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Mount Pleasant Central School District has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Now in its 25th year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement for providing music access and education to all students.
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Naturalist Julia King from PNW BOCES’ Center for Environmental Learning visited Hawthorne today with two special programs to help students get ready for Earth Day which happens later this month.
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![Swim Teams Collaborate and Give Back]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1705966477/mtplcsdorg/wmsgurt1tuxlmiwrfarw/swim.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1705966477/mtplcsdorg/wmsgurt1tuxlmiwrfarw/swim.jpg","width":320}])
The boys and girls varsity swim teams collected items and assembled parent kits to be donated to Maria Ferrari Children’s Hospital.
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More of our littlest Wildcats shared their mastery of research and writing skills.
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Three clues and lots of class participation make for a fun activity every Wednesday for these students.
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With a focus on ELA, first graders learn research skills.
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County-wide auditions were held last April and we just learned that eight WMS students have been invited to Westchester County School Music Association's (WCSMA) All-County Elementary Band.
![WMS Publishing Party]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1705087796/mtplcsdorg/lfbbbvuz92kyacdujmme/Michgayle2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1705087796/mtplcsdorg/lfbbbvuz92kyacdujmme/Michgayle2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1705087796/mtplcsdorg/lfbbbvuz92kyacdujmme/Michgayle2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1705087796/mtplcsdorg/lfbbbvuz92kyacdujmme/Michgayle2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1705087796/mtplcsdorg/lfbbbvuz92kyacdujmme/Michgayle2.jpg","width":1440}])
Michele Caterino and Gayle Garson wasted no time getting their students back into the swing of learning after break, hosting a personal narrative publishing party in the Westlake Library.