With students settled back into their school routine, schools throughout the district had plenty of fun activities going on in October.
From Oct. 5-13 the scholastic book fair came to Bayville and Locust Valley elementary schools with great books, toys, posters and more. Members of the Bayville Elementary Parents Council and the Locust Valley Elementary Parents Council set up the shelves and showed students around the fair.
The Locust Valley Elementary Parents Council welcomed community members to Ann MacArthur Primary School on Oct. 13 for the Family Picnic. Students munched on treats like popcorn, cotton candy and pizza, played on inflatable slides and the new playground and got their faces painted.
On Oct. 16, the middle school and high school Italian clubs announced the winners of its poster contest celebrating Italian American Heritage Month. Congratulations to middle schoolers Joey Jaszczuk, Abigail Madden, Mia Marcantonio, Charlie Ruotolo-Jampol and Liz Vitale, and high schoolers Jake Cobas, Rebecca DiDomizio, Ashley Grella and Vito Ricciardi for your amazing work.
On Oct. 18, elementary students in Bayville and Locust Valley celebrated Unity Day by wearing orange and using chalk provided by the Locust Valley Elementary Parents Council and Bayville Elementary Parents Council to write kind messages and heartwarming art with a positive message. Thanks to our school counselors Allison Warfield and Jessica Colombini for bring Unity Day to the district again.