The Shoreham-Wading River School District’s Roundout program is once again a place for friendships, socialization and camaraderie for community students. The popular, annual summer recreation program features a wide range of activities, including general recreation, games, outdoor adventures, teambuilding and creating artistic masterpieces, including colorful, tie-dyed T-shirts, in Miller Avenue School’s art room. Additionally, the students take part in several different theme days.

The sessions take place for three morning hours from mid-July through mid-August, and students enter the building ready to embrace that day’s activities. They participate in activities designed to build fine and gross motor skills and learn the importance of working together with others as part of a team. The program also allows students to socialize, play with and get to know students they will attend school with in September.

Much of the organized play is provided by the student volunteers, who attended the summer program as campers and enjoyed it so much they came back to share the fun with the younger students.

Date Added: 7/25/2024

A special thanks to Miller Avenue School’s amazing bus drivers who get our students to and from school safely each day!

Date Added: 6/25/2024

At the final Shoreham-Wading River School District Board of Education meeting for the school year, 14 employees were honored on their retirement. Building principals Lou Parrinello, Frank Pugliese, Claudia Smith and Kevin Vann spoke highly of the tireless efforts each retiree put into serving the students of SWR schools. Superintendent of Schools Gerard Poole, Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Glen Arcuri [http://www.swrschools.org/staff/default.aspx?school=434] and Athletic Director Mark Passamonte – who is also a retiree – also lauded the careers of SWR staff members.

Under the baton of Prodell Middle School music teacher Fred Volz, string students Joseph Calandrillo, Lauren Gallucci, Kai Hidaka, Kevin Loscalzo, Emily Minetti, Clara Pedersen, Valentina Pinos, Izrael Salgado and Aiden Weng performed for the retirees before the Board of Education meeting.

The Shoreham-Wading River school community applauds these retirees for their dedication and years of service and wishes them well in their new endeavors. Congratulations to Mary Ellen Alfano, Eileen Baird, Wayne Beatty, Amanda Browne, Cathy Caracciolo, Deborah D’Elena, Janet Hansen, Ronnie Malave, Linda Mattia, Maria Mistretta, Mark Passamonte, Thomas Redman, Nancy Sperling and Else Vizzo.

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Date Added: 6/24/2024

Congratulations to all Miller Avenue School second-grade students who crossed the bridge to Wading River School on June 20.

Date Added: 6/21/2024

What do you do if your teddy bear gets hurt?

Miller Avenue School kindergarten students brought their favorite stuffed animals to school to find out.

The Teddy Bear Clinic, a free injury prevention program for kindergartners sponsored by the Trauma Center at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, was a workshop about safety education and health care presented in a fun and interactive way.

Registered Nurse Christine Russo led the students in the special clinic. An interactive video shared with students how to keep themselves safe when riding in a car, the importance of wearing seatbelts, sitting in the back of the car and wearing helmets were all emphasized. Ms. Russo and classroom teachers then provided hands-on activities for the kindergarten students to learn how to handle and care for their own stuffed animals. The students learned the importance of wearing masks, gloves and caps as well. They then dressed up as doctors and nurses and learned how to conduct an exam as well as how to bandage minor injuries.

Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Courtney Von Bargen noted the timely learning opportunity as summer approaches and how the students were made to feel comfortable with both health care procedures and the medical staff who are there to help them.

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Date Added: 6/20/2024