Mr. Gelardi and his team from the Department of Environmental Conservation visited Ms. Sullivan’s seventh grade science class, bringing along tree cross sections for students to investigate. During the visit, students deepened their understanding of photosynthesis and tree growth while also reinforcing math skills such as measuring, averaging and calculating circumference. To make the experience even more memorable, they were joined by special guest, Darwin, an Australian blue-tongued skink!

Click here to view the Ronkonkoma Middle School investigates trees with the Department of Environmental Conservation slideshow.

Date Added: 3/21/2025

Ronkonkoma Middle School seventh and eighth graders in Ms. Pope, Ms. Atkins, Ms. Doherty, Ms. Perry, Ms. Flynn, Ms. McAleavey, Mr. Hauser, Ms. Halverson and Ms. Steininger’s math classes celebrated Pi Day by measuring the circumference and diameter of circular objects. Among the objects were Play-Doh, Oreos and cups.

The students measured each circular object and then divided the circumference by the diameter to obtain a value as close as possible to pi (3.14 centimeters). By measuring, the students realized it didn’t matter the size of the circle; any time a circle's circumference was compared to its diameter, the value divided to equal pi!

Click here to view the Ronkonkoma Middle School divides for pi on Pi Day slideshow.

Date Added: 3/17/2025

In celebration of Digital Learning Day on Feb. 27, Connetquot honored and recognized teachers around the district who are leading the way in utilizing and integrating digital tools, dubbing them “Digital Heroes”.

These educators have gone above and beyond to support their students and colleagues in navigating the digital learning landscape. Each building principal nominated one Digital Hero from their building who exemplified leadership, innovation and dedication to the integration of technology into the classroom. These educators not only use digital tools effectively but are also sources of inspiration and support for their colleagues.

Congratulations to Julia DeMaio (Idle Hour Elementary), Nicolette D’Ambrosio (Cherokee Street Elementary), Douglas Dos Santos (Oakdale-Bohemia Middle School), Alan Fertmann (Connetquot High School), Patricia Firenze (John Pearl Elementary), Ross Grandin (Connetquot High School), Jessica Grieve (Helen B. Duffield Elementary), Elizabeth Jonas (Edith L. Slocum Elementary), Christina Ladick (Sycamore Avenue Elementary), Lisa Manzo (Edward J. Bosti Elementary) and Debra Smith (Ronkonkoma Middle School) on being named Digital Heroes!

Each winner received a certificate of recognition and a free school subscription to Gemini for the remainder of the year, further supporting their efforts in digital learning.

Click here to view the Connetquot’s Digital Heroes slideshow.

Date Added: 3/3/2025

Ronkonkoma Middle School students in Mr. Black’s classes had a blast at the Long Island Nets’ Education Day, where STEM learning met the excitement of basketball! Throughout the game, educational questions appeared on the Jumbotron, and students had the chance to answer them live on camera and into the microphone.

Date Added: 2/24/2025

Students across the Connetquot Central School District have been making impressive strides in STEM, and their hard work has recently been recognized in several competitions!

On Jan. 25, Oakdale-Bohemia Middle School’s LEGO Robotics Team 3592 won the Robot Performance Award, where they earned 275 points at the FIRST LEGO League Robotics Qualifier held at Mineola High School. Congratulations to members Riley Barry, Daniel Ehlers, William Hackett, Javier Hernandez, Bradley Lamour, Zachary Snitkin, Xin Lei Sun, Gia Tehran, Jacob Tobal and their adviser Doug dos Santos.

Ronkonkoma Middle School’s LEGO Robotics Team 2652 tied for fourth place in robot performance, where they earned 190 points at the same competition. Great job to members Hartley Ahner, Brady Andreola, Bisaj Paul, Jake Ruggiero, Zoe Weissberg and to their adviser Anthony Carbonaro.

Under the guidance of adviser Laura Mongan, the Connetquot High School Science Olympiad team won five medals at the competition held over the Jan. 25 weekend at Hauppauge High School. The team is now ranked twentieth out of 63 schools.

Students Hajra Ahmed and Alessandro Romero came in seventh place in the Bungee Drop category, while Michael Fabbri and Fiona Gao came in seventh in the Dynamic Planet category.

Madison Holzmacher and Elaine Wang came in eighth place in the Geologic Mapping category as well as ninth place in the Microbe Mission category. Students Hannah Antony Raj and Jonathan Le placed 10th in the Electric Vehicle category.

The Connetquot Central School District is excited to recognize and congratulate these outstanding STEM students for their achievements!

Click here to view the RMS, OBMS & CHS students shine in STEM competitions slideshow.

Date Added: 2/3/2025