Miller Avenue School second graders welcomed some special guests – including a duck, an opossum, owls and a turtle – when they attended an informative and hands-on Nature Assembly hosted by Smithtown’s Sweetbriar Nature Center last week. Thanks to teacher Rob Verbeck for capturing these sweet moments!

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Date Added: 4/24/2024

Miller Avenue students in Courtney Von Bargen’s kindergarten class had some assistance in launching their new Writing Workshop Unit: How To.

Parents Mr. Joe Hubert and Mrs. Jackie Hubert visited the classroom to teach the students how to make pretzels. Mr. Hubert is the Vice President of Operations at Fresh Dining Concepts, a company that owns Auntie Anne’s Pretzels.

He taught the students about the history of the pretzel and brought dough to teach them the steps to make a pretzel. The students got to practice and then each one was given their own freshly baked soft pretzel in addition to pencils, coloring books, bookmarks and a free coupon for another Auntie Anne’s pretzel!

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Date Added: 4/22/2024

Giggling and juggling were the highlights for Miller Avenue School students when master juggler Jester Jim took the stage at the school on April 15.

“Jester Jim brings not only jokes, sound effects, and amazing feats of juggling, but also an important message about practicing and boosting and encouraging one another,” said second grade teacher Robert Verbeck.

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Date Added: 4/17/2024

Plenty of yellows, greens, pinks and other neon colors were worn by students at Miller Avenue’s PTO Special Someone Dance on April 13. The PTO organized an amazing VIP glow dance where the dance floor was a whirlwind of bright colors!

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Date Added: 4/16/2024

Egg-citing Growth and Eggs-periments, Myth Busters, The Power of Wax and research on taste, smell and sound tests; were just a sampling of the vast display of original scientific experiments conducted by Miller Avenue’s K-2 graders as part of the annual science fair.

Shoreham-Wading River High School science students judged the work of the younger students using an evaluation rubric with criteria that included the originality of a student’s question, hypotheses, procedures, investigations, analysis and conclusion. The winners were kindergartner Neily Rogers (The Hollywood Hotel), first-grader Hunter Bernadino (Can you escape a black hole?) and second grader Brayden Stroh (Exploding Bags).

Thanks also to St. Joseph’s University students and Dr. Stadler for their scientific experiments that also contributed to another successful event.

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Date Added: 4/15/2024