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One-Of-A-Kind Recycled Robots

LIMG May 8, 2024

Photo courtesy of Copiague School District In recognition of Earth Day, the first graders at Deauville Gardens West Elementary School in the Copiague School District created one-of-a-kind robots made of only of recycled materials. After learning about reducing, reusing and recycling

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East Islip’s Ruth C. Kinney Elementary School Celebrates Earth Day With A Walk And A Song

LIMG April 30, 2024

Photo courtesy of East Islip School District East Islip’s Ruth C. Kinney Elementary School celebrated Earth Day on April 19 with an outdoor walk. Afterwards, the entire school gathered to hear the fifth-grade chorus sing a special Earth Day song led by music teacher Danielle Post. Additionally, RCK recognized third grader Dylan Meyer, fourth grader […]

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Seaford Students Harbor Good Will Toward The Earth

LIMG April 22, 2024

Pictured: Fifth graders Jaxson Ishikawa, left, and Matthew Meenan, guided their kindergarten buddies Austin Portnoy and Brendan Barbaro through their paintings. Photo courtesy of the Seaford School District Seaford Harbor Elementary School students made a commitment together to help their planet. Kindergartners in Brooke DeSanto’s class were visited by their fifth grade

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Town & National Grid Team Team Up For Earth Day Beautification

LIMG April 22, 2024

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, Councilman Lou Imbroto and Receiver of Taxes Jeff Pravato celebrated Earth Day by joining more than 60 volunteers with National Grid to help beautify Ellsworth Allen Park in Farmingdale. Volunteers planted over 90 trees, shrubs, bushes and flowers throughout the park, including at the 9/11 Memorial, the Veteran’s Memorial […]

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Second Graders Celebrate Earth Day

LIMG April 17, 2024

Photos courtesy of the Three Village Central School District Second graders in Ms. Lenza’s class at Setauket Elementary School learned all about Earth Day during a joint project with science teacher Ms. Morseman and art teacher Ms. Muzzonigro. Students first learned about Earth Day and its importance, as well as the many steps they can […]

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For Earth Day, Free Trees Help Suffolk Residents Grow Savings

LIMG April 15, 2024

In honor of Earth Day 2024, PSEG Long Island and Suffolk County, in partnership with the PSEG Foundation and the Arbor Day Foundation, will provide more than 250 customers in Suffolk County with a free tree through the Energy-Saving Trees program. The program showcases how planting the right trees in the right location can reduce […]

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Legislator Anker Celebrates Earth Day With BNL & LIPA

LIMG May 1, 2023

Pictured: (Left to Right) Brookhaven National Laboratory’s (BNL) Manager of Environmental and Community Engagement Amy Engel, Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker’s Chief of Staff Dorothy Cavalier, and Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker. Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker and her Chief of Staff Dorothy Cavalier joined Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Long

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Oyster Bay Town Awarded $500K Grant To Expand Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

LIMG April 27, 2023

In celebration of Earth Day, Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilman Steve Labriola announced that New York State has awarded the Town of Oyster Bay over $490,000 in grant monies to expand electric vehicle charging stations in the town.  The largest grant allocated for a single Town statewide, this award recognizes the Town of Oyster Bay’s […]

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Celebrating Earth Day With A Beach Cleanup

LIMG April 26, 2023

Photos courtesy of the Fire Island School District Woodhull School students helped to make a difference during a recent project, which was done in collaboration with the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society. The students enjoyed learning about the litter pervasive problem on the planet through a morning assembly and how that connects close to home for […]

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Academy Street Peer Leaders Forge A Community Connection

LIMG April 21, 2023

Pictured: Members of the Academy Street Elementary School Peer Leaders club gathered on the baseball fields adjacent to the school to pick up trash in recognition of Earth Day. Photo courtesy of the Bayport-Blue Point School District Under the direction of co-advisers Ms. Abran and Ms. Zaleski, the Academy Street Elementary School Peer Leaders club […]

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Recycled Art In Honor Of Earth Day

LIMG April 4, 2023

Photo courtesy of West Islip School District In honor of Earth Day, students at Beach Street Middle School in the West Islip School District collaborated and created an ocean sunrise mural out of recycled bottlecaps. It took several months for the students to collect more than 2,000 bottlecaps, which were then cleaned and sorted into […]

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Port Jefferson Students Create Instruments From Recycled Materials

LIMG April 23, 2020

Students from Edna Louise Spear Elementary School experienced Earth Day in a different way this year, when they were encouraged to create musical instruments out of recycled materials. Music teacher Lisa Scrom asked the third, fourth and fifth graders to create an instrument from one of the four instrument families – percussion, woodwind, string or brass […]