Hooping and Hopping for Heart Health at Birch Lane

Encouraging students to develop lifelong healthy habits is a key mission for physical education instructors throughout the Massapequa School District. In February, children at Birch Lane Elementary School participated in the Heart Health Challenge, learning some simple activities that they can do to stay in shape.

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. At Birch Lane Elementary School, fifth graders in Susan Murphy’s class are tech buddies with kindergartners in Jennifer Emberley class and have worked on many projects together this year.

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.

Berner, Birch Students Celebrate Chinese New Year

Students from two schools in Massapequa came together on Jan. 21 to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Birch Lane Students Move to End World Hunger

Just by getting up and moving for a few minutes, children at Birch Lane Elementary School are helping to end world hunger.

Birch Lanes student Musicians

Birch Lanes student musicians were selected for the upcoming All-County concert and Long Island String Festival Association hosted by the Nassau Music Educators Association.