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Wantagh Elementary Celebrated For Unique Enrichment Program

LIMG June 11, 2024

Pictured: One of the workshops in the grades K-2 enrichment clusters brought students and teachers together to make blankets for local animal shelters. Photo courtesy of the Wantagh School District Wantagh Elementary School’s enrichment clusters, an initiative that promotes learning through

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Wantagh’s Mandalay Students Manage Their Minds And Bodies

LIMG June 10, 2024

Pictured: Students explored different techniques that promoted calm minds and bodies.  Photo courtesy of the Wantagh School District The dimmed lights and soft music helped students get into a peaceful headspace at Mandalay Elementary School in the Wantagh School District on June 6. A yoga session taught youngsters in grades 2-5 how to relax through […]

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Wantagh Fifth Graders Mural A Collective Display Of Ambition

LIMG May 3, 2024

Pictured: Wantagh Elementary School fifth graders, from left, Victoria D’Allessandro, Warren Klein, Joseph Issa and Catherine Smolyaninova contributed to the Class of 2024’s legacy mural. Photo courtesy of the Wantagh School District This year’s legacy mural at Wantagh Elementary School is complete, and every fifth grader contributed to the piece that will be admired for

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It’s Scrabble Mania At Mandalay In Wantagh

LIMG April 17, 2024

Pictured: Mandalay Elementary School fifth graders had played games of Scrabble on April 15 to strengthen their language and math skills. Photo courtesy of the Wantagh School District A game with origins dating back nearly 100 years was the focus in Bridget Montario’s fifth grade class at Mandalay Elementary School in the Wantagh School District […]

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Wantagh Earns National Music Distinction

LIMG April 11, 2024

Pictured: Wantagh School District Superintendent John McNamara presented a certificate of achievement to Director of Fine and Performing Arts and Business Education Kelly Jones in recognition of the district’s inclusion on the NAMM Foundation’s Best Communities for Music Education list. Photos courtesy of the Wantagh School District Music education is an essential part of

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Wantagh Student Leaders Promote Autism Acceptance

LIMG April 11, 2024

Pictured: Officers and representatives from the General Organization at Wantagh High School created a large display for Autism Awareness Month, focusing on acceptance. Photos courtesy of the Wantagh School District April is Autism Awareness Month but at Wantagh High School, awareness has been replaced by acceptance. The General Organization, the high school’s student

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Wantagh Humanities Leader Awarded For Library Support

LIMG April 9, 2024

Pictured: Wantagh Director of Humanities Julie Rosslee is recipient of the 2023-24 Nassau BOCES School Library System’s Administrator of the Year award. Photos courtesy of the Wantagh School District School libraries are like “the kitchen of the house,” a place where people go for different reasons, explained Julie Rosslee, director of humanities for the Wantagh […]

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Wantagh Drama Club To Stage “Jekyll & Hyde”

LIMG March 28, 2024

Photo courtesy of the Wantagh School District The struggle between good and evil comes to life on the Wantagh High School stage as the drama club presents “Jekyll & Hyde” beginning April 12. There will be four performances of the show based on the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson. A cast of 30 students […]