01.08.2021 COVID-19 In response to rising COVID-19 cases, school officials urge community to follow guidelines A growing number of coronavirus cases in the community has led some local school officials to renew calls for masks and social distancing. On Monday, following the holiday break,...
12.02.2020 News SWR adjusts COVID-19 plan; positive case to no longer trigger automatic closure The Shoreham-Wading River School District modified several COVID-19 protocols that will limit the requirements for when a building would need to close in light of a positive case. Superintendent...
11.15.2020 COVID-19 Briarcliff School given new life as SWR adapts to COVID-19 A historic school shuttered since 2014 is getting new life amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Briarcliff School in Shoreham reopened in September as part of an effort to increase...
11.01.2020 Education SWR’s Kevin Nohejl wins earth science teacher award Kevin Nohejl’s career path had looked so clear-cut, so obvious that what he would become hardly seemed to be a question when he was younger. His father, William Jr.,...
10.30.2020 COVID-19 SWR High School closes for second straight day as more than 100 students quarantine The latest positive COVID-19 cases at Shoreham-Wading River High School resulted in a total of 125 students requiring quarantine as well as 11 staff members, Superintendent Gerard Poole said....
07.24.2020 Education SWR’s reopening plan for in-person instruction includes using Briarcliff School The Shoreham-Wading River School District plans to reopen the shuttered Briarcliff School in Shoreham to increase the district’s capacity as part of its plan for all students to return...
06.16.2020 Education Voter turnout way up in Riverhead; budget tally to be continued Wednesday Final results for the Riverhead Central School District’s 2020-21 budget vote will have to wait at least one more day. Officials could not finish the process of counting the...
05.14.2020 News SWR school board adopts $77.2M budget; incumbents running unopposed The Shoreham-Wading River school board met remotely last week to adopt a $77.2 million budget that has seen revisions in light of the coronavirus pandemic. In March, officials were...
