School News, January 26, Southampton Town

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