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Popsicle Names at East Lake
Kindergarten students in Mrs. Povoromo's class are working hard using their fine motor and letter recognition skills. The students worked with “popsicle” stick letters to put the letters of their name in the correct order from left to right!
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Massapequa Schools Dotted With Creative Student Artwork
Elementary students throughout the Massapequa School District took part in International Dot Day on or around Sept. 15, a global celebration of creativity.
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East Lake Engineers Hope for No Scrambled Eggs
There were some cracks and a couple of splats, but fifth graders mostly had success in the annual egg drop competition on June 16 at East Lake Elementary School.
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We Will Never Stop Growing at East Lake
The students in Mrs. LaBosco's Kindergarten read the book I Can't Do That...YET! by Esther Pia. Then the children completed a Growth Mindset project where students reflected on two things that they can already do and one thing that they cannot do yet, but are working toward. Their class motto is Never Stop Growing!
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Our Future's So Bright at East Lake
The students in Mrs. LaBosco's kindergarten class read the book Your Future is Bright by Corey Finkle and then completed the “Our Future's So Bright We Need Shades” activity where students created themselves wearing sunglasses and then became creative and drew something amazing they might see in their future in the lenses of their glasses.
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East Lake Works Collaboratively Learning Plant Life Cycle
Recently the kindergarten students in Mrs. Dixon's class and third grade students in Mrs. Poveromo's class at East Lake Elementary school came together to end their plant study unit by engaging in a hands-on culminating activity
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Science Predictions at East Lake
During a recent STEAM class, Mrs. Gennardo planned a lesson to expand on Mrs. Calvello's matter unit. Together, the students made predictions on what would happen when they mixed baking soda and vinegar together. Students made predictions and drew pictures
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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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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!
“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
