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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Teens for Jeans

The National Junior Honor Society at Murphy Junior High School took part in the national Teens for Jeans campaign.
    
The campaign, organized by Dosomething.org and Aéropostale, encourages students to collect gently used jeans for teens living in local shelters.
    
As incentive for the students to contribute to the cause, the aforementioned organizations are offering a grand prize of $5,000 for the school that collects the most jeans, along with a new pair of jeans for every student in the school and a party for the entire student body! The students of Murphy Junior High School collected nearly 400 pairs of jeans for the campaign.
    

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12 National Merit Scholarship Finalists Named

Congratulations to the twelve seniors originally designated as Semifinalists in the 57th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program who have been selected as Finalists in the competition. For the selectees, it was a remarkable honor to be chosen as twelve of the approximately 15,000 nationwide Finalists announced.

These students will have the opportunity to compete for one of 8,300 National Merit Scholarships, worth over $34 million, offered in the spring. A variety of information is available for NMSC (National Merit Scholarship Corporation) selectors to evaluate when determining who will become the recipient of a Merit Scholarship award, including the Finalist's academic record, information about the school's curricula and grading system, two sets of test scores, the high school official's written recommendation, information about the student's activities and leadership, and the Finalist's own essay. Earning the title Merit Scholar is an honor that will be bestowed upon more than half of the students who achieve Finalist standing.

Congratulations to these students on this magnificent accomplishment, and best of luck to them as they continue on the path toward becoming Merit Scholars!

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Physical Education and Video Games

Students at W.S. Mount Elementary School in the Three Village Central School District were awarded the privilege of playing video games during the school day. Why? They were visited by the iGame4 program during their physical education classes, a program that promotes physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle by integrating active video games into school curricula.  
    
Students enjoyed building cardiovascular endurance and teamwork skills while playing Just Dance III and Kinect Adventures River Rush. The iGame4 program is not only aligned with the New York State Physical Education Learning Standards, but is a lot of fun!
    
“This program is a great step in the right direction for health and fitness education,” said physical education teacher Jeff Bryant.  

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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.

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

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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