The mission of the Farmingdale School District is to educate our students to become independent thinkers and problem solvers. It is our goal to empower each student to meet the challenges of tomorrow’s emerging world. The District will provide a safe, nurturing environment in which individual and civic responsibility is fostered, diversity is respected, and all students are enabled to realize their full potential.
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Wishing Everyone a Happy, Healthy New Year!
Farmingdale PTA Winter Blood Drive:
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Hours: 3:30 - 9:00 pm
Located at: Albany Avenue and Woodward Parkway Schools
For appointments call: 516-799-4685 (Karen)
 Online typing test and tutorials to help you learn the basic keystrokes. Practice and improve your keyboarding skills using Nimblefingers.com
Visit the Great Barrier Reef in Australia .....via the videoconference that was held at the June 4th Board of Education meeting at Howitt Middle School.
Click on the anemone fish to view the presentation.
Jim Hughes .....a Social Studies teacher at Farmingdale High School, was awarded the Distinguished Teacher Award for 2008 from the Harvard Club of Long Island.
Click Here For Jim Hughes Video Channel 12
Did You Know? ..... The business office goes through a competitive bidding process for all professional services
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The district has installed play areas at Woodward Parkway, Northside, and Albany Avenue using grant money from our local politicians. This summer the district is scheduled to complete the final play area at Saltzman East Memorial
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Farmingdale High School has eight different recognized chapters of the National Honor Society and inducted 219 new members in the 2007-2008 school year. Also, 25% of the student population at Farmingdale High School (504 students) are members of National Honor Societies
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Our students begin volunteer work at age four. One hundred pre-schoolers participated in a Trikeathon where they did laps to raise money for the Farmingdale Schools Family fund. The students were members of the High School Child Development Pre-School.
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The Farmingdale School District is audited twice per year: once by our internal auditors and once by our independent auditors. In addition, every check that leaves the business office is first reviewed and verified by a claims auditor.
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Howitt Middle School sent five teams to the Olympics of the Visual Arts competition in Saratoga. With 33 districts represented, Howitt teams earned First Place in three of the eight artistic categories.
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The Farmingdale High School wind ensemble was one of only two ensembles from Nassau County to perform the most rigorous Level 6 band literature at the 2008 NYSSMA Winter Conference in Rochester. Additionally, Howitt Middle School's chorus was the only middle school chorus in the county to perform level 3 music. Both earned NYSSMA's highest rating--gold, with distinction.
School Calendar 2008/2009
2009/2010 Legislative Proposals Lobby Brochure
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