Fourth graders at Deauville Gardens East Elementary School are blooming poets. In celebration of National Poetry Month, they recently completed their English language arts unit on poetry. Students learned about different styles and elements of poetry and how to incorporate figurative language into their writing. They then wrote and published their favorite pieces at the end of the unit. The fourth grade classes celebrated their creativity by having a publishing party, reading aloud their pieces to the class.

Date Added: 4/17/2024

Students in Mrs. McLaughlin’s sewing club at Deauville Gardens East Elementary School have been working hard on designing and creating their own plushies. These artists drew their own designs, cut their felts, and assembled their piece using three different types of stitches.

Date Added: 4/11/2024

On March 14, Deauville Gardens East Elementary School held a second literacy night for students in grades three through five. Students and their families gathered in the gym, and listened to Principal Mr. Buccello read aloud the “Word Collector” by Peter H. Reynolds. School counselor Mrs. Mullady, dressed as Jerome, the story’s main character, acted out the story as it was being read aloud.

Afterward, students moved to their classrooms to participate in glow in the dark activities. Each student received a glow stick upon arrival. Third graders played Scrabble with floor-sized pieces and worked together to unscramble sentences. Fourth and fifth graders had a synonym scavenger hunt. They each were given a list of words. The synonyms for their word list were written in invisible ink and posted around the room. Students used a black light pen to find the matching synonym and record it on their paper.

Fourth and fifth graders also made a fortune teller with comprehension prompts to use when reading. All students wrote a word that tells about themselves to add to the school’s “Word Collector” display. All students went home with two books, a copy of the “Word Collector” and a second book of their choice.

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Date Added: 4/9/2024

 

Date Added: 4/2/2024

Copiague School District students were recognized by members of the Knights of Columbus for their participation in the organization’s annual poster and essay contests at the March 11 board of education meeting at Copiague Middle School.

The poster contest, now in its 14th year, garnered more than 250 entries to tackle the issue of drug and alcohol abuse. Students received a certificate and gift card sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Ten students from Copiague School District were chosen as winners. The district congratulates the following students for their winning entries: Sophia Viacava (Copiague Middle School); Hailey Hitzel (Copiague Middle School); Aliyah Fernandez (Copiague Middle School); Nauddys Sanchez DeJesus (Copiague Middle School); Mia Guillen (Deauville Gardens East Elementary School); Olivia Charles (Susan E. Wiley Elementary School); Daniela Rodriguez (Susan E. Wiley Elementary School); Marek Gonzalez (Deauville Gardens East Elementary School); Sallyiah Abdullah (Deauville Gardens East Elementary School); and Yamila Guiterrez (Deauville Gardens East Elementary School).

This year’s annual essay contest focused on the concept of religious liberty. Each student winner received a gift card and council certificate. From Copiague Middle School, this year’s Knights of Columbus essay contest winners were: Keyrin Hernandez Burgos (first place), Jaden Rose (second place) and Aiden Lopez (third place).

Date Added: 3/25/2024

As part of their science investigations, fifth graders at Deauville Gardens East Elementary School recently worked with electrical circuits for the “light it up” activity. The students had to apply scientific ideas to design, test and refine a circuit that transfers energy and converts it from one form to another using batteries and lightbulbs. After successfully getting their lightbulbs lit, they had to rearrange the circuit they created to make one bulb shine brighter than the others while all three bulbs were lit.

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Date Added: 3/8/2024

In recognition of Black History Month in February, third graders at Deauville Gardens East Elementary School completed research projects and wrote biographies on a person who has made an impact on black history. After completing their research at the library and online, students created a “person” and wrote their biographical information inside. Students presented their reports to classmates to share information about some famous figures in black history such as Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Michelle and Barack Obama, Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, Althea Gibson and Dr. Mae Jemison.

Date Added: 3/7/2024

The fourth grade classes at Deauville Gardens East and Deauville Gardens West elementary schools have been conducting research on different African Americans in recognition of Black History Month in February.

At Deauville Gardens East, students spent time brainstorming what they already knew about Black History Month and then began researching different famous African Americans. Students were provided with different kid-safe search engines to conduct their research. They organized their thinking and then created a slideshow on Google Slides to present their findings. Students had guidelines to follow such as the person’s birthday, early life, important events, what they are famous for, pictures and any additional fun facts/information. They were then invited to come up to the front of the room to present their slideshows to their peers.

At Deauville Gardens West, the fourth graders were each assigned an influential person to research and create a biography banner. The banners showed a photo of the person as well as many of their interesting facts, quote, timeline, significant accomplishments and an “all about me” portion.

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Date Added: 3/1/2024

Copiague’s Deauville Gardens East Elementary School was aglow with knowledge on Feb. 7 during its glow-themed literacy night for students in kindergarten through second grade. Students and their families gathered in the gym to hear “The Word Collector” by Peter H. Reynolds read aloud by their Principal Joseph Buccello. Families then moved to classrooms to participate in fun glow-in-the-dark literacy activities. Kindergartners and first graders played hopscotch under the black lights and created a glow-in-the-dark craft. Second graders played floor-sized Scrabble and worked in teams to unscramble sentences. All students also wrote and illustrated a word that tells who they are to add to a Deauville Gardens East Word Collectors hallway display. Every student received a copy of “The Word Collector” and a second book of their choice to take home.

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Date Added: 2/28/2024