STEM Enrichment and Hour of Code

Students who completed the Hour of Code extended their learning by engineering, designing, and building balloon powered race cars.  Students in grades three through six competed in the great Balloon Race throughout the day.  Great job done by all.  Trophies and ribbons were made with a 3-D printer.

Holiday Door Decorating and Stuff-A-School

The energy at Dayton Avenue School is in overdrive.  Boys and girls donated to several local charities throughout the month is support of our Stuff-A-School campaign.  Holiday doors reflect the many initiatives we have at Dayton Avenue School to include the integration of Dr. Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Happy Kids.  Please enjoy a virtual tour of the "Doors of Dayton."

6th Grade Classes Give Back to Community

Students in 6th grade learned the true meaning of Christmas by giving back to their community.  Students raised money and purchased gifts to help families in need.  Pictured are students from Mrs. Montreuil and Mrs. Riley's classes.  Job well done!

Future Engineers in Third Grade

Students in Mrs. Defeo, Mrs. Orlando, and Mrs. Castranova's class integrated literacy, geometry, technology, writing social studies (land forms and water features) and team building to create a model suspension bridge, a beam bridge, and an arch bridge.  The students worked cooperatively as a "crew" of engineers to research and design each bridge.  They wrote up their concepts and constructed each bridge, choosing a physical setting (mountains, valleys and a plateau).  They also included water features, such as a river, an ocean and a lake.  Great job by all involved.

Hour of Code!

Students at Dayton Avenue School are participating in "Hour of Code."  Students are learning the skills necessary to become our future computer scientists.

3rd Graders Old Enough to Shave

Third grade students in Mrs. Van Tronk, Mrs. Orlando, and Mrs. Castranova's class are already using shaving cream.  However, they are using it to develop the fine motor skills necessary to learn cursive handwriting.

Stuff-A-School and Holiday Door Decorating

Our Annual Stuff-A-School Jr. project and Holiday Door Decorating are underway.  Dayton Avenue School transforms itself into the North Pole as we give back to the community through various fundraising events that support the Junior-Senior High School's Stuff-A-School project.

4th Grade Students Explore Google Docs

Students in Mrs. Breheny and Ms. Wagenhauser's class integrate Google Docs into their study of New York State explorers.

Designing Center Pieces Through Literature

Students in Mrs. Lukas, Mrs. Bobal's, Mr. Edwards, and Ms. Drost's classes designed center pieces for the dining room table using recycled books.  Students placed special messages of thanks on each of their center pieces.

Suffolk County Police Department & ESM Present: "The Ugly Truth"

In coordination with the Suffolk County Police Department and Eastport-South Manor Central School District will be presenting, "The Ugly Truth" - What Parents Need to Know regarding  Heroin & Prescription Drug Abuse.  The presentation will be held at the Junior-Senior High School on Monday, December 14th at 6:30pm.

Mrs. Tester's Class Write Native American Tales

Students in Mrs. Tester's class used their understanding of Native American culture and language to tell their own stories.

Dayton Avenue School Support No Shave November

Boys and girls at Dayton Avenue School raised money to support the fight against Brain Cancer during No Shave November.  Brave faculty members donated their faces to the cause.  Our children made a difference in fighting this awful disease through their contributions.  I want to extend a debt of gratitude to Mr. Weiss for orchestrating the event and also thank the many faces who made this happen: Mr. Dippel, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Longo, Mr. Litto, Mr. Vignona, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Elmore, Mr. Hynes, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Combs.  Students raised nearly $700.00 to support the American Brain Tumor Association.

Mrs. Rubin's 3rd Grade Students Create Thanksgiving Day Cards

Students in Mrs. Rubin's class gave thanks to those at Gurwin Nursing Home by creating Thanksgiving Day cards to be delivered to residents.

4th Grade Visits Hoyt Farm

Students in 4th grade as part of the social studies curriculum recently visited Hoyt Farm as they explored the lives of Long Island Native Americans.  This is a hands-on field trip that students enjoy.

Leader in Me at Dayton Avenue

The entire faculty and staff are participating in a book club as we continue to integrate Dr. Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Happy Kids and Highly Effective Teens. The Leader in Me provides the blueprint for schools to implement this universal principles for success in life and school.  We are excited to embark on this journey together.

3rd Grade Pumpkin Centers in Mrs. Gottchalk's Class

Students in Mrs. Gottschalk's class utilized pumkins to teach literacy, science, and social studies.  Wow, that is some creative ways to use a pumkin.

Dayton Avenue Students are Super!

Faculty, students, and staff celebrated the power of doing what is right, helping others, following expectations, and being kind which are components of our Positive Behavior Intervention and Support system.  Captain America is the unofficial Assistant Principal at Dayton Avenue School. Faculty, students, and staff dressed as Captain America for the day.

Hands-on Spooky Science Experiments in Mrs. Kerins Class

Students in Mrs. Kerins 3rd grade class participated in a truly hands-on science experiment to end October.  This was an engaging and challenging lesson that had students working collaboratively.

Dayton Avenue School Summer Reading Stars

After much anticipation the Dayton Avenue School Summer Reading Stars walked the Red Carpet to the cheers of their adoring fans.

Mrs. Tester's 4th Grade Students Write Idioms

 Students in Mrs. Tester's class worked collaboratively to demonstrate their mastery of idioms.  Small groups worked together and shared their idioms with classmates.

Dayton Avenue School 7 Habits Anthem

3rd grade students at Dayton Avenue School empowered by their learning of the 7 Habits of Happy Children wrote and perform our new Dayton Avenue School Anthem.

Dr. Christie Presents at State Conference

Dayton Avenue School Principal, Dr. Christie was a keynote speaker at the New York State Middle School Association Annual Conference.  Below is a portion of his presentation. 

6th Grade Sunken Meadow Experience

6th Grade students participated in the Sunken Meadow Outdoor Educational Team Building and Science field trip this week.  Students build team capacity through Project Adventure and develop an understanding of Long Island land formation through hands-on science experiments.  The Sunken Meadow experience has become one of the most enjoyable field trips of the year.

5th Grade Students Integrate Discovey Techbooks

Students in Mr. Dippel's science class are integrating the Dell 2 in 1 computers into the science curriculum by utilizing Discovery Education software.  This product allows students to naturally collaborate with one another as they engage in science content.

Mrs. Marone Integrates Google Classroom Into Library Media Center.

Mrs. Marone, who is a Google Certified Educator integrates Google Classroom into the Library Media Center.  The students in fifth grade logged onto their Google accounts and then joined the library Google Classroom where were able to access a collaborative document. The students quickly learned the benefit of real time collaboration on documents because they could each create a piece of the whole. Since all of the students had editing access to one document, they also learned how important it was to be respectful of each other’s work. Understanding how Google Docs works to collaborate opens the door to inquiry based learning and student collaboration.

Mrs. Bobal and Mr. Edward's Class Has Been Slimed!

Students in 5th grade science applied their understanding of the Scientific Method during a hands-on lab activity.  Students collaborated and tested their hypothesis during the lab.  Keep up the great work.

Integrating Google Drive into Writer's Workshop.

Mrs. McGinness and her 4th grade students integrated Google Drive into their Writer's Workshop.  As light music played in the background students examined the concept of Author's Point of View.  Students then worked collaboratively and read Point of View cue cards to one another.  Each student had a picture on a Google Document.  Students returned to their seats and worked on developing a short story to describe their photo.  Students had a choice to write their story from the 1st or 3rd person perspective.

4th Grade Students Use Kidblog To Work Collaboratively!

Mrs. Arroyo had her 4th grade class complete "Think Marks" in response to The Wednesday Surprise, by Eve Bunting.  Following the completion of the "Think Marks," students entered their writing on Kidblog.  This simple platform for collaboration has nearly 100 responses as students think critically about the responses of their classmates.  The synergy and new ideas created by students sharing their voice with one another is a powerful instructional tool.  Keep up the good work.  Dr. Christie joined the class this morning and even updated is Avatar!