A Message from Terrence Clark
Superintendent of Schools
I consider myself very fortunate to be the new Superintendent of the Bethpage Schools! I often say that I have one of the best jobs in the country. I am surrounded by great students, a terrific faculty and an outstanding staff. The parents of Bethpage have always been very supportive of educators and I look forward to working with them as we chart our future together. We are all grateful to the members of our Board of Education who devote so much of their free time to bettering the lives of the children of this community.
We have just finished our first full year of Full Day Kindergarten and it has been a huge success. The reading scores of our Kindergartners are higher than ever before. In addition, we have undertaken a tremendous initiative with our 21st Century Scholars' Program. Both the high school and the middle school students have responded with great enthusiasm and we have received national attention for this innovative program. Our students and staff have presented at local and national conferences and we will be featured this fall in Educational Leadership magazine. And the best is yet to come!
Newsweek magazine ranked Bethpage High School number 267 out of the 27,000 public high schools in the nation. And we again won recognition as the Most Philosophical School in America. We continue to create new venues for our students to demonstrate their abilities. The Center for the Performing Arts is home to wonderful concerts and plays for all schools and now the Athletic Complex being built by the Town of Oyster Bay will allow girls' and boys' lacrosse, girls' and boys' soccer, track and football players to compete in a world-class facility. Thanks to all the officials in the Town of Oyster Bay for working with us so closely, especially Supervisor John Venditto.
I am looking forward to the new school year. I hope we all appreciate how special a place Bethpage is- I know I do!
Terrence Clark
Superintendent of Schools
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