In June 2024, 6 students, 2 chaperones and district personnel travelled to Normandy, France to experience the 80th celebration of D-Day in person, as guests of the Patton Legacy Sports Foundation.
Locust Valley HS students and staff share their first hand accounts of travelling to Normandy, France for D-Day 80.
In 2023, through our longstanding relationship with Operation Democracy, The Patton Foundation learned of our town, Locust Valley, NY and the unique relationship, as sister cities with Sainte Mere-Eglise in Normandy, France. The Patton Legacy Sports Foundation entrusted Locust Valley School District to host the first, state-side Remembrance Bowl, played at our Homecoming on September 23, 2023. In addition, we also created a K-12 Remembrance Project Curriculum that will link American history specifically WW2, patriotism and understanding of what Americans sacrificed for freedom throughout the world linking traditional academics and athletics.