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Remsenburg-Speonk Students Stuff Soldier Care Packages Before Getting Basics Of Military Service

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Major Stewart Morrison presents to students at the Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School about life as part of the ANG's 106th Rescue Wing. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Major Stewart Morrison presents to students at the Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School about life as part of the ANG's 106th Rescue Wing. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Lt. Col Robert Siebelts talks to students at the Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School about life as part of the ANG's 106th Rescue Wing. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Lt. Col Robert Siebelts talks to students at the Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School about life as part of the ANG's 106th Rescue Wing. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School student Jayden Hunter wears a helmet from a member of the ANG's 106th Rescue Wing. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School student Jayden Hunter wears a helmet from a member of the ANG's 106th Rescue Wing. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School fourth-grader Manuel Lopez demonstrates a helmet used by members of the ANG's 106th Rescue Wing and prepared care packages on Thursday. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School fourth-grader Manuel Lopez demonstrates a helmet used by members of the ANG's 106th Rescue Wing and prepared care packages on Thursday. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Major Stewart Morrison puts a vest on a Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School student. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Major Stewart Morrison puts a vest on a Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School student. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School student Delilah Tunney uses a walkie-talkie at a demonstration about life as part of the ANG's 106th Rescue Wing. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School student Delilah Tunney uses a walkie-talkie at a demonstration about life as part of the ANG's 106th Rescue Wing. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Brayden Pulaski from Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School uses a walkie-talkie during a demonstration a

Brayden Pulaski from Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School uses a walkie-talkie during a demonstration a

Remsenburg-Speonk student Lucy Morrison is carried on a duct tape stretcher made by her classmates and members of the ANG's 106th Rescue Wing. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Remsenburg-Speonk student Lucy Morrison is carried on a duct tape stretcher made by her classmates and members of the ANG's 106th Rescue Wing. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Student Ella Carriero demonstrates a helmet during a presentation with the ANG at Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary on Thursday. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Student Ella Carriero demonstrates a helmet during a presentation with the ANG at Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary on Thursday. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

The Southampton High School Class of 2014 graduated on Friday night. By Erin McKinley

The Southampton High School Class of 2014 graduated on Friday night. By Erin McKinley

Graduating seniors Jose Gonzalez, left, Michelle Gonzalez, Alex Grun, Erika Gulija, and Allison Rose O'Connor before the ceremony on Friday night. By Erin McKinley

Graduating seniors Jose Gonzalez, left, Michelle Gonzalez, Alex Grun, Erika Gulija, and Allison Rose O'Connor before the ceremony on Friday night. By Erin McKinley

Members of the Tuckahoe student council traveled to Human Resources of the Hamptons on Friday to donate food and clothes on behalf of the Tuckahoe School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Members of the Tuckahoe student council traveled to Human Resources of the Hamptons on Friday to donate food and clothes on behalf of the Tuckahoe School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Members of the Tuckahoe student council traveled to Human Resources of the Hamptons on Friday to donate food and clothes on behalf of the Tuckahoe School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Members of the Tuckahoe student council traveled to Human Resources of the Hamptons on Friday to donate food and clothes on behalf of the Tuckahoe School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

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Members of the Tuckahoe student council traveled to Human Resources of the Hamptons on Friday to donate food and clothes on behalf of the Tuckahoe School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Members of the Tuckahoe student council traveled to Human Resources of the Hamptons on Friday to donate food and clothes on behalf of the Tuckahoe School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Amy McNamara, a fourth grade teacher at Hampton Bays Elementary School, was nominated Teacher of the Year by Veterans of Foreign Wars. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Amy McNamara, a fourth grade teacher at Hampton Bays Elementary School, was nominated Teacher of the Year by Veterans of Foreign Wars. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Fifth graders at Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary Schoolhelps stuff care packages for soldiers over seas. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Fifth graders at Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary Schoolhelps stuff care packages for soldiers over seas. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

The Southampton High School Class of 2014 graduated on Friday night. By Erin McKinley

The Southampton High School Class of 2014 graduated on Friday night. By Erin McKinley

BY ERIN MCKINLEY

BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Joley Schaumloffel, left, and Cassandra Dennehy, fifth-graders at Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School, help stuff care packages for soldiers over seas. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Joley Schaumloffel, left, and Cassandra Dennehy, fifth-graders at Remsenburg-Speonk Elementary School, help stuff care packages for soldiers over seas. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

authorErin McKinley on May 11, 2017
After forming a single-file line, nearly 20 Remsenburg-Speonk fifth-graders began pushing empty cardboard boxes around the gymnasium of their Mill Road school, each stopping briefly only to grab an assortment... more

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