Sachem School District
school district in the U.S. state of New York
The Sachem Central School District is the second largest school district by population on Long Island and among the biggest suburban school districts in New York, United States. Founded in 1955, the district now encompasses residents of the census-designated places of Holbrook, Holtsville and Farmingville, as well as some parts of the Incorporated Village of Lake Grove and the CDPs of Lake Ronkonkoma, Ronkonkoma, Coram, Medford, Selden, Centereach, Bohemia, Sayville, and Bayport in Suffolk County.
Enrollment
As of 2015, the Sachem School District has nearly 15,000 students enrolled annually.
School colors
Sachem School District's colors are red, black and gold. Though each school uses the same fight song which starts out with "Here's to Red, Black, and Gold...", since the split in 2004, Sachem High School North has used black and gold while Sachem High School East uses red and gold as its principal colors. Both schools proudly kept the Sachem team name "Sachem Flaming Arrows".
History
Early history and consolidation
In 1838, the North West school district was founded as the tenth school district of the Town of Islip. The district name was later changed to Holbrook in 1860, and served (as the names suggest) Holbrook in the northwest corner of the Town of Islip. The district was originally on the border of Islip and the towns of Smithtown and Brookhaven, the three towns Sachem serves parts of today. This district served much of what is today known as Ronkonkoma at first, known then as Lakeland.
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