On May 19, 12 educators in Valley Stream District 30 received tenure during the board of education’s monthly meeting.

Principals at all three schools created a thoughtful video to honor their amazing educators. All of the honorees received gifts from the board of education, and many received a flower bouquet from their principals. The board honored the following educators:

Clear Stream Avenue: Mackenzie Brown, Courtney Fitzpatrick, Jessica Price, Susana Valencia, and Jake Winston.

Forest Road: Aaminah Ahmad, Gabriella Duran, Jennifer Spiwak, and Poulette Villalobos.

Shaw Avenue: Elba Espinal, Darcel Franks, and Marie Loeffel.

The district would like to thank its staff members for all of their hard work and for being dedicated members of the Valley Stream 30 school community.

Photo caption: On May 19, 12 educators in Valley Stream District 30 received tenure during the board of education’s monthly meeting.

Photo courtesy of the Valley Stream District 30

Date Added: 5/20/2025

Second graders at Shaw Avenue School in Valley Stream District 30 recently completed a weeklong interactive program called Submerge Storytelling. The program aims to inspire creativity in children by facilitating a physical and metaphysical environment where they can lose themselves in their imaginations.

Following along the fictional storyline of “Surfing on Saturn,” one of the school’s classrooms was transformed into the room of Emmy Sagan by Submerge Storytelling program founder Cory Levine. Emmy is a 12-year-old scientist and engineer who has invented the award-winning Emmy Engine to help her best friend, Broman, improve his surfing skills.

As the story and week evolved, Emmy asked the students to take part in an Operation Battery simulation along with NASA. As part of the plot, students imagined that the world’s supply of batteries is nearly gone, and NASA asked for the assistance of Emmy and the students at Shaw Avenue to assist with a mission to Saturn to recover minerals that can help restore the supply of batteries. Students used magnifying glasses to closely examine the different minerals such as pyrite, calcite, malachite, and lepidolite based on their color.



Photo captions:

1-6: Second graders at Shaw Avenue School in Valley Stream 30 closely examined minerals as part of an interactive program called Submerge Storytelling.

7: Leading the experience was program founder Cory Levine, who assisted students in an Operation Battery simulation.

8-9: Students worked together on the Operation Battery simulation.

Click here to view the Second graders participate in ‘Operation Battery’ at Shaw Avenue School slideshow.

Photos courtesy of the Valley Stream District 30

Date Added: 5/7/2025

On April 30, kindergartners at Forest Road School in Valley Stream District 30 discovered a variety of insects during a special visit from the Long Island Children’s Museum. 

LICM outreach program director Jennifer Henriquez led the discussion, “All Abuzz,” in which she shared numerous insects that are featured both in the community and around the world. She also shared framed insects such as butterflies, moths and a praying mantis. Additionally, students were allowed to safely touch some of the rare live insects.  

Click here to view the Forest Road School students explore insects during ‘All Abuzz’ unit slideshow.

Date Added: 5/2/2025

On April 22, students at Clear Stream Avenue School in Valley Stream 30 showcased their culinary skills during a special family cooking workshop. 

Hosted by Andrea Massop Ramos, an award-winning clinical nutritionist and private health chef who is the founder/CEO of Healthy FRIENDZ Nutrition, students and their parents worked together on preparing a variety of healthy meals. Ms. Ramos shared basic recipes for the students to use as they were allowed to customize their meals. Students used a wide array of fruits and vegetables such as bananas, apples, strawberries and cucumbers to create their tasty dishes.  

After the workshop, students were excited to prepare meals at home for their parents and siblings.  

Click here to view the Students showcase their culinary skills at Clear Stream Avenue School slideshow.

Date Added: 4/23/2025