The Sachem Central School District is the second largest

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by population on

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and among the biggest suburban school districts in

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, United States. Founded in 1955, the district now encompasses residents of the

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of Holbrook, Holtsville and Farmingville, as well as some parts of the Incorporated Village of Lake Grove and the CDPs of

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, Ronkonkoma, Nesconset, New York, Nesconset, Bohemia, New York, Bohemia and Bayport, New York, Bayport. As of 2011, its district office is located in Lake Ronkonkoma at Samoset Middle School.

Enrollment

As of 2015, Sachem School District has nearly 15,000 students enrolled annually.

School colors

Sachem School District's colors are red, black and gold. Though each school uses the same fight song which starts out with "Here's to Red, Black, and Gold...", since the split in 2004, Sachem High School North has used black and gold while Sachem High School East uses red and gold as its principal colors. Both schools proudly kept the Sachem team name "Sachem Flaming Arrows".

Reconfiguration

As voted upon by district constituents in 1999, the district built two new schools and reconfigured its current schools at the start of the 2004-2005 school year. The elementary schools, which formerly housed grades Kindergarten through 6th, are now K-5. Seneca and Sagamore junior high schools (formerly grades 7 and 8) became middle schools (grades 6 through 8). The former Sachem High School South, the 9th and 10th-grade facility, was converted into Samoset Middle School. Sequoya was built as a fourth middle school for the purpose of reconfiguration. Sachem High School North, formerly home to all 11th and 12th-grade students in the district became a 9-12 facility for students in the western and northern portions of the district. Sachem East was built as a 9-12 facility for students in the southern and eastern portions of the district. Sachem East is also the second largest suburban high school in New York state.

District Cuts

On September 16, 2015, the Sachem School District Board of Education voted to cut custodial staff, athletics, clubs, and other extracurricular activities in order to reallocate $2.5 million for Special Education services and worker compensation costs. The board declined to cut $345,000 in Kindergarten aides. Changes will affect over 14,000 students across the district. Three months later, on December 17, Sachem School District announced, due to declining enrollment and a $1.3 million budget gap, that it would close down Sequoya Middle School as well as Tecumseh and Gatelot Elementary Schools.

Schools

Elementary schools

*Cayuga *Chippewa *''Gatelot (Closed 2016)'' *Grundy *Hiawatha *Lynwood *Merrimac *Nokomis *Tamarac *''Tecumseh (Closed 2016)'' *Wenonah *Waverly

Middle schools

*Sagamore Middle School *Samoset Middle School *Seneca Middle School *''Sequoya Middle School (Closed 2016)''

High schools

*Sachem High School East *Sachem High School North

Unbuilt

In addition to the schools mentioned above, a number of schools were once proposed, but never built.

Board of education

As of the 2020-2021 school year, Sachem's school board consists of the following members:

Notable alumni

*Jon Bellion – singer, songwriter *Dalton Crossan – former NFL running back for the Indianapolis Colts and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers *Ryan DeRobertis – (A.K.A. Skylar Spence) electronic musician *Captain Kirk Douglas – Guitarist and singer *Jumbo Elliott (American football), Jumbo Elliott – professional football player *Karen Ferguson-Dayes – soccer player *Neal Heaton – professional baseball player *Keith Kinkaid – professional ice hockey player *Maria Michta-Coffey – Olympic race walker *Jeff Ruland – professional basketball player *Vince Russo – professional wrestling writer *Marc Sebastian – fashion model, stylist, and activist *Douglas M. Smith – New York State Legislator *Joe Scally – soccer player

References

External links

Official Sachem School District Website
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