Mr. Michael Toth’s eighth grade social studies elective students at Accompsett Middle School have won a $2,500 grant for the Smithtown Food Pantry through the national leadership organization, Lead4Change.
The students created a lesson plan for Accompsett Elementary students on hunger and food insecurity and also read children’s books to the young students to inspire giving.
Eighth grader, Angelina Novello, said she and her teammates learned the value of working together through the experience.
“It helped with teamwork and we had to work together and it paid off,” Angelina said.
The team collected over 1,200 items in the food drive that were donated to the Smithtown Food Pantry.
Photo caption: From left, Samantha Pineda Castro, Angelina Novello, Ethan Grossman, Matthew Steneck, Aemlia Qureshi, (not pictured) and Kate Miguel Tally (not pictured), were part of a social studies elective team which won a $2,500 grant at Accompsett Middle School.
Photos courtesy of Smithtown CSD
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