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2016-17  Wading River Moments

   
 
 

Special Thanks to the Girl Scouts who planted flowers in Tom Cutinella's Garden

Smiles from the PTA Plant Sale

A visit from award-winning author Ralph Fletcher

Longtime bus driver Jim saying farewell to some of the students from his route.

A visit from the Butterfly Man! 

 

Mr. Gerard Poole, our new superintendent, previewing the construction 

Brain Show! 

Special Someone Luau 

   
     
         

Evening of the Arts 

    
   
  

steel framework for the new extension

Arbor Day

Norway Spruce donated to WR 4th graders by the Rocky Point Lions Club

and presented by Supervisor Romain and Councilwoman Bonner

Great Kindness Challenge (Superhero Day!) 

        

Wading River Food Drive (shattered all previous records!)

 

Backfilling Drainage areas and pouring foundation footings 
      
     

Look what the Leprechaun left us! 

Compacting the soil for the extension

Musical smiles in Mr. Verity's music class 
                            

Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a smile 

Putting in drainage under our fields 
  

Behind the scenes at the Talent Show

 

Construction is just around the corner... 

A glimpse into our classrooms 
  
Roller Blading in PE 
    

"Sylvia and the Magic Trunk" with Mr. Verbeck 

Diving into some good books in class 

Science Fair 

      
         
           

Back from sledding and jumping into reading, writing and publishing 

   

                    

Recess (pre-snowmageddon)

                    
                     

Some of our incredible readers and writers at work

      

                                  

Constructing the fence

Painting and Delivering Wizard of Oz sets

                    

 

Students from Mrs. Kraus' class taking an opportunity to build a snowman during the first good snow 

Sharing a good book together 

   

Quick  visit during lunch by the Harlem Magic 

           

                                

Climbing into 2017 in Whittle Gym 

   

 

 Jumping into Reading

    

Gearing up for Science Fair with our book of the Month, Rosie Revere, Engineer 

Holiday Welcome Ambassadors! 

Band students starting the day off with a positive beat 

Some of our actors getting ready for the 5th grade SRO... the cowardly lion saying he's got courage! 

Some creative sweaters 

Native American Arts-in-Ed Presentation.  

(Some of the "leaders" that were selected... girls picked the boys and boys picked the girls)

Thanks to the PTA, some of our students enjoying their new books. 

 Winter Concert
         
    
    
 

5th Grade Band, Orchestra and Chorus perform for the entire school. 

Students from Mrs. Levonick & Mrs. Marasciulo's class making

a difference by creating "Wash-Up Kits" for the homeless

NYC LM Project Assembly 
    

Smiles at Gingerbread U

 
   
   
   

Heading home from school 

 

 

Mr. Fish with some of his helpers 

 

 

Demonstrating friction with one willing and brave volunteer (the tablecloth was pulled out from underneath him!)

A little experiment with polymers thanks to another brave and willing volunteer (putting a needle through a balloon without popping it ) 

 
Shopping at our Holiday Boutique   
     

Cheering Friends giving some Project Adventure obstacles a try. 

 

Late night Elves hard at work on one of the backdrops for The Wizard of Oz 

 
Jeff Gottlieb visiting Mr. Uchman's class   

 

 

   
Many smiles and prizes at Family Game Night!  
     

Lost & Found

 

About to get started in Computer Lab

 

Arrival with some snow flurries 

 

Sharing some art projects together 

 

Caught Reading!

 

 

Our Peace Photo from "Character Counts" week  

 
   

 

Monster Mash smiles! 

 
 

 

 
     

Welcome Ambassadors starting off our Character Counts week complete with singing "Somewhere  Over the Rainbow" to help remind us to make a rainbow of good choices

 

Grade Level Winners with Mrs. Lori Blend from the North Shore Public Library 

 

A sea of responsible (red) orchestra students 

 

Young fifth grade scientists at their Brookhaven National Laboratory Trip 

 

Two ropes at once in PE! 

 

Welcome Wagon is back 

 
Immersing themselves in a world of reading   
     

On the boat ride back from Fire Island 

 

Rare sighting of a Ghost Crab (Ocypodinae) on Fire Island

 

Brave and cheerful souls seining to discover what is under the waves on Fire Island 

 

Celebrating Punctuation Day!

 

Remember doing something like this in PE?

Using a Kin-Ball is Awesome! 

 

Creating the Character Counts Windows

 
     

World Series of Reading/ Sports Jersey Day! 

 
Artists hard at work painting and drawing the Pillars of Character Mural   
     
 Behind the scenes at Photo Day  
     
Mrs. Licita and some of her Girl scouts making a difference by building planters in our southern courtyard.   
   
 Bus Drill!  
   
 Commemorating Patriot day  
     
     
 First Day of School!