In the spirit of giving, Miller Place High School students recently hosted a Thanksgiving Food Drive to help alleviate hunger in the community around the holiday season. Together, students collected hundreds of food items that were assembled and distributed to families in need throughout the local area.
“We are so proud of our students for their efforts to support the local families of our community,” said Dr. Marianne Cartisano, superintendent of Miller Place Schools. “The District aims to teach values in tandem with academics. The school wide participation is a reflection on the positive character throughout our student body.”
Organized by members of the National Honor Society (NHS), students asked their peers and school staff to donate non-perishable food items, gift cards to purchase turkeys and other perishable items. In each classroom, buckets were filled to the brim with cans of vegetables, boxes of stuffing and mashed potatoes, jars of gravy and other holiday food items. To encourage participation among each grade level, the NHS hosted a competition for first period classrooms. The homeroom class that accumulated the largest amount of donations was rewarded with a bagel breakfast!
For more information about the Miller Place School District, please visit the District’s website atwww.millerplace.k12.ny.us.