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Added: July 15, 2009

As School Year Winds Down, Westhampton Students Honor Soldiers And Teachers

Senior Danielle Palmaccio and Junior Rachal Lucas worked together to promote and recruit their fellow students to ride their bicycles to and from school for one day. In total, more than 35 students participated in the one-day event. Photo courtesy of the Westhampton Beach School District

Letters To Soliders/b>
Fourth graders at Westhampton Beach Elementary School supported the troops by sending poems of admiration this Memorial Day. Bravery, strength and courage were common themes in the poems that were written. Students said they thought about why they were thankful for the soldiers and wrote about those things.

"We were learning about Memorial Day and I thought this would be a nice," fourth-grade teacher Toni Stanek said. The students submitted the poems to an online forum on the Department of Defense's website, where soldiers overseas can read them.

French Lessons
Fourteen juniors in Melissa Llewellyn's 4H French class at Westhampton Beach High School visited elementary students in Adriana Sedano's French class to teach them about the weather. The high school students created a class lesson relating to weather expressions and traveled to the elementary school to present the lesson and showcase posters they had created. "This was the first time we have done something like this," said Sedano "But we definitely hope to continue more of it next year!"

Pedals For The Planet
What began as a simple class assignment in Jok Kommer's Environmental Science class at Westhampton Beach High School turned into an opportunity to make a difference and a demonstration on how you can use less energy on a daily basis.

In class, the students worked together to look at things that have an impact on the environment and ways the students themselves could reduce their carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is a measure of the effect you have on the climate in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases you produce. Many of a person's daily activites generate carbon emissions, which have an impact on the health of the environment.

Taking that classroom activity, senior Danielle Palmaccio and junior Rachal Lucas organized an event entitled "Pedals for the Planet." The two girls worked together to promote and recruit their fellow students to ride their bicycles to and from school for one day. In total, more than 35 students participated in the one-day event.

Tenure Granted
At the June 1 Board of Education meeting, the Westhampton Beach Board of Education held a reception for all the district employees who received tenure during the 2008-2009 school year. "These individuals have demonstrated outstanding leadership skills, a dedication to our students, and a passion for teaching," stated Superintendent Lynn Schwartz. "We have seen their skills and are honored to have them as permanent members of our staff."

The district would like to extend its congratulations to the following administrators and teachers on this well-deserved honor.

 • Melissa Tunstead – English
 • Terence Moran – Social Studies
 • Monica DeBrita – ESL
 • Alison Bufalo – Science
 • Ben Sheldon – Foreign Language
 • Diana Shurman – Math
 • Christine DePalo – Special Ed
 • Tara Hudson – Elementary Ed
 • Catherine McGlone – Speech
 • Alexandra Gogas – Music
 • Jennifer Cucinotta – Special Ed
 • Sean Montpetit – Elementary Ed
 • Melissa Petroski – Foreign Language
 • Kathleen Masterson – Director of Health, Physical Education & Athletics
 • Kathleen O'Hara – School Business Administration


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