11/24/2021 - Holiday Message from Dr. Fale, Superintendent of Schools Attachments: English Letter Spanish Letter Back to Top Public Notice of Board of Education Meeting - Wednesday, December 1, 2021 Attachments: Click here to view Back to Top Amityville Memorial High School Students Nominated for Junior Achievement Ambassadors 2021-2022 (November 2021 )—Two senior students from Amityville Memorial High School, Kenia Hernendez and Randy Rodriquez, were recently nominated to serve as Junior Achievement Student Ambassadors for the 2021-2022 school year. Kenia and Randy were selected to represent Junior Achievement from over 100 applicants from schools across the metropolitan region. Kenia and Randy have worked extensively with Junior Achievement’s High School Heroes program, teaching lessons about careers, community, family, and finance to students in Amityville’s elementary schools. They also took part in the Career Day Program and the Finance Park Program which included a financial literacy simulation with students from other Long Island high schools. “I am very proud of Kenia and Randy,” said Mr. Edward Plaia, Principal of Amityville Memorial High School. “They are both outstanding leaders and role models to their peers, and will be exemplary ambassadors for Junior Achievement.” Junior Achievement of New York is an organization serving students in over 240 schools in New York City, Long Island, and the Lower Hudson Valley. The organization’s mission is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed, imparting the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their futures, and make smart academic and economic decisions. Junior Achievement Ambassadors are a select group of student volunteers who promote Junior Achievement by sharing their Junior Achievement experiences with business and community leaders in their local areas. Back to Top National Junior Honor Society of Edmund W. Miles Middle School Participates in the New York State Mentoring Program (October 2021)—On Tuesday, October 26, National Junior Honor Society students at Edmund W. Miles Middle school met with Diane Urso, Long Island and Queens Regional Director for the New York State Mentoring Program to be trained as mentors for 6th-grade students. “I am so glad I was able to sit in and listen to Diane Urso during her presentation,” said Ms. Rose Hutcherson, Principal of Edmund W. Miles School. “It was eye-opening to hear Ms. Urso speak about the positive outcomes that mentors can have on the students they work with. It is indicative of the character and spirit our students have that our Junior Honor Society students are taking on this challenge to make a difference with students who may need this type of extra help in our District.” The New York State Mentoring Program is a program that allows older students to become mentors to children who might have a difficult time inside and outside of the classroom. By having positive relationships, mentoring leads to increased participation in school, attendance, and better performance. The training consists of talking about healthy boundaries, how to actively listen, the importance of modeling appropriate behavior, the promotion of integrity, and how to spot red flags in the mentees if they are being hurt, hurting anyone else, or being neglected. “It was a productive day for our National Junior Honor Society students,” said Carlee Brunson, Edmund W Miles. Middle School’s National Honor Society Advisor. “I have full faith in our students that they will be great mentors to the students that they will be working with. I know with their guidance, support and encouragement, we will be able to see positive changes in the mentees.” Currently, there are 17 8th-grade members of the National Junior Honor Society being trained. The 6th-grade students to be mentored will be chosen at the end of the first quarter. For more information about the Amityville School District, please visit us on our website at http://www.amityvilleschools.org and ‘like’ our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/AmityvilleUFSD. Back to Top Amityville Teacher Implements Innovative Teaching Technique (November 2021)— Amityville Union Free School District’s October Teacher of The Month Nominee has garnered a lot of attention due to her unique and innovative teaching method. Ms. Schgweigert’s Modern Classroom gives students a more individualized approach to learning. Ms. Schweigert faced the inevitable challenge of her students learning at different paces throughout each lesson. As every teacher experiences, she found herself having to repeat key components of the lesson to cater to those who needed extra instruction, while those who had already grasped it were ready to move on. To differentiate instruction within the classroom and better maximize both her and her students’ time, Ms. Schweigert took the liberty of filming herself teaching each lesson over the summer. This way, after her initial introduction of each lesson, the students are free to watch the remainder of the instruction on their own. They are able to pause, rewind, and replay as much as they individually need so that they can get the personalized instruction they need. It also permits Ms. Schweigert to give individualized attention to students throughout each class session. “I think this is a great contemporary method of teaching,” said Mr. Edward Plaia, Principal of Amityville Memorial High School. “We are aware that our students have their own way of learning and absorbing information. It is our job as educators to be able to recognize each of our student’s needs. Everyone learns differently and at a different pace!” In addition to asynchronous video learning, students gain encouragement from each other through a system of magnets on the classroom whiteboard. Each student has their own magnet that is placed in a particular section of the whiteboard to signify their progress throughout a given lesson. For every lesson, there is a Must Do section, a Should Do section and an Aspire section. Students earn their grades as they complete each section. 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