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🌱 Patch AM: Farmingdale Elementary Sensory Room Gives Students Tools To Refocus, Return To Class

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Cheers Farmingdale! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Inside Northside Elementary's new sensory room helping kids refocus
  • See how Farmingdale High earned elite School of Distinction status
  • Where Farmingdale State College landed in this year's U.S. News rankings

Also on today's calendar: The 17th annual Over 50 Fair and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 67 and low of 55 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, temps: high: 66, low: 53.
  • Friday: Chance of afternoon rain, with a high of 67 and low of 56 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Farmingdale Elementary Sensory Room Gives Students Tools To Refocus, Return To Class (patch.com) — Farmingdale's Northside Elementary has opened a dedicated sensory room where students can use tools like kinetic sand, balance pods, and visual breathing charts to manage stress and refocus. Staff report fewer psychologist visits and say the space, based on the Zones of Regulation framework, helps children practice self-regulation skills they can carry back into their Farmingdale classrooms.
   

• 78 Long Island high schools named Schools of Distinction, Excellence (newsday.com) — Farmingdale High School has been named a School of Distinction, recognizing that all of its varsity teams achieved scholar-athlete status with strong GPAs. The list highlights dozens of Long Island schools earning Distinction or Excellence honors, alongside announcements of new elementary principals in several nearby districts.
   

• U.S. News & World Report best colleges: See how Long Island colleges ranked (newsday.com) — Farmingdale readers will notice Farmingdale State College ranked 13th among Northern regional colleges in the latest U.S. News & World Report list, down from 7th last year but earning third place for undergraduate teaching. The story compares how Long Island colleges, including Molloy, Stony Brook, and Webb Institute, fared under the magazine's revamped rankings system.
   

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