All of our Moving up and Graduation Ceremonies are being broadcast live over the internet.
You will need the Real Player to view the LIVE video stream on your computer.  
It can be downloaded by following the link below:

Click HERE for the Real Player Download

Click HERE to start the LIVE Stream on your Computer with the Real Player
Click HERE to start the LIVE Stream on your iPod/iPhone/iPad

Archived video will be available the morning after the event on each of the building's home pages under the announcements section.

Elementary:

MS/HS:

Please read the attached letter regarding the AP Community Forum Follow-up. 

The district is proud to announce that Earl L. Vandermeulen High School students received a collective score of 1,678 on the 2012 SATs, ranking the school No. 11 on Long Island and No. 2 in Suffolk County in SAT scores. According to statistics published by Newsday, the 92 Port Jefferson test-takers had a mean critical reading score of 556, math score of 573 and writing score of 549.

The announcement bolsters other recent rankings by Newsweek and the Washington Post, which named Earl L. Vandermeulen High School as a Best High School in America and a Most Challenging High School in the United States.

The calendar for the month of June 2013 has been revised for both the Earl L. Vandermeulen High School and the Port Jefferson Middle School.
 
First, the last day of classes for High School students will be on Thursday, June 6th rather than Friday, June 7th.  This date was changed to allow two days of final exams prior to the administration of the NYS Regents exams.  The other significant item is that the last day of classes for Middle School students will be on Tuesday, June 11th followed by five days of final exams.
 
The revised calendar for June has been inserted into the online district calendar and is posted in the announcements section of the website. Please contact me if you have any questions.
 
Sincerely,

Maureen Hull
Executive Director of Curriculum & Instruction

The district would like to welcome Lisa Scheffer, Ed.D. to the Port Jefferson school community. At a public meeting of the Board of Education in March, Dr. Scheffer was appointed executive director of pupil personnel services, effective June 1, 2013.

“I am very much looking forward to my new position and am excited to get to know the staff, community and families on a personal level,” said Dr. Scheffer. “I bring with me much experience and am eager to provide leadership and stability to the pupil personnel services department.”

Dr. Scheffer is certified in school district administration as well as school counseling. Her educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in psychology from New York University, a Master of Science in school counseling from the College of New Rochelle, a professional diploma in school district administration from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and a Doctorate of Education in educational administration, leadership and technology from Dowling College.

Dr. Scheffer comes to the district with a tremendous amount of experience, most recently as the director of pupil personnel services for the Sag Harbor Union Free School District, a position she has held since 2006, and as an assistant professor at Long Island University since 2011. She has served as an assistant coordinator to the Bilingual/ESL Technical Assistance Center at Eastern Suffolk BOCES, a project director and guidance counselor at Western Suffolk BOCES Wilson Tech, and an adjunct professor of undergraduate and graduate psychology at Five Towns College. Furthermore, she served as a bilingual guidance counselor for the Brentwood UFSD and the Lavelle School for the Blind, a NYSED 4201 school.

Dr. Scheffer will be replacing Carmen Iannotti who worked on an interim basis for the 2012-2013 school year. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Scheffer to the district, where she will surely be a wonderful addition.

High school students Danielle Grier, Leah Neiman, Alberto Rescia and Kent Ueno were recently notified that their preliminary scores on the 2012 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test met the requirements needed to enter the 2014 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students’ scores rank them among the top 50,000 highest performers with a selection index of 203 or higher. More than 1.5 million students participated.

Of the 50,000 high scorers nationwide, approximately 16,000 will be named National Merit Program Semifinalists and 34,000 will be Commended Students. The district will be notified of the students’ standings in September 2013. Semifinalists will have the opportunity to continue in the competition to be considered for one of the approximately 8,300 National Merit Scholarships.