On March 4, students at Village Elementary School were treated to a visit from older students who, not too long ago, were students at Village themselves.
In a program aimed at creating inner-district mentorship, the elementary school welcomed back Syosset High School students that had attended Village before moving on to middle school.
Teachers and administrators were as excited to see the high-school kids as they were to see them, as each student filed into the lobby and received a visitor’s badge that featured their elementary school picture on the front. The teenagers reserved a few minutes to reconnect with their old teachers before heading to their assigned classrooms and reading to the students.
The elementary-aged kids listened intently and asked questions after the reading was over. Some of the students inquired about high school life, schoolwork and what activities they could join when they got there.
