Several New York State leaders visited the Center Moriches School District on Dec. 1 to discuss the district’s social emotional learning programming. New York State Senator Shelley B. Mayer, the Chair of the Committee on Education, was joined by State Senator John Liu and State Senator Dean Murray as they met with district administrators.

The Center Moriches School District is a trailblazer in the state for its districtwide SEL efforts. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ron Masera is a member of the Suffolk County School Superintendent’s Association’s Legislative Committee and holds a dedicated focus on the importance of social emotional learning, addressing learning loss and gaining the funding to support these causes.

The New York State senators got a firsthand look at the district’s Pre-K-12 continuum of social emotional learning work through a video and in-depth discussions. They stepped inside several middle school classrooms and visited the “Goal Getters” program at the high school.

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Date Added: 12/1/2023

Center Moriches High School students broke a sweat ahead of Thanksgiving during the schoolwide Turkey Trot! The Sayville Running Company partnered with the school to host the 5K race on Nov. 21. Students ran laps around the building as their peers and teachers cheered them on.

Leading up to the Turkey Trot, the high school held a food drive where grade levels competed to collect the most items. The food was donated to HELP Suffolk.

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Date Added: 11/22/2023

Sixth graders at Center Moriches Middle School have stepped into the role of fashion designers during family and consumer science class. Within their fashion unit, students studied draping and were tasked with working in small groups to create an outfit. They stepped into the library makerspace to assemble their pieces. Many sixth graders used fabric to create their clothing, whereas others used common materials such as newspapers.

Once in the library, students used Book Creator to design their own fashion look-books. Book Creator is a platform that gives students the opportunity to create digital content. Students organized their look-books and even included a statement about their collections.

This interdisciplinary project brought together a family and consumer science unit with the resources available in the middle school library. Students were eager to make their own creations and easily share them with Book Creator.

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Date Added: 11/17/2023