Middle school math wizards honored

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Top math students at Westhampton Beach Middle School recently participated in a 35-question, 30-minute math competition through the Online Math League. The top three students from each grade were recognized for their skills.

The Westhampton Beach School District extends its congratulations to the following top scorers:

Grade 6

Chris Meyers, Dylan Isaacson and Gage Matlock

Grade 7
Cameron Hipp, Emilia Harrington-Matros, Filip Sanczenko and Michael Litjens

Grade 8
David Meyers, Zoe Grellet-Aumont, Lily Blenk and Joaquin Jimenez

Date Added: 3/10/2023

Westhampton Beach Middle School reads together

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Westhampton Beach Middle School students are celebrating their school’s 18th annual community read, where they, along with staff and parents, are all reading and discussing the same book, “House Arrest” by K.A. Holt. The community read will culminate with a Community Read Night on March 9, where the book will be celebrated through various activities.

Date Added: 3/3/2023

Westhampton Beach students showcase interior design skills

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Westhampton Beach Middle School students in Kathleen Ciancio’s seventh grade family and consumer sciences class recently created interior design makerspace projects. For the hands-on project, the students worked in groups to sketch drawings of the layout of their homes and then used shoeboxes, craft supplies and recycled materials to make their homes come to life. Their works were then displayed in the school’s cafeteria.

Date Added: 2/17/2023

Westhampton Beach Middle School students pen winning essays

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Westhampton Beach Middle School students Ellie Mett and James Ostenen have been named local winners in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 535’s annual Patriot’s Pen essay contest. The students wrote the winning essays on the topic of “My Pledge to Our Veterans.”

Date Added: 2/1/2023

Westhampton Beach students compete at Lego robotics competition

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The Westhampton Beach Middle School Lego Robotics club finished strong at the regional FIRST Lego League competition at Mineola High School on Jan. 23.

Club members built and programmed a robot to accomplish various challenges at the competition. The students also gained real-life field engineering skills after their robot experienced some technical difficulties during the challenge. They worked collectively to engineer a solution despite the pressure of the competition.

The Westhampton Beach School District extends its congratulations to the following Lego Robotics club members on a job well done.

Bruno Chaverri Freund
Ryder Kirchner
Gage Matlock
Matthew Palamidessi
Colm Parsons
Alexander Pataridze
Alexander Pincott
Henry Rodríguez

Date Added: 1/24/2023