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Ames Buddies Have a Grand Time
There wasn’t a turkey and the fixings, but there were bagels, cookies and juice at the Best Buddies Thanksgiving breakfast on Nov. 25 at the Massapequa High School Ames Campus. Students came together to celebrate the holiday and show their appreciation for each other.
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Ames Student Leaders Bond With Seniors at Halloween Party
Dressed in their costumes, 25 ninth graders visited the senior center at McKenna Elementary School on Oct. 30 for an intergenerational Halloween party. The students are members of the Helping Hands Club, a service-based organization at Massapequa High School’s Ames Campus.
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Life-Saving Community Grows at Ames
It’s knowledge they never hope to use, but several hundred Massapequa students are now equipped with life-saving skills. On Oct. 7 and 8 during their physical education classes, ninth graders at the high school’s Ames Campus participated in an emergency care workshop with Red Cross-certified experts.
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Sept. 11 Lessons at Ames Focus on Bravery and Resilience
To mark the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, ninth graders at Massapequa High School’s Ames Campus studied an event that is historical to them, but was lived through by the adults in their lives.
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Massapequa Grads Give Career and Life Advice at Ames
Massapequa graduates spanning generations came together at the Massapequa High School Ames Campus on April 18 to share words of wisdom with the future workforce. The 17th annual Alumni Career Day featured 20 guest speakers representing a wide range of professions.
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
-Albert Einstein
“Learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity.”
-Mark Twain
“There are two types of education... One should teach us how to make a living, And the other how to live.”
-John Adams
