Herricks School News: Valentine’s Day Sale, Art Museum and MLK

There’s plenty of news and activities from the local schools. Here’s a roundup of what’s been happening in the Herricks School District for the past week.

Center Street Links with the Nassau County Museum of Art

The K-12 Cultural Arts Council, funded by both the District and the PTA, provided a unique and special opportunity geared to aid in the global education of Herricks students this week when the third and fifth grades visited Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor.

Students viewed two varied and exciting exhibitions: “The Paintings of Louis Comfort Tiffany: Works from a Long Island Collection” and “Nathan Sawaya: Recent Works.”

The works by Tiffany, mostly known for his stained glass and lamps, offered a glimpse of the artist as he visually documented his travels around the world. The children were then treated to the work of contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya, who creates large-scale sculptures made from LEGOs – toy building blocks that many of the students know well. 

Searingtown’s PTA Valentine’s Day Bake Sale

Every one of the school’s excited classes visited the sale and everyone was very excited. The sale was held in the cafeteria breezeway and all items for sale were $.50 each. 

All the proceeds were donated to ‘The Child Life Dept’ at The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York at the Long Island Jewish Hospital.

Center Street Students “Have a Dream”

Children at Center Street School have been learning about Dr. Martin Luther King in honor of his birthday and Black History month. Kindergarten teacher Francesca Milmerstadt conducted a 3 week study discussing the importance of equal rights, fair laws and Dr. King’s famous March on Washington. She used an interdisciplinary approach incorporating art work, music, rapping and literature to create a powerful and developmental appropriate way to teach children about the equal rights movement.

This year class discussions reached a new level when Milmerstadt’s kindergarteners paired up with Mrs. Mormile’s third grade class. The class discussions were rich with vocabulary that helped children effectively articulate what was happening in this important part of American history.

As a culminating activity kindergarteners and third graders built the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument with blocks to depict the site of Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech.