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Winthrop Avenue School Writes To Pen Pals Across The Nation

LIMG March 8, 2024

Photos courtesy Bellmore Public Schools Winning Star Leaders at Winthrop Avenue School recently made new friends who attend schools across the nation as part of a far-reaching pen pal program. Third graders in Dawn McCardell and Elisa Braverman’s classes prepared a letter along with a small

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Fractured Fairytale Celebration

LIMG March 8, 2024

Photo courtesy of North Babylon School District Showing off their creativity and literacy skills, fifth graders in Ms. Dean’s class at Woods Road Elementary School in the North Babylon School District held a fairytale celebration on March 7. Dressed as some of their favorite fairy tale characters, students showcased their writing skills in front of […]

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Smithtown High School West Relay For Life Team Scores For Fight Against Cancer

LIMG March 8, 2024

Photo courtesy of Smithtown CSD They came. They saw. They scored. Students and faculty at Smithtown High School West hooped it up for a great cause on March 8. The Relay For Life team came up with the idea of a student versus faculty basketball game, and more than 60 people participated. More than $700 […]

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Passionate Teachers-In-Training Embrace North Bellmore’s Giving Spirit

LIMG March 8, 2024

Pictured: John G. Dinkelmeyer Elementary School student teacher Ryan Catalano organized a sports equipment drive with the fifth grade classes to collect items for children across the world. Photos courtesy of the North Bellmore School District A pair of aspiring teachers are inspiring students to help others at John G. Dinkelmeyer Elementary School in the […]

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East Islip Middle School Tech Students Construct Cornhole Boards For Gym

LIMG March 8, 2024

Photo courtesy of East Islip School District Students in Hal Kench’s technology classes at East Islip Middle School recently showcased their skills by constructing heavy duty cornhole boards for Laura O’Donnell’s physical education class. All materials were donated by the school’s Girls Leaders Club.

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Unleashing The Power Of Music

LIMG March 8, 2024

Photos courtesy of the Farmingdale School District The Howitt Players rocked the house with their electrifying rendition of School of Rock! Based on the hit 2003 film, School of Rock follows Dewey Finn, a failed musician who poses as a teacher at a prestigious prep school. He forms a rock band with his students while […]

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Classes Collaborate At Poetry Café In Deer Park

LIMG March 7, 2024

Photo courtesy of Deer Park School District Brittany Skrypek’s seventh grade English as a New Language class collaborated with Rachel Burkel’s Life Skills classes for a Poetry Café at Deer Park’s Robert Frost Middle School. Prior to the event, Skrypek’s students wrote ode poems inspired by Kwame Alexander’s “The Crossover.” Burkel’s class had visited Frost […]

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Birch Third Graders Dance Around The World

LIMG March 7, 2024

Pictured: Papa’s class performed the cumbia. Photo courtesy of the Merrick Union Free School District After learning about cultures from around the world during their history and English curriculum, third graders at Birch School in the Merrick School District worked on various dances during a five-day residency with an outside arts in education program. The […]