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WORKING TOGETHER FOR OUR SCHOOLS
Vol. 23 / No.1
We’ll get
further if
we work
together!
September 2006
How to Excel in High School
T
here is a LONG
list of challenges
for the coming year.
Here are just three:
RHS Outside
• Aging energy
systems to be
repaired or
replaced.
• The high school
population has
increased by 40+
students and there
continues to be
issues with space.
• The District’s Building Aid Ratio from
the State is unfair in
relationship to the
average income
level of its families,
and residents need
to continue the
quest for parity.
In order to meet these
and many other challenges, we will get
further if we WORK
TOGETHER!
the news inside
Sup’t. Message.......2
Capital Projects.......3
RHS Inside
T
he first thing that anyone
who comes into Riverhead High School or any of
the other buildings in our
District comments on is how
“amazingly clean and well
maintained” the buildings
are. This outstanding effort by
Andrzej Aleksandrowicz (the
Capital
Projects
p. 3
District’s Custodial Supervisor) and his staff helps set a
tone of hard work and diligent
effort for the entire staff and
student body. The buildings
reflect RHS Principal Jim
McCaffrey’s motto: “Higher
Expectations = Higher Outcomes.”
A good foundation was
laid last year to challenge
students to raise the bar. Study
halls have been moved from
the cafeteria to classrooms,
and students are taking more
electives. Ninth grade orientation was executed in four
sessions this year, ending with
an emphasis on study skills.
In the next few months,
Our Schools will examine programs at the High School (e.g.,
TLC program) and share the
continuing efforts to help all
students at RHS build upon a
long history of Riverhead
PRIDE.
BACK TO SCHOOL Nights
RHS HOMECOMING
Thank you for attending your
child’s Back to School Night.
Watch for Parent Nights: 9th
Grade, October 12, 7:00 PM
RHS Homecoming is scheduled
for October 27-28. (p. 4 & p. 8)
Parade time: 12:30 PM, Oct. 28
Game time: 1:30 PM, Oct. 28
Universal
Pre-K
p. 6
RHS News............4, 5
District News........6, 7
Upcoming Events....8
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Working Together for Our Schools
RCSD Board of Education
Mr. Joe Singleton
We had a fantastic opening day!
(September, 2006)
Paul R. Doyle
Superintendent of Schools
Dear Parents/Guardians:
Welcome to the 2006-07 school year. We had a fantastic
opening day and a good first week! I want to thank all of our
maintenance staff, who worked so hard over the summer to
prepare our buildings for the first day of school. The portables at
the high school are ready for use, and the highly polished schools
set a tone of high expectations and hard work, necessary
ingredients for a successful year of learning.
Our administrators, teachers and staff have spent part of the
summer working to prepare for a new school year. Several
worked in the programs that continued into the summer (i.e.,
Extended Summer Special Ed., the Phillips Avenue 21st Century
Grant financed summer program, summer school, etc.). Others
attended seminars related to existing programs (e.g., the
Columbia Teachers College Reading/Writing Workshop). Still
others worked on scheduling, curriculum planning and readying
resources.
We also want to welcome our new teachers, who attended
the New Teacher Institute in August. The Superintendent’s
Conference Days’ speakers and workshops on the 5th & 6th were
designed to inspire all our teachers and administrators to
challenge our students to “aim high” and to provide them with
methods and ideas to help all our students reach their potential.
We have high expectations for this school year, and to
borrow a phrase from RHS Principal Jim McCaffrey, “Higher
Expectations = Higher Outcomes.” If we work together as a
school community, I’m confident we’ll have a great year.
I hope you will check the calendar and visit with your child’s
teachers and principal during the upcoming Open School Nights
and high school guidance workshops.
Sincerely,
Paul R. Doyle
Superintendent of Schools
Administrators visited the schools
throughout the day on opening day.
Pictured are Joe Ogeka, Nancy
Carney and Lynn Kobylenski
visiting with Bonnie Campbell, the
Director of the Alternative School,
and the school social worker, Nick
Kardaras, in the school’s cafeteria.
Our Schools would like to welcome Ms. Lynn Kobylenski
home! Ms. Kobylenski, born and
raised in Riverhead and a 1971
graduate of Riverhead High
School, is RCSD's new Assistant
Superintendent of Business.
he RCSD Board of
Education would
like to welcome Ms.
Kobylenski to her position as Assistant Superintendent of Business
and to extend heartfelt
THANKS and GOOD
WISHES to Mr. Joseph
Singleton, who served
the District as an Interim
Assistant Superintendent of Business.
Energy Performance
Over 35
School Districts on
Long Island
participate in
an energy
performance
plan.
A resolution was passed
to request other energy
performance proposals
(RPAs) from interested
companies.
Capital Projects
L
arry Salvesen (Sr.
Architect at BBS)
talked briefly about
some of the Capital
Projects that were on a
list submitted to the
Board of Education to be
addressed in the district’s Capital Projects
Plan (see next page).
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Ms. Kobylenski comes home to RCSD
Ms. Lynn Kobylenski
T
the Board of Education
concerning a plan to meet
the District’s energy performance needs (and replace old systems) without increasing the regularly budgeted money allotted for energy costs in
the District’s yearly budget.
Ms. Kobylenski is the
daughter of John and Hedi
Kobylenski, long time residents
of Riverhead. While at
Riverhead High School, Ms.
Kobylenski was recognized as an
outstanding athlete and scholar.
She played field hockey, volleyball, softball and tennis and is in
the RHS Hall of Fame.
Lynn graduated from Florida
State with a degree in physical
education and became a graduate assistant at Appalachian
State. She was the Women’s Varsity Tennis coach at Tulane University from 1978 to 1981.
Taking a new direction, Ms.
Kobylenski returned to the area,
began taking accounting courses
at SCCC and became the payroll
clerk at Eastern Suffolk BOCES.
Lynn received her School District Administration certification
and worked for the Bridgehampton and Tuckahoe School
Districts until 1989 when she took
a position as the School Business
Official in the Westhampton
School District. She remained in
that district for 17 years (from
July 1989 to July 2006).
Ms. Kobylenski credits her
love of math to Mr. Sisson's high
school math class. "I loved all my
math classes at RHS," she shares,
"but I especially enjoyed his
classes."
Her philosophy of financial
leadership is simple: "Be honest
and up front. Follow the rules, and
let people know what those rules
are, so everyone understands
what has to be done. However,"
she adds, "the rules are constantly
changing, so the job is certainly a
challenging one, but I’m very
happy to be in Riverhead."
representative
from Siemens
Building Technologies
made a presentation to
Schedule of Upcoming Board of
Education Meetings
Tues., Oct. 10 and Oct. 24
Tues., Nov. 14 and Nov. 28
Tues., December 12
Tues., Jan. 9 and Jan. 23
Tues., Feb. 13 and Feb. 27
Tues., Mar. 13 and Mar. 27
Tues., April 10 and April 24
Tues., May 8 and May 22
Tues., June 12 and June 26
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A proposal to deal with deferred maintenance . . .
Working together to collectively deal with our needs
“We need to complete deferred
maintenance on
all our schools. If
we work together,
we can find a
way to increase
our state aid ratio
and meet our
building needs.”
Nancy Gassert, Board of Ed. Pres.
A new boiler was installed at RHS.
The District’s maintenance and
custodial staff has worked hard
over the years and all summer-capably repairing aging systems
and structures--and saving the
District money by keeping much
of the work in-house, but there
are aging systems that have been
in existence long past their projected life expectancy (e.g., one
of the high school’s original boilers, 30+ years old, had to be replaced this summer).
Capital Reserve Fund
During the 2005-06 school year,
the District’s residents voted to
establish a Capital Reserve
Fund, with a cap of $10 million,
to be used to repair aging systems and structures throughout
the District.
One of the original boilers at the high school was replaced over the summer.
Capital Projects
The Board of Education is
charged with determining
which projects to address and
their priority.
several of the schools to enable
meals to be cooked on site.
Capital Projects Approval
Once the Capital Projects have
been identified, they must be
submitted to the residents for a
vote. The selection, design, state
approval and bidding process
will take approximately 18 to 24
months after that before capital
projects can begin.
A PARTIAL LIST of Needed Repairs and Updates
Replace Second Boiler at
the high school and rennovate
air conditioning system.
Kitchen Renovations at
Fire Alarm Systems need
to be updated at several of the
schools. (Safety Issue)
Upgrade Security
Systems at several of the
schools. (Safety Issue)
Window Replacements at
several of the schools.
Install Emergency
Generator at the high
school (It’s a designated
community evacuation
site) (Safety)
Replace Steel Oil
Tank (from 1952) and
add monitoring system
(Energy/Safety)
Accessibility Renovations to provide
access to the second floor
at Middle School and to
bathrooms at RHS,
RMS, Pulaski, Riley and
Aquebogue.
New Teacher Institute & More Setting the Focus for the 2006-2007 School Year
Fourteen new teachers attended a two
day New Teacher Institute. The Institute was
led by Teacher Mentors Laura Grable (gr.
5-12) and Vanessa Amodemo (gr. K-6).
The New Teacher Institute is designed
to introduce teachers new to the District to
the District’s curriculum, the Teacher
Performance Evaluation Procedure, special
service providers, etc. There is also an
opportunity for the teachers to meet the
mentor assigned to them from their
department or grade level.
One-third of the (approximately 420)
teachers in the District are untenured, which
means they have joined the faculty in the
last three years. Teacher Mentors (Grable
and Amodemo) must mentor those
untenured teachers as well.
Pictured: (Top) Teacher Mentors Laura
Grable and Vanessa Amodemo during the
New Teachers Institute. (Below) Riley
teacher Rita Moloney and workshop
speaker, Larry Bell, made presentations
during the Sup’t.’s Conference Day.
Over the Summer District teachers and administrators (5 Administrators and 17
lead teachers) attended Columbia Teachers College’s
Reading/Writing Workshop,
as part of a continuing collaboration that also provides
onsite training to District
teachers. The teachers who
attended the summer workshop shared their experiences
during the Superintendent’s
Conference Day.
Incredible Power of a
Teacher: Larry Bell, an
educator and inspirational
speaker, shared with the
teachers his methods for test
taking and challenging students to achieve a 100% success ratio.
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Reorganization at RHS
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RHS Student Government Working Together
T
he Board of Education has
instituted an organizational
change at the high school and
middle school that has shifted the
duties for the observation of
teachers and the supevision of
curriculum from several departmental chairs to two Academic
Supervisors (grades 7-12), Shirley
Cepero and Jeanne Grim.
Back Row: Student Gov’t. Officers:
(L-R) Liam Hayes, V.P.; Lauren
Lucas, Pres.; Alicia Messina, Treas.;
Lauren Zilnicki, Sec.;
4th Row: Seniors: Jayson Kratoville,
Pres.; Meghan Foulkes, Treas.;
Jasmin Aseituno, Sec.;
Stephanie Bennett, V.P.;
3rd Row: Juniors: Samantha
Mallahy, Pres.; Jennifer Mottern,
V.P.; Kalei Pipczynski, Treas.;
Heather Riley, Sec.;
2nd Row: Amanda Mallahy, V. P.;
Amelia Czelatka, Treas.;
Kate Murphy, Sec.; Charleatrice
Thomas, Pres. (Not pictured);
1st Row: Samantha Sikdar, Pres.;
Wilbur Harris, Sec.; Joseph Szot,
Treas.; John Gloor, V.P.
“It’s important for people
to understand that we
have the same number of
APs at the high school.
Ms. Cepero and Ms. Grim
are not available to meet
those needs and will be
working in Grades 7-12 in
another capacity.”
RHS Principal Jim McCaffrey
This change has necessitated the
need for two Assistant Principals
(for the operational needs of the
high school) to replace Ms. Cepero
and Ms. Grim, who formerly carried
out those duties. Charles Regan and
Michael Winfield have been hired
to take on those responsibilities.
Charles L. Regan
BS: Special Education
MA: Liberal Studies
Coaching Certification
School Administrator
and Supervisor Cert.
Mr. Regan has been an educator for
10 years. He has been a special education teacher, a coach and a Dean of
Students. Mr. Regan is also trained in
Conflict Resolution and Crisis Prevention.
“I really enjoyed the special education classroom,” states Mr. Regan. “If
you prove to these kids that you’ll be
there for them, they’ll run through
walls for you.”
Michael J. Winfield
BS /MA: Sociology
Adv. Cert. of Study in
School Admin. and Supervision; MA: Modern
World History
Mr. Winfield has had the opportunity to gain a well rounded understanding of the educational process.
He has worked as a substitute
teacher, a teaching assistant, a classroom teacher of social studies, a Dean
of Students, as well as an Assistant
Principal for a combined total of nine
years.
He shares, “I work well with students
from diverse backgrounds. I am able
to adapt to a wide variety of academic challenges and be successful.”
HOMECOMING
The Homecoming theme is
RHS’s Student Government’s first BIG task will be
HOLIDAYS.
to help organize HOMECOMING 2006. Almost immediately after
HOMECOMING will begin
that event, they will begin work on the Spooky Walk offered on
with SPIRIT WEEK (October
Halloween. Before school began, Student Government members
23-28). on SATURDAY, OCT.
helped lead tours through the building as part of the 9th grade
28, the PARADE will step off
orientation (see picture on p. 5). Student Government President
at 12:30 PM down Main
Lauren Lucas spoke at the second phase of their orientation to
Street, and the FOOTBALL
encourage students to work hard in school and take advantage of
GAME will follow at 1:30 PM .
the many classes, clubs and athletic teams offered at RHS.
GO BLUE WAVES!
A new payment system to be offered at RHS
EZPay System to be offered at RHS
T
he Data Services Department and
the Food Service Director, Karen
Ball, have teamed up to provide
students with a new breakfast and
lunch payment system that will include
an EZSchoolPay purchase option for
parents and guardians. When this
system is fully installed, lunches will
be able to be purchased in advance
online and the student’s ID card will
act as lunch debit card.
EZSchoolPay.com will be provided
as a service, to allow online credit card
payments into the student’s school
meal account. It can be checked out in
advance on the internet by going to
http://ezschoolpay.com.
In addition, a Wellness Committee
will soon begin meeting to discuss a
variety of ways to, as Karen Ball says,
“Make Riverhead one of the healthiest
places in New York!”
Wellness Committee: If you are
interested in joining the Wellness
Committee, call 369-6749.
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How to Excel in High School
9th Grade Orientation
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RHS Student Gov’t. representatives and NJROTC cadets conducted tours of the
high school for 9th graders. Student Government President Lauren Lucas and Sr.
Class President Jayson Kratoville are pictured leading one of the tours.
T
his year’s 9th Grade Orientation
occurred in four stages. In August,
9th graders were given a casual tour of
the building. In early September, they
attended a 9th grade assembly with a slide
presentation and an overview of the rules,
clubs and classes offered at RHS. RHS
principals, RMS principal Pekar and
special area representatives addressed the
students. Student representatives from
Student Government and NJROTC
encouraged the newest arrivals to “take
full advantage of what RHS has to offer.”
In mid-September a Frosh Start
Workshop was given to 9th grade English
classes to teach (1) time management
skills, (2) effective note taking, (3)
methods to use to study for exams, and
(4) methods for taking tests. These skills
will be reinforced throughout the year.
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The final effort will be a meeting with
parents of 9th graders October 12, 7:00 PM
at RHS. The 9th grade night is entitled
“How to Excel in High School,” and
guidance counselors and principals will
guide parents through the process of
helping their children with decisions
concerning course selection, club
activities, sports, extra help and other
related topics.
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tation on st
udy skills.
Teacher Mentors
New teachers at RHS
The new teachers at Riverhead High School:
♦ Michelle Ehrhardt - Home & Careers
♦ Janice Szczesny - Home & Careers
♦ Elizabth Scimeca - Spanish Teacher
♦ Katherine Auer - English Teacher
♦ Nicole Radesco - Math Teacher
♦ Danielle Pennacchio - English Teacher
♦ Lindsay Lindenbaum - RMS Health
♦ Scott Smith - Earth Science Teacher
♦ Joanna Dierberger - Psychologist (HS)
Mentor Kimberly Esteve (L) with
Spanish teacher Elizabeth Scimeca
R
RHS would lik
Some interesting facts about these teachers:
e to welcome
“My husband and several of my inlaws are teachers.”
in Rhode Island for two years, and I
love to choreograph dance.”
“I previously taught at RHS, and I
was the RHS field hockey and
volleyball coach for 8 years.”
“This will be an exciting year: I’m
starting a new career, getting married
and buying a home.”
“I studied Spanish language and
culture in Barcelona, Spain, for one
year.”
“I was a DJ in college for WSJO (the
late night metal and punk show).”
“I love horses and have been riding
for 20 years and showed competitively in college.”
“I taught English, dance and drama
its new teach
ers.
“I’m the proud father of twins.”
“I am a graduate of Riverhead High
School and one of my favorite trips
was to the Galapagos Islands.”
Back L-R: Lindsay Lindenbaum, Jan
Szczesny, Michelle Ehrhardt, Elizabeth
Scimeca, Scott Smith, Front L-R: Nicole
Radesco, Joanna Dierberger, Danielle
Pennachio, Katie Auer
iverhead School
District was a recipient of the 2006-07
NYS Mentor Teacher Internship grant. Each of
the new teachers in the
District is assigned a
Mentor. The Mentor’s role
is one of guidance and
support and, as in all professional development, it
is also the students and
the District, as well as the
teachers, who benefit
from this program.
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SUMMER PROGRAMS
A
C
C The BOCES Migrant
Summer Program held at
the Aquebogue School helps
ESL students improve their
English and reading skills.
It’s financed by BOCES, but
many of the students are in
the Our Schools.
A
llison Fox and Devan
Thompson were two of
the many students who
participated in the District’s
first free Summer Music
Program. Students going
into fifth grade were offered
the opportunity to begin
lessons over the summer.
Pulaski’s music teachers
offered both band and
orchestra lessons.
B
First Day of School
A Phillips 21st Century Grant funds a
Summer Reading Program at Phillips.
B
Extended Summer Special Education
program was held at Riley Avenue.
“These kids deserve
a lot of credit,” noted
the Summer Special
Education Director
Carole Kirchhoff.
See www.riverhead.net.
What they did over the summer . . .
S
P
hillips Avenue kindergarten teacher Ellen
Schnabel taught Marquita
Milton when she was in
kindergarten, and this year
Marquita’s
daughter,
Donyee, will have Mrs.
Schnabel for her kindergarten teacher.
“I was so excited when I
found out Donyee was going
to have Mrs. Schnabel for a
teacher,” exclaimed Marquita. “She was my favorite
teacher. I loved her.”
Mrs. Schnabel replied,
“And I loved her as well!”
everal students from the
Riverhead School District
attended DNA Camp at the
DNA Learning Center of Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory. It’s
the world’s first science center
devoted entirely to genetics
education.
The summer camp hosts
students from grades 5-12 and
includes activities like “Fun
with DNA,” “World of Enzymes,” “Green Genes,”
“Genetic Horizons,” “DNA
Science,” and “ Plant and
Human Geonomics.”
New at our elementary schools
Natasha
Tumbarello
Georgette
Keller
Kathleen
Marelli
Renee Panos
Mark Foster
Donna Elmore Kelli McCabe
Chantel Walsh
New ELEMENTARY Teachers and Professionals (and a fun fact or two about them)
Natasha Tumbarello School Psychologist
(Received her MA in School
Psychology from Western
Carolina University and got
married last year in Aruba!)
Phil Kent reading The Dot.
“I was looking for a summer
program to get my girls (Katie
and Reilly) excited about
science,” explained Mary Butler,
“and then I heard about DNA
camp. It was just the ticket. It was
both challenging and fun. They
loved it. One of the sessions was
taught by the man who wrote the
textbook on DNA. We need to get
the word out to more parents on
this program.”
Pictured: (L-R) Sean Harkin,
Alexa White, Matthew Crohan,
Mary Ellen Harkin, Madlyn and
Megan Davis looking for DNA.
Georgette Keller - Roanoke
Reading Specialist (Georgette
is certified in Social Studies,
Family & Consumer Science
and Literacy Education. She
says, “I am so happy to be
teaching here.”)
Kathleen Marelli - Riley Kindergarten Teacher (Kathleen
graduated from Longwood High
School and from St. Joseph’s
College. She notes, “One of my
very, very favorite places to be is
on an ocean beach.”)
Renee Panos - ESL teacher at
Phillips Avenue (Renee wrote,
“I have traveled extensively
throughout the U.S., Europe,
Australia, New Zealand, the
South Pacific and S.E. Asia.”)
Mark Foster - Riley Avenue
Art Teacher (He shares, “I’m a
die hard Giants fan and love to
play lacrosse and football.”)
Donna Elmore - 6th Grade
Leave Replacement at
Pulaski (Donna also graduated from RHS. She notes,
“I smile all the time.”)
Kelli McCabe - Special Ed.
Pulaski (Kelli graduated from
RHS and has her MA in Special
Education. She says, “I love
teaching and have taught for 9
years--in NH and Greenport,
NY.”)
Chantel Walsh - ESL teacher at
Aquebogue (Chantel spent part of
the summer in Germany.)
Welcome to Riverhead!
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INNOVATIVE APPROACHES ENRICH THE CURRICULUM
Artists
at Work
Book of the Month Club at Roanoke
R
oanoke Principal Debra
Rodgers loves a good
book, and she wants the
students in her school to have
that as a common experience.
On Friday, September 8, the
second day of school she had
the first of her monthly “Book
of the Month Club” assemblies. The first book to which
the students listened, as the
illustrations were projected on
to a large screen, was entitled
Old Turtle and the Broken
Truth (Wood/Muth), a book
about the search for peace.
“I want my students to share
the experience of listening to
the same book,” explains Ms.
Rodgers. “Siblings can go
home and talk about good
literature with their families. In
addition, classmates have a
shared experience. Each class
Joyce Raimondo, from the
Pollock-Krasner House, spoke
with a Phillips Ave. art class
about modern art. She then
demonstrated an art form that
Mr. Pollock’s wife, Lee Krasner,
uses. Ms. Raimondo showed the
children her books which uses
student art as illustrations.
sends their STAR student forward
to receive a copy of the book for
their classroom library. Each
month of the school year, the
students will listen to a book
together and add to their libraries.
“Sharing a good book is like
sharing a good friend.”
A GRANT FINANCED THE ADDITION OF UPK IN OUR SCHOOLS
NEW Universal Pre-School Program
First you make a painting.
Taylor Elardo is painting.
AND THEN, you rip it up!
Three sessions of
Universal Pre-K are
being offered in our schools
for the first time this year.
Although the District has
participated in the Universal
Pre-K Program for 9 years,
this is the first year that the
program has been offered in a
public school setting.
Additional grant money and
available space at two of the
District’s schools, Phillips and
Aquebogue, made the
program a possibility this year.
Even though the program was
announced mid-summer, it
filled up very quickly and now
there are three 1/2 day sessions
of 18 students each---two at
Phillips Avenue and one at
Aquebogue. The hours are
from 8:45 AM to 11:30 AM
and 12:45 to 3:15 PM.
“We have had nothing but
positive feedback from the
parents,” noted Aquebogue
Principal Phil Kent. “It’s a
win-win situation. Students
get used to a school setting,
and the teachers will pass on
portfolios of their work as they
enter kindergarten.”
“When I heard about the
program I immediately signed
my child up; so did my
neighbor,” shared one mother
at the ‘Boo Hoo Breakfast’
held at Phillips on the first day
of school. “I think it’s great
that my daughter can attend
Pre-K at the school where she
will attend kindergarten AND
with a teacher she had in
nursery school.”
Gregory Trent rips up his
painting. THEN you make
another work of art.
Jeremy Johnson makes a new
work of art with pieces of the
old one and paints again.
Top: Sabrina Maccaron and Katelyn Nebrezny play with Troll Dolls (remember those?) at the
morning session of Universal Pre-K at the Phillips Avenue School. Middle: Phillips UPK teacher
Tara Ofrias shows Matthew Sherman how to tie his shoe. Bottom: Melanie Vail and Taylor
Normandin make a dot painting at the Aquebogue School with teacher Tracy Feeney.
Ed Wegley displays his new
work of art from the ripped
pieces of his first painting.
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District Happenings
Go Blue
Waves!
In the Community
Riley Avenue and the community remember the victims of 9/11 at Memorial Park
HOMECOMING
Parade: Saturday,
Octber 28, 12:30
PM, Main Street.
The theme is
Holidays!
Nov. 10, 11,17, and 18,
8:00 PM, RHS Aud.
RHS Blue Masques
will present
“GREASE”
December 8-10
HOMECOMING
UPCOMING EVENTS
Guidance College Night
Wed., Oct. 4, 6:00 PM, RHS Aud.
Alt. School Open House
Wed., Oct. 4, 7:00-9:00 PM
Middle School Back to
School Night
Thurs., Oct. 5, 7:00 PM, RMS Gym
9th Gr. Parents Night
How to Excel in High School
Homecoming
Football Game
Wed., Oct. 12, 7:00 PM, RHS Cafe.
Business Advisory Board
October 28, 1:30 PM,
Wed., Oct.18, 8:30-10:00 AM, D.O.
McKillop Football Field
10th Gr. Parents
Night
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Riverhead vs.
Thurs., Oct. 19, 7:00 PM, RHS Aud.
Riverhead Library Logo
Wellness
Committee
Meeting
Contest
January
1 through
Friday,
Oct.
20,
10:30
AM,
D.O.
May 6, 2006
Hauppauge
GO BLUE WAVES!
Sup’t. Conference Day
Tues., Oct. 24, 1/2 Day for Students
RHS Homecoming
Oct. 23-27 Spirit Week
Fri., Oct. 27, Pep Rally, 1:00 PM
Sat., Oct. 28, Parade, 12:30 PM
Sat., Football Game, 1:30 PM
Riley Avenue students pitched in their nickles, dimes and
quarters to help build the 9/11 Memorial located where Riley
Avenue meets Edwards Avenue. On 9/11 some of Riley’s
students joined the community to remember those who died.
REMINDER
Early Dismissal Drill
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
BOARD OF EDUCATION - RCSD
700 Osborne Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901
website: http://www.riverhead.net
Angela DeVito
Nancy G. Gassert, President
Timothy Griffing
W. Brian Stark, Vice President
Mary Ellen Harkin
Kathleen V. Berezny
Christine A. Prete
Paul R. Doyle, Superintendent of Schools
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