Eastport-South Manor Appoints New Directors


Patrick Hayes | ESM School District

The Eastport-South Manor Central School District announced that Stacey Chiavola and Patrick Hayes have been appointed director of world languages, ENL and FLES, and director of health, physical education, and Athletics, respectively, for the 2024-2025 school year.

Mrs. Chiavola has worked at Dayton Avenue School as a grade 3-6 English New Language teacher since 2015. Before becoming an ENL teacher, Mrs. Chiavola served as a tenured fifth-grade teacher.

A Bohemia resident, Mrs. Chiavola received a bachelor’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Dowling College and a master’s degree in Education in Literacy from Long Island University.

Stacey Chiavola | ESM School District

A Sayville resident, Mr. Hayes currently serves as the director of athletics, health, and physical education at the South Country Central School District since 2022.

While a teacher in Longwood Schools, Mr. Hayes, who currently serves as head coach of the varsity boys basketball team, was named League 1 Coach of the Year twice and coached the team as two-time League 1 Champions. As head coach, Mr. Hayes also coached the junior varsity football team through three undefeated seasons and coached middle school boys soccer and varsity boys lacrosse, tennis and basketball.

Mr. Hayes is a 2007 graduate of Eastport-South Manor Jr.-Sr. High School and then pursued a Bachelor of Science in K-12 Physical Education at SUNY College at Cortland. He received a Master of Science in Liberal Studies and certification in coaching at Stony Brook University, as well as a Certificate of Advanced Study in Educational Leadership at SBU.

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