Mr. Stephen Gordon has spent his entire professional career in the Bay Shore School District. In 2002, Mr. Gordon started his career as a third grade teacher in South Country Elementary School. Over the course of the following 11 years at South Country, Mr. Gordon served as a fifth grade teacher, a reading specialist, and a building Literacy Coordinator. In 2013, Mr. Gordon joined the administrative team at Bay Shore Middle School as an Assistant Principal. He spent two and a half years at the Middle School before accepting an assistant principalship at Bay Shore High School. In July of 2021, Mr. Gordon was appointed Principal of Bay Shore High School.

Mr. Gordon is a graduate of St. John’s University where he attended as a two sport student-athlete. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and a Master of Science in Reading.  Additionally, Mr. Gordon received a certificate in Educational Leadership from Stony Brook University.

Mr. Gordon believes in providing students with a well-balanced education that encourages individuals to challenge themselves academically, develop awareness of the control they have over the choices they make, and to strive to become the best version of themselves.