Hampton Bays Public Schools

12/16/2024

Hampton Bays Elementary School first grade students celebrated the holiday season with their annual “Holidays Around the World,” a festive annual production staged for family and friends. Dressed in colorful holiday outfits, each first grade class stood to recite facts and poems about the various holidays they had studied in class. They also entertained the audience by singing holiday songs.

12/13/2024

Congratulations to the Hampton Bays varsity cheerleaders on their third-place finish at their first competition of the season at Westhampton Beach High School on Dec. 7. This is the first time the team has placed in the past five years. The team is led by senior captains Eden Spellman and Maddie Warn.

12/13/2024

Members of the Hampton Bays Elementary School K-Kids service club recently hosted a successful drive to collect warm coats for those in need. All items will be donated to local community members in need.

12/12/2024

The kindergarten hallway at Hampton Bays Elementary School has been transformed into a holiday wonderland with a theme of Downtown Disney. Teachers and their students worked to bring the vision to life over the past several weeks. Each class created elaborate displays outside their classroom that depict shops from Downtown Disney. There is a Starbucks, Mini Mouse bake shop, Pineapple Dole Whip shop, art and clock stores, and more. Students dressed in their holiday best on Dec. 11 to celebrate the completion of the hallway.

12/11/2024

Hampton Bays Elementary School fourth graders recently learned more about the lives and history of Native Americans during a special presentation by Journeys into American Indian Territory.
Through the interactive workshop, students explored a Native American museum featuring artifacts such as clothing, dolls, pottery and a longhouse replica. They also listened to traditional Native American stories.

12/10/2024

Tonight's Board of Education meeting can be viewed on YouTube beginning at 7PM.

Hampton Bays High SchoolTuesday, 12/10/24 @ 7:00 PMHampton Bays High School

12/10/2024

Hampton Bays Elementary School students recently spent time penning holiday cards to Hampton Bays alumni who are serving in the military. Cards will be sent to Korea, Qatar and Washington state, among other places. Students also made cards for patients at the local VA hospital.

12/05/2024

The Hampton Bays High School Class of 2025 will host a Breakfast with Santa event on Saturday, Dec. 7 from 8:30-10:30 am. See attached flyers for additional information.

12/05/2024

This week Hampton Bays High School was proud to host Southampton Town Police Department Sergeant Tim Wilson and SRO Tony Vecchio for a series of workshops with all students in grades 9-12. The sessions focused on bullying, hate crime awareness, and making positive choices.

We’re grateful for their time, expertise, and dedication to helping our students grow into informed, compassionate individuals. Thank you for making a difference in our community!

12/04/2024

During the annual Suffolk County Volleyball Coaches Association awards dinner, several Hampton Bays School District players were recognized with awards. Also honored was Alexis Fotopoulous, who was named Junior Varsity Coach of the Year.

The Hampton Bays School District extends its congratulations to the following girls volleyball players:

Honorable Mention All-League: Kenzie David and Madysen Frederiksen
All-League: Brianna Arroyave, Julia Brandes, Shea Egan, Taylor Meyers, Asha Pensa-Johnson and Kirra Schoerlin
All-Classification: Julia Brandes and Asha Pensa-Johnson
All-County: Asha Pensa-Johnson
All-County Tournament: Julia Brandes and Asha Pensa-Johnson

12/02/2024

Enjoy these highlights from November.

11/22/2024

Reminder: No School Nov. 27-29.

11/21/2024

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association has recognized eight Hampton Bays High School fall athletic teams as Scholar-Athlete Teams.
To earn the recognition, 75% of each team was required to hold a GPA above 90%.
The Hampton Bays School District extends its congratulations to the boys and girls cross-county teams, girls varsity volleyball team, girls varsity soccer team, girls varsity tennis team, boys varsity golf team, the football team and cheer squad.

11/20/2024

Hampton Bays High School sophomore Willem Sarkis was selected to perform in the High School Honor Band at the prestigious New York State Band Directors Association Symposium in Syracuse this March.

Sarkis, who plays the bassoon, earned the honor based on his performance at the New York State School Music Association Solo Evaluation Festival last spring.
Sarkis has been playing the bassoon since the fifth grade. He performs on the instrument in his school’s band and plays the saxophone in the jazz band. When not performing, Sarkis participates in his school’s Interact Club and Peer Educators Program. He also wrestles on his school’s team.

The Hampton Bays School District extends its congratulations to Willem on this noteworthy achievement.

11/18/2024

The fall sports season has wrapped up in the Hampton Bays School District with several high school athletes and teams earning accolades. The district congratulates the following:

Football
All-County: Nate Donahue
All-Division: Agron Bytyqi, Nate Donahue, Michael Single, Brayden Talmage
2nd Team All-Division: Michael Gutierrez, Josh Reyes, Peter Scelfo

Boys Soccer
All-League: Alan Cruz, Giorgi Sinchi
All-Conference: Edi Cabrera, Nick Osorio
Academic All-County: Gio Calieca
JV Coach of the Year: Kenny Caal

Girls Soccer
All-League: Brianna Farrell

Girls Cross-Country
First Team All-League, All-Division: Sofia Galvan

Girls Tennis
All-League: Melody Arebejo, Meghan Peterson
Division 4 Team Sportsmanship Award: Svetlana Datsyuk
Division 4 Varsity Coach of the Year: Tracey Carey

Girls Volleyball
Qualified for playoffs and made it to the county semifinals

11/15/2024

To thwart va**ng, Hampton Bays High School collaborated with the Suffolk County Department of Health Services to host a two-week V**e Out program.
As part of the program, presenters from the health department spoke to students about the significant impact va**ng can have on the teenage body. In addition, the school’s peer educators hung posters, delivered daily announcements on the dangers of va**ng and created a presentation that they made to their peers during health classes.
The school’s peer educators are trained to create and conduct presentations to high school, middle school and elementary school students on important topics such as bullying, being an "upstander" rather than a bystander, making good choices and other character education topics.

11/14/2024

The members of the Hampton Bays Elementary School service organization K-Kids recently donated $200 to the American Cancer Society as part of their annual breast cancer awareness fundraiser. They raised the funds by selling breast cancer awareness bracelets and pins to fellow students, teachers and administrators. Students and staff also wore the color pink on Nov. 1 in honor of the cause.

11/13/2024

In its mission to take history out of the textbooks by honoring local veterans, the Hampton Bays School District paid tribute to Bruce Docher during an annual fourth grade Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 8. The students both celebrated Veterans Day and honored Docher, who is being recognized at the school by having an American flag flown in his honor throughout November. Docher is the 80th veteran to be honored by the district since 2011.

As part of the ceremony, held at Hampton Bays Elementary School, students read Docher’s biography, spoke about the importance of Veterans Day and sang patriotic songs. Also in attendance were local officials.

After graduating college with a history degree in 1970, Docher decided to join the United States Navy and serve his country. Like so many other East Enders, he headed for Navy boot camp at the Great Lakes Training Facility in Illinois. While there, he and his fellow enlistees concentrated on learning as much as possible about being a U.S. sailor and demonstrated their accomplishments with his Company 214 being awarded the title of the Color Company. This recognition meant they were the outstanding company in that training cycle.

After basic training, Docher attended Basic Electricity and Electronics School and completed the U.S. Navy Fleet Sonar School (Ocean Systems) in Key West. The equipment he studied and learned to operate was part of the SOSUS (Sound Surveillance System) network of sonar detectors positioned in the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans to detect Russian submarines sailing out of Russian naval bases.

After receiving an honorable discharge from the Navy, Docher returned to school and attended the University of Oregon and Southampton College, studying marine science. In 1993, he received his Master of Business Administration in quality management from Dowling College.

His new career included working in state-of-the-art technology in word processing, digital photographic applications, high-resolution scanners, imaging setters, and transitioning from older business technology to information age technology. He worked in technical call centers with companies like AT&T, Olympus and Linotype. He also had expertise in the field of human engineering that required him to manage and develop training materials addressing rightsizing, hiring and transferring personnel. He finished his career working as an electrical inspector for Nassau and Suffolk counties for 11 years with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW Local 25).

At one point in his career, Docher served as a legislative assistant on Long Island, working on the advancement of solar energy. His contributions to society and the community continue today. He is active with St. Rosalie’s Church, the Boy Scouts of America and the American Legion Post 924, for which he serves as the “post adjunct.” He lives in Hampton Bays with his wife, Christine, of 47 years, with whom he has two sons and three grandchildren.

To read Docher’s full bio, visit https://www.hbschools.us/district/flag_ceremony.