From Jan. 27-31, the Bayville and Locust Valley elementary schools participated in The Great Kindness Challenge, a global campaign that encourages students, teachers and families to perform acts of kindness.
In Locust Valley, students completed a kindness checklist and wrote positive letters to their classmates, teachers and school staff. Students also rocked out with award-winning children’s music singer Jared Campbell, who performed his original songs to teach students how to be kind and respectful.
Bayville Intermediate and Bayville Primary School spent the week celebrating their similarities and differences. Both school communities dressed up as their favorite superheroes and athletes and wore workout gear and tie-dye to showcase their diverse interests and learn more about each other.
On Jan. 30, Bayville Primary teachers Michelle Esposito and Brittany Fassari did their part to help students appreciate each other’s interests with a class titled “Together We Learn.” Each grade read “What If We Were All The Same!” by C.M. Harris in class this week and congregated in the multipurpose room. There, they were instructed to congregate by posters of their favorite candy or tape outlines of their favorite colors and shapes to see the differing likes of their classmates.