Eagle Elementary Wins Big at Dancing Classrooms Competition

From Patchogue-Medford Schools: Eagle Elementary School’s fifth grade students participated in a 10-week dancing classrooms residency this fall.

Under the direction of Club Advisor, Donna King, assisted by Gloria Scheib, Eagle took home first place.

Starting in December, a team of 12 students began preparing for the Dancing Classroom’s Long Island Colors of The Rainbow Competition.

DCLI's Winter Colors of the Rainbow Team Match & Festival, as seen in the Paramount Classics hit documentary, "Mad Hot Ballroom," is a team-based competition and community celebration for children who have participated in the 10-week, 20-lesson residency program Dancing Classrooms: Creating Connections. Inspiring Confidence™ during the fall of the 2017-18 school year.

Eagle sent a team of 12 students and competed against 72 additional students representing seven schools from across Long Island and celebrated all they have accomplished as their individual teams competed for gold, silver, and bronze.

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