Congratulations to all the recipients of Founder's Day awards! The Founder's Day ceremony was held on March 19 to honor all those who are an integral part of the West Babylon School District. The PTA acknowledged outstanding individuals for all they do to support our students, schools and PTA partnerships.

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Date Added: 3/25/2025

Six third graders from Santapogue Elementary School will be participating in the Eugene Reichenthal Recorder Festival. The 57th annual Suffolk County Music Educators Association Day of Recorder will take place on March 15 at Brentwood High School. Students will spend the day learning, rehearsing and performing a concert. Santapogue Elementary School music teacher Adrienne Autovino selected the students based on their outstanding musicianship. Congratulations to Catherine Cali, Alaia Mejia, Aveline Amaya, Alyssa Argueta, Patrick Flint and Lia Mayor.

Date Added: 3/13/2025

On Jan. 24, Santapogue Elementary School hosted a cultural celebration event. Organized by the school’s Parent-Teacher Association, the evening celebrated unity as students and their families displayed their many different cultures. Some of the countries represented included Ukraine, El Salvador, Guyana, Dominican Republic, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Trinidad and Puerto Rico. Families were excited and eager to share their food and drinks as well as show their clothing and family photographs. Attendees enjoyed learning about each other's traditions, history, clothing and tasting delicious food.

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Date Added: 2/12/2025

First graders in Katie Santorelli-Ephraim’s class at Santapogue Elementary School had a special visit from a four-legged friend on Jan. 24. Thanks to the Paws for Reading program, Ms. Jackie visited the first graders with her therapy dog Marcus to read books to the class. The students all had a chance to pet Marcus. During the visit, they learned about therapy dogs and how they can help people relax and enjoy reading.

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Date Added: 1/30/2025