Unlikely story as Fighting Irish walk-on is impressive and unique It was the fall of 1976. Sachem soccer was practicing at the same time as the football team on a regular busy day behind the […]
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Sachem’s 1979 County Championship Baseball Team Remembered
Reunion brought back players from around the country to celebrate 40 years later It has been 40 years since Sachem won its first Suffolk County baseball championship, but to those guys it felt like yesterday […]
Pete Creedon, Sachem Original, Passes
Sachem teacher, coach left his mark on school district after 33-year career Pete Creedon, one of Sachem’s original teachers, who spent 33 years working in the school district, has passed away. He was 90. Among […]
Sachem Building History: Grundy Avenue Elementary
An occasional piece about the foundation of buildings in the Sachem Central School District To accommodate Holbrook’s growing student population at the time, construction of a new elementary school was authorized in 1955. Grundy Avenue […]
#SachemTBT: The Met and Lincoln Center Send Reps in 1968
#SachemTBT: In the winter of 1968 Sachem High School students were treated to a performance of “The Barber of Seville” by the Metropolitan Opera Studio, an arrangement with the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts. Figaro […]
From Ruland and Graebe to Kaz and Atkinson, Sachem’s Rich NCAA Tournament History
You probably knew about Jeff Ruland and Iona in the tourney, but did you know Sachem had others play on college basketball’s grandest stage? If there was ever a golden age of basketball in Sachem […]
#SachemTBT: Reading at Hiawatha in 1968
Old school images for new school eyes #SachemTBT: Throwing it back to 1968 when second and third grade students at Hiawatha Elementary listen to Miss Susan Sidney during story time! #TBT #Sachem
#SachemTBT: Summer Enrichment in 1967
The latest image from Sachem’s archives … #SachemTBT: Throwing it back to 1967 when these kids were reading during Sachem’s summer enrichment program which was held at the “Waverly Avenue Elementary Summer Center.” This is […]