Valley Stream 24 celebrates Valentine’s Day

With the month of February all about the theme of love, students in Valley Stream 24 celebrated Valentine’s Day with various meaningful, heart-filled activities and classroom lessons.

Students in all three schools participated in Nassau County’s Annual Valentines For Veterans program,  creating festive cards that included thank you messages to the veterans for their service to the country. The letters and cards will be distributed to veterans in hospitals and nursing homes on Long Island. At Brooklyn Avenue Elementary School, Councilwoman Melissa Miller and Town Clerk Kate Murrary visited to thank the students for their hard work and accepted the cards on behalf of the veterans.

Also at Brooklyn Avenue Elementary School, students created heart-shaped cards for first responders expressing their gratitude for the importance of their service to the community. Parent volunteers were able to deliver the cards to NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola.

Robert W. Carbonaro Elementary students practiced their baking skills to make heart-shaped waffles in the spirit of Valentine’s Day. Students followed directions to make their batter and bake it with their waffle maker.

William L. Buck Elementary School students studied the work of mural artist, James Goldcrown. The students practiced recreating his style by using chalk pastels drawing heart shapes, overlapping, and blending their shapes.