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Roanoke Avenue Elementary School

Roanoke Community Day draws crowd

by May 17, 2026
Roanoke Avenue Elementary Schools second annul Community Day drew a crowd s Saturday for family-friendly games, activities, entertainment and food trucks. Photos.

Meet Roanoke’s new principal, Jessica Farmer 

by May 9, 2026
A conversation with Jessica Farmer, the next principal of Roanoke Avenue Elementary School.

Roanoke Avenue Elementary School students celebrate P.S. I Love You Day all week long

by Feb 13, 2026
Roanoke Avenue Elementary School students delivered 400 valentines to the Westhampton Care Center Thursday as part of a P.S. I Love You Day weeklong event.

Riverhead kids say a big ‘thank you’ to local veterans at Roanoke Avenue Elementary School

by Nov 10, 2025
Students at Roanoke Avenue Elementary School got a chance to say thank you to local veterans today and speak with them about their service to our country. Photos.

Community Day at Roanoke Avenue school draws crowd for family-friendly fun

by May 5, 2025
The Roanoke Avenue PTO's first annual Community Day was a hit Saturday. Photo gallery.

Speakers give Riverhead 4th graders a lesson in the value of education and veterinarians

by Mar 19, 2025
Riverhead 4th graders from the school district’s elementary schools took a short field trip on Wednesday to the high school, where they learned about the importance of education and veterinary medicine from two guest speakers.

New program gives potential ‘Teachers of Tomorrow’ a chance in the classroom

by Dec 16, 2024
The new "Teachers of Tomorrow" program, a collaboration between the school district and the Butterfly Effect Project, puts the local nonprofit’s teen participants in an elementary school classroom one day a month.

Elementary schools, Pulaski Street school will have later start and end times this year

by Aug 10, 2023
The Riverhead Central School District's elementary schools and Pulaski Street Intermediate school are set to start and end later in the day this school year in an effort to improve the efficiency of the district’s transportation department. The changes have some parents upset about disruptions they will cause to childcare arrangements.

Roanoke students send veterans their love for Valentine’s Day

by Feb 11, 2020
SSgt. Christopher Clay of the 106th Rescue Wing, an Air Force veteran who served in the Middle East, visited with the student council at Roanoke Avenue Elementary School Monday and received a box of Valentines made by students for veterans.

Riverhead students step up to the Great Kindness Challenge

by Feb 1, 2020
Students created cards for seniors at the Flanders Senior Center and collected “kind coins” as part of a fundraiser to build a school in Mexico, along with many other random acts of kindness during the Great Kindness Challenge this week.