The Shoreham-Wading River School District congratulates six Shoreham-Wading River High School student-musicians who were selected to perform by the Long Island String Festival Association to perform in the recent LISFA Suffolk Secondary Festival held at Hauppauge High School.

Working under the musical leadership of Mrs. Ashley O'Connor, they are (left to right in photo) Spencer Lee, Kai Hidaka, Aiden Weng, Ray Hidaka, Damian Perez and Clara Pedersen.

These talented students were selected on a competitive basis, with New York State School Music Association scores as the main criteria along with teacher recommendations.

 

Date Added: 2/13/2025

Connection, celebration and camaraderie were the catchwords for the Shoreham-Wading Rive School District ENL Family Night on Feb. 10.

Special Valentine’s crafts, a Polaroid photo booth, pizza, drinks and desserts from the recent PTO/PTA fundraiser were part of the festivities.

Hosted by ENL teachers Brendan Gilley, Jenny Hoey, Marcie O’Donnell and Marisa Zambrano and Director of Humanities Nicole Waldbauer, the event included a presentation on how love is celebrated around the world, with several students joining in and sharing their cultural celebrations.

Click here to view the Love in Every Language! slideshow.

Date Added: 2/11/2025

Shoreham-Wading River High School Advanced Science Research class students Julianna O'Neill and Sasha Seletskaya were invited to compete as regional semifinalists at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, a competition sponsored by the Department of Defense and the National Science Teacher Association. The symposium aims to encourage high school students to conduct original STEM research and publicly recognizes them for their outstanding achievement.

Sasha and Julianna each submitted a research paper and abstract from their original independent research in November. They were then invited to present their research at York College in Jamaica, Queens on Feb. 9.

Sasha presented her findings on the carbonaceous chondrite meteor she's been studying with her project “Chemical Characterization of Northwest Africa 12748: Comparison to Murchison,” and Julianna shared her data on microplastics found in snails with her project “A Characterization of the Different Types of Microplastics and Their Associated Heavy Metals in Tissue from Ilyanassa obsoleta in a Long Island Salt Marsh.”

“The girls did a fantastic job both in their presentations and in fielding questions from the judges,” science research teacher Dana Schaefer said. “We await results this coming week.”

 

Date Added: 2/11/2025