Northwest Elementary School in Amityville held several activities to celebrate Thanksgiving during the week leading up to the holiday. 

First graders in Ms. Carey’s class held a Thanksgiving pie party, which featured three different types of pies: apple, chocolate and pumpkin. While making the pies, students developed numerous skills such as math, ELA, expressive and receptive language, problem solving, and cooperation. After the party, students expressed their opinion of their favorite pie and responses were tallied. Of course, the chocolate pudding pie won. 

Students in Ms. Carrero and Ms. Haber's second grade class learned about the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City and created their own parade. Students throughout Northwest were very thankful for a fun learning experience.

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Date Added: 12/10/2024

Northwest Elementary School in Amityville held several activities to celebrate Thanksgiving during the week leading up to the holiday. 

First graders in Ms. Carey’s class held a Thanksgiving pie party, which featured three different types of pies: apple, chocolate and pumpkin. While making the pies, students developed numerous skills such as math, ELA, expressive and receptive language, problem solving, and cooperation. After the party, students expressed their opinion of their favorite pie and responses were tallied. Of course, the chocolate pudding pie won. 

Students in Ms. Carrero and Ms. Haber's second grade class learned about the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City and created their own parade. Students throughout Northwest were very thankful for a fun learning experience.  

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Date Added: 12/9/2024

Members of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium recently visited students at Northwest Elementary School in Amityville.  

The planetarium, which is based in Centerport, combines visually stunning presentations and hands-on demonstrations to create engaging and interactive educational astronomy experiences. At Northwest, kindergartners learned about the weather and the four seasons of the year. First and second graders learned about the basics of astronomy and the moon. Additionally, students got to see a plasma globe which is used to demonstrate how lightning works. 

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Date Added: 12/3/2024

Students at Northwest Elementary School in Amityville celebrated a day of reading during a special visit from the Book Fairies on Nov. 14.  

Founded in 2012, the Book Fairies gathers new and gently used books and places them into the hands of eager children living in under-resourced areas across Long Island, New York City, and internationally. At Northwest, students met with members from Book Fairies in the school’s gymnasium to select their own book. Additionally, the organization celebrated a milestone as they donated their 5,000,000th book.  

Second grader Riley Smith became the golden ticket recipient when she selected the book, “Makeda Makes a Birthday Treat” by Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovich. 

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Date Added: 11/18/2024

On Oct. 29, the Amityville Fire Department held an interactive lesson on fire safety at Northwest Elementary School.

In conjunction with Fire Prevention Month, students gathered in the school’s gymnasium as firefighters held a presentation to discuss fire and emergency protocol at home. After the presentation, students walked to the school’s main parking lot where they got see an actual fire engine truck, a ladder truck, and an ambulance.

With assistance getting in and out, they entered each vehicle, walked around it and learned about the tools, equipment and uniforms that are used to put out a fire.

Date Added: 10/31/2024