My name is Keith Dratch and my dad owns the Shell gas station in Kings Park. Each year the station donates a piece of memorabilia representing Shell's heritage This year I presented the museum with a 50's pickup truck. The exhibit keeps growing....

Cool!

12/10//04

       This is not a posed picture! Trying to find out what is going on in Kings Park a library visit found five athletes from KPHS doing research on a project for English. What with computer access to everything, too often it is supposed students don't use the old faithful library.

Great Work!

12/21//04

    This year's Annual AATF (American Association of Teachers of French) Poetry Competition for Suffolk County was held Friday, December 3, 2004 at Stony Brook University.

    Students in grade 7-12 memorized and prepared dramatic interpretive presentations of poems by famous French authors which they recited before an audience of peers and four official AATF judges.

    At the beginning of November, 5 students from each grade level worked with Mademoiselle Failey (grades 7-9) and Mademoiselle Hughes (grades 10-12) to understand the meaning of the poems and develop their interpretive movements. Their hard work paid off when at least one student from each grade level won an award for his/her performance.

Samantha Flaum, Grade 7, received 2nd place
Susan Zemcik, Grade 8, received 3rd place
Hamsa Sridhar, Grade 9, received 2nd place
Zachary Ingbretsen, Grade 10, won 2nd place
Kaitlyn Koenig, Grade 10, received an Honorable Mention

Gabriela Jara, Grade 11, won 3rd prize

  The icing on the cake came when Kings Park found out that several of their students had also won prizes for their original poems, written entirely in French on a theme of their choice. These student-written poems were judged for composition, creativity and style.

Dawn Glaves won 3rd place for level 3

Elizabeth Fey won 2td prize fo level 3

Gabriela Jara received an honorable mention for level 4

Kimberly Gilliland received an honorable mention AP Level

Stephanie Dixon won 21 place AP Level

The Kings Park French Department is extremely proud of all of the students who participated and worked tirelessly on their presentations:
 

  At the end of the day Mrs. Williams, who assisted the teachers on the trip, expressed her excitement about the student involvement in the program and the positive reinforcement it gave to the participants. "Even though the journey was rough," she said, "it was obvious that each child achieved a great amount of personal success and is to be commended."

-Brooke

Travail fantastique!  (Fantastic Work!)   

  For Your Information…

The holidays are upon us – which means home decorating, entertaining and more cooking. According to the NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) the holiday season also brings an increased risk of fire. To fully enjoy the holidays take a few moments and review these safety tips from the NFPA: 

à        Never leave a candle unattended.  Almost 40 percent of all fires occurred after candles were left unsupervised or inadequately controlled.

à        Keep candles away from flammable items.  More than 20 percent of candle fires began because the flame was too close to an object.

à        Don’t place candles where a family pet is likely to knock them over.

“Remember a candle is an open flame,” cautions Marty Ahrens, Fire Analysis Specialist for the NFPA,  “and the peak three days for candle fires in 1999-2001 were Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and Christmas Eve.”

Holiday Safety Tips

v Use caution with holiday decorations and whenever possible, choose those made with flame-resistant, flame-retardant or non-combustible materials.

v Purchase only lights and electrical decorations bearing the name of an independent testing lab and follow the manufacturer’s instructions for installation and maintenance.

v Carefully inspect new and previously used light strings and replace damaged items before plugging lights in.  Do not overload extension cords.

v Always unplug lights before replacing light bulbs or fuses.

v Don’t mount lights in any way that can damage the cord’s wire insulation (i.e., using clips, not nails).

v Keep children and pets away from light strings and electrical decorations.

v Turn off all light strings and decorations before leaving the house or going to bed.

 Entertaining

v     Unattended cooking is the leading cause of home fires in the U.S.  When cooking for holiday visitors, remember to keep an eye on the range.

v     Provide plenty of large, deep ashtrays and check them frequently.  Cigarette butts can smolder in the trash and cause a fire, so completely douse cigarette butts with water before discarding.

v     After a party, always check on, between and under upholstery and cushions and inside trash cans for cigarette butts that may be smoldering.

v     Keep matches and lighters up high, out of sight and reach of children (preferably in a locked cabinet).

v     Test your smoke alarms and let guests know what your fire escape plan is.

Make a difference in someone’s life, give them a meal.

          Help us make that difference this year by giving a food donation at each of Santa’s parade stops. Santa is sending a special truck to collect all your food donations just before he arrives. His helpers and some of your town’s firefighters will arrive 10 minutes before Santa to pick up your donation and pave his way.

Some of his suggestions are: canned meat and tuna fish, canned veggies and fruit, canned soup, cereal, mac and cheese, peanut butter, grape jelly, spaghetti and spaghetti sauce. Toiletries will also be collected.

Help us help our neighbors. Your donations will be distributed to Kings Park Food Pantries. Neighbors helping neighbors!

    Click Here for the Santa Parade Schedule