5K Run & Health Wellness Fair, April 21, 2012
Contractor's for Kids and the Three Village School District announce the 5th annual 5K Walk/Run and Health and Wellness Fair. Please click here to view the flyer.
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Elementary Health Education Website
Please see our new website containing information about our Health Education program in Three Village.
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Take Our Web Survey on Budget Priorities
The Three Village CSD is seeking residents’ feedback on budget priorities for 2012-13 by encouraging participation in a web survey. The survey, which can be accessed through the link listed below, will be live for about 10 days.
“Obtaining the opinions of our residents will enable
us measure the perceptions and priorities for budget planning," said Superintendent Neil Lederer. "It is one element of an overall plan to garner as much input as possible as we build a budget for the next school year."
You can access the survey by going to the
following web address. If you cannot click through to the survey,
please paste this address in your browser.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5ZLRLFP
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Video: Budget Update
Interim Superintendent Neil Lederer talks about the 2012-13 budget season and the challenges faced by the district. This is the first in a series of videos that will be utilized during the next few months.
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Budget Information
The District has created a webpage containing information regarding the 2012-2013 budget process. Using “Quick Links” to the left of the homepage will bring you to this new page. Information will be updated regularly, and members of the community are encouraged to visit the webpage in order to remain current with the information being posted.
Click here to visit the Budget Information Page
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WMHS Senior Named Intel Finalist
Congratulations to Anna Sato, Ward Melville High School senior, who has been named an Intel finalist for her research using nanotechnology to develop a passive filter capable of removing radioactive iodine and cesium from water. This project was inspired by the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan.
Anna is one of only five Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) finalists on Long Island, and one of only forty students selected nationwide. She will present her research in Washington, DC at the Intel Science Talent Institute in March, and has the chance to win up to $100,000 in scholarship money.
Good luck Anna!
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Celebrating Culture
Students in the Global Language Honor Society of Murphy Junior High celebrated National Foreign Language Week.
In recognition of this educational week, students offered cooking and culture classes in French, Italian and Spanish after school for fifth and sixth-grade students. During classes, the honor society members taught basic foreign language phrases and conducted a variety of hands-on cultural activities, including making crepes, piñatas and masks.
Murphy students also celebrated the week by participating in trivia, door decorating and poster contests. In addition, ninth-grade honors students taught foreign language lessons to seventh-grade introductory classes.
To conclude the week, Murphy held its fourth annual International Night. National Foreign Language Week was a great success for all those who participated.
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Spring 2012 Continuing Education Brochure
Please click here for brochure and registration information.
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Student-Athletes Sign Letters of Intent
The Three Village Central School District would like to congratulate Ward Melville High School senior athletes Jordan Porretto (lacrosse), Alicia Ramos (lacrosse), Nicholas Nunziato (baseball), Frank Lucatuorto (lacrosse), John Edmonds (lacrosse), Andrew Archer (lacrosse), Ryan Kellerman (lacrosse), Jack Matthews (lacrosse), Ryan Buckley (lacrosse), James Coughlan (lacrosse) and Elizabeth Rullan (lacrosse/soccer) on signing letters of intent to play at the Division I and II collegiate and Service Academy levels.
Also recognized for their commitment to play at the Division III collegiate level were Rebecca Arent (lacrosse), Caysea Cohen (golf), Adriana Morra (soccer) and Christopher Lilley (volleyball).
In a room full of proud parents, coaches and administrators, students signed their letters and smiled for photos.
“It is an honor to recognize these student-athletes and their parents for the time, effort and dedication they have given to their sport,” said Erin Blaney, Executive Director of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics in Three Village. Addressing the students, she said, “We are so proud of you and look forward to following your careers at the collegiate level.”
Congratulations to these student-athletes!
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A Furry Friend and a Good Book
Setauket Elementary School in the Three Village School District has a very special visitor every Monday at 11:00 am: Charlotte, a Brussells Griffon who was adopted four years ago by Arlene Leone, Special Program Manager at Little Shelter. Charlotte was a “throw away,” an unwanted dog, and when Arlene saw her, she knew she could provide a permanent home for her.
Since 1927, the not-for-profit Little Shelter of Huntington has been the oldest no-kill shelter on Long Island. The staff and volunteers have worked tirelessly to save the lives of companion animals like Charlotte whose lives are in jeopardy. The shelter operates on donations and has established the Little Shelter Humane Education Program, of which Charlotte takes part, as a way of giving back to the community.
Charlotte is one of four reading dogs in the program. She has undergone weeks of training and is now able to visit schools like Setauket to work with students who need the additional support and confidence in their oral reading ability. Charlotte visits with six students on a weekly basis. The children take turns reading books to her and learn to interact with her as well as the other children in the group.
This is the first year of the program at Setauket, and the changes in the students who have taken part have been positive. “The children are reading with much greater confidence,” said Leone. “It’s beautiful to see.”
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Regent Roger Tilles Visits Three Village School District
On December 23, staff members of the Three Village School District had the opportunity to hear from keynote speaker Roger B. Tilles, New York State Regent for the Tenth Judicial District, as he addressed the group during their Superintendent’s Conference Day.
One of only 17 New York State Regents, and the representative for 126 school districts in both Nassau and Suffolk County schools, Regent Tilles discussed the NYS reform agenda, the 2% tax cap, and the Board of Regents’ goal of closing the performance gap between schools.
“It was an honor to have Regent Tilles visit with our staff,” said Interim Superintendent Neil Lederer. “He is certainly a friend to education, and we truly appreciate his words. I hope his words resonate with the Governor, and that these reforms will be modified to benefit our students.”
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W.S. Mount Welcomes a Champion
Students of W.S. Mount Elementary School were visited by author, producer and New York Yankee advisor Ray Negron.
Author of The Boy of Steel and The Greatest Story Never Told: The Babe and Jackie, Mr. Negron spoke to students about his life experiences and his newest book, One Last Time: Good-bye to Yankee Stadium, a story that honors the close of the original Yankee Stadium after 85 years.
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Students Take a Stand Against Bullying
Student representatives from W.S. Mount Elementary and P.J. Gelinas and R.C. Murphy Middle Schools attended the 11th annual Our Kids in Action Youth Conference (OKIA) Anti-Bullying Rally held at SUNY Farmingdale on Friday, December 2.
OKIA highlighted teenagers on Long Island who have fought back against bullying by turning their experience into something positive that can benefit others in their communities and around the world.
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