The Sachem Central School District Athletic Department is proud to unveil new turf baseball fields at Sachem High School East and Sachem High School North. District and building administrators joined both varsity baseball teams and coaches at their respective ribbon-cutting ceremonies to celebrate the opening of the fields.

“The creation of these fields have exceeded all expectations,” said Director of Athletics, Physical Education, Health and Health Services Gary Beutel. “They truly are state-of-the-art facilities, and the Sachem school district and community can look forward to using them for many years.”

The turf fields were approved by voters as part of a capital project proposition in 2023.

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Date Added: 5/2/2024

Sachem High School East students taking Mr. Jannace’s AP human geography course visited FoodLab at Stony Brook University’s Southampton Campus for a hands-on review of their unit on agriculture and rural land-use.

This unit can be difficult for students to grasp yet is an integral part of understanding the course and succeeding on the upcoming AP exam. The full-day visit included lectures, field work and station activities. It was created by Mr. Jannace and FoodLab Director Judiann Carmack-Fayyaz over the course of the entire school year to bring the unit to life with a differentiated and immersive experience.

Twelfth generation farmer, Jenn Dupree Halsey of the Milk-Pail Farm, spoke with students and brought farm life home. She even pulled out her phone to read off precision climatic information in each of her planting fields to show just how far we've come in the field of agriculture. Despite all the advances in technology, she emphasized that one still needs to have “eyes on the farm,” proving that we still need to have humans in the field. Additionally, Dr. Heather Lynch, Inaugural Director of the Collaborative for the Earth, shared opening remarks at the beginning of the day.

This was the first time Stony Brook Southampton hosted such a large field trip group at FoodLab – 66 students, along with Mr. Jannace, Mrs. Melandro, Mrs. Gearns, Mr. Gallo, and the amazing FoodLab team were present. The group got their hands dirty as they worked to remove a mountain of mugwort, extract large stones from vegetable beds and plant a long row of greens protected by insect netting in about 45 minutes!

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Date Added: 5/1/2024

Sachem High School East welcomed a unified basketball team this April. Unified basketball is an athletic team that provides opportunities for students in special education to play sports with their peers. Parents, staff and students packed the gymnasium at their first games to support both teams taking the court. The next home game is May 13 at 5 p.m. in the Sachem East main gym – come on out and support!

Date Added: 4/30/2024

Seventeen students from Sachem High Schools East and North displayed their artwork in the Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts Juried Invitational High School Exhibition. Three Sachem students received awards for their work. North senior Anna D’Arcangelis was awarded second place in the mixed media category. East junior Lena Gonnotta won The Olivia and Harlan Fischer 2nd Best in Show Award. East senior Robert Pizzingrillo earned the Jacqueline C. Palmer Award, which also considers a teacher’s recommendation and a student statement detailing the student’s future goals.

The Bay Area Friends of the Fine Arts provides Long Island communities with music, fine arts and cultural events. The High School Exhibition celebrates the student talents and provides a platform for young artists to display their works.

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Date Added: 4/17/2024