Hauppauge Middle School provides an education for students in grades six through eight living in Hauppauge…More and nearby areas of Smithtown. It promotes an educational philosophy based around the "R"s of learning: relationship, rigor and relevency. The school also requires its students to form bonds with the community based on a RICE framework: Respect, Impulse Control, Compassion and Equity.</p> <p>Hauppauge Middle School is a team-teaching school that follows a nine-period schedule. It offers a student assistance program, comprehensive counseling center, intramurals for sixth-grade students and competitive interscholastic teams for seventh- and eighth-graders.</p> <p> </p>

Gersh Academy's Hauppauge center, the "I Am I Can" middle school and high school, provides educational and vocational…More training for children with spectrum disorders. Its philosophy is a student will do well if they can, not if they want to. Classes are tailored to individual students' needs and interests. Courses of study include New York State Regents diploma, Advanced Regents diploma, college-bound courses and vocational training. Gersh Academy also offers a life skills program that teaches hands-on cooking, gardening and shopping through a school store with the objective of teaching children to be fully independent.</p> <p> </p>