Northport Students Give Back to Underprivileged Kids

Fourth-grade students at Fifth Avenue Elementary School in the Northport-East Northport School District recently participated in a special Thanksgiving project to give back to an underprivileged classroom in the Bronx.

The students collected stuffed animals, toys, puzzles, games and books from their homes and brought them in to give to less fortunate fourth-graders.

The three fourth-grade classes gathered in the school cafeteria on Nov. 18 to organize the items and worked as a team to sort them into bags.

Teacher Jean Kiley spoke to the students after the items were packed away. “These students have very little and it was really awesome of you to take things that you believe someone else would like and give it to them,” she said. “We are very proud of you.”

Story by Syntax, Photos courtesy of the Northport-East Northport School District:

• Fourth-grader Isabella Cutolo flashed a smile with books to be donated for students in need.
  
• Students at Fifth Avenue Elementary School collected items to be donated to a classroom in need and organized them to be sent out on Nov. 18.
• Fourth-graders at Fifth Avenue Elementary School sat together in preparation to organize donated items to give to a less fortunate classroom in the Bronx.