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Islip C-H-E-E-R!
On January 21, the Islip High School varsity cheerleading team brought their routine to Harborfields High School, where they competed against teams from across Long Island. The team placed fourth at the competition, which qualified them for the Long Island Cheerleading Coaches Association (LICCA) finals. The LICCA finals will take place on February 5. Congratulations and good luck!
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Wing Students “Give” Thanks
The kindergarten and first-grade students at Wing Elementary School in Islip celebrated their December Character Education Town Meeting with a focus on thankfulness and giving. During the meeting, school social worker Allison Siegel read The Mitten Tree, which tells the story of a woman who knitted mittens for children she passed at a bus stop who did not have any mittens. To go along with the theme of the book, the students created a class mitten using construction paper and described what they would give to their cafeteria monitors to thank them for their hard work.
“Although the children talked a lot about how much they love getting presents during the holidays, they also learned about the importance and fun of giving to others,” explained Ms. Siegel. “They came to realize that giving can be just as special!”
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College Life: 101
Islip High School juniors received a lesson in college during their social studies classes this January, as 17 members of the Class of 2011 returned to share their experiences and offer words of advice. The College Life Program is an annual event organized by the school’s guidance department that invites recent graduates back to participate in small-group discussions pertaining to their lives after high school, as well as the preparations leading up to high school graduation.
A question-and-answer session among the students focused on pressing issues facing college freshmen. Topics discussed included whether the graduates were attending their first-choice school, what the college reps didn’t tell them on their campus tour that they wished they had, the variety of clubs and activities available on campus, roommate issues, dorm life, time management, and campus safety.
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