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Riverhead Middle School

Riverhead Middle School has approximately 695 students in grades 7 and 8. Andrea Pekar, Principal, 631-369-6759 Riverhead Middle School 600 Harrison Avenue Riverhead, N.Y. 11901 Visit Riverhead Middle School's website.

Riverhead Middle School’s first culture night draws big crowd, celebrates community

by Mar 27, 2026
Riverhead Middle School’s first World Language Culture Night brought students, families and food together Thursday night.  

Riverhead chef Jerry Dicecco hosts middle school French club culinary field trip

by Feb 11, 2026
Chef Jerry Dicecco hosted the Riverhead Middle School French Club for a culinary field trip, serving up frog legs, escargot, moules-frites and crème brûlée to 8th graders.

Riverhead Middle School students get front seat to launch of weather satellite

by Jul 15, 2024
Riverhead Middle School students got a front seat to the launch of a weather satellite during a trip to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Riverhead Middle School students ‘pie’ staff to celebrate Pi Day

by Mar 14, 2024
Riverhead Middle School students celebrated Pi Day on Thursday by splattering their teachers and administrators with whipped cream. The event raised $804 for the middle school PTO.

Holocaust survivor shares her story and a message of hope with Riverhead students

by Jan 14, 2024
Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal-Lazan spoke to Riverhead Middle School students about life as a Jew in 1930s Nazi Germany, her time in a Nazi death camp, and life after being freed as World War II ended. “I hope that you prevent our past from becoming your future,” she said.

Riverhead Middle School students featured on local radio show

by Apr 29, 2021
Riverhead Middle School eighth grader Neliann Rivera Hernandez and seventh graders Julissa Molina Lima and Ashley Solorzano were featured on the radio...

New drumming program at Riverhead Middle School

by Apr 21, 2021
Students at Riverhead Middle School are learning to play the Tubano drums in their new drumming program lead by music teacher Lauren DeMarzo.

Riverhead Middle School students achieve the NYS Attorney General’s Triple “C” Award

by Mar 27, 2021
Riverhead Middle School students Ella Kaparos and Christian Vande Wettering were awarded the NYS Attorney General's Triple "C" Award on March 23....

Riverhead Middle School students learn how to make a face mask

by Jan 21, 2021
Students at Riverhead Middle School learned how to sew a basic face mask during their family and consumer sciences class.

Riverhead Middle School staff member tests positive for COVID-19

by Sep 22, 2020
A Riverhead Middle School instructional staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. Twenty-nine students who were in contact with the staff member were instructed to stay home today and tomorrow, pending further guidance from the county health department,