The Amityville School District is proud to announce that Amityville Memorial High School senior Lizette Acosta’s artwork will represent Amityville in the regional Long Island's Best Young Artists exhibition at The Heckscher Museum.

Now in its 29th year, the Long Island’s Best program challenges students in grades 9-12 to choose a work of art that is on display in the museum as inspiration for their own creative expression. Approximately 78 pieces of student-created artwork out of 455 entries from Long Island high school students were selected for inclusion in this year’s show.

This year, the Long Island’s Best exhibit will be available to view in-person at the Heckscher Museum from Sunday, April 6 through Sunday, May 25. The exhibit will also be available for online viewing beginning on April 5 by visiting the Heckscher Museum of Art website at https://www.heckscher.org.

To see a list of the participating students in this exhibition, please visit the following link to view the Long Island's Best program document: https://www.heckscher.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/LI-Best-Exhibiting-Artists-2025.pdf.

The district commends Lizette, her grade 12 art teacher Jayne Grasso, and her present/past art teachers for this outstanding achievement!

Photo caption: The Amityville School District is proud to announce that Amityville Memorial High School senior Lizette Acosta’s artwork will represent Amityville in the regional Long Island's Best Young Artists exhibition at The Heckscher Museum.

Photo courtesy of the Amityville Union Free School District

Date Added: 3/13/2025

From March 3-7, students and teachers at Northeast Elementary School in Amityville participated in several activities to celebrate National Read Across America Week.  

The purpose of National Read Across America Week is to motivate students to read, celebrating reading and literacy, and building a sense of community around books. The weeklong activities included a celebration of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, Wacky Wednesday, Crazy Socks Day, and Rainbow Colors Day. Additionally, Northeast kicked off their celebration of Women’s History Month.

Click here to view the Read Across America Week activities at Northeast Elementary School slideshow.

Date Added: 3/12/2025

Second graders in Ms. Kristina Komsic’s Leaders of Tomorrow after-school group at Northwest Elementary School in Amityville recently completedan amazing project in their Community Kindness Club. 

The students worked for the last two sessions creating fun and inspiring messages and designs on coffee sleeves in a mission that they called “Cup of Kindness.” The group would like to thank the New York Beanery on Merrick Road in Amityville for agreeing to feature our students’ hard work. They will dress each cup of coffee they sell with one of the students’ handmade coffee sleeves. 

Date Added: 3/10/2025