Working in a group of three, fourth grade students in Ms. Murray’s library program at Tooker Avenue Elementary School created a board game called Space Opoly. Students designed the board, cards and spinner. To ensure accuracy, the students conducted research using the NASA website to guide them with their selection of astronomical items on the board. To create the game pieces, the students enlisted the help of Mr. DeSimone, technology teacher at West Babylon Senior High School. Via Google Classroom sessions, Mr. DeSimone taught the students how to use Tinker Cad, a 3D printer software. With his instruction, the students designed and created their game board pieces. Mr. DeSimone printed the pieces at the high school. He then hand delivered them to the students at Tooker Avenue, being sure to leave time to play the first round of Space Opoly with the game board creators.

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Date Added: 6/24/2024

In May, Tooker Avenue Elementary School worked together as a school to give back to their community while having some fun. The school held a cereal box drive, where students and staff both donated a box of cereal for the West Babylon Food Pantry. After collecting all the boxes – 332 in total – the students joined together in the hallway on June 12 for a cereal box domino. The boxes were set up in the hallway, and students cheered as they fell down like dominos.

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Date Added: 6/21/2024

West Babylon School District held its annual fun run and wellness expo at West Babylon Junior High School on May 20. Organized by the school’s Wellness Committee, the event brings together community organizations, Parent-Teacher Associations, students and families for an evening of fun and engaging wellness activities.

On the turf field, the elementary school PTAs set up organized activities for attendees such as cornhole, hula-hoops and obstacle courses. Community organizations were on hand to speak to families, and students lined to get their face painted. The fun run was organized by grade level for students in kindergarten through sixth grade with plenty of cheering on the track as they made their way around. Community members were asked to bring a nonperishable food item for donation to the West Babylon Food Pantry.

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Date Added: 5/28/2024

Tooker Avenue fourth grader Chase Zeidler and his classmates were visited by several Suffolk County police officers on May 21. They discussed safety with the students in response to a petition letter Chase wrote to Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine. In his letter, Chase called for more stop signs to be added to his neighborhood.

Date Added: 5/21/2024