Today's News & Events - March

Roanoke: Poetry Jams are "A Happening"
April is National Poetry Month and the nation celebrates its poets and their poetry. Connor, Fabiola, Ronshique, Mieko Anne, Anthony, Tyhasiah are all the names of published poets. Their publishers are their teachers, Mrs. Kent and Ms. LoMagno, and the poets are in second grade, but their poetry is as fun and inspirational as the poets they emulate. . . . (March, 2005) More <

Riley Poets On the Road
Donna Verbeck’s second grade class from the Riley Avenue School took the daring step of not only reading their poetry aloud, but also taking their act on the road. They traveled to the EastEnders Coffee House on Main Street in Riverhead to read their poems to an audience that consisted largely of their biggest fans—their parents and grandparents. . . . (March, 2005) More <

RHS Students Teach 2nd Graders About Community
Twenty-five RHS students planning to major in elementary education in college next year spent a day in an elementary school in the District teaching four units on “Community” to second graders as part of an ongoing alliance between the District’s School to Career program and the Junior Achievement (JA) program. . . (March, 2005) More <

Ready to Learn Grant
We want to thank the Hagedorn family,” states Roanoke Library and Media Specialist Marge Lawrence. “They are generously continuing the Ready to Learn Program started by Horace Hagedorn in conjunction with WLIW/WNET. .. . . . (March, 2005) More <

Terri Peters Memorial Science Fair 2005
The Rube Goldberg (Physics) entries at the high school were as entertaining as they were ingenious. The winning device moved a ball past an Easter Bunny, from the nest under a stuffed chicken, down a tube and into a basket that then dunked an egg into a bucket of dye--instant Easter egg. The creators of this device took home the purple first place ribbon in this category (Physics-Rube Goldberg). (March, 2005)
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Happy St. Patrick's Day from O'Riley Avenue School
Two first grade classes at the Riley Avenue School put on a St. Patrick's Day Parade for their schoolmates. Becky Skrzypecki's and Katy Pettit's first graders used their wagons or anything with wheels from home to make floats for their St. Patrick's Day Parade. It was green; it was windy; it was wonderful. The grand marashalls for the day were teacher's aide Joanne Byrne and first grader Mora Sullivan, who are more than a wee bit Irish. (March, 2005)
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