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Fourth Graders Create Petitions To Spark Change

LIMG February 17, 2023

Photos courtesy of West Babylon School District Fourth graders at Tooker Avenue Elementary School in the West Babylon School District are learning about the Bill of Rights as part of their social studies curriculum. The students were recently tasked with creating a petition to make a change in

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Field Trip Teaches West Babylon Students About Trades

LIMG February 9, 2023

Photos courtesy of West Babylon School District West Babylon Senior High School students visited with local business owner Ryan Burnett, a West Babylon alumnus and owner of Ryan Anthony Heating and Cooling, on Feb. 8. The field trip was organized by teacher Colleen Kilgus in the business department to give students the chance to experience […]

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West Babylon’s Science Olympiad Team Competes At Princeton

LIMG February 6, 2023

Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District On Feb. 4, one of West Babylon’s Science Olympiad teams competed at Princeton University in New Jersey in preparation for their upcoming state competition. This was the first time a team from West Babylon has competed at this tournament. Schools from neighboring states including Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey […]

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Ringing In The Chinese New Year

LIMG February 3, 2023

Photos courtesy of West Babylon School District To celebrate the Chinese New Year, students at Forest Avenue Elementary School in the West Babylon School District participated in a variety of activities during their library classes with Mrs. Francisco. Some of their activities included Chinese folklore read alouds, reader’s theater, tangrams and year of the rabbit

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West Babylon Student Honored With News 12 Award

LIMG January 30, 2023

Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District West Babylon Senior High School student-athlete Lacey Downey has been recognized with a News 12 LI Scholar Athlete award. Downey is a three-sport athlete (field hockey, basketball and lacrosse) and is headed to Boston College on a lacrosse scholarship next fall. She is top in her academic class […]

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Race Day At Tooker Avenue

LIMG January 30, 2023

Photos courtesy of West Babylon School District It wasn’t the Indy500, but the third graders at Tooker Avenue Elementary School in the West Babylon School District were geared up for race day with their spool car racers on Jan. 26 in the school’s cafeteria. After studying about different types of energy, the students created race […]

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STEM Lab Studies Forces And Friction

LIMG January 19, 2023

Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District During a recent STEM lab, third graders in Ms. DeLapi’s class at South Bay Elementary School in the West Babylon School District tested their knowledge of force. Students created a ramp using cardboard and books. Using a toy car, they raced them down the ramp and predicted how […]

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West Babylon Junior High Students Learn Justice System

LIMG January 18, 2023

Photo courtesy of West Babylon School District On Jan. 6, the West Babylon Junior High School mock trial team visited a family court and experienced the judicial branch in action. The team was accompanied by club advisers Christine Bower-Cohen and Kaitlyn Barba. Students watched two cases and engaged in a question-and-answer session with the Hon. […]

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Unmasking The Story Of ‘Romeo And Juliet’

LIMG January 16, 2023

Photos courtesy of West Babylon School District Ninth graders in Ms. Connelly’s class at West Babylon Senior High School are studying “Romeo and Juliet.” As part of their lessons, the class held a masquerade ball, with each student designing a different mask based on a character from the story. Students chose a character to analyze, […]

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West Babylon Science Olympiad Teams Go National

LIMG December 5, 2022

Photos courtesy of West Babylon School District On Dec. 3, more than 50 students representing West Babylon’s Science Olympiad teams competed in their first national virtual Science Olympiad competition. Three of West Babylon’s teams competed in the Dick Smith virtual tournament, a national tournament in Pennsylvania. West Babylon teams represented three of the 75