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Members of the Southampton Elementary School Student Council recently held a successful shoe drive for the nonprofit Operation International organization. The shoes that were collected will be distributed to children in need in Ghana and Uganda. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Members of the Hampton Bays High School Leo Club recently volunteered to spend a Friday evening cooking and serving dinner and dessert to 15 homeless guests at the Hampton Bays Methodist Church, Andersen Warner Hall. The students also set up beds for the guests and prepared bagged lunches for them for the following day. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Sagaponack School student Ella Thofte on her swim board at the YMCA in East Hampton during during the school's winter physical education activity. COURTESY SAGAPONACK SCHOOL
Seventh grade Southampton Intermediate School students in James Nolan’s technology class are using their engineering skills to construct a Rube Goldberg-style marble run. For the project, students are cutting and piecing together wood with the goal of inventing the longest run a marble can travel and successfully complete. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
To engage Southampton Elementary School students in a variation of volleyball called Nuke ’Em and build a sense of community among all schools in the Southampton School District, Southampton Elementary School physical education teacher Chrissie Fagereng organized a districtwide battle of the buildings tournament. As part of the tournament, held at Southampton Intermediate School, teachers from each of the district’s schools volunteered to compete against each other as students and families cheered them on. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Hampton Bays Elementary School hosted a fun-filled family literacy night on January 18. The event including literacy games and a meet and greet with authors and illustrators from Long Island. Among them was Laura Mancuso, Hampton Bays Elementary School parent and author of “The Fin-Tastic Cleanup.” COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Southampton Intermediate School seventh-grader Damian Morales took first place in his school’s annual spelling bee. Morales now has an opportunity to compete in the local round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Sagaponack School students, from left, Ella Thofte, LouLou Fenwicks, Olivia Schwartz, Martin Oppenheimer, and Luca Zeledon in front of their snowman project at the Hampton Library in Bridgehampton. COURTESY SAGAPONACK SCHOOL DISTRICT
A collaborative portrait created by students at Riverhead High School. COURTESY EAST END ARTS COUNCIL
Our Lady of the Hamptons School first-graders, from left, Dillon Reese, Joseph Kampf and Leonardo Mellado, dressed as firefighters sing for the community. COURTESY OUR LADY OF THE HAMPTONS
Sagaponack School is accepting applications for prekindergarten and kindergarten through third grade for both in- and out-of-district families for the 2023-24 school year. For more information or to schedule a school building tour, contact 631-537-0651 or email clerk@sagaponackschool.com.
This month, students at the Sagaponack School have been discussing Martin Luther King Jr. and celebrating his contributions to the world. All students wrote about their dream for the world.
On January 9, the school welcomed Monique Thofte, a second grade parent to the school as a guest reader. She read the book, “This is How We Do It,” which touches on various cultures. Afterward, a discussion ensued about a day in the life of a child around the globe. The Schwartz family will visit at the end of the month to talk about the Chinese New Year and host a craft activity.
On January 31, students will take a virtual field trip to San Diego. Through ZoVago, the students will learn about animal habitats and how they adapt to their environments. Over the next two months, students will work on their own stories for the upcoming Hampton Library Budding Authors Project.
Students are preparing for the Student Art Exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill. Art teacher Terry Doyle will be submitting still life watercolors, assemblage wooden sculptures and cut-glass mosaic for the March/April show. In Spanish language class, Yvonne Velasquez is teaching the students how to tell time and conducting winter season activities. Abby Fleming and the students are singing songs from around the world and learning about the rhythmic patterns. In PE, the children are participating in ice skating lessons at the Buckskill Winter Club. Next month, they will play tennis at the East Hampton Indoor Tennis Club. Lastly, in technology class, Angela Kiang’s students are using sensors to make their Lego creations “come to life.”
Portrait of Aretha Created by Riverhead Students
Riverhead High School students participated in the East End Arts Council’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. portrait project, creating a portrayal of the queen of soul and civil rights activist Aretha Franklin. Riverhead High School art teachers Jo-Ann Dellaposta and Selena Pagliarulo selected students based on motivation, skill and eagerness to be part of a group project creating the portrait made up of 16 smaller canvases. Students each worked on their individual panels without the knowledge of what the other canvases looked like, yet the portrait came together seamlessly to represent Aretha Franklin in a manner that befit the icon.
“The students were so elated to participate in this project and given the freedom to choose the material and style in which they completed their panel,” said Ms. Dellaposta. “Ms. Pagliarulo and I were amazed with the accuracy of the portrait once the panels came together, and we believe the students are also incredibly pleased with the success of the project.”
The following students contributed to the Aretha Franklin portrait: Frida Barreto, Charlotte Dow, Raul Gomez, Daniela Guerrero, Hiranya Gunasingha, Saara Hossain, Jacquline Luna, Abigail Marin, Ali Menjivar, Linda Ortiz, Samantha Silva, Tatum Soutar, Kieran Spencer and Aidan Tobin.
The East End Arts Council has sponsored the portrait project for three years, and Riverhead High School has participated from the start. The project was initiated by East End Arts Education Director Kathleen Dwyer-Ruscick, who was inspired by a painting of President Barack Obama by East End Arts instructor Kenneth Jackson. The original painting was a 4’ x 4’ portrait of 16 individual canvases put together. After being displayed at Riverhead High School, the Aretha Franklin portrait will join works from other schools in a public gallery. The annual project will then conclude with an auction to support the East End Arts scholarship fund for art and music students in need.
Victoria Lombardo and her first graders presented their class assembly, “Friendly Community Helpers.” The entire class performed a musical tribute to local merchants, crossing guards, medical providers and other people who make up “community.”
With less than two weeks to go, the Bucks for Books raffle is near the goal of 1,000 tickets sold. The drawing of the top prize of $10,000 awarded to the winner, along with other prizes totaling $15,000 is scheduled for February 4, the end of Catholic Schools Week. Tickets are available from OLH parents or from the main office. Call 631-283-9140 for details. Tickets are available for the gala cocktail party at Main Prospect in Southampton on Saturday, February 4.
Catholic Schools Week, the annual time to get to know the parish and community school will begin on Sunday, January 29, with the traditional Family Pancake Breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to noon. A full breakfast will be served by prep students who will then be available to host tours of the facility at 160 North Main Street,
Southampton. Tickets will be available at the door.
Harrison Gavalas of Bridgehampton, Megan Robinson of Southampton, Jordyn Meyers, Maryrose O’Connell, Jaden Ottati, Nicolas Terry and James Salas Fernandez, all of Hampton Bays, were named to the SUNY Cortland dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester.
Brandon Cirincione of East Quogue was named to the dean’s list at SUNY Oneonta for the spring 2022 semester, as was Morgan Pilo of Westhampton Beach.
Grace Sforza of Hampton Bays was named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at Buffalo State University. Sforza is majoring in social work.
Staff Writer on Jan 23, 2023