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Tech Buddies Come Together for Heart-Filled Fun
Fifth graders in the Massapequa School District have become quite familiar with the features of their Chromebooks over the last few years, so they have no problem sharing their knowledge with their younger friends.
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Massapequa Takes a Meaningful Approach to Emotional Wellness
“Emotions Matter” is the philosophy of the Yale University Center for Emotional Intelligence R.U.L.E.R. approach which has been adopted by the Massapequa School District.
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Playing as Wizards and Witches at Unqua
Once a fictional game in the “Harry Potter” book series, Quidditch is now very much a real activity, and one that students look forward to in physical education classes at Unqua Elementary School.
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Posters Promote Upcoming World Language Celebration
Berner Middle School students are doing an outstanding job promoting the district’s upcoming World Language Festival.
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Students ‘Caught’ Being Good at McKenna
The values of good citizenship are important at McKenna Elementary School where students are recognized for setting a positive example.
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Playing to Learn and Learning to Play at East Lake
Learning through play was the theme on Feb. 5 at East Lake Elementary School which participated in Global School Play Day.
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Fairfield Kindergartners Tell Stories With Puppets
Understanding characters is an important literacy skill for kindergartners in Mary Lynn McCauley’s class at Fairfield Elementary School.
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Ames Students Learn How to Give the Gift of Life
Ninth graders at the Massapequa High School Ames Campus learned the many ways that they can save someone’s life in hearing from speakers from the Long Island chapter of the Transplant Recipients International Organization.
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Kicking Off Kindness Month at Lockhart
“Be the ‘I’ in Kind” is the motto for February at Lockhart Elementary School, but the goal is that the message resonates with children well beyond the 29 days.
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Massapequa Grad Named Next High School Principal
A Massapequa High School graduate will become its next leader, as the Board of Education appointed Barbara Lowell to the position of principal, effective July 1, during its Feb. 6 meeting.
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Birch Lane Linguists are All Over the Place
Fifth graders are learning how to converse in Spanish about different places in the community as part of the district’s Foreign Language in the Elementary Schools program.
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MHS Student Leaders Share Social Media Do’s and Don't’s
As children become familiar with social media sites at younger and younger ages, the Massapequa School District’s Student Advisory Council has made it a mission to teach them about appropriate and safe use.
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
-Albert Einstein
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
-Maya Angelou
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
-Henry David Thoreau
