Alumni Posts

The passing just yesterday of Gary M. Horowitz, MD. Class of 1970.

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Post-Graduation trips… Check out this trip! Class of 1957.

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The passing of Robert William Roth, Class of 2014

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The Middle East…

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585 marriages!

The passing of James Robert Smith, Class of 1969

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The passing of a beloved Sayville High Music teacher, Mr. George Morgan Seyfert

[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 saddened to learn of the passing of a beloved Sayville High Music teacher, Mr. George Morgan Seyfert, April 23, 1933 - September 3, 2023 (aged 90). We extend our sincere sympathies to Mr. Seyfert's family, friends, colleagues,...

The passing of Madeline Bernadetta (Rosa) Walsh, Class of 1954.

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The answer to yesterdays history mystery quiz! Frederick Fisher Hammond, Class of 1954

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A history mystery quiz!

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Could you help us find SHS alum, so we can keep in touch?

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The passing of Robert C. Lenz Jr., Class of 1978.

[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 width="1/2"][vc_column_text]We are saddened to learn of the passing of Robert C. Lenz Jr., Class of 1978. Robert was born June 12, 1959 in New York, USA and died September 4, 2023 (aged 64) in Ohio. We extend our sincere...

The passing of Sanford “Sandy” Philip Santoli, Class of 1967

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The passing of DeAnna Marie (Keating) D’Amelio, Class of 1984

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From the 1941 and 1987 archives; Anese Merri (Anderson) Ash, Class of 1941

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From the 1944 Archives; Thorfrid Regene Hansen, Class of 1939 joins the WAVES!

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From the archives; Was your lunch ever prepared by Edith (Ball) Gerdts, Class of 1941 and a beloved Sayville Schools “Lunch Lady”?

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From the 1939 archives! How many family names do you recognize here?

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The passing of Lee (Case) Frey, 11Aug1943 – 28Aug2023 (aged 80), Class of 1961.

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Three recent deaths; we learn of these events through family, friends and alumni who reach out to us.

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