan Powers, Delaney Hardekopf, Meg Rumplick, Christian Muller and Crystal Toro – were recently inducted in the Keep Islip Clean Junior Commissioner program during a ...
News Date: 12/7/2017
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During the group’s holiday celebration, the high school’s Junior Chamber of Commerce Club members found time to remember those in need. While sharing home-baked treats, the students wrote Christmas and Hanukkah cards for disabled ...
News Date: 1/6/2017
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The Islip High School Junior Chamber of Commerce Club completed another successful Teens for Jeans campaign this year, collecting a total of 295 pairs for charity.This long-running annual campaign, initially started via DoSomething.org, is designed ...
News Date: 3/23/2016
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Topping last year’s effort by three boxes, the middle school’s CARE Club completed their annual three-week food drive by collecting 45 boxes of food that were donated to the United Methodist Church food pantry in Islip.CARE Club, a ...
News Date: 11/24/2014
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The middle school’s conscientious CARE Club conducted its recent annual food drive, serving the community by collecting 49 boxes of food for a local food pantry. The food items helped to stock the pantry’s shelves as well as fill baskets ...
News Date: 12/17/2015
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Members of the high school’s Keep Islip Clean Club were inducted as KIC junior commissioners on Oct. 13 in the organization’s annual ceremony held at Islip Town Hall. Supervisor Angie Carpenter and other Town of Islip officials attended ...
News Date: 11/24/2015
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Nick Singh, a recent graduate of Islip High School, attended a Boys & Girls Clubs of America event in Albany as a Long Island Ambassador, competing for a chance to become the organization’s New York State representative in the National ...
News Date: 7/28/2015
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With a goal of donating more than 500 pounds of nonperishable food to Island Harvest in time for the December holidays, the Interact, Star, Soul and Junior Chamber of Commerce clubs at Islip High School hosted a friendly competition among homerooms. ...
News Date: 12/12/2013
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In keeping with its mission of helping others, the CARE Club at Islip Middle School hosted its annual Thanksgiving food drive. "Representing compassion, attitude, respect and empathy, the goal of the CARE Club is to reach out and help the ...
News Date: 11/21/2013
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Book-loving teachers at Commack Road opened up their classrooms for a special Literacy Day event on Dec. 14, welcoming six members of Islip High School’s Interact Club and track team – Rachel Barbato, Jessica Brown, Cameron Chungata, ...
News Date: 1/12/2016
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A terrific transformation has taken place at the middle school with the addition of new gardens to beautify the main entrance. The project, two years in the making, was led by special education teacher Suzanne Lange, who has pulled double duty as ...
News Date: 11/9/2016
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Business-minded high school students sharpened their entrepreneurial and retail skills on the third weekend of October at the Islip Fire Department’s Main Street Autumn Festival. Student interns from the IBuc Shop, along with members of the ...
News Date: 10/24/2016
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Through Jan. 29, the high school’s Keep Islip Clean Club is collecting new or used holiday and birthday greeting cards to be donated to St. Jude’s Ranch for Children. Drop-off bins are located at the main office of Islip High School and ...
News Date: 12/10/2015
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Students from the high school’s Keep Islip Clean club teamed up with local community members, neighbors and Islip Town officials from the KIC office to participate in International Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 19.The high schoolers assisted ...
News Date: 10/6/2015
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Following one of the coldest winters in recent memory, many organizations that assist those in need saw a shortage in available apparel. As a result, Islip High School’s Student Union sponsored a clothing drive to help replenish the supply. ...
News Date: 6/3/2014
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The high school’s Class of 2016 valedictorian and salutatorian are Amber Yildizel and Brian Lithen, respectively.Yildizel, an exceptional young woman, earned the title of valedictorian with hard work and dedication. Her weighted GPA was ...
News Date: 5/23/2016
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The Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) Club at Islip High School recently received a $1,000 grant from Allstate Insurance Company. According to SADD advisor Blaine Weisman, $500 will be donated to the post-prom committee to help offset ...
News Date: 5/27/2012
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Third-grade students in the Islip School District can add another book to their shelves, as members of the Islip Elks Club Lodge 2533 continued their seven-year tradition of delivering “A Student’s Dictionary” to each third-grader. ...
News Date: 12/17/2012
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Third-graders at CRES and Sherwood can add another book to their shelves, as members of the Islip Elks Club Lodge 2533 continued their annual tradition of delivering “A Student’s Dictionary” to each third-grader. In addition to ...
News Date: 11/20/2014
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Islip High School's Jr. Chamber of Commerce Club is once again partnering with other area school districts through the Town of Islip Youth Bureau to collect jeans for homeless teens throughout the US and Canada through DoSomething.org's "Teens For ...
News Date: 1/7/2016
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Students in the Islip High School Junior Chamber of Commerce Club coordinated a Teens for Jeans campaign with the assistance of the Islip High School KIC Club and the South Shore Community Organization’s Leadership in the Community program. ...
News Date: 2/26/2012
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In recognition of Earth Day, members of the Islip High School KIC Club celebrated their 8th annual Pond Day. To see highlights from the day, please enjoy this edition of Islip TV!
News Date: 4/28/2014
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Every October, students in the Islip School District participate in various activities aimed at promoting healthy living and making good decisions as part of their Red Ribbon Week celebrations. This year, the kindergarten and first-grade students at ...
News Date: 12/2/2012
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Islip Middle School student Christian Muller has been honored for his exemplary volunteer service with a state-level Certificate of Excellence from the 2013 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program. Presented annually by Prudential Financial in ...
News Date: 5/7/2013
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Now through February, the Keep Islip Clean Club at Islip High School is collecting holiday and birthday greeting cards, new or used, to be donated to St. Jude’s Ranch for Children. Card covers without personal greetings written on the back ...
News Date: 1/12/2015
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Next year’s environmental project for the Islip High School KIC Club is already well-funded, as the student group was the recipient of a $3,000 Lowes Toolbox for Education grant, as well as a $250 grant from Newsday’s FutureCorps. ...
News Date: 5/27/2013
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Seniors and physical education role models William Killeen and Juliana Williams have been chosen as the high school’s 2014 recipients of the Suffolk Zone Award. The students were selected by Islip’s physical education staff and ...
News Date: 12/29/2014
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Seven members of the high school’s KIC program were inducted into the Town of Islip’s Keep Islip Clean Junior Commissioner Program on Oct. 6. These students have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and community service during their ...
News Date: 10/17/2014
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Islip High School senior and current president of the Students Against Destructive Decisions Club Shannon Hanson received the Allstate Safe Driving Activist Award. The $1,000 scholarship was given to Shannon at the Senior Leadership Luncheon ...
News Date: 5/7/2012
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Samantha Schulman, a senior at Islip High School, was honored at the YMCA of Long Island Annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner on May 13. At the dinner, Samantha received the Great South Bay YMCA Youth of the Year Award. Samantha is actively involved ...
News Date: 5/23/2010
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Students, teachers, parents, and staff members in the Islip School District brought in cans and boxes of nonperishable food throughout the month of November. The collected food was put into boxes and delivered to local families and charities just in ...
News Date: 12/4/2011
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Getting into the holiday spirit, the students in Judy Roth’s Chef’s Cooking classes at Islip High School cooked up a storm in preparation for their annual Thanksgiving feast. Thanksgiving Day favorites such as stuffing, apple pie, and a ...
News Date: 11/27/2011
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The Islip Drug Education Awareness (IDEA) Task Force and Wellness Club hosted its annual Health Fair for students at Islip High School. “The objective of the Health Fair is to provide and promote services and resources that will enhance the ...
News Date: 4/30/2011
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More than 75 students in the Maud S. Sherwood Character Education Club in the Islip School District helped coordinate and publicize “Buy a Hat to Wear a Hat” day. With the help of their fellow classmates and teachers, the Club sold paper ...
News Date: 3/25/2009
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During the month of April, students in the Islip School District observed Earth Day through various activities. The High School KIC club, along with their advisor Wayne Mennecke, continued their yearly clean-up of the courtyard by cleaning the pond ...
News Date: 4/24/2011
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Students at Commack Road Elementary School in Islip created a calendar during their PTA-sponsored after-school Craft Club in January. The 30-minute after-school program runs once a month for five months.
News Date: 1/23/2011
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The Islip Drug Education Awareness (IDEA) Task Force and Wellness Club hosted its annual Health Fair for students at Islip High School. “The objective of the Health Fair is to provide and promote services and resources that will enhance the ...
News Date: 5/14/2011
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For the seventh year in a row, students in Islip High School’s Keep Islip Clean club have participated in Pond Day, an annual event where the high schoolers participate in a cleanup within the Islip community in recognition of Earth Day. This ...
News Date: 4/22/2013
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Collaborating with high school students from Bayport and Sayville, members of the Islip High School Junior Chamber of Commerce and KIC clubs coordinated a Teens for Jeans campaign. Sponsored locally by the South Shore Community Organization, the ...
News Date: 2/14/2013
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Students in the Islip High School Junior Chamber of Commerce Club received a “Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Voluntary Service to the Town of Islip Youth Bureau and Youth Service Agencies” at the Town of Islip Youth Bureau ...
News Date: 6/20/2010
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In recognition of February as Black History Month, the students in Islip High School’s Students Together Against Racism (STAR) Club hosted a Black History celebration. With the assistance of their advisor, Judy Roth, the students created a ...
News Date: 2/26/2011
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Continuing a more than ten-year tradition, members of the Islip Elks Club, Lodge #2533, recently donated “A Student’s Dictionary” to every third grader in the Islip School District. Students at Commack Road Elementary School and ...
News Date: 10/29/2009
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The students in the Character Education Club at Maud S. Sherwood Elementary School in the Islip School District held its first project of the New Year. The students collected more than 450 cans of nonperishable food during their Souper Bowl, which ...
News Date: 2/13/2009
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On June 11th, members of the Commack Road Elementary School Drama Club students put on a wonderful production of “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll. “The students worked so hard all year long memorizing lines, learning ...
News Date: 7/13/2009
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The Islip Drug Education Awareness (IDEA) Task Force and Wellness Club hosted its annual Health Fair for students at Islip High School. During the one-day event, local businesses provided information to the high school students regarding healthy ...
News Date: 5/28/2012
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In preparation of Earth Day and to help students feel a sense of community, various school clubs at Islip Middle School fundraised and built two benches that were presented to the Town of Islip. Through the organization of the Student Council and ...
News Date: 5/21/2009
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Islip High School juniors received a lesson in college during their social studies classes this January, as 17 members of the Class of 2011 returned to share their experiences and offer words of advice. The College Life Program is an annual event ...
News Date: 1/10/2012
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To promote community outreach, students from Islip Middle School visited the Little Flower Nursing Home and each adopted a senior. Twenty students from five different student organizations – Builders Club, Keep Islip Clean, I-TV, National ...
News Date: 1/15/2009
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Once a month, the students in the Interact Club at Islip High School sponsor a café in the library during the school day. Throughout the day, students and teachers can purchase coffee, tea, or hot chocolate and relax in the lounge area of the ...
News Date: 11/29/2010
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