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Massapequa’s Young Historians Explore The Path To Freedom

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Pictured: Berner Middle School seventh graders collaborated for a Breakout EDU activity about the Underground Railroad and by successfully solving clues, they learned if their historical figure escaped. Photo courtesy of the Massapequa School District Seventh graders are studying the causes of the Civil War in social studies classes at Berner Middle School in the […]
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Typing Makes A Comeback In Massapequa Schools

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Photos courtesy of the Massapequa School District Massapequa students are learning how to type and they couldn’t be happier. Not only are they learning a valuable and needed skill, but they are using an online resource filled with engaging games and competitions. TypingClub was recently launched for kindergarten through sixth grade students. Alison Morgan, the […]
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Massapequa Students Escape A Distant Past

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Photos courtesy of the Massapequa School District Sixth graders traveled back in time several thousand years to the Paleolithic and Neolithic eras at Berner Middle School in the Massapequa School District. Students took part in an escape room simulation to learn about the advancements of early humans. Library media specialists Laurie Martucci-Walsh and Julie Rogers […]
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Time For Some Classic Broadway At Berner Middle School

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Photo courtesy of the Massapequa School District To give her student-actors a classical theater experience, Director Katie Pearsall chose “Bye Bye Birdie” as this year’s musical production at Berner Middle School in the Massapequa School District. There will be two performances on Nov. 18 and 19. The cast includes 75 sixth, seventh and eighth graders. […]
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New Dean At Massapequa’s Berner Is A Familiar Face

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Photo courtesy of the Massapequa School District Kristen Meoli, a speech therapist in the Massapequa School District for the past seven years, has been named dean of students at Berner Middle School. Ms. Meoli has worked as a speech-language pathologist at six of Massapequa’s nine schools, including Massapequa High School’s main and Ames campuses, the […]