WELCOME TO WANTAGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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Dr. Randee Bonagura, Principal

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Together We Make A Difference!

We seek to develop a love of learning; a sense of responsibility and self-respect as well as a respect for others; an independent, confident thinker and learner; a working knowledge of all academic areas; an understanding and acceptance of human equality; communications, critical thinking and problem solving strategies; a practice of good citizenship; an awareness of a healthy body and mind and the means to achieve it; and an appreciation of the arts.

WANTAGH ELEMENTARY HIGHLIGHTS

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Wantagh Students Test Their Fire Safety Skills
Children practice fire safety in school with multiple fire drills each year. At home, there are also safety precautions they need to know, and that’s...
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Wantagh Elementary’s Young Innovators Get More Time to Create
If students at Wantagh Elementary School have the itch to create, they can just head on down to the STEAM classroom during lunch time. Teacher Kaitli...
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Wantagh’s New Teachers Have a ‘Students First’ Mindset
Although they will work across all five buildings, the 22 new teachers who gathered in the Wantagh Middle School library on Aug. 28 will always share...
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Wantagh 5th Graders Leave With a Splash of Color
The legacy of Wantagh Elementary School’s Class of 2023 will be long-lasting. Just like the classes before them, the departing fifth graders left the...
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Elementary Graduates Are Ready for Middle School
Fifth grade moving-up ceremonies were held at Wantagh High School from June 20 to 22, during which more than 200 students were recognized for their s...
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Rockets Soar High at Wantagh Elementary
Wantagh Elementary School fifth graders could actually call themselves rocket scientists as a popular end-of-year tradition continued with the rocket...
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Flag Day Celebrated With Flash Mob at Wantagh Elementary School
Dressed from head to toe in red, white and blue, students and teachers at Wantagh Elementary School showed off their moves in a flash mob-style dance...
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Seussical Debut for Wantagh Elementary Theater
A musical based on the books of noted children’s author Dr. Seuss was the premier production for Wantagh Elementary School’s Musical Theater Club. Th...
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Wantagh El Engineers Have a Stroke of Genius
Wantagh Elementary School fifth graders became the designers for a game they are likely familiar with from their family vacations. In the collaborati...
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2023 Mental Health Summit - April 25, 2023
On April 25, 2023, Mandalay Elementary School will be hosting a Mental Health Summit for all Wantagh parents at the Elementary level. Our program wil...
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Wantagh Elementary Fifth Graders Portray Famous Figures
Where else besides Wantagh Elementary School can you find the first, 16th, 18th and 35th presidents of the United States at the same time? Together, ...
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Students Become the Teachers on Shadow Day
Whether they were preparing for a future career or just looking to take a trip down memory lane, it was a successful day for Wantagh High School stud...
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Future Coders Get an Early Start at Wantagh El
They may have been taking part in the Hour of Code initiative, but students at Wantagh Elementary School have been doing way more than an hour of com...
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Buddies Bond Over Gingerbread
The most anticipated moment of the week for kindergartners and fifth graders at Wantagh Elementary School is the time they get to spend together. Stu...
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Young Inventors Seek Solutions at Wantagh Elementary
Trial and error was a practice used by many famous inventors, so that’s the model that students are following at Wantagh Elementary School. Children ...
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Student-Artists Beautify Buildings
Young artists are adding their creative touch to Wantagh’s schools with the addition of new several new murals. Wantagh Elementary School and Wantagh...
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Teacher Turned Author Shares Her Craft at Wantagh Elementary
Former Wantagh Elementary School teacher Karen Kerge couldn’t stay away for too long. After retiring in June following a 33-year career as an educato...
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Wantagh Master Teacher Excited to Learn and Grow
Wantagh Elementary School STEAM teacher Kaitlin Humphrey has been accepted into the New York State Master Teacher program, which will provide her wit...
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Wantagh Elementary Students Experience the Dog-Human Connection
Fifth graders at Wantagh Elementary School gained insight into the valuable support that canines provide humans during a visit from the Guide Dog Fou...
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Wantagh Elementary Students Think Pink
To show their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, students at Wantagh Elementary School wore pink to school on Oct. 12. They incorporated the ...
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Student Success is Top Priority of New Assistant Principal
After eight years as a special education teacher in New York City, Rachel Dender is on the move to both the suburbs and to administration, as she was...
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Students Exhibit Artwork at All-County Exhibit
The Wantagh School District’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts is pleased to announce that 24 students represented the district in the annual A...
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Student-Artists Participate in Viral Getty Challenge
With museums closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, art museums throughout the world are providing opportunities for patrons to browse their collection...
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Project Thank You
Words of thanks can go a long way, as Wantagh Elementary School fourth graders in Samantha Barrett’s class have learned. The community conscience stu...
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School Hours

Universal Pre-K - 9:30 a.m.  - 2:30 p.m.

Grades K -  5 - 9:15 a.m. -  3:30 p.m.

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