NBHS Presents "Beauty and the Beast"

    The North Babylon High School Drama Club presented three magical performances of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" on the evening of Feb. 5th and 6th. At one point, led by Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Babette, and the Wardrobe, a cast of more than 50 spoons, forks, knives and napkins danced around the stage and through the aisles singing "Be Our Guest" and "Human Again" as an applauding audience leaped to their feet with delight.more

Belmont Students Paint "Wild Things" Canvases

     Under the leadership of art teacher Carolyn Whitney, eighteen fifth graders at Belmont Elementary School have created a fascinating family portrait of monsters on large canvases. The mural was inspired by a study of Maurice Sendak’s classic book "Where The Wild Things Are." Using their vivid and creative imaginations, these students brought their monsters to life using acrylic paints and ink, and the finished product is stunning.more

NB Receives Grant to Study Jazz

            The Great Neck Arts Center has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to bring artists into local schools to study jazz, and for the third consecutive year, the North Babylon School District has been selected to share in the funds from this grant. During the project, students will be exploring Jazz as a reflection...more

Work Is Play to NB''s Jazz Ensemble

It is no accident that the North Babylon High School Jazz Ensemble is so accomplished. While most students leave the high school on Friday afternoons to start their weekends, this select group of 21 musicians stays behind to rehearse and work to make their performance perfect. And they are impressive wherever they perform. Under the co-direction of Frank Rizzo and Jay Orig,...more

RMMS Helps Others

Robert Moses Middle School has been busy helping others, first with a huge food drive and then with a fundraiser for Haiti.   Holding A Huge Food Drive The staff and students at Robert Moses Middle School have continued their commitment to community service by participating in the 92.3 NOW Canned Food Drive. Schools across Long Island joined RMMS students in collecting...more

RMMS Kicks Off Spirit Week With "A Theme A Day"

    To create a sense of "family," Robert Moses Middle School kicked off its annual "Spirit Week" on Feb. 8th with a "Crazy Sock/Crazy Hair Day." Then on Tuesday they had "Ugly Holiday Shirt/Sweater Day" as students vied with each other to wear their ugliest shirts. It was certainly not a fashionable day at Moses, to be sure! Wednesday...more

RMMS''s Spirit Week Features Teachers Versus Teachers Basketball Game

    The hotly contested game between the Blue Team of teachers versus the White Team of teachers during Spirit Week at RMMS featured teachers who had some pretty smooth moves on the court. The "cheerleaders," of course, were the students who clearly had their favorite players and enthusiastically cheered them on.     The teachers had specially designed their individual t-shirts and many...more

RMMS Musicians Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    The RMMS Clarinet Quartet and Flute Ensemble under the direction of Teresa Pino and the Select Chorus under the direction of Tiina Buehler played some lovely music at the 30th Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on January 27th at Suffolk Community College in Brentwood. The North Babylon musicians played a number of selections during the ceremony...more

RMMS Hockey Player Competes in China

    A 7th grade RMMS student, Travis Quigley, was selected to be a member of the Junior Islanders Ice Hockey Team that participated in the Charles B. Wang Ice Hockey Hope Tournament in China, an event that builds good will between the United States and China.     While he was in China with his father from December 26th to January 6th for...more

RMMS Band Members Perform at Senior Center

    Under the direction of Mrs. Teresa Pino, Mrs. Kristin Lombardo and Mrs. Theresa Marchionna, sixty Robert Moses Middle School Marching Band students performed at the NB Senior Center on January 11th.     The band thrilled their audience with "Chorale" from Jupiter, one of the Holst "Planets," the "Theme from Spiderman", and the popular song "What I've Done" from the blockbuster movie...more

HS Guidance Holds On Site Admissions Event

    The high school Guidance Department recently hosted "onsite" admissions events for St. Joseph's College and St. John’s University. For each of these events, students were invited to the Guidance Office to take part in a one-on-one interview with an admissions representative who then provided an on-the-spot admissions decision. The application fees were also waived for all students who attended...more

NBHS Students Participate in Science Challenge

    Three North Babylon High School students--Shanelle Riccio, Kristin Meier, and Elijah Arbouin--recently participated in the Protein Modeling Challenge hosted by Stony Brook University and OSI Pharmaceuticals. The three North Babylon students were able to use cutting edge computer programs (Jmol viewer and PDB) to build three-dimensional "mini tuber" models which were entered into competition judged by OSI and Stony...more

PTA Bestows Honors At Founders Day Celebraton

    At the Founders Day celebration on Feb. 24th, the North Babylon PTA honored individuals for their exemplary work on behalf of children in the district. Recipients of the Eileen Martin Unsung Hero Award are Cindy Wood (High School), Joanne Osma and Charrise Boucher (RMMS), Donna Fischer (Belmont), Robin Saliba and Lisa Riccio (MGV), Barbara Nuetzel (DeLuca), Angela Lucchetti (Woods...more

MGV Presents "Peter Pan"

    Under the talented direction of Jeanette Roberto and Darren Lotter, Marion G. Vedder Elementary School presented “Peter Pan” to the community to enthusiastic applause. Ranging in age from five to eleven, the cast and chorus worked diligently for four months in rehearsals after school. To give as many students as possible a chance to perform, there were two separate...more

MGV Students Use Modern Technology

    The students in Miss Flynn's third grade class at MGV have been using modern technology to enhance their classroom lessons. For instance, they participated in a video conference with scientists at NASA and used their knowledge of the Space Shuttle Program and the International Space Station to have a live conversation with NASA specialists. The children shared their knowledge...more

MGV Goes Green

    Mrs. Stacy Cahill's second grade class at Marion G. Vedder Elementary School is "Going Green." They have joined the Schools Go Green with News 12 and Power to Learn. Their first Green classroom project was setting up a recycling center. They have been recycling glue sticks and Capri sun juice pouches through www.terracycle.net, an organization which makes new products...more

WED Student Investigates Effect of Friction

    Fourth grader Jayson Conrad made an impressive Kids Inquiry Science Fair Presentation to his follow class mates in the class of Ms Ellen Kresic at William E. DeLuca. His project investigated the effect of friction on skateboard speed. All KIC projects will be on display in March and winners will be selected to participate in the competition at Brookhaven...more

Kids Enjoy Belmont''s New Science Room

    Students at Belmont Elementary School now have their very own designated science room. Teacher and Elementary Science Coordinator Deborah Serino worked closely with Director of Science Alison Offerman-Celentano and Principal Valerie Jackson to create an interactive science room where teachers could bring their classes to explore science concepts in a discovery-oriented setting. Almost all of the material in the...more

HS Earth Science Students Study Weather

    Teacher Renee Bandes is always searching for new ways to inspire and educate her students at NBHS. Utilizing available technology and library services, Ms. Bandes was able to bring educators from the Liberty Science Center to North Babylon through videoconferencing. Ms. Bandes’ classes spent two periods in the school library, where they participated in an interactive discussion which included...more

Parliament Place Holds Italian Night

    Faculty and staff at Parliament Place chipped in to make "Italian Night" a huge success. They helped set up and serve food to over 100 guests as they dined on yummy home cooked Italian food. This was a PTA fundraiser held each year and all the food is cooked in school by some very talented parents. In the photo...more

Parliament Place Holds Geography Bee

    Fourth and fifth graders at Parliament Place had lots of fun competing in the school’s Geography Bee. Questions were about U.S. Geography as well as World Geography.     First students had to win their class bee and then the top three from each class went on to compete in the school wide bee. This year the competition lasted an hour until...more

Parliament Place Holds School Spirit Days

    Under the leadership of Principal Drew Olson, Parliament Place Elementary School certainly knows how to build camaraderie in school and create a "one big family" atmosphere. They accomplish this goal by holding school spirit days each month and wearing the school colors of blue and white. They also hold many other spirit days such as "Twin Day," "Football Day,"...more

Parliament Place Aids Haiti

    Parliament Place rushed to the aid of earthquake victims in Haiti by holding a fundraiser. All the children, faculty, and staff wore red shirts and jeans to show their support for the Red Cross's efforts in the disaster-ridden country. They raised over $1000 to send to the Red Cross. The children learned a valuable lesson in helping people in...more

Boys Winter Track Team Places 2nd In Suffolk County Championship

Building on the success of last year, the Boys Winter Track Team, coached by Tom Duffy, placed 2nd in the League III Championship this year. They then went on to the Suffolk County Large School Championship meet with their best finish since the 1983-84 year. The boys all turned in clutch performances. Below is a...more

Boys Basketball Players Named All League

    Three Varsity Basketball players have received honors this season. Senior Ian Perez, who averaged 13 points per game and helped his teams win county championships in baseball, football, and basketball during his high school career, was named All League. Vitchel Toussaint, who averaged 12 points a game, was named All League for the third year in a row. He,...more

Daedalus Quartet Members Visit North Babylon Students

    Min-Young Kim, Kyu-Young Kim, Jessica Thompson and Raman Ramakrishman, members of the Daedalus Quartet, took time from their current tour to visit the North Babylon School District on Feb. 3rd and 4th. During their visits to orchestra classes, the Quartet performed student selections and literature from their upcoming LIncoln Center performances, including contemporary literature and the Beethoven Quartet in...more

Elementary Students Visit Nassau Museum

    Students from the classes of Paul Guadagnino at William E. DeLuca Elementary School, Renee Blank at Parliament Place, and Lisa Gregorek at Marion G. Vedder have been fortunate to participate in the Art Partners Program at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn, New York. In their visits during early February, students were led through the exhibit "Latinas!"...more

Four HS Students Recognized for Academic Success

    Four high school students have been recognized for their outstanding academic success. Three Students Win Commendation     Three North Babylon High School students have been named Commended Students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program. These outstanding students are Tausif Noor, Peter C. Ruess and Christine Zhao. They are among only about 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation and are being recognized...more

HS Sells Red and Blue Ribbons For Haiti

    The International Club collected $500...more