Community News
Bullying prevention workshop to be held Aug. 24
A new school year is just around the corner. The Riverhead Anti-Bias Task Force invites parents and students to attend a bullying prevention workshop with the Suffolk County Office of Health Education on Wednesday, Aug. 24 at 6 p.m. at Riverhead Free Library.
Roanoke Avenue Elementary School
‘P.S. I Love You Day’ focuses kids on kindness, positivity and love
Kids throughout the Riverhead school district wore purple and spread positive messages in the hope of stopping bullying and preventing suicide.
Denise Civiletti
Do as I say, not as I do: What are we really teaching our children?
During this week, as Riverhead schoolchildren had character lessons about acceptance, inclusion and bullying, things went particularly awry in the United States of America with pipe bombs delivered to political leaders and a mass shooting in a synagogue. Column by Denise Civiletti
Schools
‘No one needs to be a bully’: Harlem Wizards teach lessons in respect
The Harlem Wizards delighted Riverhead students today when they visited schools with a very special message: “no one needs to be a bully.”
Tojo Henderson,...