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East Islip Fifth Graders Take On STEAM Tank Challenge

LIMG April 25, 2023

Photos courtesy of East Islip School District Fifth graders at East Islip’s John F. Kennedy Elementary School and Ruth C. Kinney Elementary School were contestants on STEAM Tank, a recent in-school spinoff of the television series “Shark Tank.” Students engineered and designed products to solve

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Reading Rocks For The Students At John F. Kennedy

LIMG March 3, 2023

Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District March 2 was Read Across America Day/Dr. Seuss’ birthday and the students and staff at John F. Kennedy Elementary School in the West Babylon School District celebrated in many different ways. Students played book bingo, participated in various activities in their library classes and the whole school participated […]

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Young East Islip Engineers Qualify At FIRST Lego League Challenge

LIMG February 16, 2023

The Lego Girls team of John F. Kennedy Elementary School fourth graders Jayne Elliott, Sonali Kamath and Antonia Rezza won first place for Robot Performance and their Core Values presentation at the FIRST Lego League Challenge qualifier. Photos courtesy of East Islip School District Two terrific teams of young robotics engineers from East Islip competed […]

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Elks Donate Dictionaries To East Islip Third Graders

LIMG January 10, 2023

Photos courtesy of East Islip School District East Islip’s John. F Kennedy Elementary School was the recent recipient of an Islip Elks Club donation of dictionaries for the school’s third graders. Elks representative John Tramposch visited the school to deliver a presentation on dictionaries and hand out a student dictionary to each third-grade class and […]

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John F. Kennedy Chorus Provides Holiday Cheer At East Islip Fire Dept. Tree Lighting

LIMG December 16, 2022

Photos courtesy of East Islip School District Chorus students from East Islip’s John F. Kennedy Elementary School sang their hearts out at the annual East Islip Fire Department tree lighting ceremony on Dec. 2, warming attendees’ hearts with holiday cheer in the form of song.

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Communication Stations Arrive At East Islip Elementary Schools

LIMG August 16, 2022

Photos courtesy of East Islip School District With the help of EJ Autism Foundation founder Bea Huste-Petersen and Wantagh’s Fast Signs company, the East Islip School District recently created and installed “communication station” boards at each of its four elementary schools. John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Ruth C. Kinney Elementary School, Connetquot Elementary School