Our 8th Grade Dance will be held at Commack Middle School on Friday, June 7th, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m 

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The Moving-Up Ceremony will be hosted at Commack High School at 6:00 p.m. on June 25th.  

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CMS honored its "Science Superstars" in a ceremony after school on Wednesday.

Teachers each selected a member of his or her class who exemplified intellectual curiosity and an embrace of science.

Congrats to our winners ...

Sixth grade: Miles K., Dina D., Warren I., Matteo B., Sophiel L., Thomas K., Endre F., Joanna G.

Seventh grade:  Ciro A., Mihir R., Daniel N., Nathan G., Anderson M., Riley F.

Eighth grade: Buse S., Isaac K., Molly S., Omar A., Kaylie G., Dean D. and Jasil A.

Dr. Melissa Young-Dorn's art student at CMS, Isabella C., created an interdisciplinary painting, inspired by the famous mathematical artist M.C. Escher.  This piece will be installed in Mr. Cuff's classroom on the ceiling.

Commack Middle School students helped launch Police Week in Yaphank on Monday.

Students studying forensics and science history cinema and in leaders of tomorrow attended Day 1 of the week-long event at Suffolk County Police Department headquarters. In total, more than 1,000 students from across the county joined police officers at assorted stations during the opening morning. The SCPD then invited groups to a grandstand to watch an exhibition of police vehicles and police dogs.

The CMS students visited stations that included a mock crime scene and CPR and NARCAN training and spoke with pilots for a pair of SCPD helicopters. They got to see the inside of an ambulance, try on SWAT gear, use police robotics equipment and try to lift the jaws of life hydraulic rescue tool.

The Commack Schools family officially welcomed its newest member at Thursday night’s Board of Education meeting.

Victoria Hogan was appointed the next assistant principal at Commack Middle School.

She will succeed Frank Agovino, who is retiring at the school year’s completion.

Hogan has served for the past two school years as a district-wide instructional leader with the Mineola Union Free School District. In that role, her duties included collaborating with teachers and administrators on the creation and implementation of competency-based learning scales for kindergarteners through eighth graders as well as coaching new teachers.

“Her energy, enthusiasm and experience separated her from more than 200 applicants for the position,” assistant superintendent for human resources Scott Oshrin said.

Hogan earned a bachelor of arts in English with a minor in secondary education from Queens College, a masters in reading instruction from Goucher College and an advanced certificate in school building and school district leadership from The College of Saint Rose.

“The most exciting thing about being able to come to Commack is being welcomed into the Commack family itself,” Hogan said. “I’m excited to get to know everybody — the students, the staff, the community — and really make this my home.”

A transition plan is currently being implemented at CMS.

“We wish both Ms. Hogan and Mr. Agovino much luck and happiness as they begin the next journeys in their professional and personal lives,” Oshrin said. 

Suffolk County Police Department officer Jesse Levy is offering straight talk to CMS health classes this week.Officer Levy met with students in Donna Sita’s health classes on Tuesday, discussing vaping with eighth graders, bullying with seventh graders and internet safety with sixth graders.

Officer Levy impressed upon the sixth graders the importance of acting safely on the internet. He noted to never put identifying information on social media, such as full names, dates of birth in handles, or what school they attend.He also implored the students to turn off apps’ ability to track their whereabouts, such as disabling Snap Map’s share location feature.

Even when gaming, students must be careful, Officer Levy warned students. People pretend to be people they are not, play games against children, and start sending messages over time — perhaps waiting months or longer before trying to meet in person for bad intentions

“Don’t think it can never happen to you,” Officer Levy cautioned. “That’s the worst thing you can do.”

The Suffolk PD assigns officers as school resource officers. The role of the SROs are to act as a liaison between the school administration, students and the police department.

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