Students at Cherokee Street Elementary School recently explored the benefits of taking care of their bodies and minds, thanks to the school’s first Wellness Day. This multifaceted event was led by Youth and Family Services Coordinators Daria Passero and Adam LeWinter, who filmed a video that taught the elementary schoolers about physical, emotional and social wellness and the importance of self-esteem. The video featured interviews with teachers around the school about what wellness means to them. Throughout the rest of the day, students enjoyed a schoolwide guided meditation, yoga and mindfulness activities, a Zumba lesson, and many more activities centered around self-care.

Karyn Goncalves and Melissa Comis’ third grade class at Cherokee Street Elementary School recently banded together and collected new socks to donate to local homeless shelters. Thanks to the students’ tenacity, the class gathered more than 1,130 pairs of socks, which they then sorted into men’s, women’s, and children’s categories for distribution. Connetquot Central School District commends these students on the dedication and care they put into serving their community in this way.

Fourth graders at Cherokee Street Elementary School recently went back in time to the colonial period of the United States, conducting research on some of the jobs people worked during that time. Throughout the unit, each student pretended they were a child apprentice learning about a specific trade in the colonial community, such as a blacksmith, milliner, tailor, wheelwright, wigmaker and more. The students used books, articles and videos to conduct their research, which they then summarized in writing. At the end of the unit, the students dressed up as colonial children and shared their research with their classmates.

To celebrate Music in Our Schools Month, Cherokee Street Elementary School students dressed up according to a different musical genre on each Friday of March. Enjoy this video of Country Music Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy this rendition of "Swallowtail Jig" performed by Cherokee Street Elementary School fourth grader Michael Johnson and orchestra director Jessica Mayer.