
April 2, 2025
Whether they are looking to become a teacher or just revisiting their elementary roots, about 75 Massapequa High School students are having a meaningful experience as instructors ...

March 28, 2025
A national campaign to raise awareness about Down syndrome came to the feet of students and staff at East Lake Elementary School with the ultimate goal of making everyone more min...

March 24, 2025
In conjunction with the Junior Achievement Program, Massapequa high school students came to East Lake Elementary to teach "Our Community" lessons to our second grade students. St...

March 20, 2025
A two-decade, districtwide immersion into language and culture again drew hundreds of students for the Massapequa School District’s World Language Festival on March 18 at the high...

March 18, 2025
The Massapequa School District’s Invention Convention made a comeback this year on March 13, as fifth graders from the six elementary schools showcased their unique ideas for new ...

March 17, 2025
In preparation for St. Patrick's Day, the Kindergarten students at East Lake School created their own Leprechaun traps. As a follow-up activity to reading several different Lepr...

March 17, 2025
Recently, The Brain Show came to visit East Lake Elementary School thanks to our PTA Arts in Education program. It was an educational Brain "game show" beyond compare for our 2nd...

March 13, 2025
Recently the East Lake Elementary 5th Grade Magnet students visited the New York Hall of Science, in Queens, New York. During their time here, students used science, technology, ...

February 27, 2025
Earlier this school year, through the Massapequa Fire Department, Massapequa students in kindergarten through second grade were invited to participate in a fire prevention post...

February 27, 2025
During Dr. Aspetti's engaging music class, Miss Walsh's second-grade students had the wonderful opportunity to perform "The Tale of the North Wind and the Sun." This classic Aeso...

February 27, 2025
East Lake's fifth graders visited the Newsday headquarters in Melville for an introduction to journalism. They transformed into cub reporters for the day, participating in a moc...

February 11, 2025
From kindergarten to fifth grade, play time could be found in every classroom on Feb. 5 at East Lake Elementary School in the Massapequa School District. Students, faculty and sta...

January 27, 2025
East Lake fourth graders took an in-house trip to learn about the history and lifestyles of Native American Indians. "Journeys into American Indian Territory" immersed our stude...

January 23, 2025
In this recent activity, 4th grade students in Mrs. Protano's class explored fractions in a creative way by using their own names! Students counted how many letters there are i...

January 21, 2025
Recently, in Mrs. Krakoff's art classes, second grade students embarked on an imaginative journey as Robot Creators. Each student designed their own unique robot, focusing on giv...

January 21, 2025
The fictional story of Trevor Cool came to life for students at East Lake Elementary School in the Massapequa School District as they participated in an interactive storytelling...

January 15, 2025
Blue was the color of the day at East Lake Elementary School on Jan. 9 for the second annual Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. Dozens of police officers visited throughout the day...

January 14, 2025
Recently the 4th and 5th graders in Ms. Schwen's library classes at East Lake School learned how to create a "code" for an Ozobot to follow. Ozobot is a coding robot that follows...