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Comsewogue School District

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Type
  
Public

Superintendent
  
Joseph Rella

Colors
  
Blue and Gold

Founded
  
1874

Number of schools
  
6

Established
  
1874

District mascot
  
Warriors

Phone
  
+1 631-642-4300

Color
  
Blue and Gold

Website
  
www.comsewogue.k12.ny.us

Address
  
290 Norwood Ave, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776, USA

Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union School District (pronounced Kom-sah-wohg) is located in Port Jefferson Station, on the North Shore of Long Island, in Brookhaven Town, Suffolk County, New York, United States.

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The district office is attached to Norwood Ave. Elementary School. Richard T. Brande retired as Superintendent after the 2005-06 school year and was replaced by deputy superintendent Shelley Saffer. The deputy superintendent was former Comsewogue High School principal, Dr. Joseph Rella until 2010, when Shelley Saffer retired and Joseph Rella became Superintendent. Former Comsewogue High School principal, Jennifer Reph, then became deputy superintendent.

Comsewogue comes from a language used by the Setalcott or Setauket Indians who were native to the area . It means place where several paths comes together.

Elementary school (K-2;3-5)

K-2

  • Norwood Elementary School (Opened 1965), Became a K-2 school in the 2012-2013 year
  • Clinton Avenue Elementary School (Opened 1968), Became a K-2 school in the 2012-2013 year

    • 3-5

  • Terryville Road Elementary School (Opened 1962), Became a 3-5 school in the 2012-2013 year
  • Boyle Road Elementary School (Opened 1971), Became a 3-5 school in the 2012-2013 year

    • Other

  • Comsewogue Elementary School (Opened 1921) Closed

    • Middle school (6-8)

  • John F. Kennedy Middle School (Opened in 1965 as a Junior-Senior High School, with grades 7 through 9, adding grades 10, then 11 and 12, each in the three subsequent years, 1966-1968). Grades 7 and 8 only in the 1970s; grade 6 added later.

    • High School (9-12)

  • Comsewogue High School (Opened in 1971)

    • Comsewogue Sports

    Baseball - State Champions (1982)

    Softball - State Champions (1984)

    Adam Mariano - Wrestling State Champion (1988, 1989)

    Men's Lacrosse State Champions (1998, 2002)

    Men's Soccer State Champions (2008, 2009)

    2008

  • Boys Varsity Soccer, Suffolk County Class A Champion, New York State Class A Champion

    • 2009

  • Boys Varsity Soccer, Suffolk County Class A Champion, Long Island Champion, State Champions

    • Alumni

  • Clinton Kelly from TLC's What Not to Wear.
  • Tim Cummings
  • Kevin Cassese (lacrosse player)
  • Cpl. Steven J. Crowley (Marine guard killed in the 1979 terror attack on the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad)
  • James K. Lyons (film editor, screenwriter and actor)
  • R.A. the Rugged Man (hip-hop artist and filmmaker)
  • Nick Mamatas (author)
  • Nick Kiriazis (actor)
  • Bill Klein from TLC's The Little Couple

    • References

    Comsewogue School District Wikipedia
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