🎓Today we send off three truly remarkable graduates to their next steps – students who have given and grown in ways that have astonished and inspired us. Theirs are journeys that have already changed how we consider what’s possible at PCS. It is with immense pride and joy and admiration that we watch these graduates step into their futures, walking sticks in hand, grounded in the strength, spirit, and community they’ve cultivated during their time here. They are ready, just as we knew they would be. Because they’ve proven, time and time again, that this world holds something for them, and they’re ready to find it. And for our younger students, rising through the arch into new grade levels, today is theirs as well. They’ve explored and discovered, created and connected, gone into the field to research and returned home to dig deeper. They, too, are ready: for harder questions, bigger ideas, and all of the work and wonder that each new grade brings. So today we celebrate. Every step forward, every student rising, every way of growing, from our youngest taking their first big steps to our graduates taking their last steps here. Congratulations, PCS! 🌞🌳🌈❤️ Class of 2026 | Graduation | Next Steps | Progressive Education | North Fork, Long Island

🎓It’s time to celebrate our eighth grade graduates as they close this chapter of their PCS journey and become PCS alums. In looking back on what mattered most to them, how PCS shaped them, and what the students rising in their footsteps can carry forward, our grads showed us they are just who this school hopes to send into the world: reflective, resilient, compassionate learners ready to make a difference. S, O, and K, we could not be more proud of who you are becoming or more excited for where you are headed. Your bravery, your willingness to rise to a challenge, and your commitment to making your own place in this community inspire us all. You are, each of you, exactly your own beautiful selves. We’ll be watching you shine and welcoming you back every chance we get.

🌈 PCS Field Day 2026! They LOOOOOOVE this! And, we love making this classic our own. Teams that mix the littlest with the oldest. Games that work when everyone pitches in. And more emphasis on how you cheer than when you cross the finish line. So many thanks to Coach Will for knocking it out of the park AGAIN this year!🐴

The clearest proof of learning is a child who can take you through their own work, start to finish. At the Celebration of Learning, PCS students stand amidst everything they researched and built over the course of a trimester and explain how it works, why it matters, and what it taught them. Knowing something well enough to hand it to another person is a skill that will serve them well beyond the classroom. 🌊 PCS – you took 10 weeks of field experiences, research, writing, proposals, experiments, and problem-solving, and built it into something the community could walk through and breathe in. You carved out your own paths to learn about how we move through the water and how maritime life shapes communities like ours. And, as a school, you brought it all together into a living picture of the science, history, and culture of our area’s maritime industry. Thank you for your ambition and your steadfast pursuit of learning that goes deep, builds big, and engages students of all ages in meaningful, memorable work. 🚢 During this unit, you ventured into waters and onto shores across Long Island (and into NYC) to seek out shipwrecks, climb to lantern rooms, visit working harbors, find sea animals, comb museum artifacts, and steer ships. You studied the ferries that connect island communities, the birth and life of shark pups, the science of marine animal locomotion, the shipwrecks resting off our beaches, the history of whaling on Long Island, the lighthouses that mark our coastline, the mechanics of shipbuilding, and the centuries of maritime activity that shaped New York Harbor and Southold Town. We’re so proud of all that you’ve accomplished – there’s a Spanish galleon wrecked in 3rd grade! and a sweeping beacon in 4th/5th! – and of the roads you took to get here. You chased answers, overcame obstacles, and took your learning farther than we ever could have planned. This is the kind of learning this school was built for. Many thanks to everyone who joined us to honor these students’ learning. Your presence sends a clear message that their work is valuable and worth celebrating. Project-Based Learning. Progressive Education. North Fork

Holding onto that Celebration of Learning magic a little longer.✨ We’re so grateful to all the families and friends who joined us Thursday night to see a full trimester of student work up close. More to come from the Celebration in the days ahead!

🌊 How do you cross an ocean? How do harbors shape our communities? How do animals move through the water? As our trimester of maritime transportation study wraps, students are bringing their research home, giving shape to their learning, from field notes into finished builds, in preparation for the Spring Celebration of Learning. We’ve taken more than 20 trips this trimester, from Montauk to NYC, to seek answers and consult experts. Students have boarded sailboats, ferries, and research vessels, climbed into lantern rooms, and surveyed waterfronts – every firsthand encounter informing their project work back on campus. Now we have a Spanish galleon shipwrecked in third grade, lighthouses shining tall above bookcases, and barnacles hitching a ride on a whale in Kindergarten. At PCS, we learn out in the world as much as in the classroom, and we always make something from what we find. This is learning worth seeing, and we’d love to show you around. DM us to schedule a tour with our co-founder Liz Casey, or find us through the link in our bio. We’re available throughout the summer and enrolling for openings in pre-K through grade 8 for Fall 2026. Project-Based Learning, Hands-On Learning, Progressive Education, Cutchogue, North Fork, Long Island, Peconic Community School, Now Enrolling, Fall 2026.

🌞Your North Fork summer starts here! There’s still time to give your child eight weeks of outdoor play, hands-on making, and nature-centered discovery at Peconic Community School, one of the East End’s most respected independent schools. Days are spent largely outside on our 10-acre Cutchogue campus — exploring, building, creating, and playing freely. 🌿Whether you come all day for PCSummer, join Spark Sessions in the afternoons after sailing or swimming, or pick a weeklong specialty program for your older child — there’s a way to spend summer at PCS, and they’re all hands-on, unplugged, and designed to let your child lead the way. ⏱️Limited spaces remain — use the link in bio ⬆️ to register today. Know a family still looking to lock in their summer plans? Send this their way! ➡️ PCSummer 2026, North Fork Summer, Summer Program, Hands-on Learning, Nature Discovery, Real Skills, Real Adventure, Peconic Community School

Some of the most ambitious work our students do all year just wrapped.✨ The capstone is a signature project of the PCS Middle School: two years of independent work during which students explore topics of their choice through research, community partnerships, field work and mentorship, becoming experts of their study. This year’s topics ranged from graffiti and street art to local shark species, upcycling through sewing, powered orthosis, rowing, boating safety, and more. As part of their capstone, students also create a Community Action Project (CAP) undertaken in the second year — a way to take their learning and put it to work for others. This year, students taught younger students to upcycle old clothes into pillows, helped them build robotic arms out of LEGOs, and created a public brochure about the sharks in our local waters. We’re so proud of our 7th and 8th graders, for the project work they accomplished, for extending their learning to benefit their community, and for presenting their projects with such poise and expertise. This is just the kind of learning a PCS education is built on! Middle School Education, Capstone Project, Independent Study, Passion Project, Community Action, Peconic Community School.

Let’s get a swing set! We can do this, PCS! Thanks to your spirit and generosity we’re so close to a beautiful new wooden swing set for our playscape! Every gift — large and small — is welcomed and appreciated. Together, parents, grandparents, friends, staff, alumni and supporters, are transforming our campus for our students. This community is magical! Make your gift via the link in bio ⬆️ And watch us swing to higher heights!

✨It’s PCS Giving Day! Let’s come together for our students! Today, every gift will help bring a new wooden swing set to our outdoor playscape, a permanent fixture students of all ages will love for years to come. Our goal is 100% community participation. Whether you give a little or a lot, your gift will matter. Link in bio to give. ⬆️ Watch this space throughout the day as our students track the gifts on our giving thermometer! 🌡️

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27685 Main Road/PO Box 752, Cutchogue NY 11935(631) 734-8290
INFO@PECONICCOMMUNITYSCHOOL.ORG