School News, February 13, Southampton Town

The Southampton High School Outing Club recently organized a ski trip to Smugglers Notch, Vermont, where 40 adventurous students and chaperones enjoyed skiing and snowboarding. The students from all grade levels came together to embrace the outdoors, improve their skiing skills and build lasting connections with their peers. The Outing Club, led by club adviser Maria Abbadessa, aims to inspire students to appreciate outdoor activities, learn new sets of skills and adapt to new environments. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

The Southampton High School music students recently participated in the Hampton Music Educators Association’s annual music festival. To participate, the students were nominated by their music teacher and then selected by the festival committee. Participating students were Kira Acken, Valentina Alvarez-Rivera, Charlotte Arnzen, Anna Beyer-Clausen, Sadie Chaleff, Hillary Chiliquinga, Julie Chiliquinga, Burke Dunne, Bella Duque, Bea Fino Morfogen, Isabel Fino Morfogen, Jackson Garcia Rivera, Evelyn Gutierrez, Kevin Lopez, Logan Mitchell, Taylor Olsen, Hannah Pak, Paul Parash, Chase Rodriguez, Tristyn Sammy and Chloe Voluck-Sviedrys. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Eastport Elementary School sixth grade students signed the U.S. News and World Report banner naming their school a top elementary school in New York State. COURTESY EASTPORT-SOUTH MANOR SCHOOL DISTRICT

Hampton Bays Middle School students will learn vocational skills as part of a Tanger Kids grant. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT

Southampton Elementary School students clapped, sang and cheered during a special assembly featuring country singer and motivational speaker Lizzie Sider. As part of the special event, Sider shared her message that “no one has the power to ruin your day.” She spoke to the students being bullied as a child and how she overcame it. The program also included plenty of singing and dancing, with Sider singing her recorded song “Butterfly.” COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Southampton Elementary School students clapped, sang and cheered during a special assembly featuring country singer and motivational speaker Lizzie Sider. As part of the special event, Sider shared her message that “no one has the power to ruin your day.” She spoke to the students being bullied as a child and how she overcame it. The program also included plenty of singing and dancing, with Sider singing her recorded song “Butterfly.” COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

East Quogue students Lucas Fiore and Reid Larsen wrote winning Patriot’s Pen Award essays in the Voice of Democracy contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5530 in Westhampton Beach. With the students are VFW Post 5350 Commander William Hughes, left, and Lucas’s father, Paul Fiore. COURTESY EAST QUOGUE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Four Westhampton Beach High School students -- Meghan Pomroy, Christopher Ramos, Luciana Reilly, Abigail Halloran -- were named winners in the local VFW Post 5350 Voice of Democracy essay contest. They wrote with the prompt, “Is America Today Our Forefather's Vision?" With the winners are social studies teacher Korey Williams, left, Principal Christopher Herr, right. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT

Westhampton Beach High School students Nicholas Borruso and Fahtima Iqbal have advanced to the semifinals of the Junior Sciences and Humanities Symposium. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT

First graders at Tuttle Avenue School stocked the pantry shelves at Eastport Bible Church with 1,000 additional cans of food. As part of a civics lesson, the students were asked to address a local issue. The first graders decided that food insecurity was a problem among the community, so they set a goal to collect 1,000 cans of food. The food drive, called the Souper Bowl, encouraged the entire school community to participate. Holding the collected cans, the first graders then walked to Eastport Bible Church, where they were greeted by Pastor Kaleb Kemper and administrative assistant Judy Remski, and placed their cans on the pantry’s shelves. COURTESY EASTPORT-SOUTH MANOR SCHOOL DISTRICT

Southampton High School art student Donna Alvarez with the bowl she crafted as part of a class "Souper Bowl" fundraiser. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Fourth-graders at Our Lady of the Hamptons School presented a program called "Super Heroes," which aimed to teach their peers about social cues and friendship. From left, Sophia Lopez, Kennedy McGhee and LauraBelle Galbiati. COURTESY OUR LADY OF THE HAMPTONS SCHOOL

Students at Sagaponack School participated in "Game Day" on February 6. COURTESY SAGAPONACK SCHOOL

Students at Sagaponack School participated in "Game Day" on February 6. COURTESY SAGAPONACK SCHOOL

Bridgehampton School students at the Whitney Museum. COURTESY BRIDGEHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Bridgehampton School students at the Whitney Museum. COURTESY BRIDGEHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT