Merrimac Elementary School third grade teacher and humanities principal’s aide Danielle Sicari led the building in chair yoga via Google Meet for International Social Emotional Learning Day. This practice helped students be self-aware and have self-control, skills that enable individuals to cope with challenges and practice more effective problem solving skills. The students and staff left feeling calm, relaxed and at peace.

Many thanks to Ms. Sicari and her class for volunteering their time to share this practice with the rest of Merrimac Elementary School!

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Date Added: 3/15/2024

Sachem students at Lynwood Avenue and Merrimac elementary schools witnessed the domino effect of kindness firsthand. Throughout February, both buildings held cereal box collection drives. At Lynwood Avenue Elementary School, staff lined the 812 collected boxes up in the gym as a maze. Teachers knocked the first box down, and the rest followed as a chain reaction. Lynwood Avenue then donated the cereal to Island Harvest.

Meanwhile, Merrimac Elementary School set up its domino maze throughout the halls of the building. Students and staff collected a total of 433 boxes to be donated to the Ronald McDonald House and the Lighthouse Mission.

The cereal box domino mazes symbolized how easily kindness can be spread from one person to the next. Both events aligned with P.S. I Love You Day celebrations.

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Date Added: 2/26/2024