Phillips offers special school and family programs as part of its 21st Century Grant, which is designed to enrich student learning, with programs like Project Success, a homework club, a summer program and field trips to locations like Atlantis Aquarium.

A special Girl Scout unit, which meets during lunch and is called the "Lunch Bunch", gives girls, who might not otherwise be able to join Girl Scouts, opportunities for learning and socialization.

Another grant program, "Girl Power 21st Century: Growing Strong, Moving On" (pictured above), which is coordinated by Stony Brook University, is designed to introduce girls to technology, science and math and nurture those interests as they advance through the school system and into college. Visit their website at www.celt.sunysb.edu/GP21.

Finally, the school's "Early Class Size Reduction Grant" has allowed Phillips to keep its class sizes smaller (even as its overall population is growing) to track the benefits that a smaller class affords younger students.

Phillips Avenue School, 141 Phillips Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901