Shoreham-Wading River High School junior Isabelle Scherl wowed the Board of Education and members of the community at the April 8 meeting with her recitation of “What Baking Can Do,” a poem she penned. Isabelle was commended by Director of Humanities Nicole Waldbauer for her first-place win at the school’s Poetry Out Loud competition and her subsequent move to the state competition where she was named a runner-up.

In the words of English teacher Jennifer Nazer, Isabelle is truly “a dynamic whirlwind of creative energy.”

Date Added: 4/10/2025

Shoreham-Wading River High School Senior Skylar Hunt was honored at the April 8 Board of Education meeting for her exceptional journalism work.

Director of Humanities Nicole Waldbauer lauded Skylar for receiving a Quill Award at Adelphi University Press Day. The award was for best sports story for her reporting on the Thanksgiving Day Race honoring the legacy of SWR Coach Paul Koretzki. 

Students in the journalism class and club attended the event with English teacher

Vincent Ball. Additionally, the editors of the Wildcat Pause — Giovanna Aceto, Lukas Brand, Ayla Kops and Alyssa Wood — accepted the third-place award

for best newspaper layout at Press Day, as noted by Mrs. Waldbauer.

Date Added: 4/9/2025

Shoreham-Wading River High School’s United States History and Government students celebrated their Immigration Unit with a “Taste of Immigration Food Fest.”

Students worked with family members to create dishes from their ethnic backgrounds. Many of these dishes were family recipes.

“We had foods ranging from cannolis from Italy to Byrek Me Spinaq from Albania,” social studies teacher Erica Scully said.

While preparing the dishes, students also learned personal stories from their families' own immigration journeys.

Date Added: 4/7/2025

Congratulations to the Shoreham-Wading River High School student musicians who shared their talents at the 2025 Suffolk County Music Association’s rehearsals and concerts in March.

They are Grace Gallagher, Kai Hidaka, Mairead Jaffe, Connor Kaleita, Aliana

Kurz, Ian Margiotta-Watz, Kate McQuade, Emily Minetti, Theodore Misawa, Timothy Nigrel, Clara Pedersen, MacKenna Ryan, Hayden Shea, Aiden Weng, Mia Wentz and Tim Worthington.

Thank you to our wonderful high school music educators Dennis Creighton, Kevin O’Brien and Ashley O’Connor for guiding these amazing students on a path of musical excellence!

Date Added: 4/7/2025

Thank you to the Shoreham-Wading River High School Community Relations class and teacher Erica Scully for the successful fundraiser they completed.

The class partnered with Long Island Lending a Helping Hand, based in Rocky Point, to collect toiletry items for those in need. Collection boxes were placed in all buildings in the School District. The Community Relations class students organized the event, picked up the boxes and dropped them off at the organization.

Date Added: 4/4/2025