Northwest Elementary School students recently performed their annual Spring Concerts.

The hallways were filled with the sounds of young voices as the students prepared and rehearsed. The kindergarten classes performed songs about springtime and having fun outside. Singing songs such as “It’s a Beautiful Day,” “Born to Make Music,” “Springtime Sunshine,” and “Down at the Beach.”

The first-grade program was titled “Rainbow World.” Each song was about a color in the rainbow such as “Little Red Caboose,” “Honey Bee,” and “Purple Bricks in the Sky.” The students ended with “Paint You a Song,” a song about how wonderful it is to make music together.

Second graders performed a mini-musical called “Big Dreams.” The students sang, danced, and performed lines for their performance. The students learned about having dreams and pursuing them.

All of the students amazed their audience. Their hard work in music class and during the rehearsals was evident in the final performance.

Date Added: 6/2/2023

Second graders at Northwest Elementary School in Amityville recently completed a unit on the life cycle of chicks and duck eggs.

Students learned about their life cycles by incubating the eggs in the classrooms. Northwest received the chicks and duck eggs from a local farm and watched them develop and hatch over time.

Photo caption: 1-3: Second graders at Northwest Elementary School in Amityville recently completed a unit on the life cycle of chicks and duck eggs.

Photos courtesy of Amityville Union Free School District

Date Added: 5/18/2023

First graders in Mrs. Brooks' class at Northwest Elementary School in Amityville held their own celebration to recognize King Charles III’s coronation.

Their class celebration was part of an ongoing study of the world and different cultures. King Charles III’s coronation was a historical moment as the last coronation of the British monarch was held for Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Students learned about traditions, used royal language, practiced proper etiquette, and shared scones and biscuits. They also learned the proper way to stir and drink tea using their plastic crystal cups, spoons and saucers. Lastly, students enjoyed an engaging word study with “Coronation Fundations.”

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Date Added: 5/8/2023

Second graders at Northwest Elementary School in Amityville recently teamed up to create their own landform projects.

Students studied landforms in their social studies class and how change affects landforms over time in science. Then, they designed, created, sculpted and painted landforms out of clay.

Date Added: 5/1/2023

Pre-kindergartners at Northeast Elementary School in Amityville recently learned all about agriculture during their field trips to the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center in Yaphank.

The 220-acre working farm offers fun, hands-on educational programs about Long Island’s agricultural heritage while showcasing present day agriculture. Classes got to learn about the basics of agriculture, life skills, animal sciences and environmental sciences.

Date Added: 4/11/2023