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Welcome to the 2015-2016 school year at Moriches Elementary School. This school year is
off to a great start. We had a great turn out for the Meet the Teacher nights which were
held during the first weeks of school. At Moriches Elementary School, we recognize and appreciate the value of parent involvement and promote continuing communication between
school and home throughout the year. Please come and meet with us, join the PTO, and volunteer your time and energy. We know that your involvement, combined with the efforts of
our outstanding faculty & staff, will make this school year a rich and rewarding year for
your child. Please join us as we create a bright and successful future for all of our students.
Our Parent/Teacher conferences will be on Wednesday, December 16th and Thursday, December 17th. Information will be sent home later this month. Communication between
you and the school is important. This is a formal opportunity to review your childrens
progress.
We are very excited about the upcoming school year. Inside this issue you will read all of
the educational and fun learning activities your children are participating in their classes.
This year we will be building upon the past success at Moriches Elementary School thanks
to the hard work of all of our students, parents, faculty and staff. We presented many great
activities last year such as: unity week, family game nights, gingerbread night, authors
night, grade level dances, fun PTO activities, Little Doctors Blood Drive, Moriches celebrates reading week, character dress-up day, and buddy mentoring program just to name
a few!
We are excited to welcome Ms. Lisa Pisano to Moriches Elementary. She will be our
interim Assistant Principal while Mrs. Redding is out.
We look forward to working with you this school year. Let's make it the best year yet!
In honor of Unity Week the whole third grade wrote poems about peace
and unity. Each class then picked three students to share their poems at
the end of the week during our Poetry Caf. The whole third grade also
made shirts creating a painted dove with their handprints to wear on the
day of the poetry caf. Having the same shirts with all of their different
handprints helped remind the students that in order to have peace we
need to be united and work together.
Fifth graders examined art from the Australian Aboriginals, and made peace
rocks in a similar style. The rocks will be displayed in the school garden.
Students in Ms. Haskins 5th grade class joined hands for Unity.
On October 30th, the first grade classes dressed up as their favorite storybook characters. Teachers and students were dressed as Clifford the Big
Red Dog, Fancy Nancy, Pete the Cat and lots of other favorites.
During the first week of school, Mrs. Weldons second grade class
wrote 5 facts about themselves. Then the children shared them
with the class. It was a great way for the children to get to know
each other. Here are a few samples:
Ashley wrote:
My favorite show is Henry Danger.
My favorite food is pizza.
My favorite toy is a Barbie.
I have 1 brother and 1 sister.
My birthday is in September.
Jordan wrote:
I like to play with my yellow ball.
My favorite food is hamburgers.
My favorite sports are soccer and basketball.
I like to ride my bike.
I like to go camping.
Elijah wrote:
My favorite toy is my car. My car is red.
My favorite thing to do is swimming.
Toy Story is my favorite movie.
I like to eat pizza.
My favorite place is the park.
Adan wrote:
I have 4 brothers.
I am 7 years old.
My birthday is in July.
I went to Toys R Us.
My favorite food is cookies.
Julian wrote:
My favorite food is cereal.
My favorite sport is soccer.
My favorite game is Minecraft.
I have a gecko.
My favorite animal is a dog.
Brandon wrote:
I have 5 pets.
I have a friend named Jordan.
Kimberly wrote:
I went to the beach in the summer.
On Sundays I go shopping with my mom and dad too.
I love playing tag with my mom and dad and my 5 pets too.
I have 5 pets.
I went to the zoo with my mom and dad.
Christopher H. wrote:
I have one brother. His name is Justin.
I have one dog.
I play Wii games.
I ride my bike on the street.
I like to play with my dog.
Arlene wrote:
I like to go to the park and play.
My favorite food is Chinese food.
My favorite thing to do is watch TV.
My best friend is Ashley.
I like to swim.
Chris C. wrote:
I have a dog. His name is Koda.
I went to Virginia with my mom and dad.
I like to play video games with my dad.
I like coloring with my sister.
I like to chase my dog.
Daisy wrote:
I have 2 brothers.
I have 1 sister.
My birthday is in October.
I like vegetable soup.
I have a doll.
From left to right: Mckenzie Greene, Courtney Petersen, Aidan Randazzo, Jack Meyer, Danica
Byrd and Angelina Nadraus
Students from Mrs. Dunbars class during the 2nd grade field trip to Brookhaven
National Laboratory. The students participated in many hands-on activities that
integrated STEM learning experiences.
On Friday, October 30th the whole third grade participated in the annual 3rd Grade
Pumpkin Investigation. Throughout the day the students visited various 3rd grade
classrooms and participated in a variety of scientific experiments. The students
learned about the scientific method and made predictions before carrying out their
experiments. They predicted if their pumpkins would float, how much their pumpkins weigh, the circumference of their pumpkins, and how many seeds are inside
their pumpkins. The students were excited to make their predictions and to see the
outcome of their experiments. During the activities the students also learned about
the life cycle of a pumpkin, the parts of a pumpkin, and used their pumpkin to do
some descriptive writing. Part of the third grade social studies curriculum is to learn
the seven continents and the five oceans, so the students also turned their pumpkins
into a globe. The day was a great success where the students learned a lot, while
having fun!
Fourth grade students in Mr. Shorts class recently harvested the three sisters
crops corn, beans and squash that they planted last spring as third graders in
Mrs. Dobbecks class. The planting and harvesting of the crops ties in academically with the fourth grade social studies and science curriculum covering how the
plants grow and are harvested, as well as planting and caring for the crops just
like the Native Americans once did.
On Friday, October 23rd the entire fifth grade took a trip to William Floyd High
School for the annual College Bound Athletics Assembly. Athletic Director Mark
Mensch, for the 9th year in a row, started off the assembly by stressing the
importance of being a solid student first. Two of the current student athletes,
John Bilotti (lacrosse) and Lexi Romano (softball) spoke to the students about the
importance of managing your time as well as all the social positives being on a sports
team brings. The students were then treated to a Question and Answer segment.
Jaelyn Ziegler asked the question, Is it better to concentrate on one sport in high
school or should you play as many as you can? The answer given by the panel was,
As you get older and closer to college you might find that you just want to focus on
the sport you love the most, but you should never be discouraged from trying everything. Jae Ho Him asked, What were some of your deciding factors in choosing a
college? The panel agreed that academics were the most important factor, as well
as the relationship between the coach and team of the sport they choose to play.
The highlight of the day came at the end when our students got the chance to interact with the high school senior athletes. They signed autographs, played catch and
got to be around some of William Floyds best and brightest student athletes. The
day was a resounding success as always as it provided clarity and great insight to becoming a successful student athlete in the future at William Floyd and beyond.
For Veterans Day, the 5th graders in Mrs. Johnsons and Mr. Megnas classes welcomed Sergeant
Joshua Gravett, US Army, to hear about his experiences in the military. SGT Gravett said that he
joined the military to travel the world and follow in the footsteps of family members who have
served before him. He explained how the Army paid for his college and also discussed his various
roles, such as serving as a recruiter, a human resources officer, a postal carrier and as an airborne
ranger.
Emily Brick
Taylor Beltramini
Kailey Casanova
Emily Coleman
Cheyenne Dennis-Daniels
Ava Ferrante
Edwars Quiroga
Litzy Ramos
Daviah Richardson
Laiba Hameed
Adrian Romero
Trinity Hibbert
Nahjae Hollman
Sydney Kosta
Darya Kravchuk
Juliana LaBella
Vanessa Scotti
Neiphatarr Selassie-I
Andrew Stigliano
Phillip Vetter
On Monday students were able to wear their cozy pajamas to school for PAJAMA
DAY.
Thursday was a super day as students and staff dressed as their favorite
super hero for SUPER HERO DAY.
GREAT JOB
MORICHES!
Mrs. Knoetgen and Mrs. Johnson working with students to count all the socks that were collected.
Some of the students from Mrs. Coggianos class pose with the many boxes filled with the
Halloween candy.