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NYSESLAT News:

All speaking task portions of the 2011 NYSESLAT will be administered in grades K-12 in April 2011. The reading, writing and listening portions of the 2011 NYSESLAT will be administered in all buildings K-12, from May 16th to  May 25th.  All students enrolled in the English as a Second Language (ESL) program, must take this state assessment.

Students in Ms. Freire's class prepared and presented autumn poems: My Fall Haiku, using Smart Board technology. A Haiku is a three-lined poem with specific syllables for each of the poem lines.  As you can see by the smiling faces, all presentations were a great success!

 Grandparent Program

National Volunteer Month is celebrated each year during the month of April. National   Volunteer Month presents an opportunity for individuals to celebrateordinary people who accomplish extraordinary things through service.
With the help of the Federation of Organizations, the Deer Park UFSD School
District has been fortunate to welcome "Grandparents" into both the JFK and
JQA schools.  "Grandparents" are part of the Foster Grandparent Program.  This
program gives seniors in our community the opportunity to work one-on-one with
children, by providing individualized attention, encouragement and literacy
support.