2011-2012 Summit Lane News
Summit Lane Elementary School fifth-grade student Eileen Cha is the winner of National Grid's Happy 20th Birthday ENERGY STAR T-Shirt Design Contest.
[May 17, 2012]

Mrs. Cambronero's DLC class completed a sewing project for Mother's Day.
[May 14, 2012]

The Get a Voice Program gives children ten different phrases they can say to stand up for themselves or someone else. During April, Summit Lane had a contest in the school to select the 11th power phrase.
[May 14, 2012]

First Graders and DLC students at Summit Lane Elementary School in the Levittown School District learned about germs and staying healthy.
[May 01, 2012]

Parents of incoming Kindergartners for the 2010-11 school year were invited to attend the tea with their children.
[April 27, 2012]

Kindergarten students at Summit Lane have been busy writing and creating their own version of the story, Cookie's Week, developed from personal experiences.
[April 25, 2012]

Ms. Angela, a nurse from St. Francis Hospital, spoke to the students about being germ busters and how important it is to wash ourselves, especially our hands.
[April 03, 2012]

Fourth and fifth grade students at Summit Lane School had the opportunity to participate in the Sign Language Club run by Mrs. Holzapfel.
[April 03, 2012]

Students in Mrs. Ficeto's fourth-grade reading groups at Summit Lane Elementary School read two books related to the American Revolution.
[April 02, 2012]

In March, the Second Grade students of Summit Lane took a quick trip across town to the Levittown Historical Museum.
[March 29, 2012]

Students in Mrs. Ficeto's fourth grade reading groups read two books related to the American Revolution.
[March 26, 2012]

Summit Lane Elementary School students are exploring the states of matter in their Science Club.
[March 16, 2012]

It is not every day that students are encouraged to bring their warm, fuzzy teddy bears to school.
[March 13, 2012]

At Summit Lane, DLC students enjoy learning about the different families of instruments. They had the opportunity to try the violin and make their own music! The smiles on their face show just how much they love playing music.
[February 29, 2012]

The Summit Lane Get A Voice Program is in full swing. Each month an activity or assembly is planned and implemented by the staff.
[February 17, 2012]

Student Council's January Fundraiser was to participate in the Children's Tumor Foundation.
[February 15, 2012]

For President's Day, Mrs. Nally's first grade students have been researching Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.
[February 15, 2012]

Second-grade students in Ms. Burns' class at Summit Lane Elementary School learned lessons about accepting differences and promoting peace after studying the life of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
[February 08, 2012]

Summit Lane's Student Council collected toys for John Theissen's Toy collection. Students, families and staff donated many toys and books for under-privileged and sick children the entire month of December.
[December 23, 2011]

The Levittown School District once again held its annual Developmental Learning Classes (DLC) Holiday Party at Summit Lane. DLC are self-contained special education classes that educate children ages five through ten with developmental disabilities.
[December 21, 2011]

As part of the "The Talent Show Club", run by Ms. Breen and Mrs. Peyton after school, over twenty-five Fifth Graders got to show off their talents and skills to the students, faculty, and families of the performers.
[December 15, 2011]

On Friday, December 9th, 2011, two hundred Summit Lane students in grades K- 5 attended movie night. The annual PTA event offered a snack before the movie, and students came in with their pajamas on to get ready to sit back and get comfortable.
[December 15, 2011]

The Summit Lane PTA sponsored its annual Parents vs. Teachers Volleyball Game on Friday, November 18h at Division Avenue High School.
[December 14, 2011]

During the first week in December, Speech Pathologists, Sandi Waldman and Jamie Colapinto ran the annual "Coats for Kids" coat drive at Summit Lane School.
[December 12, 2011]

The Get A Voice Program at Summit Lane was established to create a caring school community where our students, faculty and parents share common goals.
[December 09, 2011]

The Summit Lane Get A Voice program (now in its third year) is an anti-bullying program that teaches children to use their voices in a positive way.
[December 01, 2011]

Now in its fifteenth year, the Summit Lane- Division Avenue Big Dragons Little Dragons Program is moving in a new direction.
[November 22, 2011]

All three Kindergarten classes at Summit Lane School helped our school nurse, Mrs. Jean Jannetti, collect travel size toiletry items for the American Red Cross.
[November 18, 2011]

October 28th was a chilly day as Fifth Graders from four elementary schools across the Levittown School District headed to the track at DAHS for the Fun Run. The FUN RUN is a one-mile run to encourage students to participate more in outdoor physical activities.
[November 17, 2011]

Summit Lane's Student Council held executive board elections on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011. Students in Fourth and Fifth Grade ran for 4 Student Council positions: President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. Student Council class representative Jenna Horan introduced the assembly.
[November 09, 2011]

On Thursday, October 26th, the Summit Lane PTA presented an extremely engaging Cultural Arts Program for the entire school.
[October 31, 2011]

Levittown, NY - Eleven fifth graders at Summit Lane Elementary School in the Levittown School District are having a blast this week at their before-school Spelling Club.
[October 28, 2011]

Summit Lane students had a very exciting day! All students in grades K-3 participated in the Junior Achievement program.
[October 27, 2011]

Part of the fourth grade social studies curriculum is learning about the Native Americans who settled in New York.
[October 27, 2011]

On Friday, October 14th, Summit Lane held its annual Car Wash. With the help of the Fifth Grade students, and several parents, the car wash was quite a success.
[October 26, 2011]

On Tuesday, October 11th, 2011, Summit Lane held its annual blood drive for the New York Blood Center. Many parents and members of the Summit Lane staff donated their time and blood to help out this cause.
[October 26, 2011]

Students in Mrs. Lamendola's fourth grade class at Summit Lane School have been busy working on creative writing projects for Fall.
[October 25, 2011]

In conjunction with Summit Lane's Get A Voice Program, Mrs. Madson's students read How To Be Cool In The Third Grade.
[October 12, 2011]

Students in Lori McGill's second grade class shared the story The Missing Button during a lesson on properties and classifications. The children worked within their cooperative groups to sort and classify hundreds of different buttons into their respective property groups.
[October 04, 2011]

The first grade teachers at Summit Lane Elementary School in Levittown hosted a workshop for parents in September called Parents and Teachers Working Together: A First Grade Reading Workshop.
[October 03, 2011]