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Superintendent spotlights student athletes, UPK and district goals at South Orangetown meeting
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Summary
The superintendent reviewed athletic achievements and academic initiatives across the district, highlighted a career day and UPK information night, and introduced a short video illustrating the district's four goals for students.
The superintendent delivered a broad report on district programs and student achievements at a South Orangetown Central School District board meeting, highlighting multiple recent athletic qualifiers and efforts to strengthen literacy, technology use and citizenship.
In athletics, the superintendent noted that Tappan Zee swimmer Lainie Bau won Section 1 titles in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle and will compete in the New York State championships, and that a 200-yard relay team (Lainie Bau, Kimmy Costanga, Alicia Bau and Paulina Chaplowski) qualified for state competition. The superintendent also congratulated senior Bridget Dunne for placing seventh at the New York State Class B cross-country championship and listed several student-athletes who signed national letters of intent to compete at Division I and II programs.
The report covered district-wide programming: staff recapped a middle-school career day that drew more than 30 volunteer speakers, described a well-attended universal prekindergarten (UPK) information night that explained provider choices and state grant funding, and summarized implementation of IMSE (Institute for Multisensory Education) literacy work at elementary schools. The superintendent said the district is emphasizing a "profile of the graduate," literacy across grade bands, responsible use of technology including digital citizenship and AI awareness, and character education tied to assemblies and school projects.
The superintendent also introduced a short SOCSD Connect video made by staff members that showcased building-level presentations of the district's four goals. "It's a great video, great job making it," the superintendent said, and thanked the staff and students who participated.
The presentation closed with encouragement to follow the district website and social feeds for more information on programming and events.
