Author: Hal Gordon Brown

Sayville History Splash; Young couples at the junior prom!

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Guest Article; The Brave Art Teacher: Making the Contemporary High School Art Class Relevant to Your Students By Jodi Patterson

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Here is the update for today on Sayville High students who married Sayville High students… 362 marriages! Click below to view the list;

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Something fun for today… page two of the Blotter, May 21, 1942. Courtesy of Steve Larado, Class of 1969!

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Something fun for today… page one of the Blotter, May 21, 1942. Courtesy of Steve Larado, Class of 1969!

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We updated our Master Roster.

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The passing of William Bernard “Bill” Thieben, Class of 1952. Pro-basketball player and Educator.

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Two donations in memory of their Dad, Earle Cameron McCormick, Class of 1944

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Sayville History Splash; 50 years ago today! This Al Popely photo in the Suffolk County News appeared on April 29, 1971. How many of these alumni do you know?

We just found our 234th marriage! 468 Sayville alumni married!

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How we solved the mystery of Douglas Dybdal’s birth date.

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