Leah Leonard, ENL teacher at Southold Elementary School, stands in front of about 20 Spanish-speaking parents in the school cafeteria. Their children are seated at a separate table in the back of the room, scribbling wildly on Christmas-themed coloring pages and chatting with their peers in Spanish.
Fellow ENL teacher Christopher Ruggi pulls up a website, Raz-Kids, on the projector pointed behind Ms. Leonard. Speaking Spanish, she tells the audience in that it’s time to begin. READ
In the center of the Southold Elementary School cafeteria, a Japanese woman teaches a student to wrap a rice ball in seaweed. Students jump along to the rhythm of maracas, a Latin percussion instrument. Parents munch on pizza and watch their kids color in pictures that recognize upcoming holidays from various cultures and religions. READ
Southold Elementary School is trying to win a $25,000 grant to secure the Project Fit America program for its school. READ
Students at Southold Elementary School starred in their own cooking competition Oct. 6. READ
Southold Elementary School fifth-graders got a special treat last Wednesday that they helped grow and cook themselves. READ
Kaitlyn Heath has never had a problem expressing herself. As a toddler, her grandmother Ora Heath recalled, she tried to talk to strangers. Whenever Ms. Heath asked why, Kaitlyn said she loved people.
Southold Elementary School kindergartners honored military veterans Thursday after adding an American flag they purchased to the flag display outside the high school.
Southold Elementary School principal Ellen O’Neill greeted students in the lobby after they arrived at around 8:30 a.m. on a rainy Tuesday morning.
Seated around a picnic table in the garden at Southold Elementary School, six students stare at bugs they captured in clear containers earlier in the day, making notes about their observations and drawing images of the insects. READ
A special guest joined third-graders at Southold Elementary School last Wednesday: children’s author Robin Newman. READ