Alumni Posts

Veteran Quiz: This Sayville High 1940 graduate enlisted in July 1943 and was called to active duty on September 28, 1943. She served as a US Army military police officer. Can you name her?

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Photographs for Alumni! “Loughlin Vinyard by Joe McGinny”

Sayville High Hallway, 1935, with a poem that fits! “For Those Who Walked With Us”

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Veteran Quiz: This Sayville High 1940 graduate spoke fluent French, served in the US Navy WAVES and is buried in Arlington Nation Cemetery. What is her name?

100 years ago… March 16, 1923

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Here is something unique and amazing! In 1935, every member of the Sayville high school graduating class signed their personal autograph within the confines of a large letter S”.

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Occasioanlly, people ask if a donation is needed to keep the Sayville Alumni Association going. Usually, the answer is no.

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Beautiful picture of Brown’s River looking south to Fire Island by William McCabe on 02-08-23

Dorothy Catherine “Dot” (Clift) Hughes, NASA’s “Human Computer, SHS Class of 1939.

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50 year post-graduation, class of 1972 friends cross-paths in Bangkok!

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Rose (Sanders) Leigh Manuell, Class of 1936 turned 104 years old just a few weeks ago, on December 31, 2022!

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Bruce Wallace was surely a hero. A 1959 Sayville High graduate, local lawyer and another American hero!

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Goodbye 2022!

Photo 4. Historical image courtesy of Mr. Brad Carpenter from the collection of retired SHS Principal Charles Carpenter.

We’re looking at an amazing group of Sayville HS alumni! Forwarded by Dr. James Bertsch. Courtesy of the Suffolk County News.

Photo 3. Historical image courtesy of Mr. Brad Carpenter from the collection of retired SHS Principal Charles Carpenter.

Historical image courtesy of Mr. Brad Carpenter from the collection of retired SHS Principal Charles Carpenter.

Brad Carpenter, son of Mr. Charles Carpenter, former principal at SHS shared these awesome pictures! Thank you Ginger Farrell, for passing them along! We will post another one tomorroww.

Merry Christmas to our troops!

A chilly morning in Sayville…

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