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Westhampton Beach Elementary Students Leave Their Mark At School

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Alex Spizuoco, 11, shows a celing tile he helped paint at Westhampton Beach Elementary School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Alex Spizuoco, 11, shows a celing tile he helped paint at Westhampton Beach Elementary School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Kevin Smith, 11, shows a celing tile he helped paint at Westhampton Beach Elementary School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Kevin Smith, 11, shows a celing tile he helped paint at Westhampton Beach Elementary School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Haley Waszkelewicz, 10, and Jane Atkinson, 10, from left, show a celing tile they helped paint at Westhampton Beach Elementary School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Haley Waszkelewicz, 10, and Jane Atkinson, 10, from left, show a celing tile they helped paint at Westhampton Beach Elementary School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Kristina Georges, a Hampton Bays Middle School student, reads an essay she wrote in remembrance of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, during a flag ceremony at Hampton Bays Elementary School. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Kristina Georges, a Hampton Bays Middle School student, reads an essay she wrote in remembrance of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, during a flag ceremony at Hampton Bays Elementary School. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Westhampton Beach Elementary School fifth graders helped paint ceiling tiles with native Long Island animals as part of a beautification project. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Westhampton Beach Elementary School fifth graders helped paint ceiling tiles with native Long Island animals as part of a beautification project. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

The Hampton Bays High School Band is preparing to march through Magic Kingdom in Disney next week. AMANDA BERNOCCO

The Hampton Bays High School Band is preparing to march through Magic Kingdom in Disney next week. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Fifth-graders Haley Waszkelewicz, left, and Jane Atkinson look at ceiling tiles painted last year on display at Westhampton Beach Elementary School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Fifth-graders Haley Waszkelewicz, left, and Jane Atkinson look at ceiling tiles painted last year on display at Westhampton Beach Elementary School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Fifth-graders Alex Spizuoco shows a ceiling tile painted last year on display at Westhampton Beach Elementary School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Fifth-graders Alex Spizuoco shows a ceiling tile painted last year on display at Westhampton Beach Elementary School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Margaret “Midge” Fowler, owner of Lynch's Garden Center in Southampton Village, said she will be gradually changing the name of the business to represent her family's name. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Margaret “Midge” Fowler, owner of Lynch's Garden Center in Southampton Village, said she will be gradually changing the name of the business to represent her family's name. AMANDA BERNOCCO

The Shinnecock billboard on the south side of Sunrise Highway on Thursday, June 6. It has been operational since the day the temporary restraining order was issued almost two weeks ago. ANISAH ABDULLAH

The Shinnecock billboard on the south side of Sunrise Highway on Thursday, June 6. It has been operational since the day the temporary restraining order was issued almost two weeks ago. ANISAH ABDULLAH

Kevin Smith, 11with a ceiling tile painted last year that is on display at Westhampton Beach Elementary School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Kevin Smith, 11with a ceiling tile painted last year that is on display at Westhampton Beach Elementary School. BY ERIN MCKINLEY

Kevin Crowe and Lynn Crowe donated $50,000 to East Quogue School's science program. ALEXA GORMAN

Kevin Crowe and Lynn Crowe donated $50,000 to East Quogue School's science program. ALEXA GORMAN

author on Feb 6, 2017
The ceiling is the limit for a group of young artists at the Westhampton Beach Elementary School.The school’s fifth-graders spent a day last month painting 10 ceiling tiles, each one... more

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