by SOCSD Communications | Jan 7, 2021 | District Highlights
Award-winning author Ellen Potter shared writing tips with Cottage Lane Elementary School fourth- and fifth-grade writers during a virtual visit yesterday! “The best way to turn a reluctant reader into a voracious reader is to have them fall in love with a series,”: Read More: Guest Expert: Author Ellen Potter
by SOCSD Communications | Dec 3, 2020 | District Highlights
Writers in Kristen Duroy’s English class at South Orangetown Middle School are penning their own endings to Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter.” The assignment is a component of an eighth-grade mystery unit which kicked off with students solving: Read More: Eighth-Grade Authors Investigate Mystery Writing
by SOCSD Communications | Feb 12, 2020 | District Highlights
Tappan Zee High School seniors are pitching proposals for after-school enrichment programs as part of a problem-based lesson developed by English teachers Susan Gleeson and Laura Sorrese-Lefkow, Special Education teacher Diane McLoughlin and Library Media Specialist: Read More: TZHS Students Pitch After-School Programs via Podcast
by SOCSD Communications | Feb 7, 2020 | District Highlights
A collaboration among math teachers Andrea Fortuno, Vincent Piscitelli, Michael Ryan, Steve Rogo and Instructional Science Coach Samantha Levine has students looking at the night sky in a completely different way for their “Graphing With the Stars” project. As part of: Read More: “Graphing With the Stars” Project Blends Math, Science (and ELA!)
by SOCSD Communications | Jan 9, 2020 | District Highlights
On January 9, Superintendent Robert Pritchard and the Board of Education celebrated the award-winning staff of the 2019 edition of TONES for their recent, extraordinary Empire State School Press Association recognition. The 2019 staff (several pictured below) earned a: Read More: Board Recognizes ESSPA-Winning TONES Staff
