Congratulations to our student musicians who were invited to participate in the Nassau Music Educators Association’s All-County band and orchestra ensembles.

All-County Band:
Centre Avenue School sixth grader Grace Cooper (clarinet)
Rhame Avenue School fifth grader Jeremy Slade (trumpet)

All-County Orchestra:
Centre Avenue School sixth grader Amaiyah Hansen (violin)

All-County selection represents one of the highest achievements for Long Island music students. Participants are chosen based on New York State School Music Association evaluations and teacher recommendations.

The All-County rehearsals and performances took place in January at the Tillis Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post.

Date Added: 2/2/2023

Students had a great time as we celebrated World Read Aloud Day 2023! We had a teacher swap where students got to meet a teacher they may have in the future. Sixth graders also read aloud to our younger students!

Date Added: 2/2/2023

The district congratulates our students from Rhame and Centre who were selected to perform as part of the All-County Chorus!

All County Festival - Division 1 West Chorus
* Abigail Cabral (Rhame Ave)
* Deborah Jermia (Rhame Ave)
* Owen Falbee (Centre Ave)
* AnnMarie Piazza (Centre Ave)
* Georgia Vesce (Centre Ave)
* Kennedy Meltzer (Centre Ave)

All County Festival - Division 2 Chorus
* Liliana Germani (Rhame)
* Cassidy Knight (Rhame)
* Adam Kolakowski (Rhame)
* Carina Mannino (Rhame)
* Eamon Joyce (Centre)

Date Added: 1/30/2023

Our sixth graders took a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art where they were fully immersed in 5,000 years of Egyptian history!

Highlights included The Temple of Dendur, which was completed in 10 B.C. by the Roman emperor Augustus. Plus, they saw mummies, ancient statues and other artifacts and took part in activities as part of the tour. They even learned to walk like an Egyptian!

Thanks to the Met staff and our teachers for the amazing experience!

Click here to view the slideshow.

Date Added: 1/27/2023

The Board of Education congratulates the winners of the Andrew J. Stern Memorial Essay Contest. This annual contest honors East Rockaway Class of 1978 alumni Andrew Stern who was killed during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. It is run by members of the Stern family who attended the meeting and presented the awards.

The contest winners:
Kirsten Carman (high school category)
Nathan Jaramillo (junior high school category)
Ava Dauro (elementary school category)

Each year, students are asked to submit an essay based on a specific topic or reflection relating to 9/11. This year the question was “if you were a teacher, what are the three most important things that you would teach your students about 9/11?”

The presentation was livestreamed on the BOE website. You can watch the presentation and hear the students read their essays below.

Date Added: 1/20/2023