06.13.2017 Education Val, Sal unveil portraits at Academic Wall of Fame How do students become the valedictorian and salutatorian of their graduating class? “I stayed up all night,” Shelter Island High School valedictorian Olivia Yeaman said at an unveiling ceremony...
06.06.2017 Education What’s in name? Common Core is ‘rebranded’ Since its inception in 2010, the Common Core Standards Initiative has met with scrutiny and often disdain from parents and educators across the country. The system of standardized tests...
04.29.2017 Education Lockdown drill goes off without a hitch It was only a drill. But it was also an important exercise in the event of a threat to peace in school classrooms.
04.18.2017 Education Four candidates seek three seats on Board of Education Four candidates are seeking three seats on the Shelter Island Board of Education this spring. Three incumbents, whose terms expire at the end of June, are running in the...
03.27.2017 Education Board of Ed prez sees possible part-time superintendent Between 1986 and 2017, eight different people have sat in Shelter Island School superintendent’s chair, with one serving two different terms. If an immediate full-time successor is named by...