A Message from Terrence Clark
Superintendent of Schools

I hope all of you are having a great summer vacation with your families! It has been a busy summer here in the district with lots of great things happening including BOCES Summer School, Discovery, Exploratory Camp, Technology Camp, SAT Camp and the Summer Reading Project.

We are getting ready for the new school year. As a result of the community's approval of a capital spending project, we had a great deal of construction take place this summer. Bathrooms have been renovated, the JFK Auditorium is in the middle of being renovated (and is looking quite nice!), boilers have been installed, tennis courts have been resurfaced, the entrances to JFK and Kramer Lane have been spruced up, locker rooms at JFK had a complete makeover and the BHS lobby has some nice stonework being installed. Thanks very much to our custodial and grounds crews for working so hard to get the buildings clean and ready for all of us. They have had to work around many obstacles!

On the instructional side, thanks to the dozens of teachers who have worked on new curriculum initiatives this summer. New textbooks have arrived for new classes and SmartBoards have been installed in just about every classroom at JFK and BHS and new computers have been installed in just about every elementary classroom. We have hired some great new teachers and teacher assistants and will introduce them on the first day.

I am looking forward to this new school year and I want to thank everyone for making my first year as Superintendent so pleasurable. The students, parents, faculty, clerical staff, custodial staff, and Administrators have all been terrific in their support. I say it all the time, but I consider myself privileged to serve as Superintendent of the Bethpage Schools..

Terrence Clark
Superintendent of Schools

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