The new flag football program at Elwood-John H. Glenn High School, led by team captains Molly Brigmati, Christina Munch and Nicole Savitsky, is off to a successful start. Savitsky and Class of 2024 graduate Lauren LaMena had approached Athletic Director Dave Shanahan in January 2023 to propose that the school start a flag football team. In 2024, it became an intramural sport. This year, a varsity team of 21 girls was formed, coached by Craig Ash, for a 16-game season. In the team’s very first game on March 26, the Knights defeated East Hampton by a score of 27-6.

“It’s a first-year program for everyone, and not many people knew anything about football, so it was a great opportunity to learn a different sport and build the team,” Munch said.

“It felt amazing to finally get on the field and know because of us, flag football was brought here for the first time,” Savitsky said. 

“I think it was good for us, because although we obviously had a lot of questions, we really worked as a team,” Brigmati said. 

“What I told the girls is, as a first-year program, I really just want to just make the playoffs,” Ash said. “It’s a long season, but we will just take it day by day and keep getting better.”

“More importantly than winning a game is developing the life skills of working hard, trying something new and stepping outside your comfort zone, and they really have embraced that,” Shanahan said. “We are so proud from an administrative and teaching standpoint. Coach Ash has done an outstanding job bringing the girls together around him, working them hard, but having fun at the same time. I appreciate the parents for all of their support as well. They really came to the forefront and gave a great push in a positive manner to help the district get the sport of flag football.”

Date Added: 4/16/2025

In alignment with the K-5 Digital Proficiency Plan and the effort to align the library with the classroom curriculum, second graders at Harley Avenue Primary School were hard at work during March learning Google Slides. To do this, they created presentations on Women’s History Month. Each student chose a prominent woman in history, and librarian Lindsey Merrow provided them with a biography on their chosen person. For this project, they spent several weeks taking notes on their person’s early life, accomplishments, obstacles and fun facts, then turned those notes into Google Slides presentations. 

During the creation of the presentations, the students – most of whom had never used Slides before – learned to insert text boxes; change font size, color and type; insert backgrounds, images and shapes; use the camera tool; and crop and rotate photos. During the first week of April, the second graders presented their Slides to their classmates. 

“I am so incredibly proud of their hard work,” Merrow said. 

Date Added: 4/16/2025

A dozen dedicated student-musicians from Elwood Middle School and six from James H. Boyd Intermediate School recently performed at the Suffolk County Music Educators’ Association West Division I and II All-County Festivals. The concerts took place on March 9 at Northport High School.

Accepted for SCMEA were Sienna Boremski, Maddy DiLeone, Kailyn Dowlatram, Aaron Edwards, Theresa Gulino and Melanie Shek from Boyd; and William Brchnel, Nora Brzezinski, Daniel D’Angeli, Lukas Davis, Raho Kim, Sasha Kushnir, Allison McKenzie, Madelyn Moreno, Logan Ouziel, Camila Quirogas, Aren Saunders and Ella Zwang from EMS.

Date Added: 4/15/2025