Commack School District September 11th Memorial

February 14th- Smithtown Board of Education Meeting

Certificate of Appreciation For Smithtown School District

HS BUSINESS STUDENTS SCORE HIGH MARKS ON NATIONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY CERITIFICATION TEST

PHOTO CAPTION: left to right: SHS East Principal Ed Thompson, Joseph Sciortino and Business Teacher Doreen Kelly Students who are enrolled in the business course Introduction to Financial Management—a personal finance class—take a test at the end of the course, which tests their knowledge in the areas of money management, banking, credit, insurance and investing.  This award indicates that these students have met New York State Standards based on the Economics, the Enterprise System, and the Finance curriculum of the New York State Education Department.  Over 10,000 students took this certification test nationally.  Smithtown classes scored well above the national average.  Two and half percent of the group score in the scholar range of 96 or better and half of percent score a perfect score nationally.  Smithtown students were above the national average also for financial scholar status of 95 or better.  These students will be honored in June at a ceremony at the Museum of Financial History on Wall Street on June 11^th and at the Business Awards Ceremony on May 23^rd.

SHS Business Teachers Mary Keegan and Doreen Kelly would like to congratulate those students who have achieved financial scholar status.  These students all scored a 96:

Renee AntonPHOTO CAPTION: left to right: Student Teacher Maeve Miller, Robert Theofield, Ken Helbock, John Vincente, Michael Caruso, Renee Anton, Chris Carmo, Eda Algur, Business Teacher Mary Keegan and SHS West Principal John Coady.

Christopher Carmo

Kenneth Helbock

John Vincente

Robert Theofield

Special Congratulations to Eda Algur, Michael Caruso and Joseph Sciortino for a perfect score of 100 %.

Announcements From Smithtown's Board Of Education Meeting 1/24/12

Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed an amendment into effective February 2^nd requiring school boards to post the board meeting agenda on their website prior to the meeting.  The agenda for the Smithtown Board of Education meeting can be found on the districts website by clicking Board of Education and then clicking on “Board of Education Agendas”. The upcoming agenda will be posted no later than the day before the board meeting.  Copies of the agenda will not be provided at the board meetings.  The agenda, for those who do not have a computer, will be available for review only in the District Clerk’s office the day of the meeting.

Central registration for the 2012-2013-kindergarten class is taking place during the month of January at the Joseph M. Barton Administration Building. Information is available at the districts website www.smithtown.k12.ny.us Incoming kindergarten evening registration will be held Thursday, January 26 from 5:30pm – 8pm

Smithtown HSE student Rachel Davis has been selected as a Finalist in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search.  Her research teacher is Maria Zeitlin Trinkle.  Top scientists judged students’ projects on their individual research ability, scientific originality and creative thinking.

Fifth grade students in over 70 schools across New York State participated in a 10-day math contest hosted by sumdog.com.  The contest was a challenge to see how many math problems each student and school could get correct.  We are proud to say that Nesconset Elementary came in first place – placing first in 9 out of the 10 days.  Nesconset had three of the top four students in the entire state – Dylan Curtin, Sandeepna Eranki and Benjamin Levine.   Dogwood Elementary came in 2^nd place in the contest.  Dogwood had two students, Matthew Wertheim and Cole Weiner who placed in the Top Ten for solving the most problems correctly.

Great Hollow Middle School literary/art magazine (2011) “Dreamer’s Notebook” achieved “First Place with Special Merit” from the American Scholastic Press Association under the direction of Mrs. Pasca-Ortgies (retired) and Mrs. Linda McCann.

Special Education held their annual meeting with CPSE (Committee on Preschool Special Education) parents of incoming kindergarten students on January 12.  Two elementary principals as well as CSE chairpersons and administrators led a panel discussion on general education as well as special education support to eligible kindergarten students in Smithtown schools.

The Smithtown Teachers’ Association held a fundraiser to raise mone y for Juvenile Arthritis.

 Smithtown HSW senior Carly Miller has been selected to receive the Horatio Alger Award.  Recipients are dedicated community leaders who demonstrate individual initiative and a commitment to excellenc.  Carly will receive a $20,000 scholarship to use toward a bachelor’s degree.

SHSE and SHSW Business students scored high marks on the National Financial Literacy Certification test sponsored by the WISE Foundation (Working in Support of Education).  Their knowledge in the areas of money management, banking, credit, insurance and investing were tested.