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Intergenerational Friendships Throughout the school year, sixth-graders at Levittown’s Salk Middle School participate in the annual Intergenerational Program in their language arts class with teachers Betty Weiss and Valerie Stanton. Each month the students correspond with the residents of Highfield
Garden Senior Care Center in Great Neck, informing them of the events and course of study in their classroom. In addition, they create monthly personal greeting cards to help brighten the seniors’ days. As a special community service art project, the sixth-graders decorated
mugs, which were delivered to the residents along with greeting cards. Not only did the students feel good about showing empathy towards the seniors, the recipients of those thoughtful gifts were equally happy to receive them.
Run With The Rams The W.T. Clarke High School and Middle School athletic community held its 5th Annual Run With The Rams fundraiser on April 27th, with the proceeds from donations, apparel sales and raffles benefiting a local family in need and the W.T. Clarke athletic program.
The event welcomed participants of all ages and featured a 1-mile “fun run” as well as a lengthier 5K street race. The several hundred runners who had registered for the charitable event came out early to warm up and put on their official timing bibs so that their personal paces
could be tracked. The races circled the neighborhood streets and finished in the rear of the schools’ athletic complex. Training for the 5K race was available for W.T. Clarke students and staff, and Janine Heilbronn and Josh Friedman served as race directors.
INTERGENERATIONAL FRIENDSHIPS - Salk Middle School students in the Levittown School District display the decorated mugs and greeting cards they made for the residents of Highfield Garden Senior Care Center in Great Neck as part of a RUN WITH THE RAMS - Entrants in the East Meadow Run with the Rams 5K relaxed for a few minutes before the race got underway. Photo courtesy of: Steve community service project. Photo courtesy of: Syntax Kolodny, Syntax
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