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Art Trading Card Collaboration with East Lake and MHS
Julie Thornton's Digital Media classes at MHS and Patti Krakoff's kindergarten at East Lake created artist trading cards about themselves and exchanged them for a critique. Kindergartener students wrote two sentences about what they liked about the artwork or what they wanted to know more about in the work
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The Building Blocks of Video Game Etiquette at East Lake
The Building Blocks of Video Game Etiquette at East Lake
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East Lake Learns The Life Cycle of Chicks
Students in Mrs. Gennardo's STEAM classes learned about chicks . The students studied the chick life cycle from egg to hatch to chick. The eggs were kept in an incubator for 21 days. Students visited the class waiting for the eggs to hatch to meet the new arrivals.
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East Lake gets a Visit from a Poet
East Lake second graders had a virtual conference with the author and poet, Kenn Nesbitt during Ms. Schwen's library class this week. Kenn shared his humorous poetry and his path to becoming an author. He guided students through a fun, interactive poetry writing lesson.
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East Lake Learns Economics
Fifth graders at East Lake school recently studied Economics. They learned about supply and demand. After practicing, the students created headlines and made posters with cause and effect relationships and how they affect cost, based on real-world issues!
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East Lake Kindergarten Hosts a Special Tea
East Lake kindergarten students, with the assistance of their teachers hosted a very special tea. The East Lake cafeteria was transformed to a beautiful tea room. The children invited a special person to come and enjoy "tea" and cakes. The children prepared by creating placemats, making corsages, writing a page of Facts about Mom or special person and reciting a sweet poem for them
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East Lake Loves Poetry
East Lake students and staff marked National Poetry Month by participating in Poem In Your Pocket Day on April 29. The event encouraged students and staff to select a poem, carry it with you, and share it with others throughout the day.
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East Lake Learns with their Senses
Recently Ms. Ginley's second grade class went to the Long Island Children's Museum. The students participated in a sensory learning experience, where they had the opportunity to investigate, explore, and navigate multiple stations.
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Spring Science at East Lake
The students in Mrs. Poveromo's Third Grade Class had fun with a " SPRING SCIENCE JELLYBEAN Experiment!"
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East Lake Amazing Author Publishing Party
Mrs. Lindroth's second grade class are authors of their very own nonfiction books! The students chose a topic that they were interested in. They used both the school and public libraries, as well as the internet to find information on their topics.
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Community Helper Day at East Lake School
East Lake First graders have been learning about community helpers in Social Studies. Students dressed up like a community helper and gave a short presentation to their class. The children spoke about what the helper might wear to work, tools that they use and even gave a new, interesting fact.
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East Lake Investigators Find Clues, Solve a Mystery
Fourth and fifth graders envisioned themselves as “CSI” characters during a forensics unit at East Lake Elementary School. Students in the Magnet program were busy seeking answers in the “Mystery of the Missing Millionaire.”
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High School Heroes Program Educates Massapequa Second Graders
Massapequa High School students became the teachers, visiting all six elementary schools in the district in March and April for the High School Heroes program. They met with second graders for lessons on careers, community, government and finance.
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East Lake Contest Winner Received Ride to School on a Fire Truck!
Earlier this school year, through the Massapequa Fire Department, East Lake students in kindergarten through third grade were invited to participate in a fire prevention poster contest.
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
-Albert Einstein
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
-Alexander Graham Bell
“There are two types of education... One should teach us how to make a living, And the other how to live.”
-John Adams
