Celebration of Colonial Times
Mrs.
Rauch’s fourth grade class celebrated “colonial day”
in their classroom. They were able to write with a
quill, play marbles, make a candle holder, make and
eat butter, use a loom to weave, and compared their
chores today with the chores of children during
colonial times. The colonial children worked very
hard! We also dressed in colonial wear and read and
acted out what it would be like in a colonial
classroom. Dr. Perea joined in the fun and played
his “fiddle” for us with music of the times. Mrs.
Pearce taught them square dancing for the day! A
great time was had by all!
2011-2012 Testing Schedule Released
(Schedule was revised December 2011)
The New York
State Education Department has released the
tentative Elementary and Intermediate level testing
schedule for the 2011-2012 school year . The
state-wide uniform testing dates are as follows:
Grades 3-8 English
Language Arts:
Tuesday, April 17th
- Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Grades 3-8
Mathematics:
Wednesday, April 25th
- Friday, April 27th,
2012
If such dates are amended by the New York State
Education Department, our parents, students and
staff will be promptly notified.
Click on this
revised
testing schedule
or visit the SCCSD Website
Curriculum & Instruction
page for more information.
Frank P. Long "Little Gardeners" Complete First
Harvest
Members of the Garden Club at Frank P. Long
Intermediate School completed their first harvest of
the school year. The "Little Gardeners"
program begins during the first week of school and
synthesizes educational learning with donations to
charity, good citizenship and home grown fun in
learning. This year's crop yielded nine bags
of fresh spinach, which the students decided to
donate to the Lighthouse Mission in East Patchogue.
Each season the program begins with basic lessons in
ecology and agriculture. To make the lessons
come alive, students plant and tend to the vegetable
gardens until the quick crops are ready to be
picked. Then, students wash, package and
finally donate their results to local food pantries
or for the benefit of the school cafeteria.
The students who participate in the program feel
they are a part of something to the community.
Pictured (l to r) : Back row: Lighthouse operations
manager, Jon Musser, Garden Club volunteer Al Nolan,
Garden Club coordinator Peter Cisek. Middle
Row: Christina Nunez, Shannon Bruce, Zachary
Ostrowski, Mikayla Gerardi. Front row: Giannah
Hicks, Colby Johnson, Sarah Neese, Dylan Kincel and
Grace Rojas.
Live Homework Help Available!
The South
Country Central School District, in conjunction with
the Brookhaven Free Public Library, is proud to
announce the access to live homework help for
students in grades K-12! Students will be able to
interact with live , certified teachers in math,
science, reading, writing, social studies, as well
as practice for Regents exams, PSAT’s/SAT’s, ACT’s
as well as grades 3 through 8 New York State
assessments!
The site is
parent/student friendly and easy to access.
All one needs is an active Suffolk County library
card to get started!
Follow the link
at
http://live-brary.com
