Schools
Riverhead students use ‘giving trees’ to collect gifts, make Christmas brighter for families in need
Christmas can be a stressful time for families going through hard financial times, but the students, staff and teachers of Riverhead's schools are helping them out.
Pulaski Street School
Pulaski Street School names Juneteenth Writing Contest winners
The winners of the Pulaski Street Juneteenth Writing Contest and their classmates were the guests of honor at an ice cream party in the...
Community News
Flag Day at Pulaski Street School: a social studies lesson in real life
A 30-minute Flag Day ceremony at Pulaski Street School brought 239 years of history to the fifth-graders.
Community News
Beloved Pulaski detention teacher Ronald Boyd dies at 70, former students share their memories
The former in-school suspension supervisor, known for hurling tootsie rolls at students and for his patience teaching the game of chess, impacted the lives of countless Riverhead children over his 14 years of teaching with his irresistible sense of humor, his booming voice and his meaningful lessons that his students would carry with them through the rest of their lives.
Pulaski Street School
Candy for the troops: Pulaski Street students collect more than 1,000 pounds of candy for U.S. soldiers
The candy will be sent to troops overseas along with handwritten letters and cards from Pulaski School and district elementary school students.
Community News
Local hero who threw himself on grenade in Vietnamese jungle is remembered for his courage
When they finally found the mangled ruins of the helicopter, scattered deep in enemy territory in the Vietnam jungle, everyone inside was already dead. It was 1969, and Garfield Langhorn was very far away from home.
Pulaski Street School
Pulaski Street fifth graders learn about the history of the American flag
Did you know that, when Francis Scott Key penned “The Star Spangled Banner” in 1814, he was really writing about an American flag with 15 stripes, not 13?
Community News
Gratitude a best seller at Pulaski: Students raise big money for cleft repair surgeries … selling rocks
Pulaski Street School students have raised more than $1,700 selling “gratitude rocks,” to help finance cleft repair surgeries for children around the world.
Riverhead Middle School
Christmas is over? Bah! Humbug! Not at Riverhead Middle School
Photos from the Middle Masques production of the Dickens’ Christmas classic, onstage this weekend at Pulaski Street School.
Pulaski Street School
Harlem Wizards’ Arthur Lewis Jr. brings laughs and motivation to Pulaski Street school
Arthur Lewis Jr., a point guard for the Wizards, paid a visit to Pulaski St. Elementary School Thursday morning and his message was loud and clear: "Dream big."