Fifteen Hampton Bays School District Life Skills students shared the joy of the season during a special winter concert for families and staff. The performance featured a cheerful selection of holiday favorites, showcased through singing, hand chime arrangements and lively bucket drumming. The event highlighted the students’ hard work, musical growth and enthusiasm.

 

Date Added: 12/10/2025

Hampton Bays High School recently inducted 17 students into its Science Honor Society and 45 into its new Math Honor Society during a candle-lighting ceremony.

To earn membership to the Science Honor Society, students were required to maintain an unweighted GPA of 91.5 or better, earn an unweighted average of 90 or higher in a science course, score an 85 or higher on three science Regents exams and be enrolled in an Advanced Placement or upper-level science course. To earn entrance into the Math Honor Society, students must have completed all New York State math Regents classes, hold a 90 or higher GPA in those classes and maintain an overall 90 GPA.

The Hampton Bays School District congratulates the following inductees:

Science Honor Society

Seniors

Raquel Castillo Morocho, William Hurtle, Trey Scudder, Santiago Solorzano Angel and Matthew Zheng

Juniors

Samuel Blackburn, Jaime DePalma, John DePalma, Joshua Garnica, Andrew Guevara, Antoinog Haddock, Cristian Kearns, Nathan Kearns, Sebastian Martinez, Willem-Dakota Sarkis, Louis Stellato and Jose Vallejo

Math Honor Society

Seniors

William Barletta, Sumeja Bytyqi, Raquel Castillo, Matthew Cruz, Vasyl Eoin Datsyuk, Jacqueline Flores, William Hurtle, Eman Khalid, Lillyann Maffia, James Maroulas, Sarah Mendel, Taylor Meyers, Michael Nunns, Isabella Palma, Connie Penafiel, Nataly Pineda, Brian Reyes, Marcella Rezende Brandao, Leah Russell, Trey Scudder, Santiago Solorzano Angel, Franklyn Veliz Hernandez, Matteo Villano, Dennis Williams, Mackenzie Wilson and Matthew Zheng

Juniors

Samuel Blackburn, Lee Brumagim, Kira Clinton, Jamie DePalma, John DePalma, Joshua Garnica, Andrew Guevara, Antoinog Haddock, Cristian Kearns, Nathan Kearns, Sebastian Martinez, Emma Metz, Sophia Reyes, Amy Rojas, Willem-Dakota Sarkis, Cameron Schmidt, Emma Schultheis, Louis Stellato and Brayden Talmage

The fall sports season has wrapped up in the Hampton Bays School District with several high school athletes and teams earning accolades. The district congratulates the following:

Boys Volleyball

All-Division: Charles Patek

Honorable Mention All-Division: Angel Munoz, Andrei Quiros and Peyton Single

All-County Academic: Santiago Solorzano

Girls Volleyball

Honorable Mention All-League: Lily Billingham, Gracie Carvis, Grace Drake and Lorelei Palmieri

All-League: Shea Egan, Lillyann Maffia and Kirra Schoerlin

All-League/All-Classification, All-County Tournament: Madysen Frederiksen and Taylor Meyers

League VI JV Coach of the Year: Alexis Fotopoulos

Boys Cross Country

All-League, 2^nd Team: John Coulton

Football

All-County, All-Division: Michael Single

All-Division: Josh Reyes, Peter Scelfo and Brayden Talmage

All-Division, 2^nd Team: Kade Arkinson, Gabriel Difrancesco and Colton Shay

Boys Soccer

All-Conference: Edie Cabrera, Brandon Guevera

All-League: Jaysen Jiminez

Academic All-County: Maciej Lutzrykowski

Girls Soccer

All-Division: Brianna Farrell

Girls Tennis

All-Division: Melody Arabejo and Charlotte Summar

Team Sportsmanship Award, Division IV: Sofia Vaquero

To provide students with an opportunity to have their voices heard, Hampton Bays Middle School established a new student leadership initiative: Raising Student Voices and Participation.

Formulated by Principal Dennis Schug and Assistant Principal Jonathan DellaSperanza, the initiative asks students in grades 5-8 to provide thoughtful and meaningful feedback on their middle school experiences.

During the panel’s first meeting, students completed a survey and engaged in a discussion about their school’s food services. They evaluated everything from service to food quality. They overwhelmingly rated their cafeteria offerings highly and shared ideas for enhancement, including adding more flavor to the mac-n-cheese and incorporating a yogurt bar.

Meetings with the student leaders will continue throughout the school year, with students providing input on school culture, student needs and creative ideas for making improvements to their school.

“If we want a school that truly works for students, the best place to start is by listening to them,” said DellaSperanza.

 

Date Added: 12/5/2025

As part of a unit of study on news literacy, Hampton Bays Middle School fifth grade students recently visited Newsday’s headquarters. The students met with journalists, participated in a mock press interview for a fictional news story and toured the publication’s newsroom. They also explored multimedia spaces and learned about the importance of local news.

Date Added: 12/4/2025