And so Chapter 1️⃣0️⃣ begins to unfold! Grateful to work alongside my friends, teach incredible middle school students, and be a member of the St. Martin of Tours School community! Hope everyone has the best year, YET! 📚✏️🍎

Each of our kids, and the adults that provide an incredible learning environment for them, are poised to achieve so much. Best wishes for the 2025-2026 school year, it’s going to be amazing! 👧🏽🍏🖍️📙.

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Welcome Back Buccaneers! As the first day of the new school year comes to a close it is my hope that our students, faculty, and staff had an incredible new beginning. From our littlest learners to our seniors, may this year be filled with exploration, learning, and #IslipPride!.

Grateful to the Buccaneer University program that supports our students so they can have a seamless transition! #IslipPride #IslipRising 📓📐✂️.

The @IslipHS Class of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣9️⃣ is about to kickoff their freshmen year with their orientation today! Wishing these Buccaneers well as they navigate the hallways, learn about their classes, discover new extracurricular activities, catch up with friends, and prepare for a new year!.

RT @KamalaHarris: The beginning of a new school year should be filled with excitement and anticipation. But today, it was marred by yet ano….

RT @BarackObama: We can't allow ourselves to become numb to mass shootings. What happened today in Minneapolis is heartbreaking, and Michel….

From school safety training, building faculty meetings, departmental trainings, review of the Islip Mentor Program, and classroom setup, they are prepared to welcome our students back next week! Thank for your commitment to excellence! 🍏.

Tomorrow, our @IslipUFSD faculty, staff, and administrators all return for Superintendent’s Conference Day! Wishing each of them well as they kickoff the 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣-2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ school year!.

RT @IslipUFSD: Dr. O’Hara, Islip’s Superintendent, checks in before the start of another impactful school year! #IslipRising .

So grateful to be opening up for Barbara Grace-Wilson at Samantha's Li'l Bit of Heaven Ministries tomorrow, Saturday, August 9, 2025. It will be a wonderful evening of music and remembering that we are loved by an Almighty God. Hope you are able to join us!. Psalm 96:1-2 🎶⛪️🌞

During the summer there is still so much taking place in our schools! Be sure to follow @IslipUFSD to learn more about the work of our custodial staff, the Extended School Year program, the Work Based Learning Program, the IBUC Shop, and more! 📗✂️✏️ #IslipPride #IslipRising.

The Board of Education will hold a public hearing on the Districtwide School Safety Plan prior to their meeting on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. The meeting will open at 6pm, with the hearing at 7pm in the @IslipHS Auditorium. Visit for more information! 🍏✂️.

RT @IslipUFSD: New Middle School Principal Meg Stern is excited for the upcoming school year. She has a summer message for students and fam….

You gotta love August. 🌞

RT @NYSEDNews: Statement from New York State Education Leaders on Supreme Court Decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor: http….

The presentation will also be live-streamed and recorded for those unable to attend. Hopeful that our community will find this session informative! 📙🖇️🖌️📕

In anticipation of the Board of Education adopting Policy 5695 “Students and Personal Electronic Devices”, in order to comply with recently adopted legislation, please consider attending the following presentation from the Islip Middle School and Islip High School administrators.

Keep singing and dancing everyone! So proud to be a member of this incredible community, thank you Jessica Burns Otto for bringing us all together! 🏔️🌴🎶

I am so blessed to have spent two weeks with such a dedicated team, volunteers, and terrific kids! From “True North”, where we learned to trust in Jesus regardless of anything life throws our way to “Weird Animals”, where we learned that God made us unique, our faith is strong!.