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March 24, 2025

8th grade students from Robert Moses Middle School engage in a powerful learning experience

8th grade students from Robert Moses Middle School engage in a powerful learning experience during their field trip to the Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center. The visit included a guided tour, testimony from survivors or their descendants, and a reflective discussion, emphasizing the ongoing impact of prejudice and hate. The experience challenges students to reflect: Will you choose to be an upstander or a bystander?

 

The 10 Seaford Scholar traits have become part of daily life at Seaford Harbor Elementary School. From bulletin boards to classroom lessons to routine conversations, the characteristics are fully present in the building and beyond. In the summer of 2023, the Seaford Scholar profile was adopted throughout the district to identify the qualities of successful students. The 10 traits undefined communicators, flexible, humorous, innovators, mindful, networkers, principled, reflective, resilient and risk takers undefined have become well-known to students and teachers. undefinedItundefineds infused in everything that we do,undefined Harbor Principal Jennifer Bisulca said. undefinedThe students are using the language in their reflective moments and that means theyundefinedre really understanding the purpose.undefined Each month, the school focuses on one of the traits. For March, it is risk taker. Ms. Bisulca explained that teachers have emphasized how to take responsible risks, such as playing with different classmates at recess or taking on a task independently for the first time. Trying something new, she added, is part of having a growth mindset. A bulletin board in the cafeteria has three laminated paper stars for every class in the school. Teachers recognize the students who best exemplify the monthly trait by putting their names on the stars. Third grade teacher Katharine Black said this has created a lot of excitement, as students strive to live the Seaford Scholar traits and make it onto the board. The display was created with the help of student council members. Ms. Black noted that the bulletin board shows that Harbor School has whole-heartedly embraced the Seaford Scholar profile. undefinedItundefineds a nice way to get the whole school involved,undefined she said, noting that it highlights students from kindergarten to fifth grade. In her class, Ms. Black has her scholars of the month choose the students for the following month. They must explain why they selected these classmates as representatives of that trait. Ms. Black and Ms. Bisulca are joined on the districtwide Seaford Scholar committee by fifth grade teacher Kerry Hansen and psychologist Meghan Harrington. They serve as a resource for teachers looking to find new and innovative ways of promoting the traits in their classrooms. Many teachers use ParentSquare to announce their Seaford Scholars of the month to all families, and explain why they were chosen. This builds the home-school connection, Ms. Bisulca said, and creates talking points for the home.    The 10 Seaford Scholar traits have become part of daily life at Seaford Harbor Elementary School. From bulletin boards to classroom lessons to routine conversations, the characteristics are fully present in the building and beyond. In the summer of 2023, the Seaford Scholar profile was adopted throughout the district to identify the qualities of successful students. The 10 traits undefined communicators, flexible, humorous, innovators, mindful, networkers, principled, reflective, resilient and risk takers undefined have become well-known to students and teachers. undefinedItundefineds infused in everything that we do,undefined Harbor Principal Jennifer Bisulca said. undefinedThe students are using the language in their reflective moments and that means theyundefinedre really understanding the purpose.undefined Each month, the school focuses on one of the traits. For March, it is risk taker. Ms. Bisulca explained that teachers have emphasized how to take responsible risks, such as playing with different classmates at recess or taking on a task independently for the first time. Trying something new, she added, is part of having a growth mindset. A bulletin board in the cafeteria has three laminated paper stars for every class in the school. Teachers recognize the students who best exemplify the monthly trait by putting their names on the stars. Third grade teacher Katharine Black said this has created a lot of excitement, as students strive to live the Seaford Scholar traits and make it onto the board. The display was created with the help of student council members. Ms. Black noted that the bulletin board shows that Harbor School has whole-heartedly embraced the Seaford Scholar profile. undefinedItundefineds a nice way to get the whole school involved,undefined she said, noting that it highlights students from kindergarten to fifth grade. In her class, Ms. Black has her scholars of the month choose the students for the following month. They must explain why they selected these classmates as representatives of that trait. Ms. Black and Ms. Bisulca are joined on the districtwide Seaford Scholar committee by fifth grade teacher Kerry Hansen and psychologist Meghan Harrington. They serve as a resource for teachers looking to find new and innovative ways of promoting the traits in their classrooms. Many teachers use ParentSquare to announce their Seaford Scholars of the month to all families, and explain why they were chosen. This builds the home-school connection, Ms. Bisulca said, and creates talking points for the home.    The 10 Seaford Scholar traits have become part of daily life at Seaford Harbor Elementary School. From bulletin boards to classroom lessons to routine conversations, the characteristics are fully present in the building and beyond. In the summer of 2023, the Seaford Scholar profile was adopted throughout the district to identify the qualities of successful students. The 10 traits undefined communicators, flexible, humorous, innovators, mindful, networkers, principled, reflective, resilient and risk takers undefined have become well-known to students and teachers. undefinedItundefineds infused in everything that we do,undefined Harbor Principal Jennifer Bisulca said. undefinedThe students are using the language in their reflective moments and that means theyundefinedre really understanding the purpose.undefined Each month, the school focuses on one of the traits. For March, it is risk taker. Ms. Bisulca explained that teachers have emphasized how to take responsible risks, such as playing with different classmates at recess or taking on a task independently for the first time. Trying something new, she added, is part of having a growth mindset. A bulletin board in the cafeteria has three laminated paper stars for every class in the school. Teachers recognize the students who best exemplify the monthly trait by putting their names on the stars. Third grade teacher Katharine Black said this has created a lot of excitement, as students strive to live the Seaford Scholar traits and make it onto the board. The display was created with the help of student council members. Ms. Black noted that the bulletin board shows that Harbor School has whole-heartedly embraced the Seaford Scholar profile. undefinedItundefineds a nice way to get the whole school involved,undefined she said, noting that it highlights students from kindergarten to fifth grade. In her class, Ms. Black has her scholars of the month choose the students for the following month. They must explain why they selected these classmates as representatives of that trait. Ms. Black and Ms. Bisulca are joined on the districtwide Seaford Scholar committee by fifth grade teacher Kerry Hansen and psychologist Meghan Harrington. They serve as a resource for teachers looking to find new and innovative ways of promoting the traits in their classrooms. Many teachers use ParentSquare to announce their Seaford Scholars of the month to all families, and explain why they were chosen. This builds the home-school connection, Ms. Bisulca said, and creates talking points for the home.    The 10 Seaford Scholar traits have become part of daily life at Seaford Harbor Elementary School. From bulletin boards to classroom lessons to routine conversations, the characteristics are fully present in the building and beyond. In the summer of 2023, the Seaford Scholar profile was adopted throughout the district to identify the qualities of successful students. The 10 traits undefined communicators, flexible, humorous, innovators, mindful, networkers, principled, reflective, resilient and risk takers undefined have become well-known to students and teachers. undefinedItundefineds infused in everything that we do,undefined Harbor Principal Jennifer Bisulca said. undefinedThe students are using the language in their reflective moments and that means theyundefinedre really understanding the purpose.undefined Each month, the school focuses on one of the traits. For March, it is risk taker. Ms. Bisulca explained that teachers have emphasized how to take responsible risks, such as playing with different classmates at recess or taking on a task independently for the first time. Trying something new, she added, is part of having a growth mindset. A bulletin board in the cafeteria has three laminated paper stars for every class in the school. Teachers recognize the students who best exemplify the monthly trait by putting their names on the stars. Third grade teacher Katharine Black said this has created a lot of excitement, as students strive to live the Seaford Scholar traits and make it onto the board. The display was created with the help of student council members. Ms. Black noted that the bulletin board shows that Harbor School has whole-heartedly embraced the Seaford Scholar profile. undefinedItundefineds a nice way to get the whole school involved,undefined she said, noting that it highlights students from kindergarten to fifth grade. In her class, Ms. Black has her scholars of the month choose the students for the following month. They must explain why they selected these classmates as representatives of that trait. Ms. Black and Ms. Bisulca are joined on the districtwide Seaford Scholar committee by fifth grade teacher Kerry Hansen and psychologist Meghan Harrington. They serve as a resource for teachers looking to find new and innovative ways of promoting the traits in their classrooms. Many teachers use ParentSquare to announce their Seaford Scholars of the month to all families, and explain why they were chosen. This builds the home-school connection, Ms. Bisulca said, and creates talking points for the home.