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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,

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East Islip Fourth Grader Wins First Place In Brookhaven And State Science Fairs

LIMG June 23, 2023

Pictured: At the East Islip School District Board of Education’s June 21 meeting, Ruth C. Kinney Elementary School fourth grader Emma Kowalik was recognized for winning first place in the 2023 Elementary School Science Fair, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory. Photo courtesy of East Islip School District At the East […]

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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 an everyday problem using the engineering design process and created […]

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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