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Great Neck schools highlight student-led initiatives from play to service at board meeting
Summary
Representatives from elementary, middle and high school shared decision-making committees reported on programs including a Global Day of Play, student leadership projects, mental-health book clubs, service-learning events and a full-day Senior Serve community service project.
Representatives from Great Neck Union Free School District’s shared decision-making committees presented a series of student-centered initiatives and yearlong goals during the Board of Education meeting on June 17.
The reports, delivered by parents, teachers and student co-chairs from multiple buildings, described programs intended to advance social-emotional learning, student leadership, and community service across the district.
Parkville School presenters said their primary goal for the year was participating in the Global Day of Play on Feb. 1. A Parkville speaker described stations that included games exploring emotions and teamwork led by school psychologists, calming yoga run by the social worker, and a STEAM station run by school technology staff; students also had extra recess and unplugged board-game time. The presenter quoted Fred Rogers: “play is really the work of childhood,” to summarize the day’s focus on creative, social and developmental…
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