- Source: Comsewogue School District
Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union School District (pronounced Kom-sah-wohg) is located in Port Jefferson Station, on the North Shore of Long Island, in Brookhaven Town, Suffolk County, New York, United States.
The district office is attached to Norwood Ave. Elementary School. Richard T. Brande retired as Superintendent after the 2005-06 school year and was replaced by deputy superintendent Shelley Saffer. The deputy superintendent was former Comsewogue High School principal, Dr. Joseph Rella until 2010, when Shelley Saffer retired and Joseph Rella became Superintendent. Former Comsewogue High School principal, Jennifer Reph, then became deputy superintendent.
Comsewogue comes from a language used by the Setalcott or Setauket Native Americans who were native to the area. It means place where several paths comes together.
Schools
= Elementary school (K-2;3-5)
=K-2
Norwood Elementary School (Opened 1965), Became a K-2 school in the 2012-2013 year
Clinton Avenue Elementary School (Opened 1968), Became a K-2 school in the 2012-2013 year
3-5
Terryville Road Elementary School (Opened 1962), Became a 3-5 school in the 2012-2013 year
Boyle Road Elementary School (Opened 1971), Became a 3-5 school in the 2012-2013 year
Other
Comsewogue Elementary School (Opened 1921) Closed
= Middle school (6-8)
=John F. Kennedy Middle School (Opened in 1965 as a Junior-Senior High School, with grades 6 through 9, adding grades 10, then 11 and 12, each in the three subsequent years, 1966-1968). Grades 7 and 8 beginning fall 1971. Grades 6, 7 and 8 beginning fall 1988.
= High School (9-12)
=Comsewogue High School (Opened in 1971)
Comsewogue Sports
Baseball - Suffolk County Champions (1970), State Champions (1982)
Softball - State Champions (1984)
Football- Rutgers/Suffolk County Champions (1990)
Suffolk County Champions(1994)
Suffolk County + Long Island Champions (1996)
Suffolk County Champions (2002)
Adam Mariano - Wrestling State Champion (1988, 1989)
Men's Lacrosse State Champions (1998, 2002)
Men's Soccer State Champions (2008, 2009)
= 2008
=Boys Varsity Soccer, Suffolk County Class A Champion, New York State Class A Champion
= 2009
=Boys Varsity Soccer, Suffolk County Class A Champion, Long Island Champion, State Champions
Alumni
Clinton Kelly from TLC's What Not to Wear.
Bill Klein from TLC’s The Little Couple
Tim Cummings
Kevin Cassese (lacrosse player)
Cpl. Steven J. Crowley (Marine guard killed in the 1979 terror attack on the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad)
James K. Lyons (film editor, screenwriter and actor)
R.A. the Rugged Man (hip-hop artist and filmmaker)
Nick Mamatas (author)
Nick Kiriazis (actor)
Robert Liberman (author)
References
External links
http://www.comsewogue.k12.ny.us/