South Street School student Austin Callegari was the first-place winner in the (K-2) category of the Brookhaven Recycles Poster Contest. His winning poster is a rendition of a boy placing recyclables in the Brookhaven Curby can with the slogan “Winners Recycle Every Day!”

The inaugural Brookhaven Recycles Poster Contest was open to all K-12 students in Brookhaven Town. More than 300 students submitted posters with a theme of “Recycle Every Day! Or “Stop Litter!” Winners were selected in groups of grade levels and special education.

The goal of the contest was to encourage the entrants and others in the community to continue recycling, keep the planet clean and to be stewards of the planet.

Date Added: 4/7/2025

South Street School students have been demonstrating their philanthropic skills through two collections in March.  

The South Street Shines Club collected blankets and towels for the animals at Little Shelter Animal Rescue and Adoption Center in Huntington and the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation in Hampton Bays.  

Students also collected cereal boxes for the school’s fifth annual Cereal Drive and Domino Drop event. Faculty lined up the 718 boxes of cereal prior to Principal J.M. Jackson knocking over the first box, causing a domino effect throughout the school’s hallways as students cheered. The cereal was then distributed to the Helping Makes U Happy organization. 

Date Added: 4/2/2025

After learning about the process and inspirations of famous artists, Tuttle Avenue and South Street elementary school students each worked collaboratively on two separate murals, under the direction of art teacher Babette Paul. The murals will hang, along with the works of 1,000 young artists across Long Island, in the Parrish Museum’s 2025 Student Exhibition, being held on March 15-April 27.

Tuttle Avenue students studied Georgia O’Keefe and learned that she observed nature, especially flowers that were depicted in large painting form. Inspired by her work, each student then created their own clay flower for the mural. South Street School students studied Henri Matisse’s process of cutting organic shapes out of painted paper to form interesting canvases. Upon learning that Matisse lived near the ocean in France and that his art was often inspired by sea life, the students each had a part in creating a mural using Matisse’s process and inspiration.

Ms. Paul congratulated the students on their artistic accomplishment and on submitting artwork to the student exhibition that will surely inspire visitors.

Date Added: 3/10/2025