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These Suffolk County Schools Honored For Excellent Scholars, Athletes These Suffolk County Schools Honored For Excellent Scholars, Athletes
These Suffolk County Schools Honored For Excellent Scholars, Athletes Just 35 high schools across Long Island were given a special designation for their stellar athletes who double as stellar academics. The New York State Public High School Athletic Association, or NYSPHSAA, announced its 2022-2023 “School of Distinction” list on Thursday, July 27. Out of all 84 schools given the award, 35 were from Long Island. In order to qualify, a high school must have 100 percent of its varsity teams qualify for a “Scholar-Athlete team award,” which designates that the team’s average GPA is greater than or equal to a 90. The schools that made the cut from Suffolk C…

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by Sophie Grieser
News
Suffolk County Community Cries Fowl Over Alleged Killing Of Geese Suffolk County Community Cries Fowl Over Alleged Killing Of Geese
Suffolk County Community Cries Fowl Over Alleged Killing Of Geese A Long Island community is rallying around a neighborhood’s goose population as an area school district allegedly removed the animal from school grounds, possibly killing them. The animal activist group Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION) is accusing officials at Islip High School of hiring the USDA to gather up the geese, their babies, and kill them. It remains unclear if the geese were killed, though according to LION, a whistleblower said that the district has been using taxpayer money to round up and murder mother geese and their babies. “Islip High School (is) a school borderi…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Student Comment Seen As Threat Prompts Police Response At HS In Suffolk Student Comment Seen As Threat Prompts Police Response At HS In Suffolk
Student Comment Seen As Threat Prompts Police Response At HS In Suffolk A threat made by a Long Island high school student has been deemed unfounded, according to police. The perceived threat was allegedly made on Thursday, March 25, at Islip High School, said the Suffolk County Police. Officers responded to the school on Friday, March 26, to conduct an investigation, which revealed that no threat was made, police said. 

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by Kathy Reakes
Schools
COVID-19: Three Large Long Island Districts Reporting Cases Among Staffers As School Reopen COVID-19: Three Large Long Island Districts Reporting Cases Among Staffers As School Reopen
Covid-19: Three Large Long Island Districts Reporting Cases Among Staffers As School Reopen Staff members at three of Long Island’s largest school districts have tested positive for COVID-19. With classes set to begin in days, an Islip High School teacher, a staff member at St. James Elementary School in Smithtown, and a member of the Merrick Avenue Middle School in Merrick have all been tested and are isolating. In Islip, contact tracing has already been completed, and all teachers administrators, and employees who were exposed have been tested and all were negative. The building has also been sanitized following the confirmation of a positive COVID-19 case. The staff member at …

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by Zak Failla
News
Islip HS Coach Accused Of Sexually Abusing Student Islip HS Coach Accused Of Sexually Abusing Student
Islip HS Coach Accused Of Sexually Abusing Student An Islip High School coach has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a student at the school, according to the Suffolk County Police. Tyler Murphy, 25, of Islip, was charged on Friday, May 3, after school officials notified the school resource officer of an incident during which he inappropriately touched a female student around 8:20 p.m., Thursday, May 2, at the school at 2508 Union Blvd, said the Suffolk County Police. The school resource officer then contacted Special Victims detectives about the incident and following an investigation, Murphy was charged with sexual abu…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Bearded Man In Van Follows Boy Home Two Days In Row, Islip HS Officials Warn Bearded Man In Van Follows Boy Home Two Days In Row, Islip HS Officials Warn
Bearded Man In Van Follows Boy Home Two Days In Row, Islip HS Officials Warn School officials in Islip are warning parents about “stranger danger” after a student reported that he was followed home on separate occasions last week. Officials from Islip High School sent a letter to parents after a male student reported a pair of incidents involving an unknown man who allegedly followed him while he was walking home from school. The incident was first reported to investigators with the Suffolk County Police Department on Tuesday, April 30. According to the student, on Monday, April 29, and Tuesday, April 30, the student left school and was walking on Main Street whe…

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by Zak Failla