Several Sachem Central School District senior student-athletes were recognized by Section XI with the prestigious Gold Key Award. The award represents an athlete’s dedication and commitment to athletics throughout their high school career. In order to be recognized for the Gold Key, a student-athlete must have participated and lettered in eight of nine seasons while enrolled in grades 10 through 12. This requires a commitment by the athlete while maintaining a positive balance between athletics and academics.

Congratulations to the following students:

Sachem High School East
Sara Christie, Danielle Cirillo, Isabella Dembinski, Anthony Garenani, Peter Garenani, Evan Gottesman, Julia Haran, Megan Hoffmann, Alexa Jean-Francois, Sampson Lin, Amanda Madigan, Katherine Margolis, Christian Mercado, Taylor Rettie, Olivia Russo, Ava Samartino, Jenna Schmitz, Kaleb Selden, Gina Williams and Sabrina Wottawa.

Sachem High School North
Nicholas Balsamo, Dylan Friel, Shaye Gruenberg Theiling, Matthew Gucciardo, Gavin Hughes, John McKeon, Katherine Perez, Arthur Torres and Madeline Turano.

Date Added: 6/8/2023

Students from Merrimac Elementary School connected with students from Sachem High School North to share projects they have been working on. Third graders in Ms. Sicari, Mr. Celentano and Mrs. Rapuano’s class recently published a book about kindness. At Sachem High School North, Ms. Parisi’s junior and senior design students were also writing and illustrating their own books. Given the commonalities between the projects, the two classes came together through a Google Meet.

The high school students read their books to the third grade class. Each of their books represented their artistic abilities and had a kindness moral weaved in. The third graders interviewed the high schoolers about the writing and illustrating process, and were excited to learn from older students in the district.

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Date Added: 6/7/2023

The Suffolk County School Superintendents Association recognized the highest-achieving students across the county at its 29th annual Valedictorians Luncheon on June 1. Sachem High School East valedictorian Siddharth Sheth and Sachem High School North valedictorian Alexa Ginis were joined by their families, principals and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Christopher Pellettieri at the recognition event.

Date Added: 6/7/2023

Throughout the month of May, Nokomis Elementary School collected cereal boxes to donate to St. John’s Food Pantry in Holbrook. This year, Mrs. Erb and Mr. Papagni’s fifth grade classes led the drive and collected 976 cereal boxes. Nokomis Elementary School has been supporting the local food pantry since 2011 with the cereal box drive, delivering 14,397 boxes in total.

Date Added: 6/6/2023