Saturday, January 21, 2012

Nassau County Veterans of Foreign Wars Visit Willets Road


On Friday, January 20th members of the Nassau County Council of Veterans of Foreign Wars visited Willets Road to present 6th grade student Megan Kirschner with a certificate and award for her participation in the 2011 Veterans Day ceremony.  Megan memorized and read a poem paying tribute to our veterans.  The members of the chapter under the leadership of Commander Charles Boyd, visited Mr. Roaldsen's social studies class to present the award.  Mr. Kimmel shared with the students the mission of the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization and discussed the importance of recognizing the commitment and sacrifice that the men and woman of our Armed Forces make to protect our freedom and way of life as Americans.
It was an honor and privilege to have theses American Heroes visit our school.  Way to go Meagan!!!

Friday, January 6, 2012

Klezmer All Stars Visit Willets Road


The Willets Road School PTO Cultural Arts Program was proud to host renown klezmer music artist Frank London and his band the Klezmer All Stars on Friday, January 6th. Frank London and his band played a wonderful concert for our entire school community.  The performance also featured a lesson on how klezmer music is played on the typical musical instruments associated with this music genre.  We thank the director of our district cultural arts program Mr. Mark Meyers for bringing this amazing performance to our school.