Announcements:

As you know, to date this winter, the Connetquot Central School District has utilized three emergency school closing days due to inclement weather. As our school calendar includes provisional make-up days in the event schools are closed for emergency reasons, please be advised of the following calendar changes. All Connetquot schools will now be open for student attendance on Thursday, May 27, Friday, May 28, and Tuesday, June 1, 2021. These dates were previously identified as emergency closure contingency days and connected to school break for Memorial Day weekend.   

With the continued chance for inclement weather in the weeks ahead, please also be advised that in the event of another closure this school year due to weather, all schools will pivot to fully virtual instruction, similar to the virtual practice day on November 30, 2020. This means that all K-12 students will learn from home by connecting to their Google Classroom accounts (or, in some cases, Seesaw accounts) in lieu of a traditional snow day. They will be required to follow their classroom/individual schedules and participate in activities as prescribed. Greater details about this pivot will be shared in the event such a plan needs to be enacted.

A select number of openings remain in the Connetquot Central School District’s free Universal Pre-K program for the 2020-2021 school year. Sites with current UPK openings include the Idle Hour and Slocum elementary schools as well as DDI and Early Discoveries.

To qualify for the program, students must be 4 years of age on or before Dec. 1, 2020. Any community resident interested in applying for their child’s enrollment is encouraged to do so as soon as possible. The remaining spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. A wait list for all locations will be maintained and activated should any further openings arise in the future.

As a reminder, this year’s program is following the hybrid model of instruction. For more information, call Connetquot Central School District Office of Curriculum and Instruction at 631-244-2215, ext. 3758.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has extended free meals for children through the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year. Details available here.