Author: Hal Gordon Brown

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sayville History Splash; This Sayville High classroom picture is the work of Mavis (Hall) Abernathy, Class of 1939. Mavis was born December 24, 1920, in West Sayville, Suffolk County, New York. After high school, she became a student at...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sunday Night Sayville History Splash and Quiz;   How many have passed through this exact "Gate to Tomorrow"? The drawing was made by Kenneth T. Miller, Class of 1939.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ted Comes, Henry Staab, and Colleen Driscoll-Caravella nailed it! Thanks, everyone for your comments, memories, and participation! Here is a nice article about Josephine Victoria (Martin) La Fountaine...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Today, we have a short video for you.   Sophia Bertsch, who will enter the 10th Grade at Sayville High School this year, interviews her father, Dr. James Bertsch, Sayville High Alumnus Class of '88.   Dr. Bertsch is running...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sayville History Splash & Quiz;   This lady graduated from Sayville High School and then taught for the Sayville School District for 48 years. Was that a misprint? No, she taught for FORTY-EIGHT years! Can you name this amazing lady?   I...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Child's identity not known at this time. The photo is courtesy of Mrs. Kathy La Capra. Thank you, Kathy![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sayville History Splash and quiz; Who is the Sayville High graduate named Miss New York State in 1968?[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]We wanted to share a sad post from Janet Donadio Cozza; "It is with deep and profound sadness that I am writing this post. Yesterday the world lost two beautiful, caring women. Both were valued employees of Sayville Schools,...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Greater Sayville community is as tight-knit a community as there is. Meet the people who made it that way.   Each week, James Bertsch will interview a local community member who has made a significant contribution to our...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Honoring the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives on behalf of our great nation on this Memorial Day.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" css=".vc_custom_1590252936582{background-color: #ddbaba !important;}"][vc_column css=".vc_custom_1590252813889{background-color: #dbdbdb !important;}"][vc_column_text]"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."   – Martin Luther King, Jr. As we approach the Memorial Day weekend, I feel...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]That's right! We will send you a link to click-on, then show you around the website. Just have a camera and microphone enabled device or computer. Send me a message with a date and time that is best...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Courtesy Kathy La Capra, here is her great grandmother's house on the right. It is depicted with its wrap-around porch and big bay window. It was originally a 2-family house. The bottom and top were identical.   Kathy's great grandparents...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]How do you like this "roaring twenties" dress and headband?   Our Sayville History Splash is courtesy of Kathy La Capra and here is the recipient of yesterday's 1917 Certificate of Promotion, Dorathea Magdalene (Van Wyen) Neal, Class of 1928.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] We are so impressed with Connetquot High School's principal, Mike Moran. Mr. Moran had an early video made that was heartwarming. Now this! What a fun time to bring the Connetquot High School T-Bird mascot and lawn signs to...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]We have an interesting "Sayville History Splash" today! Provided courtesy of Kathy La Capra is a 1917 Certificate of Promotion to grade 2a. It was issued to Kathy's great-grandmother, Dorathea Magdalene (Van Wyen) Neal, Class of 1928.    Thank...