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Riley Avenue Elementary School

Riley Avenue is one of four K-4 elementary schools in the district. Riley was recently renovated and expanded and now houses 600 students. Riley Avenue School 374 Riley Avenue Calverton, NY 11933 631-369-6804David Enos, Principal

Riverhead students take on the Great Kindness Challenge

by Feb 1, 2018
Students at Riley Avenue, Roanake and Phillips Avenue Schools took part in the Great Kindness Challange, a weeklong event geared toward teaching them how to show kindness to friends, family and others.

Riley Avenue School’s book club enriches student readers

by Dec 1, 2017
Avid fourth-grade readers at Riley Avenue School have joined a book club at the school where they enjoy discussing books they've read outside of school.

Riley Avenue librarian/media specialist wins grant

by May 26, 2016
Riley Avenue library/media specialist Amelia Estevez-Creedon was awarded a $500 grant. The money will go towards supporting the school library's social studies initiatives.

Riley Avenue: Reading, robotics, rocketry and research light the way to learning

by Mar 23, 2016
Riley Avenue Elementary School hosted a two-week Parents as Reading Partners program March 7-18. Activities during the program included a night of robotics, a...

Riley Avenue second graders show off their table manners at tea party

by Feb 16, 2016
Students poured apple juice from silver teapots and practiced basic rules of etiquette with one anther: not chewing with their mouths open, taking just a few items on their plates at a time and waiting for everyone else to get their food before beginning to eat.

Riverhead schoolchildren raise over $4,600 for new school in Kenya

by Feb 13, 2016
In addition to performing kind acts in their school and community, students from Aquebogue, Phillips Avenue, Riley Avenue and Roanoke Avenue schools and Riverhead Middle School, participated in the Kind Coins for Kenya challenge.

Photos: With song and dance, Riverhead students celebrate Black History Month

by Feb 12, 2016
Lively performances featured music by famous black artists and spirituals for a packed auditorium at Riverhead High School last night.

Feeling bullied? Riley Avenue students now have their own ‘Buddy Bench’, thanks to Kait’s Angels

by Dec 4, 2015
Buddy Benches are meant to provide a safe space for students who are feeling lonely or bullied, and they are being installed in schools across the North Fork.

Riley Avenue candy buyback nets more than 500 pounds of candy for troops

by Nov 13, 2015
Riley Avenue Elementary School students participated in a "Halloween Candy Buy Back" sponsored by East End Orthodontics dental office. The students at Riley collected 538 pounds of candy to send to the soldiers overseas.

Riverhead highway crew visits Riley Avenue school to teach kids about snow removal and safety

by Nov 10, 2015
Riverhead Highway Department Superintendent George "Gio" Woodson and three of his crew made a trip to the Riley Avenue Elementary School Friday to caution...