William Floyd High School News

William Floyd High School News


Dec 17, 2024

Tragic Loss Stuns Community

“Incident: Man Killed in Motor Vehicle Crash,” read the dispatch from the Suffolk Police. “Location: Sunrise Highway, 1½ miles east of Horseblock Road, Shirley. Date/Time: Friday, December 13, 2024 at 1:37 p.m.

Dec 16, 2024

Beloved William Floyd Coach Killed in Car Crash

Coach Sumpter lived in Shirley and was “a proud William Floyd graduate, a longtime community member, a family man, and a highly-regarded coach and mentor for our boys’ and girls’ basketball programs. He served as an assistant basketball coach on the boys’ varsity team since 2015, and as a volunteer for the youth of the community for many years before that,” said the William Floyd School District on their website..

Dec 13, 2024

William Floyd Schools Adds Metal Detectors After Gun Incident

District Takes Pro-active approach to keep students safe.

Dec 6, 2024

Ja’Quan Thomas Runs Away With The Joe Cipp Award

William Floyd's junior running back Ja’Quan Thomas has won the coveted Joe Cipp award.

Dec 6, 2024

Suffolk Players Take Home Honors

This week the Suffolk County Football Coaches Association awards dinner at the Hyatt Regency in Hauppauge, awards were given out to the premiere players in the county.

Dec 6, 2024

Wm. Floyd High School Holds 1000-Coat Drive

William Floyd High School is at it again doing good deeds for the community. The William Floyd United Teachers (WFUT) recently hosted the second annual 1,000-coat giveaway.

Dec 4, 2024

It's A Bet

With New Yorkers setting a new record in the month of October betting on sports it should come as no surprise that making the game 'a little more interesting' appeals to the masses.

Dec 4, 2024

Two Heavyweights Slug It Out For The Long Island Championship

This Saturday night we had a rematch in the Long Island Championship game between the defending champions Massapequa and the team that upended last year, William Floyd.

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Investors Throw Millions at Suffolk

The sale of $350 million in Tax Anticipation Notes at 2.94% and $46.4 million in Refunding Serial Bonds at 2.66% was reported by Comptroller John Kennedy. He attributes the impressive number of bidders to the county’s improved credit ratings which resulted in healthy competition, and significant cost savings for the residents of Suffolk County.


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History Comes Alive at Military Museum

The museum is the dream of the nearby Rocky Point VFW Post 6249 membership, whose stories are befitting of the many heroes depicted in the gallery’s hallowed halls. There’s museum advisor Joe Cognitore, the post’s commander, whose Army service in Vietnam earned him a Bronze Star with a “V” for Valor.


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Fort Sumter Pilgrimage Explores Family’s Civil War Legacy

Following the War of 1812 with Britain, President Andrew Jackson realized the need to strengthen the new nation’s coastal defenses, especially to protect the Atlantic entrance to Charleston, the south’s busiest port. Millions of tons of Massachusetts granite created an island at the confluence of the Ashley and the Cooper rivers where none had been before