Setauket Elementary School students got a firsthand lesson in marine science through a service-learning project. With the assistance of science teacher Janet Guglielmo, kindergarten students adopted a grey seal pup named Meerkat.

Meerkat was found injured in Montauk, and for the past few months, he was nursed back to health at the New York Rescue Marine Center in Riverhead. The kindergarten students raised nearly $600 in addition to the $125 adoption fee by completing acts of kindness and chores at home. The funds helped with food, medication and treatment expenses while Meerkat was staying at the NYRMC facility.

In the classroom, students took part in interdisciplinary projects to learn about seals. They completed art projects, learned about marine habitats and took turns bringing a Meerkat stuffed animal home to write about their adventures together.

As a culmination of the project, kindergartners and their families were invited to Tiana Beach in Hampton Bays on June 19 to watch Meerkat be set free back into the wild. A large crowd gathered to watch Meerkat and three other seals be released – an incredibly heartwarming end to the service-learning project.

Click here to view the photo slideshow.

Date Added: 6/24/2024

Setauket Elementary School students are enjoying their new Story Walk. The Story Walk was created to offer students an alternative activity during recess. Each stand has the pages to a picture book for students to read. With a group or independently, students can move at their own pace from one stand to the next while reading the story.

Setauket’s first book installation was “Giraffes Can’t Dance,” by Giles Andreae. The Story Walk helps promote literacy by making reading fun, while also encouraging exercise and movement in the outdoors.

Click here to view the photo slideshow.

Date Added: 6/21/2024

Setauket Elementary School fifth graders embarked on an exciting drone adventure with Eastern Suffolk BOCES Model Schools. The students learned practical, modern ways drones are used. Later, they took on a coding challenge to program a drone to take flight, navigate a course and land on a bullseye. Not only did they learn about drones and coding, but they also discovered the power of persistence and teamwork!

Click here to view the photo slideshow.

Date Added: 6/20/2024

Two teams from the Three Village Central School District placed in the First In Math Statewide Elementary Mathematics Tournament on June 1. The team from Nassakeag Elementary School made up of Talinn Kim, Catherine Hu and Caroline Zhang, came in first place for fourth grade. Meanwhile, Setauket Elementary School’s team of Landon Kim, Paul Syritsyn and Liam Ward, took third place for the first grade competition.

The First In Math contests focus on the 24 Game Series and tests several math skills.

At the statewide tournament, students used game cards in a group setting to demonstrate their understanding. Only 150 students from New York qualified to attend the statewide competition. The district congratulates its winners on their accomplishment.

Click here to view the Setauket Elementary School photo slideshow.

Click here to view the Nassakeag Elementary photo School slideshow.

Date Added: 6/5/2024

On May 15, the Gelinas Junior High School Youth Literacy Club took its annual field trip to Setauket Elementary School to share the gift of literacy. Club members read children's books to kindergartners and first graders focusing on character skills. After reading, students participated in activities that strengthened those skills. The day was enjoyed by students of all ages!

Date Added: 5/17/2024