Sixth graders in Lindsay Ilg’s Family and Consumer Sciences course at Ronkonkoma Middle School recently sewed face masks from scratch. The students used fabric squares, T-shirts, and old pillowcases to create comfortable face masks to wear for the new year. Each day in class, the students made progress by pinning, cutting, measuring and sewing their project together. Once the elastic was securely fastened, they were able to start wearing them.

Several members of Ronkonkoma Middle School’s National Junior Honor Society recently volunteered to weed the Ronkonkoma Community Garden. The garden was created on school grounds in 2012 as part of an extracurricular gardening club but had not been tended to since March due to the pandemic. Connetquot Central School District thanks volunteers Angelina Cafiero, Valentina Colonia, Lea DeRosa, Marianna Furno, Samantha Heuer, Gianna Miele, Julianna Palminteri, Michael Patanjo and Bethany Ugenti for their efforts in maintaining this prized part of RMS.