Date Added: 5/10/2024

In the school’s library, sixth graders at West Babylon Junior High School can take full advantage of the many activities and services offered. During their first period classes, students can visit the library. While they can use the time to study, return/renew/take out a book, many of the students use the library for its many other services. Students can engage in different games, including chess, Uno and cup-stacking. There’s also a charging station where students can leave their Chromebooks or recharge while they are working on an assignment. There’s a station for building Lego and an Unplugged Makerspace area, where students can create a craft of the week.

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Date Added: 5/8/2024

During their physical education classes, students at West Babylon Junior High School have been preparing for their end-of-year fitness test. Working on their core, balance, strength and cardiovascular health, students rotated through the different stations in the gymnasium to test their fitness levels. Some of the fitness stations included hula hoops, tire flips, TRX pull, battle ropes and sandbag carry.

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Date Added: 5/6/2024

Throughout the third quarter, students in Ms. Shaw’s sixth grade English class at West Babylon Junior High School focused their studies on six different short stories. As part of their final project, the students chose one of their favorite short stories in the unit and created a one-page project. The projects could be done on paper or digitally and featured information such as theme, foreshadowing, symbolism, quotes and graphics/pictures. Students presented their one-page projects to the class, giving them the opportunity to work on their communication skills.

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Date Added: 5/1/2024

West Babylon School District’s orchestra students had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play alongside a famous musician, thanks to an artist-in-residence program with Mark Wood, one of the founding members of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Mr. Wood visited with the student-musicians in grade 5-12 from throughout the West Babylon School District on March 14 and 15. Mr. Wood, a native Long Islander, worked with students for two days on a variety of rock songs from the ‘80s and ‘90s, including artists like AC/DC, Coldplay and Bon Jovi. As part of the Evolution Tour and the “Electrify Your Symphony” concert, Mr. Wood played in concert alongside the 220 West Babylon student-musicians during a show at the West Babylon Junior High School on March 15.

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Date Added: 3/25/2024