Last week Sachem North Valedictorian Fran Barilla said she would deliver a speech on graduation day filled with Sachem Pride. She wasn’t kidding. For nearly 10 minutes, Barilla gave an elegant oration about what it […]
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Sachem honors former BOE trustee during graduation
If you walk into the main entrance at Sachem High School North, you’ll notice the original building dedication plaque on the wall from 1969. For you Sachem aficionados, you’ll recognize the names Walter C. Dunham […]
Sachem East Valedictorian: “Graduation is not only an end, but a beginning”
Through all the speeches given during Sachem High School East’s graduation on Friday, the theme of “character” seemed to be a constant. More than 600 graduates and a couple thousand guests sat and listened about […]
Lincoln Center artists perform at Sachem High
Editor’s note: The following is an installment of an ongoing historical series about the Sachem Central School District. I have the great pleasure of exploring Sachem’s historic archives and bringing to light stories that have […]
Sachem hires first alums to teach in 1964
For the first time in Sachem history the faculty included district alumni in September 1964. An article in the August 1964 issue of “Sachem News,” published by the district’s board of education, welcomed five members […]
Happy 58th Birthday, Sachem Schools!
On April 21, 1955, citizens from Farmingville, Holbrook, Holtsville, and Lake Ronkonkoma voted to form a central school district, later known as the Sachem Central School District. Today is Sachem’s 58th birthday. Although these residents […]
Spacemobile exhibit visited Sachem in ’65
It would be another four years before man would step foot on the moon, but the space age craze in the 1960s was in full effect. In the spring of 1965 Sachem was afforded the […]
Sachem’s History from 1800-1947 Digitized
In looking at the headline above you’re probably wondering what history could possibly relate to the Sachem Central School District during the time period of 1800-1947. The district did not officially open until 1955. Kenneth […]