01.14.2020 Education Superintendent: State won’t push HPV vaccine on schools Superintendent Brian Doelger, Ph.D., doesn’t expect a repeat by the Legislature to require the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to be required for all students born after Jan. 2, 2009....
01.01.2020 Education More than a dozen Shelter Island High School students named to National Honor Society We are pleased to announce the entire sophomore class, for the first time in school history, has been selected for membership in the Shelter Island High School chapter of...
12.29.2019 Education Year in Review: Administrative changes marked school year This week, the Reporter brings you some of the top stories of 2019. It has been a year of leadership change for the Shelter Island School District. A month...
12.17.2019 Education Empowering themselves through lessons learned Three 11th graders from the Shelter Island High School, along with their Social Studies teacher, attended a groundbreaking workshop entitled “Running and Winning” last month at the Water Mill...
12.13.2019 Education Fifth graders are heroes for a good cause Sadie Green-Clark’s family knows more than a bit about sustainability. The Shelter Island 5th grader comes from a tradition of sustainable farming that helps support her immediate family and...
12.10.2019 Education School Board: Septic study could cost up to $5,000 Following last month’s decision to go it alone with a septic system the Shelter Island School District is mandated to update, Superintendent Brian Doelger, Ed.D, told the Board of...
11.19.2019 Education School Board wants to be prepared for emergency The school shouldn’t wait for an emergency to repair the septic system, were the sentiments expressed by superintendent Brian Doelger, Ph.D. and Facilities Manager Mike Dunning at Monday night’s...
10.23.2019 Education State mandate embraced by Board of Education A mandate from the State Education Department for a social/emotional curriculum is being greeted with enthusiasm, Superintendent Brian Doelger said at last week’s Board of Education meeting.
10.23.2019 Education School gets OK for ‘dual sports’ program It took three years of lobbying for Shelter Island School Athletic Director Todd Gulluscio. But persistence paid off this year as Mr. Gulluscio gained state approval for a pilot...
10.22.2019 Education Scientist returns for 5th graders When scientist David James showed up at Shelter Island School a couple of weeks ago to surprise his children with lessons about the universe, son Benjamin, 10, a 5th...
10.14.2019 Education Private preschool seeks public funds Less than a week after the Town Board had decided to work to eliminate stipends to tax-exempt organizations, a delegation of parents with children in tow arrived at Tuesday’s...
10.13.2019 Education A lesson about the universe was much about love Surprise! The guest speaker Friday at the Shelter Island School was a renowned scientist from the Harvard University/Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory who is engaged in a project called the Black...
10.02.2019 Education Science students make media splash “Something big has happened.” With those words, Shelter Island science teacher Dan Williams made a classroom announcement Sept. 23 to his students about an “impossible dream.”
09.27.2019 Education Islanders react to state immunization law; BOE members weigh in on divisive issue In a small community, where family and friends often go back generations, people are reluctant to comment about a controversy that is dividing the Island — the new state...
