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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 Masques present ‘Beetlejuice JR.’ this weekend

by Feb 6, 2025
The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in "Beetlejuice JR.," the "frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon." Friday and Saturday at Riverhead High School.

Governor considers smartphone ban in schools. What does Riverhead school policy look like?

by Sep 25, 2024
Gov. Kathy Hochul is formulating a plan for the state to regulate — and possibly ban — the use of smartphones in schools, citing the harmful effects of personal electronics and social media on attention and mental health.

New principal for Riverhead Middle School: School board Sept. 10 meeting wrap-up

by Sep 11, 2024
Kellyann Parlato, an assistant principal at Riverhead High School, will start as the new middle school principal on Oct. 1. She's replacing Joseph Pesqueira, who was recently hired to be a principal in Kings Park.

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.

Brother of man slain in hate crime tells Riverhead Middle School students: ‘Think before you act.’

by Nov 20, 2023
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.

Parents demand more security after weapons arrests at Riverhead Middle School: school board report

by Jun 15, 2023
Riverhead parents are demanding increased school security after multiple middle school students were arrested on weapons charges last week.

Another Riverhead Middle School student is arrested on a weapons charge Monday morning

by Jun 12, 2023
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.