Great Hollow ~ In the News

As Great Hollow winds down for 2024, we hope that your holiday season is filled with family, friends, joy and happiness. It is important to take some time to reflect on what is meaningful in our lives and to be thankful for what we have.

From our Great Hollow family, we want to wish you and your family the happiest of holidays and a healthy New Year!

We look forward to seeing everyone in 2025!

Mr. Scomillio, Mr. Macaluso and Mr. Russo

On December 5, Great Hollow Middle School honored students who embodied the spirit of what it means to be a GHMS student. These students have shown excellence in the classroom and throughout the school by showing good character, responsible decision making, and by going the extra mile to be kind and friendly. Congratulations to all of our award recipients! Click HERE to see a video recap of the ceremony!

Our winter concert series began on December 4, and finished on December 18, 2024. The band, the chorus and the orchestra gave beautiful performances under the direction of Mrs. Putnam, Mr. MacCarthy, Mrs. Jurlando, Mr. Lippman, Mr. Margolin, and Mr. Roth. Thank you to our music department for their hard work to get our students ready for these performances! Bravo!

Congratulations to our Artists of the Month, for December, from Mrs. Dean's art classes! Beautiful work!

6th grade: Nate Drinkwater

7th grade: Gauri Malhotra

8th grade: James Wichtendahl

Congratulations to our students who were Caught Being Kind for the month of December! Keep up the great work!

On December 17, sixth grade students were invited to stay after school to work on crafts and cards for the children who will spending their holidays at Stony Brook Children's Hospital. Students embodied the true spirit of the holiday season as they gave of their time and talents to design beautiful ornaments, cards and paper candy canes that will be distributed to the hospital in the upcoming days. Special thanks to our dedicated teachers who made this possible, especially to Mr. Hart, for coordinating it, and his helpers: Mr. Sillam, Mrs. Dean, Mrs. Jakubowsky, Ms. Nelson, and Mrs. LaRussa.

Congratulations to our Girls Soccer Team for receiving the highest cumulative GPA in the District for a middle school fall team. The girls are not only great athletes, but they lead by example in the classroom. Thank you, Dave Miller, and the Smithtown Booster Club for a wonderful ceremony!

Darcy delivered Candy Cane Grams to classes on December 18! Students enjoyed receiving their treats and they enjoyed the visit from Darcy! In turn, Darcy enjoyed all of the love and attention! Please click on the button below for a slideshow of pictures from her visits to the classrooms.

Please use the attached link to view the holiday edition of News from the Hollow! Past episodes may be found on the GH homepage and the GH Library website.

Happy Holidays from the Digital Media Team!

News from the Hollow, 12/20/24

The annual "Festive Sweater Contest" was December 19. We had many students join in the festivities this year! Students also voted for the best door decorations in the school. Congratulations to the following teachers who finished in the top five of the door decorating contest: Mrs. Ciota, Mrs. Dicpinigaitis, Mr. Thornton, Mr. Hart, and the Counseling Center.

Great Hollow's long time crossing guard, Miss Elizabeth, retired after 28 years of service as a crossing guard, spending 25 of those years at Great Hollow! Great Hollow gave her a warm thank you reception on December 19, 2024. Thank you Miss Elizabeth for keeping our students safe all of these years! Enjoy your retirement!

January 1 Happy New Year

January 2 School reopens

January 8 Rohan Murphy presentation for 6th grade

January 8 PTA Meeting 7pm, library

January 15 Brandon Lee White presentation for 7th grade

January 16 Band 8 to HSE and HSW

January 20 No School- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 24 End of Quarter 2

January 27 Quarter 3 begins

January 29 Lunar New Year- The Year of the Snake

January 30 CBT Simulation- Math classes

January 31 Popcorn Friday