School News, June 20, Southampton Town

Southampton Intermediate School student-musicians recently earned a rating of excellent at the Long Island Music Festival. To earn the rating, the school’s chamber choir, 7/8 chorus and orchestra each performed selections for judges. Following the performances, the students enjoyed a day of rides and entertainment at Adventureland. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Hampton Bays Middle School students participated in a Volunteer Day of Service on June 8. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT

Hampton Bays Middle School students participated in a Volunteer Day of Service on June 8. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT

Westhampton Beach High School musicians earned an impressive rating of excellent at the Music in the Parks festival in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on June 1. To earn the rating, the chamber singers, led by director Hannah Pawluk, and the pep band, directed by Josh Seifert, each performed selections for judges. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT

Southampton Elementary School Gardening Club members recently hosted their first farm-to-table lunch at their school. For the lunch, the students planted and cared for lettuce seeds in their school’s indoor tower garden and outdoor garden. Their harvest was served for lunch with the assistance of kitchen staff, who washed and prepped the lettuce. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Southampton Elementary School Gardening Club members recently hosted their first farm-to-table lunch at their school. For the lunch, the students planted and cared for lettuce seeds in their school’s indoor tower garden and outdoor garden. Their harvest was served for lunch with the assistance of kitchen staff, who washed and prepped the lettuce. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Southampton Elementary School Gardening Club members recently hosted their first farm-to-table lunch at their school. For the lunch, the students planted and cared for lettuce seeds in their school’s indoor tower garden and outdoor garden. Their harvest was served for lunch with the assistance of kitchen staff, who washed and prepped the lettuce. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Southampton Elementary School students Magaly Cuamatitla Perez and Kevin Ramirez were recently presented with Student Leadership Awards from the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. The students earned the recognition for displaying leadership attributes in their physical education classes and being positive role models for their classmates. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Hampton Bays Elementary School fourth grade students, including from left, Ariela Blakaj, Lucy Mancuso and Taylor McFarland, recently concluded a unit of study on Colonial America. They took a field trip to the Old Bethpage Village Restoration museum, then researched and read about roles of boys and girls, schooling, laws, homes and foods during Colonial times. Their research concluded with a poster presentation to their peers. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT

Westhampton Beach High School students Sullivan Norton, Liam Parsons and Julia Stabile have earned scholarships for committing to enlist in ROTC programs in college. Norton signed up for the Navy ROTC at the University of Colorado, Parsons will be a member of the Army ROTC at St. Lawrence University and Stabile joined the Marines ROTC at Penn State University. COURT3ESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT

The designs and slogans of five Westhampton Beach High School students, including those of, from left, Donye' Hope, Sienna Macdonald, Jayden Valenti and Luke Albert, are now featured on coffee cups at Hampton Coffee in Westhampton Beach. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH SCHOO L DISTRICT

Bridgehampton Students with Officer Eugene LaFurno of the Southampton Town Police Department. COURTESY BRIDGEHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

East Quogue Elementary School sixth-grader Owen Stone with is science fair project. COURTESY EAST QUOGUE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Teddy Duke gets a hug from his mother, Janet, at the closing exercise for Our Lady of the Hamptons School. COURTESY OUR LADY OF THE HAMPTONS SCHOOL