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Gratitude Promotes a Positive Attitude at Ames
Ninth graders took a moment to reflect on everything they are grateful for at the Massapequa High School Ames Campus on Nov. 20. The annual gratitude day, purposefully held just days before Thanksgiving, was led by Ames administrators and pupil personnel services staff, who visited every science class throughout the day.
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Deaf Comedian Entertains and Educates in Massapequa
The Massapequa High School auditorium was the setting for a lively performance by deaf comedian Peter Cook, who entertained students in American Sign Language programs across the region on Nov. 3. Students and teachers from 21 high schools and middle schools in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens attended the performance. The 750 audience members included students in ASL classes at Massapequa High School’s main and Ames campuses.
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Ames Helping Hands Extends its Reach Beyond Massapequa
Massapequa ninth graders learned about a local organization that helps people in need during a visit to the Island Harvest warehouse on Oct. 20. More than a dozen students from the Helping Hands Club at Massapequa High School’s Ames Campus also got to do some volunteer work on the trip.
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Ames Students Get the Scoop on Social Media Safety
By ninth grade, many students are frequent users of social media platforms. The Massapequa High School Ames Campus recently welcomed a speaker from the Long Island Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence to speak to students about social media safety and appropriate use.
“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
