Amanda DellUniversita

K-12 English Language Arts Director

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Eight students from Bay Shore High School were selected for recognition from among the 700 nominated worldwide in the 2025 NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing Contest. #ItsAShoreThing

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Students in Mrs. Spinelle's 8th grade class @BayShoreMSLrnrs walked to Mary G. Clarkson School to celebrate their reading accomplishments by sharing picture books with kindergarten students. Each student read aloud to a small group & worked on a fun project. #ItsAShoreThing

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Two Bay Shore teachers, Ms. Natasha Yarborough and Ms. Mary Dromerhauser, were recognized with second place finishes in the TFCU Teacher Appreciation Week contest. #ItsAShoreThing

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.@BayShoreMSLrnrs students participated in a school-wide spelling bee. Fifteen student spellers competed for the title of BSMS Spelling Bee champion. The two finalists, Victoria Brocking & Ford Duchatelier Beaubrun will compete in the county-wide Suffolk County Spelling Bee.

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Bay Shore High School student Cristal Castillo Ruiz earned 3rd place in the Hofstra University Celebration of Suburban Diversity 2024 Student Essay Contest. #ItsAShoreThing

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Students at @BayShoreMSLrnrs spread the message of hope to students from Asheville, North Carolina. Spearheaded by Ms. Mayo, the project undertaken by the school resulted in more than 1,000 cards, drawings, and messages that were shared with students in Asheville.#ItsAShoreThing

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Bay Shore Middle School students revived handwritten letters, sending over 1,000 messages of support to peers in Asheville, NC, after Hurricane Helene. Their goal was to show that no one is alone. Mr. Rossi's photography class captured these heartfelt efforts!

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This afternoon, we held our grade-level spelling bee. Congratulations to the top five spellers in the 8th grade!

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The Bay Shore High School Women's Empowerment Club hosted the 7th Annual Day of the Girl celebration, themed "Creating Space for Women." This year's focus was on creating opportunities for women in traditionally male-dominated fields. #ItsAShoreThing

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Bay Shore Middle School reading teacher, Nicole Spinelle, was recognized as a 2024 Educator of Excellence by the New York State English Council. #ItsAShoreThing

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Literacy coaches worked with classroom teachers at Fifth Avenue School to enhance writing workshops for students. #ItsAShoreThing

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Students in Mrs. Yarborough's class at Bay Shore Middle School wrote thank you letters to first responders and were surprised when some visited their class. #ItsAShoreThing

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BSMS Reading teacher Nicole Spinelle has been selected by the New York State English Council (NYSEC) as a 2024 Educator of Excellence! The Educator of Excellence Award recognizes teachers nominated by their colleagues for inspiring excellence within their school community.

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In honor of our first responders and to commemorate 9/11, Mrs. Yarborough's ELA classes wrote letters of appreciation to local heroes. Inspired by the heartfelt messages, a few active and retired first responders made surprise visits to the classrooms to express their gratitude

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Bay Shore Middle School students Brayden Dunn (Honorable Mention) and Amelia Sullivan (3rd place) have been recognized for their submissions to the Sea Glass Fiction Contest sponsored by the Whaling Museum of Cold Spring Harbor, in the grades 6-8 category. #ItsAShoreThing

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Four students from Bay Shore High School, Tyler Brown, Amelia Kasten, Armani Smith, and Dawn Worrell, were recognized by the 2024 NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing Contest for written pieces they submitted. #ItsAShoreThing

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Two students from Bay Shore Middle School, Stephanie Green and Noora Ahmed, were recognized in the 38th Annual Walt Whitman Birthplace Student Poetry Contest. #ItsAShoreThing

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A member of the Bay Shore Middle School "The Write Way" Creative Writing Club, Journey Gayle, received an Honorable Mention in the Arizona Mystery Writers Contest. #ItsAShoreThing

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Students at Bay Shore Middle School celebrated Poetry Month with a limerick contest.