Middle School Administration
At Plainedge Middle School our mission is to meet the individual needs of each and every one of our students. We strive to meet both their social/emotional needs as well as their academic needs. Outside of gestation, your children will grow more over their three middle school years than at any other time in their lives. This growth is both physical, in terms of sheer size, as well as social and emotional in nature. Given this growth, it is likely that an awkwardness may set in for a period of time. It is our job to nurture them through this period. We do that with an outstanding team of professionals, including three guidance counselors, a psychologist, and a social worker. It is our firm belief that not until a child is comfortable with themselves, will they be truly ready to learn. When they are truly ready to learn, our team of more than 70 teacher professionals can ensure that their individual academic needs are met and that they can make the necessary progress toward college and career readiness.
We pride ourselves on our rigorous common core curriculum that leads to regents level Algebra and Earth Science for more than ninety-seven percent of all eighth-grade students. We pride ourselves on the fact that when we present our eighth graders with their moving up certificates each June, that they are truly prepared to step up to far greater challenges.
Sincerely,
Mr. DeRiso
Brett Prochazka
Director of Facilities
Email: Brett.Prochazka@plainedgeschools.org
Phone: (516) 992-7470
The Facilities Department of the Plainedge School District has a primary objective of maintaining a safe and conducive educational environment for students and staff members. We collaborate with administrators, teachers, parents, community members, architects, construction managers, and contractors, to achieve this goal effectively. Our responsibilities encompass managing district capital projects, coordinating facility projects with external contractors, conducting long-term facility planning, ensuring compliance with building codes, conducting air and lead quality testing, managing utility services, overseeing pest control, handling mail services, and providing security services.
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Plainedge celebrates Law Enforcement and First Responders!
Please see the attached flyer to purchase your t-shirt to wear on May 29th! Proceeds will be donated to Detective Diller’s Family and NCPD FOUNDATION.
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Plainedge HS Drama Presents: Footloose! Don`t miss your chance to see this incredible performance!
April 18th & 19th at 7:00pm and April 20th at 1:00pm & 7:00pm
🎟️ Purchase your tickets by visiting PHSDrama.booktix.com
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🎶 We`re bursting with pride for our incredible music program! With over 2800 students that participate in one of our numerous music programs every year!
Our PHS Band did an incredible job at the Orlando Music in the Parks competition!
🔴 Concert Band - 1st Place in our division - Superior Rating
🔴 Wind Ensemble - 1st Place in our division - Superior Rating
🔴 Percussion Ensemble - 1st Place in our division - Excellent Rating
🔴 Jazz Band - 1st Place in our division - Excellent Rating
🔴 Wind Ensemble - Best Overall HS Band
🔴 Joel Rivera - Best instrumental soloist
🔴 Plainedge HS - Esprit de Corps award for best sportsmanship, citizenship, and spirit. This is only given to a single school at the entire festival and compares all schools across each division and age level, a truly coveted award.
Huge congrats to our talented musicians, directors, and everyone who supports our thriving music programs! #PlainedgeProud #MusicChampions #PHS #BAND #PLAINEDGEPRIDE #PLAINEDGEPROUD #CONGRATS #EspritDeCorps
🌍🤖Students coded their way through Earth Day challenges this morning at our amazing Student Robot Connection event at the Brian Moore Athletic Center. Thank you to our incredible STEAM Teachers, 5th graders, 8th graders, and high school volunteers who did a fantastic job serving as coaches for our 3rd graders!
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Our amazing Plainedge Special Olympics athletes are hard at work training for the Spring games on May 4th! Their dedication and enthusiasm is truly inspiring. We can`t wait to cheer them on as they showcase their talents and celebrate their accomplishments! #PlainedgeSO #Inclusion #Determination
Congratulations to our student-athletes who have committed to further their athletic pursuits at the collegiate level. This momentous commitment is a testament to their unwavering dedication, relentless effort, and outstanding achievements on and off the field. Congratulations to our athletes, their families, and coaches.
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Earlier this month Plainedge High School Seniors, Ashley Snyder and Safa Ghafoor competed over two rounds against 1000 students from across New York State. Safa earned 4th place in the New York State Science and Engineering Fair
Ashley Snyder wanted to explore the factors which might predict a patient being mistriaged in the emergency room. She found a dataset of anonymized patient data from an emergency room. She learned how to use machine learning – the same type used in large language AI models – to identify the patient complaints and diagnoses that were associated with mistriage. Ashley was able to demonstrate sex differences in complaints and diagnoses.
Safa Ghafoor wanted to examine whether reported disparities in organ transplants actually existed. Safa used a government database – OPTN – and built datasets organized by organ, sex, and race. She calculated a new measurement that normalized the resulting transplants to US Census data. Safa found that these new statistics showed that certain racial demographics received more or less organs relative to their proportion in the US population.
We are so proud of these two students for this outstanding accomplishment!
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Important information about the upcoming solar eclipse!
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The Plainedge Union Free School District is Hiring!
Please apply to join our team online at:
https://plainedgepublicschools.recruitfront.com
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On behalf of everyone here in the Plainedge Public Schools Central Administration, and the Board of Education, we wish you all a Happy and Healthy Spring Recess I and Holiday Season!
We look forward to seeing everyone back in school on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, and a reminder that on this day we will celebrate Autism Awareness Day 2024!
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