Community News
Riverhead Middle School students ‘pie’ staff to celebrate Pi Day
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.
Community News
Holocaust survivor shares her story and a message of hope with Riverhead students
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.
Community News
Brother of man slain in hate crime tells Riverhead Middle School students: ‘Think before you act.’
The brother of an Ecuadorian immigrant attacked by a group of teens and fatally stabbed on a Patchogue street in 2008 spoke to Riverhead Middle School students today about the consequences of bullying and hate. Here’s what he had to say.
Board of Education
Parents demand more security after weapons arrests at Riverhead Middle School: school board report
Riverhead parents are demanding increased school security after multiple middle school students were arrested on weapons charges last week.
Breaking News
Another Riverhead Middle School student is arrested on a weapons charge Monday morning
For the second consecutive school day, a Riverhead Middle School student has been charged with possession of a weapon. Police said they were notified this morning by middle school officials that they had confiscated a knife from a student.
Breaking News
Update: Two Riverhead Middle School students arrested on weapons possession charges, police say
Riverhead Police have charged two Riverhead Middle School students, one 13 and the other 14, with unlawful possession of weapons after school officials found a BB gun and two knives during a search Friday morning.
Board of Education
Riverhead High School to offer 10 new courses next year, while eliminating or modifying 8 others; course changes also coming to...
Riverhead High School will offer 10 new courses next year, while eliminating or modifying eight current course offerings. Here's a rundown of the plan unveiled at last week's school board meeting. Similar changes are in the works for the middle school.
Riverhead Central School District
Riverhead Middle School welcomes new assistant principal
Colleen O’Hara comes to the district from the Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District, where she served as principal of Hewlett Elementary School for the past four years and assistant principal for five years before that.
Board of Education
Oyster Bay-East Norwich administrator tapped to lead Riverhead Middle School
The Riverhead Board of Education at a special meeting last night appointed Joseph Pesqueira of Smithtown principal of the middle school, succeeding Stephen Hudson, who took the helm at Phillips Avenue Elementary School after the retirement of longtime principal Debra Rodgers.
Breaking News
Riverhead Police investigate alleged threat of violence by middle school student
Riverhead Police detectives are investigating an alleged threat of violence made by a Riverhead Middle School student yesterday morning and ask anyone with information to call police at 631-727-4500 ext. 312.