School News, May 18, Southampton Town

Westhampton Beach High School seniors Noah Hebberd and Laurette Schaumloffel were recently honored by the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance as winners of the Suffolk Zone Award. The seniors were selected based on their outstanding character, exceptional leadership in the school environment, and status as a physical fitness role model for other students. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT

A grant from the Partners in Education, Arts and Community Empowerment Program and the Patchogue Arts Council has offered Hampton Bays High School students a way to creatively express themselves through poetry and art with the assistance of author Adriana Devers. Through the grant, obtained by teacher Daniela Vargas, English as a new language students explored poetry and wrote poems about their culture, identity and country. Then they decorated and painted masks that reflected what they wrote about. The students’ work will be displayed at their school for a family and friends showcase. COURTESY HAMPTON BAYS SCHOOL DISTRICT

Students in Dr. Nick Epley’s Southampton Elementary School Rotary Club recently organized a fundraiser for the Flying Point Foundation for Autism, in which they sold mattresses, with help from a company that organizes them, and manned a bake sale. The event raised a combined $3,000. COURTESY NICK EPLEY

Zac Davin took the win among sixth graders in the recent East Quogue Elementary School science fair. COURTESY EAST QUOGUE SCHOOL DISTRICT

East Quogue Elementary School third-grader Liana Roman explores how pollen is transferred from one flower to another during a unit on butterflies. COURTESY EAST QUOGUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Eastport-South Manor Jr.-Sr. High School seniors Vincent Balzano and Riley Hack were recently recognized as the school's winners of the 2023 NYS AHPERD Suffolk Zone Award. Sharing their congratulations are Principal Salvatore Alaimo, left, and Director of Health, Physical Education and Athletics Kevin Trentowski, right. COURTESY EASTPORT-SOUTH MANOR SCHOOL DISTRICT

Westhampton Beach Elementary School students watched a BMX show by Dialed Action Sports. The show promoted healthy lifestyle choices, including the importance of wearing helmets and being kind to others, while also entertaining students with impressive tricks and stunts, including a BMX rider making a jump over Principal Jeremy Garritano. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT

To mark Cancer Survivorship Month, business education students at Southampton High School partnered with the Phillips Family Cancer Center at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital to create pinwheels that feature the names of survivors. The pinwheels will be on display at the cancer center throughout the month of June. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Westhampton Beach High School science research teacher Dr. Dianna Gobler has been named the recipient of the Suffolk Science Teachers Association of New York State High School Teacher of the Year Award. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT

Chief Master Sergeant Brian Mosher of the 106 th Rescue Wing, recently spoke to Westhampton Beach High School History of Long Island students in Korey Williams’ class. The presentation focused on the rescue Xapabilities of the Rescue Wing in both peacetime and armed conflict, as well as the Role of the 106th Rescue Wing on Long Island. The discussion was the culmination of a unit on the history of aviation on Long Island. COURTESY WESTHAMPTON BEACH SCHOOL DISTRICT

At Our Lady of the Hamptons School, 12 students were recently inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. COURTESY OUR LADY OF THE HAMPTONS SCHOOL