Westhampton Beach High School Science Club members took home five Top 10 medals from the Science Olympiad competition held at Hauppauge High School on Jan. 31.

Led by science teacher Dianna Gobler, the Science Club members excelled in a variety of scientific challenges against 65 teams from across Long Island. Jaslinne Blanco and Charlotte O'Brien took second place in Disease Detectives; Matthew Hernandez and Annabelle Najdzion earned fourth place in the bungee drop and seventh in Remote Sensing; Aidyn Beebe-Edwards and Patrick Reilly placed eighth in Entomology; Aidyn Beebee-Edwards and Brady Schultz earned ninth in Disease Detectives; Brady Schultz and Alex Vaz took 11th in Chemistry; and Charlotte Campbell and Alex Vaz placed 13th in Materials Science.

This was only the second time Westhampton Beach has competed as a team. They first competed last year after Science Club founder and president Emma O’Came created the team.

Date Added: 2/9/2026 

Westhampton Beach High School junior guard Kate Sweet surpassed 1,000 points in her high school basketball career during a game on Feb. 2 against Harborfields, where she scored 21 points, helping lead the team to a 68-46 win. Earlier in the season, Sweet was named to Newsday’s top 100 Long Island girls basketball players. She also holds All-County, All-Division, All-League and All-Conference titles.

Date Added: 2/6/2026

The Westhampton Beach School District extends its congratulations to 22 high school music students who were selected to participate in the Hampton Music Educators Association’s annual music festival. 

To participate, the students were nominated by their music teachers and then selected by the festival committee. They took part in several practice sessions and a final concert.

Congratulations to the following student-musicians: Jackson Caputo, Keith Figeuroa, Brett Geller, Emilia Harrington-Matros, Ruby Higinbotham, Cameron Hipp, Madison Klammer, Jordan Kolsin, Kaiden Kristinsson Bailey, Vincent LaGatta, Gage Matlock, Christian Naclerio, Channing O’Neil, Lucy Owens, Lucas Palmer, Catherine Robesch, Bella Ruggiero, Sam Sarocky, Marley Serrell, Grace Smith, Elizabeth Sultan and William Sultan.

 

Date Added: 2/5/2026

Two Westhampton Beach High School students have been named local winners in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 535’s annual Voice of Democracy essay contest.

Their stellar essays were written on the contest theme of “How are you showing patriotism and support for our country?”

Achieving honors in the Voice of Democracy essay contest were Nico Grazina and Elizabeth Sultan. 

 

Date Added: 1/28/2026

Several Westhampton Beach High School Digital Generation students earned top spots at the Digital Generation Final Presentation at Stony Brook University.

To achieve the recognition, the students worked in cross-district teams from across Suffolk County to develop innovative digital entrepreneurship projects. The Digital Generation program, administered by Eastern Suffolk BOCES and Stony Brook University, provides students with the opportunity to collaborate virtually using advanced technology while also earning college credit.

The Westhampton Beach School District extends its congratulations to the following students who earned honors:

First Place
Ava Borruso and Brianna Circo

Second Place
Charlotte Campbell and Marelin Chucuy Alvarado

Third Place
Andrew Lewis

Fourth Place
Luca Caumartin and Jude Dawson