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South Bay’s Successful Learners

Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District South Bay Elementary School in the West Babylon School District regularly recognizes the top academic students for different subject areas each month at an assembly. On Dec. 13, Principal Christina Cotter held an academic assembly to honor students
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More Than 1,000 Socks Donated By John F. Kennedy

Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District Students and staff at John F. Kennedy Elementary School in the West Babylon School District spent the month of October collecting new socks for the Long Island Coalition for the Homeless. The initiative was spearheaded by members of the school quality team and the student council. Each grade […]
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Rhyming Turkeys At Tooker

Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District The first graders in Ms. McMahon’s class at Tooker Avenue Elementary School are getting into the Thanksgiving spirit with their writing assignment. The students created turkeys and came up with a list of rhyming words to write on each of their feathers. They decorated and colored their one-of-a-kind […]
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South Bay’s Savvy First Grader Writers

Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District The first graders at South Bay Elementary School in the West Babylon School District are working hard on their fiction reading and writing assignments. In Ms. Castelli’s class, the students read “Wolfie the Bunny” and wrote about how the character feels as if she is writing in her […]
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English Students Create Convincing Arguments

Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District Photo caption: Ms. Bocca’s English 11 students at West Babylon Senior High School’s summer program are using various resources to make and support claims about major themes in “The Great Gatsby.” Students practiced their argumentation skills on their posters, using evidence and insight to make their arguments more […]
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West Babylon Students Get Creative With STEM

Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District During their summer program at Camp Invention, West Babylon School District elementary students spend a portion of their days engaged in hands-on STEM-based activities. This week, students conducted an egg drop experiment, crafting devices that would hold their egg and prevent it from cracking when dropped from different […]