A plan to reconfigure and renovate the Shoreham-Wading River School District’s fitness center and auxiliary gym drew mixed reaction from wrestlers and senior citizens at last Tuesday’s board meeting. READ
Education
The attorney representing former Riverhead High School student Anastasia Stapon has filed a federal lawsuit against Riverhead Central School District officials and former high school principal Charles Regan following accusations of sexual misconduct. (more…)
Tonya Gonzalez, an ELL fourth-grade teacher at Phillips Avenue Elementary School, monitors a student who picks up an earthworm from a foam plate at Riley Avenue Elementary School. READ
Riverhead school district officials are expected to pitch a bond referendum at the next school board meeting that will ask taxpayers to fund a purchase of the former Bishop McGann-Mercy High School, school officials announced Wednesday. READ
Shoreham-Wading River superintendent Gerard Poole proposed a plan to board members Monday that would repurpose district spaces to create a new fitness center at the high school. (more…)
A self-driving boat built by two Riverhead High School seniors earned them a place among the top five contestants in second annual Long Island High School Engineering Design Challenge. READ
Roanoke Avenue Elementary School third-graders found themselves in the spotlight last Tuesday after a nonprofit asked for their feedback on a nationwide movement.
The nonprofit Let Grow filmed an unscripted promotional video in the Roanoke Avenue cafeteria as six students were interviewed by fellow third-grader Maya Sadeli-Weidner. The organization trains kids to be “flexible, creative problem-solvers” through alternative learning programs, according to its website. READ
Approximately 275 police incidents were documented on Riverhead Central School District property in the 2018-19 academic year, according to district officials. (more…)