Smithtown Central School District

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Smithtown Central School District
Location
Smithtown, NY
US
Coordinates 40°51′58″N73°11′36″W / 40.86616°N 73.19345°W / 40.86616; -73.19345
District information
Type Public School District
MottoEducation is the difference between civilization and chaos
EstablishedEarly 1900s
SuperintendentDr. Mark Secaur
Students and staff
District mascotSmithtown Bulls
ColorsRed and Blue
Other information
ScheduleQuarters
Website www.smithtown.k12.ny.us

Smithtown Central School District is a school district in New York which serves residents in the Smithtown communities of Smithtown, Nesconset, Kings Park, and Saint James. Parts of neighboring Smithtown communities Ronkonkoma, Lake Ronkonkoma, Hauppauge, and Stony Brook are also served. The Smithtown Central School District can be found along the Smithtown and Saint James LIRR stations. Covering an area of 35 square miles (91 km2), SCSD serves approximately 10,000 students in seven elementary schools, three 6-8 middle schools, and two high schools.

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Current schools

Elementary schools

The Smithtown Central School District currently operates on seven elementary schools. Grades kindergarten to fifth grade are served in Smithtown CSD's elementary schools. The regular Smithtown CSD elementary school day lasts 6 hours and 5 minutes. Bus service from WE Transport Inc. and Towne Bus Corp. transports students from home to school and back within an hour from school starting and ending. There are no buses serving the elementary schools at later hours.

The elementary schools contain various clubs for elementary students to join, most before school, some after school. Students receive one teacher throughout the entire day (grades kindergarten to five), except for special classes (i.e. Physical Education, General Music, Art, Library Time).

The elementary schools in the Smithtown CSD are as follows:

Middle schools

The Smithtown Central School District serves students through three different middle schools. Grades six to eight are served in these middle schools. The regular Smithtown CSD middle school day lasts 6 hours and 43 minutes, from 7:50 am to 2:33 pm. Bus service from WE Transport Inc. and Towne Bus Corp. transports students from home to school and back within an hour from school starting and ending. Late buses are available for students staying after school for athletic events or other clubs. These buses are condensed from the normal amount and run at 4:10 pm and at 5:10 pm.

The middle schools contain a number of clubs for middle school students to join, most after school, with some before school. Middle schools in Smithtown contain several academic contests at an interscholastic level. There are athletic teams in Smithtown CSD's middle schools. Teams may be joined automatically or require one to audition in a try out. It is not unusual for a Smithtown sports team to go undefeated in a particular season.

Students follow a bell schedule of a forty-one-minute period, nine-period day. There is a four-minute transition between periods. The school runs on a quarter system, distributing report cards every ten weeks of the 40-week school year. Progress reports are distributed halfway into the ten-week quarter. (Progress reports contain comments that do not go to the final grade of the class as opposed to report cards which contain grades, citizenship markings and comments). The last week of the school year (a 41st week) contains seminars and final exams for these students, including New York State High School Regents Examinations for math and science honors students.

The middle schools in the Smithtown CSD were as follows:

In 1992, redistricting led to the consolidation of the three middle schools into Smithtown Middle School, a facility housed in what is now Smithtown High School East. The consolidated middle school contained all sixth, seventh and eighth graders in the Smithtown CSD. The student population grew again, which caused Smithtown Middle School to be split again, first reopening Great Hollow Middle School and then disbursing the rest of its students to Nesaquake and Accompsett Middle Schools when the high school split back into East and West.

Smithtown High Schools

The Smithtown Central School District serves students through the Smithtown High School on two different campuses, the East Campus in St. James and the West Campus in Commack. Grades nine to twelve are served in these high schools. The regular Smithtown CSD high school day lasts 6 hours and 43 minutes, from 7:20 am to 2:03 pm. Bus service from We Transport Inc. and Towne Bus Inc. transports students from home to school and back within an hour from school starting and ending. Depending upon the budget passed by the citizens, late buses may be available for students staying after school for athletic events or other clubs. These buses are condensed from the normal amount and run at 4:00 pm and at 5:00 pm.

The high schools contain many clubs for high school students to join, the great majority after school, and a few before school. High schools in Smithtown contain several academic contest interschool clubs, such as Science Olympiad, Political Awareness Club, DECA, and Academic Quiz Bowl. There may be athletic teams in Smithtown CSD's high schools dependent upon the budget. Teams may be walk-on or require a tryout depending on participation.

Students follow a bell schedule of a 40-minute period, nine-period day. There is a four-minute transition between periods. The school runs on a quarter system, distributing report cards every ten weeks of the 40-week school year. The last weeks of the school year (a 41st and 42nd week) contains and final exams for these students, including New York State High School Regents Examinations required for graduation.

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Smithtown High School West

The high schools in the Smithtown CSD are as follows:

The nickname for the athletic teams for both high schools is the Smithtown Bulls, a moniker adopted in the 1992 consolidation. Blue is the primary color for the Western Campus with red as the accent. Red is the primary color for the Eastern Campus with blue as the accent. Prior to the consolidation, Smithtown East's teams were known as the Indians and Smithtown West's teams were known as the Knights. Smithtown East's colors were red and white and Smithtown West's colors were blue and gold.

Former Smithtown schools

New York Avenue Junior High School

The building located at 26 New York Avenue was formerly a junior high school, which served students grades seven through nine. It served the middle-western portion of the Smithtown Central School District. Graduating students of the New York Avenue Junior High School would enter Smithtown High School (West). In its time, the New York Avenue Junior High School operated along with three other junior high schools in the district, Great Hollow Junior High School, Accompsett Intermediate High School and Nesaquake Junior High School. Today it serves its function as the district's central office, adult education programs, and board of education meetings. It is also known as the Joseph M. Barton building.

Smithtown Branch High School

Prior to the opening of Smithtown Central High School building in St. James in 1960, Smithtown High School operated out of the New York Avenue school building. At some point, before the opening of the Lawrence Avenue Elementary school, the New York Avenue building served as a K through 12 school.

Notable faculty

Walt Whitman taught in the Smithtown school district during 1837 and 1838 in a one-room school house and had 85 students on his roster although at the time attendance wasn't compulsory and the actual attendance was usually much smaller. [1]

Samantha and Richard Specht - Richard taught science at Great Hollow Middle School while Samantha teaches German at Smithtown High School East and Smithtown High School West. After the death of their 22-month-old son, Richard Edwin-Ehmer Specht "Rees" during the fall of 2012, they founded ReesSpecht Life, promoting Random Acts of Kindness. The foundation has distributed 750,000 "Kindness Cards" worldwide. [2]

Mr. Specht is also the published author of the children's book "A Little Rees Specht Cultivates Kindness". ReesSpecht Life, and its impact on the Smithtown Community and beyond, has been featured on Fox and Friends, Good Day NY, WCBS 2, WPIX 11, News 12 Long Island and Verizon 1, Good Morning America, Yahoo News, and multiple press publications worldwide. [3]

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References

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  4. ↑ "New Comedy Broad City Stars Former St. James Resident" (PDF). Our Town St. James. Vol. 27, no. 4. Graphics du jour, Ltd. February 2014. p. 22. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 19, 2021. Ilana Glazer, '05 Smithtown High School graduate and '09 NYU graduate...
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