Join us tonight at 5 p.m. for the Universal Pre-K Lottery livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/@lvpublicrelations.
Go to the link below to read about the exciting happenings in our schools during winter, from the opening of Universal Pre-K in AMP and Bayville Primary to Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations and more.
https://www.locustvalleyschools.org/article/986547
Experienced artists Sandra Carrion and Patricia Beary visited Locust Valley High School on Jan. 31 to teach the IB Art students photo transfer techniques. Carrion and Beary, who taught at Nassau Community College and Wantagh High School, respectively, showed Melanie Mooney’s class how to transfer photos onto different materials using hand sanitizer and a paint roller.
Schools throughout the district celebrated World Read Aloud Day on Feb. 1 with classroom readings, virtual author visits and book fairs. The day began with members of the high school’s LV Jesters visiting Bayville Primary and Bayville Intermediate to read to the students. Bayville Primary second graders were also treated to a virtual visit with children’s author Lowey Bundy Sichol who read her book “From an Idea to Lego” about how Legos became one of the largest toy companies in the world. Sichol also answered students’ questions about being a writer.
Throughout the day, Bayville Primary and Intermediate students had the opportunity to find their next literary adventure during their school book fairs.
Ann MacArthur Primary School students and staff continue to welcome the new pre-K students to the school. On Jan. 27, Stacey Eno’s kindergarten students came to read to and interact with Stephanie Butera’s pre-K class. During the visit, the younger students paired up with their older peers and showed them around their classroom’s many interesting areas like the book shelves, reading rug and the play kitchen with a pretend oven and food.
Locust Valley High School hosted some of the best young, technical minds from Long Island on Jan. 29 during the FIRST Energize Power Play robotics competition.
The Locust Valley Middle School team “FalconBots” and high school “Team Kuiper” competed with dozens of the other teams from the area during the intense competition. As a result of their performance, the high school team qualified for the Long Island Regional Championship, which will be held on March 12 at Bethpage High School. In addition to the two Locust Valley teams, a robotics team from Locust Valley Intermediate and the sixth-grade team from the middle school, came to cheer on the home teams and get a taste for the excitement of the FIRST competition.
FIRST, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is a robotics community that prepares young people for the future through a suite of team-based robotics programs for ages 4 to 18.
Twelve Bayville Intermediate School students took part in the school’s spelling bee on Jan. 27. The whole student body filed into the school auditorium with colorful signs cheering on their classmates as they navigated challenging words. The 12 contestants qualified by winning their individual class spelling bees. In the end, fifth-grader Jack Kelly emerged as the school champion after correctly spelling the word “seminary.” Both Jack and runner up Meghan Lemieux will move on to a written spelling and vocabulary contest as part of the Scholar Skills Long Island Spelling Bee between February 13-17. Students with the top scores from the first round will proceed to the final round to be held in March with the winner moving on to represent Long Island in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
On Jan. 26, first grade students at Bayville Primary gathered in the multipurpose room for a presentation on Lunar New Year. With the help of a classmate’s relatives, the students learned about Lunar New Year traditions such as wearing red, giving red envelopes and gifts to loved ones. They also learned how the holiday is celebrated differently in China, South Korea, Vietnam and other countries in East and Southeast Asia.
It is opening night for the Locust Valley Middle School production of ‘Freaky Friday!’ Come out to the LVMS/HS Auditorium to support our talented performers at 6 p.m.
Tickets are not required for in-person audience members. To access the livestream, please visit https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/69664 or go to the Linktree in our Instagram bio. Can’t make it tonight? There is another performance tomorrow night at 6 p.m., as well!
Please see the attached statement from the Locust Valley Central School District Board of Education on the departure of the Superintendent.
Come out to support the talented Locust Valley Middle School performers on Friday and Saturday night as they take the stage to perform “Freaky Friday: The Musical” at 6 p.m. No tickets required for in-person audience members. To access the livestream, please visit: https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/69664.
To help inspire the next group of budding artists, several talented Locust Valley High School student artists are hosting art talks this winter to share the inspirations and creative processes behind some of the original works they created as part of the IB Art program.
Each Wednesday from Jan. 4 to March 1, the IB Art Talks program provides the students with the chance to display a rough draft of their final assessment, discuss the materials used, cultural and artistic influences and intentions for the viewers, while arranging their artwork in a way which displays the cohesive body of their work.
“The Art Talks help showcase the students’ talents and hard work. I am so proud to see their growth in the two-year class,” Locust Valley High School art teacher Melanie Mooney said. “By senior year, the students really start to think like an artist. They realize how their thoughts, voice, art and concepts can be powerful and influential.”
Ms. Mooney brings her art classes to each talk throughout the school day to inspire underclassmen and upperclassmen alike on how to find their own artistic styles.
Last week was a busy one for the talented musicians in the Locust Valley Central School District as 42 students from Bayville Intermediate School, Locust Valley Intermediate School, Locust Valley Middle School and Locust Valley High School participated in All-County music festival rehearsals.
Students were nominated by their teachers and selected in the fall by the Nassau Music Educators Association to perform in rehearsals at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts on the Long Island University campus with the chance to attain All-County status. A committee of music educators makes the final selection of which students will perform in the various groups. Students representing Locust Valley will perform in band, chorus, jazz band, orchestra and vocal jazz categories.
“We are incredibly proud of our highest-level music students for representing Locust Valley at the All-County Festival,” Coordinator of Instructional Technology and Fine and Applied Arts for the district AnnMarie Buonaspina said. “The devotion to their musical craft is evident and being accepted to All-County is one of the greatest honors a young student musician can receive.”
On Jan. 19, Locust Valley High School inducted 65 students into the National Honor Society in the school auditorium. Board of Education Vice President Margaret Marchand and LVHS Principal Patrick Clemente congratulated students on their hard work in class and leadership and service in their communities. The inductees maintained cumulative grade point averages of 85 or better in addition to volunteering their time to help others both during and after school hours.
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Make sure to wear green to school for Falcon Friday on Jan. 20!
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The Locust Valley Central School District welcomed pre-kindergarten students into Ann MacArthur Primary School and Bayville Primary school on Jan. 9, as the district opened the doors to its new full day universal pre-K program.
Upon arrival on the first day at Ann MacArthur, students and their families were greeted with balloons from the Locust Valley Elementary Parents Council and the smiling faces of staff members. Similarly, at Bayville Primary School, Mrs. Miraglia waved pink pom poms and greeted arriving students as they entered the school for the first time.
“The first day was absolutely spectacular,” Ann MacArthur Principal Kurt Simon said. “We’re so excited to see these new students walk through the doors for the first time. It far exceeded our expectations.”
The program was designed to provide students with play-based, developmentally appropriate learning activities aligned with the Next Generation Early Learning Standards to prepare them for kindergarten. Their days will include calendar activities, center time (dramatic play, blocks and building, creative arts, sensory science and discovery, writing and math), circle time, quiet time, lunch time, small group time, free play time, snack time, and art, music, physical education and library experiences.
