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HSW Named NYS Reward School Photo

HSW Named NYS Reward School

High School West has been named a New York State Reward School by the State Education Department for high academic achievement or the most progress with minimal gaps in student achievement based on its performance in the 2015-2016 school year. Each year, SED identifies schools statewide that meet the criteria as high performing schools or schools that have made the most progress without significant gaps in student achievement. This year, Smithtown High School West was one of 185 schools that...  Click Here to View

Moving Up Photo

Moving Up

Congratulations to the fifth-graders who will be moving up to their respective middle schools in September. Please click here for a slideshow of all the elementary fifth-grade classes.  Click Here to View

Mentor Program at AMS Fosters Friendships Photo

Mentor Program at AMS Fosters Friendships

The mentor program at Accompsett Middle School brings together English Language Learners and English-speaking students to create and foster friendships and integration into the school and community, while helping the ENL students learn English as well. As their year together is coming to a close, the seventh-graders in the program joined with their buddies for a game of charades on May 30 during their lunch periods. This program meets formally once a month, but outside of the arranged...  Click Here to View

Quite a Wedding Celebration Photo

Quite a Wedding Celebration

Kindergarten students at Tackan Elementary School celebrated the marriage between the letters Q and U in an official ceremony on May 25. After spending their first few months of school learning about the sounds different letters make and how they form words, the students gathered to join the two letters together forever. Tackan Principal Dr. Allyn Leeds officiated the ceremony as the Q and U promised to never quibble or quarrel.  Click Here to View

Friends of Music Fundraiser Shows Off Talent Photo

Friends of Music Fundraiser Shows Off Talent

To celebrate the talent of the student-musicians in the district, the Smithtown Friends of Music recently held its second annual Jazz Brunch at Smithtown Landing Country Club. Approximately 90 student-musicians from High School East and High School West – including jazz ensemble, choirs and chamber – each performed 20-minute sets for the audience of family and friends. “This is the only annual event where both schools can participate and support each other,” said...  Click Here to View

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