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Hampton Bays High School alumni visited the district high school and middle school on January 8 to discuss college life with students. As part of this annual alumni panel, the graduates spoke about the college application process, roommates, dorms, course selection and the transition from high school seniors to college freshmen. On the panel were alumni Brayan Aguilar, Gianna Betta, Alexandra Flores, Isaiah Lattanzio, Kimberly Moran, Nellie Nicolova, Michael Poremba, Joffrey Proano, Brianna Quiros, Tania Quiros and Sofia Solano Cruz. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT
As part of the annual "Hampton Bays Reads Together" program, Hampton Bays Elementary School students are collectively reading “Zoey and Sassafras: Dragons and Marshmallow” by Asia Citro. As part of the program, founded by reading specialist Liliana Cacace, students in kindergarten through grade four all read from the same book every day, participate in discussions, and create music and art surrounding the selected book. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Hampton Bays Middle School seventh and eighth grade students, including Louise Brumagim and Angela Lombardi recently explored the power of blackout poetry, a creative process where they “black out” words from a page of text to reveal their own poem. After crafting their poems, the students illustrated them with various media, including watercolors, markers and colored pencil. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Staff Writer on Jan 13, 2025