(MAY 2022)—Students in Amityville’s Park Avenue Memorial Elementary School learned all about fossils including prehistoric dinosaur skeletal fossils, Woolly’s Mammoth’s tooth, and saber-tooth tiger fangs from a presentation given by Donald (Jerry Pollack, a former teacher at Edmund W. Miles Middle School and a lifelong Amityville resident.
“It was a wonderful experience for the kids to learn about fossils,” said, Dr. Shirley Martin, Principal of Park Avenue Memorial School. “The students had a great time, learned information they had never been exposed to before, and were able to share in the excitement and enthusiasm Mr. Pollock brings to his teachings to our students.”
Mr. Pollock taught for 33 years at Edmund W. Miles Middle School and coached for 50 years in the district. Mr. Pollock displayed his fossils along with images of the animals they came from and gave the students the opportunity to hold the fossils and pass them around the classroom. Mr. Pollock has volunteered and has continued to teach the Amityville students frequently since his retirement.


