Sachem Central School District is one of the largest school districts by population on Long Island

Long Island

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 and among all suburban school districts in New York

New York

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, United States. Founded in 1955, the district now encompasses residents of the Census-Designated Places

Census-designated place

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 of Holbrook

Holbrook, New York

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, Holtsville

Holtsville, New York

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 and Farmingville

Farmingville, New York

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, as well as some parts of Lake Grove

Lake Grove, New York

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, Lake Ronkonkoma

Lake Ronkonkoma, New York

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, Ronkonkoma

Ronkonkoma, New York

Ronkonkoma is a census-designated place on Long Island in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 20,029 at the 2000 census...

 and Nesconset

Nesconset, New York

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. Its district office is located in Holbrook.

Schools and Locations

Sachem Schools currently have nearly 15,000 students enrolled annually.

School Colors

Sachem School District's colors are red, black and gold. The school fight song starts out as "Here's to Red, Black and Gold..." Since the split, Sachem High School North uses principally black and gold while Sachem High School East designated red and gold as its principal colors. Both schools proudly kept the Sachem team name "Sachem Flaming Arrows".

Reconfiguration

As voted upon by district constituents in 1999, the district built two new schools and reconfigured its current schools at the start of the 2004-2005 school year. The elementary schools, which formerly housed grades Kindergarten

Kindergarten

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through 6th, are now K-5. Seneca and Sagamore junior high schools (formerly grades 7 and 8) became middle schools (grades 6 through 8). The former Sachem High School South, the 9th and 10th grade facility, was converted into Samoset Middle School. Sequoya was built as a fourth middle school for the purpose of reconfiguration. Sachem High School North, formerly home to all 11th and 12th grade students in the district, became a 9-12 facility for students in the western and northern portions of the district. Sachem East was built as a 9-12 facility for students in the southern and eastern portions of the district. Sachem East is also the second largest suburban high school in New York state.

Schools

Elementary Schools

• Cayuga
• Chippewa
• Gatelot
• Grundy
• Hiawatha
• Lynwood
• Merrimac
• Nokomis
• Tamarac
• Tecumseh
• Wenonah
• Waverly

Middle Schools

• Sagamore Middle School
• Samoset Middle School
• Seneca Middle School
• Sequoya Middle School

High Schools

• Sachem High School East
• Sachem High School North