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![Students make paper rockets in after school program]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732201953/sufferncentralorg/iqzmcauzirqhfgyvizxp/EASE.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1732201953/sufferncentralorg/iqzmcauzirqhfgyvizxp/EASE.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1732201953/sufferncentralorg/iqzmcauzirqhfgyvizxp/EASE.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1732201953/sufferncentralorg/iqzmcauzirqhfgyvizxp/EASE.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1732201953/sufferncentralorg/iqzmcauzirqhfgyvizxp/EASE.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1732201953/sufferncentralorg/iqzmcauzirqhfgyvizxp/EASE.jpg","width":2200}])
Suffern's Elementary After School Enrichment (EASE) program kicked off last week for our third, fourth and fifth grade students at Cherry Lane and Montebello and the creativity is already flowing.
![Students participate in speech and debate competition.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1732201618/sufferncentralorg/oflzzelilvzrvhageobx/debateteam.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1732201618/sufferncentralorg/oflzzelilvzrvhageobx/debateteam.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1732201618/sufferncentralorg/oflzzelilvzrvhageobx/debateteam.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1732201618/sufferncentralorg/oflzzelilvzrvhageobx/debateteam.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1732201618/sufferncentralorg/oflzzelilvzrvhageobx/debateteam.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1732201618/sufferncentralorg/oflzzelilvzrvhageobx/debateteam.jpg","width":2200}])
Suffern High School once again hosted a Public Speaking Tournament where speech and debate teams from North Rockland, Clarkstown North and South, Briarcliff Manor and Spring Valley high schools gathered to compete in poetry, prose, dramatic monologue, original oration and impromptu categories.
![Boy holding origami heart on World Kindness Day]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731529197/sufferncentralorg/e15gx9zxutky4qbvcln7/Kindness.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1731529197/sufferncentralorg/e15gx9zxutky4qbvcln7/Kindness.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1731529197/sufferncentralorg/e15gx9zxutky4qbvcln7/Kindness.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1731529197/sufferncentralorg/e15gx9zxutky4qbvcln7/Kindness.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1731529197/sufferncentralorg/e15gx9zxutky4qbvcln7/Kindness.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1731529197/sufferncentralorg/e15gx9zxutky4qbvcln7/Kindness.jpg","width":2200}])
World Kindness Day is dedicated to teaching kindness and empathy. And The Kindness Crusaders club at SMS was on the case, spreading joy and inspirational messages to their fellow classmates during all three lunch periods.
![Kids research human rights activists]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731093303/sufferncentralorg/stxtuoheeinjugwxlm61/humanrightselection.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1731093303/sufferncentralorg/stxtuoheeinjugwxlm61/humanrightselection.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1731093303/sufferncentralorg/stxtuoheeinjugwxlm61/humanrightselection.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1731093303/sufferncentralorg/stxtuoheeinjugwxlm61/humanrightselection.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1731093303/sufferncentralorg/stxtuoheeinjugwxlm61/humanrightselection.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1731093303/sufferncentralorg/stxtuoheeinjugwxlm61/humanrightselection.jpg","width":2200}])
They may not be old enough to vote in tomorrow's election, but students at Montebello Elementary had the chance to cast their ballot for the human rights activist who has effected the most change on the world.
![Kids learn to launch rockets]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731092822/sufferncentralorg/z35wqrskmov9swfb20mk/Rockets.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1731092822/sufferncentralorg/z35wqrskmov9swfb20mk/Rockets.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1731092822/sufferncentralorg/z35wqrskmov9swfb20mk/Rockets.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1731092822/sufferncentralorg/z35wqrskmov9swfb20mk/Rockets.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1731092822/sufferncentralorg/z35wqrskmov9swfb20mk/Rockets.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1731092822/sufferncentralorg/z35wqrskmov9swfb20mk/Rockets.jpg","width":2200}])
Ready...set...launch! Eighth graders in Mr. Walder's technology class put what they learned during their air and space unit into real world practice when they designed—and launched—their own rockets.
![Kids compete in a fitness competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1731092529/sufferncentralorg/snna3iutbnjuiblpsquh/FitnessSuperstars.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1731092529/sufferncentralorg/snna3iutbnjuiblpsquh/FitnessSuperstars.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1731092529/sufferncentralorg/snna3iutbnjuiblpsquh/FitnessSuperstars.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1731092529/sufferncentralorg/snna3iutbnjuiblpsquh/FitnessSuperstars.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1731092529/sufferncentralorg/snna3iutbnjuiblpsquh/FitnessSuperstars.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1731092529/sufferncentralorg/snna3iutbnjuiblpsquh/FitnessSuperstars.jpg","width":2200}])
Suffern High School hosted their 46th annual Fitness Superstars Competition, where students who scored well on their Presidential Physical Fitness Test (the top 25 boys and 25 girls in each grade) are invited to compete against each other in the 40 yard dash, 600 yard run, standing broad jump, pull ups or arm hang and shuttle run.
By The Numbers
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